We started our cruise the Friday night before, we drove over to the Port and stayed at the Clarion on a package called (Snooze and Cruise) we were able to park our car there while we cruised for free. The hotel is in major need of fixing and upgrading, bed was as hard as a rock and time had taken its toll of the building and fixtures.
The ship was huge and sometimes hard to get around but by the ...
Hubby and I took this cruise for our one year anniversary (We were married the year before on a Carnival freedom cruise in Jamaica. This time cruising was much different without family, friends and our kids with us! I loved having the cruise wedding but really didn't get "alone" honey moon time w/ 27 people w/ us! Everyone in our party was very pleased w/ Carnival. We had a lot of first time ...
Hello everyone. This is going to be my first attempt at a cruise review for our recent Carnival Dream that left on 12/14/2013. I’m going to make some comparisons to our other cruises in here as well as a comparison to RCI vs. Carnival in a few spots, and try to keep from jumping around or repeating myself to much. This trip included my wife and I, as well as my mother and one of her friends. So ...
Our entire family ( 23 of us-age 1-78) had been looking forward to what would be our last trip together what with health issues, babies and college in all of our futures. My parents gave all of their children and grandchildren an all expense paid trip on the Carnival Dream. We had all had positive experiences on previous cruises including the Carnival Dream and my mom was about to embark on her ...
First off, I want to just say that YOUR cruise is what YOU make it. We are not hard to please, but somethings get to even the most laid back cruisers.
Embark- Fairly easy, a small back up getting into the building but overall went pretty quickly.
Room- We booked a 9C-Premium Vista Balcony and it was EXCELLENT! Seemed roomier than most regular balcony rooms, and the balcony was spacious! We had ...
Everything was rock bottom class on this cruise with two exceptions; the cabin lady and the $35/each steak house. The balcony assignment was overlooking the dance floor of the deck below and an elevated hot tub was directly outside our cabin. After threating to invoice their now money back policy we were finally moved to another adequate cabin and wow, it was actually overlooking the ocean.
Food ...
Port Canaveral is a joke... lines, lines & more lines, slow, slow, slow, no shelter from the elements. That should have given us a clue what the rest of the trip would be like.
Carnival Dream (supposedly the newest ship in Carnivals fleet) leaves MUCH to be desired.
Instantly on our 9th deck balcony stateroom the smell of sewer,... even in the hall.
Told the steward on the floor. Nothing ...
My wife and I started with a pre cruise stay at the incredible Radisson Resort at the Port.
Clean, fun and an incredible FULL breakfast!
The free shuttle service to and from the port was perfect.
Boarding
There was a very long line when we tried to board about 1:30 pm. People had to elbow their way through the crowd to get up to the building to go to the Platinum boarding area.
It took about ...
Eight women ages 39 to 71 years old. We all had a great time. I have personally been on 8 cruises. Holland America, NCL, RCCL and Carnival. Everyone has opinions. I WILL choose Carnival again. The value is fantastic compared to RCCL. I priced out this cruise on RCCL and it was about $500 more per person!!
PRICE: Excellent value compared to RCCL. Out the door price was $720 - included gratuity & ...
Been back from our Carnival Dream Thanksgiving cruise for a few days. I'll post a more elaborate cruise review on the Carnival Forum.
Port Canaveral: We drove down from South Carolina on Friday after work. We stay at the Four Points, which has a nice Park and Sail package. We got the suite for $180 plus tax and had a parking garage to park in for the duration of the cruise. There is also a ...