Carnival Sunshine Review
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I have been on many cruises, but this was my second Carnival cruise with the other one being on the Fantasy many years ago. Our group was a family of family 10 which included 8 adults, one teenager, and my 3yr old who was on his 3rd cruise. We were only the July 19th sailing.
The Sunshine cruise was chosen due to the itinerary and it fit into the dates that we all had available.
Pre-Cruise: We all flew from across the US and ended up in Barcelona with all the flights landing withing 20 minutes of each other. We then took a minibus from Suntransfers.com to our pre-cruise hotel, Hotel Indigo Barcelona Plaza Catalunya. The hotel opened only a couple of months ago and it was a great place.
Cabin Review
The cabins were a good size with good amenities. The one complaint was the couch which felt like they put fake leather over some plywood. In the cabin that did not have the drop down bunk the person sleeping on the "couch" had to put some extra cushioning under him to sleep.Eventhough the cabins had been recently renovated they are already showing some wear or poor manufacaturing. -The carpet in the cabin was already coming apart at the door and by the beds. -The cabinet doors did not close correctly as they were improperly installed. On each door two of the four hinges were not connected to the cabinet.-The bathroom door knob fell out of the door. -The door connecting the cabins did not line up correctly and needed a hockey check while turning the lock to get it closed.-The wiring for the phone system was poorly installed as it came out of the wall twice.-The toilet system did not work multiple times throughout the week. One case we almost had an overflow as the system would not stop filling the toilet.