Carnival Sunshine Review

Just another Carnival cruise. Okay, but not memorable.

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Sunshine
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Siljac
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Aug 2016
Cabin: Ocean View
Traveled with children

This was a family cruise with 17 family members on board. Being honest, we live in North Jersey just about a 30 minute drive to the terminal. So the idea of not flying is great. Since I am writing this I must say that my wife and I are the oldest in the group and we made the plans for the cruise. It is our way of sharing our childrens' inheritance money. My wife and I have done over 50 cruises and honestly Carnival is not our favorite, but once again it was for the younger folks in our family. Having done so many cruises, it is just natural to compare one line against another. We much prefer Princess, Royal Caribbean and Celebrity over Carnival. Read my cabin review below.

As for the entertainment, most nights it was a comedian in the comedy club. Okay, but not great. There were a couple of shows in the theater. One was a comic mind reader and the others were about rock music which is not to our liking. However it may have fit other passengers because the demographics of passengers was around 55 % African American, 30 % Caucasian, 10 % Hispanic and 5 % others.

One of the things we enjoy is playing trivia. There was a generous amount of games like 8 a day on sea days. A good point is that the winner always got just a small plastic replica of a cruise ship, so there was no arguing about answers or who won.

Cabin Review

Ocean View

Cabin 6D

Cabin was kept neat and clean as is almost always the case on cruise lines. Two 1 1/2 liter bottles of water were given in each room, which was a nice touch. One thing that was not nice was people running and talking loud in the hall ways at all hours of the night. There was even crank calls as well as someone with what sounded line a boom box blasting music well after midnight. Someone called security, but got no results.

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