Carnival Fantasy Review

Carnival Fantasy 05/10/2018 4 days cruise

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Fantasy
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mvanderzijp
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: May 2018
Cabin: Interior

The price is very reasonable. Cabin in the back of Rivera is clean (200s - even side). Steward and Cleaning crew clean several times and very attentive to request for towels. Food at formal dining hall Celebration is awesome. Service is great, despite they work long hours. Entertainment (show) is well choreograph. Cruise director is funny and can really rock a party at the Atrium. Food at Lido deck is good with a good omelet station for breakfast. Don't bring power chord or sockets, they will lend you one. There is only 1 socket per room. This is a fire safety issue. They want to make sure all power chords are up to code. They provide you with 2 complimentary big bottle of water. The $50 unlimited drink is a good deal if you drink alcohol. Otherwise, you can always get drinks at Lido deck. The spa area is very nice, clean and upscale. The service people there are nice. The sales pitch is intense. If they just published a good price, people who want the service would naturally just go on their own. Instead of commercializing it like an auction sale or time share sale commercial. Pre-book your off excursion tour - you get a discount and you just walk to the pole where the tour sign is and they will be waiting for you. A family of 4 fit comfortably in a small captain room. Window room is nice but may get one more sea sick if you look at the sea often enough. As a whole, this cruise is great value and not too long for busy people-busy family who can get away for just a few days and have quality family time. Get the $10 wifi and share it among family. It is worth it, as you just take turn to login to update your mailbox and messages. It is taken as switching from multiple device. Get the $5 chat per person if you need to communicate with each other without wifi. So we share the $10/day wifi plan and buy the $5/person chat plan to stay in contact with each other. Prepay the gratuity and be done with it. Service is good and well deserve the prepay tips.

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Interior

Cabin 4D

Family of 4 fits comfortably in this Rivera room. Without a window but it prevent us looking at the sea and getting motion sickness. This room is very close to the back elevator which leads straight up to the Lido deck and very close to the serenity area, the pool area, etc. it is a bit of walk to go to the Celebration dining hall, but it would be very convenient to the Jubilee. Fine dining is assigned. We were assigned to the Celebration Hall, but it is well worth the walk to the other end of the boat elevator. Room is clean. Crew is super nice and attentive to cleaning and providing clean towel. Room has only 1 electric socket, please warn future guests about bringing their own extension cord. Cruise is careful about extension cord over fire hazard. So they rather provide you one, which is completely understandable.

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