Charleston Cruise Reviews

Charleston is a terrible embarkation port because it lacks infrastructure. The city has decided to stop being a turnaround port and has not renewed its agreement with Carnival. They hope to develop themselves as a port of call. ...

If you can arrive the day before embarkation, I recommend it. Charleston is a beautiful, fun city with great restaurants and sights. The actual embarkation process is wonky (see main review), but the tradeoff is that the smaller port makes for less traffic and is easy to navigate. ...

Charleston is always a good stop however it does start to get too hot in June. Lots of shopping, lots to do, lots of restaurants. The dock is close to the center of town. ...

Excellent city to visit prior to your cruise but just as expensive as Miami, even the cost of parking! As described, embarkation is a horrible experience. I am so glad that I did not have a long travel time to get to this port too. You are first forced to park far away from the ship itself and then walk to a warehouse that is also very far away to check in. Then you get on a crowded shuttle to the ...

Easy drive from Charlotte area, easy parking, boarding. ...

Convenient if you live in the Carolinas but the wonky way this port is set up will require a lot of steps to afyuallhh get on board or back to your car. ...

We stayed "on our own" an extra night in Charleston and wish we would have added at least another day also. A fun and lovely place to visit. ...

Just walked around. Went to the market close to the ship. ...

Very clean and easy to walk around. We got a taxi at the end of the terminal and went to church, it was Sunday. 11am Mass at St Mary's. Wonderful ...

Charleston is a historic city. We have been there before. We drove 4 hours from home, checked in to our hotel and went to a restaurant called the Swig and Swine for dinner. BEST ribs and beer ever! Try it if you are into BBQ. ...