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rhinomike

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WLHyatt

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I think we lost reception about 6 hours down the river.

 

According to AIS data that would have been around the time you passed Venice Louisiana, which is what I experienced on the Conquest earlier this year.

 

That's pretty normal.

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Our 2nd sea day. The water slides were closed the first sea day. Now again today. I complained to a supervisor. They said it is due to rough seas????? Really. I have been on around 35 cruises. This is perfectly smooth. Never had that happen before.

 

There has been a few instances where I feel Carnival has lied to us. I will explain more when I return.

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Our 2nd sea day. The water slides were closed the first sea day. Now again today. I complained to a supervisor. They said it is due to rough seas????? Really. I have been on around 35 cruises. This is perfectly smooth. Never had that happen before.

 

There has been a few instances where I feel Carnival has lied to us. I will explain more when I return.

 

Agree........CCL does not teach their personnel to say "I don't know I will find out for you", they feel they have to give a reason right or wrong. Poor training or the staff person did not speak English. Best answer for everything is the seas are to rough.

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Who is the Captain? Will he be on board through January?

 

Thanks

 

Carmelo Marino. I think he's on all the time except for when he is on vacation.

 

If you board early around 11 can you go to your cabin?

 

If you are Diamond, Platinum or have FTTF. Otherwise the doors are shut and say you have to wait until around 1:30.

 

Someone asked about cheese fries-- the stuff on the fries in the pic was chipotle mayo.

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Our cruise is over. We are on the plane heading back to California. Sorry I didn't post much. Lots of family time.

 

Overall I like the Sunshine. Never saw a bucket. Not once and we were all over the ship. No list. Beautiful ship. Mostly new. The cabins are great. The bathrooms seem brand new. Crew is good. Comparible with any other Carnival ship crew. As a whole I feel Carnival Service has gone down hill since gratuities were added to your sail and sign card several years ago. But that's just my 2 cents. Not trying to start a debate.

 

Here are a few cons. Not cons of the ship. I believe these are issues with Carnival as a whole.... We were happy with the ship.

 

We left Cozumel 20 minutes late. No big deal. When we left there was still 4 ships in Port. The next day we are told we will arrive in Grand Caymen 1 hour late due to head winds. Ok. When we pull into port 2 of the ships we left in Cozumel were already anchored. Did they not have head winds? I felt like we were lied to for some reason. Not sure. It kind of messed up our private excursion to Sting Ray City. No big deal. Things happen. But be honest with us.

 

The issue with the water slides as I stated earlier. The 3rd sea day we had rough seas. But the slides were open. WTH? Not sure what went on there.

 

The rope course is only open a few hours a day on Sea Days. There is always a long line. Why not keep it open all day if it is a popular attraction?

 

Not very many activities. We had 3 sea days and we got bored. We are not lay around the pool all day people. The only thing to do is Trivia and plenty of Bingo.

 

My biggest complaint... One night the playlist show was cancelled do to rough seas. Ok. I understand that. No problem. But what did they replace the show with........ BINGO! Really??? After 6 rounds of Bingo I have had enough. That Bingo must be a big money maker for Carnival. They could of come up with something else to entertain us.

 

Another issue... We had a few issues that I took up with Guest Services. Their attitude is too bad. This is the way it is.... Not at all impressed with their effort to resolve my issues.

 

Over all I loved the Sunshine. But as far as Carnival as a whole I am a little disappointed. For my family we are going to start exploring other lines. We love the 4 day cruise out of Long Beach. We will continue to do that cruise with Carnival. But for our longer cruises we are going to try some other lines.

 

I am not good at reviews. So if you have any questions about the ship ask away. I am going to go back threw the thread and answer questions now.

 

If you are thinking about booking the Sunshine or have already booked and are worried about buckets, list or anything else you have read..... Don't worry. It is not an issue. Coming from a regular honest person. The ship is fine. You will not have any issues with the ship.

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rhinomike

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Pleased to hear the small buckets have gone, but I take it the big bucket is still there:D (waterpark).

 

We were on the Sunshine in July and really enjoyed our cruise. My only main issue was how slow the service was in the dinning room and Luke warm/cold food. Hopefully that is resolved now too.

 

Enjoy your cruise.

 

Service in the MDR was fine. Food was not hot just warm.... Just like every other Carnival ship I have been on..... Well any ship I have been on. It is never pipping hot in the MDR. But warm enough. We enjoyed the MDR every night for dinner and twice for Brunch.

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I board her in less than 2 weeks!

 

I'm wondering about the ship's time vs island times. Could you let me know if the ship stays on the same time all week and what the time difference is between the ships time and cozumel?

 

The ship time never changes. It stays the same as New Orleans. Central time. Cozumel and Grand Caymen are the same. Jamaica is 1 hour later. Eastern time.

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Thanks for the review, we will be on her in April for the repositioning cruise to Port Canaveral and was wondering if the sunshine offered Luggage Express. Thanks in advance and have a great cruise.

 

 

No it did not. But we sailed out of New Orleans. I believe luggage express is based on ports not ships.

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On yeah. 2 other issues.

 

Since we were late getting to Grand Cayman they decided to let passengers with excursions booked through Carnival get off the ship first. Even before Diamond, Platinum and FTTF. Lines and lines of passengers. After fighting with a supervisor we finally got escorted off. But it took us an hour. It was horrible. Lots of upset Platinum, Diamond and FTTF passengers. So much for priority tendering.

 

Also in Cozumel it took us an hour to board the ship. They had about 6 Carnival employees out there. Some trying to entertain but most just standing around. They should of done some line control or organization. Many, many passengers just wandered to the front of the line and cut in.... Nobody did anything about it. Not very fair to those of us standing in line. It was a mess.

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Grand Cayman lines was horrible on the cruise we went on out of NO also. Over an hour in line in the narror hallway. Very, very hot! Not the Sunshine. There was no diamond, priorarty or other off first, only Carnival excursions.

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Grand Cayman lines was horrible on the cruise we went on out of NO also. Over an hour in line in the narror hallway. Very, very hot! Not the Sunshine. There was no diamond, priorarty or other off first, only Carnival excursions.

 

Yes. I am going to try to avoid ports that tender in the future.

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