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About Your Ship: Carnival Fantasy

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Departs Charleston aboard Carnival Cruise Lines – Carnival Fantasy

Sailing Date(s): Oct 2013, Nov 2013, Mar 2014, Apr 2014


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	Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Singles/friends Stateroom Type: Inside Been on much better!!!! by Laura F. from Wichita, KS Sailing date: Dec 2010 Pros: I liked our ports, Freeport and Nassau Cons: The customer service, even the guest services Supervisor was rude and sarcastic! The ship could use some work as could its staff! They turned OFF the water to the entire ship for several hours. One of my friends was in the shower when they did this! There was no warning or anything. We had to use our own bottled water to rinse her off (which of course was freezing)! When we spoke to guest services about this they said "sorry" was all they knew to do. We had our toilet almost overflow, ONE working receptacle for 4 girls, and anytime we said anything to guest services they didn't care. Would not recommend this ship, maybe the bigger ones have better staff and service. I will only give them one more shot. Everything from shows, food, entertainment and especially service was 100 times better on our Royal Carribean cruise. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Most of the staff were unfriendly and not helpful. There are of course of few of wonderful people that we encountered that helped. Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Freeport, Grand Bahama Island; Nassau, Bahamas Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Freeport, Grand Bahama Island We went snorkeling for $30 at a local place and we had a blast! The boat also had a underwater viewing area that was fun too! Nassau, Bahamas Tons of shopping and nice beaches! 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Couple We found service very hard to get. We di by Ann from NH, USA Sailing date: Feb 2006 The cost to go off the boat was costly. They were not very safe, (crazy driving, too many people in the van, not enough seat belts, you never got picked back up where they told us they would). We spent over 3 hours in line to get on the boat. They really don't need to take everyones pictures. Very poor planing and not much fun. Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities 0 out of 0 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 7+ cruises Traveler Type: Couple Ship Review by A Traveler from Ayden, NC Sailing date: Jun 2006 Pros: Staterooms are nice size for a ship. This cruise was really disappointing with the staff and the food. Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities 0 out of 0 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Couple Ship Review by Tatyana from Chicago, IL Sailing date: Mar 2006 Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities Activities: Ping-Pong check-out booth was open for only a few hours per day. Entertainment: Most performers were amateurs. 0 out of 0 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Ship Review by Tina from King City, MO Sailing date: Jun 2006 Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities 0 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Family w/young children Stateroom Type: Oceanview Not that great by Constance L from Asheville, NC Sailing date: Mar 2013 Pros: Very friendly staff and good food Cons: Loud pop music everywhere, too expensive Too much glitzy commercial stuff trying to convince you to spend-spend-spend! The staff was great. The excursions were way too expensive to consider... and no info about other options once you were on the island. A few good shows, but not enough early family-oriented entertainment for what is billed as a 'family cruise.' The kids camp was very limited. They don't even take the kids swimming, which is the most fun thing for kids to do on the ship. Not much in the way of crafts/interesting activities. Ship Details: Ship Quality Clean and the staff worked hard to create a nice environment. Personally, though, too much shops and emphasis on spending money. Dining/Food The food was quite good. The desserts were amazing. Stateroom Quality I thought our room was big enough. Too bad they charge for every little thing, including water, when there was no decent drinking water available otherwise. Ship Staff Quality Excellent, fun staff. Entertainment & Activities Not enough going on when you're at sea for two days. Boring activities like Bingo. Not enough for kids. We did see two good comedians. Children's Programs Not nearly enough and not very engaging. 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Inside Nothing Fabulous! by Heather W. from Knoxville, TN Sailing date: Mar 2013 Pros: Port close to home. Cons: Not much to do. Old, outdated,and small. Ship Details: Ship Quality Layout of ship is very confusing to navigate. Dining/Food Food was some of the worst we have had on a cruise. Stateroom Quality Stateroom was decent, and kept clean Ship Staff Quality Most of the staff were friendly. Entertainment & Activities There is not alot to do on the Fantasy, especially when it's cold on deck. 0 out of 0 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Oceanview Good overall by A Traveler from VA Sailing date: Mar 2013 Pros: Convenience of port location to home Cons: Wish I would have realized it was spring break for college kids! Overall is was a good trip. Had a great time snorkelling at Deadman's Reef in Freeport.. look up their website and book directly through them for less money. Tons of spring breakers, which wouldn't have bothered me normally but the ones in our cabin area were very rude- extremely loud all hours of the night. Food was good- not exceptional but we certainly didn't starve. We liked being able to drive to Charleston vs having to fly to Florida. Ship Details: Ship Quality Our room steward Arthur was very friendly. Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Need refrigerators in rooms!!!! Ship Staff Quality Everyone was fine with the exception of the one guest services person we dealt with- he was very rude. Entertainment & Activities Comedy shows were great. 0 out of 0 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 18 - 29 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Oceanview wonderful cruise by Rebekah G from NC Sailing date: Mar 2013 Pros: Was very relaxing and everyone was very nice and helpful. Cons: We went spring break so there were a lot of drunk college kids, which was not very enjoyable on our honeymoon. You could easily hear people outside the rooms Very clean, and lots to do. Ship Details: Ship Quality Was a smaller ship but there was still plenty to do and plenty of places to go! Dining/Food There was lots of food. I wouldn't say it was amazing but it was good and always available. I would not recommend getting a soda card unless you really really drink lots of sodas. Every time we seat down to eat it took FOREVER for them to bring us anything other then water. And the only places to get the sodas are at the bars and it takes forever to get them. So if you are not very patient and diligent you will not get your sodas. Stateroom Quality Of course the staterooms were not very big but we excepted that. They were very clean and nice. The man taking care of our room was wonderful. He came in and cleaned up twice and day and made sure we were fully stocked in towels and everything else we needed. Once I asked for another blanket and he stopped what he was doing and got it right then with a big smile on his face. Only thing I wish was different about the room was there was not a fridge. Ship Staff Quality Everyone was awesome. Our stateroom staff was wonderful and more than willing to do anything we needed. Everyone was very friendly and willing to help with anything that we needed. They couldn't have been nicer! Entertainment & Activities Children's Programs 0 out of 0 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 7+ cruises Traveler Type: Family w/young children Stateroom Type: Inside an okay cruise by A Traveler from South Carolina Sailing date: Dec 2012 Pros: my granddaughter had a blast, her first cruise Cons: it was a holiday cruise, hardly anything done for the holidays, very dissapointing. The director of the kids program was not very nice to us. We went EARLY to get a seat for the holiday show (like a many others did) to see our granddaughter in the show. we had a nice front row seat. the show was at 4:00 and at 3:45ish she comes out and says we can't sit there, it was suppose to be posted that it was reserved for the kids (no signs or ropes were there). She was not nice about it and now we had NO SEATS as the place had filled up by then. she could have been more pleasant about it and arranged that we could have sat there with the kids or something. it was in sheer poor taste of that woman to treat us like she did. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Food was good, as usual on a Carnival ship Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality expect for the director of the kids stuff... Entertainment & Activities I am sorry but the costume the girls wear in the shows, i do believe are very inappropriate. There were many kids on this cruise attending these shows and those women up there in a thong that barely covers anything. even for the adults, some people do find this insensitive. no reason they have to be that barely dressed. Children's Programs Camp Carnival is a very good thing 1 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful?
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