Carnival Destiny Cruise Reviews

We thought we were lucky to find a cruise in February which took us back to our home in Europe. Big disappointment. The purpose of the cruise was to take the Carnival Destiny back to dry-dock to make an overhaul and have it reborn as Carnival Sunshine sometime in April 2013. Frankly, the overhaul was long time overdue, as the ship failed in many respect. Half of the elevators did not work, the carpets are dirty etc. and the whole ship gave a tired impression. For most of the crew this was the last voyage of their contract and they were more preoccupied with how, when to go home and if they return for another contract or not. Therefore the service on Lido restaurant was simply below norm. The coffee machine were not functioning half of the time, coffee mugs were missing several occasions etc. The food was boring and showed signs of cost cutting, which fortunately resulted in much less long lines as one used to see on Carnival. During the 9 days of ocean crossing many food items disappea...

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The bathroom smelled of urine throughout the duration of the cruise. The shower was clogged and overflowed into the room. The ship left to Italy to be renovated and we would have to choose another ship.

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FIRST TIME CRUISERS :-) Our balcony room was GORGEOUS! Room - 6285 - spacious, clean, nice quiet location, balcony was very enjoyable - perfect view! Our cabin was always clean and towels replenished, bed turned down - our cabin attendent was FANTASTIC! The bartenders are VERY SLOW, and not overly friendly, which is suprising since this has to be a big revenue generator. We purchased a soda card for $36 because we thought it'd be a good investment, but getting one was so slow we more often than not opted for self service water; not sure we would purchase a soda card again based on the lack of availability. This is definately an opportunity area. The buffet food on the Lido Deck was very generic, but the Universe Restaurant serves GREAT FOOD in a sit down, comfortable relaxed atmosphere with an AMAZING STAFF! I would suggest ANYTIME DINING so you are not bound to a specific time due to your daily activities - they say that there may be up to a 20 minute wait, but the peopl...

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Had a great time. A good bang for your buck. Would do it again and highly recommend it. Staff and was exceptional. Ship was very clean and tidy. Our stateroom care was superb.

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This was my fifth Carnival cruise and was a great cruise. I have been on a number of other cruise lines and I have enjoyed the Carnival cruises just as much as the others.

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We only book balcony rooms. This one was room 7236, adequate room for (2), small balcony with two upright chairs and small table. Bathroom had mold in commode bowl and wreaked of Urine smell..Airconditioning was almost nonexistent and had one 110 outlet on opposite side of room. No kareoke on deck or out in open areas where smokers could enjoy this entertainment and not be offending the nonsmokers. I am a smoker, and don't like to enfringe upon nonsmokers, but I have rightrs to the kind of entertainment I pay for as well. Smokers on deck were even more restricted to half of an outside bar, with rude Lido deck manager..Nonsmoking bar area on same deck was empty!! Please do better job with designating open areas on deck to smoking and nonsmoking. I would recommend that certain balcony rooms, or an entire side, be designated for smokers which also alerts the nonsmoking patrons. Several rude individuals found it necessary to yell across balconies insisting that cigarettes be extinguished...

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Did my cruise booking online 1st time and had a good experience. The checking in and Check out was very smooth. We paid extra for it. The rooms were well laid out and cleaned everyday. BUT were old and bathrooms were moldy. They would not use room freshners. The steward ANTONIO was very good. He was always out there in the hall way. They announced the 1st day that there were technical difficulties and therfore they were going to NASUA and not COZUMAL. The shows were good and activities kept everyone busy. Liod deck wasthe busiest and the hot tubs were good and not crowded. The vegitarians menu choices are very limited. They say that they are out of veggie burgers but when you tell the managers they turn up in 10mts. The oriental food chef also will not make vegetarian food evn though there are all ingredients right there in front of him. In all we enjoyed our 1st cruise.

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We have been on many cruises; many different lines. This ship was by far our least favorite. The food whether in the dinning room or on the deck buffets was FAIR at best. Our dinner waiter was constantly confused as to who ordered what and when asked any questions regarding prep of the food he could not answer. We always had to ask for coffee refills. The bar service at dinner was very slow. We would be half finished with the meal before being served our beverages. The overall decor of the ship is very dated and some of the carpets were dirty and stained. We had 3 people in our balcony stateroom and the bed for the 3rd person was a joke. It was 2 feet too short for a small 22 year old 5' 4" young lady. Her feet hung clear off the end. There were very few activities schedule during the day and evening hours. The only saving grace of the trip was our cabin steward who did a very nice job of keeping the cabin clean. When we first got on the ship I noticed the entire bowel of ...

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Overall, I would rate this cruise as a 1/2 start out of 5. The customer service on the Carnival cruise was absolutely terrible. They were the most customer UNfriendly crew and ship I have ever experience. It got to be a joke on how bad everything was. The only good parts of the cruise was the cabin (a balcony, which is a must for a romantic cruise), our cabin steward, the food (when we finally got it, which took on average over an hour) and the shore excursions in Jamaica (Dunns Falls about the catamaran) and the Strign ray - reef outing in grand caymans. The negatives were many. Here is a list of our major complaints: - ran out of some food the first day of the cruise - room service was terrible. In the four times we tried, three we could not even get through due to heavy usage, and the fourth time we finally got through, it never showed up. - toilets didn't work periodically - 99% of crew staff could not speak more than five words of English - During the two ocean, no...

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Our room was directly on topof the band. We had to sleep on the balcony since the noise was so loud and went on until way after midnight. Our complaints were ignored, being told the ship was full and there was nothing that could be done. We are very disappointed in Cruise Line. We would have expected a warning about the room before booking. We will NEVER cruise again.

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