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Carnival Cruise Line

Carnival Conquest

Conquest-class cruise ship · flagged in Panama. Browse upcoming sailings and route previews for this ship.

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Tonnage
110,000
Capacity
2,980
Built
2,002
Length
290.5 m
Upcoming
114

Reviewer read

A solid, middle-of-the-fleet ship. It falls behind on ship quality.

Carnival Conquest rates higher overall than 57% of the ships we track. Entertainment is its strongest showing. The weak spot is ship quality.

Why reviewers choose it

  • Entertainment7.9

    Higher than 77% of ships · 4,511 ratings

  • Value7.1

    Higher than 61% of ships · 1,172 ratings

  • Activities7.9

    Higher than 57% of ships · 2,483 ratings

The one caution

8.1out of 10 for ship quality

Higher than only 13% of ships. The typical ship scores 8.75.

Everything else, in two lines

Three are good without being remarkable: entertainment (higher than 77% of ships), value (higher than 61% of ships) and activities (higher than 57% of ships).

Eight fall below the fleet: embarkation, dining, service, cabins, fitness, public areas, disembarkation and ship quality. They rate higher than 13% to 47% of ships.

Family falls below the fleet too, but only 34 people scored it, so treat it as a hint.

Cabin grade barely matters here. The inside, oceanview, balcony and suite grades all score between 8.18 and 8.30. Pick on price and position, not on rating.

Two places worth knowing about

  • Lido deck The space people mention most66% positive · 133 comments
  • Guys Burgers Also well liked91% positive · 98 comments

Reviewers named 12 places by name. These 2 are the ones where knowing changes anything — the other 9 are all liked by 66% to 88% of the people who mentioned them.

Who says it suited them

First-time cruisers (470 of 515), families with young kids (121 of 176), families with teens (76 of 100), couples (51 of 63), large groups (24 of 30), solo travelers (21 of 28) and budget travelers (16 of 16).

Travelers with accessibility needs (45 of 66) and seniors (25 of 37) described it as a poor fit.

What we can’t tell you

Whether it's good value today
Reviews describe the fare people paid, not the one you'll be quoted.

Every category, compared

The mark on each bar is where the typical ship sits.

CategoryRatingCompared with other shipsEvidence
Service8.6Higher than only 40%4,605 ratings · broad
Disembarkation8.5Higher than only 29%1,658 ratings · broad
Embarkation8.4Higher than only 47%3,050 ratings · broad
Cabins8.2Higher than only 37%4,702 ratings · broad
Ship quality8.1Higher than only 13%3,217 ratings · broad
Activities7.9Higher than 57%2,483 ratings · broad
Entertainment7.9Higher than 77%4,511 ratings · broad
Dining7.7Higher than only 45%4,655 ratings · broad
Public areas7.5Higher than only 31%1,366 ratings · broad
Fitness7.2Higher than only 37%1,033 ratings · broad
Value7.1Higher than 61%1,172 ratings · broad
Family6.9Higher than only 48%34 ratings · limited

5,348 published reviews · 393 from the last three years · 33,571 individual comments read.

On the chart

Upcoming sailings on Carnival Conquest