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Item: Carnival Inspiration
Rating: 3
Author: AprilT1

Carnival Inspiration Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

AprilT1

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 0

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 13, 2011

Ship: Carnival Inspiration

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 13 years ago

Review summary

First time on Inspiration -- nice time and ship but would do something different next time. Nice dining room, small pool area, "young" club crowd. Two shows -- entertaining but first ("Latin America") on was hard to take with non-Spanish speaking singers (BTW -- I don't speak Spanish and I couldn't take the gringo-ness of it all). One live band also hard on the ears another really good (I am not a music snob -- it was that off). Evenings started to feel the same -- comedy (fun) or dance club (empty/young). High quality toiletries and robes in staterooms.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

I had late-seating; next time I will choose Your Time Dining for greater variety in the people you meet.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Variety of different activities but not very well attended for some reason. Lots of trivia (which I like but seemed like a lot). Dances were dead -- maybe just this group of passengers...

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Lots of children -- looked like they had their own activities so it wasn't a problem (e.g., not running around non-stop; didn't see any acting up at meals)

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Everyone very friendly and helpful. Brought a small cooler and had to constantly ask for ice -- seemed like they would have figured it out after the first few times -- even tipped cash to try to get better service. Would have gotten the ice myself but steward insisted that I ask...

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

tiny pool but not very crowded so it was fine; clean and well-kept

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Standard ocean view stateroom -- clean and roomy