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Carnival Inspiration Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
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Carnival Inspiration

Sail date: September 14, 2015

Ship: Carnival Inspiration

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: U93

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

I have been on the Pride and the Splendor in the past. Key word Past. I was very happy with my previous cruises on Carnival, However there must be new management since my last cruise because everything turned to Crap. Almost everything has changed to maximize profit for the cruise line and just get the passenger to and from their destination. So many subtle changes you don't really notice much. They take tons of digital (minimum cost to them) pictures of you everywhere and there is now NO discount if you buy a lot of pictures ($15.00) each. You now pay a $20 surcharge if you want the best food on the dinner menu, like Maine lobster or fillet mignon. The rest of the food is poor restaurant food at best. you get better food at Chili's or Applebee's. You have to pay for cheap wine like Barefoot Cabernet you can buy for 7 to 10 dollars depending where you buy is $6.75 per glass then they play a subtle game (during your meal you must sign a charge form for each drink and each one includes a 15% gratuity in the price, then there is a 2nd line where the normal tip is given that says "additional gratuity")  that takes advantage of people who don't pay close attention or get a little tipsy and just write in a $$ amount where you normally do. So you can easily pay the tip twice. I used to be able to go get food to eat anytime. Now they only have a few things available like Pizza. The Entertainment was only OK on two of the four nights. There is no real dance floor available. When you dance you are actually dancing in the aisle and competing with the people who are walking thru the ship. It reminded me of the nightclubs that stop allowing dancing and put more tables on the dance floor to make more money, just drink. this trip was so boring. They also push high margin low quality drinks on you. They would come by and try to sell you a shot glass size mixed drink with a cute name that was mostly mix and very little alcohol for 8 or 9 dollars.. This Cruise line is now ALL about money, the experience is so bad. Every aspect of the cruise is now about profit and not the passenger. I felt like they had their hand in my pocket the entire cruise for everything.

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
You have not right to call that room a suite. That should be called a regular room.

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5

Catalina Island, California

1 out of 5
Only thing you can do is drive a golf cart or walk around town. Big deal

Ensenada, Mexico

1 out of 5
Wasted money on this excursion as well. Tour just took us to the street vendors to high pressure you to buy stuff you don't need or want. No Touring was really done.
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5 Comments

mellonesse1    9 years ago

People can have their opinion about anything they want. Who defends a company unless your being paid by them. If I pay my money I will talk about whatever I want. If I say it sucked because of x,y,z then who are you to tell me otherwise about my experience.

djdave92    9 years ago

It's really unfortunate you felt that way. I was actually on the same cruise that you were on and had an amazing time with my entire family. No complaints whatsoever

princesslizzy27    9 years ago

some people are so picky...I have cruised with Carnival for 5 years now, and I have never had an experience like this! I think we are all responsible for ourselves. You do what you wanna do to have fun. Don't expect someone to hold your hand the entire trip. expect to spend some $$ too. it is a trip. Nothing is free, as much as we would love it to be. This too is a business. Reality check people! Of course they are trying to make their money. my advice...don't go on vacation if you're gonna be on a major budget or if you're broke! LOL Then a review like this can be avoided....lol smh

jallaway    9 years ago

Well, I've only been doing this about four years now (and not on those two ships) and I really haven't seen much of a change - other than them trying to sell you a steakhouse steak in the MDR. I actually thought the Freedom's MDR quality was very good this last trip.

rendezvoussam    9 years ago

maviswon. Watch out for the Keyboard Warriors hired by the cruise companies, they will slap your comment down and belittle your experience.

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