My Experience on the Carnival Inspiration Cruise

Item: Carnival Inspiration
Rating: 4
Author: tedey

Carnival Inspiration Cruise Review to Mexico

tedey

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

Sail date: January 04, 2016

Ship: Carnival Inspiration

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E50

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

It was indeed experience of a life time; experience that can only be compared to my first sky-jumping. I would have given the cruise an excellent mark but for the fact that we did not go to Catalina Island owed to what the captain said was bad weather. I am yet to understand why we went to Ensenada in Mexico but could not go to Catalina.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The cabin was okay.

Ship tip

Yes, we did have our breakfast before disembarkation.

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Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5

Catalina Island, California Did not visit port

The trip to Catalina Island was cancelled by the captain. I wish we are compensated for not

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Ensenada, Mexico

3 out of 5

4 Comments

cruzelady777 8 years ago

May 2015 we took the inspiration for the 4 night cruise. Even though it wasn't raining, the weather was bad. The day before we embarked, we received an email & phone call telling us to still park in Long Beach, but Carnival would be taking us by bus to embark in San Pedro because the water was so rough. Another ship had to dock in San Diego & the bus brought the passengers to Long Beach.

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cruzelady777 8 years ago

My in-laws were on Princess last week for Mon-Fri.....they made a stop in San Diego but could not go to Catalina Island or Ensenada. Catalina Island does not have a marina/port with a draft deep enough for a cruise ship. The ship must anchor in the ocean and the only way to get to shore is by tender boat. The tender boat docks beside the cruise ship in the ocean so if the waves are rough, it would be impossible to keep the tender boat motionless to allow passengers to safely transfer from the ship to the tender boat. Ensenada is further south & the water is warmer so the rough waters usually don't get down that far. With El Nino, the bad weather has made it further south. We are leaving this Fri, we'll see if the weather has calmed down.

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cadman90 8 years ago

plus Ensenada has port facilities and Catalina Island is served by Tenders. So you have to transfer to a Tender to get off the ship and in rough sea that can be dangerous.

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serialcruiser1 8 years ago

the answer is because the ship has to visit a foreign port on every cruise it's the law

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