Wait In Line for One Hour to Eat Dinner
Carnival Inspiration Cruise Review to Mexico
4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)
Sail date: April 10, 2017
Ship: Carnival Inspiration
Cabin type: Oceanview
Cabin number: R143
Traveled as: Family (older children)
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
I was "assigned" open seating for dinner. What this means is you can eat dinner anytime you want with no reserved seating. First you wait in line to get a beeper which will go off when a table is available. Twice in four meals I had to wait 1 hour in the hallway waiting in the hallway for your beeper will go off and you can be seated for dinner. Great way to spend an hour each day of your cruise. I had asked for reserved seating for dinner when I booked the cruise but Carnival decided that I would suffer through this instead. I spent over $1500 for the three of us in one room and do not feel I got my moneys worth.
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Ship tip
Try and avoid the open seating for dinner. You may not have a choice since I had booked for reserved seating for dinner but Carnival changed it.
Ports of call
Long Beach (Los Angeles), California