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Carnival Inspiration Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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Carnival Inspiration

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 28, 2017

Ship: Carnival Inspiration

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: R147

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Our first cruise was our honeymoon and definitely this has opened the door for more. Thank you Carnival Inspiration and ! The captain and crew were super!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Although there were a lot of people, embarkation went so smooth. You had a choice to have your luggage carried off or carry yourself. We had it carried off and where the luggage were placed was neat, not just thrown around and easy to find.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The main dining hall was nice. There wasn't a large variety of foods, kind of the same thing everyday and when I asked if italian food was being served at the buffet they said the next day, which was wednesday but it wasn't.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
The only activity we experienced was the towel folding class, which was super and inspired by our steward, who surprised us daily with the different animal towels. Thank you Ida Bagus! Learned alot about balance but didn't purchase anything, maybe i will in the future.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The shows were really nice. My wife was chosen to performed a dance with the group on the last day. We were vip and able to take pictures with them too.I won a metal for entering the hairy chest contest but everyone was a winner. Thanks Jase!

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
My wife wanted to build a bear. Which we didn't know it was all children. No one judged and she was able to build her bear named "Cruise Fisher" fun!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The service was perfect. The director Jase was super funny, which kept it live and both comedians were funny. Most of all our room steward Ida Bagus was so fun and knowledgeable about the cruuse. He always had a smile and was willing to help whenever we saw him. I will always remember him and those towels especially the monkey swinging from the light. I'm going to teach the grand babies how to do it. We bought the book and got one free!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Our first cruise, I can't complain, don't know what others look like.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
It was nice to see out, on the waters at night. The moon, the open sea, I will always get that view. You couldn't tell 2 twins were put together either, comfortable.

Ship tip

Before you board, print your itinerary, pay the special price for drinks, use a credit card, prepay for Internet and download the app, easy to keep track of what you are spending. It was much easier and went very smooth boarding and leaving.

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5
Boarding was smooth, no hassle and everyone knew what they were doing.

Catalina Island, California

5 out of 5
Our tour guide very knowledgeable.

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5
La Boufadora!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth disembarkation. Had our luggage carried off. It was orderly and luggage wasn't thrown around, it was neatly waiting for us.
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2 Comments

kimwayman    7 years ago

We're old grumps but will try not to be on our first cruise on December 11 2017

GIL155    7 years ago

So special to have your first cruise on your first honeymoon and your first (censored) on the Inspiration. Congrats on all three. Sorry, the censor will only let me congratulate you on two of them.

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