Terrible and Dreary

Item: Carnival Inspiration
Rating: 2.4
Author: jesuslord

Carnival Inspiration Cruise Review to Mexico

jesuslord

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 03, 2018

Ship: Carnival Inspiration

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Will never go on here again this was the ugliest darkest ship the food was terrible, they had nothing on the TV but sports CNN, if you want sea food you have to pay, no onboard music except the last night, Overall a 1 1/2 start only because cruise director (Nono) made it enjoyable she needs to apply to another cruise line ASAP!

Embarkation

1 out of 5

NO kind of excitement did not know ship has left was unpacking and found out were out to sea

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Food was always cold ! Had to pay for sea food never been on a cruise where I had to pay for food.

Pizzeria

4 out of 5

Always hot the only food that was consistent.

Cherry on Top

4 out of 5

She was very nice

Bar

5 out of 5

Very Good always smiling even those I don't drink

Alchemy Bar

5 out of 5

all the Bartenders were nice and friendly,

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Comedians were very funny

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Cruise Director Nono or Noelle was very engaging, funny had a good time with her

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Ugliest nastiest ship I have ever sailed on it needs to go it dark and boring,

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

always clean they TV sucked nothing on but sports and carnival hawing there ship excursions. oh and cnn the one movie channel they had could not see it.

Ship tip

Dont Go this is the worst ship i have every been on its about 20 years out dated it need to go for scrapes.

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Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

1 out of 5

Boring not kind of send off when we left.

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Catalina Island, California

1 out of 5

Small nothing to do

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Ensenada, Mexico

3 out of 5

nice and sunny

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

6 Comments

Cinnamonn 6 years ago

Wow we went and we had a fantastic time. Our family was never in the cabin or indoors unless we were sleeping or at a show. The DJ had everyone dancing on stage and at their tables. The food was good, not great, but we still had a blast. I was with good company so we all had FUN.

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letsgothen 6 years ago

My daughter and I have always enjoyed the Inspiration and Imagination. Sorry you had such a bad experience.

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cbcruisin 6 years ago

Going tomorrow (9/14), been on this ship many times. Love it

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SoCalGinger 6 years ago

What other cruises have you done? Just thinking it might help others reading your reviews understand what you are comparing a three day cruise on an older small Carnival ship to. I have done this a few times and they have always had live music. We have attended a sailaway party and farewell party on ever sailing. You have to book an excursion to go to a beach! The shore excursions desk or talk about going ashore held in the theater (also rebroadcast on the tv) would have explained that. I've never actually shuffled through the channels on a stateroom tv so I can't verify anything there. I do eat fish, scallops and shrimp quite often onboard the two fantasy class ships that sail out of Long Beach and have never paid extra for it. Us locals tent to call the 3 day a "Booze Cruise"! Maybe a Princess or Norwegian sailing out of Long Beach (San Pedro) would be a better choice & if you enjoy beaches you could go down to Cabo or P.V. California and Baja are better for surfing than playing on the beach.

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Shh813 6 years ago

Go on a longer cruise. Then you would have a dress up night and have seafood for free. You can't tell anything on only a 3 day cruise. And hopefully you didn't go on a cruise to watch tv!

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DerekMire 6 years ago

Yr own fault

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