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Carnival Inspiration Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Carnival Inspiration

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 20, 2019

Ship: Carnival Inspiration

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: M146

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Cruise was good, just no frills really. Other than food EVERYTHING costs. No free on board activities anymore. For tired of spending money to do anything interesting. Suggest bring good deal of cash to put on your sail and sign card so nasy cc bill does not show up.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy and well planned.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Good food, but repetitive @ breakfast buffet. Encourage them to build it up a bit.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Pools constantly filled as well as jacuzzis. Never got to enjoy them because always crammed

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Ship has a 80's decco vibe. Needs some serious interior updating.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Steward was great. Did not expect the Ritz so not disappointed in the austere room.

Ship tip

Up on mini golf course looking fwd, best chairs to watch the ocean, read, relax before gets to busy.

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Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5

Catalina Island, California Did not visit port

Weather kept us away which seemed ridiculous. Was a beautiful day.
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Ensenada, Mexico

4 out of 5
Excursions were lame. "Sight seeing" just led you to downtown where everyone preys on the tourists.
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Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Kicking us out of our rooms and making is wait in halls for you to turn rooms sucks. Very invasive and made us wait quite some time.
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5 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing
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ReidRGetALife    5 years ago

Was just on the Inspiration this month for back to back cruises. The only activities that were extra were Bingo, which we don't play, and the casino, which we also don't play. Everything else was free. Maybe we were on a different Carnival Inspiration than you?
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cantwait2escape    5 years ago

Like what cost money? Besides bingo, gambling, shopping, specialty dining? So we know as opposed to "everything"...
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Dutch3901    5 years ago

It seems to me that you either failed to do research, or just wanted to be negative. The food was the only thing free? How about the comedy shows, the live performances in the theater, the live bands, the 80’s trivia, game shows, on deck contests, etc...? There is a free app (Fun Hub) that lets you know everything going on, which is a lot... If you were waiting for some staff member to come knock on your door to invite you to join in, I can see where you missed the activities. Otherwise...
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DerekMire    5 years ago

Then don't cruise anymore no body cares
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