This was our first cruise and fell in love with cruising instantly.

Carnival Inspiration Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 77

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Carnival Inspiration

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2018

Ship: Carnival Inspiration

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: V32

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Overall we will definently be going on this cruise again, the staff are incredible and fun. The food and drinks were fat better than what most might think. The activites thought the day are well planned and get everyone involved.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Embarkation was easy and smooth, we showed up a little early but didn't wait long. Everything was very clear on where to park and where to go. The cruise terminal was nice and the staff were even better.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The highlight of our trip was food and drinks on the ship. I don't think we had one bad experience with anything we ate or drank. Guys burger place, for how many people go there throughout the day, is always a fantastic burger and all bar staff were great and most remember what people usually get.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We mainly went to the events the ship had planned for the trip, and had fun at all of them.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The show's were decent, not my cup of tea but everyone enjoyed them.

Children's Programs

4 out of 5
Didn't bring the kids, but everything was clean and staff were friendly.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff was superb on our trip, we had the same waiter every night for dinner and he made our dinner and cruise experience 10 times better by getting to know us, playing games with us during dinner and even remembering what food and drink we enjoyed.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship was always clean, and I love the design.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our cabin was always taken care of multiple times throughout the day, our room steward introduced himself the first day and did amazing towel animals everyday.

Ship tip

Stay up late when everyone else is either in bed or doing a late activity and walk on the upper deck around the pool. It's beautiful at night.

Ports of call

Catalina Island, California

4 out of 5
Beautiful island, make sure you get up early to watch coming into the island.

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5
If you get in a day early go enjoy the queen Mary.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Even easier, take of your own luggage and you're off within minutes.
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4 Comments

gh299    4 years ago

So glad you enjoyed your first cruise.

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

We enjoyed it too

bobduck1993    4 years ago

So happy for you, and welcome to the world of happy cruisers!

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