Great Cruise.. Poor Ship

Item: Carnival Spirit
Rating: 3.9
Author: psycaholic2

Carnival Spirit Cruise Review

psycaholic2

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

6 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 13, 2022

Ship: Carnival Spirit

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7206

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Overall, cruising is always fun. But poor ship conditions and layouts and none of the updates, really shows. Staff was amazing. Fun Squad was a disappointment tho. Overall, I love carnival, I just will skip the spirit next time.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Empire Restaurant

3 out of 5

Disappointed in menu options. 6 cruises in and we have never skipped a dinner night, till this cruise. Staff was awesome tho

Sports Bar

5 out of 5

One of the biggest sports areas I've seen on a ship. Loved it.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Fun Squad was only disappointment. They seemed very bored and uninterested. One even took a phone call during the quizzes.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Very Clean Ship, but its clearly older and layout is very odd. Serenity deck on lido level... Small lido deck with movie screen, plus it's partially under cover.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Expect the odd layout and smaller ship size. Everything is laud out strange.

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Ports of call

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

4 out of 5

Nice buffet, but hardly any shopping. So make THIS your Beech day. It's really all there is too do.

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Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5

Good sized port for shopping and good Beech. Local ripped me off when he offered a chair. I'd stick with carnival offering.

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Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Great Port for shopping and nice pool area. Hit up the pharmacy, they sell some antibiotics and other meds that America only sells with prescription, and they are priced great.

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Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Traveler Photos

Cabin 7206, extended balcony does have a blind spot as you can see in photo.

6 Comments

CurlyCruiserYAY 1 year ago

Thanks for info

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bagzlady 2 years ago

I personally loved the spirit and would like to go on another spirit class ship. However, the decor in our state room was questionable imo. It was nudes of very young females. It wasn't so much that they were nude but that they were quite young.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. The Spirit class is set up a bit differently as it was made to go through the Panama Canal (original locks) with one foot clearance on each side. It usually takes us an extra day to figure out some of the nuances of this class.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 2 years ago

Sorry the ship wasn’t your cup of tea. Thanks for sharing your experience.

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javawoody 2 years ago

Do not understand why you think the layout odd,

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