Carnival Spirit Review

Carnival Spirit - Mexican Riviera

Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Carnival Spirit
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daveandjules
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Mar 2005
Cabin: Balcony
Traveled with children

We (Husband, myself, sons ages 11, 17 and 20) flew to San Diego on 3/24 and spent the night at the Best Western Bayside. We were kept up most of the night by the train blowing! But, it was nice to see the Spirit in port already at 6:30 AM on 3/25. Embarkation was very easy, we arrived at 10:45 AM and were on the ship before noon! We had some confusion with our room assignments but were able to get it all straightened out. We booked an extended balcony for ourselves and an inside room for our boys. Carnival put our boys quite a ways from us, we were surprised! But it worked out and I obtained a key to their room to do surprise checks!

Entering the Atrium upon embarkation was nice, a beautiful ship. We found the ship easy to navigate and since we take the stairs never had a problem waiting for an elevator. Our room was nice and the balcony wonderful. Plenty of storage and closet space. Our only complaint was the mattress, way to hard and uncomfortable.

We loved the Dining room and our waiter and his assistant! Somehow Carnival put us (family of 5) at 2 separate tables! Because the ship was full they could not fix this but our waiter accommodated us by bringing a chair to put at the end of our 4 person table. This made it more difficult for them serving but they were so gracious about it. We found all the staff and everyone on board who worked for Carnival to be wonderful, friendly and helpful. We loved our room stewards!

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Balcony

Cabin 8a
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