Just arrived back from our 12 day South Pacific Cruise on the Carnival Spirit. We booked this holiday for our honeymoon as we had read great reviews about the cruise. While we cannot fault the impeccable and friendly service staff, we are truly disappointed with our quality of sleep during the cruise. We paid top dollar for a deck 8 balcony cabin as we wanted the most comfortable room we could afford.

We could hear thumping foot steps, dragging chairs and trolleys being wheeled on the lido deck above our bed late into the night and very early in the morning (prior to 7am). To make things worse, the room had a very loud creaking noise that was relentless. After the first night we mentioned this to our room steward who suggested that we purchase ear plugs from the gift shop. Unfortunately they did not have any available at the time. We have been looking forward to coming home just to get a good nights sleep.

Had we known we would be in such a noisy cabin we would have saved the extra expense and stayed on a lower and cheaper deck. Read more