My wife and I just returned from the four day cruise on the Inspiration, this was her 10th cruise and my 9th so reading all the reviews good and bad doesn't really matter to us. The Inspiration is one of Carnival's oldest ships and its really starting to show, the crew does an outstanding job trying to get the ship looking better but I personally think its time for this one to be retired. Having said that what I getting at is the exterior appearance of the ship, the overwhelming amounts of rust build up. The interior seemed to be maintained fine.

The check in process was very well organized and well controlled; we have learned over the years there really is no need to show up early because the rooms are not available till 1.30pm anyway. We showed up at the terminal about 12.30 and by the time we parked and checked in we went right to our room. Our cabin steward met us right away and was the friendliest guy you could find, he introduced him and asked our names and throughout the four days never forgot our names. I no it's a simple thing but to me I was impressed. The cabin was your typical cruise ship room but was exceptionally clean!!!

We asked and were assigned early dining and sat at a table with eight other couples, as usual the first meal was a bit awkward but we all seemed to get along real well. Our Waiter and his helper by far WERE THE BEST we have ever had on any cruise ship. Every dinner we had the food was well beyond our expections, and everyone at our table felt the same. We were never rushed and they always provided us with awesome service. We only ate in the dining room for dinner so that's all we could rate about the dining rooms. Read more