Carnival Inspiration Review
Inspired by the Carnival Inspiration 4 Night Baja Mexico
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This cruise was just my husband and myself, both 31. Our 2 year old daughter stayed home this time. She won’t be sailing again until she’s potty trained. She stayed home with Grandma. This was our 6th cruise, 3rd with Carnival, and 3rd this year! We didn’t plan to take 3 cruises this year, but we found the opportunity to book 2 last minute cruises this year, and this was one of them.
We moved to San Diego (I also grew up in this area) in September 2013 and have never cruised out of the West Coast. We previously lived in Florida and are much more accustomed to warmer cruise weather. We weren’t sure what to think about a Baja cruise or cruising in ‘colder’ weather. But, we are up for cruising wherever and whenever we can!
Cabin Review
Our cabin was R93. It was oceanview on deck 4 (Riviera). We’ve sailed in all types of cabins and we actually like interiors. But having a window again was nice. I have a horrible tendency to wake up early, so it is nice to look out and see if I can get up and take some pictures. On the flip side, having lights from the ship come in around the curtain and make me think I actually slept in until sunrise was not so pleasant!! For 2 adults, this stateroom was a perfect size. It was a standard layout with the closets facing the bathroom, which does cause some traffic, and will require a bit of patience. I have sailed in a sideways stateroom, on a different CCL ship, and while there was more room to move around, I felt it lacked in storage space. Not so in this stateroom. There were 2 closets with hangers and a third with deep shelves. The desk area was large and had 4 shallow but wide drawers for extra storage. This is a Fantasy class ship, so there was no hair dryer, so I packed my own. The layout of the bathrooms is very nice, but lacks storage space. We make up for it by using a hanging bag with all our supplies. The shower is big compared to some others I’ve had and the toilet area isn’t crowded. Plenty of room in there for 1 person to move around. The bed was moderately comfortable; I didn’t wake up sore so that is a plus! The joint of the 2 twin beds wasn’t terribly noticeable. The window was a good size and had salt spray on the outside, but we were on deck 4, practically sea level ;). The entertainment on the TV was somewhat lacking, but there was so much going on that we didn’t spend much time in our room at all.