our kids did it for us was not keen at first my wife and i are hooked will be doing another cruise with carnival spirit loved everything about the ship, the service to our cabin was excellent thank you and Wini ,Almen and Gill looked after us well in the emperor lounge the dinning was tops big thank you. The Entertainment and activities certainly kept us entertained right through out the whole cruise, you could not fault the service, the food even up at Level 9 the buffet bars was great loved the shore excursions even riding in the tender boats the whole experience was something else even docking in Noumea being welcomed by the locals with their traditional dance even the my Children and grandchildren enjoyed it and are looking forward to doing another cruise with Carnival spirit the highlight of the trip is meeting so many new friends and my wife meeting a couple and their family finding out that they were related it was awesome ... big thank you to everyone on Carnival Spirit and we will be seeing you ...... The Maxwell Tribe