Carnival Imagination Review

A great quick getaway for a birthday boy and teacher mommy!

Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Carnival Imagination
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6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Feb 2018
Traveled with children

Let me start by saying, we have sailed this the Imagination and its sister ship, the Inspiration.. and love the quick getaway! This time we were celebrating a long Presidents' Day weekend on the ship; as well as celebrating my son's 3 year old birthday. We were with another family who have a 3 year old as well; so that was very helpful. Carnival does a great job entertaining families with little kids. Some other cruiselines do not and it's noticeable who they want sailing on their ships. Since we have sailed on the Imagination before, we knew that we wanted to enjoy the Dr. Seuss breakfast and other kids related activities.

We drove in from Las Vegas (so did the rest of the city, it seemed like) to the cruise terminal. It was obvious that the terminal had had an upgrade but was still being worked on. Since we were late for our reservation time, they sent us to the "Late" line; which made me laugh. There was no one in that line and we walked right in. We checked in quickly and got to take some fun pictures all over the terminal. Also we were wearing "Isaac's birthday cruise" shirts; so that was entertaining to other cruisers and crew all day. We wanted to make the most of those shirts. Also, I noticed that they don't take your picture anymore... they just use your passport pics. Finally, we were heading up the gangway with a very excited 3 year old..and of course, stopping for that professional picture with the toddler pretending to drive the ship. It turned out VERY CUTE!

Our cabin (V20) was ready for us, so we went right up to the room. A rollaway was placed on the floor flat for the toddler to sleep in; and our twins pushed together for the one bed. Our cabin steward was very nice and always brought extra towels and had ice in the bucket for us. Augh, the toddler also dropped the phone receiver on the glasses and one shattered all over the floor. Our steward came right away and cleaned it up for us.

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