We sailed on the Carnival Spirit out of San Diego on February 23 through March 3, 2010 and had a fabulous time!! My overall impression of the ship was that it was in good condition and the dEcor was pretty, but dark. I found that the Spirit class ships layout was easy to get around in, but I do prefer the Conquest class a little better.

Embarkation

We flew down to San Diego the day before from Minneapolis and stayed at the Holiday Inn on the Bay located by the cruise terminal. We had a free shuttle from the airport to hotel, which was nice. We arrived at our hotel mid afternoon and had time to eat at Anthony's right across the street. This was an excellent restaurant and we watched the sun set while we were eating. Romantic! This restaurant is actually built over the water (or right on the water). We also took the shuttle down to the lamp district and walked around there. It was really neat and the shuttle guy from the hotel even came and picked us up after we were done down there. All we had to do was call him when we were done, so we gave him a tip for doing that for us. He went out of his way for us! Read more