Carnival Splendor Review

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Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Carnival Splendor
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First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Apr 2010

This was our second cruise on Carnival to the Mexican Riviera. The last time was June of 2008 on the Carnival Pride.

We drove into Long Beach the day before from Tucson and stayed at the Comfort Inn-Long Beach. We took advantage of the park and cruise package which included breakfast, trasportation to and from the pier and parking for the week for $150.00. The hotel itself was nice and comfortable and the breakfast was good but the area of town was not that great. Since we checked in by 1pm we decided to try to head down to the marina and see some sights. Luckly we check with the front desk about directions and was advised that the Long Beach Grand Prix was going on and it would not be a good idea to drive as we would never find parking. We decided to take the train which was a block away from the hotel. I would not recomend taking this at night, there was some, let's just say interesting people and some peculiar scents on the train. What we saw of the Grand Prix was very cool, and exciting and very loud, it got your heart beating.

Embarktion-We checked out of our room and 11:00am and were at the pier by 11:30. We had a lot of luggage since we drove in and did not have to worry about flight restrictions, my husband even brought his golf clubs. As soon as we pulled up the porters were there to take our luggage and we proceded to check in right by the terminal. Check in is no longer in the Queen Mary. We were assigned zone four and they started calling zones by 12:30. It was a very quick and smooth process and we were on the ship by 1:00.

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Great room, but loud location. We were port side with a balcony.

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