Carnival Spirit Review

4.5 / 5.0
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minksgamma
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: May 2010
Cabin: Balcony

Embarkation was easy and moved quickly. We took on our own luggage so no chance of a lost bag and we were able to clean up to go roaming around ship and eat. Carnival messed up our reservation and had 3 of us in 2 separate rooms, but we all hung out in the room with the balcony. Our room steward, Fery, came and introduced himself and learned our names on the first night. In the morning and evening he was there to greet us and addressed us by our names. I was impressed by this because recognizing someones presence is important to me. We ordered room service on the morning of an early tour and it was delivered at the time requested and the order was exact. Our land tours were a little pricey but took us to some interesting places. We enjoyed them and learned a lot of history. Celebrated our life events by eating in the Nouveau Steakhouse. Absolutely 5-star! The waitress, Natalya, and the others that serviced us were friendly yet professional, very accommodating, and acted truly interested in our cruise. More than enough food, and oh, so yummy. All other meals were in the self-serve, eat-as-you-are dining room. The sub sandwich choices were very good, the pizza was fresh and hot, the buffets were tasty, the fruit and salad bars always fresh and good selections. The breakfast buffets were always the same ol' stuff and got a little boring. Too many pig meats for my liking. There were not enough activities leaving a lot of downtime and cruising got boring. There are a lot of trivia games, which my family enjoys, but not much else. It is my opinion that Carnival leaves open a lot of downtime so you will hang out in the casino and leave your money with them. This has been my opinions on the last 3 Carnival cruises, and have said so on the surveys but nothing has changed. The Showtime entertainment is second rate; not the Las Vegas style it used to be. It's not the ooh-aah that it once was and for the most part you get bored before the show is over. The Newlywed Game was not played on this ship. What's a cruise without the Newlywed Game?!?! We used the self-serve laundry mid cruise and considered it to be too costly but had clean clothes. Something will always ruin your trip; ours was the neighbors. One side had a crazy woman that got off on slamming the room door and the patio door continuously, every now-and-then the bathroom door. The other side was rowdy and slammed drawers, and the doors coming-and-going, thus including their grown daughter and her husband, who also entertained themselves with the handle to the adjoining room door; continuously trying to get it to open. Then both sides would go out on their balconies and drag the chairs from one side to another. A couple of days of this and then the guy below our room started doing the same because of my neighbors. One night was worse than all the others with the crazy woman and after speaking to the husband about how his wife was being inconsiderate when we are trying to sleep, we called Security but all they did was make excuses for her and something about them being old and the doors are heavy and they have problems hanging on to the doors. Really?!?! My mother is those people's age and never slammed a door, every one of us on that ship had heavy doors but only one slammed doors (intentionally) hard enough to rock our room and cause the patio doors to vibrate, and us to be shaken in our beds. After Security left our room the nut went out on the balcony and started blowing a whistle and laughing about it bothering us. Then, throughout the night, called our phone. let it ring 3 times and hang up. Interesting, the last 2 days were very quiet in the nut's room; no slamming doors, very little patio activity, very quiet through the night. I guess the old folks figured out how to handle the heavy doors. If Carnival hadn't messed up my reservation, I would have only had one neighbor to be concerned with not two noisy ones. Naturalist, Michelle, kept us well informed of oncoming sea life. Saw lots of whales and porpoises. Her whale talk was very interesting and educational. The best prices for anything on that ship was at the coffee/bakery kiosk. Hey Stu, polar bears wear speedos.

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Balcony

Cabin 8F

Cabin size is okay, a little congested when trying to shower/dress. It had lots of storage for clothes and shoes. Balcony was sufficient for two, not for three people. My neighbors were my noise level problem. In addition to their antics, at night, we could hear the neighbors snoring on one side and conversation going on through the adjoining door. When announcements were made we had to jump up and open the door; I would like for them to be available in the room.

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