This was my second cruise on the Inspiration in 3 years. The ship was renovated before our sailing this time and we did notice some great changes, but I don't want to get ahead of myself!

There were (4) of us woman, one who had never cruised before. We drove from Orlando to Tampa the morning of the cruise without incident. We arrived at the port by 11am, dropped our luggage off (tipped the porter $1 a bag) and self parked for $15 a day. 2 of us went into the regular line and 2 went through VIP. We both ended up checking in around the same time. Because we were together, they actually let us "non-VIP" get on the ship with our VIP friend..whoohoo, nice way to start our trip!! We were told our itinerary was going to change, due to the storms in Mexico, but before we set sail, it was changed back..Grand Cayman & Cozumel, here we come!

The food buffet was your typical standard food choices and we were able to find seats without any problems at all. Went to buy my soda card and my DOD (Drink of the Day) card and found out they no longer have the DOD Card..booo!! I really liked that the last 2 cruises we went on. We were able to get into our rooms by 1:30 and found 1 out of 2 bags had arrived. Didn't get the 2nd bag until after 4pm, probably because I and 2 of my friends received the dreaded nasty letter, stating they took my liquor (even though it was in clear bottles). We did get on the ship with a bottle of wine a piece and my VIP friends got ALL her liquor through?? Read more