Carnival Spirit Review

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Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Carnival Spirit
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angelblondie
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Oct 2010

H and I decided to book at the last minute a return trip on the Spirit. We had taken the Spirit in January 2010 to the Mexican Rivera and had no plans for out fall vacation. So when Carnival made an offer for $600 per person for an extended balcony on its October 12, 2010 five day cruise, we decided to return.Since our January trip was truly a great trip, decided to retake the Spirit for short trip down to Cabo and Ensenada. What was truly funny was the price for the trip per person cost less than it cost to board the two dogs for the six days. Go figure.

The good news: the cattle call problem with the January 2010 sailing was resolved. Through the embarcation process in less than 20 minutes. Food was excelent in the MDR as before and the Lido, while not exactly high cuisine, was edible, except for the hot dogs. Room steward was ok, but not excellent. Even hit a Royal Flush in the casino. At least the sun made it's loan appearance in Cabo, and would highly recommend the snorkeling excurison on the catamaran to anyone who likes to have a pleasant afternoon ride up the coast.

the bad news: Only one day of sun out of the five on the ship. Not Carnival's fault, but still depressing. There were too many drunken passengers on this cruise, which made lots of noise in the wee hours of the night, and even during the day. But then again other than drinking, there is nothing to do in Ensenada, so people coming back from shore acting like they left all common sense on board was not surprising. No movies this trip in the Versaille lounge, which would have been a good idea especially the weather being cool and not above 65 degrees during the day and that would have been a good alternative to the casino.

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