Carnival Spirit Review

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Great Alaska Cruise

Review for Alaska Cruise on Carnival Spirit
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moebruin
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jun 2011
Cabin: Extended Balcony
Traveled with children

Overall, had a great time. I am going to limit my review to items that I didn't find covered when I was looking at other reviews prior to going on this cruise with some general comments:

Going to Alaska: For me this was the first non-warm weather cruise I went on and wasn't sure how that would impact the cruise experience. A couple of negatives (minor to me) but worth noting. If your kids see the 3 story water slide, forget it. Yes it is on the boat but with the weather, it did not operate at all on our cruise. Also because of high wind and its location the Sports Court (including the miniature golf) was closed many days during our cruise. The main pool however had a dome top which made the area very usable all the time and I personally was able to enjoy the outside Jacuzzi's even in the cool weather during the night. There are two indoor Jacuzzi's (one under the dome and one in the health club) if you don't want to deal with the cool weather.

Teen Club: My two boys when they were younger loved our two Disney Cruises however, they never had much of an interest in hanging in the kid club. I started to worry a bit when my oldest kid showed pre-cruise that he wanted to hit the Teen Club and had noticed other reviews mentioning a less children on board then other (non-Alaska cruises). Well at least for the teen-age set there were plenty of teenagers on our cruise and both my boys loved the O2 club. Spending most of the nights at the club until it closed. A number of the teenagers exchanged facebook user names and I believe one of them has set up a group for all of them to be part of so that was a VERY POSITIVE plus for me.

Cabin Review

Extended Balcony

Cabin 8K

Loved the cabin. Big for cruise ship standards. Loved having a balcony with the views you get when in the inside passage. No issues with noise, etc.

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