Carnival Spirit Review

Beautiful Alaska

Review for Alaska Cruise on Carnival Spirit
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Amy from NY
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jul 2011
Cabin: Interior

We flew into Seattle and stayed at Cedarbrook Lodge for the first night. It was the perfect starting point for touring Mount Rainier. The hotel has grounds, snacks and breakfast that are extraordinary, great value for the money. Then we moved to a downtown hotel for a more central location to do the sightseeing there. We arranged the booking through HotelPlanner.com. It allows each party in our big group to book and pay for their own room at the same prearranged discounted room rate at a hotel selected from bids submitted by area hotels. With other online hotel booking sites, I would have to reserve and pay for all the rooms myself first in order to guarantee that everyone will get a room in the same hotel at the same rate. I will use it again in future for planning reunion trips.

We were lucky to have warm sunny weather in Seattle the day before the cruise. Olympic Sculpture Park is my favorite spot with art and scenery enjoyed by local residents also.

The day of the cruise, after breakfast at Pike Market, we stopped at the IGA at 3rd Ave and Pike Street to buy wine for the cruise on the way back to the hotel and then took a taxi to Pier 91. It cost $15 which includes the tip for 3-4 passengers. Boarding was quick, but I was surprised that Carnival would not allow us to carry our own luggage on board. It turns out that this is because Carnival wants to screen the luggage for forbidden items. I only have one bottle of wine, but I forgot that it was supposed to go in the carryon, so it got taken away. Luckily, the other members of the group kept their bottle of wine per person. There was a suggestion from the Cruise Reviews that since there is only one outlet in each stateroom, a multi-outlet strip was recommended. Guess what, it got taken away from my luggage too until the cruise is over.

Cabin Review

Interior

Level one can get the noise from the public rooms in level two. Avoid the rooms near the Lounge at the front of the ship.

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