Carnival Spirit Review

Family fun in the Mexico

Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Carnival Spirit
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6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Sep 2011
Cabin: Interior with French Door (obstructed views)
Traveled with children

Embarkation: Basically worst ever. However, I expected it as the Spirit was repositioning and I knew this was the first time Carnival had used San Pedro in a long time. The long shoremans union should be ashamed. I actually heard them tell a woman with her mother in a wheel chair, sorry we can't take your bags, you need to push her to the end of the line, oh about two blocks away and drag your bags yourself. I was horrified and demanded they take the womans luggage. Yes, I had already waited in line an hour, but what have we come to if we can't help out people with genuine needs.

First an hour wait to porter your bags, then into the terminal to get a zone ticket, another hour wait for your zone to be called, at least you could sit, and then another hour in line to get your checked-in.

As I said, I expected this, so didn't let it affect my mood which was happy! Maybe the bottle of champagne I split with my husband in line helped. Once onboard, easy to put bags into rooms as it was so late and head to the lido for some lunch.

Cabin Review

Interior with French Door (obstructed views)

Cabin 4K

4124: French Door Balcony Room. We had 3 people but we could see in the ceiling where a 4th bed could come down. It was clean and the steward was great. It has the french doors that open fully. They will not stay open on there own, so you need to prop them open with something if you want the fresh air. This was at the end of the lifeboat so you could see down to the water, best view was from the bed. There was a very loud groaning coming from inside the wall by the doors. We tried opening and closing them, etc... but when closed the groaning could get loud. Overall I liked the room and despite the groaning would book it again for the fresh air at inside pricing.

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