The embarkation process was quick and painless. The transfer staff was courteous and efficient. The Spirit is a beautiful ship, and is very easy to navigate. Since I love Egyptian art, I really enjoyed the decor ...

Sail Date September 2009

Loblolly_Cruiser

1 Review Written

Alaska... what else can you say

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

We booked the cruise in February 2009 directly through the Carnival website at the Past Guest rate. A couple of days before the Early Saver 5-month deadline, we converted our booking to the ES rate. That resulted in ...

Sail Date August 2009

testarc

1 Review Written

Great Alaska, Disappoint Carnival

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

We just came back from 7 days Alaska cruise from Whittier to Vancouver on Carnival Spirit. Alaska is unbelievable beautiful, I am sure we will go back again. Carnival or even cruising, we are not so sure. ...

Sail Date July 2009

stefanny28

2 Reviews Written

Cool cruise !!!

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

We are from Montreal, Quebec so we know what winter, snow and cold weather mean. So when I told my husband that I wanted to go to Alaska for the summer he was a little bit hard to convince. But we did no regret the ...

Sail Date July 2009

KTSunny

2 Reviews Written

Fabulous scenery, Fantastic weather = Great cruise

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

Since in the weeks and months leading up to our July 1, 2009 cruise on the Carnival Spirit I was constantly searching for new reviews, I was determined to post mine in a timely fashion. Overall, our vacation was ...

Sail Date July 2009

pwchief

12 Reviews Written

55 Helpful Votes

Alaskan Cruise - Scenery to the Max!

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

7 Day South Bound Alaskan Cruise on Carnival Spirit July 2009 My wife and I took the 7-day Alaska cruise on Carnival Spirit, departing from Whittier, Alaska on July 1, 2009. We had good weather (mostly sunny ...

Sail Date July 2009

darin2

2 Reviews Written

21 Helpful Votes

20th Anniversary on Carnival Spirit

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

Alaska Cruise September 3rd 2008 7 days southbound from Whittier to Vancouver BC on the Carnival Spirit.Ports included Sitka, Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan.We flew from Atlanta, non-stop, to Anchorage the day prior ...

Sail Date September 2008

borq57

2 Reviews Written

No rating

A whale of a trip! You otter go!

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

My wife is 63 and I'm 66. We have cruised several times before - the last time on the Glory in 2008. We've cruised the Inside Passage twice (NCL Spirit and NCL Star) and enjoyed both of these. We booked ...

Sail Date June 2009

pjs678

2 Reviews Written

Alaska with Spirit!

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

Background: We have cruised several times before, most recently on the Miracle in 2007. My wife is 39 and I'm 38. We left the kids at home for this trip. We booked the cruise about 3 months out and used CC ...

Sail Date June 2009

vcbogan

1 Review Written

Carnival Alaska Cruise

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

This was my wife and my second cruise (we had previously taken a Princess Caribbean cruise in January 2008). We travel several times per year, but are relatively new to cruises. Our lodging and travel to our ...

Sail Date September 2008

Nukediver

1 Review Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

Carnival Spirit May 24 - May 31, 2006 Alaska Cabin 8182 We used cruise line booked airfare for our journey. The cruise line booked my family of 3 with 2 other families on the same reservation and had seat ...

Sail Date June 2006

CruiseKansas

10 Reviews Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

Pre tour- We had a three day tour, via rail on the McKinley Express, originating from Fairbanks stopping in Denali for a tour, via bus, and the night, then terminating in Anchorage. We were disappointed. We did not ...

Sail Date May 2004

big rob

1 Review Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

for a little back ground on myself im a typical 23yr. old male college kid living in Texas i went on this cruise with my parents and sister and her husband after reading the reviews on here and planning everything i ...

Sail Date August 2006

sullivanJ

1 Review Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

First off I will give you a little background about my husband & myself. I am 38 & my husband is 49 (acts a lot younger). We have been on 2 previous cruises with Princess & Royal Caribbean. This was our 1st with ...

Sail Date June 2005

LHP

7 Reviews Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

This was our 12th cruise with Carnival since 1998 with our 2 sons. Embarkation was a breeze. We used Carnival to transfer us from Anchorage (the Hilton) to Whittier. We found the ship to be clean and beautiful. The ...

Sail Date July 2005

fvuscmom

1 Review Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

Awesome, Amazing, Spectacular, Breathtaking, Majestic Alaska...Words do not do her justice. Embarkation We flew to Anchorage early on the day of our cruise, took a taxi to town and dropped our luggage at the museum ...

Sail Date August 2006

Pengawin3

6 Reviews Written

15 Helpful Votes

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

The itinerary was why we chose this cruise. (Did the Vancouver RT on Celebrity with most of the same family in '92.) Traveled with a group of about 20 family and close friends. Alaska is a port intensive cruise, ...

Sail Date August 2006

kellywhitehills

1 Review Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

Everyone should experience Alaska at least once in their life time. This was our first cruise and our first time to Alaska. This trip was the best vacation we have ever had and we cannot wait to go back! First I ...

Sail Date July 2007

ERB625

1 Review Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

Our first cruise to Alaska and I can not say enough good things about it! I was expecting a lot and it did not disappoint. Having cruised the Caribbean many times, this cruise was more laid back and generally has an ...

Sail Date August 2007

drahcir

2 Reviews Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

This was our 2nd trip on the Carnival Spirit, and our third and likely last trip with Carnival. We'd had a good experience on the Spirit in Hawaii in 2004, a bad one on the Jubilee in the Caribbean during Christmas ...

Sail Date July 2004

rashot

2 Reviews Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

My wife, our two sons (19 and 16) and I cruised on the Carnival Spirit leaving from Whittier on June 21, 2006 and headed south to Vancouver. We did a 1 week land tour that I planned myself before the cruise but that ...

Sail Date June 2006

coordinator

1 Review Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

We started our trip out of North Carolina on Jun 7th, we had a stop over in Memphis, Seattle and finally Anchorage........the flights were ok, but an all day process, which we expected. The bus from Anchorage to the ...

Sail Date June 2006

chipster45

2 Reviews Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

We arrived in Anchorage a week early to visit our daughter who is in the Air Force and is stationed at the Air Force base there, saved on our hotel bill anyway. We did rent a car from Thrifty, a great deal, a ...

Sail Date May 2006

Bob and Linda

2 Reviews Written

Carnival Spirit - Alaska

Carnival Spirit

Alaska

My wife and I sailed on the Carnival Spirit Southbound on September 1st. This was our 4th Carnival cruise and 1st time to Alaska. We booked a balcony room which was nice for glacier viewing and whale watching. We ...

Sail Date September 2004