After taking our first cruise in March, we had so much fun that we booked our second with in a month of being home. We loved HAL and enjoyed Carnival.

Our second cruise was just last week on Carnival Inspiration out of Long Beach CA. We flew into LAX early Monday morning. Pre Purchased transfers, easier for my sanity than trying to rent a car and find the cruise port. Our plane landed at 8:30 and we were at the cruise terminal by 10. We did early check in on the Queen Mary. This only took 15 minutes. We were given boarding Zone 1. We waited until 11:30 for boarding to begin. VIP were first then the zones by number. We were on the ship eating lunch by 11:47!!! It was fun to be one of the first 100 or so on the ship.

After eating in the buffet we went to see if the rooms were ready. Yep, by 12:30 we were walking down the hall looking for our room. Our suitcase was already outside the door! I unpacked and hunny took a catnap before heading out for sail away. Read more