My wife & I took a belated Honeymoon aboard the Inspiration the week of Jan. 11/04. We booked airfare through Carnival & arrived in Tampa at 2:20 p.m. from Toronto and were immediately greeted by Carnival staff. We quickly boarded a waiting bus with 20 other passengers from our flight & arrived at the terminal about 2:50 p.m. Gave our luggage to the pier workers (with a tip) and waited about 15 mins to sign in, then we boarded ship by 3:20 p.m.

I booked a 5A guarantee & didn't know where our room was until we arrived at pier. We got upgraded to a 6A (nice start to the trip). We were on Riviera Deck 240 at aft of ship (3rd from rear). Great cabin, super clean, very quiet, elevators were close too. Bathroom was nice & clean, good supply of toiletries, shampoo & conditioner provided free of charge. There was a safe in our closet. High Seas Romance package that I ordered 2 weeks prior was waiting when we arrived.

We were immediately thrown into the muster drill, which was a bit disorganized. It took about 45 mins, and the only bad part was that everyone missed the sail away due to the drill. Luggage was delivered to our room by 5 p.m. Read more