We had a wonderful break away in winter.

When Carnival Spirit first sailed into Australia, I couldn't wait to see what local people thought of her as a cruise ship in our waters. The reviews started to finally appear on CruiseCritic...and they didn't seem to be shaping up too well!! I remember thinking it would be nice to have a permanently-based ship here that led the way, but instead it looked as though it wasn't going to win too many friends if Carnival didn't lift their game!

Well, it seems things had changed somewhat in recent times. I started doing a bit more research late last year and by taking an average member rating over the last 25 cruises, The Spirit came out on top of all the local cruise ships in the same class doing the same types of cruises!! With this in mind I thought things were starting to look up a bit!! Read more