I sailed with my mother and sister for a girls trip away on Carnjval Spirit.

We chose a 12 noon boarding time and there were no delays, straight through check in a and straight on board. We were ushered up to deck 9 for lunch as was everyone who boarded, being our first cruise we were not aware that we could take our lunch elsewhere to eat and struggled to find a spare table. This was the only time the ship appeared crowded.

After lunch we went down to check out our cabin, just beautiful. We chose to get a cabin with a balcony, if this is within your means I would highly recommend this. A lot of nights we pried the door open to have fresh air during the night and listen to the water going by - a note, take an ocky strap, this will save having to wedge a chair to keep the door open. Bathroom was plenty big enough for 3 girls with lots of lotions, makeup etc, shower was awesome, water pressure was great as was water temperature. We had two single beds and our couch made into another single which was just as comfortable as the other beds, again plenty of room. Wardrobes had more than sufficient space for all our clothes (we took far too many) and our suitcases fitted nicely under the beds and out of the way for the entire cruise. Our room steward Wayan, was one of the nicest people you would ever meet, he couldn't do enough for us, getting us extra pillows and an additional bathrobe - always with a smile, not to mention the towel animals he left for us each evening. Cabin was very quiet, we heard not a thing from other guests and was ideally located to deck 9 so we could just go up the stairs for a cup of tea. Read more