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Carnival Spirit Review

Nice Family Cruise

Review for the South Pacific Cruise on Carnival Spirit
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Jayn Deans mum
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Oct 2014
Cabin: Balcony Quad
Traveled with children

This was our first family cruise. Myself, hubby and two boys 7 and 4. Embarkation seemed to run fairly smoothly. Our room was an Ocean Balcony room, level 8, I thought our room was nice, our room steward was lovely and made a towel creature each night, a nice touch. The meals at the buffet I found to be average, there is something there for everyone so no one can complain about that but the quality of it, look nothing to write home about, it was of a lesser quality than I was expecting. People just amaze me too lining up for their food, you would think they had never had a feed in their lives and the food wastage left on plates could feed a small nation.

The empire room dining at night, meals were a bit hit or miss, some good some not so good. If you get the opportunity to dine in the Nouveau Restaurant please do so, the food is sensational, steak and seafood to die for and the desserts were beautiful worth the extra $40 PP. Kids club..ok so we thought this was a little bit of a cop out your sold the idea that you can leave your kids a fair whack of time to have some time to yourselves, NO, the times are staggered, no sooner have you dropped the kids off than you feel like your picking them up again, closed for 2 hours for lunch. After lunch some days a parent had to be present for some of the activities. The staff in there, well there were some that were great with the kids and some that should be off the boat doing a different job, they just weren't interested.

The islands were amazing, the Isle of Pines was my favourite, pristine and beautiful you must take a swim at the beach, the locals were quite friendly too. Mare also lovely but a bit poorer island you can see the cruise ships are their bread and butter in a lot of ways. Noumea was lovely too. My advice book your shore excursions on the boat yes it may be a little extra but guarantees you a seat, I saw a few people come off second best thinking they could just throw a few bucks the tour operators way and get on the tours, most of them said No you have to go back on the boat and get tickets, not a good spot to be in time wasting buying tickets that you could have bought earlier.

Cabin Review

Balcony Quad

Cabin 85

Our cabin was very good, great views.

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