Carnival Spirit Review
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We are family of 4 with 2 kids (they are 4 and 7) and we went on Carnival Spirit during April 2016 for a 10 day trip to South Pacific Islands including Lifou Isle, Mystery Island, Mare and Noumea. This is our first time to go on a cruise ship, so we do not know what to expect.
Embarkment: it went very smoothly, we just need to book a time for embarkment online when we did check-in online and I chose the earliest time which is 12:00-12:1230 . We just need to line up when we were at Sydney port and the whole process was very quick, we were on the ship around 12:15 and once we were on the ship, we can check out the ship or go to Deck 9 to have some lunch buffet. We were advised that our room will be ready by 12:30 but it wasn't, I would suggest to allow more time for the room steward to clean the room first because although we have the beds and bathroom ready, there were still some bottles and comb from the previous cruise passangers left in the room and they didn't clean it out even on the last day of our cruise as I think they assumed that those things were ours.
All facilities were open during our trip including green thunders and waterparks. It was a Fun ship for the kids. There are lots of activities for kids, even though my kids didn't join the kids club as they are in different age group. For those who love Dr Seuss Cat in the Hat, we had the parade and story time in the theater on the 3rd day of the cruise. And then on the 6th day of the cruise we had a chance to take photos with the characters like Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am and Thing 1&2. On the 2nd last day of the cruise, there were 2 session of the Green Eggs and Ham breakfast 8:15 and 9:45am (at $10 per person which you need to book in advance) and you also can take photos with all the characters during the breakfast. My kids are so happy to see them and have interactions with them.
Cabin Review
Ocean View
We were initially worried about the noise level of this cabin because this cabin is near the Galley and Disco nightclub. We can not hear any noise or smell anything from the Galley, only occasionally bump into some chefs. We can not hear any noise from the nightclub for most nights, only 1 or 2 nights around midnight we can hear the thumping when they have a party night, but the noise doesn't bother me (I'm a light sleeper) because those nights are on the ports night which I was too tired to hear anything after spending all day have fun at the port. The only downside of this cabin was that it is very dusty, I saw the room steward vaccum cleaned the edges but maybe those dust are too old that it just stuck there. The beds are comfy and the pillows are good too. My kids loved the sofa bed and bunk bed too. There were plenty of storage area and it's enough room for us to put 2 big luggages, 2 hand carries and 2 backpacks.