We chose this particular Cruise because it's close to her home Port of Long Beach California and the overall convenience of going up the night before and staying aboard the Queen Mary I would highly recommend the faster to the fun program for first-time Cruisers if you're interested in getting on the ship early to explore before you set sail on this particular Cruise it was for day to Catalina Island and to Ensenada Mexico the staff the energy thankfulness the people that work on the Carnival Inspiration are amazing everyone always remember their names they greeted us with kindness eagerness to help us in any way the food was amazing always something to do aboard the ship even if you wanted some quiet time there was somewhere to go to relax and get your quiet time I also highly recommend getting a massage in there Spa to the stuff compliment your vacation I recommend people weighed the pros and cons in the cheers and bottomless bubbles package you do the math and see if it works for you it's an amazing program insured even though this ship is older and lots more we truly enjoyed our vacation and had just as much fun on this ship as we would on a large