Carnival Inspiration Review
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The Carnival Inspiration sails from the port in Tampa, Fl. I had never been there before. The traffic was confusing because of road construction and even my Garmin got me lost. I was going to park my car myself after dropping off my bags, but ended up overwhelmed and used the valet service for my car because of all the confusion.
I had booked through the Cruise Line. The operator was very helpful and informative and she made many recommendations that helped a lot. My mother and sister were meeting me on the ship. We had reserved a balcony suite and ended up on the 11th deck. After dropping off my car and checking in my bags, I entered the check in area. I had thought the VIP on my check in paperwork was a logo of some kind and it was a surprise to find out it really meant VIP! After the customs scan, there was special check in and treatment.
The pocket sized deck plan helped with the confusion of finding the way around the ship. We still got mixed up but then so did everyone else. We had early seating. Our waiters were great and the food was wonderful. The other food area times were posted and always had an assortment of things to eat.
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Having lived in other countries, Cozumel was the typical tourist industry island. They were not shy in letting us know that we were their main source of income. We took the "see the island and shopping tour". It lasted 5 hours and we only had 1 small 15 min. stop at a snack shop that only had coconut meat, pineapple, and watermelon. If we had not taken bottled water with us, it would have been very difficult. Way too long with no real food choices.
The tour guide was nice and the bus was clean and well kept. We could have had more time with the shopping part. My sister liked the Tequila factory tour though……never knew there were so many flavors of tequila.
It was a good way to see the island for a first time tourist. If I would go again, I would choose another way to see the island. If you need to take medications with food on a strict schedule I would think twice about taking this tour.