Carnival Spirit Review

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Review for Alaska Cruise on Carnival Spirit
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jmorgania
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: May 2010
Cabin: Balcony

We recently returned from the first sailing of the season on the Carnival Spirit to Alaska. This was the third day of the season for the ports we visited. This was our second cruise overall but first with Carnival. We had a great time, though some items could be better.

Embarkation: We boarded in Vancouver, BC. The cruise port was clean and easily accessible. We actually ported our bags and took a short walk over to the 2010 Olympic cauldron, which is only about 2 blocks west of the Canada Place cruise terminal. The cauldron has ongoing construction around it. They are building a shallow pool under the cauldron and on the bottom will highlight the path the torch took to get to Vancouver. Once back at the cruise terminal we were through security and paperwork in 15 minutes and on board. As it was almost 2pm room were ready and one of our bags was already outside our door.

Rooms: Our room was very clean and spacious. I was concerned that the balcony would feel small but I was completely content with it's size. Our room steward was amazing. First time I saw him he was half way down the hallway but he called me and my fiance by name. I honestly don't know how they remember everyone's name especially from so far away. Our room was always clean. He did a great job of learning our schedule and would pop in while we were out and about. Only odd thing about the room was the TV. It always turned on to some random channel that only displayed static. Though when scrolling through the channels it never returned to that channel.

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Balcony

Cabin 8A

Cabin 4168. 2 floor to ceiling closets with clothes hangers. 1 floor to closet with multiple shelves, can be converted to a clothes pole also. There are only about 4 pull out drawers to put clothes in. Most our items were on the shelves in tall closet. As the counter got closer to the bed and balcony it tapered away. There were a couple doors under this smaller section that had a couple shelves. Not large enough to put clothes on but it did provide a nice place to put misc items such as sun screen and bug spray. There are two drawers that pull out under the sofa and had some extra blankets. They stick and are hard to open but provide valuable additional space if needed.

Bed was two beds pushed together but they were incredibly comfortable. This was some of the best sleep we ever got on a vacation.

Bathroom was small, but hello it's a cruise ship. It actually had a lot of counter space with multiple little shelves attached along the sides of the mirror to hold items. It had a shower only, no tub. There was body wash and shampoo dispenser in the shower. Handy if you forget your own but IMO did not perform all that well so I used my own. Water pressure was great. Temperature would fluctuate slightly during peak times but nothing bad.

Balcony: We had a standard size balcony. It had two chairs and a small table. There was plenty of room for two people. It is not recessed over the lifeboats so it provides great views in all directions.

The cabin was quiet and comfortable. We were close to mid ship elevators, which were always really busy. We had no hallway noise. Did hear a lot of other doors, not sure if balcony or stateroom doors, slamming shut though.

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