Carnival Inspiration Review

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Carnival Inspiration - Western Caribbean

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Inspiration

We set sail on the Inspiration 12-11-04. Leaving the harbor, we saw Christmas lights decorating yachts beginning a parade. This was our first Carnival cruise and our impressions were very mixed. The food and service in the dining room for dinner were excellent. The dining room menu and food at lunch were poor. The Brasserie buffet, decorated with ugly purple worms, had an excellent breakfast. The lunch buffet items were fair at best, but they had excellent hot sandwich and pizza stations. The desserts were fine, but I think that the ice cream machine got the most use.

The Camp Carnival program for kids was good and our kids enjoyed it. The counselors were competent and caring. By comparison, however, our kids thought that both Princess's and Royal Caribbean's children's programs were a little better. The Inspiration had a nice kid's pool and play area, but the pool temperature was cold; not exactly inviting for children. Children under 48" could not use the main pool waterslide.

The cruise director, Lenny, was humorous and personable. The evening entertainment consisting of a couple of production shows, a fat comedian telling "fat" jokes, and a magician/bolero act were quite good and entertaining. Our favorite show was an afternoon Christmas show complete with an appearance of Santa Claus.

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