Carnival Inspiration Review

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Carnival Inspiration - Western Caribbean

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Inspiration
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racegrrl
First Time Cruiser • Age 2020s

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Sail Date: Jan 2005
Cabin: Interior

First, a little background: I have been surfing these boards since the day I booked our cruise, a little backwards I know. I had vacation time I had to schedule quickly and the price, dates and destinations were right. So we booked on the Inspiration out of Tampa to try our first ever cruise adventure. Then I did research on how to make our trip perfect. Luckily, my method worked! Trip to Tampa was painless, trip to port from airport was painless, though our cabby tried to run the meter on us (from tips on Cruise Critic, I knew it was supposed to be a flat rate). Got to port at 11:15 am, but were quickly through security, check-in, and on board before 12:15. We explored a bit and ate till we could get into our cabin. Food was terrific, and DH and I were pleasantly surprised by the quality, flavor, variety and service on the buffet line at a time of somewhat mass chaos.

Our cabin was the perfect size for us with plenty of storage space. Plenty of hot water (careful not to burn yourself) in the showers. And it was SUPER clean! Very impressed! We had a terrific steward (Irina) who was friendly and efficient. Had towel animals every night.

Our particular cruise had a fair number of what I would call "older" people. Not old, I wouldn't say that, but I would say the average age of cruisers on this particular trip was low to mid 50's. From what I understand, this is not typical for Carnival. And I want to stress this. It wasn't a negative except in the bars and for the nightlife. I am 32 years old and we like to have fun, so it was a bit disappointing to see the dance floor pretty empty and most bars with only a few people at them late nights. But we still made our own fun! There were some people our age and younger who were out, just not as many as I would have liked to see.

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