Carnival Inspiration Review

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Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Carnival Inspiration
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Jagger19
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jan 2011
Cabin: Ocean View

Day 1 AM Embarkation: Arrived at Long Beach Port -- handed 2 large pcs of soft-padded (with roller) luggage to porter - $2 tip per bag. Then, parked car at nearby Parking Building - $15/day. Hand carried 2 8-pack 8-oz soda cans in a 7"D x10"H x12"L soft-padded cooler, 12 300-ml (?) water bottles, and a 1 750-ml wine in a carry on-bag In line at 11:00 am, thru Security at 12:00 showing passports, in line to obtain our Sail and Sign blue cards -- had our names, assigned deck - Main, room no. and dining preference showed passports and credit card to charge purchases on ship. Had picture (about $12.00 -- don't have to purchase) taken of entire family (can't get away from this), and went thru another check-in with individual security picture taken before pushing Sail and Sign card thru machine. Forgot to ask for deck of cards from Information Center. Gratuity ($12.00) had been paid in advance: $3.70/day for stateroom service. (Gave addl tip in a thank you card + Sees candy), $3.70/day for dining service. (Gave addl tip to server in a thank you card + Sees candy + small tip to busboy at BB&Grill, $2.00/day for alternative service (kitchen/entertainment/guest services).

Cell phone roaming charges: $2.49/min (ship) + $0.79/min (AT&T); Text Msg: $10.00 for 50 text msgs, no more than 150 character per text message.

Tip: Use 2-way radios, esp. off board the ship, on board is hard to talk/listen esp. inside the ship. Walk around -- using stairs is better than elevator. Elevator buttons has deck names not deck numbers -- hard to read inside the elevator.

Cabin Review

Ocean View

Cabin 6C

We don't have any complaint about our assigned cabin except our next door (we had an adjoining room) neighbors who were obviously honeymooners. But a knock on the door, stopped the moaning and groaning. We could not do anything on the other side of the room where a young child or baby cried every now and then. The bathroom has very little space for all our toiletries. Had it not for a tip I read on this website, I would not think of bringing a 99 cent shoe bag. All our toiletries just fit right in those individual compartments.

Our bathroom has a laundry string that can stretch across the shower stall to dry towels. I also brought several dept store skirt hangers to hang wet towels. Otherwise, our room (Main deck, Room 16X. midway of the ship) is quiet without external ship noise. Also, we were glad we had a quiet hallway.

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