San Diego Carnival Spirit Cruise Reviews

The theme of this cruise seems to be disorganization and if this had been my first cruise it would be my last. The ship is poorly maintained and not in good shape. There are chairs in the atrium that most people would have tossed, paint is chipping etc. Beyond that, however, the daily tasks are not done promptly. Things like clean tables on lido deck, service restrooms etc are not done as ...

A cruise could not have seemed so us, but after the first 4 hours on board that all changed. We were scheduled to leave San Diego at 4 heading to 5 Hawaian Islands 15 day cruise this was a dream (I thought). We did not leave at 4 but at 10:30pm at 8 they were still loading food and the luggage. This of course put us way behind schedule so they had to go much faster then they would have and with ...

We have always sailed on RC or Celebrity and decided that we would try Carnival. We love Hawaii and wanted to be there in January for whale watching, and the Spirit seemed to fit. We arrived on the pier early and it was madness. The chaos and misinformation/communication provided by Carnival staff, left us to wonder if it was the first day on the job for many We sat or stood around for hours ...

The Carnival Spirit cured of us any desire to consider Carnival for another cruise. We will never sail Carnival again. The embarkation was horrible. We were sailing in a suite, giving us "priority embarkation." There was nothing priority in our 1-1/2 hour wait in numerous lines -- you would just get done with one line and there would be another hidden around the corner. We had several issues ...

This was our first cruise on Carnival. We had chosen this cruise based more on itinerary rather than cruise line. I wish we had chosen differently. We are in our early 30s and were looking for a nice, relaxing trip away from work. We got A Floating Carnival instead. The ship overall was in good shape. I could go on about the tacky decor in the Playa Grill and the buffet area in general but that ...