The weather was beautiful. The ship was immaculate as always. I have never been on a Carnival Ship that they were not always cleaning. The were doing a lot of upgrading the ship for Australia which some of it was inconvenient.
The entertainment was fantastic. Stu the Cruise Director was awesome. The Gym is always packed but that is normal. The dining room staff were pleasant but our ...
Boarding at Vancouver was a breeze. As the length of the cruise was twelve nights additional supplies had to be taken on board that delayed departure but the time was easily made up.
Five full days at sea to start the cruise was going to be challenging and unsurprisingly the first two days were not warm so we looked to Carnival to entertain us during these days and they were found wanting. ...
Very impressed with the Alaska cruise I took with Carnival. The cruise left from Vancouver, cruising the inside passage of Vancouver Island. The cruise offered inside passage for the first full day (east of Vancouver Island), juneau, glacier bay, skagway & ketchikan. The full day was a return to Seattle in the open waters.
Embarkation was not great, and that was for me the low point of the ...
We booked a 7 day cruise to Alaska last minute. We had cabin class 7A which is a partially obstructed balcony. The obstruction was at the bottom of the balcony and was the top of a life boat. This did not bother us at all and we were happy to have the savings.
Embarkation was not super quick, but we were traveling with a 3 year old and they put us in the expedited line, which was ...
DH & I are in our mid-30s and had previously cruised once with Carnival and Royal Caribbean. We boarded the Carnival Spirit in Vancouver, BC and took a 3-night Cruise to Nowhere aka Repositioning cruise to San Pedro, CA. We stayed no the boat and continued on for the 9-night Mexican Riviera cruise with stops in Manzanillo, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, and Ensenada.
Overall, it was a ...
I booked this cruise for the itinerary. I had read and heard varying reports about Carnival and, as our only other cruise had been on Holland America, I wasn't sure how much I would like it. However I was pleasantly surprised. The ship's dEcor wasn't really to my taste and much of it certainly looked like 'Las Vegas on steroids'. The glass elevators in the atrium were fun but I didn't much like ...
My wife and Myself just returned from our 6th cruise and do enjoy the convenience of many different cities on a single vacation. This is our 2nd time aboard the Carnival Spirit and First visit to Alaska. Let me say that Alaska is a beautiful place and the views are amazing, the cities we visited are very cute and each has is own history that dates back for hundreds of years. Carnival did a good ...
As I mentioned in the subject, this was both our first cruise and our first trip to Alaska. We did a lot of research on this site before we left, and I wanted to let other folks know about our experiences.I'll frame my review around the 1-5 ratings.One side note that doesn't really fit anywhere else, speaking of ratings... They asked everyone to fill out comment cards after the cruise. It's not ...
Alaska - Carnival Spirit - September 17-24, 2008
Overall, this was a wonderful cruise on the Spirit. This was my fifth cruise, and the second time on a Carnival ship. I was travelling "solo", however, it was nice to meet many wonderful people (a number of whom were Cruise Critic members).
THE SHIP:
The Spirit was a large ship, but smaller than many of the new ships afloat. It was ...
This was a first cruise for me (the 3 day Disney Big Red Boat to the Bahamas with the kids 20 years ago hardly counts!) and third one for my wife. She and several friends completed the Susan G. Komen 3-Day walk in Seattle the weekend before the cruise, which the hubbies deemed a suitable reward for them after the 60 miler. None of the others had been on a cruise before.
We flew up to ...