Because this was a repositioning cruse following the Alaska cruise season, the price was right! We booked short notice (less than three weeks) and received a great deal. We were put in an aft facing, extended balcony cabin on the main deck (deck 4). It was wonderful! The roar of the water as the ships screws pushed the ship through the water was great! If you want to sit on a quite balcony and ...
Getting to the port was easy as it was just a cab ride from home... Okay maybe not so easy as it was during the week and traffic was a still an issue. Not to mention that I was blessed with a cabbie that made me regret not having taken out travel insurance. But eventually Mario got me to the Port of Vancouver safe and sound. Going through immigration I saw that fellow friends and cruisers were ...
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 ...
The Spirit is a really great ship. The crew is very attentive to all details and the Cruise Director, Stu, is excellent. But, I'll have to say that, the most entertaining person on board was Captain Volpi! Every day at noon, he would give the Captain's Message over the loudspeaker....he was hilarious! Combine his humor with his Italian accent, and you have a combination that evokes many belly ...
There were 8 of us in our group taking this cruise, having gone on Carnival once before on the Splendour from Rome to Ft Lauderdale we were looking foreward to this one. Boarding was very fast at Vancouver and we found our cabins with ease. Simliar size to those on Princess & Celebrity. Ours luggage was delivered within 1 hour which was considerably faster than other cruises, after unpacking we ...
Spiriting Away for a Hawaiian Lei
After 14 months of chatting on the CC boards our group finally met for the Vancouver to Hawaii Sept 14th 2010 Cruise.
Having done this cruise in 2006 I was had great expectations & felt more relaxed having some ideas of what to expect.
We headed out early & got to the Vancouver Port by 10:30 am. No worries on where to go as the Port Staff were there to ...
We recently returned from the first sailing of the season on the Carnival Spirit to Alaska. This was the third day of the season for the ports we visited. This was our second cruise overall but first with Carnival. We had a great time, though some items could be better.
Embarkation: We boarded in Vancouver, BC. The cruise port was clean and easily accessible. We actually ported our bags and took ...
The Carnival Spirit cruise, leaving Vancouver, BC on May 5th could not have been less spirited, if it had tried.
First let me say that we have cruised extensively all over the world and that this was also our fourth cruise to Alaska, so it's not as though we didn't know what to expect. And it's a good thing we didn't expect much, because we didn't get much either.
To begin, the boarding ...
My husband and I are both retired. We decided that we had the time to go to Hawaii round trip on the Spirit. The cost was not much more than the airfare would have been to fly into or out of Honolulu. We had met lots of other guests on the CC roll call...so we felt like to had friends before we began. We arrived in Vancouver the day before. Stayed at the Metropolitan Hotel which was very, ...
This was a great cruise! We joined up on the CC Spirit Roll Call and met a lot of wonderful people before we even boarded the ship.
We flew into Vancouver the day before embarkation to avoid any problems. It was a beautiful, sunny day, perfect temperature. Vancouver is a gorgeous city! I would love to spend more time there sometime!
Sept 16-Embarkation day- Woke up to overcast, cloudy, nippy ...