Carnival Inspiration

Pros: Good service.
Cons: The ship is old.

Just returned from the Carnival Inspiration Cruise - April 20th thru April 24th (2006). There was a party of five celebrating my father's 80th birthday. Embarkation- Arrived at Tampa Seaport between 11:00 - 11:15 am, checked our bags with the ...

Pros: Great service, excellent dining room food, nicely remodeled rooms.
Cons:

Lido buffet food was marginal. Cruising trough Hurricane Gustav.

Introduction: This is a review of my eighth and ninth cruises with Carnival. They were taken back to back; the first cruise began on 08/30/08 and went for five days. The second half of the trip began on 09/04/08 and went for four ...

Pros: At least I can say I've visited different countries.
Cons: The Inspiration left me without a muse!

I was a Carnival faithful up until the MS Inspiration left me uninspired due to the fact that the experience I had aboard this "funship" was everything but fun. And before I say what was bad about my cruise, I'd like to say what was good about it. My ...

Pros: Staff, Internet access, large rooms, decks/pools.
Cons: Frigid A/C, bland food, poor medical service, horrible air quality, never-ending sales pitch.

In all, I was quite disappointed with my Carnival cruise on the Inspiration to the Western Caribbean. For the entire trip, I was uncomfortable. Most of the time spent on the ship was a bore. One of three destinations was a bomb. The costs aboard were...

Pros: Fun Good food Great variety of everything
Cons: No hairdryers Medical staff not as understanding as they could be

When we booked our cruise on the MS Inspiration, (sail date 2/1/04) I started looking up everything I could about the ship. I'll state it now, this was my first cruise, but I was not expecting everything to be sparkling, pristine, and amazing. There ...

Pros: Great food, many tours to choose from, and top-notch service all around the ship.
Cons: Steep price. Some shows could be better.

A one week trip on a cruise on the Caribbean....there is no better way to escape the hardships of everyday life. Everywhere you go on the cruise you will see a smile, music is being played, everywhere you go you will find different games and contests,...

Pros: Great food, great shows...everything!
Cons: Nothing

The Carnival ship Inspiration is a great ship. I had to get that out of the way first. We (my sister in law and myself) just returned from the Inspiration last week from a 5-day cruising experience. I will try to cover everything you ever thought to ...

Pros: Nice ship, great service, excellent onshore activities.
Cons: Poor shows, discoteque music could be better, watch those unseen expenses!

Pros: The Staff, and all the things to do
Cons: Too little time to do it all

Eat like a king, party like a champ, treated like royalty. While sailing the Caribbean on the Carnival Inspiration. My family and I just recently had an incredible family reunion on the Inspiration. Our cruise dates were Nov.21-28. We could not ask for...

Pros: Carnival offers great rates
Cons: Mediocre food and entertainment

This review is meant for the first time cruiser. It's not so much a review of the Inspiration, but rather information a person taking a Carnival cruise for the first time would find helpful. Was it the price, the recommendation of a friend or travel...

Pros: Camp Carnival for the kids, food, great ports, leaves from New Orleans.
Cons: None. Will do again and again.

We were on the Inspiration the week of April 22-29. The ship now leaves out of New Orleans, no longer San Juan. New Orleans is a great port to leave from. Lots to do there. We drove there since we live an hour and a half away. But if you fly in or...

Pros: Great service, easy to get on and off
Cons: Large and glitzy

My husband and I have cruised seven times (or nine? I've stopped counting), so we've become quite picky. Since Carnival is known as a bargain cruise and this cruise was reasonably priced, I was skeptical. On my only other Carnival cruise (on the...

Pros: many islands for small cost
Cons: not enough time to explore everything

I planned this cruise around my 30th b-day - my goal was to be on a beach - mission accomplished!
We were on the Inspiration's European Treat itinerary - scheduled to go to St. Thomas, Antigua, Guadaloupe, and Aruba. Guadaloupe had a taxi strike...

Pros: Variety of destinations, the food, courteous wait staff
Cons: Constant money pandering

My wife and I took a 7 day cruise to the Southern Caribbean on the Carnival Inspiration. Of course the point of a honeymoon is to be with your honey, so that part was great. Otherwise though, we got the feeling that paying $3,500 for the right to step on...

Pros: Seeing the different islands
Cons: Ship experience wasn't pleasant

Having spent six years in the U.S. Navy and four of those years on a ship, I may have been negatively biased from the beginning but my girlfriend managed to drag me into this cruise.

The ship was the Carnival's M.S. Inspiration and the cost...