Special opening offer on Carnival Spirit
- Business class flight Sydney to Honolulu on 27 September, 2012
- Three nights at the Park Shore Hotel in an Ocean Front room
(extra nights can be arranged at $150 per room per night)
- 17 night cruise from Honolulu to Sydney on the new Carnival Spirit
departs Honolulu Sunday, 30 September, 2012
- Inside cabins on this package from ***now sold out
- Outside cabins on this package from***now sold out
- Balcony cabins on this package from $5,199 pp
- No credit card fees if paying by Visa or Mastercard
- Book your travel insurance online here and save 10%
- a $2500 per person deposit will be required on cabin confirmation (non refundable)
About Carnival Spirit
- Overview
Large resort ship - Carnival Cruise Lines
- Main statistics
85,000 tonnes, 2100 passengers, 4 star rating
- Suitable for
Couples, singles and families!
- Cruise Express Rating (only graded if one of our team as been onboard recently)
Not yet rated
- Other comments
All reports suggest a fun ship!
Simply walking around Carnival Spirit is like taking a trip around the world. Legendary Carnival designer Joe Farcus got inspired to celebrate the "creative spirit" on this ship by serving up what looks to us like every design style he could think of. The show lounge is decorated with Egyptian hieroglyphics and murals, the piano bar is an homage to Shanghai and "Chinoise" style, the Artist's Lobby highlights famed European artists, the Supper Club vibrates with the bright colors of art deco, the Chippendale library is straight out of an English country manor and the Empire Dining Room is so French, it sports a statue of Napoleon. The hodgepodge of styles can be initially overwhelming; I remarked during our first exploration of the ship that the casino was comparatively "sedate" because despite the flashing lights and dinging bells, the room wasn't done up as a Swiss alpine lodge or a Mayan temple. But I realized that once I started focusing on the activities in each room -- the dancers onstage at the show lounge or the food on the table in La Playa Grille -- the decor faded into the background. It became the exuberant backdrop that highlighted how we were now in a new place, one more fun and whimsical than our daily life.
Editor's note: Come October 2012, Carnival Spirit will be redeployed to Australia full time.
The ship, which introduced a whole new class for Carnival (its sister ships are Carnival Legend, Carnival Pride and Carnival Miracle), shares its basic design with Costa Atlantica and offers all the best of earlier Carnival vessels -- a waterslide, numerous bars and extensive children's facilities. It also introduced some firsts for Carnival that have since become standards, including a fabulous supper club and a wedding chapel. Though the ship was built in 2001, a 2009 dry-dock refurbishment has updated the carpeting and soft goods. All the cabins were already outfitted with the aptly named Carnival Comfort Bed -- the ship does not feel dated at all.
Additonal comments courtesy of Cruise critic UK
On board Carnival Spirit
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