John Paul Picklesimer

Age: 57
Occupation: Retired Administrator/Educator
Number of Cruises: 21
Cruise Line: Carnival
Name of Ship: Inspiration
Sailing Date: April 27th, 2003
Itinerary: Western Caribbean

This was our 10 cruise with Carnival and 21st overall..having been on Princess, Premier, RCCL, HAL and NCL we found this to be the best overall one yet. Embarkation and Debarkation were about average. The overall cruise was very smooth and the food, service..excellent.

The ship is showing her age a little with the carpet, but the overall appearance is good.

We cruised with an 81 year old couple that just about wore us out..go go go go..these people never stop and there's plenty to do on Carnival, especially now that Cozumel has been upgraded (new shopping area very nice)...and New Orleans...GREAT.

This was the last cruise into New Orleans for the Inspiration and our second one doing the New Orleans port...just a great great experience.

The Cruise Director Greg Kneale, a British chap is great, sings a set with the Pilipino band and they sound like the Beatles...great..entertainment is top notch, wish you could have seen the Flaming Gaucho's...unique to say the least...only poor performance was the talent show and Carnival has no control over that, we had very little talent onboard for that week in my estimation..

Richard Simons was doing his thing this week and all his clan were jolly and enjoying themselves, never saw him (other than the lounges for his meetings).

Ports great, smooth sailing, best service in the dining room and presentation of food we have had on any cruise, service and food on lido deck was great and don't know what more we could ask of a cruise other than WE WILL SAIL THE INSPIRATION AGAIN AND WOULD GO TOMORROW IF WE COULD.

Casino was lively a first) and seemed to be paying out well, we did ok (a first)..less than 100 kids onboard, so peace and quiet and good movies on the tube..if we could find one negative thing it would be the TV..not much to choose from and reception wasn't that good, but you don't cruise to watch TV..right..you cruise to eat and party and have a good time..Carnival outdid themselves on this cruise...best we have ever had and loved it.
Any questions..email us..

The P's in South Georgia..Sadie T and JP