From the moment I made a request to our cabin steward and received a response of "as you wish," I just knew this was going to be a wonderful trip. We sailed out of New Orleans (only a 25 minute car ride from our home in Louisiana) on September 9, 2002 on the Carnival Inspiration. If I had to choose one word to describe this vacation, I would say it was MAGICAL. We were waited on like royalty and we were totally relaxed and comfortable the entire cruise.

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This was definitely an experience of a lifetime. This was our first cruise, and we have since decided to book a second cruise on the Norwegian Dream this coming November. I would definitely cruise on Carnival again, but Norwegian is offering a different variety of ports that we have yet to visit and that is the only reason we have chosen another line for our next voyage. I would not hesitate to travel with Carnival again and I would certainly recommend the Western Caribbean cruise on the Inspiration to anyone.