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Interior StateroomA comfortable stateroom retreat, where some rooms also feature pull-down beds – ideal for families. Stateroom...
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Interior Stateroom with Window (Obstructed View)A comfortable stateroom retreat, where some rooms also feature pull-down beds – ideal for families. Rooms have a...
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Ocean View StateroomLarge windows offer excellent views of the ocean and sneak peeks of each destination. Stateroom dimensions: ...
Interior Stateroom
A comfortable stateroom retreat, where some rooms also feature pull-down beds – ideal for families.
Stateroom dimensions:
- Stateroom - 17.19 sq meters
- Floor to ceiling height - 2.13m H
- Bathroom - 1.22m W x 2.13m L (including shower)
- Doorway dimension - 0.56m W x 1.83m and 0.20m H
- Bed frame sizes (including ADA staterooms) - 84cm W x 38cm H x 1.98m L
- Lower bed mattress size - 198 x 84 x 21
- Balcony rail height - 1.14m
Stateroom amenities:
- Television
- Soft, comfortable, and cozy linens
- Hairdryer/Bathrobes
- 24-hour stateroom service
- Ample closet and drawer space
Interior Stateroom with Window (Obstructed View)
A comfortable stateroom retreat, where some rooms also feature pull-down beds – ideal for families. Rooms have a window with obstructed views
Stateroom dimensions:
- Stateroom - 17.19 sq meters
- Window - 1.22m W x 0.91m H
- Floor to ceiling height - 2.13m H
- Bathroom - 1.22m W x 2.13m L (including shower)
- Doorway dimension - 0.56m W x 1.83m and 0.20m H
- Bed frame sizes (including ADA staterooms) - 84cm W x 38cm H x 1.98m L
- Lower bed mattress size - 198 x 84 x 21
- Balcony rail height - 1.14m
Stateroom amenities:
- Television
- Soft, comfortable, and cozy linens
- Hairdryer/Bathrobes
- 24-hour stateroom service
- Ample closet and drawer space
Ocean View Stateroom
Large windows offer excellent views of the ocean and sneak peeks of each destination.
Stateroom dimensions:
- Stateroom - 17.19 sq meters
- Window - 1.22m W x 0.91m H
- Floor to ceiling height - 2.13m H
- Bathroom - 1.22m W x 2.13m L (including shower)
- Doorway dimension - 0.56m W x 1.83m and 0.20m H
- Bed frame sizes (including ADA staterooms) - 84cm W x 38cm H x 1.98m L
- Lower bed mattress size - 198 x 84 x 21
- Balcony rail height - 1.14m
Stateroom amenities:
- Television
- Soft, comfortable, and cozy linens
- Hairdryer/Bathrobes
- 24-hour stateroom service
- Ample closet and drawer space
Guaranteed Interior Cabin - Category IS
Main Deck 4
Interior Obstructed Window - Category 4K
Guaranteed Oceanview Cabin - Category OV
Please note: All prices featured are per person (unless otherwise stated), and include non commission fares (taxes, fees and port expenses). Prices and availability are subject to change due to changes made by the Cruise Companies. Prices quoted are based on payments made via bank transfer. Visa and Mastercard payments incur a 1.5% transaction fee.
Day 1Sydney Depart: Tue, Mar 12, 2019 @ 18:45
Day 2At Sea
Wed, Mar 13, 2019
Day 3At Sea
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
Day 4Noumea
Arrive: Fri, Mar 15, 2019 @ 08:00
Depart: Fri, Mar 15, 2019 @ 17:00
Day 5Loyalty Island (Lifou)
Arrive: Sat, Mar 16, 2019 @ 08:00
Depart: Sat, Mar 16, 2019 @ 17:00
Day 6Mystery Island
Arrive: Sun, Mar 17, 2019 @ 08:00
Depart: Sun, Mar 17, 2019 @ 17:00
Day 7Mare
Arrive: Mon, Mar 18, 2019 @ 08:00
Depart: Mon, Mar 18, 2019 @ 17:00
Day 8At Sea
Tue, Mar 19, 2019
Day 9At Sea
Wed, Mar 20, 2019
Day 10At Sea
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
Day 11Sydney Arrive: Fri, Mar 22, 2019 @ 06:30
Onboard experience
Carnival Cruise Empire Dining Room
The Carnival Cruise Empire dining room is the main dining room onboard Carnival Spirit and offers an exquisite and cosey environment. You can enjoy a full three course menu here! It's a fantastic experience that's filling, but will never stuffy. Dessert's included as well as the rest of your meal and they are all included in your Carnival Cruise fare. But don't skip to dessert straightly, as the main course is actually the main attraction; drop in daily and enjoy a rotating menu of delectable favourites, including steak, seafood and prime rib.
Lido Restaurant
Offering a variety of casual dining options like Chef's Choice, Salad Bar, Carnival Deli and more, the Lido Restaurant on Carnival Spirit has something to satisfy your craving. With plenty of indoor and outdoor seating and food options for everyone, you can enjoy your personal favourites, while dining with family and friends. It's also where you can find the Pizza Pirate pizza station and Swirls ice cream spots… both open 24 hours a day, which ought to be enough for anybody. Kids are gonna love it!
Guy's Burger Joint
Carnival Cruises has teamed up with the best-selling American author, restaurateur and Food Network personality Guy Fieri, to bring all the authentic appeal of a roadside burger shack to Guy's Burger Joint, the cool poolside spot for hot burgers and hand-cut fries. Try a fresh-off-the-grill burger Guy's way, or take it off-road to the toppings bar and truly make it your own.
BlueIguana Cantina
Nobody knows Mexican dining like a blue iguana. Well, blue iguana on Carnival Spirit at least. That's why it should come as no surprise that the BlueIguana Cantina features freshly made tacos and burritos stuffed specially for you. Put the homemade tortillas and salsa into the mix, and you have your own casual dining experience that will make you wanna say "mmmm" (which is actually Iguanese for "more, please").
Pizza Pirate
Tossing dough is an age-old art passed down the generations. Lucky for you, someone passed us the secret to the perfect pizza. While aboard, this is the place that will shiver your timbers and warm you to the bone, 24 hours a day, with a Margherita, Funghi, Prosciutto, Pepperoni or Quattro Formaggi pizza. Savvy? Then it's the pirate's life for you!
Fat Jimmy's C-Side BBQ
Your desire for a great barbie will be 100% satisfied when you cruise with Carnival Spirit. Fat Jimmy simmers sauces and serves up backyard-and-beach-cookout fare like Italian sausage, barbecue chicken breast, and of course the classic pulled-pork sandwiches. He hasn't forgotten the details either, the sides that get your barbeque juices flowing: roasted pumpkin, coleslaw, and potato salad, to name a few. Bring everyone, because like any great family gathering, the food's awesome, free… and there's plenty of it.
Off The Grill
Join masters of the grill as they practice their craft right in front of you, serving up outdoor favourites like hamburgers, hot dogs and grilled chicken. Smother them with sautéed onions and mushrooms, or go traditional with some tomato sauce and mustard. Either way, Off the Grill is the perfect place to enjoy these classics by the pool.
The Taste Bar
voyage to new destinations is always the perfect time to try new things… and The Taste Bar is the perfect place. Drop by for a taste of the flavours awaiting you at dining venues across the Carnival fleet. Pick up a complimentary appetiser before dinner for a taste of something different.
Special Diets
Carnival's chefs are specially-trained to prepare food options for a variety of diets including vegetarian, gluten-free, kosher, Indian vegetarian, or food low in carbs, fat, sugar or cholesterol and more. So you don't have to let your dietary restrictions restrict you from having a great time with Carnival Spirit. There are also helpful hints on our Empire Dining menu.
Carnival Cruises Kids' Menu
Kids' menu is available at most of the dining venues on Carnival Spirit featuring delicious foods along with full of fun. Even the pickiest of eaters will definitely be satisfied. You can find all the familiar options your kids love at home, such as chicken nuggets, spaghetti and meatballs, mac-n-cheese, hot dogs, jam sanwiches and peanut butter and fresh fruit and veggies! But don't forget to tell your little ones to save room for dessert! Young'uns are going to be pretty excited with sweet stuff like chocolate brownies and banana splits. Pizza and ice cream are even available 24-hour on Carnival Spirit, though they are subject to be-time.
Nouveau Restaurant
Enjoy the finest aged beef, cut, weighed and char-grilled to your exact specifications. In addition to mouth-watering steaks, a variety of other delectable main courses — like double-cut lamb chops, lobster tail and grilled fish fillet — are available.
The intimate atmosphere and extensive menu includes 17 gourmet entrées, salads, soups and side dishes. These do more than delight; they complement the season's freshest produce and the best wine lists, and are handpicked by our chefs to perfectly match the wide-ranging cuisine.
Bonsai Sushi
Check out Bonsai Sushi, the next generation onboard seafood-and-soy-sauce spot. Dine amidst expertly-pruned bonsai trees while enjoying sit-down service and an affordable menu of delectable catches… plus soups, sides, sakés and desserts. So the next time you're taking an onboard stroll, stop at Bonsai Sushi for a roll, a box or maybe a whole ship — it feeds two, and keeps them satisfied.
The Chef's Table
Treat your taste buds to the experience of a lifetime, culminating in a sumptuous multicourse dinner hosted by one of the master chefs. Your VIP experience starts with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres for a select group of 12, followed by a tour to see the galley in operation. The evening concludes with a mind-blowing full-service dinner of amazing appetisers, entrees and desserts not found on regular dining menus. Tip: Reserve early because this once-in-a-lifetime experience has limited seating. Reservations can be made at the ship's Guest Services desk.
Coffee Bar
Why not treat yourself to a latté, macchiato, cappuccino or whichever coffee takes your fancy, as the onboard baristas, professionally trained in Aussie coffee brewing techniques, serve up your favourites. Selections of teas are also available; savour the aroma and have a delicious homemade pastry on the side or, for an even sweeter option, stop by for a milkshake, slice of cake or biscuit.
Seafood Corner
Freshies Corner gives you a taste of the ocean with a range of tasty morsels and light meals including pots of fresh prawns or mussels, classic fish n' chips, kumera fries, freshly grilled chicken focaccias, and the new bespoke Spirit Burger. What's more, Carnival ambassador and Biggest Loser Trainer Shannan Ponton has worked with our ships' chefs to design a nutritious snack – a turkey burger on a chia and quinoa bun – to add to the existing range. Freshies Corner offers the perfect option after a full day of fun in the sun. A nominal surcharge will apply to purchases.
24 hour Room Service
So you're in the mood for some good eats, but you'd rather stay in your comfy, cozy stateroom? Really, who could blame you? Simply pick up the phone and order something from our tasty room service menu. And since you get hungry when you get hungry, room service is available any time of the day (or night) and delivered right to your door.
Art Gallery
Art Auctions
If a room full of overly serious old men paying top-dollar for priceless antique works of art is your imagination of an "art auction", then think again! Unlike a stodgy auction house, your Carnival cruise features a series of auction events designed to turn fine art into fine fun. From the rapid-fire 'Lightning' action to the cheap thrills of the 'under $500' event, there are plenty of chances to try your hand at bringing home something great and have a blast doing it. Unlike land auctions, Carnival Cruises even hold fun interactive events like the "Guess the Price" competition. That said, the onboard auctions aren't completely without fancy trimmings — after all, what's an auction without free-flowing champagne?
Art Exhibitions
If you are interested in art and would like to add cultrual component to your cruise, you will always be satisfied on Carnival Spirit with a series of events celebrating some exceptional works. Take part in the art-themed activities onboard or check out showcases from different artists. You can't get any closer to art like this.
Art Seminars
There are various of educational and enlightening seminars with lecture series on Carnival Spirit designed for you to enter this vibrant world. The lecture will cover both thery and technique.
Bars and Lounges
RedFrog Rum Bar
Carnival Cruises hit on something special with the cool Caribbean chill of the RedFrog Pub. And now the best parts of it have been brought to Carnival Spirit poolside with the RedFrog Rum Bar. Join the party at this poolside bar featuring a great selection of frog-approved Caribbean rum-based concoctions available by the glass or pitcher, plus plenty of Carnival's signature private-label draft beer, ThirstyFrog Summer Ale.
BlueIguana Tequila Bar
BlueIguana Tequila Bar is the spot to chill and enjoy a slushy tequila drink or an ice-cold Mexican cerveza on Carnival Spirit. The menu offers up Mexican favorites, including several brands of tequila and a slew of Mexican brews. There's a lineup of frozen concoctions, cocktails and margaritas served by the glass or by the pitcher, and even a special Mexican beer cocktail (yes, really). So, where is this little slice of Mexican paradise? Next to the pool, of course. Stay cool and take in the bar's vacation vibe while you kick back on your cruise – that's what official bar mascot Blue the Iguana would tell you.
Sports Bar
Cruise with Carnival Spirit doesn't mean you should miss the action back home! Whether you're here to support your home team or you just want to check in on the scores, you'll love the energy-filled atmosphere of the sports bar. Order your go-to drink and just kick back as you watch your favourite sports come to life on the big flat-screen TVs.
Piano Bar
This is the bar where you call the shots – and the songs. Take a seat, order your favourite drink, and tell your friendly piano player which songs you'd like to hear. Then join the sing-along for a hand-clapping, foot-tapping, finger-snapping good time. Don't feel like flexing your vocal cords? No worries. Shy songbirds are welcome here, too. And since it's open from early evening to late at night, it's the perfect spot for a before-dinner drink or singing 'til the wee hours of the evening.
Alchemy Bar
You don't need to be a mix-master to appreciate Alchemy – you just have to be up for trying something new. Let Carnival Cruises do the magic to produce a tasty series of all-new cocktails served at this unique vintage-themed cocktail "pharmacy." You can create your own custom concoction from a variety of unique ingredients too.
Casino Bar
Whether you win or not in the casino is an unique experience, and you can celebrate you win with your family or friends with a top-shelf drink at the Casino Bar. Located right off the casino floor, the casino bar offers your favourite cocktails, beer and wine, making this the perfect spot to celebrate with family, friends… and maybe even total strangers.
Louis XIV Casino
The casinos on our ships feature the same popular games you would find at any fine land-based casino. Try your hand at slot machines, blackjack, roulette and poker - Roll the dice, cut the cards. Don't forget about the Carnival Players Club, a unique player's club where membership is free and all you have to do is play your favorite game.
Feel the rush of excitement as you enjoy taking a chance on MegaCash, the world's largest cruise ship jackpot. One lucky guest even won $1,065,428.00! You could be next.
Casino Bar
Winning big in the casino is big fun, and your next stop is celebrating with a top-shelf drink. Located right off the casino floor, the casino bar serves up your favourite cocktails, beer and wine, making this the perfect spot to celebrate with family, friends… and maybe even total strangers.
HASBRO - The Game Show
You've played Connect 4, but have you ever played giant versions of them onstage in a competition that puts your gaming skills to the test? You'll have your chance when you take part in Hasbro, The Game Show. From SORRY! SLIDERS to CONNECT 4 BASKETBALL, OPERATION SAM DUNK and SIMON FLASH, you can team up with your friends and family to win great prizes, all in front of a live audience. Be sure to check your daily onboard itinerary for show times so you don't miss out on the action … or the prizes.
You can also take part in Life-Size TRIVIAL PURSUITS Quizzes, and interactive CLEUDO, find out which crew member was the murder, in which part of the ship and with what!
Kids Club
Camp Ocean For 2-11 Yrs
Exclusively on Carnival Spirit, designed for kids aged 2-11 years is overflowing with ocean-themed, supervised fun. Located on Deck 10
Circle "C" For 12-14 Yrs
One of the coolest spots on Carnival Spirit is Circle "C" and it's just for kids 12-14...Video games, dance parties, late night movies, Karaoke and more. What could be funner? Located on Deck 4
Club O2 For 15-17 Yrs
We know just what teenagers 15-17 like. With a non-alocholic bar, dance floor, lazy lounge area and all the latest video games! Carnival Spirit Club O2's got it; the perfect 'round-the-clock hangout full of the funnest things to do. Located on Deck 5
Seuss at Sea
From the Whimsical and wonderful world of Dr Seuss comes interactive story time, arts & craft, a larger then life Green Eggs & Ham Breakfast* and a Seuss-a-Palooza parade.
Night Owls
Let us entertain the kids (aged 12 months - 11 years) with late night games, fun and munchies. Available 10pm-1am every night*
*Charges apply
Riviera Deck 1 - midship / across from 1219
Main Deck 4 - aft / across from 4230
Upper Deck 5 - aft / across from 5270
Empress Deck 6 - forward / across from 6102
Verandah Deck 7 - midship / across from 7267
hours posted on the door to the Laundry
Function: Self-Service Launderette
2 or 3 washers
2 or 3 dryers
1 iron and ironing board
Vending machines dispense small boxes of detergent and water softener
Note: Self-service launderettes located are on the stateroom decks. There are two or three washers and dryers, and one iron and ironing board in each launderette. The cost is $3.25 per washer load and $3.25 per dryer load. Vending machines dispense small boxes of detergent and water softener at $1.50 per box. Note: Due to local environmental requirements, the washing machines in the guest launderette will be closed in port, per each ports specific requirements; the dryers and irons will be available for guest use.
POOL DAY! Whether today's the day for a bit of a dip, a dash of splash or even some swimming — or just a serious poolside lounging session — your Carnival Spirit has just the pool for you. In fact, pools are so important to a great cruise that we designed our ships to have a few of them. At an aft pool you'll catch a breeze, plus a sea view featuring the ship's wake, while midship pools are adjacent to that oh so sweet 24/7 ice-cream spot! And no matter which you find yourself chilling in, the sunbeams are there for the taking!
Discos/Night Clubbing
Dancin' Dance Clubs
The nightclubs on Carnival Spirit have amazing dance floors and great music. Enjoy the "oldies" and the latest in pop songs while you showcase your dance moves. It's the perfect place to have fun with friends both old and new.
If dancing isn't your thing just hang out and enjoy the music, the atmosphere and the company. The "Fun Ship" clubs are filled with excitement, laughter, and fun. And you just have to check out the Sail Away Party, Fun Hop, Captain's Party and/or Late Night Deck Party. Come, have a great time, and dance the night away.
Serenity Nights
It's club night on the South Pacific in the adults only Serenity Retreat. Chill out as the drinks flow and the glow sticks glow!
Wanna splish and splash the day away? Head on over to Carnival WaterWorks, our very own onboard waterpark. First up, there's Carnival's Twister Waterslide, designed to make other waterslides jealous. It's four decks high and 300 feet of spiraling awesomeness, and the largest of any cruise ship. Then there's the 82-foot-long side-by-side racing slides that are the centerpieces of shallow splash pools with multiple fountains and water sprays. And this isn't just kids' stuff – the young at heart are encouraged to zoom down the waterslides too!
Green Thunder - 122 cm minimum height
Twister - 106 cm minimum height
There is a water works area for the younger children which is unrestricted.
Serenity Adult Only Retreat
Somebody at Carnival knows just what you need. You'll still be on the same ship as the kids, the hoopla, and all the Carnival-style excitement… but you could easily forget, because when you're at Serenity you could not be further from it all. It wouldn't be a dream vacation without a little "me time," right? That's what we had in mind when we created Serenity. It's an adult only area available to guests 21 and older and features everything necessary to create the perfect tranquil "getaway within your getaway." Take advantage of complete bar service provided by attentive waiters. Chill in the sun, under one of the colorful, oversized umbrellas or in the separate shaded area. Enjoy a dip in one of the whirlpools looking out over the great blue sea. All while listening to mellow music to keep the vibe sweet and serene.
Spa Carnival
Need suggestions on how to get started pampering yourself "Fun Ship" style at Spa Carnival?
Try an acupuncture treatment, firming and toning therapies, and/or acclaimed skin rejuvenating facials. And if you'd like to try a massage - we've got deep tissue, reflexology, hot stones or seaweed massages, just to name a few. Let them calm, exhilarate, and invigorate your body...It's all about you. And you will get complete relaxation from the inside out.
Beauty Salon Classique
Leave your hair care concerns to Carnival Cruises. The specialists will have you looking fabulous and feeling fantastic. And don't forget to let the staff give you the manicure and pedicure you deserve. You'll feel fantastic and look fabulous.
Carnival Cruises means no stress of work. And don't worry about the real world. Take a massage on your ship at Spa Carnival. You can select from different indulgent experiences featureing seaweed for detox, herbal poultice for energy, bamboo for deep tissue penetration and hot stones for erfection. Fees apply
Men's Service
Blokes, don't envy the ladies have all the fun to themselves at the spa. Why not treat yourself a Razor-close barbershop-style shave. And cruise is a good time to rock a whole new hairstyle. If you like, you can also try the massage or even a facial. Fees apply
Sports & Fitness
Fitness Centre
Gym is available on Carnival Spirit which means there's no excuse for leaving your fitness routine back on land. It's great news for your body, which will definitely benefit from all the extra energy that a rejuvenating cruise is sure to generate. Don't forget the extra time you'll have on your cruise vacation, since you won't be waking up and spending most of the day at the office or anything like that. However this is not your excuse to leave the gym. We all know that keeping fit is important.
Basketball Court
Playing basketball on Carinval Spirit is a lifetime memory. Imagine it: the view and the sea breeze you take in as you do your cross over and drive your way past defenders to put the ball in the basket.
Mini Golf
Yes, you are right! Golf! Imagine a perfect day out on the links, the golfer's zen of the ball, the hole and nothing in between but a well-manicured fairway... plus one cactus, a treasure chest... and wait, is that a windmill in the way? Just who designed this course anyway? Whoever it was, they had one thing in mind — maximum fun for mini-golfers, big and small! Just go and find a course on every Carnival ship, where you can hit the holes and take in everything you'd expect!
Entertainment - Shows and Performances
Stage Shows
Carnival's stage shows are designed to razzle and dazzle. Featuring talented singers, musicians and dancers performing crowd-thrilling numbers in extravagant costumes with awesome sets and scenery, just like catching one of the best shows on land. All performances are carefully choreographed and created to ensure that every night feels like opening night. And best of all, since shows are included in your fare, it's like having top-dollar tickets to the hottest show in town, absolutely free.
Punchliner Comedy Club
Laugh so hard you can barely breathe at Punchliners Comedy Club. Carnival have teamed up with renowned Aussie Comedians to entertain everyone.
From physical tom-foolery, through sharp one-liners to blood-vessel-busting bardiness, the Punchliner Comedy Club is the home of hilarity.
Duty Free Shops
"Shop 'til you drop," right? Wrong — you still have a lot of vacation fun ahead of you! Get your shopping done without dropping, stop by the convenient Fun Shops, located aboard your next Carnival cruise. We've got some of the greatest deals you'll find anywhere on jewellery, watches, cosmetics and alcohol... plus unique Carnival products you can only definitely find here.
Cherry On Top
A candy-and-more-store at sea! Cherry On Top is the perfect place to indulge in an array of candy and chocolates as well as spoil that someone special with a deliciously sweet gift.
Theme Nights
Theme Nights on Carnival Spirit
For itineraries three (3) days or less you will have one Mexican Fiesta Deck Party.
For itineraries four - five (4-5) days, there will be one 80s Rock 'n' Glow Deck Party.
For itineraries of six (6) days or more there will be two deck parties onboard so pack a sombrero for the Mexican Fiesta Deck Party and/or something fluro for our 80s Rock 'n' Glow Deck Party. There will also be a Caribbean/Island Theme Night in the dining room.
Be ready to dance, sing and party the night away. We do not sell any costume merchandise onboard our ships, so it is best to come prepared and pack something before you leave.
Dress to Impress
Get Formal Photo ready during the Cruise Elegant evenings and enjoy a night of high class at sea.
BlueIguanas Mexican Fiesta
Tequila, cerveza and tacos bring fun to this deckparty. with DJ's, dancing and festivites it's a tast of Tijuana at sea!
RedFrog's Island beach Party
This island style deck party brings the island vibe, with rum-based drinks making sure the party keeps moving.
80's Rock N Roll Deck Party
Shoulder pads, fluro, sweatbands and 80's rocker wigs and dancing the night away with a rock band. Prizes for best costumes are also given away.
Ship info
CARNIVAL SPIRIT is the floating resort that ushered in the Spirit-class ships with innovations like the two-level promenade and the reservations-recommended steakhouse. The delicious dining, wide variety of onboard activities and endless entertainment options on the CARNIVAL SPIRIT complete a cruise experience like no other. This ship also has all the aquatic fun you could want on your vacation, featuring pools, Carnival's Twister Waterslide, and even the Sliding Sky Dome, which instantly brings all the comfort of an indoor space to the outdoor aft pool. Why not book your cruise aboard the CARNIVAL SPIRIT today?
- Vessel: Carnival Spirit
- Year: 2001
- Beam: 106
- Cruising speed: 22
- Crew: 930
- Gross Tonnage: 85,900
- Onboard Currency: Australian Dollars
- Passenger Capacity: 2,124
- Refurbished: 2009
- Restaurants: 6
- Camp Carnival
- Fitness Center & Sauna
- Mini Golf (9-hole)
- Youth Program
- Aerobics Room
- Beauty Salon
- Casino & Entertainment
- Chippendale Library and Internet Cafe
- Louis XIV Casino
- Pharaoh's Palace (Main Show Lounge)
- Techno Arcade
- The Champion's Sports Bar
- Twister Waterside & Whirlpools
Carnival Spirit - Deck Plans
Cruise reviews
95 passengers have reviewed this ship
"Carnival Spirit, 10 nights South Pacific"
We just returned from the Pacific Islands 10 night cruise (May 2014) on Carnival Spirit, who our two children 8 & 10. First cruise for all of us and we really enjoyed it. Good food, great staff (from waiters, bar staff and Cabin Stewards) and things were very well organised when it came to boarding and disembarking the ship, whether it was the 4 ports of call or when boarding in Sydney and returning. Carnival have staggered check in times where you pick your preferred time to board, (not sure if other ships do it, but I'm told Carnival are the only ones) and it works a treat. We turned up about 45mins before our check in time with our bags already tagged & our luggage was taken off our hands for us outside the Passenger Terminal. That frees you up to walk around for a while without all the main luggage while waiting for your check in time. When that time came it was all very efficient and we were on the ship in under 30 mins. Same with disembarking at the ports of call. There's a tendering system where you go and collect a numbered ticket when you're ready to go and they'll call your number when the tender boat is ready. We never waited more than 20mins. They run about 4 tender boats constantly ferrying people to the islands, you turn up when called and the boat is waiting for you. Food ranged from good to excellent (never had a bad meal) Buffet has a wide variety ( too much to list here, but it's good quality), you can have anything from the usual hot food right through to a salad bar, fresh Pizzas made to order (24/7) and sandwich bar where they'll make fresh wraps to order or a simple toasted sandwich. Also 24/7 ice-cream by the pools. Empire Dining room for Main evening meal also good to excellent. Some meals were better than others, but never a bad one. Waiter staff are very attentive and professional. If turning up for a pre-selected dining time (either 5.30 or 7.45pm) you're looked after straight away. The first night our kids ordered some drinks and the next night when we tuned up, the drinks were already there waiting for them. Little things like that which impressed us. When you do order, it's never more than 10-15 mins for each meal to come out. Some great entertainment as well during the meal, usually just after everyone's mains. Some of the waiter staff sang on a number of nights and they were brilliant, with all the waiter staff dancing as well. I've read some reviews where people described it as 'annoying'- some people are obviously hard to please no matter what! What it did offer was a great atmosphere and was never overdone, it made the evening even more enjoyable Breakfast you can also have in the Empire Room (where you're waited on) or head up to Deck 9 to the Buffet which we did most mornings. Having breakfast at the buffet means being able to enjoy the wide ocean views while having a big breakfast! Once again a large variety as well as fresh omelettes made to order Great deck side BBQ as well (Fat Jimmy's) at lunch time, with really nice food. We also had dinner one night in the 5 star Nouveau Restaurant up on Deck 10. That's an additional charge at $40/head, but great value for 4 courses and the food is EXCELLENT. It's worth doing at least 1 night there. Beer (close to schooner size) average $8 a beer, cocktails around $10, kids Mocktails $6 and softdrinks $2.25 each (large). Best value though is to buy the kids soft drink package at $5.50 day and its unlimited refills. We didn't let our kids drink soft drink non-stop, but if they had one throughout the day and 1 at dinner, plus the odd extra here and there, the $5.50 day is well worth it. If we fancied a soft drink as well, we'd simply have one of the kids go up and get it for us. You can buy the adult's soft drink package at $7.50 day, but why bother when you can have one of the kids go on an undercover mission and get you a soft drink as part of their deal! Cabins were serviced twice daily if you leave your little service request thingy on the door, so we always came back to a tidy cabin. Nice hot showers with good water pressure in the cabins as well! Pay the extra and get a balcony, it's nice to have the fresh air and the ability to sit outside and take in the views in privacy every now and then. Try to avoid booking shore excursions on board the ship and do your own thing, as they're notoriously expensive. The Mele Cascades for eg is about 20 mins out of Port Villa & is a fantastic must see, however if you book on board you'll be charged $86 AUD /adult and $56/child to book the ships tour. We caught a taxi when we arrived in Port Villa (they're all there waiting for you looking for your business) and paid a total $80 Aud for the 4 of us. For that our friendly Taxi driver 'Max' drove us through town pointing out some sights and took us all the way to the falls. We did have to pay our entry to the falls when we arrived ($25 AUD/adult, $15/child), but still saved us $120 in total compared to booking an 'organised tour' on the ship. He then waited 2.5 hours for us while we walked up and swam, then took us to a local village ( not the one they sell on the ship) where we had our own personal tour and tribal dance. He then took us back into town and dropped us off while we had a look around the local markets. We made our own way back to the ship for $15 for the 4 of us on one of the local mini buses that keep passing through town offering you trips back to the ship. Mystery Island & Lifou mainly consisted of swimming and snorkelling- but both very nice spots. Beautiful clear water. Once again you can pay for some local tours once on the islands, but we didn't bother. Lifou you can walk up to the old Church as well as a great look out, and then head back to the main beach and swim (for free). There is a coral snorkelling are on the back side of the island which is a protected reserve, which you need to book tickets for on the ship ($18.50/adult), spoke to some people who did it and said it was beautiful. The only tour we booked on board was the yellow 'Choo Choo' train tour of Noumea- manly because the kids wanted to do it. This was the only one of the 4 port days where we booked a tour. It was expensive at $199 for the 4 of us, but was actually quite good. It was 2hrs in duration, picked you up and returned you to the ship ( we chose to get off in town on the way back) showed us all of the main sights of Noumea with a couple of 'look out' stops and also included fresh pastries and cold drinks at one of the stops. The guide was also informative. BUT—here's a tip. Get on the free shuttle bus that Carnival operates to take you from the main port (it's a container terminal) into the Visitors Centre in town ( about a 5min drive) and you can book a 'green train' tour from there, that does exactly the same thing for just over half the price! We only discovered that after booking the one on board the ship. The green train tour is a little shorter at 1.5 hours and doesn't include the snacks as far as I could tell, but is the extra 30mins and snacks worth the extra $$?? We would have done that if we'd known. Otherwise catch the town's shuttle bus where you can jump on and off for about 10-15 bucks a person I think. On our last day at sea we did the 'Behind the Fun tour', which is 3 hours long and takes you through a lot of the restricted areas of the ship (including the theatre, Galley – where you get to enjoy freshly baked pastries, Engine Control room, staff quarters, food stores) and finally the Bridge, where we got to meet the Captain, had our photographs taken with him and had the opportunity to ask questions. At $95/person it is expensive- but worth every cent. If you plan on doing it, book it on the first day, as they're limited (only 2 tours on the last 2 sea days) and they sell out quick. Would we do another Carnival cruise?- absolutely If you're high maintenance and need constant entertainment than maybe a cruise isn't your thing, but if you're happy to chill out and take it easy for a while, taking in in the cruise experience and slowing down your pace a little while out at sea on the non-port days, then you'll enjoy yourself. Having said that though, there's still plenty of activities arranged every day and you can do as little or as much as you want. Eli the Cruise director was very informative & good humoured. Communication on board was always excellent, keeping guests informed on the where, what & how of things to ensure everything ran smoothly. Some fun pool side competitions as well, on our last sea day we had a live ice sculpture demonstration by the pool Complaints? None really. The only minor ones would be the pre-cooked toast at the buffet was like rock! There's toasters scattered around so you can cook your own toast, but not enough of them. All the fantastic sweets on offer seemed to disappear from the buffet around 2.30-300pm, and then re-appear around dinner time. So if you fancy afternoon tea by the pool later in the day, grab some before the buffet closes. The Empire Room though did have 'Tea Time' which was 3-4pm, we didn't get to that but assume that was a cake/coffee/afternoon tea type of thing. We had a great time and for the money was very good value. We look forward to the next one!Read more
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Our family had a blast , carnival think of everything. The staff all over the ship were amazing ,so friendly and helpful. Entertainment was great . Soooooooo much food and yum. This was my family's 1st cruise and we can't wait to book again. We did isle of pines, lifou, noumea and mystery island OMG so beautiful what a way to holiday . Loved itRead more
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What a great way to holiday. So relaxing. The ship was so clean and staff so happy and friendly. I expected sea sickness but was fine - do not let that thought stop you from cruising. A brilliant departure leaving from next to the Sydney harbour bridge & the Opera House. We had a balcony room - so great waking up to a different island or port each day. I recommend going to discussion sessions on what to do on board, excursions, etc. as you learn a lot which in turn makes your cruise more enjoyable. Our cruise finished one week ago & have been looking for our next one eve since - would go again tomorrow.Read more
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Carnival Spirit exceeded our cruising expectations from the moment we checked-in! They have a free onboard app to plan our days which we could add events to a planner that would alert us to our selected events, these events ranged from wellbeing seminars, trivias, bands, comedian, sales, art auctions and the list goes on. We enjoyed the various bars which all had signature cocktails, the bands and singers were fabulous and even took requests. The food was in abundance, from the free eateries to the fine dining we were catered for no matter our tastes or desires, offering gluten free and vegetarian options. The crew and staff are amazing, so helpful, friendly and always up for a chat and a laugh. No wonder we had cruising withdrawals! Carnival, you will definitely be seeing us again!!Read more
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The Carnival spirit is my first cruise and was beyond what I had expected. Upon arrival I was pleasantly surprised by the friendliness of the crew aboard. Throughout my time aboard i was well looked after and all i had to do was relax. Everything was well thought out, including a handy itinerary of daily activities that was delivered to my room. The food on board was great - both at the buffet and restaurants - no complaints there. The staff at the restaurants were very accommodating, namely Ekadana, Putu and Trisna. They were very friendly and professional and most importantly gave great service. Further the restaurant was impeccable as was the rest of the ship. On board activities were fun and ongoing throughout the day. They were always entertaining. Entertainment at the Pharoh's palace was good, but it would have been better to see something different other than singing most nights. It was great to see a lot of variety in the on board duty free shops; it was money well spent. Note to self: buying lots of cheap gifts adds up to big money! The islands of New Caledonia was an enjoyable experience. There was no need to book tours to experience what the islands had to offer A bus trip around each island and time spent among the white sand beaches were enough to satisfy an insatiable appetite for paradise. The locals, natives and foods were absolutely devine. Overall the cruise was a delight and it was well worth the money. I have come back refreshed and would happily go on this same cruise line again.Read more
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FLORENCE, S.C. --- The Lees-McRae College women's volleyball team dropped a pair of hard-fought matches to open the 2013 season on Friday at the Francis Marion University Tournament, falling to Newberry College and host Francis Marion in straight sets.
Newberry (1-0) took the first match by scores of 25-11, 25-12, and 25-18, before Francis Marion (2-0) outlasted Lees-McRae (0-2) 25-15, 25-21, and 29-27 in the final contest of the day. The Bobcats held their opponents to a combined hitting percentage of .163 on the day, including a .130 clip for Newberry, while posting 10 blocks and averaging just under 15 digs per set.
Haydn Beatty (Norman, Okla.) paced the Bobcats with 16 kills on the day, including a match-high 10 smashes against Francis Marion. Freshman Avalon Liscio (Naples, Fla.) added 10 kills, as Jordan Banta (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Angela Morse (Clinton Township, Mich.) added eight and six smashes, respectively.
Senior Molly Corhn (Hendersonville, N.C.) posted 28 digs in the two contests, averaging nearly five per set, as Jessica Winchester (Bryson City, N.C.) chipped in 41 assists. Beatty, Liscio, and Morse each had four blocks.
Match One: Newberry 3, Lees-McRae 0 (Box Score)
Beatty led the way for the Bobcats with six kills, while Morse and Liscio each chipped in three. Corhn tallied a match-high 15 digs, as Beatty and Candace Niemiec (Huntington Beach, Calif.) added 12 and eight savers, respectively.
Samantha Parrish and Logan Hayward paced the Wolves with seven kills each, as Jessica King added six smashes and a .385 hitting percentage. Parrish and Elayni Stokes posted 13 and 12 digs, respectively.
The Bobcats fought hard in the first set, cutting the margin to 9-7 on a service ace from Beatty before the Wolves responded with a 10-2 run, pushing the lead to 17-9 following a Parrish smash. Newberry parlayed that momentum into a late 8-1 spurt to take an early 1-0 lead in the match with a 25-11 win in the opening frame.
Lees-McRae battled back early in the second, trimming the lead to 6-5 on back-to-back Newberry miscues before the Wolves answered with a 10-1 surge, stretching the gap to 16-6 on a kill from Amanda Soper. The Wolves then capped the set with a 9-6 spurt to claim a 2-0 advantage in the match following a tandem block by Alexus Horton and Holly Brisson.
The Bobcats countered once again in the early moments of the third, claiming an early 8-6 advantage following a smash by Liscio. After Newberry responded and with a 9-5 run, and Lees-McRae answered with back-to-back points to even the tally at 15, the Wolves strung together a 5-0 spurt to snatch a 20-15 lead on consecutive kills by Hayward. The Wolves would close out the match from there, capping the set with a 5-3 spurt to claim the victory.
Match Two: Francis Marion 3, Lees-McRae 0 (Box Score)
Beatty led the way for the Bobcats with a match-high 10 kills, as Liscio and Banta chipped in seven and six smashes, respectively. Corhn added a contest-best 13 digs, while Winchester nearly tallied a double-double with 26 assists and nine digs.
Megan Mooney and Jessica Imbimbo paced the Patriots with nine kills each, while Alexzandra Reed and Emily Sears both added seven smashes. Rebekah Davis and Sears posted 13 and 11 digs, respectively.
Francis Marion jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the match with a 25-15 win in the first set, opening the frame with a 13-5 run before pushing the advantage to 22-11 following a Mooney kill. The Patriots then capped the set with three of the next seven points to close out the frame on a smash by Sears.
Lees-McRae battled back in the second, evening the tally at 10-10 on a Patriot miscue before Francis Marion responded, launching a 9-3 run to claim a 19-13 advantage. The Bobcats answered with a 5-1 spurt of their own, cutting the lead to 20-18 on back-to-back Liscio kills and trimming the margin further to 22-21 with a Morse smash. Francis Marion answered once again with a 3-0 spurt, taking a 2-0 lead in the match on a kill by Alexzandra Reed.
The third set proved to be an epic battle of wills, as the frame featured 56 points, six ties, and three lead changes. Lees-McRae would answer the bell first in the set, taking an early 6-2 lead before Francis Marion countered with a 13-5 run to claim a 16-11 advantage following a Bobcat miscue.
The Bobcats quickly responded with an 8-4 run, cutting the lead to 20-19 on a block by Winchester and Beatty following three straight kills from Beatty. After Francis Marion took a 22-20 advantage on an ace by Caroline Boone, Lees-McRae answered with a 3-0 spurt to push the Patriots to set point.
Francis Marion countered with three straight points of its own, taking a 25-24 lead on a smash by Imbimbo. The teams would trade points over the next several minutes, with Francis Marion claiming a 28-27 advantage on a Mooney kill before capping the set and the match with a tandem block by Mooney and Reed.
Lees-McRae returns to the court on Saturday when the Bobcats take on University of South Carolina Aiken and Mars Hill University on the second and final day of the FMU Tournament in Florence, S.C. The Bobcats square off with USC Aiken at 1 p.m., followed by Mars Hill at 5 p.m.


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The Difference Between a NEED and a CHOICE….
"I need to lose 10 lbs." "I need to eat healthier." "I need to start exercising!" "I need to get in that dress!" YIKES!..." I need to crawl in a hole and escape from all the pressure I am putting on myself!!!!!!!"
Ok, brutal honesty time…Women are WAY, WAY too hard on themselves. It's the truth. We obsess over centimeters added to our thighs, hairs out of place, perfect skin, etc…. all while we juggle kiddos, The Hubs, careers and laundry. So, to put another NEED on ourselves, such as eating right and working out, can easily become last on the list of "needs" and not get accomplished.
Can a need become a choice? Such a small word actually denotes quite a large mental shift in attitude and can make a big difference. In order to shift your mentality to this state there's just a 2 simple steps and they are mental steps.
First, we want to flip our vocabulary as above over to the positive side of the goal. I WANT to exercise more and I WANT to eat right. It matters. Do it this way.
Next, we need a WHY. Well, there are really only two reasons to exercise and eat right….LOOK better and FEEL better.
So, make your WHY your whole motivation! Fast forward and picture yourself FINISHED with your workout, once those endorphins kick in and you're feeling that awesome high. Feels good, right?!
Picture yourself AFTER an entire day of eating healthy and right as you're crawling into bed, proud of yourself. You feel light and satisfied. Not sluggish and bloated.
Imagine intensely how satisfied and fit you feel after having lived a day this way! Put yourself in a state of thinking about the energy and health you gain from having made any healthier lifestyle change.
OK, SCIENCE LESSON TIME!!!! - This mental "trick" is fast forwarding past the act itself and going straight to engaging your emotions with the future results, thereby making the same neurons fire in your brain that would if you really had already done the act itself. This type of mental exercise will magnetize your goal to fruition faster than just positive thinking alone….because the mind responds better to PICTURES than words. This type of science was used on certain Olympic athletes in the 80's and it was called "Visual Motor Rehearsal". When athletes were asked to mentally run their event in their mind ONLY, the same neurons in their brains fired as if they really were physically doing their Olympic event. The brain is a fascinating thing! This study was done by Denis Waitley and his website is here if you want more info on how this works! http://www.mindperk.com/denis-waitley-biography/
Along these lines, I have a favorite practice at the end of the day….
making my last thoughts the best thoughts of the day.
Go back through your day and ask yourself, "What was the best thing that happened today?" This forces your mind to sort through the numerous things you have to be thankful for.
Sometimes, you'll say, "Actually, NOTHING good happened today!" (when you've had a rotten day.) But, guess what? No matter how bad your day was, there is ALWAYS something to be grateful for!
Let me prove it please:
Did you have a hot shower this morning or did you have to shower in the hose outside? Do you have shoes or did you walk to work barefoot? Did you eat today or did you beg for your food? Did you sleep in a bed under a roof or did you sleep outdoors in the rain?
If you're reading this, then I am sure of those things are true for you. Most of us live a life full of daily conveniences that some people in other places are daily praying to have. That being said, it makes finding something to be grateful for a no-brainer.
Practicing gratitude for your fit, toned, healthy body is the same practice! Go to the future in your mind and be grateful for images of yourself the perfect size you wish it to be and FEEL how good you would feel if you were already living in that body! You would walk differently, dress differently, shop differently and have a different feeling about yourself, wouldn't you? Imagine that and yes, it brings you that much closer to becoming that person. It's a pretty simple exercise in and of itself, however the key is really feeling the emotions associated with achieving your goals!
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Our clients are about 60% women in every one of our 9Round clubs across the country, so first off, you can feel comfortable here! We really want you to know that you CAN DO THIS! We aren't intimidating in our approach to fitness. We really hold your hand, walk you through it, and take it at your pace. We are also going to go right ahead and sign you up for 9Round Nutrition guidance online as well. This takes all the guess work out of fitness, toning and losing weight, eating right and feeling great! We are here to support you physically and I dare to say, emotionally.
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All female practice of foot and ankle physicians and surgeons. Looking for a simple, elegant but modern design. We live in Arizona so phoenix, aztec, southwest may be options but we aren't necessarily tied to those. Not too interested in feet being incorporated into design unless artistic line drawing that ties into the name.
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I've been trying to find out about my grandfather, William Herbert Soby. Guessing he may have been born around 1886. My mother, Margaret Anne Soby was born in 1920 and passed away in 1972 I know he was a farmer. I have a photo of my mother in Pepperdon Hall grounds on her horse, taken in 1938. William had a son who was alot older than my mother, we think he may be John. William had some connection to Dartington Hall. I've emailed C Brown who had a lot to do with the Sobey family history but she is no longer under that address. I'd love to find out about him, his brothers or sisters, and my uncle and whether he had children. Also the name of my grandmother. This may be on the back os old photos that I've not yet found.
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Morwenna, drop me an e-mail on firstname.lastname@example.com and I can offer you some reseach tips. I also have a couple of Sobey grave photos that I took when I was looking for some of my ancestors.
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Guess what, compatriots? The gap between the richest and the poorest among us is now wider than it has been since we all nose-dived into the Great Depression. So GQ sent Jon Ronson on a journey into the secret financial lives of six different people on the ladder, from a guy washing dishes for 200 bucks a week in Miami to a self-storage gazillionaire. What he found are some surprising truths about class, money, and making it in America
How to Live on $625,000 a Week
As I drive along the Pacific Coast Highway into Malibu, I catch glimpses of incredible cliff-top mansions discreetly obscured from the road, which is littered with abandoned gas stations and run-down mini-marts. The office building I pull up to is quite drab and utilitarian. There are no ornaments on the conference-room shelves—just a bottle of hand sanitizer. An elderly, broad-shouldered man greets me. He's wearing jogging pants. They don't look expensive. His name is B. Wayne Hughes.
You almost definitely won't have heard of him. He hardly ever gives interviews. He only agreed to this one because—as his people explained to me—income disparity is a hugely important topic for him. They didn't explain how it was important, so I assumed he thought it was bad.
I approached Wayne, as he's known, for wholly mathematical reasons. I'd worked out that there are six degrees of economic separation between a guy making ten bucks an hour and a Forbes billionaire, if you multiply each person's income by five. So I decided to journey across America to meet one representative of each multiple. By connecting these income brackets to actual people, I hoped to understand how money shapes their lives—and the life of the country—at a moment when the gap between rich and poor is such a combustible issue. Everyone in this story, then, makes roughly five times more than the last person makes. There's a dishwasher in Miami with an unbelievably stressful life, some nice middle-class Iowans with quite difficult lives, me with a perfectly fine if frequently anxiety-inducing life, a millionaire with an annoyingly happy life, a multimillionaire with a stunningly amazing life, and then, finally, at the summit, this great American eagle, Wayne, who tells me he's "pissed off" right now.
"I live my life paying my tas and taking care of my responsibilities, and I'm a little surprised to find out that I'm an enemy of the state at this time in my life," he says.
He has a big, booming voice like an old-school billionaire, not one of those nerdy new billionaires.
"Has anyone said that to your face?" I ask him.
"Nobody has to," says Wayne. "Just watch what they're doing."
"You mean the Occupy Wall Street crowd?"
"Those guys are a bunch of jerks," Wayne mutters, giving a dismissive wave that says, They're just a sideshow. "Politically I'm on the enemy list. I've lived my whole life doing what I thought was right, and now I'm an enemy of the state."
Is he, though? It's true that income inequality is a reliable applause line on the campaign trail. Here's Obama in a recent speech: "What drags down our entire economy is when there's an ever widening chasm between the ultrarich and everybody else." Romney, meanwhile, likes to call this rhetoric "the bitter politics of envy." As he told a receptive crowd in West Palm Beach, Florida, "I believe in a merit nation, an opportunity nation, where people by virtue of their education and hard work and risk-taking and their dreams—and maybe a little luck—could achieve great things."
But the reality is that rarely are enemies of the state treated so well. Except for a brief stint in the late '80s and early '90s, their tax rate is at an eighty-year low. In the 1940s and 1950s, the top tax bracket paid more than 80 percent. It was 70 percent when Reagan took office, 40 percent under Clinton, and now, under Obama, it's 35 percent. But the very, very rich don't pay even that. By taking full advantage of an investor-friendly tax code, which takes a much smaller bite out of capital gains and dividends than it does for salaried income, the 400 richest Americans pay, on average, 18 percent tax.
Wayne won't reveal exactly what he pays now that he's at the top, but he's happy to tell me he began at the bottom.
"Have you read The Grapes of Wrath?" he asks. "That was my family. My dad was a sharecropper in western Oklahoma. When the dust storms came and everything got wiped out, they came to California. The guys with the mattresses on the tops of their cars in the movie? That was the way it was."
They had nothing. His father got a job winding coils that went into refrigeration units. Wayne grew up in east Los Angeles, went to college, joined the navy, got married. For a while he worked for unglamorous-sounding businesses with names like the Frieden Corporation, but nothing stuck. He had a couple of children. He wasn't thriving. He had to do something.
And then, in 1972, he had an idea: People have too much stuff and nowhere to keep it. So he bought some land in San Diego and put up a building with 200 self-storage spaces. "After that it was just building the units up, one at a time. For years and years. That's all. You don't get money unless you have a lot of talent, which I don't have, or you work hard, which is what I do. We don't have any golden touch here."
"How many buildings have you got now?" I ask.
"Maybe 2,300," he says. "With 500 or 600 units inside each."
Wayne says he never once stopped to contemplate the amount of money he was making. "I was just looking at getting the best locations I could and getting the buildings opened and getting the tenants and getting the cash flow and on and on," he says.
"You never once thought, 'This money is cascading in. I am worth 4 BILLION DOLLARS'?" I ask.
He shakes his head. "I don't spend any time at all thinking about my personal wealth. I suppose if I had nothing, I might think, 'I have nothing.' But when we decided to go public and I saw how much money there was, I was very surprised."
In 2006, Wayne was America's sixty-first-richest man, according to Forbes, with $4.1 billion. Today he's the 242nd richest (and the 683rd richest in the world), with $1.9 billion. He's among the least famous people on the list. In fact, he once asked the magazine to remove his name. "I said, 'It's an imposition. Forbes should not be doing that. It's the wrong thing to do. It puts my children and my grandchildren at risk.' "
"And what did they say?" I ask.
"They said when Trump called up, he said the number next to his name was too small."
When Wayne is in Malibu, he stays in his daughter's spare room. His home is a three-bedroom farmhouse on a working stud farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
"I have no fancy living at all," he says. "Well, I have a house in Sun Valley. Five acres in the woods. I guess that's fancy."
I like Wayne very much. He's avuncular and salt of the earth. I admire how far he has risen from the Grapes of Wrath circumstances into which he was born; he's the very embodiment of the American Dream. I'm surprised, though, and a little taken aback, by his anger. I'll return to Wayne—and the curiously aggrieved way he views his place in the world—a bit later.
But first let's plummet all the way down to the very, very bottom, as if we're falling down a well, to a concrete slab of a house in a downtrodden Miami neighborhood called Little Haiti.
How to Live on $200 a Week
A young man peers into a crack of sunlight that emerges from behind one of the sheets that block out all his windows. His name is Maurose Frantz, but he goes by Frantz. He can't afford air-conditioning, hence the sheets, so it's very dark and stuffy in here. Frantz lives with five other people—his mom, stepdad, grandparents, and little brother—and the entire house is the size of a typical suburban living room. As it happens, the view down the dusty, potholed street includes not only used-car lots but also self-storage facilities—the idea that made Wayne his billions.
"Outside is dangerous," Frantz says. "One time someone pulled up and said to me, 'Do you need a gun?' He showed me a gun! I said, 'I can't hear you, man.' Another time my grandpa—they jumped him. They took his wallet. They slotted him. He cried, he cried, he cried."
Frantz is Haitian. His accent is very strong, and I'm constantly asking him to repeat what he said: "They did what to your grandpa? They slotted him? Slattered him? Sorry?"
"Slapped him," Frantz replies. "Slapped."
Frantz washes dishes at the Capital Grille restaurant, a posh steak house near the harbor in Miami's financial district. He nets $200 for a twenty-seven-hour week and receives no food stamps or government assistance of any kind. That means he makes in an hour what I make in five minutes and Wayne makes pretty much every time he breathes in and out.
At the end of the week, Frantz gets an ATM card with his pay already loaded onto it. Sometimes when he clocks out at the end of the night, he says, he finds he's already been mysteriously clocked out by someone else. Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a restaurant workers' advocacy group, launched a class-action suit against Darden—the restaurant conglomerate that owns the Capital Grille—for this and other alleged improprieties. Frantz says he's repeatedly requested some kind of paper breakdown of how many hours he's been paid for and how much tax has come off, but they never give it to him, so he's stopped asking. He's also stopped asking for a promotion to busboy. He says they told him they'd let him know, but they never did. According to ROC United, the Capital Grille regularly denies promotions to dark-skinned people. It's possible for a black worker to become a busboy, Frantz says, but he's never seen a black server. Darden, for its part, maintains that the Capital Grille pays its employees fairly and that the claims of discrimination are baseless.
Last night, one of Frantz's co-workers threw away his shoes.
"I checked everywhere," Frantz says. "I checked in the garbage, but I couldn't find them. I called the sous-chef and I told him, 'I put down my shoes. Somebody threw them away.' He said, 'Frantz, you know me. I'm cool with you. I treat you like a man. I give you all the respect you need. I talk to you about your life.' I said, 'I know, chef.' He respects me, the sous-chef. He said, 'I don't know what happened to your shoes. I can't tell you nothing.' "
Frantz talks a lot about respect and the opposite of respect—humiliation. It's as if he's lowered his ambitions to the level that he can take all sorts of awfulness as long as people talk to him with a little respect. It occurs to me that his life might be better if he spent less time worrying about feeling disrespected and more time actively working to improve his conditions, but then I realize he is doing all he can. Putting his head above the parapet to talk to me is a brave step. (ROC United asked for volunteers on my behalf, and he was the one to agree.) But I can't see how his life will improve anytime soon. He's so far down America's financial pecking order he barely registers on it.
I ask Frantz to show me his neighborhood. He says there's nothing really to see. He rarely goes out—only to work and to church and to play soccer. Everywhere else is too dangerous. When we head outside, I scurry from his front door to the car. A smashed-up police cruiser lies abandoned on the corner. We take a drive past the one place on earth he has some fun: the soccer field in the public park.
Six miles later, we reach the Capital Grille. Usually he catches the bus, which takes an hour. When he works late and misses the 1 a.m. bus home, he has to stand there until the next one comes at 4 a.m.
"Do you ever wonder what the customers' lives are like?" I ask.
"I don't know nothing about the customers," says Frantz. "I've never seen them."
I look at him. "You've never seen a customer?" I ask.
"Never," he says.
"Do you know how much the steaks cost?" I ask.
"I never saw a menu," he says. "They're in the restaurant, not the kitchen."
His last words to me, before I head off to visit someone who makes five times what he does, are "If I get money, I'm going to leave."
How to Live on $900 a Week
Fifteen hundred miles from Frantz's neighborhood is a lovely leafy middle-class Des Moines suburb called Urbandale. There's mist and dew, and the lawns are so green they look painted. It's 7 a.m. and deserted and unseasonably chilly—a tornado warning will be issued in a few hours—but I'm sure in warmer circumstances I'd see children running around, in and out of one another's homes, and riding their bikes to school. The $900-a-week family who live here—Dennis and Rebecca Pallwitz and their two toddlers—have a ground-floor apartment in a tidy complex with a communal pool. Most of the properties here are detached family homes; theirs is an exception. I sit in their kitchen and tell them about Frantz.
"Oh," gasps Rebecca sympathetically.
"I know," I say. "Imagine living in Miami and earning a fifth of what you earn. The stress must be unbelievable."
"It's another world," says Rebecca.
The Pallwitzes' fifth anniversary is approaching. "We'd like to go to the east of the state where we had our honeymoon," Dennis says. "But—" he glances at Rebecca—"that would cost gas and food and a bed-and-breakfast stay, so maybe we'll stick around here, save the gas money, and get a hotel room for a couple of days."
"You can't afford to drive across the state?" I say in a startled screech. I sound like the Dowager Countess of Grantham from Downton Abbey. Speaking of which, last night in New York City, I got to see something Frantz has never seen: the inside of a Capital Grille restaurant. (I'm guessing Dennis and Rebecca have never been to one, either.) There were stag heads and sculptures of horses and fine oil paintings of generic earls and lords and fox hunts. The milieu was very English country gentleman, although an English country gentleman would never put an e at the end of the word grill. It was delicious, and I didn't even think about what it cost. Almost every waiter was light-skinned, but I did see one dark-skinned man serving. So that was nice.
"But there's lots of stuff to do here in the Des Moines area that we still haven't done," Dennis says, brightening. "So..."
"I know what I want to do," says Rebecca.
"What's that?" says Dennis.
"The drive-in movie theater and then the Incredible Pizza," she says. "The Incredible Pizza's got games and a buffet. You can pay $30, eat as much as you want, then play games until the money runs out. They have this tunnel thing going on. That doesn't cost anything. Our son can take his shoes off and run in there for a while...."
Dennis smiles, but I can tell he thinks Rebecca has evoked a crappy way to spend a fifth anniversary.
Dennis installs, maintains, and repairs "a wide variety of home medical equipment, oxygen equipment, wheelchairs, a smattering of everything." Rebecca stays home with the children. She says their problems are twofold: tas and health insurance.
"He gets paid every two weeks," says Rebecca. "For state and federal tas they take about $180. Then for health insurance they take about $375."
"The health costs go up every year," says Dennis. "And not just the regular 4 percent for inflation. It could be 10 percent, 17 percent..."
I ask them if they feel worse off than they did a few years ago. Rebecca says, "Yes, a little. The cost of everything, like health insurance, gas, and groceries, has been going up by leaps and bounds. Some things have even seemed to double. Versus our income not changing that much."
I tell them about the health system in my native UK—free health care for everyone. I say I remember Glenn Beck trying to scare America by saying that if ObamaCare went through, things would end up like Britain, with a savage, failing socialist health care system. "But it's not failing," I say. "It's great. And nobody has to pay anything." (Actually, it's funded by tas, and some parts of it work more efficiently than others, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a Brit who doesn't feel proud of the system.)
Dennis and Rebecca look at me warily, as if I might be pretending for some nefarious European socialist reason that the UK's National Health Service is a functional thing. But I'm not a socialist, and it really is.
The Pallwitzes have started seeking help at the local Food Pantry, a charity offering food to the needy. Rebecca says she was amazed that somewhere like Urbandale even needed a Food Pantry. But it does. And when she lines up, she doesn't see only derelicts. She sees middle-class families just like them.
Dennis says he wishes they were better off, but there are positives about being poor. It makes people community-spirited, he says. Plus, money can turn a man wayward. He runs a church support group for sex and drug and alcohol addicts. Why did some of those men fall into a hedonistic abyss? "Because they could afford to," he says.
This is a little heartbreaking to hear. It reminds me of Frantz. He rationalizes his place in America's economic ecosystem by saying it's manageable as long as people talk to him respectfully. Dennis rationalizes his position by saying that if he had more, who knows what pleasure-seeking temptations he might succumb to?
And there's something else the Pallwitzes have in common with Frantz. They, too, say they leave the house only for work and church and to go to the park. They haven't been to the movies in a year.
"I hope you're not offended," I say, "but your lives seem unexpectedly similar to Frantz's."
"I'm not surprised that we have the same struggles," says Rebecca.
"How do you feel when you hear stories of the superrich getting away with paying hardly any tax?" I ask them.
There's a short silence.
"I'd probably do it, too, if I could," Dennis shrugs. "But I can't." He pauses and shrugs. "So."
How to Live on $5,000 a Week
Five times Dennis and Rebecca, there is me. I make about $250,000, double that in a good year—if, say, Hollywood is turning one of my books into a movie. Which doesn't happen often. Just the once, in fact (The Men Who Stare at Goats). Being a panicker, I live my life convinced poverty and disaster lie just around the corner unless I constantly and frantically work. Which I do.
But I have none of Dennis and Rebecca's struggles. I can vacation anywhere. I haven't noticed rising gas and grocery prices other than hearing myself murmur a vague, "Oh. That seems a bit more," and then forgetting all about it. I have never felt so rich and so fortunate as I do when I drive away from Urbandale that morning. But the feeling doesn't last.
How to Live on $25,000 a Week
A couple of weeks later, I meet the woman who makes five times more than me—$1.25 million in a bad year, up to $3 million in a great one. She wants to remain anonymous. I'll call her Ellen. She's a New York producer: movies, TV, Broadway. I meet her in London. She's over on business. She's brassy and loud and restless and alarmingly energetic and tough-looking, and she talks incredibly fast. She says it would be "too weird and stressful" to reveal her name, given what she earns. If you're superrich or superpoor, everyone can see that. But in the top middle, one stays covert. Plus, she doesn't want letters begging for money. She once had one from her father, who is a "pathetic gambler."
"How does it feel to make what you make?" I ask her.
I notice a strange tone in my voice. The usual chirpy sense of inquiry isn't there. Instead I sound weirdly tense, as if the true reason for our meeting is for me to discover what I'm missing out on.
"Good," she says, nodding. "Happiness is having 20 percent more than you imagine needing. The trick is not to be too rich."
"Why not?" I ask her.
"People want to go on your private plane," she says. "You fall asleep in the middle of conference calls. There's a certain discombobulation when you have too much."
Maybe Ellen's right. Maybe it would be bad to have your own plane. But for a second, Dennis flashes into my mind, with his own imagined perils of having more money. I remember that Karl Marx line about religion being the opium of the people—his idea that the elites keep the masses subdued with illusory visions of heaven. But Dennis and Ellen have both suggested to me, surely fallaciously, that greater fortune might lead to unexpected sadness. In America, it seems, one's economic standing can be its own kind of opium.
Personally, I wish I were better at opiating myself. Instead I'm sort of glaring at Ellen in a hostile manner, wondering how I might scramble up to her level.
"So what can and what can't you do in terms of luxury living?" I ask her.
"If you're really rich, you can buy your doctors," she says. "Mike Ovitz famously bought a couple of cardiac surgeons."
"You don't have anything like that, do you?" I say.
"No, of course not," says Ellen.
Thank God, I think. Becoming aware of what's just out of your reach can be disconcerting. It's comforting to know that having my own doctors would be massively out of my reach.
"But I know a guy who knows a guy," says Ellen. "I'm at a level where I don't have to suffer. I've been sick. I had cancer. If you have money, you call the guy who knows the guy who's the head of the department. The truth is, rich people with cancer versus everyone else with cancer? Longer life! And I didn't think about bills at all! I have a bill? I throw it in the box. And that box goes to my business manager. This is a key item if you have money. You don't look at the bills. When I got money, I vowed, 'Never again will I suffer the small stuff.' To me paying a bill is the small stuff. 'I don't care how the fuck it happens; someone pay that fucking thing!' It's a good feeling."
I listen and nod and think, I very much need a business manager. "How much do you pay your business manager?" I ask.
"A very small amount of money," Ellen says, "$100,000 a year."
There's a silence. "That's a lot," I say.
Ellen looks at me, surprised. "No, it's not," she says.
She explains that her business manager does many things for her: He runs her office, does her bookkeeping, oversees her investments, files her tas. And even though she pays him what can amount to nearly 10 percent of her income, she has some money in the bank, so she can afford him.
Rarely has an interview awakened in me so many dormant desires. Before meeting Ellen, I had no idea I needed a business manager and a friend who knows top surgeons personally. I was a lot happier before this interview began.
"I still worry about bills," I say sadly. "And I get knots in my stomach when the tax is due. Really big knots. Have you worked out how to pay less tax like really rich people do?"
"No," Ellen replies. "I pay 35 percent."
"Good," I say.


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2 eggs
5 tablespoons butter, melted
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup toffee bits
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour or spray (using cooking spray with flour) 8-inch square baking pan. In a medium sized bowl, throughly mix together butter, sugars and vanilla extract. Add eggs, mix until well combined. In small bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Gradually add to egg mixture, beating until well combined. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely then cut into squares and serve.


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