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Carnival Inspiration undergoes renovation
Carnival Inspiration will go into a three-week dry dock for a multi-million-dollar makeover this month.
Due to be finished on February 5, the work, in Portland, Oregon, will see new restaurants and bars developed on the 2,052-passenger ship.
These will include a poolside Guy’s Burger Joint, for free burgers and fries, and BlueIguana Cantina, a complimentary poolside Mexican eatery.
The ship will also get three new bars – the Caribbean-style Redfrog Rym Bar, a vintage-themed cocktail bar, Alchemy Bar, and the Mexican-themed BlueIguana Tequila Bar.
Following the renovation, the ship will resume its year-round schedule of three- and four-day Baja cruises from Long Beach, California.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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