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21 hours ago, Nic6318 said:

 

Hi

 

It always comes down to how you explain to your children the difference between stealing a little and stealing a lot. The main thing is not getting caught, right.

 

I know, I know, we all speed.

No, the main thing is doing what’s right, but degrees matter. It’s pretty obvious to anyone that robbing a bank at gun point is much worse than shoplifting. That doesn’t mean that shoplifting is okay.

On 7/15/2018 at 9:25 AM, ray98 said:

Don't fight the battle, you will never convince some to do the right thing if they think they can get away with it.

 

While they may not overtly steal things they will pick up that camera you left behind for a minute or pocket that lost wallet found on the ground just as they will scheme a shake for someone else to avoid paying. Same type person.

Those are not remotely the same.

On 6/25/2019 at 10:06 AM, CruiseRonJulie said:

I think it is time for Carnival to make it near impossible to remove the gratuities. I have read all of the excuses people give and I believe they are just looking for a reason to not tip:

1. The crew doesn't get the tips (do you really think that after all this time, we would not have heard this?0

2. I like to tip in cash (yeah, and I am sure you track down the laundry people and those at the Lido Buffet to tip them)

3. I think tipping should not be mandated

4. Insert another reason here:  the crew doesn't speak English, I didn't get a chocolate on my pillow, I only got a Lanyard, etc.

 

Please if you are just looking for a way to stiff the crew, be honest and just say "I want to keep my $14.00.

So, you’re basically saying that we should stop pretending that tips are tips.

Weird, the reviews I’ve seen have been overwhelmingly positive.

Getting rushed in the MDR is what? Going from a snail’s pace up to a tortoise? This sounds amazing.

This thread title sounds like it’s for planning an armored car robbery.

I really wish people behind me in line at Mongolian Wok would stop giving me nasty looks when I order for my friends. Why should all of us have to do an incredibly boring activity when one of us can handle it for all?

No one here has provided any reason to believe that Carnival knew this would happen. So it happened before. So what? They likely changed how they handled things because of that and thought they had the problems fixed.

Sometimes, things get old and need renovation. This is obvious. When the renovation is big enough, they can give the ship a new name as a way of saying that the changes were so great that it might as well be a different ship. It’s that simple.

One cruise is never going to be a good indicator of the quality of service. For all you know, a popular staff member died and everyone is in mourning.

Tuxedos, but since they’re children, colorful ones.

On 4/3/2019 at 9:29 AM, MJSailors said:

As I understand it, seems that RCCL is doing the right thing with giving the booked passengers refunds and a future cruise credit.

Of course, accidents happen and it is fortunate that no one was injured at the dry dock facility.

It’s easy to do the right thing when someone else’s insurance is paying for it.

11 hours ago, Joebucks said:

 

More often than not when you hear about "picky eaters," especially on sites like this, it is the most ridiculous reasons. I'm not saying everyone should eat what Andrew Zimmer eats, but some people are just ridiculous. Maybe it's me

We all have all sorts of ridiculous reasons for various things that we do.

14 hours ago, Joebucks said:

 I find picky eaters annoying

Why?

Sounds like plenty of time to get them potty trained!

Where will I keep my pigs??!?

13 minutes ago, mapman_2004 said:

Is that even legal?  Or is ageism only a thing for employment

You do know that you can’t rent a car under 25, right?

On 3/14/2019 at 9:20 AM, CruiseMomTX said:

The food is much better on Harmony

Given my one experience on Royal, I find this hard to believe. We were on a small ship though.

14 for boys.

24 for girls

Children are great so long as they have been taught to be neither seen nor heard.

3 hours ago, mac66 said:

It's been said that while X caters to the baby boomers, HAL caters to the greatest generation (i.e, their parents)

Catering to people who are over 90 seems like a questionable business plan.

4 hours ago, Nerkbuck said:

I hate eating at the MDR, takes way too long...but the wife loves it.

It takes longer, but the food is better.

18 hours ago, asalligo said:

I expect that this is where cruising is headed. The lido buffet, Guys and Blue Iguana being free and everything else being for a fee. This would not stop me from cruising, but I would expect fares to stay low in this model. 

That would definitely stop me from cruising on Carnival.

Night. We’re often in the room all morning.

2 hours ago, BigBuoys said:

 

+1 Until it's recent drydocking, the TVs on the Pride were the old tube TVs that didn't even have HDMI ports.

 

As for why they disable the HDMI ports, my guess is they don't want people that don't have a foggy clue about electronics (which is the majority of cruisers) playing with the wiring. No one knows for sure. 

I would guess that they don’t want people bringing Roku sticks and complaining about the WiFi as well as making it worse.