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Monstrosity of the seas, that cannot do tender ports, that cannot dock at many ports are not the answer for the vast majority of Carnival cruisers. Been there, done it will not go back.

Data that supports this wild assumption?

We have found that to be WAY more common than other cruises.

Cagney’s turns out to be WAY more that CCL steakhouse due to a la carte. NCL is the king of nickel and dime pricing, always has been, always will be.

Bingo.

Options are a good thing

From your lips…. It makes total sense they wait now, any other path would be foolish. Mega liners have way more restrictions than the bridge issues like Jacksonville, Baltimore Tampa etc. The behemoths cannot dock in may islands, no tender ports and there are capacity issues as well.

As it should be for the majority.

We will see. I think the placing of an order will be more symbolic than financial in nature. The debt discussion is simply a variable as to size, financial stability is a totally different topic. They have doe a pretty masterful job of refinancing from the horrendous times in the throes of the covid mandated shutdown to WAY better terms today and while reducing debt. Is there risk? Sure, there is with any debt. 10 years from now (God willing) we will be having a discussion about how the proliferation of over the top mega of the seas RCCL ships and glut tot he market led to their demise.

By the end of 24, there will be new ships on order. There is absolutely zero evidence that you need to be be debt free, to order new ships. You hit the nail on the head, price almost always wins. Their advance bookings are off the chart. If in doubt, you can look at what the market thinks. https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/ccl/forecast/#

The touring company

Works very well.

Sounds like a solid plan. This is always one purchase you hope you never need.

Here you go, enjoy and feel free to ask any questions.. Welcome to cruisecritic, you can click on the link below.

Think the staffing issues have been addressed, we sailed twice in the first month of the return to cruising.. Enjoy the cruise, let us know your thoughts when you return.

Had them on our last HORIZON CRUISE, outstanding

Totally agree. You beat me to posting this.

14 days.

I do not think anyone said they could acquire bacon, but since none of us know, I am fine with that. Did not realize it was only bacon eaters to comment or post on. As I said moving on.

You can google Joey bananas, they have tons of excursions, originally found them thru trip advisor (which owns this site). The Kusadasi was thru Carnival. You will not be displeased with either. I have a Pride review of this cruise, it will give you a flavor for both. If you cannot find it, I can provide a link.

We are fairly well off the op’s topic, but hey, it is the holiday season. Agree on bacon being a staple, and it is one of my many vices. There are several types of sausages offered. Links, and two larger cut into slices, one semi like kielbasa (which I think they are referring to and another more pure sausage like with onions (if my memory serves me). love bacon but never loved Carnivals.

Cancel for any reason is more of a feel good option in most cases, but not all.

Sounds way more like an opinion to me. There are plenty of times when cruise insurance (and I know the difference between it and online versions) is DEF the best option to take.

To be honest, the bacon on cruise lines (ALL) is not even that good. Not sure what the hype is all about.

And then said, it was not there because they did not order it. Maybe you forgot that part. Moving on.