CruizinSusan70

Straight from George's mouth...(Seinfeld)

You are correct. A shirt from my DH suffered from shrinkage many years ago. Have not used the perk since.

Every one of Carnivals major competitors have more new builds in their respective pipelines than Carnival. Carnival has one new build with the Jubilee and 3 retreads from Costa. It's smart marketing on the corporations part to help out one company that is losing market share with Costa and help another bring new ships into the fleet on the cheap. Royal Caribbean Group is in fairly good financial shape between RCI, Celebrity and Silver Sea. Their new Icon of the Seas has many different positive factors going for it, even though you don't think that the restricted areas for suite guests won't last. MSC is in the best financial situation and that is why they have double digit ships in their pipeline between MSC and Explora Journeys. NCL has five Prima Class ships in their pipeline.

If you like shrimp cocktail, you need to order about 6 servings of their small size they serve in the MDR to make it worth it.

It's sustainable for NCL with the Haven for years, as well as MSC with the Yacht Club, the Retreat on Celebrity, and the Star Class on RCI. Carnival even has their own value version with the Havana area on the Vista Class and the Havana area and Loft 19 areas on the Excel Class. The new Sphere Class on Princess will even be coming out with their version on the Sun Princess, which will be similar to the aforementioned lines since they will have their own dedicated restaurant, unlike Carnival. It's only illusional in your mind. It's been around for years and is on every new build from each of the aforementioned lines. It will even have a much larger presence in the Icon of the Seas, as was announced today. If it was not sustainable as you claim then it would no longer be on each new build from NCL, MSC, Celebrity, RCI, and Princess.

Have you ever had a conversation with someone that has sailed in the Haven or the Yacht Club? They want their exclusive area but with all of the entertainment options that large ships can provide.

Those that sail in the Haven or the Yacht Club want to have their cake and eat it too. They want their own area yet they want the entertainment options that the large cruise ships from MSC or NCL provide. That's why they choose to sail that way instead of on the true luxury lines that do not have the same options entertainment wise. And Dream cruises was a niche cruise line, unlike all of the others mentioned that are based in the US with the exception of MSC which is expanding here.

Decapitation and amputation are sometimes needed to get the "perfect picture". It's a byproduct that dedicated photographers can live with. 😁

Well, at only 3100 passengers and 142.5 K tons the lines should not be too bad since that's about 55% of the Excel Class capacity at 6000 passengers and 180 K tons.

Carnival doesn't have a true Ship within a ship concept as opposed to their competition at NCL, MSC, RCI, Celebrity and Princess on their new Sphere Class. The Loft 19 area and the Havana area take up space, cost extra for exclusivity, but there are no private restaurants and other perks that go along with it like all of their competition. The fact that the celebration is having a sale on Loft 19 cabanas has no relevance whatsoever to this discussion.

Only sailed on the Fantasy Class four times, on the Imagination in 2011 & 2008, the Sensation in 1996 and the Fascination in 1994. The only thing that stood out on those ships was the old midnight buffet, which we stood in line for to take pictures but never ate at since we always had late seating dinner and didn't get out usually till 945, so we were not hungry two hours later. Things evolve and of course we prefer all of the changes over the years for the most part, but beer was so cheap back then....

He was just looking for Cuba.

Never seen beer pong on any Carnival ship. They do have it though on the brand new NCL Prima.

The ship within a ship concept is currently on all new builds by NCL, MSC, RCI, Carnival, Celebrity and Princess. So, you're stuck with Holland America, Virgin or Disney. It only takes up a portion of the real estate and if eliminated would cause the overall price to go up for everyone because of the elimination of the substantially higher rates that are generated for these cabins. Because of this revenue, these cabins are not going away soon. MSC is coming out with Explora journeys, which is an entire ship similar to their Yacht Club. Regarding open space options, I mentioned the Prima, which has more open space designs than anything else in their fleet as well as the fleets of Carnival, RCI or MSC. But, you decide to pinpoint their race car track as a negative. The open space concept of Ocean Blvd on the Prima Class should supercede any negative that the speed track brings.

But only every other day at the Carnival buffet.

Princess, Carnival, Holland America, etc are all different companies under the Carnival Corporation umbrella. They operate independent of each other and don't necessarily have the same policies.

We are just the opposite. We only book because of the ship. After sailing the Caribbean over 35 times, we've seen most of the ports, so the newest state of the art ships by various lines are our chosen destination.

No problem, just paying it forward.

Flatware in your pockets....Beverages are balanced on your head Same exact ones are between 7.25-8.00 on EBay with shipping. No need to spend 25 on Amazon.

Since when is a Spirit Class ship at 88.5 K tons the same as a Fantasy Class ship at 70 K tons?

Maybe 10 years. Back when they had the mini sets with comedians.

Have to agree with Jeff. If ports are the top of your decision list, then the Magic wins. If food or the ship are more important, then Mardi Gras is the pick. And if entertainment is your top choice, then once again, it's the Mardi Gras. Multiple comedy outlets with over 40 shows over the course of the week, both family and adult.

It's Carnival Blerk, what do you expect?

Refurbished ships are nice, but it's still a 23 year old ship. Certain public areas get redone, but cabins and the general feel is still a 23 year old ship, albeit with some new areas.

Good luck, you'll need it. It was practically impossible to get them under the previous distribution method and with the majority now sold ahead of time you will need to be extremely lucky. I will hypothesize that a handful are available for Haven guests and if they don't purchase them they will be made available for steerage.