CruisingWalter

I've been very intrigued by the confluence of two events over two weeks. One: John Heald floated the question of whether Carnival fans would support an "Adults-Only" Carnival cruise ship? The overwhelming response both on his Facebook page and my TikTok channel was YES! In fact, most responses on my TikTok channel liked my idea of select itineraries across the entire fleet being 'adults-only' vs. a dedicated ship. Two: A week later, Carnival announces Costa By Carnival keeping the two ships branded as Costa, but crewed and operated by Carnival. No whale tail, no red white and blue livery. Two completely unique ships in the Carnival branded fleet that are an elevated version of the Vista class. The gondola setting and marble clad restaurant looks straight out of the Venetian in Las Vegas. Connecting the dots made me wonder if Carnival is considering making Costa by Carnival an Adults-Only brand. While the ships do have a ropes course and some water slides up top, along with a sad mini-golf course, they don't have near the 'fun ship' elements throughout the ship that are standard on Carnival branded ships. We know the ships are going into dry-dock for some renovations, but with Carnival leaving the Costa brand in place, we can't expect all that much to be done other than cosmetic and upgrades to existing elements. The discussions in my Facebook group and TikTok channel have been interesting and I'm curious to know what you all think of this hypothesis. With two completely unique ships in the fleet, could this be a consideration and could Virgin Voyages have a very very large competitor come 2023? Could I be totally insane? I've been called worse. 😂

For those of you who have sailed Scarlet or Valiant in a Cheeky Corner or Sweet Aft Suite, did you feel excessive ship movement back there? A friend saw a review on another forum of the Cheeky Corner Suite on Scarlet, where they mentioned that if you get any form of motion sickness, do not stay on the aft of the ship because there is excessive motion back there. We have a Cheeky Corner Suite on Deck 12 on Scarlet in July so I was wondering what your experiences having been. We don't get motion sickness at all and have stayed in aft cabins on Celebrity and Princess. It's usually a very smooth ride back there so I was surprised to read those comments about the excessive motion back there. The only time we really felt any motion aft was during docking and undocking when the thrusters were in use. Other wise it was usually pretty calm unless there was a side to side sway in the ship that day. Thanks!

Hi all, I did a search for "Coffee" in this forum but only saw folks recommending where to buy coffee in San Juan. Has anyone ever taken an excursion, either private or via a ship, to one of the coffee plantations in Puerto Rico? I was watching an episode of Gordon Ramsay's Uncharted and he visited one during his visit to Puerto Rico. I found this website that lists a bunch of the plantations that are open to tours and visits, but didn't see any coffee excursions on my next cruise. So I'm curious if any of you have visited these plantations during your visits. Thanks! https://theculturetrip.com/caribbean/puerto-rico/articles/the-coolest-coffee-plantations-you-need-to-visit-in-puerto-rico/