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We did it pre Corona. It was second to none. Amazing tour, amazing tour guide. Be prepared for a long day....bus travel, walking, etc. it was pricy,but worth it in our opinion.

Unfortunate to read, but not unexpected anymore. If you don't like it, consider doing what we did....take your business elsewhere. We've done one Princess and three Carnival since our last NCL. Maybe we are lucky, but we've had no itinerary changes and have made all scheduled ports of call. I have no idea if Carnival Corp is being environmentally friendly or if they are following guest feedback nor do I care. What I can say is that they delivered to us the exact vacations that were advertised without excuses. We appreciate the stability as we continue to sit on multiple unused NCL cruise next certificates.

We just returned from the 11 day. Overall, it was a nice cruise. The ship decor is very Italian and we found it to be beautiful...think Roman columns, lots of faux Italian marble. There can definitely be pinch points at peak times, there can be line ups for comedy shows, buffets, dinners etc. it all depends how you cruise. ...eat dinner at 8 versus 630, no lines. Get to the comedy shows before 8 pm, versus the 945 show, again no problem...walk right in and get a seat. Want to lounge on deck or swim in the pools at 1pm on a sea day, good luck, you'll have plenty of company. The MDR food was decent, sometimes inconsistent in temperature. No one went hungry. We found the Lido buffet to be of poor quality from a food offering and service perspective. The understaffed Lido crew is overworked and that translates to very few smiles from them. I couldn't imagine doing that job over and again for 7 months at a time. For the price we paid, we would sail Venezia again.

Disappointed to read this. Our recent experience on Venezia is that they are woefully understaffed in crew on Lido. They couldn't handle the huge demand for the included offerings, with regular lines for pizza, deli, chopsticks and marketplace approaching 30-40 people, 10-20 minute wait. They'd be better off using that area for an additional included mini-buffet.

It was offered on Venezia this past week. Hosted by CD Jacky Tang in Limelight Lounge....very popular and hilarious.

They are all one depth. I am recalling 4 ft or so. They are not as deep as the Princess ships. You didn't ask but full disclosure.... Carnival pools are salt water. Princess is fresh water.

Comedians were different on ours. Yes, the rest of the shows were the same but we also didn't necessarily feel the need to see everything on week one. It ended up being a more chill experience. If we wanted to dine late one night, we did because we knew we could see the playlist show next week. If we were too tired to catch the deck party, we skipped it on week one. We love B2B. If you can pair a 7 day eastern with a 7 day western all the better.

Not so fast. It's all over YouTube. Cruise vloggers covering it too.

NCLs response is so amateur. I mean what a missed opportunity for them. They go on and talk about the rules and the signs and announcements, blah blah blah. "..... guests are responsible for ensuring they return to the ship at the published time, which is communicated broadly over the ship’s intercom, in the daily communication and posted just before exiting the vessel. Guests are responsible for any necessary travel costs to rejoin the ship at the next available port of call. When the guests did not return to the vessel at the all aboard time, their passports were delivered to the local port agents to retrieve when they returned to the port." The above is all true by the way, but why rehash what has already been said in the news story? A more skilled public relations response to the story might have read something like this. ..."regrettably, we acknowledge a group of 8 passengers chose to participate in an excursion operated by an independent third party and were delayed, and returned to the port after the ship had raised its anchors for departure. It was always our intention to allow them to enjoy an uninterrupted vacation. However, we have a commitment to the 2,000 guests onboard to maintain a posted schedule. Furthermore, we have an unwavering commitment to the safety of our crew and our passengers. After consultations with senior officers and shoreside management, it was determined that the risk of injury to reboard the 8 passengers was simply too great, and accordingly, we stand ready to safely reboard them when the ship is docked in it's next port of call. Then they could trot out all their cliches about how they regret this inconvenience, and they work hard to deliver memorable experiences, they remain at our service, and the safety of passengers is always front of mind. Big time missed opportunity here. Instead NCL just blamed the passengers, which is obvious to most fair thinking people. There were better ways for NCL communicate this.

I have no idea. It was your hypothetical, so it can be whatever you want it be.

A smart, service minded business man would open the store. It would increase profitability and build good will with his customer base who may have been in an unfortunate bind. If you just tell them to go away and come back tomorrow, they might just go to a competitor today and never come back tomorrow. Then, they'll tell all their friends about your terrible customer service. So, while you were technically correct in denying them service, you may have harmed yourself in the long term.How wise was your decision in the end?

No, the HDMI ports are disabled. https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2789/~/stateroom-television-programming Connecting Personal Devices to Stateroom TV's Guests are not permitted to connect Digital Cameras/Camcorders, DVDs/VCRs, USB sticks, iPods, Nintendo/X-Box Play units with the television in the staterooms; all connection ports are disabled.

......and the bus company wants to maximize revenue, better said, fill every seat on the bus, on the 90 minute journey to FCO. NCL wants you off the ship as early as possible. They don't care how long you sit shoreside waiting for a bus to load and leave for the airport. The train service is scheduled and operates on a time schedule, irregardless of passenger capacity.

The lines are more similar than different. You can't go wrong with either. If you want value, go with whatever is cheaper. Carnival is bare bones, low key fun. NCL feels a bit more upscale to us. Lots of opportunities to have fun on both lines. Lido deck complimentary food options are better and more varied on Carnival. MDR is about the same with complimentary filet and Caribbean lobster on Carnival. Highlighter entertainment is about the same....average, low quality entertainment. Carnival excels in dedicated comedy shows and movies at night on Lido, if that is your thing. Typical trivias, game shows, etc. NCL far better itineraries offered, Carnival is basically US to Caribbean, over and again. NCL's Free at Sea offers are a better value than paying Carnival $65 per day for drinks. Sometimes Carnival includes their Cheers program in the fare, but this is very rare. If you can get the Cheers included, it is far superior to NCL.

The high speed train is super convenient too and ridiculously economical. 16 Euro per person to FCO. Lots of "how to do it" videos out there.