MrPete Posted February 29, 2012 #301 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='Tapi']I do have to say that when we sailed on the Allure last year, our time ashore was minimal. We were more drawn to staying on the ship than going ashore. And I also have to say that our onboard account was MUCH higher than any other cruise we've ever taken (specialty restaurants, nursery for our son, purchases onboard, spa, etc), but we figured that before going on this cruise, and we gladly paid for it. It was a PHENOMENAL cruise![/QUOTE] Haven't had the pleasure yet, but we would probably intend on exploring the ship while we were at sea. But I won't know until we try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMiss Posted February 29, 2012 #302 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='halos']I don't buy this at all....[/QUOTE] Perhaps your mis-understanding me, RCI has definitely made the ship more appealing to children and adults alike. Therefore it is very very difficult to find itineraries to match that of Carnival. I'm sorry to say but RCI have 85% more days at sea then Carnival and that is for a reason. The business savvy should understand this more. It's all about money!! Carnival makes their cost cheaper and takes you to the same places that RCI takes you but as oppose to going to St Thomas, San Juan and St Marten only 3 ports on one sailing like RCI, but on the same Eastern Caribbean sailing with Carnival their taking you to St Thomas, San Juan, St Marten, St, Kitts, St, Lucia, Dominica and the Barbados I hope you see where I am going with this.......More bang for your buck off the boat as oppose to on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halos Posted February 29, 2012 #303 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='LittleMiss']Perhaps your mis-understanding me, RCI has definitely made the ship more appealing to children and adults alike. Therefore it is very very difficult to find itineraries to match that of Carnival. I'm sorry to say but RCI have 85% more days at sea then Carnival and that is for a reason. The business savvy should understand this more. It's all about money!! Carnival makes their cost cheaper and takes you to the same places that RCI takes you but as oppose to going to St Thomas, San Juan and St Marten only 3 ports on one sailing like RCI, but on the same Eastern Caribbean sailing with Carnival their taking you to St Thomas, San Juan, St Marten, St, Kitts, St, Lucia, Dominica and the Barbados I hope you see where I am going with this.......More bang for your buck off the boat as oppose to on.[/quote] One could say that CCL saves a heck of a lot of money on fuel being 'parked'...:p Is it possible to make up that fuel cost in on board spending??? Maybe it is, I honestly don't know. I think that some people like a lot of sea days and RCI may appeal to that demographic for that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tapi Posted February 29, 2012 #304 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='MrPete']Haven't had the pleasure yet, but we would probably intend on exploring the ship while we were at sea. But I won't know until we try it.[/QUOTE] We explored quite a bit while the ship was at sea. The thing with a ship of the magnitude of the Allure is that a week was not enough to do everything that was appealing to us. We made a list of all the things that we were interested in seeing and doing, and we probably did about 50% of the things on that list. Literally, there was not enough time, and we were not going to turn our vacation into "The Amazing Race" just to squeeze everything in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkThaFreekinPlank Posted February 29, 2012 Author #305 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='MrPete']Agreed. I never felt they were giving any kind of incentive to stay on board a ship once in port.[/quote] Actually you guys are incorrect. Entertainment sells, thats why it's a trillion $$ market in US only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkThaFreekinPlank Posted February 29, 2012 Author #306 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Speaking of Entertainment, what does Carnival offer that most of you enjoy? I know Magic has a park, theatre, shows and such. Is all the entertainment included in boarding price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriciaEMTB Posted February 29, 2012 #307 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='tracyanns']Well they can associate CCL with missing teeth because less fortunate people don't have dental...but we can associate Celebrity and HAL with missing teeth because everyone forgot to pack their dentures... Just saying that CCL isn't the only toothless line...:eek:[/QUOTE] I probably add to the "bad teeth" image and its not because I couldn't afford dental. When I was a teenager I went through a major bout of depression. Part of that depression included not brushing my teeth because I didn't feel like I deserved nice teeth. This spanned years. Now that's all behind me and my teeth are a work in progress, they're clean and brushed but still look icky because of the damage done that takes a lot of work with a dentist to fix and its not able to be done all at once. So when you see someone with bad teeth please don't automatically assume they're trash. You've got no idea the story behind it! I dated someone once with missing teeth, and it was because he was a professional bull rider. He made a ton of money doing it, too! Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redsfan Posted February 29, 2012 #308 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='LittleMiss']Perhaps your mis-understanding me, RCI has definitely made the ship more appealing to children and adults alike. Therefore it is very very difficult to find itineraries to match that of Carnival. I'm sorry to say but RCI have 85% more days at sea then Carnival and that is for a reason. The business savvy should understand this more. It's all about money!! Carnival makes their cost cheaper and takes you to the same places that RCI takes you but as oppose to going to St Thomas, San Juan and St Marten only 3 ports on one sailing like RCI, but on the same Eastern Caribbean sailing with Carnival their taking you to St Thomas, San Juan, St Marten, St, Kitts, St, Lucia, Dominica and the Barbados I hope you see where I am going with this.......More bang for your buck off the boat as oppose to on.[/QUOTE] um, I don't agree with your statement that RCI uses more at sea days. We are taking our first RCI in December and have 3 Port Days on a 6 nighter. Carnival Freedom from FLL does a 6 nighter as well. RCI also does a Coco Cay, St.Thomas and St.Maarten route. They also do a West route with 4 stops like Carnival.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagette Posted February 29, 2012 #309 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I cruised the Glory in 2008 and loved it. Just spent more money to cruise with NCL and was meh about it. Go on the cruise and enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsy64 Posted February 29, 2012 #310 Share Posted February 29, 2012 According to the tax man, we are definately not low income. In fact we are too high to get any tax breaks! Putting two kids through university is a challenge to the pocket book. We can afford Carnival and are happy with their ships, itineraries and services. I don't believe in going into debt for a vacation. Cruise with your pocketbook not with someone else's idea of what you should spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkThaFreekinPlank Posted February 29, 2012 Author #311 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='TriciaEMTB'][b]I probably add to the "bad teeth" image and its not because I couldn't afford dental.[/b][/quote] Thats a tough subject. I had knocked my teeth out when I was younger from a bicycle wreck (as earlier stated) and had porcelin replacements. If you could afford it why not get it done? I would rather have nice teeth for life than go on a cruise a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPTexan82 Posted February 29, 2012 #312 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='TriciaEMTB'] So when you see someone with bad teeth please don't automatically assume they're trash. You've got no idea the story behind it! I dated someone once with missing teeth, and it was because he was a professional bull rider. He made a ton of money doing it, too![/quote] I respect people's reason for missing teeth 8 out of 10 times its because they dont have the means too replace them with. As someone with means and the ability to replace my teeth if I lost one I will do. If I need to chose a cruise over teeth, I would probly choose teeth cause people Judge way too much and missing teeth could and will cost someone a possible job. Thats why people missing teeth crusie Carnival because of less means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisenanny Posted February 29, 2012 #313 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='WalkThaFreekinPlank']Speaking of Entertainment, what does Carnival offer that most of you enjoy? I know Magic has a park, theatre, shows and such. Is all the entertainment included in boarding price?[/QUOTE] Exclusive to Carnival is the Punchliners Comedy Club, with several shows almost every night. My husband doesn't really like the broadway style shows in the theatre and this was a hilarious alternative, we both loved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkThaFreekinPlank Posted February 29, 2012 Author #314 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='cruisenanny']Exclusive to Carnival is the Punchliners Comedy Club, with several shows almost every night. My husband doesn't really like the broadway style shows in the theatre and this was a hilarious alternative, we both loved it![/quote] Is that improv comedy or "Pick on people" comedy? Trust me, never sit up front at a comedy show if your not sure what they are about.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzaholic41 Posted February 29, 2012 #315 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='halos']I don't buy this at all....[/quote] The problem is, LittleMiss is only describing one class of ships, which is only 2 out of 22 ships. She should have said Oasis, not RCI. A sweeping generalization cannot be made of RCI based on 2 ships. Yes, Oasis Class cruises are totally about the ships. When you cruise them, like Tapi described, you cannot wait to get back on board. They are that great. However, RCI does have plenty of other ship classes doing plenty of other itineraries like Asia and Europe where the ports are #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzaholic41 Posted February 29, 2012 #316 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='cruisenanny'][B][I][COLOR=red]Exclusive[/COLOR][/I][/B] to Carnival is the Punchliners Comedy Club, with several shows almost every night. My husband doesn't really like the broadway style shows in the theatre and this was a hilarious alternative, we both loved it![/quote] Negative. RCI's Oasis Class and NCL Epic also has a Comedy Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbieMom Posted February 29, 2012 #317 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='JPTexan82']I respect people's reason for missing teeth 8 out of 10 times its because they dont have the means too replace them with. As someone with means and the ability to replace my teeth if I lost one I will do. If I need to chose a cruise over teeth, I would probly choose teeth cause people Judge way too much and missing teeth could and will cost someone a possible job. Thats why people missing teeth crusie Carnival because of less means.[/quote] I totally agree! I'm not saying it's right, but it is what it is, and when I see someone with bad or missing teeth I automatically get the impression that they are in poverty or don't value themselves at all. And, if I'm being honest, I also assume they are uneducated. While I KNOW that this is a stereotype, it's one that hasn't ever been wrong in my experience. I look forward to the day when a bad/ missing teeth individual wows with their class and intelligence;) I'm just really into teeth:D I'm having some cosmetic work done tomorrow that I'm super excited about. Teeth make a big first impression, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkThaFreekinPlank Posted February 29, 2012 Author #318 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='JPTexan82']I respect people's reason for missing teeth 8 out of 10 times its because they dont have the means too replace them with. As someone with means and the ability to replace my teeth if I lost one I will do. If I need to chose a cruise over teeth, I would probly choose teeth cause people Judge way too much and missing teeth could and will cost someone a possible job. Thats why people missing teeth crusie Carnival because of less means.[/quote] 100% correct. My brother-in-law worked for a finance company for 7 years and was let go about 14 months ago. Get this, 16 months ago he cracked is tooth eating at Burger King when he bit into a piece of chicken sandwich, month later that tooth fell out and a month after that, jobless. Thats the same thing is borrowing money from somebody that has less money than you already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisenanny Posted February 29, 2012 #319 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='Cruzaholic41']Negative. RCI's Oasis Class and NCL Epic also has a Comedy Club.[/QUOTE] How does that make Punchliners not exclusive to Carnival? Whatever though, so there's 3 other ships out there with their own comedy club too, thanks!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisenanny Posted February 29, 2012 #320 Share Posted February 29, 2012 [quote name='WalkThaFreekinPlank']Is that improv comedy or "Pick on people" comedy? Trust me, never sit up front at a comedy show if your not sure what they are about....[/QUOTE] It's stand up, which I guess usually includes some degree of audience "participation". Good point, most people know not to sit up front unless they are willing to chance being targeted by the comedian!!:eek::o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halos Posted February 29, 2012 #321 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Negative. RCI's Oasis Class and NCL Epic also has a Comedy Club. NCL has always had (on my sailings) a comedian, (or two or three, depending on the length of the sailing) also a ventriliquist...No, they don't have a 'comedy club' on their ships other than Epic, but to be honest that's fine with me. CCL's comedy clubs are a bit tiny and if you get there too late forget finding a seat. I prefered when CCL had their comedy shows in the main theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ib4cruzn Posted February 29, 2012 #322 Share Posted February 29, 2012 haven't seen a beer drinking contest in over 15 years. Who could afford it???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPTexan82 Posted February 29, 2012 #323 Share Posted February 29, 2012 What does Comedy Clubs have to do with poor people on Carnival Cruise's thats the real issue at hand. So we need to find a way to class up Carnival Ships becasue next you know their ships will be like trailer houses that float. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkThaFreekinPlank Posted February 29, 2012 Author #324 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Who could afford it???? I'm sure it was free. The way I understand it Carnival discontinued some of the activities due to lay off's and such. BTW, I just heard about the Carnival stock plunge..... Can someone say LAYOFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H82seaUgo Posted February 29, 2012 #325 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I'm sure it was free. The way I understand it Carnival discontinued some of the activities due to lay off's and such. BTW, I just heard about the Carnival stock plunge..... Can someone say LAYOFF it was free. always started out with can beer, and then they brought out the yard of ale. i don't think i drink that much beer in a year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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