CENTEX CRUISER Posted April 19, 2013 #1 Share Posted April 19, 2013 We were just on the Mariner , and several times the comedians joked about the Carnival woes. I thought it was interesting, as we have never seen that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruzerci Posted April 19, 2013 #2 Share Posted April 19, 2013 We were just on the Mariner , and several times the comedians joked about the Carnival woes. I thought it was interesting, as we have never seen that.. Carnival has been a pretty common theme of the comedy shows on most of our cruises :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler80 Posted April 19, 2013 #3 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I have also heard comics on cruises make fun of Carnival. Even at the Captain's Corner on Oasis the Captain made jokes about Carnival. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF_Knight Posted April 19, 2013 #4 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I was just off Jewel of the Seas and in 5 days heard Carnival jokes from the cruise director, comedian, and even the juggler. On Freedom of the Seas back in October before Carnival's recent string of issues, the cruise director, the captain, and comedian all made jokes about Carnival. The cruise director also went on for several minutes about how RCI values live entertainment and music instead of just having piped in music or DJs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepeka Posted April 19, 2013 #5 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Even at the Captain's Corner on Oasis the Captain made jokes about Carnival. :rolleyes: I am not a Carnival cheerleader (despite all my Carnival cruises) and think that they should be fair game for comedians because, well, they have been in the news a lot and that's what comedians do. But it does seem rather unprofessional for an RCI captain to engage in that in front of guests. Of course, I wasn't there and didn't hear what the captain said, maybe it was relatively low key and harmless. :confused: I hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tahqa Posted April 19, 2013 #6 Share Posted April 19, 2013 And on my one Disney cruise they made fun of Royal Caribbean. Either way I think it's tacky. I think the best thing is to always (at least publicly) act like your competitors don't exist. IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepeka Posted April 19, 2013 #7 Share Posted April 19, 2013 And on my one Disney cruise they made fun of Royal Caribbean. Either way I think it's tacky. I think the best thing is to always (at least publicly) act like your competitors don't exist. IMHO. Agreed! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazeleyez3 Posted April 19, 2013 #8 Share Posted April 19, 2013 The comedians have made jokes about Carnival on every Royal cruise I have been on. When I was on Carnival there were plenty of jokes about Royal and NCL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_G Posted April 19, 2013 #9 Share Posted April 19, 2013 ...and no one laughed, right? Let's not be so sensitive. The late night shows have been making a living off of Carnival. These are comedians that aren't cruise ship employees. To them anything is fair game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted April 19, 2013 #10 Share Posted April 19, 2013 And on my one Disney cruise they made fun of Royal Caribbean. Either way I think it's tacky. I think the best thing is to always (at least publicly) act like your competitors don't exist. IMHO. To a comedian the competition is another comedian not a cruise line. Any company that gets itself into the news is fair game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tahqa Posted April 19, 2013 #11 Share Posted April 19, 2013 ...and no one laughed, right? Let's not be so sensitive. The late night shows have been making a living off of Carnival. These are comedians that aren't cruise ship employees. To them anything is fair game. If the comedians on the ship want to make fun of the other cruiselines that's one thing. But the captain, cruise director, etc, well that's another thing. Again, just my opinion. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager70 Posted April 19, 2013 #12 Share Posted April 19, 2013 If the comedians on the ship want to make fun of the other cruiselines that's one thing. But the captain, cruise director, etc, well that's another thing. Again, just my opinion. :rolleyes: Agree, rather unprofessional IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXASMUNK Posted April 19, 2013 #13 Share Posted April 19, 2013 We have become such a "sensitive" society..Just glad Don Rickles is not your onboard entertainment! I have heard other "mgt" on other lines make jokes.....Lighten up!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critterchick Posted April 19, 2013 #14 Share Posted April 19, 2013 After the Carnival Splendour fire, somebody asked the Captain during the Captains's corner why it happened, and his response was, "because Carnival built her." Once the laughter subsided, he went to explain that RCI spend considerably more per square foot to build their ships and that safety is enhanced as a result. It was actually quite interesting. I'm not sure I believe it, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnrobert57 Posted April 19, 2013 #15 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Was on Navigator a few weeks ago and at the Captain's Corner the Captain was asked several pointed questions about Carnival's misfortunes. He didn't bite........no negative references, speculation or digs at Carnival. Very professional approach. Must depend on the Captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shipshape sam Posted April 19, 2013 #16 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I try to be balance on these things. We need to keep our sense of humor and in thinking about it, jokes are for the most part based on something negative about something/someone. Agree personally, about comedians vs ship's officers though. It could happen to Royal. (Hope not!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulxyz2004 Posted April 19, 2013 #17 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I have no Problem with jokes about competitors and you can bet if it had happened to Royal the other lines had made jokes about it as well. I also see no Problem if it´s ofiicers doing the jokes. After the Carnival Splendour fire, somebody asked the Captain during the Captains's corner why it happened, and his response was, "because Carnival built her." Once the laughter subsided, he went to explain that RCI spend considerably more per square foot to build their ships and that safety is enhanced as a result. It was actually quite interesting. I'm not sure I believe it, though. While I have no idea if it results in enhanced safety I can see RCI spending more per square foot on ship building than Carnival. RCI builds the various ship classes from scrap, while Carnival has one ship design an keeps re-using it again and again and again, not only for their Carnival brand, but also for orther lines under their Roof with only minor adjustments. This practice of course can result in in design glitches being done over and over again (including safety Features). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time4u2go Posted April 19, 2013 #18 Share Posted April 19, 2013 The comedians have made jokes about Carnival on every Royal cruise I have been on. When I was on Carnival there were plenty of jokes about Royal and NCL This has been our observation as well. They all joke about each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9x8 Posted April 19, 2013 #19 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Comedians, OK; officers, tacky and unprofessional. I would never badmouth another kennel to one of my customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurycruiser Posted April 19, 2013 #20 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Carnival has a comedy club with 4 shows nightly by two different comedians. On 7 night cruises they will offer 16 shows and depending on the comedians, they may be all different shows. The comedians on Carnival make jokes about Carnival. So, they should be fair game on other lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahecht Posted April 19, 2013 #21 Share Posted April 19, 2013 When I was on Independence in February (before the Triumph and subsequent Carnival incidents), the cruise director did make a few comments about things not being appropriate to say because "this isn't a Carnival cruise". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady_cruiser Posted April 19, 2013 #22 Share Posted April 19, 2013 And on my one Disney cruise they made fun of Royal Caribbean. Either way I think it's tacky. I think the best thing is to always (at least publicly) act like your competitors don't exist. IMHO. I agree. We were on a Carnival Cruise :eek: two weeks ago and the Cruise Director only mentioned that something he was talking about wouldn't be seen on another cruiseline. He never mentioned which cruiseline he was talking about; Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, etc. which I thought was in good taste since we all formed out own opinions on which line he was talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFunInTheSun Posted April 19, 2013 #23 Share Posted April 19, 2013 [quote name=UCF_Knight;38064018 On Freedom of the Seas back in October before Carnival's recent string of issues' date=' the cruise director, the captain, and comedian all made jokes about Carnival. The cruise director also went on for several minutes about how RCI values live entertainment and music instead of just having piped in music or DJs.[/quote] On the Jewel of the seas cruise I heard the cruise director say this exact same thing when talking about the live band. Thought it was pretty funny but pretty spot on. While she didn't say Carnival, she said other cruise lines. Those there that never cruised Carnival before since the changes of less live music wouldn't get the pun quite as much. My last two Carnival cruises the DJ music was quite annoying. Was very refreshing to have the live music on RC. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Please excuse any typographical errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-52 Posted April 20, 2013 #24 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Just wait till the carnival Comedians see that Cheery Picker on the Quantum!!! I can hear it now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaMARox1991 Posted April 20, 2013 #25 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Carnival deserves to be the joke of comedians in my honest opinion!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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