pamrose228 Posted March 24, 2015 #1 Share Posted March 24, 2015 John Heard announced they are back on the Pride and are being rolled out to other ships. I love this and one great Carnival move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvetwater Posted March 24, 2015 #2 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Where are the chocolate moaners now hmmm? It would be nice to see it on vista...even though we'd be in the Med :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted March 24, 2015 #3 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I love the steel drums! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerReuv Posted March 24, 2015 #4 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Curious where you saw this? I see his FB and he says they have a Caribbean/Calypso duo on the Pride and to "look out for more of them on a ship near you". However, I see nothing about steel drums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKane Posted March 24, 2015 #5 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Hmm. Good news. Switched over to Royal for our last cruise partly because of the lack of the steel band. Maybe we'll wander on back. This is good news for those of us who love this music while cruising. I realize everyone doesn't like it but it puts me in an island frame of mind:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamrose228 Posted March 24, 2015 Author #6 Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) Curious where you saw this? I see his FB and he says they have a Caribbean/Calypso duo on the Pride and to "look out for more of them on a ship near you". However, I see nothing about steel drums? What do you think a Calypso duo is? Edited March 24, 2015 by pamrose228 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywalkr2 Posted March 24, 2015 #7 Share Posted March 24, 2015 This is exciting. I am on the Pride 4/26... love steel drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMileStoner Posted March 24, 2015 #8 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Caribbean/Calypso ^= (does not equal) steel drums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatsFan15 Posted March 24, 2015 #9 Share Posted March 24, 2015 OMG THANK YOU for posting this! We're on Pride 6/14 ... can't wait to hear them :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamrose228 Posted March 24, 2015 Author #10 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Caribbean/Calypso ^= (does not equal) steel drums So what would it mean then? Also a few months ago CCL had a help wanted listing for steel drummers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoniz Posted March 24, 2015 #11 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Exciting!! One more thing to look forward to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieljh Posted March 24, 2015 #12 Share Posted March 24, 2015 awesome...much better than a dj playing the "Now! Thats What I Call Hits, Vol 175 CD" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandatsea Posted March 24, 2015 #13 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Looking forward to the steel drums coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHENA3 Posted March 24, 2015 #14 Share Posted March 24, 2015 The Heald just spoke and NO STEEL DRUMS :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamrose228 Posted March 24, 2015 Author #15 Share Posted March 24, 2015 He should not have called it live Calypso music. They will be doing top 40 also. Folks are mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMileStoner Posted March 24, 2015 #16 Share Posted March 24, 2015 People shouldn't be mad because they read what they wanted into the original post. Steel drums are boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinfool Posted March 24, 2015 #17 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Amazing. When Carnival listens they don't really 'hear' anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandatsea Posted March 24, 2015 #18 Share Posted March 24, 2015 People shouldn't be mad because they read what they wanted into the original post. Steel drums are boring. Not mad..............just disappointed. As long as it is not DJ music & Carnival has some live Calypso band music, I'm good :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sandinmyshoes Posted March 24, 2015 #19 Share Posted March 24, 2015 OK, I'm just teasing about quitting Carnival. We love them and live in Houston, so we will never quit sailing Carnival unless they move away from TX. Then again, we like them in the Med too, so I guess you can say we are hooked. Anyway, in regards to the OP ... Live music is always more fun but Steel Drum music…now that's Caribbean and puts me in a Cruising state of mind. We have a local restaurant that has a steel drum playing on the weekends and it always puts us in a vacation mood and brings us back to the restaurant. The food is good, but the live Steel Drum music is the reason we continue to dine there. Even piped in Steel Drum music around the pool would be better than the same old "hits", in our humble opinion. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winddawn Posted March 24, 2015 #20 Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) John Heard announced they are back on the Pride and are being rolled out to other ships. I love this and one great Carnival move. Well a Calypso band that incorporates steel drums is still 500% better than any Carnival DJ. Best news I've heard in ages! Thanks for sharing, Pam. P.S. Don't you love it when the Debbie downers try to pee in your Wheaties? Lol. Jamaican Rastafarian is just fine too. Edited March 24, 2015 by winddawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamrose228 Posted March 24, 2015 Author #21 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I wonder if this is the beginning of the end of djs since JH said they will be doing live top 40 at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcass4199 Posted March 25, 2015 #22 Share Posted March 25, 2015 What he said is that there will be a duo playing Caribbean inspired music. It will usually be a guitar player and a keyboard, but the keyboardist will use a steel drum sound as he or she chooses based on the song. He never said they would be actual steel drums. I'm excited about them putting live duos back out vs. the DJ's and I'm glad it's not just steel drums he's talking about. They are so one note and after about 15 minutes, they are boring and kind of annoying by then. Just my opinion. Just wanted to clarify what JH said so that people who think he meant actual steel drums aren't misunderstanding the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocko4279 Posted March 25, 2015 #23 Share Posted March 25, 2015 steel drums are for novices....REGGAE bands are the real deal, guitar, drummer, keyboardist :eek::D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out to sea! Posted March 25, 2015 #24 Share Posted March 25, 2015 The Heald just spoke and NO STEEL DRUMS :mad: Happy to hear that. Steel drums are good for about 5 minutes then they become irritating. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruise runner Posted March 25, 2015 #25 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Hi Cruisers One would think with all the posts on this topic Carnival would have made the move before this. Caribbean cruising goes hand in with Steel drums bands for us. We have wander to other lines for the cruise experience we enjoy. Carnival with it's other changes (journey cruises etc).is slowly getting back to where is was before. At the top of the game. Way to go.:D looking to cruise kruise runner:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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