Which Rule(s)/Practice(s) would you like to see changed on your Carnival Cruise

[drerickson77]

The ridiculous prices in Bon Voyage for liquor.

 

Oh come on, it's only three or four times (or more) average retail price.

 

:)

 

But yes, I agree with you.

[ItsAllAboutTheSass]

A few years a ago on splendor they had a smoking non-smoking side in the casino. What happened to that?

 

Wouldn't the smoke drift over to the non-smoking side?

[apey9995]

Non-smoking ships, and a better photo system. It would be nice if your photos were tied to your room card, and you could go to a kiosk of some sort to view all of your photos. Seems like that would save Carnival $ in the long run from just printing wasted pictures only to throw them away when they're not purchased. It would also save them time from having to sort and put them up/take them down every night.

[cruzinlisa]

I have a whole list. I am sure most or all have been covered, but I did not read all 11 pages of the thread. Here is my 2 cents:

 

1. No smoking in casino. Designated area of the outer deck is fine, but the casino is very enclosed. If I go there, my clothes smell like smoke (and DH knows I have been there) and it makes my eyes water.

2. change the rules on cheer so that if one person wants it and the other does not, the person who wants can buy it. A lot of other lines do this. Cheers makes sense for DH, but for me, out of pocket is better. And he can't really drink enough to justify both of us buying it.

3. cheaper bon voyage prices. Lately my drink of choice is Malibu. I can buy a big bottle (1.5 L I think) at Sams club for around $18.00. Or the regular size one at Walmart for $13-15 dollars. Its 5 times that much from bon voyage. I would pay a premium but not 5X the amount.

4. Kids programing on the first night and for larger blocks of time. I don't know if they have changed it or not with the newer kids programing, but I recall dropping my daughter off around 10, picking up about 12:30 for lunch, drop off around 1:30, pick up again about 4. For my kid at least, who had a hard time adjusting, it was like by the time she got used to being there, I had to pick her up.

[BenjiRodney]

Enforce the smoking rules PLEASE. Smoke only in the areas that are set aside for it. And for pete's sake get your lazy butt out of the pool to vape I mean come on good god girl get a grip. Rant over.

[Like81]

I'll add on to so many others - NO SMOKING! At least not anywhere inside. The rules for outside are fine I guess. But seriously, the instant you step on a ship you can smell the odor of smoke, because it just goes everywhere. If you spend any significant time in the casino area you will smell like it for the rest of the day, and then your clothes smell like it in your cabin. After a long casino stay on one trip I had to wash my clothes in the shower to get the stench out.

It's just gross, and it's so incredibly pervasive that there is just no way to get away from it on the ship unless you never set foot on the casino deck. The actual ventilation on that deck is poor on the ships I've been on. I've been in bars where there is smoking and with proper ventilation and "smoke eaters" it's not nearly as bad as it is on the ships.

Yuk.

[Like81]

That is flat out self entitled....what I like to do, if I see the so called "drop my stuff and run" people, if it's just a towel and say book, after at least an hour, I will pick them up and bring it over to the towel station...."i think these people forgot their stuff" [emoji1]

 

 

I'm stealing that move for sure! :):):):)

[First and Ten]

I'm stealing that move for sure! :):):):)

 

Here is what makes it a great day....obviously when you return the chuckleheads stuff, someone else will take the spot....The chucklehead will come back in a few hours, start wandering around aimlessly, cant figure out where their stuff is.....Call out to them "Hey, was that your stuff? Listen, you didn't come back for 2 hrs so I figured you forgot it, so I turned it in for you to the Lost & Found"

 

 

What can they possibly say, other than "Thank You" :D

Edited September 6, 2016 by First and Ten

[Computer Nerd]

How would Carnival ever know? Us non-smokers can't go into the casino or at least according to the DA post above, we should be taking responsibility for them smoking.

 

If it was non-smoking, smokers could still play but would need to go somewhere else to light up.

 

I've never understood the idiotic mentality that the non-smoker needs to take responsibility for the smoker's choices, if not then both have health issues. I assume they blame their kids for having lung cancer later in life due to their smoking?

 

so if the smoke is bothersome, don't go into the casino, problem solved. carnival knows that if they are not making the money they think they should in the casino and the cause of that was by allowing smoking, they stop smoking the casino in a heartbeat because they care about the profit, first an foremost. or do you think they only have idiots working in their financial department. :confused:

 

if you think it is idiotic that a person take responsibility for their own actions then you must wish to live in a nanny state where the government takes care of you so you don't have to. it's called risk management. there is nothing you do any day in this world that doesn't carry some risk. walk across the road, drive a car, even take a cruise. something bad can always happen no matter how safe you think it is. if something is a higher risk than the reward, you don't partake in it. that's on you and it's called personal responsibility. you want to gamble on a cruise ship without smoking in the casino, sail with celebrity because they don't allow smoking in the casino. you want to sail carnival, then don't gamble in the casino if the risk is too high. figure out what your priorities are and stand by your beliefs. but remember, your beliefs only matter to you, not to everyone else.

Edited September 7, 2016 by Computer Nerd

[Computer Nerd]

Heavy debt being taken on to pay for the new builds in an already saturated market where a measurable percentage of the fan base is not caring for the mega ship concept. The current model might be paying right now, but it is not sustainable. I prefer to look long term rather than be short sighted when it comes to financials.

 

more people would rather sail the oasis than the fantasy so your measurable percentage is negligible. everything else you stated is purely theoretical and will only be proven correct or incorrect with time.

[tanner2]

I honestly feel like if they would stop eliminating less and less places to smoke outside (balconies) the smoking issue in the casino would get a lot better .

Funny, in Vegas and Mississippi you never hear people arguing about smoking inside are out . It's pretty much a done deal . ;)

[lisanjosh]

I honestly feel like if they would stop eliminating less and less places to smoke outside (balconies) the smoking issue in the casino would get a lot better .

Funny, in Vegas and Mississippi you never hear people arguing about smoking inside are out . It's pretty much a done deal . ;)

 

I 100% agree! I don't smoke anymore, we have switched to vaping, but still considered taboo and banished with the smokers.

[CdrescherRBL152]

so if the smoke is bothersome, don't go into the casino, problem solved. carnival knows that if they are not making the money they think they should in the casino and the cause of that was by allowing smoking, they stop smoking the casino in a heartbeat because they care about the profit, first an foremost. or do you think they only have idiots working in their financial department. :confused:

 

if you think it is idiotic that a person take responsibility for their own actions then you must wish to live in a nanny state where the government takes care of you so you don't have to. it's called risk management. there is nothing you do any day in this world that doesn't carry some risk. walk across the road, drive a car, even take a cruise. something bad can always happen no matter how safe you think it is. if something is a higher risk than the reward, you don't partake in it. that's on you and it's called personal responsibility. you want to gamble on a cruise ship without smoking in the casino, sail with celebrity because they don't allow smoking in the casino. you want to sail carnival, then don't gamble in the casino if the risk is too high. figure out what your priorities are and stand by your beliefs. but remember, your beliefs only matter to you, not to everyone else.

 

 

So in your mind if a person is allergic to cigarette smoke, they have no right to go to the casino. That is the problem and the only problem I have with most smokers, they want to be able to exercise their right to smoke. However they have no respect for anyone else's right not to have to breathe in their smoke

 

 

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Edited September 8, 2016 by CdrescherRBL152

[ducklite]

more people would rather sail the oasis than the fantasy so your measurable percentage is negligible. everything else you stated is purely theoretical and will only be proven correct or incorrect with time.

 

 

 

Then why did Carnival just announce they are building some mega ships?

[MaiTaiMary]

4. Kids programing on the first night and for larger blocks of time. I don't know if they have changed it or not with the newer kids programing, but I recall dropping my daughter off around 10, picking up about 12:30 for lunch, drop off around 1:30, pick up again about 4. For my kid at least, who had a hard time adjusting, it was like by the time she got used to being there, I had to pick her up.

 

My kids are old enough now to check themselves in & out, but when they were younger... this was difficult! I found it very hard to relax at all, because I knew I had to go get them shortly. I was really shocked they didn't at least offer them lunch at camp and had such an early closing time for dinner.

[Computer Nerd]

So in your mind if a person is allergic to cigarette smoke, they have no right to go to the casino. That is the problem and the only problem I have with most smokers, they want to be able to exercise their right to smoke. However they have no respect for anyone else's right not to have to breathe in their smoke

 

 

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i never said someone who doesn't smoke doesn't have a right to go into a casino. i see many non-smokers in there at all times and if you have an allergy to smoke you still have the right to use the facility, as foolhardy as it would be to do so. what i said is that non-smokers who go into a smoking establishment don't have a right to complain about the smoke, especially when there are non-smoking establishments elsewhere. if you are that concerned about your health then it is your responsibility to not use the facility or seek a facility that operates within what you consider to be safe parameters. hell, i was even nice enough to point one out to you......celebrity.

 

let's get another fact straight, i nor you grant any 'rights' while on board, carnival does that. if you don't like the 'rights' that carnival gives to smokers, again, choose another line. :mad: no one is forcing you to cruise on carnival or cruise period as a matter of fact. so if carnival grants me the 'right' to smoke in the casino, by god, i'll do it if i want and i really don't care how it affects you or anyone else. if you want the 'right' to enjoy a smoke free casino, again, sail a different line.

Edited September 8, 2016 by Computer Nerd

[Computer Nerd]

Then why did Carnival just announce they are building some mega ships?

 

proof in point. more people want more stuff on their cruise and small ships like the fantasy can't provide it, hence carnival is building two mega ships to compete with rccl.

[CdrescherRBL152]

i never said someone who doesn't smoke doesn't have a right to go into a casino. i see many non-smokers in there at all times and if you have an allergy to smoke you still have the right to use the facility, as foolhardy as it would be to do so. what i said is that non-smokers who go into a smoking establishment don't have a right to complain about the smoke, especially when there are non-smoking establishments elsewhere. if you are that concerned about your health then it is your responsibility to not use the facility or seek a facility that operates within what you consider to be safe parameters. hell, i was even nice enough to point one out to you......celebrity.

 

let's get another fact straight, i nor you grant any 'rights' while on board, carnival does that. if you don't like the 'rights' that carnival gives to smokers, again, choose another line. :mad: no one is forcing you to cruise on carnival or cruise period as a matter of fact. so if carnival grants me the 'right' to smoke in the casino, by god, i'll do it if i want and i really don't care how it affects you or anyone else. if you want the 'right' to enjoy a smoke free casino, again, sail a different line.

 

 

Can't believe how smokers react. Read what you just wrote. You are saying that your right to smoke out weighs the right of person who is allergic to smoke, to enjoy the casino. As they can enjoy it if they want to risk there health. I have said for years and will always say if the voluntary actions of one. Invades the personal space of another. It is only appropriate that the person. Whose actions are invading the other to stop said actions.

 

 

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[ducklite]

Can't believe how smokers react. Read what you just wrote. You are saying that your right to smoke out weighs the right of person who is allergic to smoke, to enjoy the casino. As they can enjoy it if they want to risk there health. I have said for years and will always say if the voluntary actions of one. Invades the personal space of another. It is only appropriate that the person. Whose actions are invading the other to stop said actions.

 

 

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Why not speak with you wallet and cruise a different line? Money talks. I am a non-smoker and 100% agree with you, but obviously the cruise line doesn't, so take your hard earned cash to one who does. Make sure the line you used to cruise is aware of this.

[Computer Nerd]

Can't believe how smokers react. Read what you just wrote. You are saying that your right to smoke out weighs the right of person who is allergic to smoke, to enjoy the casino. As they can enjoy it if they want to risk there health. I have said for years and will always say if the voluntary actions of one. Invades the personal space of another. It is only appropriate that the person. Whose actions are invading the other to stop said actions.

 

 

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read the rest of what i wrote. carnival gave that right, you nor anyone else has the authority to take it away. you don't like it, call carnival or sail somewhere else. i'm done bending over backwards for people like you. :)

[Computer Nerd]

Why not speak with you wallet and cruise a different line? Money talks. I am a non-smoker and 100% agree with you, but obviously the cruise line doesn't, so take your hard earned cash to one who does. Make sure the line you used to cruise is aware of this.

 

no different than what i said. :D i even provided a suitable alternative. ;)

Edited September 9, 2016 by Computer Nerd

[CdrescherRBL152]

read the rest of what i wrote. carnival gave that right, you nor anyone else has the authority to take it away. you don't like it, call carnival or sail somewhere else. i'm done bending over backwards for people like you. :)

 

 

Some how I missed a point here. The thread was about RULES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED! So where does the current rule have any impact. My post was about all of the smokers who every time someone suggest limiting smoking cries it is their right to smoke. And that everyone else should just shut up because nobodies rights but theirs matter.

 

 

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[DnD_Cruisin]

Some how I missed a point here. The thread was about RULES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED! So where does the current rule have any impact. My post was about all of the smokers who every time someone suggest limiting smoking cries it is their right to smoke. And that everyone else should just shut up because nobodies rights but theirs matter.

 

 

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Unfortunately what I read in your statements is that your non smoking rights should outweigh the rights of smokers.

 

Pot meet kettle.

 

Now as to the purpose of this thread..yes it's a rule you would like to see changed. I get that. But it's also a debate on those proposed changes. As such, the smoking subject will always be a heated debate and one should have a thick skin to join in.

 

As the participants have turned this debate into a circular argument over who's rights are greater it would appear to be at an impasse. Let's try some others rules to discuss as the smoking rules have been argued ad nauseum.

 

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[I Luv Crusin]

Remember the Carnival Paradise? How did that non-smoking experiment turn out?

Charge for the serenity deck, go to Princess, you can do that at the sanctuary. A pay for pool privileges and chairs scheme. I just like the NO KIDS at the serenity.

Allow only 1 person in room to purchase Cheers package. My wife Can't drink due to medical reasons, or allow 2nd person to only buy soda and coffee package. Mix and match them.

And best of all, allow for a second week at no charge for all those great people that don't break any rules and adhere 100% to their cruise contract.

Aloha.

 

I'm sure this has been addressed! The Paradise was a ship before her time! And Carnival never moved her. HOW many times can you sail the same itinerary?? It is also an unfortunate fact that more smokers drink and play i the casino. All revenue producers for Carnival. I have asthma and I will play a non-smoking slot, for a bit but I am NOT going to hang out in a smoking venue for long!

[bluecruisin]

DH would like to see one bottle of wine or one 6 pack of beer per adult passenger.