MujerIsla Posted April 21, 2023 #1 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Back in the day, I was on cruisecritic with my maiden name. (Just prefacing that for when I ask a question about the dark ages but y'all see that I've only been a member for a short while). When we cruised before, the Carnival Roll Calls were the place to be! Like hundreds if not thousands of posts with people getting to know each other before and after their cruises. I bumped into people on the ship whose pictures I recognized from the Roll Call. I went and perused the Roll Calls recently, expecting to already have my cruise's Roll Call posted and up and running, but not only was mine not there yet, all the others had like 1 or 2 comments in them. What happened to the wild and crazy Carnival Roll Calls?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6uqqq Posted April 21, 2023 #2 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Video killed the radio star.............and social media has killed the roll calls. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MujerIsla Posted April 21, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted April 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, n6uqqq said: Video killed the radio star.............and social media has killed the roll calls. Do people hang out on cruisecritic or Carnival social media? That sounds way lamer than roll calls! 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6uqqq Posted April 21, 2023 #4 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 minute ago, MujerIsla said: Do people hang out on cruisecritic or Carnival social media? That sounds way lamer than roll calls! 😁 It is much better IMHO, people adding and trading pics, info and a much larger reach. If you go to a large media site and type in your cruise date you would be surprised. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnoliaBlossom Posted April 21, 2023 #5 Share Posted April 21, 2023 While the social media sites have some advantages, IMHO, they are much less civil platforms. While I’m sure many of those folks find CC boring, at least there is not usually outright hostility to other posters. I use them to some degree but prefer CC. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MujerIsla Posted April 21, 2023 Author #6 Share Posted April 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, MagnoliaBlossom said: While the social media sites have some advantages, IMHO, they are much less civil platforms. While I’m sure many of those folks find CC boring, at least there is not usually outright hostility to other posters. I use them to some degree but prefer CC. It seems more civil here to me too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6uqqq Posted April 21, 2023 #7 Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, MujerIsla said: It seems more civil here to me too. There's no doubt about that, just have to ignore all the trolls on social media. Each site has their value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe13 Posted April 21, 2023 #8 Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, MujerIsla said: It seems more civil here to me too. Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnoliaBlossom Posted April 21, 2023 #9 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I do miss those huge roll calls. We had one for a British Isles cruise that they had to separate into thre parts because it grew and grew. We had 350 or so folks on the roll call and we’re able to really plan some nice private tours with small groups. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49North Posted April 21, 2023 #10 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I liked using this site as well, I do not do social media. Any one on the Luminous Aug 3rd/23? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelkel2 Posted April 21, 2023 #11 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I miss the roll calls of days past as well. Ours for our last cruise just never even got going. Although we did have a good sized social media group. I feel like the pandemic influenced the demise as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingston13 Posted April 21, 2023 #12 Share Posted April 21, 2023 You can start one Don't see your sailing date on the list. Use the START NEW TOPIC button to add yours. Please format your sailing date in this fashion January XX, 20XX to be sure it is easily searched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MujerIsla Posted April 21, 2023 Author #13 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Just now, kingston13 said: You can start one Don't see your sailing date on the list. Use the START NEW TOPIC button to add yours. Please format your sailing date in this fashion January XX, 20XX to be sure it is easily searched. Yep, I did finally. But then I saw that none of the others even had any activity. So, it just doesn't look like a hangout spot anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelkel2 Posted April 21, 2023 #14 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 minute ago, MujerIsla said: Yep, I did finally. But then I saw that none of the others even had any activity. So, it just doesn't look like a hangout spot anymore. It’s not. I started one for my sailing. Granted it’s a year off, but it’s on the jubilee so I thought there would be excitement since it’s a brand new ship. And I KNOW the sailing heavily booked… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted April 21, 2023 #15 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Most of the seasoned cruisers skew much older than the new generations of cruisers now. I doubt that any of them have ever even heard of Cruise Critic, much less participated in the roll calls here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlinmoe Posted April 21, 2023 #16 Share Posted April 21, 2023 We all went to MySpace. Great new site. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kctwinmommy Posted April 22, 2023 #17 Share Posted April 22, 2023 I agree with others here, I miss the roll calls here. I felt it was easier to follow and very specific. I did have one on the main social media site last year for our spring break cruise. We met a few people from it on an excursion actually, just by chance though. I'm also not a fan of sharing too much on there, as it's a more personal site. So while nobody really "knows" me here, I feel people are more civil here. We had a great one for our European cruise in 2017 and it's how we booked an independent tour for Omaha Beach which was amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icft Posted April 22, 2023 #18 Share Posted April 22, 2023 12 hours ago, 49North said: I liked using this site as well, I do not do social media. Any one on the Luminous Aug 3rd/23? We don't have any social diseases either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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