If you cruise CArnival you must be....???

[posh08]

Heck Posh, I have to be proper at work. I have to watch everything I say and how I say it especially in e-mail. You know the corporate world!!!

 

Here I just type and let it fly. I do go back and edit at time but sometime i just say "ah, let it go, they'll know what I mean".

 

I heard that!!!

[tess2cruz]

I say party on!!! :D

[rtrtx2]

Your post made me laugh because we have sailed many of the other lines, including DIsney and our largest bar tabs have been on Disney. Our first Disney cruise the bar staff was the most assertive staff we had encountered (and that includes on Carnival). Now in fairness, our last two Disney cruises were 3 nighters and we did not have our sons PLUS we had a small on board credit. With soda being free, it may have just been we had more extra $$$ to spend and no children along which allowed us to indulge more. However none of the lines make much $$$ on our bar tabs.

Unfortunately those opinions about Carnival are still around.

 

We are getting ready to take our granddaughter on her first cruise with Disney (4 day). Yesterday I was over on the Disney boards and someone asked about Glory vs Magic as she had found a good deal but had never sailed on Carnival. OMG, you would have thought she asked about sailing on a ship with a bunch of lepers!

 

Some of the people had never sailed with Carnival at all and they were only going by "what they had heard" and some had only taken 3 or 4 day cruises, so of course they "assumed" all Carnival ships had the same atmosphere.

 

There were several of us that had our opinions, but as I told them, everyone has a right to spent their money where they are most comfortable. But it does bother me to make rash judgements.

 

Dianne

[Jenbo57]

Truthfully, I don't think it's just the issue of drinking, I think it's a number of different things. The more relaxed dress code being one (and the fact that many people pay no attention to it), the lack of any kind of cultural enrichment activities being another. Carnival is well aware of the fact that they've got a reputation as a party line. I spent an hour a couple of weeks ago chatting with a TA who specializes in cruises; she said that her Carnival rep told her that in the very near future we'll be seeing less of the hairy chest competitions and that sort of activity. Not sure what that's in direct response to. Lots of new ships out there and the competition is going to get really tough as the lines try to fill them. Quite possibly they feel that it's time for Carnival to "grow up". ;)

[cruisegal58]

we usually sail carnival, sailed mariner of the seas in may..i sent carnival a note telling them i couldnt wait to book my next carnival cruise. i compared both lines the whole cruise, pro/con on both, i noticed the mariner had only 1 bar that was open late, it closed at 2am. carnival stays open later in several areas. i know carnival does not close the casino as early. mariner came across the loud speaker stating the casino would be closing in 30 min..ok...1:30-2...hmmm now u can go get a boring little sandwich and a glass of water no ice...and yep..there were plenty of drunken slobs, we do not drink very much, in fact we usually travel with people that attend friends of bill meetings and do not drink at all..on carnival, how about that!!??!

i saw the samantha brown show..we have sailed the inspiration twice, one thing i do not like about carnival...they never seem to enforce the adults only area. mariner had the solarium...sooo nice, no kids just so quiet and relaxing..but...u will not get a drink after 6pm...if u would like something to drink around the pool area, u can squish in between the folks at the little bar..if the buffet is open u may get watered down ice tea or sour lemonade. dont think u will get any ice!! this sucked, we were not impressed with rccl food for sure. white nasty plain bland white rice on so many dishes, we ate in the wj several nights..carnival has much better food and ideas.

i guess we r not the town drunks, i guess we r the lower class..will book steerage next cruise like on titanic! haha i did find folks on mariner were dressed the same as on carnival! not everyone was formal on formal night, plain pants and shirts for men and anything on the women. same thing..but..carnival has better food but the stupid dancing drives me nuts.

beds r sooo comfy on carnival, much better than mariner..mariner has tv in the lounge so u can watch the news waiting for your color to be called to get off..much easier than carnival..

oh...we use the rum runners flasks to smuggle our booze onboard as well! hahahahahahahaha cindy

[babyher]

I say party on!!! :D

 

 

 

I'll drink to that *LOL*

 

I have been on 4 Carnival cruises and loved them all. Been on RCI and loved that too.

 

 

DW and I usually travel with a group of friends (all couples in our early 40s.

 

We have a ball and yes we enjoy having a few coctails, but certainly not to the point of falling down and throwing up all over the place. And Honestly, in 4 Carnival cruises , I have never seen that behavior at all.

 

Sure there were people having a good time. and like an earlier poster said someone may have a few too many and do some crazy dance steps in the disco or butcher the lyrics to a song at kareoke, but its all in fun. :)

 

Sure everyone has a different idea of what a good time is. Some people think a night at the opera or a ballet is a thrill .

 

Relax and enjoy , life is too short. You don't have to get face down in the gutter to have fun, you don't have to listen to blareing music or shouting your fool head off to have fun, you don't have to act like a crazy person to have fun...........but pulling the stick out of your butt before you go out is a pretty good start :)

[tess2cruz]

I'll drink to that *LOL*

 

I have been on 4 Carnival cruises and loved them all. Been on RCI and loved that too.

 

 

DW and I usually travel with a group of friends (all couples in our early 40s.

 

We have a ball and yes we enjoy having a few coctails, but certainly not to the point of falling down and throwing up all over the place. And Honestly, in 4 Carnival cruises , I have never seen that behavior at all.

 

Sure there were people having a good time. and like an earlier poster said someone may have a few too many and do some crazy dance steps in the disco or butcher the lyrics to a song at kareoke, but its all in fun. :)

 

Sure everyone has a different idea of what a good time is. Some people think a night at the opera or a ballet is a thrill .

 

Relax and enjoy , life is too short. You don't have to get face down in the gutter to have fun, you don't have to listen to blareing music or shouting your fool head off to have fun, you don't have to act like a crazy person to have fun...........but pulling the stick out of your butt before you go out is a pretty good start :)

 

LMAO :D

[Cruisin' Ron VA]

We have sailed both lines many times. I think a lot of the problems see with Carnival, especially those not having sailed Carnival, is that many people talk about how drunk they were and don't remember a thing about the cruise.

 

You must have been a drunken mess on your Royal Caribbean "booze cruise". It would appear that you have trouble putting together a proper sentence.

 

HuKEd oN FONikS wERkEd fer mE!!

 

I apologize if I have offended you.

 

Now I must say that my highest measured word count is 130 words per minute. Yes I have fast fingers. Sometimes I make mistakes.

 

If I didn't have a life I could pick random post over on the RCI or HAL board and find typing mistakes there too.

 

Personally if that is how you feel about the people who sail Carnival then might I suggest you cancel your Carnival cruise and stick with your own kind.

 

If I could spell the word snob I would call you one, but I ain't been learned that word yet.

[andsail]

You must have been a drunken mess on your Royal Caribbean "booze cruise". It would appear that you have trouble putting together a proper sentence.

 

HuKEd oN FONikS wERkEd fer mE!!

 

I apologize if I have offended you.

 

Now I must say that my highest measured word count is 130 words per minute. Yes I have fast fingers. Sometimes I make mistakes.

 

If I didn't have a life I could pick random post over on the RCI or HAL board and find typing mistakes there too.

 

Personally if that is how you feel about the people who sail Carnival then might I suggest you cancel your Carnival cruise and stick with your own kind.

 

If I could spell the word snob I would call you one' date=' but I ain't been learned that word yet.[/quote']

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!:D

[happy cruzer]

I guess I must be such a trouble maker because I love Carnival. I went on my first RCCL cruise this year, and there were just as many drunks on this ship then on any other cruise we have been on. I would think RCCL was had worst drunks because my hubby was talking to drunk guy on the deck as they were smoking and the drunk guy, being the drunk guy that he is, admitted to a total stranger than he was there because he was meeting some woman he met on the ship to hook up with her while his wife was in their room asleep! Talk about troublemakers!!! And we caught people having some "intimate fun" (if you know what i mean) on one of the decks at night not one...but TWICE!!!

I have had people look at me weird when I tell them I love Carnival but I tell them, look, I may drink on the boat, but I am on vacation. I love to people watch so watching drunk people dance is the greatest thing ever!!! And I look good dancing next to them because most people are watching them and not my rhythmless-ness!

Those are my two-cents...now excuse me while I take my 4th shot of tequilla of the hour and go cause some raucous in the streets!

 

Racous in the streets. As my momma always said - Never do anythang part way. I think she was including rucuses, her fav color is RED!

 

If you party, party hardy.

 

Loved your post.

[hill6]

This reminds me of posts a few years ago where people were saying that if you had a tattoo you were a lower class of person. I put RCI and Carnival on a pretty even scale. Obviously if were are comparing Carnival and Cunard there is a difference. Just another closed minded person's opinion.

[DocF]

One would never confuse DW and I with party animals yet we cruise Carnival because we enjoy it. Good food, good service, great entertainment. No there is no rock climbing, but we are a bit too old for that. Bang for the buck is a major factor too. I do not see paying two to three hundred dollars per person more for another entry level cruise line.

 

Doc

[hill6]

We have been on both. Frankly, RCI got a little crazy with their prices. Carnival is just as nice and I can use that extra money for drinks, excursions, etc.

 

 

I just read your response. How true that comment is. I was originally scheduled to sail on the Explorer of the Seas in early June with my friend. It was 9 days for $4,200 with insurance (not including tips). I searched and found the Carnival Miracle leaving a week earlier for 8 day and $2,900 including tips and insurance. I had to look at it and say is one day really worth $1,300. It wasn't. We had the best time on the Miracle and are waiting for the May 2010 schedule to come out so we can book it.

[trock]

Truthfully, I don't think it's just the issue of drinking, I think it's a number of different things. The more relaxed dress code being one (and the fact that many people pay no attention to it), the lack of any kind of cultural enrichment activities being another. Carnival is well aware of the fact that they've got a reputation as a party line. I spent an hour a couple of weeks ago chatting with a TA who specializes in cruises; she said that her Carnival rep told her that in the very near future we'll be seeing less of the hairy chest competitions and that sort of activity. Not sure what that's in direct response to. Lots of new ships out there and the competition is going to get really tough as the lines try to fill them. Quite possibly they feel that it's time for Carnival to "grow up". ;)

 

Do you really think that one of the top cruise lines, if not the top, is going to change their formula of success? I think not.. I think there will be updates.. but no major overhaul...

I am not a Carnival Cheerleader.. I can do without the hairy chest competitions. so I just dont go to them...

 

;)

[katiel53]

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Some posters just don't type as well as they speak or spell...Similar to leaving out words in your post (See your first paragraph).. It means nothing

 

 

Unbelievable!

 

Sometimes I should follow my own advice and read what I have written before hitting the send key. When I re-read it later, (too late to correct the left out words) I wondered when it would get picked up by someone on here, lol.

 

I know you aren't downing Carnival but how is it that the "Mariner's Boozers" cruise (in you signature) is different from a Carnival cruiser talking about drinking? :p

 

 

That is a bit ironic isn't it, lol? I probably should have removed that part of my signature. Will you believe it's the name of our group because we will be sailing during Halloween??????

 

See, I said in my original post, it would get me in trouble.

[trock]

Sometimes I should follow my own advice and read what I have written before hitting the send key. When I re-read it later, (too late to correct the left out words) I wondered when it would get picked up by someone on here, lol.

 

 

 

 

That is a bit ironic isn't it, lol? I probably should have removed that part of my signature. Will you believe it's the name of our group because we will be sailing during Halloween??????

 

See, I said in my original post, it would get me in trouble.

 

 

I am not sure you meant it the way it came off but it didn't come across very nicely.;)

 

I have sailed on Celebrity, NCL, and Carnival.. My sister on all these plus Princess and Royal Caribbean. There is absolutely no difference in the make up of the passengers on the cruises we have both been on.(RCCL has hairy chest contests also... )

 

Me, 4 on X and 2 on Carnival... all had passengers of all ages and lots of senior citizens. Why it is believed that Celebrity is a ship full of Q-Tips, as my grandmother called herself (white top) is beyond me.

 

I believe the itinerary and the length of cruise will more determine the make-up of the guests rather than the cruiseline.

 

I have cousins who, shall we say, are complete snobs and think they are better than anyone-who had only rented top of the line suites on RCCL. I have told them repeatedly to try another line.. to even try Celebrity- they would not. My sister tried telling them that even the food was better on Carnival- they poo-poo'd it. Then all of a sudden friends of theirs- who have more money and bigger chips on their shoulders then them-told them they were going on a Carnival cruise... Their (friends) words, not mine-"we thought it would be fun to go slumming".. Can you believe the how classless these people are? Well imagine the enjoyment I got out of hearing my clueless cousins tell me how great their Nouveau Rich friends think Carnival is.. and they are going to book one.

 

I told them.. better be careful slumming.. they may think you are one of us.:rolleyes:

[MrPete]

Do you really think that one of the top cruise lines, if not the top, is going to change their formula of success? I think not.. I think there will be updates.. but no major overhaul...

 

Right?

 

After sailing Carnival for 20 years, I can say very little has changed over those years. If the amount of pax and ships keep growing year after year, why change except where needed?

 

I go to a place just above the Catskills that I first started going to in 1959, and still go to today, that has never changed much from my very earliest memories. They have a formula, and haven't changed much at all.

All inclusive and you tip. :eek: It's a lot closer to cruising than not.

 

Yet they never advertise, and are always full.

[trock]

Right?

 

After sailing Carnival for 20 years, I can say very little has changed over those years. If the amount of pax and ships keep growing year after year, why change except where needed?

 

I go to a place just above the Catskills that I first started going to in 1959, and still go to today, that has never changed much from my very earliest memories. They have a formula, and haven't changed much at all.

All inclusive and you tip. :eek: It's a lot closer to cruising than not.

 

Yet they never advertise, and are always full.

 

 

Villa Roma or the Nevele?LOL

[MrPete]

No (but Mom broke her arm last time she was at Villa Roma).

 

This place is so remote they don't have a website, and don't even take credit cards! :eek: Even billing is all done by hand!

[trock]

No (but Mom broke her arm last time she was at Villa Roma).

 

This place is so remote they don't have a website, and don't even take credit cards! :eek: Even billing is all done by hand!

 

Poor Mom!

My parents used to have a house up in the Catskills.. or above the Catskills..?? Treadwell, NY about 5 minutes outside Delhi. They had modern log cabin on 15 acres on a mountain.. It took 20 minutes to get up the driveway.. needless to say I was not a fan of going there! There was absolutely nothing to do!

 

I much prefered the family trips to St Maarten!!

[Ms Belvedere]

I know you aren't downing Carnival but how is it that the "Mariner's Boozers" cruise (in you signature) is different from a Carnival cruiser talking about drinking?

 

That is a bit ironic isn't it, lol? I probably should have removed that part of my signature. Will you believe it's the name of our group because we will be sailing during Halloween??????

 

Sometimes I think that RCCL cruisers want to hide the fact that they drink and party like Carnival Cruisers. We hit the bars as much on our Mariner cruises as we did on Carnival, never got out of control and saw plenty of others doing the same thing and having fun. If I could get balcony rooms for the same price, sailing the same time of year, on RCCL, we'd sail equally on both Carnival and RCCL. They're both fun. :)

[MrPete]

Poor Mom!

My parents used to have a house up in the Catskills.. or above the Catskills..?? Treadwell, NY about 5 minutes outside Delhi.

 

Same latitude. We get off at Cairo and head north off the Thruway. I think we are about 30 miles south of Albany. And have yet to get to Albany. :cool:

 

Being originally from Da Bronks, I guess everyone headed north. Most of the people up there these days are from the Island.

[trock]

Same latitude. We get off at Cairo and head north off the Thruway. I think we are about 30 miles south of Albany. And have yet to get to Albany. :cool:

 

Being originally from Da Bronks, I guess everyone headed north. Most of the people up there these days are from the Island.

 

My husband is from the Bronx- then moved to Forest Hills.. I grew up in Queens and then the island.. It's so out of control out here..(taxes, congestion etc) I might as well live in Queens... I can't see us living upstate... Dont want to move any further east.. Suffolk County is a mess!:confused:

[MrPete]

Dont want to move any further east.. Suffolk County is a mess!:confused:

 

Don't I know it. I worked and lived out there for 18 years. :eek:

[nybumpkin]

Same latitude. We get off at Cairo and head north off the Thruway. I think we are about 30 miles south of Albany. And have yet to get to Albany. :cool:

One of these days you've got to make the drive - it's just up Route 32!;)