On CNBC right now!

[ksatte03]

"Cruise Inc: Big Money on the High Seas"

 

Check it out! Not sure if they'll feature any Carnival ships but it talks about cruising in general

 

"Peter Greenberg reports on the cruise industry. Included: his 7 day stay on the Norwegian Pearl"

[finoky]

Thanks! Just turned the channel over to start watching it. Looks interesting.:D

[trock]

I saw this the first time it was on.. Very VERY interesting!!!

[ETinCA]

It is interesting, but picking NCL kind of skews things. It shows a couple complaining about the pay for dining, but this is primarily NCL. So it makes the other lines look bad. Also, I thought it makes a CD look non-genuine with the "business" aspect. I saw this last week. Cool though.

[samiam519]

Thanks, just switched the channel. Should be interesting.

[ksatte03]

It is interesting, but picking NCL kind of skews things. It shows a couple complaining about the pay for dining, but this is primarily NCL. So it makes the other lines look bad. Also, I thought it makes a CD look non-genuine with the "business" aspect. I saw this last week. Cool though.

 

Yeah I liked how they talked about how they get us to spend our $$. I can't believe they said they need every guest to spend an avg of $700 in liquor! I don't know anyone who drinks that much!!

[falkcor]

I can't believe they said they need every guest to spend an avg of $700 in liquor! I don't know anyone who drinks that much!!

 

LOL, i could do that in a week :D

 

but you mis-heard. it's 7.25 per guest, per day - so just about 50.00 per person for a 7 day cruise.

[GreenZolie]

LOL, i could do that in a week :D

 

but you mis-heard. it's 7.25 per guest, per day - so just about 50.00 per person for a 7 day cruise.

 

Whew! I'm glad you cleared that up! I didn't see the show, so I accepted the $700 statement as true when I read ksatte03's post. I was thinking indignant thoughts about NCL saying that while contributing to the general sad state of alcoholism! Glad to know it's only $7 :D

[skiorcruise]

I've seen this program several times - good visual shots of Carnival ships at POM. The cuts from the CEO of NCL are interesting - he says all of the politically correct things about environmental costs, accidents and fires at sea, etc.

 

We all need to remember that all of the cruise lines are in business to make money for their shareholders - isn't that why we hold 100 shares of Carnival stock? Surely it's not for the OBC we get!

[poobears]

Whew! I'm glad you cleared that up! I didn't see the show, so I accepted the $700 statement as true when I read ksatte03's post. I was thinking indignant thoughts about NCL saying that while contributing to the general sad state of alcoholism! Glad to know it's only $7 :D

 

 

I was thinking WHAT???? LOL That makes more sense. We don't drink so we don't contribute anything in liquor but we make our proper donations in the casino to cover our part :D

[jimbo5544]

Anyone know if this will be on again? Love to DVR it for future watching.

[fligster]

Anyone know if this will be on again? Love to DVR it for future watching.

 

Next showing looks like 6/16 9 pm (according to my DirecTV Tivo anyway)

[pmoniz]

LOL, i could do that in a week :D

 

LMAO - I was thinking almost the same thing! I knew my S&S bill was screwed up. They must have added a few other cruisers to ours! Oh well!

[CasinoQueen]

I went to cnbc's website ..because I missed the live TV viewing of the show...and you can watch the whole show on your computer.

 

Here is the link to the show.

 

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?play=1&video=1139954767

 

I watched it last night...it was ok. Durning the show they mentioned that NCL offered classes...Like brandy or wiskey tasting classes for $15. I would like to take a class like that on a carnival cruise.

[ccartman2]

I went to cnbc's website ..because I missed the live TV viewing of the show...and you can watch the whole show on your computer.

 

Here is the link to the show.

 

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?play=1&video=1139954767

 

I watched it last night...it was ok. Durning the show they mentioned that NCL offered classes...Like brandy or wiskey tasting classes for $15. I would like to take a class like that on a carnival cruise.

 

Never seen it offered, but we did do a wine tasting on one of the boats. Wasn't worth it in my book because of the wines the choose. Still fun though.

 

As for the show, it was pretty good, and well worth the 40 minutes of my time (got to love DVRs).

 

On other note - The bar bill included sodas. My guess is it is the same on Carnival and likely they set their fountain fun cards at the level they need the guest to spend to make their profit. All I know is I've done my fair share at making Carnival money on each of my cruises.

[GlendaleCruiser]

LOL, i could do that in a week :D

 

but you mis-heard. it's 7.25 per guest, per day - so just about 50.00 per person for a 7 day cruise.

 

Oh heck--that's easy then. I've got myself and couple of you covered, at least.:D

[crusiegirl99]

"Cruise Inc: Big Money on the High Seas"

 

Check it out! Not sure if they'll feature any Carnival ships but it talks about cruising in general

 

"Peter Greenberg reports on the cruise industry. Included: his 7 day stay on the Norwegian Pearl"

Cool I have seen this about 2 weeks ago.Very interesting

[falkcor]

Whew! I'm glad you cleared that up! I didn't see the show, so I accepted the $700 statement as true when I read ksatte03's post. I was thinking indignant thoughts about NCL saying that while contributing to the general sad state of alcoholism! Glad to know it's only $7 :D

 

lol yeah, when i first saw it - i was like 'what?! i don't think they said that'. i dvr'ed it though so i just went back and verified :cool:

[falkcor]

LOL, i could do that in a week :D

 

LMAO - I was thinking almost the same thing! I knew my S&S bill was screwed up. They must have added a few other cruisers to ours! Oh well!

 

yeah i had a similar thought when the dreaded s&s bill came the last night... i was looking over it for discrepancies, and realized - wait, there's no way on earth i could verify this... all these charges! well, the shopping bag full (literally) of little receipts kinda stood testament... booo s&s. :p

[falkcor]

Oh heck--that's easy then. I've got myself and couple of you covered, at least.:D

 

i'm right there with ya... on the last night, i covered the quota for two people's whole trip...

 

in one round... :eek:

 

 

and then some...

[bluwes]

I am one of those who needs a bigger gap under my stateroom door to get the bill under !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Happy to help with Carnivals liquidity

[TamLaiSang]

It is also available on HULU.com...I remember watching it some time ago...

 

[ksatte03]

LOL, i could do that in a week :D

 

but you mis-heard. it's 7.25 per guest, per day - so just about 50.00 per person for a 7 day cruise.

 

Thank goodness! I was like ***** cuz I'm taking my first cruise next month and I was gonna have to sell a kidney just to cover my bar tab! :eek:

[falkcor]

Thank goodness! I was like ***** cuz I'm taking my first cruise next month and I was gonna have to sell a kidney just to cover my bar tab! :eek:

 

LMAO - no need to worry. it DOES sneak / add up on you though... I mean really, with that 7.25/day average - that could easily be one drink per person per day... :D

[ksatte03]

LMAO - no need to worry. it DOES sneak / add up on you though... I mean really, with that 7.25/day average - that could easily be one drink per person per day... :D

 

Have you been on any cruises out of Galveston?