MSC orCarnival for 20 night cruise?

Which do you prefer and why? :D

Wrong board. This board is for luxury lines.

This forum is to big to navigate correctly sorry. Maybe with your 10,000+ posts you could have pointed me in the right direction thanks for the help.... :mad:

Sorry. That was thoughtless of me. I's suggest posting on the boards for the two cruise lines you mentioned and ask the opinions of passengers there.

I didn't think your response was at all rude.

I will post in each separate forums but I wanted opinion on both not just a one sided view. Just curious why do you not consider MSC a luxury line? Were looking into a 20 night S. america to Europe cruise Aurora level Suite vs Carnival Legend G.S. from Australia to Hawaii. I have cruised carnival in the past and understand what they offer. Who should I be looking at? Oh and sorry if I sounded brash was not my intention.

MSC does not offer the level of service, amenities, or food that would be required of a luxury line. MSC might have the ship within the ship concept, but that still doesn't make it a luxury line.

Lifejacketguy,

Here is some info for your edification.

There are only a few luxury lines and they are: Seabourn, Silversea, Crystal, Regent and Sea Dream. Europa is also considered luxury. Some people like to refer to the grill rooms on Cunard as luxury but the rest of the ship is strictly mass market.

Than there are two deluxe lines a step below: Oceania and Azamara

Next comes Premium lines like Celebrity, Holland America and Princess.

And at the bottom of the rung are the mass market lines like Carnival, Royal Carribean, Norwegian, Costa, MSC, etc. These lines do not offer anything near the level of service and food and ambience that the luxury lines do

Think of the difference between staying in a Marriott Courtyard Inn and a Four Seasons. No matter ow large a room you have int he Courtyard Inn it will never be a Four Seasons.

By the way one other big difference in the luxury lines is that they are all inclusive which means all alcohol, wine, tips are included which make them a better value than they seem at first when comparing fares.

One difference between luxury lines can be the size of the entry level staterooms.

Thanks for the clarification. We are looking into Oceana now. :D

A very good compromise.

Lifejacketguy,

 

Here is some info for your edification.

 

There are only a few luxury lines and they are: Seabourn, Silversea, Crystal, Regent and Sea Dream. Europa is also considered luxury. Some people like to refer to the grill rooms on Cunard as luxury but the rest of the ship is strictly mass market.

 

Than there are two deluxe lines a step below: Oceania and Azamara

 

Next comes Premium lines like Celebrity, Holland America and Princess.

 

And at the bottom of the rung are the mass market lines like Carnival, Royal Carribean, Norwegian, Costa, MSC, etc. These lines do not offer anything near the level of service and food and ambience that the luxury lines do

 

Think of the difference between staying in a Marriott Courtyard Inn and a Four Seasons. No matter ow large a room you have int he Courtyard Inn it will never be a Four Seasons.

I disagree with what you are saying about premium lines and mass market lines. I think they should be combined together. Just because a cruise line has a couple of formal nights, hands you a glass of cheap champagne when you board does not make it a "premium" line. Each different line try's to entice a certain age group. Is an inside cabin any better on HAL than NCL? Is a Ralph Lauran polo shirt purchased at Nordstrom's any better than one purchased at COSTCO? Is a BMW better than a Mustang? They both get you from point A to point B in relatively the same manor just a different driving experience. Carnival owns HAL . The cost of an identical cruise is about the same on both but they have a completely different cruising experience.

These are not my definitions but are industry ones. There is more than a glass of "cheap"champagne that differentiates Celebrity from Carnival.