earthdog

I have cruised primarily Carnival for the last 30 years and just got off the Mardi Gras for the second time tour 29th CCL Cruise. My wife and I are 60 and we enjoy being reminded to be young. We love the comedians, casino and bars and of course sun. I think it's time to look for what CCL used to provide. We miss twice a day room steward. Morning room service that woke us up with coffee on the balcony, white table cloth in the MDR, real upper class service in the steakhouse, bacon (not every other day), chair service in the sun for drinks, full menu in the MDR not the trim backed menus of today. Cruising used to be premium service and you were wowed it was a deal for what you paid. Now it's all gone. The premium dinning sites are just different food with no premium service to go with it. We love Carnival reminding us we are younger than our ages. We do the Cheers package and like to drink, laugh and meet other people. But we like our quiet time but we want the premium service. So where can or should we go next? We have done Princess too low key older ships, RCCL we just hate the Mall Type aspect (we want to always see the ocean). We primarily cruise the Caribbean. We enjoy the newer ships with so many choices. Help us pick a new home really want some suggestions from those that understand what was...

Well Hell, I have "ben" asleep at the wheel. After looking at the list I saw Ben Gentry is performing on Carnival again. Now I have to book another cruise. Ben Gentry is the best of all time. So off to find a date on the Jubilee for October. If you have never had Ben look him up on FB never seen Piano Bars filled like Ben fills them.

Both are great and the programs are great. I would suggest not doing the Extended Balcony with kids, Its really a smaller room on both. There are narrower rooms. If you want to experience an extended balcony your are better on with Destiny Class ships. Those are normal width rooms so they are better. Either way with kids in the room they aren't great. If I really was forced I would say Mardi Gras. We are on her next month for the second time.

We are considering our first Princess Cruise in years this May. One of the things we have enjoyed on other brand cruise ships is the internet speeds. Starlink has made all the difference for me. I must be connected for work occasionally during the day. In the past this meant we couldn't cruise so I suffered at the beach. Starlink has been a game changer. I understand Enchantment has or is getting Starlink internet access. Does anyone know for sure and can they speak to the speed? And yes I did a search but have had no luck. Thanks in advance.