Stick93

I have been on Royal when there is only one or two productions for 7-11 days. They fill with other shows. Excellent musical acts - Whitney Houston and Adel impersonators and other shows/comedy. I don’t believe Carnival shines in theater entertainment. Heck in their vista class and sunshined ships the theaters are pathetic and made into night clubs. Yes - wasted space if you have nothing to show in them. But we are all entitled to an opinion….

I think people are forgiving of the reservations because of the caliber of the shows are higher - on the flip side the shows are always the same on the particular ships. Anthem which has been in NY for over 8 years - most people have sales multiple times and know the shows - so they may not even go. Oasis is in its second/third season and anyone who has gone on prob will not return to cats. But the water and ice show however is really special and I can see reservations being tight especially if a show is cancelled due to rocking/wind.

@A&L_Ont excellent thread! I am originally from Ontario - saw the Blue Jays cap in a picture - I dont usually follow other peoples vacations. This was fantastic! I was on Freedom 3 weeks ago and you brought it back to life for me. I might have been introduced to Heidi if I was sailing with you. - Wheel of Fortune was okay until she turned on me!

I think you should try drinking 15 drinks and see the outcome. Most people bunch the drinks together at one time of the day - max effect. I have never been hindered by the 15 drink limit - I have only reached it a handful of times and usually just order the drink to see the 15 on the receipt

I don’t see how these ships even remotely compared besides leaving a few miles and bridges away - Oasis class ships are the destination. The shows are superb - even cats which I didn’t understand a moment of. The shows have 10-20 entertainers and orchestras in each one compared to the 6-8 Carnival has in their shows screaming into microphones that don't seem to be tuned properly and pre - recorded music on may ships. I personally have stopped going to shows on Carnival except for the comedy which they do better as there are more shows and they change the comedians on longer sailings. Oasis also has a ton of common area to walk and sit, Carnival ships have much less and in most areas especially heavy used areas are more congested. The Buffets are both congested! Carnival is a fun, not so inexpensive cruise out of NY. The product is predictable and pretty much the same from the smallest ships through the vista class ( I have not gone on an XL ship yet )The Alchemy bar is by far the best bar from any of the major lines - Celebrity Martini bar is a distant second. But out of NY the crown on Carnival is rougher than the other lines by quite a bit. The others are catching up but Carnival keeps betting worse as well. Go off season on Carnival out of NY and your experience will be much better.

Hope you got you pin at least!

You are hilarious. - seriously. I didn’t do the tour on Carnival but on Royal I got to keep my phone - took pictures of everything. Went into the bridge, captain came in, took pictures with his cap on while sitting in the captains big chair, walked I-95, went into medical, freezers, refrigerators, kitchen, engine room, garbage area. Don’t recall the entertainment areas, brig and didn’t get any food. I guess it all depends on their mood.

These kids didn’t fall off _ maybe part of a circus act

A perfect score is impossible.

It’s going strong on Freedom

Agree -

Good to know there is a brig!

If someone is hell bend on jumping there is really nothing stopping them, but on Royal and NCL the ledges are higher in the common areas. The elation has very low railings. Also Carnival doesn’t have that many more ships and if you add the others there are many more than Carnival’s total.

Never too early to book a cruise -

Good secret!

You get a lanyard and luggage tag - If you saw on Carnival it prob wont be much different. I did this once and will pass unless I take the kids/grandkids.

If luck can try and use both.

Hear the brig was full when you got back on that sailing -

I did this last year - cancelled my daughter 3 days before and there was no reprice - you have paid for the room and they still get all the money from the no show. Why a reprice?

10-10:30 you should be okay

Yes don’t worry they don’t have enough time to wipe down the room and there is dust and peoples clothing from the last cruise in your room - but they will come and pull up and down the bed for you when you like - JUST my experience. They are way over worked now and you can see the difference - I was on two different ships since the change and you see it.

I like the people in the background hugging! Very authentic

Same can be said for anything including reading these posts - 😉

Funny you ask this - I always thought there was only one dock. When I got up and we were at port with Celebrity I thought we were in the wrong place because we docked somewhere else. So there are two docks -

Had my January 2024 cruise cancelled when it was chartered by a group.