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  1. I’m so sorry this happened to you. I hope you’re able to find a replacement vacation at some point to make this up to yourselves.
  2. I had some family issues and I wasn’t sure I was still going to make this cruise but it looks like I’m still going. I can’t believe it’s 3 days away. I started overpacking…uh I mean packing last night. I hope to just about finish that today so I can relax.
  3. I didn’t add names until I checked in and I didn’t check in until 4 days before the cruise so it must be up until check in now.
  4. I do too. I wish they would at least keep them out of a few hot tubs.
  5. I’m not a fan of Italian food myself and I don’t even know what Italian entertainment people were expecting. I personally didn’t expect Carnival to roll out a bunch of new things for the Italian ships and I was happy that they didn’t. When I cruise Carnival I want the experience I’m accustomed to and already know that I enjoy.
  6. I’ve sailed both and will sail both again. The issue here is Oasis has significantly more for kids to do. If your kids took part in the wet and dry slides, laser tag, ice skating, zip line, flow riders, large pools and the carousel they may very well be disappointed by a ship that has a few wet slides , ropes course, mini golf and small pools. I personally didn’t do some of the things offered on Oasis so Carnival not having them doesn’t bother me but I’m not a kid so it’s different. As for Venezia I was on her for 12 days and I didn’t notice a smoke smell anywhere other than the casino and I didn’t find the free food offerings any more Italian than they are on any other Carnival ship unless you count the 2 new burgers at Guys. I actually saw a lot of complaints that they marketed this ship as “Carnival fun Italian style” and then put very little effort into making it different from their other ships. It’s literally just decorated differently. Some voyages have an Italian festival one night but the cruise director has skipped that a few times too so your basically just getting a Carnival ship from 2019, neither old nor completely brand new. I don’t think any Carnival ship has enough additional activities to compete with Oasis class for kids if they actually did all that stuff.
  7. I really enjoyed your review as usual! Thank you for taking us along!
  8. The length of the cruise is more important to me than the ports so I would go with Venezia. I you want the best ports it’s Horizon.
  9. From the outside looking in it doesn’t look like Carnival had any trouble filling Venezia for the upcoming winter cruises but I understand if that’s not the case. They have to do what they have to do.
  10. I enjoyed Venezia despite a few of its flaws. I planned on writing a review but the holidays are taking all my time at the moment. I’ll be sailing her again in February and I hope it’s at least an equally enjoyable experience. I wouldn’t suggest this ship for anyone who loves spending most of their time on the lido deck because it is small and incredibly stuffy and hot when the roof is closed. I also don’t like the buffet setup. I think some of the passengers were more rude and irritated because of the lines unfortunately. I thought the ship was beautiful and the food was pretty good. I didn’t mind the cold days because we still had a full cruise worth of hot days. I personally wouldn’t take a 7 day from NY in the winter but I’ll gladly take these longer itineraries. It’s too bad Carnival decided not to do winter in NY again.
  11. I wish they had tried another winter. People did a lot of complaining but the ship still sold out.
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