Enough negativity...what is the BEST thing you have seen a carnival cruiser do?

[frednsb]

Thank you Carnival for our excursion in Belize. We went cave tubing and it was the highlight of our trip.

[jimbo5544]

Positive things about Carnival is that it is a party ship. If you want to enter the ship with a beer in hand and have the ability to have your kids run around the ship at well, then it is the cruise for you. However, not for me.

 

 

 

Now here is a on topic post.....nope. Thanks for letting us know....why are you here again? What's wrong with CC....posts like this. An op who wants to get away with negativity and you feel the need to post this.....wow

 

 

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[oldguysandgalls]

My partner is disabled with very limited mobility and one afternoon this young man volunteered to keep my partner company for a few hours so that I could have some much needed 'alone' time.

[tatt2ed]

Ok, let me start out by saying this is something i did and am not bragging but this put a smile on my face all week long. i went to mardi gras right before the cruise , ended up with tons of beads. Rather than to throw them away i took them on the cruise and gave them to the people at camp carnival to give to the kids. All week long i saw kids with beads and throws i had brought onboard. Im glad the kids got to have some fun with them rather then going directly into a landfill. Say what you will but i thought it was a pretty cool idea.

 

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[cruizinisthebest]

Ok, let me start out by saying this is something i did and am not bragging but this put a smile on my face all week long. i went to mardi gras right before the cruise , ended up with tons of beads. Rather than to throw them away i took them on the cruise and gave them to the people at camp carnival to give to the kids. All week long i saw kids with beads and throws i had brought onboard. Im glad the kids got to have some fun with them rather then going directly into a landfill. Say what you will but i thought it was a pretty cool idea.

 

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That is nice. Small gestures are the best and just as meaningful.

 

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[meatloafsfan]

Ok, let me start out by saying this is something i did and am not bragging but this put a smile on my face all week long. i went to mardi gras right before the cruise , ended up with tons of beads. Rather than to throw them away i took them on the cruise and gave them to the people at camp carnival to give to the kids. All week long i saw kids with beads and throws i had brought onboard. Im glad the kids got to have some fun with them rather then going directly into a landfill. Say what you will but i thought it was a pretty cool idea.

 

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How did you earn all those beads? :confused:;p:cool:

[bury me at sea]

Ok, let me start out by saying this is something i did and am not bragging but this put a smile on my face all week long. i went to mardi gras right before the cruise , ended up with tons of beads. Rather than to throw them away i took them on the cruise and gave them to the people at camp carnival to give to the kids. All week long i saw kids with beads and throws i had brought onboard. Im glad the kids got to have some fun with them rather then going directly into a landfill. Say what you will but i thought it was a pretty cool idea.

 

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Like. It's often something simple that brings happiness.

[poz222]

When heading on the dock in progress a couple was juggling two little ones (one being an infant) and all their beach stuff trying to shield the kids from the rain which started pouring down... I saw a guy who was hustling to the ship with his wife, both had an umbrellas, he stopped, waived his wife ahead and stopped and held the umbrella over the lady with the infant and walked them to the gangway.

[Blackjack22]

How is this adding anything to the op's question. Been on carnival and royal, seen more questionable behavior on royal. Wont stop me from cruising. I guess if you are looking for problems you will find them.

 

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Someone complained in the worst thing a CCL cruiser has done thread about it being a dead thread revival. The last post in this one was 5 days before the last post in this thread. Where is the complaining guy? Some people are total hypocrites!

[FruitStandaficionado]

Positive things about Carnival is that it is a party ship. If you want to enter the ship with a beer in hand and have the ability to have your kids run around the ship at well, then it is the cruise for you. However, not for me.

 

 

 

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[FruitStandaficionado]

I've had a lot of positive things happen! On my honeymoon cruise a random passenger sent a bottle of champagne to our table. We've paid that forward many times over because it was such a nice feeling to receive as newly weds!

 

 

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[Drose716]

I will preface by saying I have a now 8 year old son (6 at the time) who is special needs. He has ADHD & some problems processing upset & frustration. He notices that he is a little different sometimes & it bugs him about himself. Well, on the first cruise I took the kids along on, he was picked to be a part of the Welcome Aboard show. He was asked some questions that guaranteed "out of the mouths of babes" answers & asked to recite a solemn pledge to not run in the halls or press all of the buttons on the elevator. He's a hysterical kid so he put on quite the show. For the rest of the trip, he was recognized all over. SEVERAL cruisers came up to high five him, say hello & talk to him about his great performance & some even chatted with him for a bit. Someone told him he was famous. He was even recognized & approached at the airport on the way home! At one point he said "Wow Mom I'm pretty much a superstar on this cruise! Everyone knows me!" He felt SO good about himself. It was all I could do to not cry every time he was approached after that. He talked about it for weeks after we came home. Our fellow cruisers have no idea how much their simple greetings touched me & boosted my son's self-esteem.

 

On our second trip, my son had a meltdown at camp on the second night. When they called me to get him, I was sure the rest of the trip was ruined for us. When I got there, a kind young counselor was sitting with him & had him calmed. As we were leaving, she told him she hoped he would consider coming back when he felt better. I was stunned they were actually trying to get the "difficult" kid back. He & I walked the ship & talked for a bit until he asked to go back. He was welcomed openly. When I picked him up at the end of the night, he had his face painted, a huge smile & he was wearing a medal. He got the medal for being brave & going back & for helping the counselors clean up the room. He loved the plush owls in the Night Owls gift bag so much so they gave him an extra one. He couldn't wait to go back every night & had a fabulous cruise. The patience & kindness of the counselors made our trip.

[IntrepidFromDC]

I will preface by saying I have a now 8 year old son (6 at the time) who is special needs. He has ADHD & some problems processing upset & frustration. He notices that he is a little different sometimes & it bugs him about himself. Well, on the first cruise I took the kids along on, he was picked to be a part of the Welcome Aboard show. He was asked some questions that guaranteed "out of the mouths of babes" answers & asked to recite a solemn pledge to not run in the halls or press all of the buttons on the elevator. He's a hysterical kid so he put on quite the show. For the rest of the trip, he was recognized all over. SEVERAL cruisers came up to high five him, say hello & talk to him about his great performance & some even chatted with him for a bit. Someone told him he was famous. He was even recognized & approached at the airport on the way home! At one point he said "Wow Mom I'm pretty much a superstar on this cruise! Everyone knows me!" He felt SO good about himself. It was all I could do to not cry every time he was approached after that. He talked about it for weeks after we came home. Our fellow cruisers have no idea how much their simple greetings touched me & boosted my son's self-esteem.

 

On our second trip, my son had a meltdown at camp on the second night. When they called me to get him, I was sure the rest of the trip was ruined for us. When I got there, a kind young counselor was sitting with him & had him calmed. As we were leaving, she told him she hoped he would consider coming back when he felt better. I was stunned they were actually trying to get the "difficult" kid back. He & I walked the ship & talked for a bit until he asked to go back. He was welcomed openly. When I picked him up at the end of the night, he had his face painted, a huge smile & he was wearing a medal. He got the medal for being brave & going back & for helping the counselors clean up the room. He loved the plush owls in the Night Owls gift bag so much so they gave him an extra one. He couldn't wait to go back every night & had a fabulous cruise. The patience & kindness of the counselors made our trip.

 

Thank you for your post. It brought tears of joy to my eyes as I can relate to the excellent service (PEOPLE) on Carnival, and my daughter's own love of Camp Ocean (or whatever they're calling it at the time). Your post is my favorite post on cruise critic ever. Thanks for making my day, and I wish for you and your son many glorious, fun-filled vacations in the future.

[Silent Penguin]

Not sure why you think I should not be participating in this thread. I gave an honest answer. THe best thing I have seen is people acting appropriately - I personally have not observed any extraordinary kindness from passengers. The crew is a different story however. In what world is this NOT a valid answer to the OPs post????

 

I find this thread interesting because what many people are citing as extraordinary I believed to be common manners - like the injured girl on the tender. If someone had attempted to exit before her I would have said very loudly to my children that we would be waiting to make sure she was taken care of first.

 

I was puzzled by that person's admonition of you as well. Yours was an honest answer. Not snarky in anyway. After all, the questions asks specifically for examples of something a Carnival Cruiser did. As I read this thread and reflected back on whether I had anything to add, any extraordinarily good thing I could think of had to do with the actions of a cruise ship employee and not a fellow passenger. That isn't to say that most of my fellow passengers aren't nice, considerate, or well-mannered people. In fact, for the most part they are. After all, we wouldn't continue to cruise otherwise, because there's no way we want to spend our hard-earned vacation time with brutes, louts and bullies. Furthermore, not only have I nothing to add in terms of especially good things I've seen a cruise passenger do, I haven't witnessed -in 9 cruises (not all Carnival) - anything especially egregious either.

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[NJporkroll]

On the conquest last year. The cabin next to us had two hot women. One of them enjoyed topless sunbathing. It was wonderful. Best cruise ever.

 

 

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[Domino D]

We were cruising when my son was a teenager, and he left his Ipod on the table in the buffet while eating breakfast with his friends. I told him "Well it's gone, you need to be more careful". We went to guest services to ask if anyone had turned it in. To my surprise someone had. I asked if it was an employee, or if they knew who had found it. They said no, the manager had brought it down. I tried to track down the person who turned it in, but never found out.

[Ralphinsc]

My story of cruiser kindness was from my first cruise with my Mom, so many years ago I won't say (I was a little girl, and I now have grown girls of my own & preparing for my 2nd cruise)

When we were in our cabin we could hear a man constantly coughing, he was obviously very sick. One day up on deck Mom heard him and noticed he seemed to be alone. She ended up befriending him that day and helping him throughout the rest of our cruise, and even met his adult son that was his travelling companion.

Fast forward a year later....that very nice, sick with a bad cold older gentleman became my Grandfather, when my Mom married his son.

 

Alright, who's cutting onions? :')

[2016USAHoliday]

I think its fantastic when complete strangers come up and let you know your photo is on the Wall of Fame, thus its free!

 

Nice little bonus photo. And again only something small to them but great for me. Especially because I didn't realise that it meant you get the photo for free. I now also take a look and see if there is someone I recognise.

 

Ah crap, I just thought did they remember us because we were annoying or did we stand out as the only Aussies on board.......

[Taylorcast]

I was on the Victory when I had just turned 18 and was allowed to gamble for the first time. Tried the slot machines but didn't win anything. Then I found the game with the mechanical arm that pushes the quarters (and if you're lucky, some other prizes) forward. I sat there playing for a couple of hours on $20. After about the first hour, a man in his late 60s came over and started watching me play and talking to me. I was a little creeped out at first but he seemed friendly.

 

He was watching me play and talking and strategizing with me for about an hour when his wife came over to get him to go to the pool. He thanked me for not being scared that some random guy came to watch me play and said I had prevented him from blowing the $1600 he had just won on a slot machine. He gave me $40 for more quarters to keep playing! Later in the cruise he came and talked to me as I was playing that game again and gave me another $20- on two separate occasions! So I got $80 from a stranger over the course of the cruise!

 

 

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[disneyaddictX4]

On January 29, 2017 we were on our very first cruise as a family on the Miracle. We were not long out of Long Beach when a young man cornered my husband to take photos of him proposing to his now finance and gave my husband his phone!! I saw the request out of the corner of my eye, and happened to have my Cannon camera around my neck taking sun set shots. Thank goodness because his phone would not work! I was able to capture the moment, I am not a photographer, nor do I pretend to be one. She had no idea, and was trembling with happiness! We were thrilled to be randomly selected to be a part of this special moment. I will never forget this!

 

 

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[LibratPDX]

I took my mother's ashes with me on my Carnival Miracle cruise last October. I went to Guest Services upon boarding and asked about giving them an ocean burial and let them know they were in a water soluble container and didn't have to be scattered. They were able to schedule it on my birthday (which I wanted, mom's birthday was two weeks later). When the time came I met them at GS, then was escorted all the way aft by the GS Officer, the captain, and a security officer. They told me to take my time, but I was quick, just gave the container a kiss and tossed it into the water. The GS Officer said they would be giving me a letter and I didn't think anything of it. A few days later they gave me a lovely portfolio with a letter including the longitude & latitude, date and time, and her name, with a beautiful photo of the ship at night. It was much more than I expected and still brings tears to my eyes!

[bnorris10]

My daughter found out she sprained her foot a week before our christmas cruise last year - Which needless to say left us using crutches, we rented a scooter for on the boat and used a wheel chair off the boat - We took an excursion to go see the falls in ochos rios and the family we were with were amazing the hubby got all excited about my daughter being in a wheel chair have no idea why but all of a sudden him and his brother took it upon themselves to wheel her about all the crazy terrains - they even had to have pictures taken with her before they left - While at the falls the wife super sweet was like come on we will get you up the falls and they were prepared to carry my 15 year old into the falls so she could enjoy it as well (she opted not to because of the slippery grounds she was to nervous she would hurt herself more) - Super sweet family

[Blackjack22]

I like how they always know my name in the casino, restaurant and in my cabin... and even a few entertainment people.

[cruzinlisa]

Our first cruise was a delayed honeymoon and a welcome home from Iraq trip for my husband. On elegant nights I wore ball gowns and he wore his dress blues. A man sitting upstairs saw us and brought us a large bottle of champagne. I didn't care for it but it was such a sweet thing to do that we drank a bit every night.

 

 

 

I love this.

[cruzinlisa]

I think its fantastic when complete strangers come up and let you know your photo is on the Wall of Fame, thus its free!

 

Nice little bonus photo. And again only something small to them but great for me. Especially because I didn't realise that it meant you get the photo for free. I now also take a look and see if there is someone I recognise.

 

Ah crap, I just thought did they remember us because we were annoying or did we stand out as the only Aussies on board.......

 

We had this happen to us once, but it was a crew member who let us know. I did not even know about the wall of fame. The photo was of my daughter, in her stroller, squinting to keep the sun out of her eyes. It was not a special photo or anything, just very everyday. Of course my daughter is beautiful, but I am her mom so I would think that. LOL. That was a rather "difficult" cruise in that my daughter was especially "challenging" that entire trip- she was about two and you know what they say about two year olds. But she looked sweet in that picture so it kind of erased the other 9 million moments of the cruise when she was less so. I appreciated it.