davidjplatt

I would never miss out by not sailing on a Carnival ship.

If you continue to cruise on the "Walmart" of cruise ships you would never know what a cruise was like on a "Nordstrom" cruise line.  You obviously don't know what you are missing.

I just came off of a 15 day cruise on Celebrity from Rome to Dubai.  Everyone I spoke to that cruise that had cruised on Carnival disliked Carnival and said "never again".

I guess some people prefer quality over quantity and low price.

Cruised on the Mardi Gras out of Baltimore in December 1975 for 8 days to Norfolk, VA, San Juan P.R., St. Thomas V.I., St. Croix V.I. and then ending in Nassau with a charter flight back to Baltimore for $399.

I was only 24 years old and most of the passengers that got on board in Norfolk, VA were college kids that had just started winter break so I had a good time and back then part of the draw of a cruise was the cheap drinks.

But the food was abysmal, the ship was dirty, the service was absolutely horrible and I knew then that Carnival was not a cruise line for me.  That was my first and only cruise on Carnival.

I guess part of the problem was I had done a 2 week cruise earlier in April 1975 on Royal Carribean's Nordic Prince and it was top notch - RCCL before they lowered their standards to compete head to head with Carnival.  When I went on the Nordic Prince RCCL was the reigning World's Best Cruise Line based on their passenger's reviews.

Of course, RCCL in the 70's had all of the things cruise passengers expected at the time including nightly midnight buffets and breakfast, lunch and dinner at your assigned table in the dining room every day.