I guess in a manner of speaking that's true, but every one of these photos if taken today would look different. There's no aft pools, no slide at the main pool, the stripes are gone from the entrance to Stripes, etc.
Points do not accrue between cruises but I'm sure the casino keeps track of guests' lifetime value.
You can set your own PIN and change it at will, it doesn't need to be the same between cruises.
There is no formula to earning offers on Carnival. Points do accrue in a predictable fashion on slots, but not for table games. And other than DOU (drinks on us) no other comps seem to follow a predictable pattern.
The key though is you don't necessarily need to lose a lot of money out of pocket to get comps. You just need to play through a lot of money.
coin operated on the remaining Fantasy class vessels, S&S operated on other vessels. guest services can make change if you are cruising on a Fantasy class ship.
It's not as complicated as you're making it. You don't have to sit there with a stopwatch to be able to tell when a chair is in use and someone just went to the bathroom vs. a chair hogger that's had their towel there since before breakfast.
There is a plain difference between a chair that's been in use but someone just went up to get a drink or plate vs. a towel that's been sitting there since before breakfast.
I think it's just they have to come up with tripe to post every day a couple times a day, and every once in a while they come up with tripe that gets a rise out of people.
Carnival seems to be a decade behind their competitors when it comes to wifi. Like it or not people expect usable internet on vacation these days. The technology exists but Carnival isn't deploying it.
YMMV but on my most recent Sunshine cruise, iMessage worked for texting even without purchasing a plan. I couldn't get photos to send or anything but I could send and receive iMessage texts all cruise for free. I have no idea if this is fleet-wide or what.
I am not worried about the crew moving the damn ducks. I am worried about passengers leaving dozens of things behind on a ship during a pandemic. Certainly it's not a huge problem but it's just stupid.
Isolating people on day 4 of a 5 day cruise is like having a no-peeing section of the pool but only after 3PM when the pool closes at 6. Doesn't do much good.