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Steakhouse!

I thought it was my relatives I smelled. 🙂

If Internet is a necessity, we are doomed.

As neither of us make decisions for Carnival, it is all smoke.

Some people just aren't happy if they aren't complaining. Marketing programs exist to provide a certain ROI. When they fail, adjustments are made.

I'm sure it doesn't, since they only charge $5 for the sandwich and that includes chips and a cookie. LOL. When services or products are bundled in with a good, the cost is absolutely a consideration in the selling price.

If referring to me, I have NEVER accepted a free cruise, or $100 cruise, or whatever, from Carnival. The only free cruise I have received was from Celebrity, and I still am not sure why, since I had never cruised on them before. When cruising restarted after Covid, Carnival was desperate to get people on ships again, and to get cash flow going. Carnival knew that if you lowered prices enough, people would cruise, no matter what the risk. Risk takers describes gamblers. There are always more waiting in the wings, and Carnival helps nurture new gamblers by giving Platinum and Diamond cruisers $25 seed money. They served their purpose but are now expendable. Carnival needs to get back to basics and what got them where they are today. A mass market family cruise line where all are equal and none are more equal. There is nothing wrong with the casino having their own marketing program and giving away whatever they want - but they crossed the line.

It isn't equal. Carnival started as an anti-elitist mass market cruise line and kowtowing to any niche market is contrary to the founder's intentions. Even if Carnival could make it equal, the perception would be there that it isn't.

No, they don't. They include it in the price of the room or Big Mac.

The casino is paying a discounted rate for the cabins they subsidize. It is not the same. I don't have a problem with comped cruises, but Carnival's bread and butter players don't stand a chance in the marketing program that some think is a loyalty program.

At least Carnival has the authority to correct their mistake All interpretations of these Terms and Conditions as well as questions or disputes regarding participation in the Club, VIFP Points, or Benefits shall be resolved by CCL in its sole discretion. Accumulated VIFP Points are not Member’s property and may be revoked, cancelled, limited or modified at any time.

The penalty for not turning in your passport in Barcelona (or at least before Las Palmas)? You get to go through immigration here. For the rest? We can just walk off the ship as we wish.

After initial slight rush, no lines

Random pics from last night

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