jimbo5544

Life is full of choices and selecting cruise lines and ships to sail on is one of them. That said, the way you feel about Carnival is an overstated version of how I feel about NCL. No right or wrong, just choice. Good luck with getting an NCL ship (on any) in San Diego. The itin options are just so limited…speaking of meh. Cruising continues to change and evolve, more mega ships doing shorter cruises, going to fewer places. Just the cruise lines following the dollar. Does that make me happy? Nope, but have not been asked. Bigger monstrosity of the Seas bigger and uglier every 10 months reaches a saturation point (at 2 billion per), has to bust….sooner rather later. Icon is possibly the weirdest, ugliest of the bunch, but the lemmings are paying stupid rates…so

There was some sad vids…..

Sometimes we all walk and sometimes I go and come back for the pickup

Nice review, we traveled many places on Liberty over the years, including our forst trip to the Med. She will always hold a special place in our hearts, including couple trips in the Captain’s Suite.

Done the walk several times. You can park wherever you want, the walk is easily done, I usually do the walk and drive around for the pickup. Easy peasy.

Been on all three ships multiple times, Legend being the smallest and has a great Serenity area. Horizon will always be our fav for Havana area and rooms. Jamaica gets a bad rap, we have traveled there many times and many land trips. Natives are not hostile, they have a different way of life. Would I go around town to bars at night? No. Would I be hesitant to do touristy things? Absolutely not.

gotta love CC

Now that is a great attitude to have. 😀

Beat me to it.

Yup

Was not sure but thought someone would comment…thanks

Also, there are no self service laundry facilities on Excel class (MG, Celebration and Jubilee)

And unless somebody comes up with a bridge grower that is not changing anytime soon.

Yup

The market is flush, there is no doubt. While I do not have a lot of facts to base this on, I would not be surprised to find that they are not the price leader presently. Of course, things change, but when demand is so high, normal is a strange word. I would love to see a cross line loyalty program, they have tried and tried. I have serious reservations that we will ever see it. Hope I am wrong. Lastly, the economics of larger ships compared to smaller ships will never cross for pricing, simply not feasible. On the same note, my view is, Carnival building a Spirit class ship again is slightly higher chance of happening than me winning Powerball, the economics just plain do not work. Could there be another Excel class, you betcha, come 27 ((or thereabouts) we will see the follow on to the Excel class, not smaller BTW.🤔 Could they repurpose other line ships like Luminosa (HAL ships as well)? Sure. From my humble view, that would be absolute best scenario.

Thanks, to lazy to look this early in the morning…..

Well that sure makes her a viable ship for Tampa/Baltimore, and way younger than the rest of the Spirit class…. That said, they are going NOWHERE anytime soon (and we are better off for having them as long as they can continue to sail).

Nice sail away. Pretty unique port, clearing the bridge is cool as well. I would def say do it.

I do not know heights or other potential issues, would Luminosa clear the Sunshine? Fit at the pier?

The cruise lines already have decided what they are doing. There is a better chance of building a new port than them building smaller ships. Not sure I understand the logic in dredging, sea level to the span clearance does not change by making channel deeper….or did I miss something. Now if you had a sky hook and a bridge stretcher and rise it up 50 ft or so….that would work. 🤔

One you pay for as opposed to getting credit for Carnival cancelled action or at times they gift a cruise.

We have done this twice, both good times, but first ws best, great sunset pics

Snooze you lose. Book thru a TA or PVP?

As a first time cruiser, I would recommend using those free valuable resources that a TA or PVP provide. PVP is personal vacation planner, basically are people that Carnival has work with clients (kind of a Carnival TA) but only deal with Carnival. In either case they have great knowledge base and are free,,,

Fairly easy, it is his job. He is the brand spoke person. Is it unique in the industry. If it helps, I can assure you that their customer service does do exactly what you say. You only hear about is posted on his site.