No that is not true “that so many have gone back to the old way” (so far NCL, Disney, Regent Seven Seas and Oceania) and at least NCL are receiving major complaints. I was reading the complaints about NCL just the other day. And to jump on the John Heard train he has been saying all along that Carnival is listening to the cruisers and keeping the e-muster that everyone really likes. Further the Coast Guard is fine with it.