I can’t say, I haven’t been on epithet line (I have Carnival Jubilee booked)
I agree with you, the quality of the food served recently has been abysmal
Yes, you just walk off the ship with your bags at about 7:00, go through facial recognition customs and are getting into your cab or Uber in about 10-15 minutes
We are all paying our fair share. You choose to allow the cruise line to tell you what your share is; many of us are quite capable of thinking for ourselves.
And often gave very poor, inaccurate information. He nearly got hundreds killed encouraging people to show up at the pier in Galveston during Hurricane Harvey (a move which led to a class action lawsuit)
The problem now is the first part of the equation (low fares) are rapidly disappearing; and that is having a direct impact on the second half of the equation.
No, because most places any more, won’t clean for a few days.
We stayed at a very nice “resort” hotel in the Orlando area this summer. We were there 5 days; we never saw housekeeping. We retrieved spare towels and toiletries from the front desk
We aren’t looking for a discount.
I pay my fare, taxes, and fees just like everyone else.
I reward, with a gratuity, those who serve me directly. The distribution of the gratuity is my choice not the choice of the cruise line.
I understand what you’re saying, however, it kind of misses the point of my post.
People would rather be tipped in cash as a reward for the work that they do rather than have a pre-determined amount of money charged to the customer and that’s all they get regardless of the amount of work that they do.