FUN TIMES suggestion to Carnival

[CdrescherRBL152]

I think not.

 

What you are saying is we print out the fun times with our luggage tags and boarding passes and bring them with us. Novel theory, no doubt. But what happens when we get to port and have the next several days of our Eastern Caribbean cruise "planned" out only to have Hurricane Beavis change the itinerary to a Western Caribbean with completely different port days and times?

 

Okay, hurricanes don't happen often, but what if something else happens that changes several of the events on each days Funtimes? My guess: guest services gets bombarded with the "I am special" crowd demanding refunds because the only reason they booked this cruise was for the cooking demonstration that was cancelled or switched to a different time and they missed it.

 

Best to leave the Funtimes to the discretion of the Cruise Director for each voyage IMO.

 

Just think of the complaints if a perform ie:comic got sick and they had to replace him/her with somone else. 1500 people claiming that comic was the only reason they took the cruise.

 

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[Ehpride]

I think you could still turn off your cellular and data and just leave the Wi-Fi on. If Carnival added the Fun Times to its "free" portion of the site, you could access it and still remain "cut off".

 

 

 

That said, there are still those who travel (and in some cases live) without mobile connectivity. So I wouldn't want to entirely abandon them. Maybe passengers could opt in or Carnival could even leave stacks of copies in conspicuous places for passengers to pick up if they want one.

 

 

Yes, but the big thing is that I don't even want to carry my phone. I'd rather not even have it as an electronic distraction.

 

 

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[sjcruiser]

I like the paper Fun Times, But I hate all the other papers that they shove with it.

 

Some cruise lines are moving to electronic daily bulletins, with iPads installed in all cabins, as well as electronic signage throughout the ship. If that's the path that all cruise lines will take in the future, maybe they can still make a limited number available in print at guest services instead of distributing them to ALL the cabins, for those of us that are still "old school"

 

 

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I agree!!! I love the FunTimes, but they can keep all the sales flyers that are with it. This cruise was a relaxing one for me, and I didnt read them that much except to find out the times for meals, and to get the time for one show. Each night after going over it quickly, I placed it in a folder on the shelve to bring back home.

[Jeads323]

JH just asked about the fun times in his quick fire questions on Facebook.

Wether to do away with them and let them be downloaded on a device or keep printing the paper ones..

 

 

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[phje]

I dont mind the paper ones, as long as they r recycled. Also making them available on a tablet would be smart. Very easy to do.

 

 

 

 

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[MMastell]

Leave them the way they are. Even though I take a computer/tablet on my cruise, I have no desire to "download" the Funtimes, or have to grab my tablet to see what activity I want to do or when the buffet changes from breakfast to lunch.

 

I doubt that 3/4 of the ships have the internal bandwidth needed to have 3000 people looking at the Funtimes. However, the cost savings of not putting out a printed Funtimes would pay for an upgrade. Also, not everyone walks around, has, or enables their smartphone or tablet while on board.

 

Just have the "Funtimes" channel and just print the current detachable portion of the current Funtimes.

 

Take care,

Mike

[richfret]

I like it the way it is. Not everyone has a cell phone believe it or not. Also, as another poster stated, there are changes when a port is missed and the Fun Times would be different.

 

That may be true but you would still have the same problem using the current system. The FUN TIMES are distributed the night before and a port could be cancelled during the night or next day and the FUN TIMES would be different. Hence the television for updates.

[erocrobro]

I would have loved to have seen some if the activities that were going on for our cruise. There was a disco night, an 80s trivia contest, a Harry Potter contest and it would have been fun to dress up for them.

 

Also, we could access the Fun Times on the free Carnival site using the free wifi, but it seemed to be old and hadn't been updated for our sailing. I would have loved to be able to us this more.

 

 

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[losijon]

No.

 

 

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[T. Advisor King]

Not to sound critical. If the fun times works for you the way it is, that's perfectly fine. Having the fun times available prior to the cruise, FOR SOME, would be advantageous.

 

Personally, I would relax MORE, if I can plan a few things ahead of time. It doesn't mean that I would thumb my nose at those who relish in getting it the night before and plan accordingly, with or without your highlighter,lol.

 

Not sure why it can't be done both ways.

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I'm not sure why you thought my post (#22) objected to providing the Fun Times in advance. It didn't. In fact, my earlier post (#17) acknowledged that different people want different things and plan differently.

[T. Advisor King]

Yes, but the big thing is that I don't even want to carry my phone. I'd rather not even have it as an electronic distraction.

 

 

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Fair enough and subtly different point, which I appreciate.

[WAHMto5]

For me that's part of the fun. I love to get back to our cabin and find the fun times, read it and get an idea of what we'll do the next day. We may not do what we set out to do but then again we're on vacation.

 

I enjoy this as well. I bring a highlighter, mark things we would like to do on the tear-off the next day and carry it with me for the day.

[Sparky2]

Here is a suggestion to Carnival regarding the FUN TIMES. Instead of printing them each day and giving them the night before to each cabin, how about putting them on the computer and making them available several weeks before the cruise. That way we could view them and make plans accordingly like when to hold the Meet & Greet. The cruisers, in turn, could print them and make as many copies as necessary if they wanted to. This would eliminate considerable paper printing for Carnival. Some of the common data for each day could be printed once at the front and then there would be less pages to handle. It should reduce workload since instead of making and distributing the FUN TIMES daily, you would do it one time before the cruise. Any important changes to the main Fun Times could be listed on the Carnival Screens on the TV in each cabin. Of course you could put the all the FUN TIMES on the TV but then you could not print them and I like the idea of seeing the Fun Times prior to the cruise.

 

What do you think?

 

Leave the Funtimes as they are. I like the tearoff sheet.

[BudgetConsciousCruiser]

I agree completely- I enjoy them as it. The tear off section is always with us and my teenage son enjoys highlighting everything. We look forward to it every day.

Edited August 31, 2014 by BudgetConsciousCruiser

[cruise_girl2002]

I like it the way it is. I keep them. I like I can tear off the side and its a small piece of paper. I don't want to waste my own paper or ink. Plus not everybody has a printer.