cruising mickey Posted May 10, 2016 #1 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Hello, I've read reviews which are all over the place about the Victory's 3 night Bahamas cruise; everything from that it's a total drunken party cruise to it being a wonderful experience. Due to time and budget restrictions on our end, would this be a good honeymoon cruise to go on? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starri Posted May 11, 2016 #2 Share Posted May 11, 2016 It's what you make of it. Any shorter cruises are going to have a more...ahem...rambunctious crowd. But dollars-to-donuts, Carnival is going to provide you pretty much what they're charging you for, a fun, casual, high-energy few days away. If you're looking for luxury and romance, it wouldn't be my first choice, but if it's within your budget, go have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tv24 Posted May 13, 2016 #3 Share Posted May 13, 2016 It's what you make of it. Any shorter cruises are going to have a more...ahem...rambunctious crowd. But dollars-to-donuts, Carnival is going to provide you pretty much what they're charging you for, a fun, casual, high-energy few days away. If you're looking for luxury and romance, it wouldn't be my first choice, but if it's within your budget, go have fun. I agree; well-stated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalewood Posted May 20, 2016 #4 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) Hello, I've read reviews which are all over the place about the Victory's 3 night Bahamas cruise; everything from that it's a total drunken party cruise to it being a wonderful experience. Due to time and budget restrictions on our end, would this be a good honeymoon cruise to go on? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. It can be both, right? :) Edited May 20, 2016 by Dalewood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StolidCruiser Posted May 20, 2016 #5 Share Posted May 20, 2016 It can be both, right? :) It can be, and often is. While shorter sailings tend to accentuate the former, by far it is the latter. I've been on longer sailings that were uncharacteristically "rowdy". I've been on quickie sailings that were like cruising on a floating morgue. In both cases I was able to avoid what I didn't want and/or find what I did. On a honeymoon, chances are you won't make it out of the cabin much for it to matter. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithm Posted May 21, 2016 #6 Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) Hello, I've read reviews which are all over the place about the Victory's 3 night Bahamas cruise; everything from that it's a total drunken party cruise to it being a wonderful experience. Due to time and budget restrictions on our end, would this be a good honeymoon cruise to go on? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Generally, cruises less than 5 days have the nick name "booze" cruise. Also remember that this will be a very cheap cruise, which likely means plenty of not too worldly straight pax who might not be too friendly when meeting LGBT travelers. Personally, I'd never sail on Carnival/NCL for that reason. We Choose Cunard/Celebrity/ Princess in that order. Edited May 21, 2016 by keithm grammar correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starri Posted May 21, 2016 #7 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Generally, cruises less than 5 days have the nick name "booze" cruise. Also remember that this will be a very cheap cruise, which likely means plenty of not too worldly straight pax who might not be too friendly when meeting LGBT travelers. Personally, I'd never sail on Carnival/NCL for that reason. We Choose Cunard/Celebrity/ Princess in that order. Why do people always assume that just because Carnival pulls in less affluent clientele that they're somehow automatically intolerant? And that wealthier passengers on other lines are somehow paragons of acceptance? I've had good and bad experiences on both Carnival and Celebrity. If anything, Carnival's younger crowd is likely to be more accepting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithm Posted May 22, 2016 #8 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Why do people always assume that just because Carnival pulls in less affluent clientele that they're somehow automatically intolerant? And that wealthier passengers on other lines are somehow paragons of acceptance? I've had good and bad experiences on both Carnival and Celebrity. If anything, Carnival's younger crowd is likely to be more accepting. I'd say look at the South in general! Those areas that are more affluent seem as a whole to be more tolerant & less bigoted. The South as a whole has the lowest rates in education, health & have the highest in fundamentalist religion (America's own little Taliban!) I'm not saying the affluent are a paragon of acceptance, but as a whole the group tends to be more "worldly", due to education & the ability to mix with other groups. Sorry, Stari, but after seeing a primarily southern group on our Feb.7 trip on the Regal Princess & their total lack of class(and this was the majority of the ship) causes me to stick to my opinion. Carnival is not the only line guilty of this type of behavior, but they get a disproportionate amount of pax from the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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