Letter I sent Carnival over Adult Only Pools

[teknoge3k]

Tablecloths, sandals and pools, oh my! Whatever will we do.

[Cyber Kat]

Actually, they won't notice at all unless you happen to own oh, a million shares or so. The only power a stockholder has is if they own enough shares to exert power over the Board of Directors, and could influence decision making at that level.

 

Nice try though.

 

Did you not notice the smiley with the tongue sticking out to indicate a joke? People just don't get sarcasm anymore

[Party.of.4.NY>>>FL]

Las Vegas is RUNNING away from the "family friendly" destination. It was a loss leader and saw a drop in revenues. While DCL does attract families, it is not 95% and there are Adult Only areas that are enforced. With only 4 ships, DCL has not yet installed a casino but with the introduction of alcohol into the Magic Kingdom now, things are a'changing in Walt's World.

 

Who said 95%? Not me. Perhaps you quoted the wrong post.

 

Yes, Vegas experienced a drop in revenue. Along with every other vacation destination due to 1) post 9/11 travel fears. Then 2) the housing crash of the early 2000's. It had nothing to do with the demographics they were trying to attract.

 

Also Disney World has been selling alcohol since way back when EPCOT opened 35 years ago. All 4 parks sell alcohol. This is nothing new. Magic Kingdom first offered alcohol with the opening of Be Out Guest Restaurant 5 years ago. To somehow assume that they would build casinos on their new ships because of this is a stretch.

[Cyber Kat]

You can add yourself to the list of naive posters. Many on here are guilty of making sweeping generalizations in order to attempt to make a point regarding a particular topic. I am Platinum...older all depends upon who you're comparing me to..set in my ways at times, but Carnival certainly does not make me feel special and I do adapt to change well.

If you expand my signature you'll notice that 17 out of my first 22 cruises were on Carnival, but only 1 out of my last 8 including my upcoming one on the NCL Escape will have been on Carnival. There are many cruisers that are loyal to one line, have seen them on the boards with Carnival, Royal and NCL. Since the percentage of cruisers in general that are on the boards is small, the percentage of those are even much smaller that put all of their eggs in one basket and only sail on one line.

 

Exactly - I don't know why people ASSume that just because someone has lived a long time (I will NEVER admit to being old ;p ) that they are set in their ways and not adaptable to change.

 

I've done most of my cruises on Carnival, but I'm not at all set in those ways (nor am I naive in the least). I'm adapting to change by considering what other lines have to offer.

 

I'll repeat what I said before - they won't care when we move on. And we won't care that they don't care, because we will have moved on to other lines. I'm quite sure Carnival could care less if I choose to spend my cruise dollars elsewhere - but I won't let that stop me! :cool: