bradleyd Posted June 14, 2009 #1 Share Posted June 14, 2009 A veteran Diamond member at Royal Caribbean, I must say I had some real trepidation about cruising with Carnival. The itinerary looked good and it sailed just one hour from my home so I figured, why not? As it turned out it was wonderful. The food was much better than any of my 11 sailings with Royal Caribbean, the service better than almost all but one cruise, and a great time was had by my whole family of four, all at a lower price. So impressed am I that I am going to be changing some of my scheduled sailings with Royal over to Carnival. I never thought I would do such a thing. Carnival is worth another look. At least the Valor. Simply a great experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxamuus Posted June 14, 2009 #2 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Glad you enjoyed the Valor. We did as well. We are trying our first RCL 4 weeks from today. Hope it measures up to Carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Belvedere Posted June 14, 2009 #3 Share Posted June 14, 2009 A veteran Diamond member at Royal Caribbean, I must say I had some real trepidation about cruising with Carnival. The itinerary looked good and it sailed just one hour from my home so I figured, why not? As it turned out it was wonderful. The food was much better than any of my 11 sailings with Royal Caribbean, the service better than almost all but one cruise, and a great time was had by my whole family of four, all at a lower price. So impressed am I that I am going to be changing some of my scheduled sailings with Royal over to Carnival. I never thought I would do such a thing. Carnival is worth another look. At least the Valor. Simply a great experience. Thanks for your review and comparison. 2 of our favorite Carnival cruises were on the Valor and the Legend. :) Ms B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misguidedangel Posted June 14, 2009 #4 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I am glad to hear you can save money and find Carinval does provide an equally good and better product! I would recommend a cruise that sails to Half Moon Cay. It is their private island and has been consistently rated #1 private island. It is sheer paradise, so much so I really didn't want to leave!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fksteacher Posted June 14, 2009 #5 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I'm so happy to hear this! We booked a seven day cruise on the Valor leaving July 12th. This will be our first cruise. We are so excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halos Posted June 14, 2009 #6 Share Posted June 14, 2009 You're not the first to be pleasantly surprised by Carnival...moral of the story is don't believe everything you read (especially on Cruise Critic ;)) and you never know if you're going to like something until you try it yourself. I'm happy you had such a great time :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManyMore Posted June 14, 2009 #7 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Welcome to Carnival! I have cruised 4 cruiseline and the only onw I would have to really be talked into again would be NCL. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxax Posted June 14, 2009 #8 Share Posted June 14, 2009 We've done both lines as well...and we definitely favor Carnival. When all things are added up. Carnival is better...IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofzeke Posted June 14, 2009 #9 Share Posted June 14, 2009 YAY! Welcome to the dark side! ;) Glad you had fun on the Valor.....we loved her too. We've had 3 fabulous cruises on 3 Carnival ships. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trini_ras Posted June 14, 2009 #10 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'll be on the Valor in Aug, tell me about the cruise. What about it did you like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeolasingh Posted June 14, 2009 #11 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I am so happy that you had a great time!!! I will be on the Valor in August ...and I cant wait!! Please tell us what are must do's on the Valor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPete Posted June 14, 2009 #12 Share Posted June 14, 2009 As it turned out it was wonderful. The food was much better than any of my 11 sailings with Royal Caribbean, the service better than almost all but one cruise, and a great time was had by my whole family of four, all at a lower price. So impressed am I that I am going to be changing some of my scheduled sailings with Royal over to Carnival. I never thought I would do such a thing. Carnival is worth another look. SHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Don't tell them! It's our little secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A&Jfamily Posted June 14, 2009 #13 Share Posted June 14, 2009 SHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Don't tell them! It's our little secret. You took the words right out of my mouth...I kinda of smile at all the CCL bashing as I just keep coming back for more fun for less money!;) Our first cruise was on the Valor in 2007 - we went again (this time the Legend) in 2008, and are off on our 2nd cruise for 2009 in August. Unfortunately, with limited vacation, I can only cruise about once a year...but after retirement - lookout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmlmich Posted June 14, 2009 #14 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I am glad to read this too. We are taking our first cruise in Jan. on the Valor and I can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trini_ras Posted June 14, 2009 #15 Share Posted June 14, 2009 :( come on play nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halos Posted June 15, 2009 #16 Share Posted June 15, 2009 :( come on play nice Huh????? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaMar Posted June 15, 2009 #17 Share Posted June 15, 2009 A veteran Diamond member at Royal Caribbean, I must say I had some real trepidation about cruising with Carnival. The itinerary looked good and it sailed just one hour from my home so I figured, why not? As it turned out it was wonderful. The food was much better than any of my 11 sailings with Royal Caribbean, the service better than almost all but one cruise, and a great time was had by my whole family of four, all at a lower price. So impressed am I that I am going to be changing some of my scheduled sailings with Royal over to Carnival. I never thought I would do such a thing. Carnival is worth another look. At least the Valor. Simply a great experience. Glad to hear that you had such a great experience. I had a similar experience on my first Carnival cruise and can't wait to go on another. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplehaze21 Posted June 15, 2009 #18 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Our 1st cruise was on RCI. We loved it. For it being the smaller ship of RC, it was wonderful. We decided to try Carnival for the 2nd cruise. It was just as good, if not better in some aspects. I researched both cruise lines for our next cruise, Alaska! Carnival had that extra something in peoples reviews and the price was alot better! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler353 Posted June 15, 2009 #19 Share Posted June 15, 2009 A veteran Diamond member at Royal Caribbean, I must say I had some real trepidation about cruising with Carnival. The itinerary looked good and it sailed just one hour from my home so I figured, why not? As it turned out it was wonderful. The food was much better than any of my 11 sailings with Royal Caribbean, the service better than almost all but one cruise, and a great time was had by my whole family of four, all at a lower price. So impressed am I that I am going to be changing some of my scheduled sailings with Royal over to Carnival. I never thought I would do such a thing. Carnival is worth another look. At least the Valor. Simply a great experience. Welcome to the dark side.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSIMelissa Posted June 15, 2009 #20 Share Posted June 15, 2009 A veteran Diamond member at Royal Caribbean, I must say I had some real trepidation about cruising with Carnival. The itinerary looked good and it sailed just one hour from my home so I figured, why not? As it turned out it was wonderful. The food was much better than any of my 11 sailings with Royal Caribbean, the service better than almost all but one cruise, and a great time was had by my whole family of four, all at a lower price. So impressed am I that I am going to be changing some of my scheduled sailings with Royal over to Carnival. I never thought I would do such a thing. Carnival is worth another look. At least the Valor. Simply a great experience. Glad you had such a good time! Spent 2 weeks on the Valor at the end of April and simply loved it and found it on par with my other Carnival sailings. Welcome aboard and I hope you enjoy your future cruises as much as this one. Melissa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abw2005 Posted June 15, 2009 #21 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Glad you had a good time! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidolounger Posted June 16, 2009 #22 Share Posted June 16, 2009 We sail both Princess and Carnival - for value, Carnival can't be beat! I prefer Princess, but have sailed Carnival 10 times and have another booked with Carnival on the Spirit for next Jan. Glad you gave Carnival a try and had a great experience - there's always a place or an activity to meet anyone's interests. Try the "Spirit " class ships next time - they're our personal favorite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazzledrazzle16 Posted June 16, 2009 #23 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Looks like Carnival is listening... John Heald posted about this on his blog today (thanks to host mach). I'm really glad you had a great vacation! I've heard RCCL and Carnival are very similar and we have been toying with booking a RCCL cruise in the near future, but for the price and news of massive cutbacks on RCCL I think we will be sticking with Carnival for now (which is perfectly fine by me :D)!!! We have yet to have a bad experience with CCL, so why fix what isn't broken??? Here is the link to today's blog for those who are interested: http://johnhealdsblog.com/2009/06/15/the-best-job-in-the-world/#more-9455 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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