The Cruise Ship and Cruise Line Discussion Thread!

[SharkTums]

^We also had some Triumph rejects on our Jewel cruise. I think Royal made a lot of money on the unlimited booze packages from what I saw!

 

The one thing they were correct about though was the audience being catered to. I HATE that Carly cruise director woman. This was my second time having her and she is just not right for the RCCL Brand. She's too old, and tries to pretend she's not, but at the same time catering to an older clientele. There was a definite lack of activities and the activities that were offered were mostly geared to much older people.

[ahecht]

Agreed on Carly. The lack of activities didn't bother me much on such a short cruise, but I wouldn't have wanted to spend a week with her.

[COASTER FREAK 11]

I think the best Cruise Directors are the hot euro guys in their 30s Hahahaha.

[Guy T. Koepp]

I think the best Cruise Directors are the hot euro guys in their 30s, tan, hairless, oiled up and wearing nothing but a hot pink thong! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

 

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[COASTER FREAK 11]

I think the best Cruise Directors are the hot euro guys in their 30s, tan, hairless, oiled up and wearing nothing but a hot pink thong! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

 

Fixed.

 

QFT! HAHAHA

[jfruge]

Hey All:

My wife and I are looking into a cruise in January or February of 2014 (My show season ends Dec. 31), and were really looking into sailing with either Disney or Royal Caribbean. What are the current sentiments toward these companies? We are looking at Bahamanian or Caribbean itineraries only (Although RCCL has an epic-looking Trans-Atlantic itinerary).

[DirkFunk]

This forum has a definite bent towards Royal Caribbean love which is fine. You mention your wife but no kids: Do you have kids? Are they going?

[SharkTums]

^^You'll be happy with either of those for sure. My advice always is if you LOVE Disney and/or have kids, Disney is great. But if you 'like' Disney or don't have kids, I'm not sure I'd recommend it over Royal Caribbean.

[Dinnwitted]

WCPO is reporting that passengers are missing after falling overboard off a Carnival ship.

http://wcpo.m0bl.net/r/1i8ph4

[SharkTums]

^Australians and Carnival!? Is there a more terrifying combination!?!?

[Dinnwitted]

It would be more terrifying to have a Chinese Carnival knock off.

[gisco]

Wow, another PR nightmare for Carnival. It will be interesting to see if the jumped or they fell.

[Meteornotes]

I'm amazed more people don't jump off Carnival ships.

 

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[Dinnwitted]

It's kind of early to make comments like that, since they may have drowned.

[BeemerBoy]

^ No, it's always time to make those kinds of comments.

 

 

Enjoy....

 

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[gisco]

^lol. Loved that they named their boat Carnival!

[Meteornotes]

Carnival is probably on the phone with those guys right now, trying to hire them as engineers, since they managed to get a boat from one port to another without an incident.

 

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[Dinnwitted]

Will it be the nail in the coffin now? I wonder how Carnival will wiggle out of this one, if they can.

[DirkFunk]

It might be if they got thrown off by a mob of enraged Filipino crew members. I am putting nothing past the news at this point but I'm guessing that's probably not what happened.

[Dinnwitted]

No, I would say you probably went over the limit on this one. But how can a ship sail 150km without anyone noticing missing passengers?

[BeemerBoy]

But how can a ship sail 150km without anyone noticing missing passengers?

How? Easily....that's how.

[ahecht]

No, I would say you probably went over the limit on this one. But how can a ship sail 150km without anyone noticing missing passengers?

 

It's not like there is a daily roll call. 2 people out of thousands are easy to miss.

[Dinnwitted]

True, but don't they have ID cards for access? I'm just wondering if it could sound an alarm after a card is for predetermined time left unactivated.

[BeemerBoy]

To be fair to Carnival (God, did I actually say that?), it's just bad timing for a situation that is unfortunately somewhat "common" amongst all cruise lines. People go missing rather frequently. It just happens, and it's not the cruise lines' responsibility to hold each passenger's hand during their vacation.

[Moose]

It seems odd that they were "traveling with family and friends" and none of them noticed.