jray21 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 ^Yeah, that sounds terrible! I definitely don't want to share with some random strangers. And no choice for formal night is insane to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Yeah the sharing thing is extremely strange with Noro and everything!!! Royal Caribbean actually used to have an awesome Salad one of the nights for dinner that was served Family Style...it only lasted about six months as people complained about sharing and the risks involved. WTF is wrong with Carnival!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbomser Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 WTF is wrong with Carnival!?!? I think the better question may be "What is right about Carnival". Always keeping it klassy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 WTF is wrong with Carnival!?!? Everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Stratosphere Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Freedom of the Seas rescued two sailors early this morning that were adrift at sea. Cruise Critic reports the Royal Caribbean cruise ship found the two after the sailors shot a red flare to signal for attention. Royal Caribbean Director of global corporate communications Cynthia Martinez issued this statement regarding the incident, "the rescue occurred today at approximately 5:30 a.m. as the ship sailed from San Juan to Philipsburg, St. Maarten. After sailing toward the red flare, the ship encountered a small boat with two passengers. Crew lowered a boat into the water and rescued the two men, both from the Dominican Republic." After being rescued, Cruise Critic indicated that the Royal Caribbean crew gave the sailors food, water and medical treatment until they could be transfered to the United States Coast Guard in St. Maarten. www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2013/12/19/royal-caribbeans-freedom-of-the-seas-rescues-sailors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster Rider Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Cool. I'm planning to do a Royal Caribbean cruise this year. Puss in Boots and Penguins, Here I come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lankou Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Here's some news about Oasis 3 building. Well, not really news but STX has just build a new hoist, the most powerful in Europe, to can build ships faster. For now, Oasis 3 is still hide indoor but here is two pics showing new St-Nazaire landscape. On the first one, taken one month ago, you can see the Vladivistok, a landing helicopter dock for russian navy with the old blue hoist on the right. The second pic taken this week is showing the new red hoist ready for building Oasis 3. source : STX France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edh Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Just got back a week ago from a NCL cruise. Had a great time. Was 7 nights out of Tampa. Went to Belize, Honduras, Coasta Maya, and Cozumel. Everything was excellent. Plus not a lot of kids. Would gladly go on with them again. Didn't try the specialty dining. Still enjoyed the food though. Only thing that would have been better were the shows were geared a little more towards older people. I would next time go on the Epic with the Blue Man Group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Nice to hear you had a good cruise! I still haven't tried Norwegian. I'll give them a try one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Turbo Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I have only cruised with Norwegian twice, and they were great (both times it was an Alaskan cruise in the Pearl). The second time though a lot of the specialty restaurants that were free the first time had a fee the second time, there was only one or two that you didn't have to pay extra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilSaint Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 In other Carnival news, they have been rolling out a new dining program in the Main Dining Rooms on their ships (starting with the Carnival Glory last week, and starting on the Carnival Liberty, Imagination, and Inspiration in the next couple months). Appetizers, sides, and desserts are now served family style for the table, on formal night every table gets the same appetizer sampler platter, side, and dessert to share (there's no choice), and tablecloths are only used on formal nights. Yikes. I'm hoping this either bombs or doesn't make it past those few ships. We're going on the Sunshine in September (a friends 30th birthday cruise who refuses to sail on any other line despite comparable prices at the same time) and after seeing this we both agree we would avoid those nights at all costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 This picture is making the rounds online. Winter Storm Hercules doing it's thing to the Queen Mary 2 in NYC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I'd love to go on a cruise that's covered in snow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Stratosphere Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 ^^ that's an amazing photo! That snow has to weigh a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'd love to see photos and video of the crew taking care of all the snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Chiming in again simply to reiterate how ecstatic I am that I quit working for Carnival just about one year ago. I'd like to say there were some aspects of the company that were good, but there really aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoinItForTheFame Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 just booked my first cruise on Oasis Of The Seas.... And I'm so excited!!!! .... not really sure what too expect. Any tips??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 ^You're going to be very spoiled for future cruises! My tips would be: - Make sure to eat at Park Cafe. - Take the extra 10 minutes to have a personal pizza made for you at Sorrentos. - Do the zip line on the first day as soon as you get on board (make sure you're wearing closed toed shoes) - Sign all of the waivers online to save time. - If you're going to buy the soda package do it Onboard, not ahead of time as you'll get about 2 hours of extra soda time instead of having to wait to go to your cabin to get your special Freestyle cup. - Do some of the crazy activities. And a lot more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperShawn Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 ^^ watch quest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Ugh, one of the cruise ship enthusiast boards has a thread about Magic Bands and if they'd be good or bad for Royal Caribbean. Most of the people are so dumb and/or belong to that terrible tan lines website! I'm trying to educate them, but it's pointless. They're all wearing their tin foil hats and freaking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Haha, that's awesome. It's actually pretty surprising to me that they have a problem with it at all since it's virtually just your room key in a wristband form! I'm actually surprised the cruise line industry wasn't the first to fully implement it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Wow! Hadn't heard about this. http://gma.yahoo.com/prepared-cruise-ships-overboard-020026448--abc-news-travel.html?vp=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Ugh, one of the cruise ship enthusiast boards has a thread about Magic Bands and if they'd be good or bad for Royal Caribbean. Most of the people are so dumb and/or belong to that terrible tan lines website! I'm trying to educate them, but it's pointless. They're all wearing their tin foil hats and freaking out. Don't you know that a slight tanline on your wrist is equivalent to a death of a thousand papercuts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Wow! Hadn't heard about this. http://gma.yahoo.com/prepared-cruise-ships-overboard-020026448--abc-news-travel.html?vp=1 Carnival Cruise Lines, the industry’s largest cruise line, told “20/20” that extensive “testing at sea has yet to reveal any system that meets its standards.” Can't meet Carnival's standards?! There's no hope. We might as well off ourselves now, guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 (edited) ^I was amused by the reporter's demonstration of "man overboard technology" in which she jumped off a small yacht in front of a surveillance camera that trips an alarm (after shouting "3, 2, 1"). She then asks why cruise ships aren't installing these systems. Well, my guess would be that the requirements for monitoring a huge cruise ship full of drunken passengers are probably a bit more complicated than what you can use on a much smaller yacht that's tied up to a dock in a marina. Edited January 18, 2014 by cfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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