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Carnival vs Princess
Planning a 30th anniversary cruise to Alaska next August. Was wondering
what the major differences are, if any, of the 2 ships. I heard the food is bad on the Carnival, but the rooms are a bit bigger than most other lines too. We are 50/51 and don't want to be with a bunch of senior citizens Susan |
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I found the food in the dining room better on Carnival, but Princess usually
had tastier offerings in their Horizon Court buffet. Both lines each have some food items better or worse than the other. Just depends on your tastes. I especially enjoy the Afternoon Tea on Princess. Lindsay Susan wrote: Planning a 30th anniversary cruise to Alaska next August. Was wondering what the major differences are, if any, of the 2 ships. I heard the food is bad on the Carnival, but the rooms are a bit bigger than most other lines too. We are 50/51 and don't want to be with a bunch of senior citizens Susan |
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Susan wrote: Planning a 30th anniversary cruise to Alaska next August. Was wondering what the major differences are, if any, of the 2 ships. I heard the food is bad on the Carnival, but the rooms are a bit bigger than most other lines too. We are 50/51 and don't want to be with a bunch of senior citizens The ports of call would probably be the deciding factor for me. The food on the Spirit is very good. Becca -----enjoys cruising on Princess and Carnival... Sleazy3 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy3.htm MOAGC http://www.motherofallgroupcruises.com/ Miracle in May http://www.cruisemaster.com/miracle.htm |
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I've found the food on Carnival to be excellent...
"Becca" wrote in message ... Susan wrote: Planning a 30th anniversary cruise to Alaska next August. Was wondering what the major differences are, if any, of the 2 ships. I heard the food is bad on the Carnival, but the rooms are a bit bigger than most other lines too. We are 50/51 and don't want to be with a bunch of senior citizens The ports of call would probably be the deciding factor for me. The food on the Spirit is very good. Becca -----enjoys cruising on Princess and Carnival... Sleazy3 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy3.htm MOAGC http://www.motherofallgroupcruises.com/ Miracle in May http://www.cruisemaster.com/miracle.htm |
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I've found the food on Carnival to be excellent...
"Becca" wrote in message ... Susan wrote: Planning a 30th anniversary cruise to Alaska next August. Was wondering what the major differences are, if any, of the 2 ships. I heard the food is bad on the Carnival, but the rooms are a bit bigger than most other lines too. We are 50/51 and don't want to be with a bunch of senior citizens The ports of call would probably be the deciding factor for me. The food on the Spirit is very good. Becca -----enjoys cruising on Princess and Carnival... Sleazy3 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy3.htm MOAGC http://www.motherofallgroupcruises.com/ Miracle in May http://www.cruisemaster.com/miracle.htm |
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On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:36:05 -0700, Susan wrote:
Was wondering what the major differences are, if any, of the 2 ships. What ships? |
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On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:36:05 -0700, Susan wrote:
Was wondering what the major differences are, if any, of the 2 ships. What ships? |
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Of our 31 cruises to date (covering most of the major mass market lines),
the food on Carnival was by far the worst. Others may disagree (and you've heard comments to the contrary) but this is my honest opinion. The variety in the buffet, particularly breakfast, which is an important meal to me, was minimal on our sailing (Destiny). Instead of a nice selection of fresh fruits, they had a bowl of canned grapefruit sections and a bowl of diced up melon. There was 3 huge bins of eggs, bacon and sausages. That was it for the hot selection. For dinner, salads weren't fresh. Meats were of lesser quality (shoe leather tough). And I won't even eat seafood unless it's either Celebrity or Princess. To be honest though, I have heard better things about the newer class of ship, however I have no experience with them, and will not spend my money to go on them. Once was one time too many. And Carnival now owns Princess and my wife and kids just came back from their 4th Princess cruise and said that now the food had fallen below the level of Royal Caribbean's food. I'm pretty much sticking with Celebrity these days, though I did consider Crystal (with Crystal you're talking the luxury category) for an upcoming New England/Canada sailing. I've kind of even written Princess off after my wife's recent sailing. I would suggest looking at Celebrity and Crystal. If you're going to spend big money on airfare to get to Alaska... why not go for something like Crystal instead of a cheaper line. I've seen Princess specials for $499 per person, but almost $1000 for air. Why spend $1000 on air for a $499 cruise? August will be peak family season, so it won't be only seniors on board. Not on any line. Just my opinion. --Tom "Susan" wrote in message news:yCM4d.228077$4o.121135@fed1read01... Planning a 30th anniversary cruise to Alaska next August. Was wondering what the major differences are, if any, of the 2 ships. I heard the food is bad on the Carnival, but the rooms are a bit bigger than most other lines too. We are 50/51 and don't want to be with a bunch of senior citizens Susan |
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Of our 31 cruises to date (covering most of the major mass market lines),
the food on Carnival was by far the worst. Others may disagree (and you've heard comments to the contrary) but this is my honest opinion. The variety in the buffet, particularly breakfast, which is an important meal to me, was minimal on our sailing (Destiny). Instead of a nice selection of fresh fruits, they had a bowl of canned grapefruit sections and a bowl of diced up melon. There was 3 huge bins of eggs, bacon and sausages. That was it for the hot selection. For dinner, salads weren't fresh. Meats were of lesser quality (shoe leather tough). And I won't even eat seafood unless it's either Celebrity or Princess. To be honest though, I have heard better things about the newer class of ship, however I have no experience with them, and will not spend my money to go on them. Once was one time too many. And Carnival now owns Princess and my wife and kids just came back from their 4th Princess cruise and said that now the food had fallen below the level of Royal Caribbean's food. I'm pretty much sticking with Celebrity these days, though I did consider Crystal (with Crystal you're talking the luxury category) for an upcoming New England/Canada sailing. I've kind of even written Princess off after my wife's recent sailing. I would suggest looking at Celebrity and Crystal. If you're going to spend big money on airfare to get to Alaska... why not go for something like Crystal instead of a cheaper line. I've seen Princess specials for $499 per person, but almost $1000 for air. Why spend $1000 on air for a $499 cruise? August will be peak family season, so it won't be only seniors on board. Not on any line. Just my opinion. --Tom "Susan" wrote in message news:yCM4d.228077$4o.121135@fed1read01... Planning a 30th anniversary cruise to Alaska next August. Was wondering what the major differences are, if any, of the 2 ships. I heard the food is bad on the Carnival, but the rooms are a bit bigger than most other lines too. We are 50/51 and don't want to be with a bunch of senior citizens Susan |
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Of our 31 cruises to date (covering most of the major mass market lines),
the food on Carnival was by far the worst. Others may disagree (and you've heard comments to the contrary) but this is my honest opinion. The variety in the buffet, particularly breakfast, which is an important meal to me, was minimal on our sailing (Destiny). Instead of a nice selection of fresh fruits, they had a bowl of canned grapefruit sections and a bowl of diced up melon. There was 3 huge bins of eggs, bacon and sausages. That was it for the hot selection. For dinner, salads weren't fresh. Meats were of lesser quality (shoe leather tough). And I won't even eat seafood unless it's either Celebrity or Princess. To be honest though, I have heard better things about the newer class of ship, however I have no experience with them, and will not spend my money to go on them. Once was one time too many. And Carnival now owns Princess and my wife and kids just came back from their 4th Princess cruise and said that now the food had fallen below the level of Royal Caribbean's food. I'm pretty much sticking with Celebrity these days, though I did consider Crystal (with Crystal you're talking the luxury category) for an upcoming New England/Canada sailing. I've kind of even written Princess off after my wife's recent sailing. I would suggest looking at Celebrity and Crystal. If you're going to spend big money on airfare to get to Alaska... why not go for something like Crystal instead of a cheaper line. I've seen Princess specials for $499 per person, but almost $1000 for air. Why spend $1000 on air for a $499 cruise? August will be peak family season, so it won't be only seniors on board. Not on any line. Just my opinion. --Tom "Susan" wrote in message news:yCM4d.228077$4o.121135@fed1read01... Planning a 30th anniversary cruise to Alaska next August. Was wondering what the major differences are, if any, of the 2 ships. I heard the food is bad on the Carnival, but the rooms are a bit bigger than most other lines too. We are 50/51 and don't want to be with a bunch of senior citizens Susan |
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