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Jean,
Actually I LOVE Miami, and go there at least three weekends a year for either concerts or auto races. Great food and hospitality. But my observation still is, that the Port of Miami is on the low end of the Port food chain. |
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So glad to see all this. My family took the Carnival Victory on a 5 day
to Canada out of NYC this past July and it was wonderfull!! Never understood the Carnival bashing. Service was great as was the food. Definitely above the "restaurant chain" type of food people on this groop had talked about. I'll be on carnival again next year... possibly the Legend or the Miracle. Ed In article , "Tobie Gerbrandt" wrote: Hi Cynthia, I'd like to say "welcome to the group", and suggest that you ignore those that insult the intelligence of the general cruising public. Learn how to use your kill file for those you'd rather not read and you'll do fine. Abusive language and personal insults are not appreciated by most of us, and is a clear indication that the persons acting in this way are, for the most part, "TROLLS" who just want to make someone feel bad. The "Carnival Bashers" are a small minority here. Most of us thoroughly enjoy all the cruises we go on regardless of which line we sail. In my personal experience in 26 cruises with all the popular lines, and some obscure ones, I'd rate Carnival about even with RCCL, and slightly below Princess and NCL. I'd rate Holland America and Celebrity another notch higher, and have never sailed on the "Luxury" lines due to the fact that I don't have "money to burn". I don't believe the experience on these so called upscale cruises are worth the exhorbitant price tags. Tobieon an Island in the Pacific "Cynthia Taylor" wrote in message ... I just took my first cruise, a 4 day cruise on the Carnival Fascination. It hooked me on cruising. I don't know, maybe I'm not qualified to post here having only taken one cruise, but I thought the cruise was fantastic. I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to figure out why there is so much Carnival venom in this group, and I just can't. Maybe my standards are lower. But I went on the cruise to see if I would like cruising. I went to relax, and have fun. I'm a 30 year old software architect with 2 small children, and this was our first (my husband and I) trip away from the children. I don't consider myself to be trailer trash, even though we did sail out of Miami. I didn't take part in a lot of the on-board activities, because my primary goal was to kick back and relax. But whenever we wanted to do something, there was something fun going on. The room was much better than I expected (size wise and shape-wise), and while my room stewerd was probably not the best available, he certainly did his job and we had no complaints. The ship was in good shape, the sit-down dinners were fantastic, the buffets were what you would expect from a buffet, maybe a step up. The cruise director was hilarious, the stops at port were well organized, and anytime I had a problem, the information desk was friendly and immediately helpful. The pools weren't crowded, I never had a problem finding a deck chair. My husband (who is VERY hard to please at times) can't wait to go on our next cruise based on the one that we had (a 7 day cruise that includes Belize), so I was stunned when I came to this newsgroup and read all the negative Carnival comments. All I can think is that if the 7 day cruises are that much better than the 4 day cruises, then our next cruise is going to blow us away, because we loved the 4 day one. Cyn --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/2003 |
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Cynthia Taylor wrote: I just took my first cruise, a 4 day cruise on the Carnival Fascination. It hooked me on cruising. I don't know, maybe I'm not qualified to post here having only taken one cruise, but I thought the cruise was fantastic. Cynthia, There are no qualifications for posting here, everyone is welcome. The only exception is the trolls and I am sure you will figure out who they are and ignore them of killfile them. We sailed on the Fascination a number of years ago and enjoyed the ship very much. I think it was a good choice for you to try cruising and am glad you enjoyed yourself. Once you take a 7 day cruise, you will not want to take a shorter cruise again. sue |
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Cynthia,
If I can post you can post....I've only been on two! When I started the thread I was specifically looking for subjective opinions. I was pretty disappointed in our Carnival cruise but saw several good reviews here from all types: veterans to newbies. I know that we will try Carnival again because of what so many others have shared. Hopefully we were just in the wrong place at the wrong time!!! -- Christy Phil 4:13 |
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The problem is that ships are very poorly managed. There is rampant
nepotism and cronyism. I have been on ships where the guest relations manager is the girlfriend (or boyfriend) of the captain or hotel manager. Howard And THIS is exactly what scared my poor young clients away from telling on their cabin steward. They were afraid they tell one of his friends and things would get worse. They were young, inexperienced, and timid. No excuse to treat them the way they were treated either. TBird ---- who couldn't offer up any compensation and felt frustrated and helpless ~~~~~~~ One of the Four Horsewomen of the ATH Gutter |
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Cynthia
welcome to the group. I am so glad you enjoyed your first cruise. There are some folks here who have never cruised Carnival but who have heard from a friend's friend's friend how awful Carnival is. Then there is another group who took one Carnival cruise and had a bad experience which happens, believe me, on any cruise line you travel. SUNNY.......hopes you cruise and enjoy many more cruises, S'nd I |
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Cynthia Taylor wrote in message . ..
I just took my first cruise, a 4 day cruise on the Carnival Fascination. It hooked me on cruising. I don't know, maybe I'm not qualified to post here having only taken one cruise, but I thought the cruise was fantastic. This is good news to me Cynthia, as I am booked on this ship and cruise for Jan. Technically it's my second cruise (first on the Nile) but it will be my first cruise on a big ship. From my point of me, all hotels and rooms are the same. Nothing ever beats my nice comfy sheets and bed, my soft towels in the bathroom or our soft Vancouver water which is heavenly to bathe in. Or a fridge and kitchen stocked with what I want. So no matter where I go, the beds, towels and water are never up to my standards and that is all important to me, but I have never stayed anywhere that has that "at home" feeling. So I do not spend $200 more a night to stay in "nicer" place because those things will still be the same. A hotel room is a hotel room everywhere. I hope the food is good on the ship, as I am vegetarian, and if not, it will be a no-food diet. LOL It certainly won't be the first or last time this vegetarian has gone hungry but from what I've heard, the food is edible. Okay, it can not be as bad as food in England! stomach clenches in fear See you all on the Fascination second week of Jan! ~Melanie |
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