Charles :
> In article , Tony Rice
> wrote:
>
> > My image of Carnival is simple, I encountered enough drunk passengers on
> my
> > first and second cruises to leave an impression. I choose not to spend
> my
> > vacation dollars on a Carnival cruise in the future as a result. What's
> > wrong with that?
>
> I did not encounter enough, if any, drunks on the Carnival cruise that
> I took to make an impression. The image that I got of Carnival was of
> lower quality service and lower quality decor, and furnishings and
> lower quality ship design. And I did not like the low ceilings or the
> outside pool areas. And this was on what is supposed to be one of their
> better class of ships. The buffet food was an exception, it was great.
> I don't feel any need to give it another try and I don't understand why
> some folks are persistent in pushing that. Unfortunatly I don't have
> unlimited vacation time. It is no big deal that some of us don't like a
> cruise line that others like. It is just opinion and opinion comes down
> to a lot of things including taste and one's backround.
The thing is that those of us who like Carnival or what we consider to be
fair reviews of cruises time and time again see people who post negative
reviews of Carnival post comments exactly like yours above. It is very clear
that many share your opinion of Carnival and there is nothing to do about it
because in many ways it is subjective and if I try and look at a Carnival
ship with an objective eye I can see how you reached that conculsion -
because it is a matter of taste.
What Tony is talking about is not a matter of taste, a stumbling - vomiting -
swearing drunk is not something your eye can skip over if you are sober. And
if you are like me taking care of a younger brother in a coma caused a drunk
driver you have no soft spot for anyone running around drunk in public.
The problem is Tony's claims does not match the vast majority's experience
with Carnival, and it sure does not match mine, and I have ZERO forgiveness
of public drunkness.
Earl Colby Pottinger
PS. I bet you don't get a storm of protest about what you did not like about
Carnival, because people believe what you claim to see did appear that way to
you. Tony's claims require every boat to be Party-Central, which they are
not.
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