In article <4dtj621s1f0mb4bsmtngsac38jaht63rb2@4ax.com>,
Dillon Pyron wrote:
> Thus spake dcostantiello@gmail.com :
>
> >Hello All,
> >
> >My family and I are currently shopping around for a 7 Day Southern
> >Caribbean cruise from San Juan, Puerto Rico for February. We are
> >specifically looking at cruises that visit the following 5 islands: St.
> >Thomas, Dominica, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua. After doing some
> >research we've discovered that Royal Caribbean, Princess, and Carnival
> >all offer cruises with the same itinerary.
> >
> >We've sailed on several cruises with Royal Caribbean and one with
> >Princess. We've had a great time on each cruise and never had any
> >negative comments. None of us have ever sailed Carnival and I'm hoping
> >some of you out there can give some feedback about the cruising
> >Carnival. I've heard very mixed reviews about sailing with Carnival and
> >would like to hear how Carnival's food, service, cleanliness,
> >activities, atmosphere, etc. compare to Royal Caribbean and Princess?
> >
> >The cruise we're looking at will be aboard the Carnival Destiny ship.
> >Have anyone sailed this ship before, if so, how was your experience? If
> >we were to sail Royal Caribbean it would be aboard the Serenade Of The
> >Seas and for Princess it would be aboard the Crown Princess. Any
> >comments about either of these two ships?
> >
> >Any feedback would be a great help.
>
> Dave, some will proclaim that the drinking is to the excess. I
> personally have never seen any. The one thing, however, is that the
> cruises were all during the summer, when there were more families on
> board. February may be different. May be different.
>
> My main complaint is the smoking. Around the pool there's a smoking
> and nonsmoking side, but sometimes smokers would come over to "our"
> side. And the staff would do nothing to stop them, even when asked.
>
> Service has been pretty to very good and the food has consistently
> been top notch. I really look forward to sampling Celebrity if their
> food is in fact better.
>
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >- Dave
And sometimes the nonsmokers come to the smoking side and then bitch...
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