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> 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.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Dave
>
I've been on about 30 cruises and did one on Carnival. It will be my first
and last on Carnival.
This group tends to be very divided on Carnival. Half seems to love
Carnival. The other half don't like Carnival. Me... I won't go on Carnival
again if it was free.
I would rate Carnival lower than the likes of Princess and Celebrity as far
as food, service, and cleanliness. Though many here like Carnival's food.
The ship designs tend to be on the hideous side as far as interiors.
Activities are pretty similar to other lines, though we found the comedians
and cruise directors a bit more "low class" than you'll find on other lines.
On our sailing (on Destiny FWIW)... we had a barrage of fart jokes from
comedians and John Heald, the CD. Another comedian featured a serious of
jokes that were very derogatory of women. My wife walked out halfway
through the show.
Destiny would be pretty much my last choice for a Southern Caribbean
sailing. I'd rather not go than sail Destiny again.
--Tom
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