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From: Sue Mullen on 5 Feb 2010 13:07 Becca wrote: > Carnival is not my favorite cruise line, I think Celebrity or Royal > Caribbean is, but each cruise line has their advantages. The singing > waiters gets old. Since the new cruisers enjoy it, I try to tolerate > it, but I do not like my ice cream melting while they sing "O Sole > Mio". On the Granduer they had singing waiters but it was very toned down and our assistant waiter continued serving dessert during the show. On Carnival, the only areas that were smoky to me, was the > casino, so I don't go there. Some of the lounges get smoky, but they do > have non-smoking lounges. As the years go by, the smoking areas on > cruise ships get fewer and fewer. Remember when you could smoke in the > buffet or the restaurant on a cruise ship? Even the non-smoking section of the casino was smokey and the staff did nothing to enforce the no smoking area. The lounges that do have non-smoking sections are so small, that the smoke is very much there in the non-smoking sections. We enjoy the lounges, listening to music, but can't do that on Carnival because of the smoke which makes my asthma act up. sue
From: Becca on 5 Feb 2010 16:07 gmbeasley(a)mindspring.com wrote: > Our trivia partners on Celebrity Mercury (who helped fill in the > blanks of our knowledge) are long time cruisers on Carnival and really > like that cruise line. They went on one Princess cruise and were > highly annoyed when Princess charged them extra for ice cream. Said > they would never do a Princess cruise again. I've never done either > of them. I am looking forward to trying Carnival because I hear the > food is terrific. And although I was disappointed in the food and > general 'togetherness' of the crew on Grandeur of the Seas, we are > trying RCCL again next year on a different ship. A few weeks ago, they were not charging for ice cream on the Caribbean Princess, but I know they have charged for ice cream in the past on that ship, and on the other ships. Carnival's lunch and dinner buffet offers a nice variety of food, but their salad bar is not my favorite. At breakfast, they will cook eggs any way you want them, but they do not have blintzes or a huge variety of fresh fruit. They do have ruby red grapefruit sections, which are one of my favorites, so all is forgiven. :-) Enjoy your Carnival cruise. Becca
From: gmbeasley on 5 Feb 2010 17:25 On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:07:59 -0600, Becca <becca(a)hal-pc.org> wrote: >gmbeasley(a)mindspring.com wrote: >> Our trivia partners on Celebrity Mercury (who helped fill in the >> blanks of our knowledge) are long time cruisers on Carnival and really >> like that cruise line. They went on one Princess cruise and were >> highly annoyed when Princess charged them extra for ice cream. Said >> they would never do a Princess cruise again. I've never done either >> of them. I am looking forward to trying Carnival because I hear the >> food is terrific. And although I was disappointed in the food and >> general 'togetherness' of the crew on Grandeur of the Seas, we are >> trying RCCL again next year on a different ship. > > >A few weeks ago, they were not charging for ice cream on the Caribbean >Princess, but I know they have charged for ice cream in the past on that >ship, and on the other ships. > > >Carnival's lunch and dinner buffet offers a nice variety of food, but >their salad bar is not my favorite. At breakfast, they will cook eggs >any way you want them, but they do not have blintzes or a huge variety >of fresh fruit. They do have ruby red grapefruit sections, which are >one of my favorites, so all is forgiven. :-) > I can't eat the grapefruit because of blood pressure meds although I love it. I didn't find the blintzes in the Mercury buffet until the last day. I do really wish they had a buffet map, especially since the two sides were different. It seems designed to make you walk as much as possible when they have different kinds of ice cream on one side than they have on the other. I missed the nice cold fruit soups that HAL does and also we only got one tiny little bread pudding at lunch in 12 days. >Enjoy your Carnival cruise. > Haven't booked one yet - on the to-do list. The next one for me is NCL America (because I'm going during summer vacation with my grandson, and that is the only option for that place and time frame) and for the two of us is RCCL.
From: Nonny on 5 Feb 2010 17:22 "Becca" <becca(a)hal-pc.org> wrote in message news:7t3fhnFiloU1(a)mid.individual.net... > gmbeasley(a)mindspring.com wrote: >> Our trivia partners on Celebrity Mercury (who helped fill in >> the >> blanks of our knowledge) are long time cruisers on Carnival and >> really >> like that cruise line. They went on one Princess cruise and >> were >> highly annoyed when Princess charged them extra for ice cream. >> Said >> they would never do a Princess cruise again. I've never done >> either >> of them. I am looking forward to trying Carnival because I >> hear the >> food is terrific. And although I was disappointed in the food >> and >> general 'togetherness' of the crew on Grandeur of the Seas, we >> are >> trying RCCL again next year on a different ship. > > > A few weeks ago, they were not charging for ice cream on the > Caribbean Princess, but I know they have charged for ice cream > in the past on that ship, and on the other ships. > > > Carnival's lunch and dinner buffet offers a nice variety of > food, but their salad bar is not my favorite. At breakfast, > they will cook eggs any way you want them, but they do not have > blintzes or a huge variety of fresh fruit. They do have ruby > red grapefruit sections, which are one of my favorites, so all > is forgiven. :-) Speaking of eggs, Becca, the Carnival Legend had two omelet/fried egg stations each breakfast, and each station had 3 skillets for a total of 6. On the Ryndam, there was precisely one station and it had one skillet. OTOH, the Ryndam offered a waffle station where you could get small, fresh, waffles topped with cream and many fruits. The best part was the Ryndam's Eggs Benedict station. There, a fellow would toast muffins, top them with poached eggs and any number of meats or veggies, complete with a great Hollandaise sauce. They were of restaurant quality, the selection was terrific and of course, they were fresh. Having a broken collar bone, and with the bride on a scooter, HAL is tops still in having helpful people assisting you in the Lido deck without even being asked. The Legend's Lido staff was great, no doubt about it, but the Ryndam's was more geared for people needing assistance. Coffee was a weak spot, however, Carnival has huge coffee makers that never seem to run out and are self-serve. HAL's Ryndam, OTOH, had two coffee makers and without exaggeration, one was always brewing. I'd say that in the 14 days we were on the ship, there were always 4-5 people in line for coffee and we'd usually be told it had run out and to go to the other side of the ship to see if that coffee maker was OK. The flip side of the coin, however, was that with Carnival, we would generally have to get up and refill our own coffee cups, where HAL had people continually walking around with coffee to refill cups at the tables. -- Nonny ELOQUIDIOT (n) A highly educated, sophisticated, and articulate person who has absolutely no clue concerning what they are talking about. The person is typically a media commentator or politician.
From: Charles on 5 Feb 2010 19:28
In article <7t31pvF4bmU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Becca <becca(a)hal-pc.org> wrote: > When you are traveling with friends and family, the ship becomes less > important. The joy is seeing each other, having fun, talking about old > times and making new memories. This is what makes the Viking group so > much fun, regardless of the ship. I agree. The fun with the group and cruising with friends is what is important. The ship is secondary. And besides my it was five years ago that I was on Carnival. it is time to see what Carnival is like now. Things don't always stay the same. -- Charles |