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From: Charles on 4 Feb 2010 06:14 In article <4b6a4aca$0$31258$607ed4bc(a)cv.net>, Tom K <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote: > Wanna bet that if I was going, as normal, on the Viking sailing this year... > that I'd have found us another "non-Carnival" option... just like I did last > year? : ) You said the same about Royal Caribbean. You came and now you like their ships. I think Carnival was in the cards this year for Vikings no matter what because people wanted something different. Carnival is not the best cruise line but it is not as bad as you have convinced yourself. -- Charles
From: George Leppla on 4 Feb 2010 07:52 Tom K wrote: > > What would I be missing if I went on the Queen Mary 2 instead of Carnival? > Or on Constellation instead of Carnival? Those ships have ZERO risk for me. Easy... you would be missing a good time with your friends. It isn't just about the ship. -- George Leppla Countryside Travel http://www.CruiseMaster.com Blog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CruiseMaster
From: George Leppla on 4 Feb 2010 08:01 Charles wrote: > In article <4b6a4aca$0$31258$607ed4bc(a)cv.net>, Tom K > <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote: > >> Wanna bet that if I was going, as normal, on the Viking sailing this year... >> that I'd have found us another "non-Carnival" option... just like I did last >> year? : ) > > You said the same about Royal Caribbean. You came and now you like > their ships. I think Carnival was in the cards this year for Vikings no > matter what because people wanted something different. > > Carnival is not the best cruise line but it is not as bad as you have > convinced yourself. > I'm often asked what is my favorite cruise line. Most of the time I say that Princess is... but here lately, I've come to realize that it is getting harder and harder for me to pick one over the others. They all do some things well and they all exceed what I expect from a cruise in the way of food, service, facilities and entertainment. (Except NCL... but I hear they are improving). I think Royal Caribbean and Celebrity have the best ships, Carnival has the best food, Princess has the best over-all "feel" on a ship.... and all of these things are so subjective that it is impossible to categorically say that one line is "better" than any other. Things that I like may not be important to other people so what I think may be "best" may be the worst for someone else. Living here in Louisiana, I'll quote Justin Wilson when he was talking about wine.... "The kine I like bes is the kine whut I got!" -- George Leppla Countryside Travel http://www.CruiseMaster.com Blog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CruiseMaster
From: Tom K on 4 Feb 2010 08:28 "George Leppla" <george(a)cruisemaster.com> wrote in message news:hkegf5016s7(a)news6.newsguy.com... > Charles wrote: >> In article <4b6a4aca$0$31258$607ed4bc(a)cv.net>, Tom K >> <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote: >> >>> Wanna bet that if I was going, as normal, on the Viking sailing this >>> year... that I'd have found us another "non-Carnival" option... just >>> like I did last year? : ) >> >> You said the same about Royal Caribbean. You came and now you like >> their ships. I think Carnival was in the cards this year for Vikings no >> matter what because people wanted something different. >> >> Carnival is not the best cruise line but it is not as bad as you have >> convinced yourself. >> > > I'm often asked what is my favorite cruise line. Most of the time I say > that Princess is... Linda said years ago that she thought Princess did the best job of doing everything well... like they looked at the best things everybody else did and tried to integrate it as best they could. They may not have any single expertise, or they may not be the best in any single category, but they seem to do many things very well. Like they were the only line that put TWO gangways in ports like Trinidad or Barbados... so instead of waiting in one long line to get on or off the ship, there were 2 lines. Sometime Celebrity had TWO, but one was only for crew. Princess also started the "separate stations" for the buffet well over a decade ago which I think is far and away the best design. You can hop from place to place with no lines. Their food might not be as good as Cunard or Celebrity, but it's still really good. Just lots of things done very well. --Tom
From: Sue Mullen on 4 Feb 2010 08:51
Stu wrote: > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:20:06 -0800, Ray Goldenberg > <ray(a)lighthousetravel.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 18:08:12 -0500, "Tom K" <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> >> wrote: >> >>> Now THAT was something I was impressed with... but I'm not impressed with >>> singing and dancing waiters. >> Hi Tom, >> >> I agree with you. Singing and dancing waiters are a major turn off >> for you and I. We do agree on many of the same cruise points. > > > I'm thinking it has alot to do with the age bracket as well. Stu, I don't think it has anything to do with age. IMO it has to do with seeing it again and again and again and getting bored with it. sue |