Thread: What made you decide to give Carnival a try?

Why did you decide to take your first CARNIVAL cruise?

I booked our first Carnival (B2B Glory) cruise because I'd read so much Carnival Bashing on the boards and wanted to see for myself.

I booked Carnival back in the 80s because they offered buy 1 get 1 free for day cruises for $99, or even FREE cruises to nowhere within a week of your birhtday.

I didnt even think about cruising again until 2006 when a diet group I belonged to put together a Princess cruise, way overpriced. $1300 pp I paid for my OV. yikes.. and I said 2 of us could do a cruise out of Galveston for that .. and sure enough.

Ecstasy in fall of 2006 was when I came back to cruising. It was a great cruise .. and started cruising a lot after that one.. seemed like such a bargain to me. I didnt join a cruise message board until later on .. so that was no influence.

We booked because of the price, mostly - and activities.

Originally Posted by freakcruiser

We booked because of the price, mostly - and activities.

Curtis, I thought you were going to say because your grandparents booked it and took you with them .... You're really very lucky they enjoy having you cruise with them.

I wanted to cruise to canada and Carnival had one from NY, my home port.

Originally Posted by kirkz

I wanted to cruise to canada and Carnival had one from NY, my home port.

That's a good reason and why we sometimes book a Carnival cruise out of Charleston.

I was joining friends on a cruise, and Carnival was the line that had already been picked. It was a good thing I went, because I was then able to get a returning cruiser discount when we took our first HAL cruise.

It was the Price back in 1995, after 28 cruises its still the same today.

Back in 1986 I had to go to the travel agents' office and pick up airline tickets for my boss. While I was waiting to get the tickets I spotted a Carnival book, so I picked it up. The rest is history. We've never had a problem with Carnival and the price is right for us. Maybe someday we will try a different cruise line.