Thread: need some help making a decision!

Originally Posted by MCcruiser

I also just finished a cruise on Paradise. I have not sailed Monarch OTS, but I bumped into some women at the airport who had just disembarked from her and we compared notes.

It sounds like the evening entertainment was similar - shows, comedians, piano bars, etc., but Monarch had a band on the pool deck every day starting on sailaway, while Paradise only had music at the pool one nite, at a party after we left Ensenada.

The Casino on Paradise is no smoking, and I believe they allow it in the Monarch casino.

If you can think of anything else you would like us to compare, just ask!

Wow! I can't believe there is no smoking in the casino! That's got to cut way down on their profits.

Originally Posted by Chudley

Wow! I can't believe there is no smoking in the casino! That's got to cut way down on their profits.

Its a very small casino!!!! Smallest I've ever seen! Also, Paradise has a huge circle with a cigarette and line through it on the front of the side of the ship, it was painted over with white paint. Thats because the Paradise used to be a total no smoking ship, but they couldnt keep it full and lost money each sailing so the went to smoking.

Originally Posted by kornut145

thank you to everyone that replied! i ended up getting a much better price with the monarch, so i am going to go with rccl. it's a little disappointing that the monarch OTS doesn't serve lobster, but i will just have to settle for filet mignon and shrimp haha. like many of you have noted they are just so similar it seems that you should just go for the best deal! however, the fact that there isn't any sail-away parties on the paradise or much entertainment near the pool deck sold me to the monarch.

Good choice

Paradise didnt have filet mignon except in the form of wrapped in pastery and liver paste around beef wellington. But they had a mean NewYork Steak!