You will NEVER see me on a Disney cruise, unless they put in a casino. That is the one form of entertainment that I enjoy on a cruise, and I wouldn't cruise without one. While I live less than 2 hours from the Tampa Hard Rock Casino, I resist the urge to go there by telling myself that I will "save" the money for the casino on the ship. I believe it saves me money in the long run.
I noticed that almost 50% of the people said that they will never sail on Carnival again. I'm surprised by that, but not disappointed. If Carnival has a hard time filling it's ships, the price will stay low for when I want to cruise
Of the cruise lines in the list, I have not cruised with HAL and Disney. The pricing on Disney will keep me away. I would love to try HAL.
I've cruised with Carnival 4 times now, and this cruise I got off this morning was the first time a Carnival Cabin Attendant was not up to par with those on previous Carnival cruises, but I will point out, she was not horrible that I will stay away from Carnival again. On the contrary, I'm looking at future Carnival cruises just hours after getting off the Imagination this morning.
We will never cruise on Cunard(QM2) again. Too british for us. Although the food was good, the entertainment is not what we appreciate. This ship is best suited for Trans atlantic crossings and not cruising the caribbean. There was no activities for teens. As for the pools, not much to talk about.
OK let me get this straight. You say the food was good. And no activities for teens? Hmmm. I never considered Cunard before, but it's starting to sound pretty good!
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I voted for RCI -- we sailed on them once quite a few years ago -- way before they had climbing walls, ice skating, all those BIIIG ships.
We were not impressed -- they never even put a bed spread on the bed -- all you saw was luggage under the bed and the blankets and sheets -- rarely was the ice bucket ever filled -- had to keep calling and asking for ice -- we absolutely would not give a tip after the first time as we felt the ice bucket could have been filled at leasst twice a day!!
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I marked HAL, (just because of the poor CS, Neal experienced), Disney as it is non-smoking and expensive, RCL, for the poor customer service I experienced, the only exception is I do want to do the Oasis.
I chose NCL, went on the Spirit with a group of around 40 and we all pretty much agreed that it was the worst cruise we've ever been on. Won't go into all the details....it's just not our cup of tea. We will stick with Carnival and Royal Caribbean from now on.
Kirsten
NCL Spirit!! in
Gone cruisin'
Carvival Fantasy,
Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas,
NCL Spirit
When some of you say you'll never cruise a particular cruise line again because of a bad experience you had on a cruise - do you ever think it could be just that one particular ship you were on which had that particular problem, and maybe not the entire cruiseline?
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When some of you say you'll never cruise a particular cruise line again because of a bad experience you had on a cruise - do you ever think it could be just that one particular ship you were on which had that particular problem, and maybe not the entire cruiseline?
With my cruiseline (Louis) it's the whole cruiseline that doesn't offer the amenities that I expect on a cruise. We had issues finding food, plus they sank a ship so I'll be staying far away.
Big Red Boat 11/1994 (Bahamas); HAL Rotterdam 9/1996(Alaska); Carnival Sensation 5/2000 (W. Carib); Carnival Tropicale 8/2000 (W. Carib); Carnival Destiny 6/2002 (S. Carib); Carnival Miracle 5/2004 (E. Carib); Carnival Legend 1/2005 (Exotic W. Carib); Louis Emerald 3/2005 (Greek Isles); RCI Explorer of the Seas (Bermuda) 9/2008; RCI Brilliance of the Seas (MED) 11/2008; RCI Adventure of the Seas (Southern Caribbean) 9/2009