Carnival Cruise

[floydhound]

Hi,whos used carnival and what did you think?What company did you book through.Anyone used the carnival.com website?Thanks

[Jet]

Hi... we used Carnival last January...it was on the Imagination.
As for value for money it cannot be bettered.
Our other cruises were all Princess...and I was a bit worried thinking what we were going to get! We felt Carnival would be less stuffy as we were taking our
DGD. and the kids club was very good.
The food..service..rooms..facilities..entertainment... staff and
port choices are just as good.
The only thing I noticed a bit different was the dressing up...there seemed to be more tuxedos and evening gowns..on Princess.
On Carnival they were smart suits and dresses...which I now prefer.
I would go for it..I am waiting for Carnival tobring out there prices for August 2011.
Vacations to Go are a really good site to book with..but quite a few all do good discounts.
Most of the ships have been recently refurbished and have lots of new features.
We used the website mostly to see our countdown go down!
A good site to go on is Cruise Critic.
Jean

[Guest]

We sailed on Liberty's maiden voyage.

The ship was beautiful and the service was excellent.

We really enjoyed it.

[kevbrydon]

Hi we have done Carnival and it was ok... good value for the money but we had just done a Disney cruise and it was no comparison... vacations to go were great for booking both cruises...

[Guest]

Hi, we have been on a number of Carnival Cruises and find them great value for money. The kids love the kids club and as soon as they get on the ship start planning what they want to do from the programme. We find the kids club especially good for our son who is a type 1 Diabetic - the staff issue us with a staff mobile phone which means that they can contact us at any time so he can go to the clubs and participate in all activities safely.
If you book through Carnival.com you will be assigned a personnal cruise advisor (ours is David Robinson) who for future cruises will try to get you an upgrade. Carnival also have a pricing policy that if you book then your cruise goes into sale if you contact your cruise advisor they will discount your booking to the sale price - we got $400 of our summer cruise last year this way.
If you look on Carvinal.com some of the cruises have already been released for 2011.


Kev - what made the Disney Cruise so special - I have looked at them but wonder if I can justify the extra cost - also concerned that the kids club will not be as good and then you are stuck on the ship with two unhappy kids.

Christine
Hope this helps.

Christine

[Tom Morrow]

There is a lot of information on cruisecritic.com and also a link to cruisecompete for once you have made a choice - we saved money by putting our details in cruise compete and choosing the best offer.

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Cruise Critic is invaluable and also try Cruise Compete if you find a route and a ship and a date you want for a price comparison with different agencies

[kevbrydon]

Hi Christine...we felt that everything on the Disney Cruise was top quality... the Ship is well decorated Bars and nightclubs are top notch kids club never used but have read Dibbers trip reports on this and they raved about them..Cabins..Food to die for... Staff...Broadway Shows... ports of call ( castaway ) and was better than any of the Disney Theme parks... it is pricy, but you do tend to compare cruise's with the Disney one and the Disney experience... just like you compare Florida with any other Holiday... haven't tried Princesss or Royal Carribean... I did comment at the time that Carnival was like Butlins but on the sea and got FLAMED for it...but I used to like Butlins! it is something you must try at least once... we were nearly in tears when we had to leave the ship!

[HiddenMickey35]

I have been Carnival Cruise - Fantasy (which I won by Thomas Cook) in 1995 and have been on Disney Cruise 3 times..

I voted for Disney Cruise as it is my heart Everything was so good...

Carnival Cruise was good but I dont think for kids... but lots of booze, gambles, dancing and games... also people dressed up seem like bridesmaid, long dresses some of them were overdressing which was not for me...

I love formal dress etc but not that Carnival cruise as I don't believe it when I saw it...

Thumb up to Disney but some people love Carnival anyway...

I booked RC for next year and nervous about it as I hope I don't regard it...

Scottishwee35

[Guest]

We're having 4 days in orlando - 7 nights western carribean cruise on the carnival legend, then 6 days back in Orlando. Flying out on 25/04, we're really excited as we've done 3 med cruises with Thompson, so looking forward to a bit of luxuary in a balcony cabin.
Will let you know what we think.