New rules on Carnival Cruises stir controversey
People are alleging the new rules are Anti-Black or targeted toward the line's black patrons.
These include:
Zero Tolerance for Marjiuana
1 am curfew for all passengers under 18 not accompanied by an adult
Restrictions on personal speakers
Strict adherence to the 15 drink daily limit
There are also accusations that Carnival has unofficially banned rap and hip-hop music in its clubs and bars and has additionally prevented DJs from playing songs from that genre on the pool deck.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 193 | July 11, 2025 3:29 AM
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Boo hoo hoo. The rules sound reasonable. Except for the rap and hip-hop ban. That is profiling.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 10, 2025 12:58 AM
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No butt sex on the lido deck.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 10, 2025 12:58 AM
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Hmmm I wonder why ? Just like Amtrak,and airlines that are cheap,or malls ,or state fairs or concerts, a large gathering of certain individuals always seems to create conflict. Google Orange park mall here in Jax Fl . a couple of days ago and we had 100s of feral teens running amok. Not for the 1st time. Jumping on cars,fighting,running into heavy traffic,stealing etc.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 10, 2025 1:01 AM
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Sounds perfectly fine to me.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 10, 2025 1:06 AM
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[quote] Strict adherence to the 15 drink daily limit
What??!!!
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 10, 2025 1:06 AM
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What R5 said. Fifteen drinks of anything is crazy yet alone stuff with alcohol.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 10, 2025 1:08 AM
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What about crab legs? Will passengers still be able to get their crab legs?
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 10, 2025 1:09 AM
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I thought the same thing R5 & R6, but drink packages are usually per person on a cruise, so it is very possible to get a drink, give it to someone (maybe underage), and then go back and get another.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 10, 2025 1:10 AM
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Carnival is one of the cheapest priced, so the clientele they attract necessitate these type of rules.
You won’t find a “15 drink limit” on Celebrity, because their customer base isn’t ghetto people.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 10, 2025 1:11 AM
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What about scrimps? How many scrimps we has a day on the ship?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 10, 2025 1:12 AM
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Fried chicken still ok though?
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 10, 2025 1:13 AM
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All HETEROSEXUAL FATTIES are required to walk on the treadmill in the fitness room for a minimum of 30 minutes per day.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 10, 2025 1:13 AM
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If you've ever seen YouTube videos of out of control fights on cruise ships, you'd understand why Carnival has implemented these rules.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 10, 2025 1:13 AM
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It’s NOT A Fucking Carnival Cruise™️
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 10, 2025 1:17 AM
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When I type in carni into the YouTube search box the first autofill is “carnival cruise fights” and there must be hundreds of videos. Apparently CCL is know as “section 8 of the seas” Not that it affects me. In the least. I’m more likely to blow Kim jong-un on worldwide live TV than I am to do on a carnival cruise.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 10, 2025 1:24 AM
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The good part starts at 3:12
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 17 | July 10, 2025 1:27 AM
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TikTok videos have put a real hurt on Carnival and forced them to deal with these issues. It’ll be interesting to see if their crowd tries other cruise lines and how they’ll deal with them.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 10, 2025 1:43 AM
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[quote]Strict adherence to the 15 drink daily limit
Dear Lord in Heaven!
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 10, 2025 1:55 AM
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Their policies aren’t racist, they’re just targeted at the people who cause all of the problems.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 10, 2025 2:00 AM
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The drunkest rowdiest group I ever saw in on a ship ( car ferry) were a group of young Orthodox Jewish men. Apparently on their way to a wedding. No fighting though .
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 10, 2025 2:02 AM
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I hear there are going to be new rules for the gay cruises targeting the trashy gays.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 10, 2025 2:05 AM
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The confused white couple investigating the scene at 10:10 in R17’s video. 😂
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 10, 2025 2:07 AM
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15 drinks? Holy shit that's a lot.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 10, 2025 2:09 AM
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r16 r17 r18 r19 r23 I wonder why you're so invested in this topic?
by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 10, 2025 2:10 AM
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i’ve drank more than 15 drinks on a holiday gay pride sunday. also remember, on carnival drinks are measured pours, so much less alcohol than we gays are used to.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 10, 2025 2:10 AM
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R16- There's a video on youtube of some American ghetto blacks in Italy writing graffiti on some historical bridge and two young Italians are chiding them for writing on the bridge and the blacks accused them of being racist.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 10, 2025 2:12 AM
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[quote] Strict adherence to the 15 drink daily limit
This legit sounds like a Moe Szyslack line.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 10, 2025 2:12 AM
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R28 The one time I drank that much I was hung over for four days.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 10, 2025 2:14 AM
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They didn’t say delta 8! You can get breath strips and put them in a regular breath strip container.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | July 10, 2025 2:14 AM
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[quote] People are alleging the new rules are Anti-Black or targeted toward the line's black patrons.
Pick a capital.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 10, 2025 2:14 AM
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The ghetto, hunny. The GHETTO!!!
by Anonymous | reply 36 | July 10, 2025 2:15 AM
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This will only drive up clientele.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | July 10, 2025 2:15 AM
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Is there downlow BBC on these ghetto cruises? On men under 200lbs?
by Anonymous | reply 39 | July 10, 2025 2:15 AM
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R39 You make it sound like visiting flyoverstan.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | July 10, 2025 2:20 AM
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Some people had no home training.
Sad.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | July 10, 2025 3:16 AM
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How are they going to track how much you drink in a day?
by Anonymous | reply 43 | July 10, 2025 3:26 AM
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I think these Sharkeishas have learned to have one person buy a drink package, and then scam unlimited drinks for their entire entourage. Hence the new “15 drink daily limit”.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | July 10, 2025 3:27 AM
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15 is around one drink an hour (not counting sleep time). That's a silly limit for a vacation.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | July 10, 2025 3:36 AM
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Well, Well , Well..... I hate to say I told you so....but ...
by Anonymous | reply 46 | July 10, 2025 3:42 AM
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I’ll bet Carnival’s onboard shops have a high rate of theft.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 10, 2025 3:46 AM
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I was on one years ago and it was a MAGa shithole.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 10, 2025 4:02 AM
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R48 Carnival is a weird mix of hot-dog eating, NASCAR-loving MAGA Bubbas and ratchet, section 8, 3 baby daddy LaToyas.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 10, 2025 4:09 AM
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It's the Motel 6 of cruise lines - I've never been on one and never will.
But yeah - the hiphop and rap is still divisive and many people do not want to hear it. I don't care if it offends some people - it makes a lot of people's ears bleed.
You've got earbuds - you don't need to have that crap blasted everywhere.
10% of it is great - but 90% is just ghetto crap and everyone knows it. Now - equally, I'd like a ban on Country.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | July 10, 2025 4:12 AM
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What about legally prescribed cannabis?
by Anonymous | reply 51 | July 10, 2025 4:14 AM
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Wait, so people do the bullshit personal speakers and speakerphone media and phone calls on Cruise Ships? I guess they do, huh.
Ok, I'm not going to this either. These fucktards ruin it for everyone with their stupidity.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 10, 2025 4:15 AM
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R49- Anotherwords RIFF RAFF
by Anonymous | reply 53 | July 10, 2025 4:17 AM
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My mom paid for my sister and her family to go on a cruise with her. My sister and her husband would get up late, eat at the buffet and drink until they passed out. Then they would get up for another dinner buffet and get blotto drunk again. I am sure they were drinking more than 15 drinks each.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | July 10, 2025 4:27 AM
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The first time I went on a cruise was one of those Atlantis gay cruises.
I was chatting with one of the staff people. I joked that they must get hazard pay for this cruise. He said the staff actually enjoyed it because the people were more fun and the rules were significantly relaxed.
He also mentioned that the first Atlantis cruise that he ever worked they had stocked the bars with the regular amount of alcohol that they would for a normal cruise. They had to restock at the first port because they had already burned through about 80% of what they were carrying. He said the staff was stunned at how much liquor gay men go through.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | July 10, 2025 4:31 AM
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None of these rules are outrageous nor do any appear obviously targeting any demographic.
If these basic and sensible restrictions offend you - and everyone must be offended these days - you shouldn’t be rudely encroaching on civilized people’s hard-earned vacations.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | July 10, 2025 4:46 AM
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[quote] She pointed out that viral cruise fights never happen in the clubs, where the music plays. Rather, they happen in hallways and pool decks; places fueled by excessive drinking, not DJ playlists. “It is 100% the alcohol […] not the music,” she added, calling the association between rap music and violence “discriminatory.”
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 58 | July 10, 2025 5:01 AM
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R55 that is the point of cruising
by Anonymous | reply 59 | July 10, 2025 5:03 AM
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[quote] He said the staff was stunned at how much liquor gay men go through.
Well, wouldn’t you drink if you were gay?
by Anonymous | reply 60 | July 10, 2025 5:53 AM
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Here to save the day. Unlimited Henny shots, 24 hour on board dispensary and check cashing for your convenience. The Mt. Olive Covenant of the Holy Redeemer chapel with 30 person baptism pool, and a freak off deck in back.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 62 | July 10, 2025 6:35 AM
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This is definitely…a disrespectin’.’
by Anonymous | reply 64 | July 10, 2025 7:39 AM
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[quote]He said the staff actually enjoyed it because the people were more fun and the rules were significantly relaxed.
Of course the bartenders are going to love it. Talk to the housekeeping staff and the rest of the interior and I assure you, it is a different story.
Nice try though. Gay men of all stripes are every bit as uncivilized in large numbers as a black teenagers. Probably even more so.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | July 10, 2025 7:54 AM
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A family friend went on a Carnival cruise once. She said a drunk guy pulled down his speedo and started shaking his dick around for the whole pool area to see.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | July 10, 2025 7:55 AM
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A Carnival Cruise sounds like the tenth circle of hell.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | July 10, 2025 8:58 AM
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15 drinks a day? JFC. It always amazes me how much some people can drink.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | July 10, 2025 10:01 AM
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Will they outlaw Kathy Lee? Let’s go!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 70 | July 10, 2025 10:28 AM
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Is Carnaval a bargain cruise line?
I can't imagine people like the folks in the video at R17 are making much more than $22 an hour.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | July 10, 2025 10:33 AM
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Honest Carnival Cruise ad
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 72 | July 10, 2025 10:55 AM
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Carnival is very cheap, r71. A three week Seattle-Sydney cruise is $1500 per person for an inside cabin.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | July 10, 2025 11:01 AM
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R65 I was told a variation of the same thing, unsolicited, by one of the dining room serving staff on an Atlantis cruise, that the gay cruise was the one they all looked forward to—the most fun, no dealing with a lot of kids underfoot, and the one where they were treated the most respectfully by the guests. I could see where that would be true and felt proud to be gay.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | July 10, 2025 11:58 AM
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They've made the film SOUL PLANE, so can SOUL SHIP be in the works?
by Anonymous | reply 75 | July 10, 2025 12:08 PM
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My MAGA in-laws recently did a cheap Carnival tour and boy did we get an earful upon their return. Security guarding certain halls and lots of guests in one party under room lockup. The family, who live in a rural area, were so triggered. Mind you, these are th same people who refer to POC as Canadians so they can talk about them within earshot at a Denny's in the big city...
by Anonymous | reply 76 | July 10, 2025 12:14 PM
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[quote] How are they going to track how much you drink in a day?
They swipe your card each time you order.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | July 10, 2025 12:54 PM
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It's funny when these policies come out, whether at a nightclub or on a cruise ship, blacks always feel targeted.
It's basically admission of guilt.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | July 10, 2025 1:02 PM
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R65 raises a point, much as we might not like to go there. Years ago, at a gay bar, I overheard a bartender and patron comparing their bar tabs on recent cruises; I'm no stranger to the bottle, but the amounts knocked me for a loop. Thing is, they were more bragging about it than pissed off "Damn! I spent all that money!"
R73: for that price, I'd expect a bowl of generic Cheerios as breakfast, and a bologna-and-American cheese sandwich as dinner.
R66: I wouldn't expect yahoo trash to wear speedos.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | July 10, 2025 1:02 PM
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R73 I've heard of retirees opting to live on cruise ships. At that price, it sounds like a viable option for those on a limited income. Maybe BrendaD Ickson can consider it once she's evicted from her condo.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | July 10, 2025 1:17 PM
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The new written rules are entirely reasonable.
I had no idea they allowed personal speakers before this. Sounds like a nightmare on a "relaxing" cruise.
15 drinks a day is plenty. If you think otherwise, you might be an alcoholic.
As for the "unofficial rules" and what plays in the bars/used by DJs, that's always a tough one when you have people of various backgrounds. If that's an actual "unofficial rule" now and not just social media nonsense as it often is, it's probably because they ran the numbers from surveys and other things and found that far more customers were bothered by the music than said it was a must have.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | July 10, 2025 1:18 PM
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Nobody’s talking about the egregious marijuana ban?
by Anonymous | reply 82 | July 10, 2025 1:21 PM
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r65, pure nonsense. Gay men are extremely good tippers. And there is not a chance in hell they are as bad as large groups of teenagers, black or otherwise.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | July 10, 2025 1:26 PM
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Imagine learning that a cruise line is going to start restricting personal speakers and believing that it is a targeted slight against your race. Sort of a self own, that.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | July 10, 2025 1:26 PM
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What is their policy re barefoot dancing?
by Anonymous | reply 85 | July 10, 2025 1:49 PM
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One drink at your average gay bar is probably equivalent to three watered-down drinks on Carnival, so 15 drinks isn't all that much.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | July 10, 2025 2:03 PM
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I wasn't sure what "personal speakers" meant. The things you learn from Datalounge! I had no idea that people would bring speakers on a cruise ship (or anywhere else, for that matter) so they can have their music blasting, thereby annoying the fuck out of everybody else within earshot, instead of doing the polite and courteous thing by wearing ear buds instead.
Yes, I'm white. But I probably didn't have to mention that.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | July 10, 2025 2:04 PM
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Why dont they ban country music? I never want to hear that shit.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | July 10, 2025 2:04 PM
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R66 has convinced me to go on a Carnival Cruise
by Anonymous | reply 89 | July 10, 2025 2:07 PM
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Black TikTokkers complain about cruisers wearing bonnets, pajamas and slippers all over the ship. Dang, if I can’t wear my PJ’s in the dining hall I ain’t going.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | July 10, 2025 2:39 PM
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Only fifteen drinks a day? That's ridiculous!
by Anonymous | reply 91 | July 10, 2025 3:02 PM
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15 sounds about right for breakfast.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | July 10, 2025 3:36 PM
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Remember the first rule of urban survival. If there's more than three turn around and flee!
by Anonymous | reply 93 | July 10, 2025 4:03 PM
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It's funny how these rules give them the worst PR as it makes Carnival look so trashy that they have these behaviors in the first place.
They will always be for the budget traveler - and that's fine. But if I'm going to spend money on a vacation, I'm going to save up a little bit more to be on a premium line to avoid these issues.
Not everyone has the ability to do that, I understand.
But I feel like most travel companies (including airlines) need to provide a list of unacceptable behaviors and rules of conduct. Shit has gotten out of control and people clearly need guidelines - people from lower economic backgrounds would never have afforded planes and cruises 30+ years ago.
I like rules - they are there for a reason.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | July 10, 2025 4:08 PM
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R94- I would suggest Holland America. The people on those ships are much nicer more respectable upper middle class crowd- No MAGA nor Ghetto RIFF RAFF.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | July 10, 2025 4:11 PM
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OP linked to a right-wing site
by Anonymous | reply 96 | July 10, 2025 4:19 PM
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I've heard good things about Regent Seven Seas. They have more of an "upscale" crowd who understand proper manners and correct behavior that is expected of civilized people. Read into that what you will.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | July 10, 2025 4:22 PM
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[quote] There are also accusations that Carnival has unofficially banned rap and hip-hop music in its clubs and bars and has additionally prevented DJs from playing songs from that genre on the pool deck.
So, 24/7 Neil Diamond?
by Anonymous | reply 98 | July 10, 2025 4:22 PM
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It's controversy, no second e.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | July 10, 2025 4:24 PM
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R95 - Holland is classic but it's old people primarily unfortunately. I prefer Celebrity - modern, funky, urban, upscale, primarily adults 30-60.
R97 - true - but Regency is a luxury line, not just premium. The downside is that they are smaller ships with limited lounges and entertainment - and the PRICE. Literally costs 3-5x the amount of a premium line and 10x a budget line.
Many luxury lines can be $1000 a day for 2 people. Of course it's not going to have the riff-raff, but I can't justify a $1000/day budget for any vacation.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | July 10, 2025 4:26 PM
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What’s marijuana have to do with it?
by Anonymous | reply 101 | July 10, 2025 4:29 PM
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You can have it… A cruise is not a vacation.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 102 | July 10, 2025 4:31 PM
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Lots of people find the smell offensive R101. It stinks to high heaven just as cigarette smoke does. Also, like cigarettes, a fire hazard.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | July 10, 2025 4:39 PM
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R103 - so witty! Such a comeback! No - anyone spending $7000 for a week cruise has more money than sense.
Actually I just checked Crystal Cruises to see prices - it's $5500 per person for 7 nights - so $11,000 before taxes, gratuities, etc.
There is no way to justify $1700 a day for food (albeit great food) and a floating hotel room. It's a matter of sense and value for money. If you've got money to burn - by all means.
But getting value for your money is smart - blowing it is stupid no matter how rich you are.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | July 10, 2025 4:41 PM
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It looks like Carnival Cruises needs to significantly raise their rates
by Anonymous | reply 106 | July 10, 2025 4:43 PM
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[quote]But getting value for your money is smart - blowing it is stupid no matter how rich you are.
Then by all means have fun on Carnival "where Section Eight meets the Seven Seas" Cruises so you can get "value for your money."
by Anonymous | reply 107 | July 10, 2025 5:03 PM
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R103 Is that illegal around here?
by Anonymous | reply 108 | July 10, 2025 5:05 PM
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One theory I read was that Carnival is trying to attract "better" clientele because they're worried about a downturn in the economy. Wealthier people will still travel, but the lower middle class and working class won't be able to take cruises in a recession.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | July 10, 2025 5:06 PM
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Years ago I was shocked - shocked, I tell you - to read upscale Celebrity’s passenger guide prohibiting passengers from biting, spitting, and hair-pulling. We go on Celebrity a lot, and will be the Silhouette this summer and happily have never seen that kind of behavior. Clearly Celebrity has, or else their lawyers wouldn’t have felt it necessary to include the verbiage. They also wouldn’t let the Trinidadian reggae band by the pool play the Pokémon Song. The singer told me they’d been forbidden to sing it because of the lyrics: “Tha shit’s OK in Barbados, mon, but we can’t play it here.”
All smoking, cigarettes, cigars, and marijuana, is verboten on most ships. Some we’ve been on (QM2 last year) have a single, outdoors, cigarettes only area where you can smoke but I know of none that allow it in your cabin, on your balcony or in the public areas.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | July 10, 2025 5:09 PM
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R107 - I've never taken Carnival, that's why I suggested Celebrity upthread.
Look - there's cutting witty remarks and there's just being a cunt. Your comments fully display how low-brow, unintelligent and trashy you are.
Go try to fool other people with your false "I'm rich, you're poor" insecurities. You're not fooling anyone here.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | July 10, 2025 5:10 PM
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I can't believe you can't smoke on your fucking balcony.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | July 10, 2025 5:19 PM
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My parents took Seabourne and among the small number of guests were Don Rickles and Bob Newhart and their wives, and DL fav Juliette Prowse. It's expensive and exclusive. Save up, bitches.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 113 | July 10, 2025 5:21 PM
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R97 Regent markets to an upper-middle class Calif., Ill. NY and Florida crowd. They host Friday Sabbath services on board.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | July 10, 2025 5:29 PM
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I cruised on Crystal with Barbara Walters. More than once with Howard Fineman and his wife Amy (they were sweethearts). Another time, the couple in the next stateroom were MTM’s in-laws; she gifted them a Northern Lights/Norwegian fjord cruise because her mother-in-law was going blind. Lovely and sad to spend time with them.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | July 10, 2025 5:32 PM
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I lent Alice Faye my binoculars on a whale-watching tour off Maui when we went on the old QE2. Bill Cosby (then as yet unconvicted) was the entertainer that night. On that cruise, Tony Warren (he created Coronation Street) was speaking onboard and sat next to us in the Queen’s Grill from California to Honolulu.
Dr Ruth was at our table on a Celebrity cruise. Walter Cunningham, one of the Apollo 7 astronauts, sat with us on another X cruise. I didn’t think it’d go too well because he was a pretty crusty right-winger sitting with two gay guys, but my husband’s a Texan, too, and retired Navy and they got along great.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | July 10, 2025 5:52 PM
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[quote]Nobody’s talking about the egregious marijuana ban?
Marijuana is still illegal in most states and perhaps in the port where the cruise starts or ends. Not to mention the countries it visits. And any kind of smoking is VERY restricted on cruises due to the very high risk of catastrophic fires.
You could probably get away with marijuana edibles.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | July 10, 2025 6:31 PM
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R105, you can’t base other people’s spending power on your wallet. The fact that you probably have a smart phone as well as a computer and a subscription to at least one streaming service and internet WiFi from home means you have more money to burn than 80% of the globe. Money is the most relative thing there is. $11000 is nothing to a great number of people in the United States - at least enough to keep those cruises afloat with hundreds of thousands more to spare. Someone making 300k a year is probably taking home 18k a month. Now how many people in the US make more than 300K? Even at 1% that’s still 3.5 million people.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | July 10, 2025 6:43 PM
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Wait, there’s a gay Carnival cruise?
by Anonymous | reply 119 | July 10, 2025 6:44 PM
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[quote] The fact that you probably have a smart phone as well as a computer and a subscription to at least one streaming service and internet WiFi from home means you have more money to burn than 80% of the globe.
You’re an idiot.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | July 10, 2025 6:45 PM
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R121, the fact that you can find food to eat makes you wealthier than half of the world. You’re not making the point you think you are. The majority of Americans have phones and access to wifi. It’s essential. We don’t do global. At the very least you could have narrowed it down to Westerners.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | July 10, 2025 7:18 PM
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I can't afford to go on a booze cruise of Boston Harbor.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | July 10, 2025 7:23 PM
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R73 $1,500 seems like a stretch for most of these people.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | July 10, 2025 7:35 PM
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I legit want to go on a Carnival cruise now after reading this thread…with the right companions (I wouldn’t take my mom lol). It sounds hysterical and like you would leave with great stories.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | July 10, 2025 7:43 PM
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Of all the rules, the one that ASTOUNDED me was letting unaccompanied children run around until 1 am. And that's "cracking down" on the problem!
by Anonymous | reply 126 | July 10, 2025 7:44 PM
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Well, now I'm wondering - on the nicer upgrade cruises, are there mouth breathers using speaker phone there too ?
by Anonymous | reply 127 | July 10, 2025 7:45 PM
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I went on a Carnival Cruise but there was no carnival!
by Anonymous | reply 128 | July 10, 2025 7:46 PM
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And Tom wasn't there, either.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | July 10, 2025 7:49 PM
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19 people a year fall overboard. I wonder how many of them are on Carnival ships?
by Anonymous | reply 130 | July 10, 2025 7:52 PM
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15 drinks a day is a lot, and it's a reasonable limit, but it's not that hard to reach into the double digits on vacation if you start with a couple of mimosas or a bloody mary, have 2-3 drinks with meals, and spend the night partying into the wee hours. It's definitely a lot but spread out over 24 hours it's not impossible.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | July 10, 2025 8:10 PM
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Isn’t Atlantis the big gay fuck cruise?
by Anonymous | reply 133 | July 10, 2025 8:14 PM
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R132 = zero reading comprehension, probably illiterate.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | July 10, 2025 8:14 PM
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I could do 15 drinks in a day but I would be incapable of doing that every day, let alone two days in a row.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | July 10, 2025 8:17 PM
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15 drinks a day is ridiculous, no matter how spread out they are.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | July 10, 2025 8:18 PM
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You start with a couple of mimosas or a bloody mary...every day?
Then 2-3 drinks with lunch, and 2-3 with dinner--then another 7 to 9 drinks when partying that night...and you would be doing this every day? Oh, that's an alcoholic.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | July 10, 2025 8:20 PM
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It would take several days for me to consume 15 drinks without feeling like shit.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | July 10, 2025 8:23 PM
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After drink #3 I would be snoozing into the buffet
by Anonymous | reply 140 | July 10, 2025 8:27 PM
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Yes, I also live full time on a cruise ship and every single day is a vacation day. I also made it clear that this is something I personally do in my post at R131. I mean the phrase "this is what I do every day without fail" is clearly there in my post.
The dumbest and most reactionary fucking people post here, I swear to god.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | July 10, 2025 8:29 PM
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I'd feel like shit after a day of 15 drinks. I'd probably puke too.before the day was over. I might have 2 much later the next day to ease out of the hangover. Then it would be at least a few days of abstinence.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | July 10, 2025 8:31 PM
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Preppy dress code and only play Eurodance.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | July 10, 2025 8:32 PM
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[R73]$1,500 seems like a stretch for most of these people.
These trashy Bahamas cruises are more like $300.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | July 10, 2025 8:35 PM
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I hope Carnival pays their workers decently. You know they’re making zero tips on these Section 8 voyages.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | July 10, 2025 8:37 PM
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R145 That makes more sense.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | July 10, 2025 8:37 PM
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Well, it is called "Carnival Cruises" after all.....
by Anonymous | reply 148 | July 10, 2025 8:39 PM
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Anyone been on a Virgin cruise? They’re adults-only, so no brats running around. But I’m wondering what the clientele (age, socioeconomic status) is like?
by Anonymous | reply 149 | July 10, 2025 8:39 PM
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My mom went on a Caribbean cruise once, it didn't sound anything like this, the wild partying or anything. But that was probably 15 years ago. Someone had a heart attack on the ship and they had to skip some ports and come back to Florida a day or so early.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | July 10, 2025 8:43 PM
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I haven't R149, but know someone who has. She's a str8 gal in her 20s, loved the drag queen bingo. They are proud of attracting all ages. Food is said to be great.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | July 10, 2025 8:50 PM
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I did a 3-day Bahamas cruise on Royal Caribbean back in 2002. It was a free trip as part of a reward for work.
It was okay, but I wouldn't do it again. The dinners were nice, but I remember the breakfast buffet being really overcrowded and fully of trashy people stuffing their fat faces until they practically exploded.
I took a friend with me, and when we checked into our cabin, there were two single beds in the room, and the steward said he would push the two beds together for us. We told him not to do it and that we were just friends, but every day when we'd come back to the room, they had pushed the beds together and we would have to move them apart. Geez.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | July 10, 2025 8:51 PM
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[quote]Who hurt you?
Who dropped you on your head and caused your intellectual disability?
by Anonymous | reply 153 | July 10, 2025 9:09 PM
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The point I was making r121 is that R105 has no place to tell other people what is and isn't stupid when it comes how they spending their money. He is complaining about other people spending $11000 on vacation when someone else much less fortunate, like 80% of the rest of the world, would think he spends his money in stupid ways. His $100 cellphone bill might swell be $11000 to them.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | July 10, 2025 9:17 PM
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My mother does Carnival with a group of other elderly "divas" (the name of the group) every year. She says it's fun but they also have customized excursions and their own private activities and servers. She did say there's a lot of fat people in swimwear they should not be wearing. She took a Royal Caribbean trip a few months ago and actually said she preferred Carnival as the food and entertainment were better.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | July 10, 2025 9:18 PM
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Children and women first.....but mostly children.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | July 10, 2025 9:32 PM
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R150 the good ships all have morgues.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | July 10, 2025 9:47 PM
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R158 The person wasn't dead.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | July 10, 2025 9:50 PM
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R150 I don't remember, I wasn't there and it wasn't recent. My mom would know but she's dead now. Must have had to take him to the first available port, which was on their way home. Anyhow, they had to get back a bit earlier.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | July 10, 2025 9:57 PM
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Or they skipped a port and went straight back to Miami.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | July 10, 2025 9:58 PM
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[quote]Or they skipped a port and went straight back to Miami.
Probably this. You wouldn’t want to be having a heart and get dropped off in Haiti.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | July 10, 2025 10:01 PM
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R149- I’m going on a Virgin Voyage gay cruise . It leaves from Barcelona. They brag about there being no Cafeteria/ Buffet on the ship- I’m concerned about that. I like being able to take food from the buffet back to my room and it’s quick which is especially good when you’re in a rush to go on an excursion.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | July 10, 2025 10:03 PM
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R163 Yeah I seem to recall that is what happened.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | July 10, 2025 10:07 PM
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What are the nice cruise lines, where I can discuss Mahler and Thomas Mann over dry martinis?
by Anonymous | reply 166 | July 10, 2025 10:11 PM
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[quote] the good ships all have morgues.
and lollipops
by Anonymous | reply 167 | July 10, 2025 10:14 PM
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R163 It was a Royal Caribbean cruise. I remember it went to Coco Cay, which is their island.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | July 10, 2025 10:16 PM
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r166 - they are Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Seabourn, Silversea, Crystal, and Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
by Anonymous | reply 169 | July 10, 2025 10:19 PM
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The 15 drinks per day are WEAK WATERED DOWN drinks, objectively speaking - as has been said aleady on this thread, yet there seem to be a few dumb dumbs who still want to opine on whether that is too much or too little.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | July 10, 2025 10:22 PM
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They're allowed to serve watered-down liquor?
by Anonymous | reply 171 | July 10, 2025 10:26 PM
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So it's more like seven or eight? That's still enough to raise the eyebrows of 12 steppers
by Anonymous | reply 172 | July 10, 2025 10:28 PM
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Carnival, the dollar store of cruises
by Anonymous | reply 173 | July 10, 2025 10:38 PM
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R170 Neely O'Hara, dear, 15 drinks, watered down or not, is a lot of drinks.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | July 10, 2025 10:39 PM
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I couldn't deal with the amount of people at R102. I recently watched the Poop Cruise video on Netflix and was amazed at how crowded the ship was. That doesn't seem like a relaxing vacation to be elbow to elbow with your fellow travelers.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | July 10, 2025 10:41 PM
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With who, R166, ancient widowed Japanese war brides who hooked a GI during the Occupation who then came home to run the family business, dying and leaving her millions? Crystal Cruises.
Titanic cosplayers of every race, creed (the Captain is Muslim), color, and nationality crowd the QM2. The top deck’s not worth it any more, but with the cheap cabins and the right attitude you can have a lot of fun. Very well-behaved. Lots of Brits, obviously. Cunard Line.
Holland America: God’s Waiting Room Goes To Sea. It can be very nice depending, but it’s expensive for what you get. Lots of prunes served at breakfast. If you can afford a nice cabin/suite they do or include a lot, but it’s pricey. If you drink with the officers you learn what really goes on onboard.
Celebrity always seemed the most gay friendly mass market line. Not sure if it still is. It started as the Hyatts and the Greeks and every ship has been better than the one before it. The food, service, cleanliness are all great. Entertainment varies, they try to dazzle. It’s middle-aged, middle class, more than some swinging and sauna adventures with married men on the dl.
Norwegian. Awful. Just awful. A Greyhound bus that floats. Never again. People came onboard with their clothes in paper bags - no luggage. No manners, either. One hustle after another.
We haven’t been on Virgin.
I cannot imagine 15 drinks a day. OTOH, I had an aunt and uncle who played 36 holes of golf and drank two pourer bottles a day all winter in Florida. Screwdrivers at 7:30 in the morning, even with fresh OJ, were the eye-openers when I visited.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | July 10, 2025 10:42 PM
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Canada's DOLLARAMA is so successful.it should start a cruise line, serving the canned food on its shelves. Who wants ravioli? Pea soup? Paris Paté? Swiss Rolls for dessert.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | July 10, 2025 10:43 PM
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[quote] Holland America: God’s Waiting Room Goes To Sea. It can be very nice depending, but it’s expensive for what you get.
I’m on a HAL cruise next year. It will be interesting to experience a new dynamic. I’ve been seeing them lately referred to as a premium line, but I don’t think what I paid is too much, considering it includes wifi and drinks.
[quote] I cannot imagine 15 drinks a day.
I used to think that, but when drinking drinks with little alcohol in them, it wasn’t too hard to hit the limit. I keep telling myself to drink only wine, beer, cider, or shots, so that I at least will get some bang out of it.
by Anonymous | reply 178 | July 10, 2025 11:30 PM
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[quote] I’m going on a Virgin Voyage gay cruise . It leaves from Barcelona. They brag about there being no Cafeteria/ Buffet on the ship- I’m concerned about that. I like being able to take food from the buffet back to my room and it’s quick which is especially good when you’re in a rush to go on an excursion.
You can take food from The Galley or any of the non-reservation eateries back to your room. No one is going to stop you. There’s also grab-and-go boxes of food available in several locations.
by Anonymous | reply 179 | July 10, 2025 11:36 PM
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R169 - You missed Hapag-Lloyd and at least a dozen other lines.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | July 10, 2025 11:42 PM
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[quote] when drinking drinks with little alcohol in them
I’ll add that with the ice in the glass, it’s not even a lot of liquid that you’re drinking.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | July 10, 2025 11:43 PM
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You can’t water down a bottled beer. 15 beers is A LOT.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | July 10, 2025 11:44 PM
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The 15 drink a day thing is more of an indicator of the size of these beached whales that are on the cruise.
Some of these obese people are 300 pounds or more. They can drink 6 drinks and not be legally drunk because of their body size.
A 300lb man can drink 10 beers in 3 hours and be under 0.10%. (!!)
Nobody thinks drinking 15 drinks is a great idea - but I can see how it happens - particularly if you start at noon and are up until 10pm. It's not insane for 1 day - every day is another story.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | July 11, 2025 12:13 AM
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R184 Drinking that much alcohol can't be healthy for anyone, but what you are saying is true. Ethanol blood level is a function of body weight, gender and probably age. In some of those videos you can see some really HUGE people. That may be one reason they choose cruises to begin with. Lots of/unlimited food with little walking.
by Anonymous | reply 185 | July 11, 2025 1:08 AM
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[quote]You missed Hapag-Lloyd and at least a dozen other lines.
Yes, but why list more - no one was listening. They're still talking about the lines for the poors...
by Anonymous | reply 186 | July 11, 2025 1:27 AM
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[quote]Celebrity always seemed the most gay friendly mass market line. Not sure if it still is. It started as the Hyatts and the Greeks and every ship has been better than the one before it. The food, service, cleanliness are all great. Entertainment varies, they try to dazzle. It’s middle-aged, middle class, more than some swinging and sauna adventures with married men on the dl.
I took a Celebrity cruise and from the first night all the gays, lesbians, and straights looking for a good time congregated at the same bar. All stone-faced but very hot Eastern European dudes doing flair bartending. Had fun chatting up an extremely sportif (and clearly wealthy) lesbian couple that took cruises four times a year.
And there was NOTHING for children to do on the ship.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | July 11, 2025 1:44 AM
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R187 - yep - my experience too. I think there were like 6 kids on the entire ship - that's their problem. But yes - many stone-faced Eastern Europeans.
I like the Celebrity experience.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | July 11, 2025 1:58 AM
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[quote]19 people a year fall overboard. I wonder how many of them are on Carnival ships?
On Carnival, most of them probably jump. I know I would.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | July 11, 2025 2:12 AM
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I guess Patti LuPone found a new job.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | July 11, 2025 2:14 AM
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“What do you think of this is? Maybe if you put down tha phone and find some pants that fit….”
by Anonymous | reply 191 | July 11, 2025 2:27 AM
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How come when you look on American travel sites, they don’t show cruises on foreign-foreign cruise lines? They just show the ones with operations in America. Are the cruise lines that cater to Europeans any good?
by Anonymous | reply 192 | July 11, 2025 2:55 AM
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r192 Not true. I see cruises from MSC, Costa, Cunard, et al. all the time.
by Anonymous | reply 193 | July 11, 2025 3:29 AM
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