Anyone here have experience with different cruise lines?

CigarNut · 07-20-2011, 10:55 PM

Sailed with NCL on my Honeymoon, but that was 28 years ago and I am sure things have changed. We have friends that sail with RC and they love it -- good service, good food, etc. These same friends also sail on Disney, and they say that Disney has them all topped in terms of entertainment and service, while the food on Disney is not quite as good. RC is a little less expensive than Disney and has a good "frequent cruiser" program. I know that I can smoke my cigars on the Disney ships, which is not necessarily the case on the other cruise lines -- it can be hit or miss depending upon the ship.

Have not heard many good things about Carnival.

Stogeyfish · 07-21-2011, 12:12 AM

Check out Crystal Cruise line: http://www.crystalcruises.com/

IBQTEE1 · 07-21-2011, 09:47 AM

I sailed on Royal Caribbean about 5 years ago. It is going to be a step down from Celebrity for you though. I believe they have open dining where RC still have dinner times. I have been on Carnival it is more of the younger party crowd. The shipped seemed dirty to me. I was very impressed with RC. I would cruise them again.

neoflex · 07-21-2011, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by IBQTEE1

I sailed on Royal Caribbean about 5 years ago. It is going to be a step down from Celebrity for you though. I believe they have open dining where RC still have dinner times. I have been on Carnival it is more of the younger party crowd. The shipped seemed dirty to me. I was very impressed with RC. I would cruise them again.

We had dinner times assigned when we cruised with Celebrity recently. They do allow you the option of being able to go to a different time without much hassle should you want to change or miss it one night. We always choose the later time as it makes it easier to get to without having to feel rushed.
I have the same feeling about Carnival. The ships seemed dirty and it seemed to be a different kind of atmosphere on their boats. Loud and lots of out of control unsupervised kids running around.

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