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Carnival Cruises: Wal Mart on the water?

Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:52 pm
Posted by MagicCityBlazer
Member since Nov 2010
3686 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:52 pm
Got roped in to taking a carnival cruise for most of my paid time off .

Is this a disaster or am I a bitch?
This post was edited on 5/8/14 at 2:53 pm
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
31790 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:52 pm to
It sucks imo. Did one, never again
Posted by Phil0ndeeez
Houston
Member since Apr 2013
1387 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:52 pm to
You're a bitch headed for disaster.
Posted by DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Member since May 2011
19429 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:53 pm to
<---same

I plan on staying drunk for 7 days
Posted by BayouBandit24
Member since Aug 2010
16593 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:53 pm to
It's not the most luxurious thing in the world that's for sure. You can still have a lot of fun though, unless you're too busy worrying about everyone else.
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
84319 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:53 pm to
What a fresh and exciting topic that has not been beaten to death here.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32719 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:54 pm to
hey, you are already roped in to going, may as well try to enjoy yourself
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
51053 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:56 pm to



Posted by thesoccerfanjax
Member since Nov 2013
6128 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:56 pm to
They're fun. Trash level largely depends on what port it leaves out of, where its going, and newness of ship.
Posted by TheIndulger
Member since Sep 2011
19239 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 3:07 pm to
You can have a good time if you lower your expectations (actually yours are pretty god damn low already) , and drink and gamble a lot.

Those last two will run amuck on your bill though.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
13971 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 3:07 pm to
quote:

Wal Mart on the water?

Carnival doesn't pay decent wages
Average employee pay is $8 per hour..
This post was edited on 5/8/14 at 3:08 pm
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
58277 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 3:18 pm to
If you are going on one of the cheesy arse 4 or 5 night cruises leaving from Mobile, N.O., or Galveston, then you will be visiting shitty ports and be mostly with trash.

If you go on a 7 night cruise out of south Florida, chances are much better than it will be ok.
Posted by SwaggerCopter
H TINE HOL IT DINE
Member since Dec 2012
27232 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 3:25 pm to
I went with a group of 16, and we found that it was a great place to hang out with people we already loved to hang out with. It's probably the most fun I've ever had in my life. But we ran the boat. I think everyone wanted to kill us by the end. Most of the people on the boat were fun to laugh at, but we didn't hang out with them. You will see the trashiest tattoos you've ever seen. If you don't have a tattoo, prepare to be in the minority.
Posted by QJenk
Atl, Ga
Member since Jan 2013
15370 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 3:32 pm to
It's what you make it. I have been on 4 cruises, going on the 5th next moneth. I love them. You just have to be prepared to loosen up a lil bit. Try to sit back, relax, and enjoy yourself. Allow yourself to have a good time. After all you will never see 99% of the people ever again in your lifetime.
Posted by Count Chocula
Tier 5 and proud
Member since Feb 2009
63908 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 3:33 pm to
For comparison, its like ramping up to go to Disneyworld, but then staying at the low budget All Sports Hotel.
Posted by LSUTygerFan
Homerun Village
Member since Jun 2008
33232 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 3:38 pm to
quote:

Wal Mart on the water?


oh well, i'll be greetin people come new years day.
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
14754 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 3:40 pm to
LINK


These may be some of your shipmates, but one positive aspect is you can make a drinking game out of who can spot the 200lb woman in a tube top with the most tattoos.
Posted by Radiojones
The Twilight Zone
Member since Feb 2007
10728 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 3:57 pm to
It is possible to have fun but that mainly depends on the people that you are with. Just try to make the best of a less than optimal situation.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
261719 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 4:04 pm to
Go enjoy it dude. Don't worry about popular opinion.
Posted by Paige
Vice President of the OT
Member since Oct 2010
84748 posts
Posted on 5/8/14 at 4:05 pm to
My mom ruined a week of my vacation last year on a carnival cruise after I told her I didn't want to go

It sucked as bad as I thought it would
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