Posted on 06/14/2020 1:19:33 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
The CEO of Carnival Cruise Line recently said in an interview that he doesn’t know when the cruise line will sail again.
According to Cruise Critic, Carnival CEO Arnold Donald said there was a communication sent out erroneously that said voyages would resume on August 1. Donald told the website in an exclusive interview that he doesn’t “know when we’ll sail again.”
While the press release claimed eight ships would begin sailing from the ports of Galveston, Miami and Port Canaveral, Donald revealed the message was not “a pronouncement that we are coming back on August 1.” Donald said the false announcement proved to be “one of the most insightful mistakes we've ever made,” since it caused bookings to skyrocket, signifying many travelers are ready to sail as soon as voyages recommence.
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MY daughter just had her late July trip on MSC line wiped out.
-Tom
No Tump Victory Cruise?
Folks packing into retail, packing into mass protests and riots...
But want to get away on a relatively peaceful ship? Too bad...
Carnival controls Celebrity- and Cunard-and Holland American and ???. so decisions will have to be made on many cruises. Including Celebrities Trump Cruise.
Carnival has 26 different cruise ships in their organization. -Tom
pj, any input on the trump cruise? -Tom
“According to Cruise Critic, Carnival CEO Arnold Donald said there was a communication sent out erroneously that said voyages would resume on August 1”
Sorry for being cynical, but Carnival announced August 1, a LONG TIME AGO. If it was a really a ‘communication error’, they wouldn’t have taken weeks to ‘correct it’.
But what they did accomplish was separating thousands more people from their money, through their policy of making it quite cumbersome to get a refund. And that’s important, as they still have payments to make on their big boats.
This should help their stock tomorrow. Sarc. I was buying carnival stock every week until it hit 13 dollars. I have money in the Ameritrade account ready to but more. Maybe tomorrow may be the day. I’ve made a fortune but it’s still hovering at 20 dollars. Too expensive right now. I like it at the 12 dollar mark at least for now.
Exxon is killing it too. Bought at 39. Doing decent.
Royal Caribbean owns Celebrity.
Carnival doesn't really have an "upscale" line, but Princess is probably the closest equivalent to Royal Caribbean International's Royal Caribbean mass market line.
-PJ
Thanks for the correction.
I should have looked it up. -Tom
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Carnival Cruises is one of eight diverse cruise lines owned by the parent company, Carnival Corporation. The other cruise lines in the corporation include Aida Cruises (German), Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Holland America Line, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn Cruises.
Years ago when we would cruise the Caribbean on Cruise ships we would also have a vacation where we would charter a sailboat and sail the various Caribbean Islands, on our own.
On our last Caribbean sailboat charter many years ago,we did not get back our $500 deposit when we returned home .
The Charter company went out of business.
I felt bad for the people after us who payed the full bill,and flew to St. Thomas in the Caribbean , only to find out the Charter Company was gone and no sailboats available for them. They lost everything.- Tom
Interesting. I had no idea upscale cruise ships were under their (carnival) umbrella. I just always got the idea that Carnival was rather trashy in comparison to other lines.
What do you think is ‘trashy’ about Carnival?
The ship... passengers...crew...?
Just curious.
Don’t hold a ticket for me. They were floating petri dishes long before CV.
Carnival owns CUNARD and SEABOURN!! Those are UPSCALE...at least SEABOURN is!
I have read that Carnival is huge, overpacked, & has a ton of kids. Maybe it is meant for them. I have only some comments that I’ve read....
no first hand information. If that’s incorrect let me know.
LOL!
I’m sure nobody is holding any tickets for you!
What petri dish ailments have you gotten on a ship?
I haven't graduated to those yet, but I do see a Celebrity cruise in my future.
-PJ
Depends on the season about the overload of kids. It’s really no different from other ships.
Same with trashy people.
I was on a Carnival cruise during Thanksgiving. Never again!
CELEBRITY is FABULOUS!!!! The FRIENDLIEST CREWS on the HIGH SEAS! The Solstice Class ships are the BEST....way better than the EDGE Class, imho....and we have been on over 50 Celebrity cruises....about 86 in all.
Why never again? I have always wanted to take a cruise.
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