Remember what the comedian Chris Rock said about their being "two kinds of shopping malls?"
Carnival is trying to save their reputation and their business.
Long term Carnival has no choice.
I can’t image ever stepping on a Carnival Cruise ship... If I were to take a cruise.
Every single video you ever see of large scale bad behavior on a cruise ship, at least that I have seen is always a Carnival Cruise.
The executives would have to be blind to not understand that their brand is taking a beating.
Honestly rather than offer these ultra cheap cruises just to keep the boats moving, they’d be better off mothballing/selling off ships, and operate fewer cruises with better quality and passenger experiences.
I Know that most of the folks on the boat, don’t want to deal with this crap either. However there is a significant subset of this group that just can’t behave themselves in any way shape or form, and those are the people you need to make sure your brand has NOTHING to do with.