V_TWIN wrote: “Or which cruise line for that matter.....it depends on what kind of experience your looking for. If your looking for peace and quiet stay the heck away from Carnival. Lol!”
While I’ve never sailed on Carnival, Carnival is probably getting a bad rap. Most of the stories of ‘booze cruises’ are from 4 or 5 day cruises over spring break or other holidays. These cruises attract the party hardy crowd. Other cruises are more sedate. That said, Holland is probably much more sedate among the mainstream cruises.
“While I’ve never sailed on Carnival, Carnival is probably getting a bad rap”
I have.....several, and I can tell you it’s a deserved reputation and doesn’t necessarily coincide with spring break or any holiday.
So much so that we switched to Princess cruise line and have been completely satisfied.
Fun fact, Carnival and Princess are both owned by the same parent line as well as Cunard and a few others IIRC.