V_TWIN wrote: “I have.....several, and I can tell you it’s a deserved reputation and doesn’t necessarily coincide with spring break or any holiday.”
Not totally surprised. Thanks for sharing your personal experience.
V_TWIN wrote: “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.”
Yes, carnival owns several distinct cruise lines. We’ve done Princess several times and were generally satisfied. We’ve also done Holland but our favorite is Norwegian, but only if we can book the Haven.
As you probably know cruise ships of different lines that have the same itinerary will follow each other around.
When we were walking back to our ship in Aruba we came across a lady that was lost on how to get back to her Norwegian that had been following our ship so we helped her get back to it. Making small talk during our walk she mentioned that her ship was on a 3 week cruise......THREE WEEKS??!!
Not sure I could go that long on a boat......I would imagine at some point your doin’ laundry! Lol!