[Blurb2350]

The Carnival Cruise Line folks have had a lot of bad press lately. It seems large numbers of black vacationers have been acting up at sea if the viral videos of their frequent melées are to be believed. Carnival management tried to stem the bad behavior by prohibiting all rap music. That backfired badly. Who knows . . . maybe someone was disrespected on the Serenity Deck.

[Teacher317]

Carnival has had bad press for decades. I've been a cruise fan for most of this century, and I avoided Carnival long before it got the "ghetto" reputation. Accidents in port, accidents at sea, engine failures at sea, etc etc etc. When I search for a good cruise, I'll avoid Carnival out of habit.

In general, they have the same size ship as others, but cram an extra 1000 passengers on it... and thus can charge less per person... which means a LOT more kids... and no more crew... so that means less-optimal service... and now add in the "ghetto" element... and the history of accidents and issues... and that's just not my idea of a relaxing week in paradise.

[V_TWIN]

“Carnival management tried to stem the bad behavior by prohibiting all rap music. That backfired badly”

First I heard that it backfired. Can you elaborate?

Also, Carnival enacted at least a half a dozen new rules in an attempt to control what can only be described as ghetto behavior....a damned shame all that had to be done just because a certain ethnicity acts like a bunch of animals.