RE: AF Cruise
August 17, 2018 at 10:30 pm
(This post was last modified: August 17, 2018 at 10:30 pm by SteelCurtain.)
That's me. I've been on several cruises.
So here's the skinny: Royal Caribbean is the best and newest line, but also the most expensive. Carnival and Disney are very family oriented, so lot's of kids stuff and lots of children screaming and rooning adult time. Never been on a Disney cruise, but they are as expensive (or more) as RCCL and just brimming with screaming 8 year olds and Aladdin cosplay.
So our only options are RC and Carnival, really. RCCL has the best locations and the biggest, coolest ships. 5 night cruises out of Galveston are $600 per person, the ones leaving from FL are 7 nights closer to $1000.
Carnival is get what you pay for. There are really cheap cruises for 3-4 nights. But they are on the 25 year old ships. Dingy, and the people are more likely to be.... the... um... how do you say it without being rood.... on the more Trumpier side of the spectrum? Not politically, but more socially? I have taken a cheap cruise with Carnival. I am not keen on doing it again.
The main difference between RCCL and Carnival is that on RCCL you're getting a lot more as part of your ticket. On Carnival it's a select number of cafeterias and the main dining room that are part of your ticket, but on RCCL you get a lot more free meals--the caveat is that at some of the restaurants have a seat reservation fee instead of paying for the meal.
I'd highly recommend RCCL. But I understand if $600-$1k per person is too much for people. It's really the new badass ships that are what cost more.
So here's the skinny: Royal Caribbean is the best and newest line, but also the most expensive. Carnival and Disney are very family oriented, so lot's of kids stuff and lots of children screaming and rooning adult time. Never been on a Disney cruise, but they are as expensive (or more) as RCCL and just brimming with screaming 8 year olds and Aladdin cosplay.
So our only options are RC and Carnival, really. RCCL has the best locations and the biggest, coolest ships. 5 night cruises out of Galveston are $600 per person, the ones leaving from FL are 7 nights closer to $1000.
Carnival is get what you pay for. There are really cheap cruises for 3-4 nights. But they are on the 25 year old ships. Dingy, and the people are more likely to be.... the... um... how do you say it without being rood.... on the more Trumpier side of the spectrum? Not politically, but more socially? I have taken a cheap cruise with Carnival. I am not keen on doing it again.
The main difference between RCCL and Carnival is that on RCCL you're getting a lot more as part of your ticket. On Carnival it's a select number of cafeterias and the main dining room that are part of your ticket, but on RCCL you get a lot more free meals--the caveat is that at some of the restaurants have a seat reservation fee instead of paying for the meal.
I'd highly recommend RCCL. But I understand if $600-$1k per person is too much for people. It's really the new badass ships that are what cost more.
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