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I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

Original post by cherish83

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I know you're probably tired of answering my honeymoon polls. But thank you for opening this thread anyways

So we actually already booked a carnival cruise on monday. Its 7 days, leaves out of PR, and goes to Antigua, St. Thomas, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Dominica, and Barbados. We booked a mini suite. So even after I booked it, i decided to look at princess. Don't ask what posessed me to do so since I am already booked with Carnival. But the Caribbean Princess cruise also leaves out of PR on the same day and goes to Antigua, St. Thomas, Tortola St. Lucia, and Barbados and is at sea one day. The reason I am thinking about switching is because Tortola allows for swimming with dolphins, while the other islands do not.

Then I have another question. The princess cruise can be 250 cheaper if we book a mini-suite but are not assigned our cabin until weeks before. Meaning our room may not be mid ship. Or we can pay an extra 100 and choose our room and guarantee a mid ship room. Does it really matter?

This is the room on Carnival

This is the room on Princess.

I appreciate all of your opinions!! Oh and we are still planning on going to barbados for 4 nights after the cruise

cherish83 Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

Posted by KarinAmanda

Posted by milana

Weve cruised Princess three times, and i only have wonderful things to say about them, great service, their food is fabulous and most importantly its clean. On the formal nights they serve lobster and cavier which is nice if you like that type of thing :)

My parents were on Carnival and said its more of a 'young ship' so i guess oyu have a younger crowd which is nice, but they didnt like the food at all. Carnival doesnt serve lobster nor cavier btw, i know its not a deciding factor, just thought id throw that in there.

P.S. - The same Princess ports you mentioned above, my DH and i just did three weeks ago out of San Juan for Christmas! It was awesome!

ETA: AGAIN lol sorry just wanted to let you know to go to the 'Shipyard' in Barbados. Its a Private Beach and SO much fun. Pier jumping, jet skiing, and water trampolines! You wont regret it.

not that this is a deciding factor but carnival DOES serve lobster - i had it on new years while in the bahamas

I don't eat seafood anyways, and FH doesnt really either. But thanks

milana Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

Posted by KarinAmanda

Posted by milana

Weve cruised Princess three times, and i only have wonderful things to say about them, great service, their food is fabulous and most importantly its clean. On the formal nights they serve lobster and cavier which is nice if you like that type of thing :)

My parents were on Carnival and said its more of a 'young ship' so i guess oyu have a younger crowd which is nice, but they didnt like the food at all. Carnival doesnt serve lobster nor cavier btw, i know its not a deciding factor, just thought id throw that in there.

P.S. - The same Princess ports you mentioned above, my DH and i just did three weeks ago out of San Juan for Christmas! It was awesome!

ETA: AGAIN lol sorry just wanted to let you know to go to the 'Shipyard' in Barbados. Its a Private Beach and SO much fun. Pier jumping, jet skiing, and water trampolines! You wont regret it.

not that this is a deciding factor but carnival DOES serve lobster - i had it on new years while in the bahamas

Hmmm...its probably because you were on the New Years cruise, which is the most expensive week to cruise in general and b/c it was New Years. The people at the ports kept saying 'we get no lobster on formal night' lol it was funny.

bluegreen08 Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

Posted by milana

Posted by KarinAmanda

Posted by milana

Weve cruised Princess three times, and i only have wonderful things to say about them, great service, their food is fabulous and most importantly its clean. On the formal nights they serve lobster and cavier which is nice if you like that type of thing :)

My parents were on Carnival and said its more of a 'young ship' so i guess oyu have a younger crowd which is nice, but they didnt like the food at all. Carnival doesnt serve lobster nor cavier btw, i know its not a deciding factor, just thought id throw that in there.

P.S. - The same Princess ports you mentioned above, my DH and i just did three weeks ago out of San Juan for Christmas! It was awesome!

ETA: AGAIN lol sorry just wanted to let you know to go to the 'Shipyard' in Barbados. Its a Private Beach and SO much fun. Pier jumping, jet skiing, and water trampolines! You wont regret it.

not that this is a deciding factor but carnival DOES serve lobster - i had it on new years while in the bahamas

Hmmm...its probably because you were on the New Years cruise, which is the most expensive week to cruise in general and b/c it was New Years. The people at the ports kept saying 'we get no lobster on formal night' lol it was funny.

It might be a recent change one way or the other but FH and I went on a Carnival cruise in May of 2006 and they served Lobster AND Caviar. FH had Lobster at the regular dinner (not the fancy one you pay extra for). I'm a pickier eater and got sick of steak or chicken every night so one night I ordered the pasta & caviar dish and asked them to please hold the caviar...

So... they served lobster and caviar in the regular dining room and for the regular dinner on our cruise at least!

I also thought the food was GREAT. Some things at the lunch buffet were eh, but others were fantastic. I also loved the regular dinners and the fact that you could check the menu from the TV in your room.

LuvMyAlfonse Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

I voted Princess b/c I LOVED swimming with the dolphins. It is sooooo much fun. Especially if you get to do the cool stuff, like the foot push!

cherish83 Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

Posted by LuvMyAlfonse

I voted Princess b/c I LOVED swimming with the dolphins. It is sooooo much fun. Especially if you get to do the cool stuff, like the foot push!

I read about the foot push. What is that?

LuvMyAlfonse Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

It's when you lay in the water like your floating on it, belly down, legs out, toes pointed down. Then two dolphins come up behind you and push on your feet and you rise up in the water and travel aout 20-30 feet. Kind of like water skiing only no rope and your on dolphins noses instead of skis!

It's SO much fun and something you prob wouldn't ever do again - unless you have unlimited funds and take caribbean vacations a lot.

cherish83 Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

Posted by LuvMyAlfonse

It's when you lay in the water like your floating on it, belly down, legs out, toes pointed down. Then two dolphins come up behind you and push on your feet and you rise up in the water and travel aout 20-30 feet. Kind of like water skiing only no rope and your on dolphins noses instead of skis!

It's SO much fun and something you prob wouldn't ever do again - unless you have unlimited funds and take caribbean vacations a lot.

That sounds amazing!! Is it scary?

kimNanthony Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

I have never been on Carnival but haven't heard great things about it. I would say Princess.

LuvMyAlfonse Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

Posted by cherish83
That sounds amazing!! Is it scary?

No ma'am!!!! It is soooooooooo much fun!!!! And it seems hard at first, you're like 'how can the dolphin get me out of the water with just my feet?' and then all of a sudden you're up in the air! It's MINT!

cherish83 Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

Posted by kimNanthony

I have never been on Carnival but haven't heard great things about it. I would say Princess.

Thanks for your opinion!

cherish83 Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

Posted by LuvMyAlfonse

Posted by cherish83
That sounds amazing!! Is it scary?

No ma'am!!!! It is soooooooooo much fun!!!! And it seems hard at first, you're like 'how can the dolphin get me out of the water with just my feet?' and then all of a sudden you're up in the air! It's MINT!

Really, thats why I thought that would be scary. But I'm definitely going to do it!!

Mrs. V 2008 Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

I've been on carnival 3 times and although i had a blast..it was a young crowd..so i say princess..carnival is a lot of families!!!

cherish83 Thread views: 870

Re: I promise... last HM poll... between 2 cruises

Posted by Bride 2 Be

I've been on carnival 3 times and although i had a blast..it was a young crowd..so i say princess..carnival is a lot of families!!!

Thanks Kristen. That is a good point.