Carnival Cruise - Advice needed

KBLovedDisney

KBLovedDisney

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Hey guys. I need some input. Never have been on a cruise and neither has my hubby. For his birthday next year, he would like to do a cruise. To cut traveling costs (and unfortunately, no Disney cruise this time), we are going to port from Charleston, SC since we are closer.
  • Pros/Cons sailing with Carnival?
  • Bahamas or The Caribbean?
  • Another cruise line option?
All advice welcome!

Thanks!
 
Sans Souci

Sans Souci

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Have you thought about posting this in the cruise forum? Even though it's a DCL forum, you might get some responses from people who have gone on Carnival. I think there are a few people who have gone on the various cruise lines.
 
KBLovedDisney

KBLovedDisney

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Sans Souci said:
Have you thought about posting this in the cruise forum? Even though it's a DCL forum, you might get some responses from people who have gone on Carnival. I think there are a few people who have gone on the various cruise lines.
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I haven't thought of that! Got any good links for a good cruise forum?
 
SteveBrickNJ

SteveBrickNJ

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KBLovesDisney said:
Hey guys. I need some input. Never have been on a cruise and neither has my hubby. For his birthday next year, he would like to do a cruise. To cut traveling costs (and unfortunately, no Disney cruise this time), we are going to port from Charleston, SC since we are closer.
  • Pros/Cons sailing with Carnival?
  • Bahamas or The Caribbean?
  • Another cruise line option?
All advice welcome!

Thanks!
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Hello KBLovesDisney!
A good website is Cruise Critic . I put a link just above this post.
Let me try and help you here though with some random thoughts.
Carnival Cruise Line attracts a younger crowd and because of its entry level value price it tends to have a more party orientated crowd than some other cruise lines. We went once on Carnival from Port Canaveral. It was ok......but we like Royal Caribbean Cruise Line better. We've taken three cruises with Royal C. Their price is LESS than Disney Cruises but more than Carnival......right in the middle;)
Royal Caribbean has a ship that sails from Baltimore MD....so that is north of Charleston SC that you mentioned......and as I previously stated, Royal Caribbean also has ships that sail from Port Canaveral which is east of Orlando Fl. (Carnival, Royal C. & Disney all use Cape Canaveral's Cruise Port)
So I don't know if you are will to go north or south of SC to widen your choices or not.
Let me know if you have any follow up questions.
www.royalcaribbean.com
 
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KBLovedDisney

KBLovedDisney

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SteveBrickNJ said:
Hello KBLovesDisney!
A good website is Cruise Critic . I put a link just above this post.
Let me try and help you here though with some random thoughts.
Carnival Cruise Line attracts a younger crowd and because of its entry level value price it tends to have a more party orientated crowd than some other cruise lines. We went once on Carnival from Port Canaveral. It was ok......but we like Royal Caribbean Cruise Line better. We've taken three cruises with Royal C. Their price is LESS than Disney Cruises but more than Carnival......right in the middle;)
Royal Caribbean has a ship that sails from Baltimore MD....so that is north of Charleston SC that you mentioned......and as I previously stated, Royal Caribbean also has ships that sail from Port Canaveral which is east of Orlando Fl. (Carnival, Royal C. & Disney all use Cape Canaveral' Cruise Port)
So I don't know if you are will to go north or south of SC to widen your choices or not.
Let me know if you have any follow up questions.
www.royalcaribbean.com
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Wow! Thank you for the info! We will definitely look into this. :)
 
M

macefamily

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Try vacationstogo.com. You can get some last-minute steals. We combined a 3 day Carnival cruise out of Port Canaveral, FL with three days at the parks. We got an inside cabin for $150 per person. The five of us ate that much food the first day. Good bargain. Went to the Bahamas and did the shore excursion to Atlantis for the day. Very cool place.
 

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