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Kim1319
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Larger Mega/Newer ships for me. Been on 3 Fantasy class ships (My first 3 cruises) then I was on the Grandeur of the Seas, much larger I'd say, and even pretty new to Royal Caribbean. And LOVED it. Yes it was large, but I had no problem making new friends, and finding them again and again throughout the cruise. I learned my way around the ship very quickly, everything was easy to get to for me. Hung out with the new friends every day. Then I was on both the Carnival Victory and Triumph. Again, those too, are large ships and I LOVED them. Met friends on both cruises and didn't have a problem finding them over and over throughout the cruise. Other reasons that I think I saw mentioned of why people don't like larger ships, is because they don't get a chance to explore everything on board. But I agree with the one person who said almost the opposite, she likes to explore everything on the larger ships. I'm with her on that. I didn't have a problem exploring all the things I wanted to. See I don't go on cruises to work out or lift weights, or really to even go the Nautical Spa. So I don't spend anytime at those places. If I feel like going up to check the place out then I go up there just to see it, not to use it. The only time I was disappointed that I didn't get out and see more of the ship. Was my very first cruise. But, as said it was my first cruise and I was pretty young at the time and it was just my sister and I with our dad. We didn't do much. So that was our own fault. But on the otherhand, it wasn't all our fault. We were on the ship like 2 days and we were then in a hurricane, which took out almost all of the crew and passengers. So of course we couldn't go out and explore the ship. And I was sad because I didn't know when I'd get to go on another cruise. But we got a discount on a "future cruise" because of the hurricane, so we ended up going back the next year on another "Fantasy-class ship" and I brought a friend and we had a much better time, exploring the ship and seeing all the things we wanted to.
Although I prefer Newer/Larger ships and have been on 3, I will be going on another Fantasy class ship in the fall. But that's okay its only a 4 day cruise so not much time to explore anyway. So the shorter the cruise the smaller the ship is better I guess. Except nobody will ever get me on an older Holiday class ship. Wow this is long, sorry.
Just add me to the "New Ships" list :grin Thanks...
Happy Cruising!=whiteflag
(*)Kim(*)
07/30/95 - Fantasy
12/19/97 - Ecstasy
07/26/99 - Imagination
04/01/00 - Grandeur of the Seas
04/01/01 - Carnival Victory
03/29/03 - Carnival Triumph
Although I prefer Newer/Larger ships and have been on 3, I will be going on another Fantasy class ship in the fall. But that's okay its only a 4 day cruise so not much time to explore anyway. So the shorter the cruise the smaller the ship is better I guess. Except nobody will ever get me on an older Holiday class ship. Wow this is long, sorry.
Just add me to the "New Ships" list :grin Thanks...
Happy Cruising!=whiteflag
(*)Kim(*)
07/30/95 - Fantasy
12/19/97 - Ecstasy
07/26/99 - Imagination
04/01/00 - Grandeur of the Seas
04/01/01 - Carnival Victory
03/29/03 - Carnival Triumph