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ok,.... but what's this i've heard that carnival charges for meals outside of the MDR?? On RCCL i could get food anywhere onboard inclusive with the exception of the specialty restaurants. I know the two stack up pretty closely on most everything else. As for letting food be a reason i make the decision for one over the other is because they are so equally matched in most the only three areas that would cause me to choose one over the other would be service, food quality/availability, itineraries.... Since we will be taking a family member who has never been cruising before we want to give them the best possible experience we can. This year Carnival is offering a more interesting cruise package both in value, and itinerary to where we want to cruise(as i am not interested in traveling to a cruiseline's private islands). Carnival and HAL seem to be offering more of what i am looking for this year than RCCL... otherwise i would be perfectly happy cruising with RCCL again. So this is the reason i may appear to be so nit-picky on the miniscule differences between the two. Unfortunately, everything i've read so far elsewhere has not cast too good a light on Carnival's service and/or food quality and availability. I mean the lower price to cruise does nothing for me if i have to pay extra for dining outside of the MDR... i mean that was one of the things i felt was really cool about the RCCL cruise...didn't have to pay for meals unless i dined at an specialty restaurant. Like how does Carnival do it's drink passes?? is it the same as on RCCL i pre-purchase a soda/wine package like on RCCL or do the offer something else?? these are the types of differences i am curious about... I'm not bashing one or the other i am simply trying to make a decision based on the miniscule differences so i can be prepared in making my decision..
ok,.... but what's this i've heard that carnival charges for meals outside of the MDR?? On RCCL i could get food anywhere onboard inclusive with the exception of the specialty restaurants.
I know the two stack up pretty closely on most everything else.
As for letting food be a reason i make the decision for one over the other is because they are so equally matched in most the only three areas that would cause me to choose one over the other would be service, food quality/availability, itineraries....
Since we will be taking a family member who has never been cruising before we want to give them the best possible experience we can. This year Carnival is offering a more interesting cruise package both in value, and itinerary to where we want to cruise(as i am not interested in traveling to a cruiseline's private islands). Carnival and HAL seem to be offering more of what i am looking for this year than RCCL... otherwise i would be perfectly happy cruising with RCCL again.
So this is the reason i may appear to be so nit-picky on the miniscule differences between the two. Unfortunately, everything i've read so far elsewhere has not cast too good a light on Carnival's service and/or food quality and availability. I mean the lower price to cruise does nothing for me if i have to pay extra for dining outside of the MDR... i mean that was one of the things i felt was really cool about the RCCL cruise...didn't have to pay for meals unless i dined at an specialty restaurant. Like how does Carnival do it's drink passes?? is it the same as on RCCL i pre-purchase a soda/wine package like on RCCL or do the offer something else?? these are the types of differences i am curious about... I'm not bashing one or the other i am simply trying to make a decision based on the miniscule differences so i can be prepared in making my decision..
