I have been on four cruises, two Carnival and two Royal Caribbean. My last cruise was this April on a Carnival ship, and I must say I was less than pleased with the whole thing. However, when I was on the ship, something struck me as odd. In all my days of cruising, all food and drink on the ship (With the exception of liqour and soda) was free. When I went on this last cruise, only some food was free. You could get stale coffee, dry cheesecake, or nasty, tasteless desserts for free, or you could go to one of the cafe's and pay $4 for a really nice slice of cheesecake, or $3 for a gormet cup of coffee. Every other ship I have been on has had all of those things for free. A friend of mine pointed out that maybe the cruise lines are trying to save money. My question is, was it just that one, crappy ship (Triumph of the Seas), or have all Carnival ships decided to rip people off and Royal Caribbean still keep food free, or have all cruise lines decided to charge for good food?
2006-09-16 20:52:34 · 6 answers · asked by fullbloodlion 2 in Travel ➔ Caribbean ➔ Other - Caribbean
I have been on more than a dozen cruises but never on CArnival, and I will never go on Carnival because I have heard that their food is crappy and the ships are roudy. But on all of the cruises I have been on all food and drink, except alcaholic and sodas is included. But many of these ships do have "SPECIALTY" restaurants, like steak, italian, that do have a cover charge/fee for dinner. I have been on several Royal CAribbean, Princess, and Norwegian ships and one Celebrity ship. Norwegian is the one that you have to watch out for with their 'FREESTYLE" cruising. Freestyle mean you don't have to pick a time for dinner. But what NCL does is try to strear you to the specialty restaurants where you ahve to pay and some of their restaurants have a $20. per person cover charge for dinner.
2006-09-17 09:11:45 · answer #1 · answered by TINKERTOY ..... the 1 & only 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Food and beverages are always included in the cabin price. Alcohol and soda aren't. Other than the casino, they don't operate on a cash basis. You get a ships card, and when you buy booze, smokes, stuff in the shops, etc, you use the card. You get bill midway through on a 7 day cruise just to let you know what's going on, then you sign to may the second to last day. There often have high end restaurants where you pay more, like $40 per person. I did one of those on Carnival and it was great, worth every penny. Seasickness is variable. Ships that go out into the Atlantic are more impacted by the weather and currents, so they cna be rough. East and West Caribbean waters aren't that bad. I take dramamine with me but never need it. I've done one Royal, two Celebrity, a Carnival and a Norwegian. I'm doing Celebrity in Nov. If you don't drink a lot of booze, and you don't gamble, its actually a very economical way to go on vacation. Which is why I'm about to go on my 6th. I told my wife I plan to do one every year until I retire.
2016-03-27 04:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carnival food is awful, Stick with Royal Caribbean
2006-09-16 23:10:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive been on 5 cruises and in royal carribean most food id free,the buffet is, the dining room is, but there are bars,special dinner places,and some ice cream places that are not free
2006-09-17 02:42:58 · answer #4 · answered by supersteve713 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i went on a cruise ship and "yes" it was carnival "Ecstasy" and the food was free day and night...i only had a bar bill
2006-09-16 20:56:13 · answer #5 · answered by Lisa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All food is included...everything except alcohol.
2006-09-16 20:59:54 · answer #6 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋