Just Booked A Cruise

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Have fun dude but it's no Pipe. Ain't no fuckin way I'm stuck on a boat for days. I can't Everyone is different that's why they make colors. I like blue you may like green Have fun Bobby bon voyage

 

[djefferis]

Carnival is soooo ghetto

They are - but alot is origin and destination.

3-4 days out of Florida tend to draw a cheap party crowd - just like Alaska/Hawaii tend to be a better class of tourist.

Been on many cruises - personally find we like a bit of a mix. Some of the lines just feel like floating retirement homes. Carnival (and Royal) can draw some ghetto crowds - but easy enough to avoid them by skipping the pool area and buffet and going to casino off hours. Casino between 9p-1A is ghetto central (especially around the craps table of they open one). Nothing like watching the ensuing comedy of a bunch of $10 bettors from a poker machine nearby.

 

[Leisure]

They are - but alot is origin and destination.

3-4 days out of Florida tend to draw a cheap party crowd - just like Alaska/Hawaii tend to be a better class of tourist.

Been on many cruises - personally find we like a bit of a mix. Some of the lines just feel like floating retirement homes. Carnival (and Royal) can draw some ghetto crowds - but easy enough to avoid them by skipping the pool area and buffet and going to casino off hours. Casino between 9p-1A is ghetto central (especially around the craps table of they open one). Nothing like watching the ensuing comedy of a bunch of $10 bettors from a poker machine nearby.

Yep , years ago I did one out of Miami and it was pretty bad but then I did a Mexican Riviera out of Long Beach Cali and it was alright .

 

[BobbyFK]

Carnival is soooo ghetto

Unfortunately that's the portray social media wants to show. I've been on many cruises with Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian and never ran into any ghetto people. Incidents can happen on any cruise line, it's not just Carnival that's the problem

 

[Archie]

bobby you gonna tip or no?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948822391829803476

 

[MinnesotaFats]

A cruise from the Rio....

What could go wrong

 

[BobbyFK]

bobby you gonna tip or no?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948822391829803476

Of course I'm going to tip

 

[BobbyFK]

A cruise from the Rio....

What could go wrong

Nothing. I hope! I think it will be a great time

 

[jjgold]

Cruises disease havens
Pass

 

[BobbyFK]

Cruises disease havens
Pass

That's what the media wants you to believe but you can get just as sick on land as well.....

 

[djefferis]

Of course I'm going to tip

Those days are long gone - yes, remember well the line at guest services (on many lines) from people seeking to remove the “daily service fee”. It was insane the last night of a cruise people who suddenly felt it appropriate to bring up every “issue” they had with staff.

Only one time did I feel a complaint was warranted (on 20+ cruises) to customer service desk - it was an older Carnival ship out of Charleston on a 4 day. Honestly - the staff attitude was likely a result of being sick and tired of shitty guest behavior. This was right after sailings started again and a lot of the crew had been stuck in limbo aboard the ship just sitting - couldn’t go home, couldn’t get off due to not being citizens - just had to stay aboard the boat for 18 months in many cases - then when things started back up after a few months guest were already bitching and moaning about everything that had changed.

Also, keep in mind tipping is culturally not a thing in many countries. It’s viewed as “begging” accepting tips and a sign of arrogance in extending one towards someone - acting as if they are a mere servant class and the tipper is of a higher class.

Worst cruises are Port Canaveral (shit ton of kids flying into Orlando and the Disney factor draws higher percent of middle class Chinese tourist and locals with a half dozen kids en-tow) or Seattle/Vancouver (again - Chinese). The Chinese just have a certain way of being annoying on cruises to me - they generally seem to have a feeling of “superiority” towards other guest and tend to travel in large groups. Keep in mind shops are generally narrow passageways and trying to walk past a group of a dozen Chinese leisurely walking and chatting with no social awareness is annoying. Other than that - 2nd least favorite group are “lifers” - the people who have been on 100 cruises and know every damn thing they are entitled to for free and ready to remind everyone. Same people also happy to recollect the “good old days” before cruises charged for everything (sorry - up sales have always been part of the model. It’s just recently changed to even lower base fares and more and nicer “upgrade” options - like before there would be a single steak house for nicer meals and reservations would be tough to get and they charged $25 - now you have 5 different paid dining venues, more availability and prices between $15-40 and people bitch).

 

[donnie]

I got one of those “free cruise” vouchers from the Rio Hotel & Casino a while back, and after looking into it, I finally pulled the trigger on a sailing! I’m booked for February 15–22, 2026 aboard the Carnival Liberty, and I’m pretty pumped to get back out to sea.

The itinerary is sounds pretty good, we’ll be hitting Key West, Celebration Key, and Nassau.

I’ve never been to Key West before, so I’m really looking forward to exploring that area.

Celebration Key is brand-new—Carnival’s private island that’s built with all kinds of amenities like beach clubs, swim-up bars, and water activities.

I’ve been to Nassau once or twice many years ago, but it’ll be cool to revisit and see what’s changed.

This will be my first cruise since my Alaska trip back in October 2024, so I’m definitely ready to be back on the water. And while I say “free,” of course there are still costs—taxes and port fees alone were about $500 for a 7-day cruise for two people in an interior cabin, which honestly isn’t bad considering all the included food, entertainment, and destinations.

I ended up upgrading to an ocean view cabin and added my stepdaughter to the booking, so for all three of us it came out to around $1,300 total without hotel or airfare.

I'm also excited to be sailing out of New Orleans as I've never been there either but I'm excited to try the food and visit bourbon street.

Bobby is the cruise king. Did you watch the Netflix doc on 'The Poop' Cruise?

 

[BobbyFK]

Bobby is the cruise king. Did you watch the Netflix doc on 'The Poop' Cruise?

I did, I thought it was a good reenactment of what happened although it didn't provide much "new" information about what happened that I didn't already know

 

[Archie]

maybe double check before doing any slides, Robert

https://twitter.com/x/status/1953790003353387446

 

[Pimike]

Casino on board?

Rio is not gonna offer a free cruise without a casino that’s the whole point

 

[BobbyFK]

Rio is not gonna offer a free cruise without a casino that’s the whole point

Actually, there's no correlation between playing in the casino and it having any effect on your land-based Rio offers. Although it will affect my Carnival offers since I'm currently getting pretty decent offers from them, including drinks in the casino, onboard credit and free rooms, so I will need to play some to keep those going (I was going to play regardless)

 

[BobbyFK]

maybe double check before doing any slides, Robert

https://twitter.com/x/status/1953790003353387446

I saw that! I'd love to know exactly how that happened, from what I'm hearing some of the glass shattered somehow. Hopefully that won't happen to me

 

[KingKolzig]

Bobby shutting off his tips....

 

[easy_street]

Getting laid on a cruise is the easiest, something about being so far from land...

Soft poker tables too

 

[BobbyFK]

Getting laid on a cruise is the easiest, something about being so far from land...

Soft poker tables too

Yeah, I usually play poker on board but the rake is really high and a lot of ships have been moved to electronic tables where there's no physical cards, which I prefer but a lot of players hate them