Sometimes You Get More Than You Pay For

In reading some of the gripes about Carnival not delivering value for the price, I wonder if the context of it is cruising during a holiday or spending extra on the cabin selection. You can spend more on some things and you will still have the same food, entertainment and ports as someone next to you or after you that paid less money. Do your comparison shopping and look at other cruise line rates before you book. Our previous cruises were Disney and no one does it like Disney. On the other hand Carnival delivered an ocean view, 7 night, 4 port cruise for what it cost us for an interior, 3 night, 2 port Disney cruise. Carnival was great for a budget friendly family trip because we could a la carte the trip and decide what extra things we did or did not want to do.

The not so good was some of the food, in particular the beef, but it wouldn’t be a deal breaker for a future cruise for me as I would just skip it next time and found plenty of other choices. Read more