| Re: TR: Norwegian Dawn & Albany (4/26-5/4) Pt. 1 |
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Author: GodsOnSafariGodsOnSafari Date: May 5, 2008 17:58
On May 5, 7:36В pm, Charles his.com.remove.invalid> wrote:> In article
> s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
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> gmail.com> wrote:>> I was dead set against Royal Caribbean or Carnival.
>> No real logical reason for that, but I wanted to go at least maybe a
>> quarter step up from them.
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> Interesting that you think that. After 28 cruises I rate Royal
> Caribbean is a whole step up from NCL and I think Carnival is either at
> the same level as NCL or a half step up from NCL. The food on Carnival
> is way better than the food on NCL. NCL is a about as low as you can go
> for cruises out of US ports.
I went off of what internet research I did and it seemed to indicate
that Carnival was kinda in the Motel 6 class whereas NCL was perhaps
at least at Days Inn level. In retrospect given what I encountered, I
don't imagine them to be at all significantly better and would likely
be okay with a Carnival/Royal Caribbean ship, assuming I didn't have
to deal with kids. I love amusement parks, hate vacationing around
children. Its the ultimate paradox, I know.
In any case, when I got home earlier today, I immediately started
looking at the smaller, more exclusive lines out there. For larger
lines, like I said, I'd probably be A-OK with one of Royal Caribbean's
immense floating cities just as I enjoyed myself on the NCL liner, but
I'd be much more likely to end up taking a suite on a Holland America,
depending on the ship.
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