Finding this video was a blessing!! Thank you!! I was about to book this sailing for 8/27. I just wanted a quick solo getaway for a few days. The port is only a 2 hour drive from my house. The behavior you described had me clutching my invisible pearsl!!! I was in the supermarket and I was trying to keep my jaw off of the floor.😮😮 This is a NO for me. I was just on a 4 night sailing on The MSC Seashore out of port Canaveral and it was NOTHING like this. I've been on 12 cruises and thank God this was never my experience. My last Carnival cruise was the inaugural sailing of the Celebration out of Miami and it was amazing!! I have a 4 nighter booked on the Utopia in March for my birthday and a 5 nighter out of NY on Virgins Mermaiden sailing on the Brilliant Lady I pray they are nothing like this. I've done 2, 7 night sailings out of Jersey on Anthem and Oasis and they were fantastic!! The Brilliant Lady will be my 1st time cruising from NY and going to Bermuda. Virgin has a higher price point. So hopefully that will keep the riff raff away!!
wow you are refreshingly honest, I enjoyed that! We are heading to Venezia for a B2B 14 day then 7 day, I always find a way to enjoy but hearing your take is eye opening especially the concern about crew! we will never do short cruises, there's a reason Carnival is called the Walmart of cruising.... but this will be my 24th Carnival cruise so budget chooses Carnival.
Went on the cruise right after you returned on 6/10, and I 1000% agree about the service aspect of the crew, it was the worst we have seen in the 7 cruises that we went on. I also agree about Mark Q, totally disconnected and made you could feel the lack of energy on the boat. We also had issues with the boat being super hot.
@@ByteSizeCruises had a call after work, following up on the email I sent regarding the cruise. Although we still had a good time, and enjoyed our time, carnival has definitely fallen off a bit Wasn’t really a fan of the ship either
My brother I just wanted let you know you are my girlfriend and I's favorite cruise reviewer, you strike a great balance of experience and "your average guy" when it comes to review which we really like. We find Alot of cruise reviewers on youtube are either snobby or just big cry baby losers who I'd never have a beer with. Your opinions seem like those of a regular everyday guy who is just looking for a nice time without anything fussy. Thanks for another upload! EDIT as a couple in their late 20s its INSANE to me that WEED is an issue or considered drugs by anyone in the year of our lord 2024 let people smoke if they want.
We were on a 10 day on the Venezia last month and had a totally different experience. We had no complaints. Every member of the crew we met were very friendly and enthusiastic and never saw any of them just standing around. I agree the food was excellent. Our cruise director at that time was Jacky Tang and he was amazing! Had such a great time that the Venezia is now my favorite ship! I do appreciate your opinion though.
Hi John. I just finished watching your recent Venezia review and you were excellent providing both negative and positive facts. This helps me out knowing what to expect when I go in August. I'm still very skeptical about it but I don't want to cxl because I already made the final payment and do not want to lose some of my money.
Sounds like a cruise from hell. Granted I never had any interest in short cruises. I would still love to see and experience the Venezia, just on a longer cruise! Thanks for sharing!
Leaving on the 4th on this ship and now my stomach is churning. You have to make the best of it. This one is an 11 day, but we are booked for a 4 day next august😮
I can't believe MarQ was described as low energy. We were on the Venezia last June (2023) and he was terrific, lots of energy, seemed like he was everywhere. I tried to go to any event he ran. Did you see the Venezia Rock Band? They were really good when we were on the ship.
@@ByteSizeCruises The guitarist was from the Rock Band, at least he was when we were on the ship and they did the rock theater show. The Rock band was in the aft bar on deck 5. I forget what it was called. Pretty much every night from 9-12:30am.
We got on the ship the day you got off. It was our first cruise. We had a good time overall because the ports were amazing but definitely thought the ship has some issues. Luckily we were with other people who have cruised many times and said a lot of things about the cruise were not normal. The food was not good at all and the MDR was SO slow. Took us one hour one night just to get a cup of soup and then another 30 after that for our main. Will be trying Royal Caribbean next time or a larger Carnival cruise ship out of Florida but we wanted to try sailing out of New York because we are from PA and travel would be easy to NYC by train.
Going on this ship 2025, 12 day. I’m thinking the shorter or discounted the cruise the possibility of disregard type of behavior. All of my cruises have I never but I’m not the up late cruiser either. Thanks for the review. The staff sounded like possibly they were at the end of their contracts? Or they were literally exhausted with bad behavior from cruisers. While on the ships we are literally in a moving city so there are all kinds of folks from all walks of life… so I do give grace for all kinds of behavior. The upkeep of the ship is critical so I’m giving them time to re finish touches to stuff etc. you didn’t mention anyone tragically hurt so this is good. The weed smoking is horrible but not enough to ruining my vacation so that’s fine. Good review
Thanks for the review. I am booked for 10 days on Venezia. Praying not as many drunks and hope no skunk weed. Two factors, like it or not NY demographics and a 4 or 5 day cruise. Had only one other Carnival Cruise years ago out of L A for 7 day, went very well. I really suggest you sail Princess, for me a very high level of service. Not excited about NY embark. *** I suggest you don’t get fixated on carnival There’s a whole world of ships, destinations, and cruises, and a wide spread of demographics that you will find most likely on each ship I have about 600 or more days on many of the lines, but I still come back to Princess Thanks again for your great review
Going on Venezia July 24th for an 8 day. Been on 19 cruises, all Caribbean. Departure ports for me have been Miami, Fort Lauderale, NY and Bayonne NJ, all on various cruise lines. I have sailed on Carnival many times before and had all good cruises, some of them surprisingly good. I am from NJ and the trend I have noticed is that all of my sailings from NY or NJ seems to attract that crowd. All of my sailings from the NY and NJ ports have had more passenger behavior issues than others. Just what I have noticed on my cruises.
Confused about the dog search area you spoke about. It that done with your checked bags that you leave with the porters? Or done after you drop them off with your carry on bags you bring with you to check in in the lines? Seems like that is why it takes so long to board..
Specifically with carry on after you go through xray and check in. that was a portion of it about 10-15 min. NYC in general is slow. The other hour was just waiting in line to see my passport
I went on carnival last year and the staff was very down. It was like a 100 degrees and I just thought the heat was getting to the staff. Maybe I was wrong.
Your experience is very believable considering you were on a short sailing from NY. I am blessed to cruise about once a month as well (mostly NCL) and live in NYC. All of my 5 day trips from NY have noticeably more fights, rambunctious guests, etc. versus longer sailings. I tried Venezia for the first time this past January, on a 9-day sailing to Bahamas, and while the guests are definitely more rowdy than other lines, in my experience, it was an awesome trip! No real crazy stories except a drunk women who passed out in the aft pool around 1pm one day, and a guy who hit a security guard upon returning to the ship from a boozy beach excursion... again at like 2 pm. Other than that, it was a really fun cruise and most guests and crew were friendly and harmless. I booked an 11-day in November and I'm excited to get back onboard. I know the length of sailing will directly impact the onboard experience. There are some things I don't enjoy about Carnival, like drink package not working on first day, cramped theatre, smoky/cramped casino layout (and no bar in the casino), etc., but it's not the end of the world.
Did an 8 day last year and a 7 day Venezia cruise this spring, and it was great! Embarkation was hectic. People didn’t know where to go, and any one of the half dozen Carnival employees could have helped out just by directing people instead of just standing around chatting amongst themselves.
A four day cruise where 75% of the time people were sequestered indoors. Cabin fever and frustration certainly became an issue. No wonder the staff was beat. Cruising on this ship in January '25 out of Port Canaveral for 14 days.
I think a 7 day or longer would be different. Carnival seems to have a real issue with their short sailings as far as fights and drugs. That definitely would not be my demographic. Closer to my mid 40’s. I would be traumatized if I ever saw a fight on a cruise ship. Also I could barely take the smell of a cigarette lead alone drugs. The only good thing is the food was good. Going on the Carnival Celebration in a week. Glad I chose a longer sailing! Great video and review as always! 💙
Ugh. I’m booked on the Venezia for a 10 day in October. I’m concerned. I’d heard a lot of negative things about the cruises last year, but I hoped it had improved. I’ve never had a problem on NCL out of NYC, but this sounds pretty bad.
Just because someone had a bad experience, it doesn’t mean it will be bad for you. Be your own judge. Shorter cruises have the tendency to have more first time cruisers who don’t know how to contain their emotions, or understand they’re not the only ones there.
Hey John!! Im trying to keep this byte sized. 😂 I've sailed aboard several lines, twice with Carnival. Not to disparage on the brand. The ships were amazing! The crew? Top notch! The food? Meh, but totally not bad. (Seeing as how i didn't have to cook or clean up 😊) but the passengers totally put me off cruising with them again. 😢 I have run into rude guests on other lines, but the passengers on Carnival take not just the cake, they'll take the whole darned pie! And are very vocal if you try to stop them. Just not the line for me. Just got off the Eurodam (another carnival owned ship. LOVED IT!!!) Won't book another whale tail.
Hahahaha oh no. We just booked a 4-day Bahamas out of Orlando in December 😅😅 we will try to make the best of it. I'll try to keep positive vibes going into it
Also as a management person in the hospitality industry it sounds like this ship lacks any strong leadership in that department. Its up to them to make sure the staff are staying busy, and doing what is expected from guests. But at the same time they may be defeated from dealing with NYC/Philly human trash.
I'm an avid Carnival fan, and, I did an April cruise on the Venezia. I really enjoyed myself, but I purposely took an 11 day cruise, keeping in mind that the 5 day cruises I've been on were filled with drink package warriors and rowdy people. Never again less than 7 days, prefer 9 or more.
I can book this cruise 10 nights for about a 1000 for an inside! Or I can fly to FL for the celebration for around 1300 for 7 nights! Never been on a Carnival cruise! Only NCL and Royal! Which u think is best? I live about 90 mins from NYC
I think 10 day would be awesome and that’s a great price. Celebration is going to feel more royal. That ship is amazing. Personally I would do celebration but I think the 10 day would be great.
This is the reason that we never do shorter cruises. You get too many party type people that think they can do what they want, when they want. We'll be on the Venezia in 2027 for a 14 day cruise, so I don't expect that we'll have these types of behavior.
I am on 4 day on the 4th and I have sailed the Venezia twice this year, a 9 day and 10 day. The first sailing was excellent-the 2nd sailing was good but not as good as the 1st. I would agree from my last sailing about the crew…..they seem defeated for sure. I found that they seem to perk up once I was just nice and polite, which leads me to think it’s the passengers that are wearing them down. That said, I also sailed VV this year, a 5 day and my first time on that line….It was awful. Fights, idiots everywhere high on the devil’s lettuce, grown adults playing knock knock ditch em at 1 AM, lazy staff (the staff standing around on phones made me chuckle because that was rampant on my VV cruise). It was everything everyone complains about Carnival. So, that said….shorter cruises, no matter the line, can be problematic. I am hoping my Bermuda cruise goes better than yours. I think if you did a longer cruise on Venezia you would like it, I hope you give her another chance.
Unfortunately, a lot of people feel more comfortable around that behavior, not less. Some people are really intimidated by the "fanciness" of cruising. I really think they look at Carnival as a bunch of maniacs getting drunk and they actually see that as a positive. Not sure how Carnival can deal with countermarketing that
Think of me as a very old man. I'm a lot like my grand father who died age 95, 30 years ago. Very, very old school. I need to make sure that I am never, ever, ever on a cruise like this.
You are a travel agent that (a) gets no free cruises, and (b) you think that Carnival Jubilee is the best cruise you have had so far? As a regular cruiser myself who has sailed across almost all cruise lines (except Virgin as of now) I find both points highly unbelievable. I know Carnival gives the most commission to travel agents btw.
I commented too quickly as I though you were going to give a biased review. However when when I watched the entire video I realized I was wrong. My apologies for the previous comment. As a side note I have been on 2 of the 3 Carnival's Excel class ships - Celebration and Jubilee - beautiful ships, loved the dining options, layout/design (with a few flaws) etc. but I would no way consider it to be the best cruise only because I sail with almost all other cruise lines
1. I do not take free cruises so that we can be transparent. 2. I said this year. I have been on 70 cruises across all lines. Not of all time. This year. And 3. Carnival does not give a higher commission. And this whole video is about how not great carnival is soooooo
Thanks for the secret trick on the drug dog baggage check. Time to make sure to transfer it smoke from luggage to socks or pants pockets AFTER check-in
I have been on 20+ cruises….all Carnival. I went this past May on the Venezia for 11 days and hated it. I usually come home and book my next cruise and even now months later just not eager to book again. New York took a long time to get through exactly for reasons listed here. Staff behavior exactly like this review. My room steward was perfect. Short of that they seemed like they could care less about guests or even life in general. Usually love casino, could not stand to be in this area. So Smokey and crowded. Unless you flashed cash bills forget getting served a drink. Pools small but okay for May weather. Too much Trivia and repeat cruises laughed at winning as same questions. Food okay. Not great but okay. The people …….. terrible. Never again out of New York. Rude, arrogant, mean, loud, drunk, and drugs everywhere. Walkers, scooters and strollers parked in cabin walkway areas and elevators. Because of safety, I did repeatedly complain. Said they should be confiscated if people don’t follow rules but still parked in walkways. Nothing done by Carnival. Parents serving young adults alcohol. Worst cruise ever. Ports nice.
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I sailed on Venezia two weeks ago. I give it an A+. My only pet peeve was guests saving seats in the theater.
Glad you had a great time. On our sailing no one really went to the shows so the theater was wide open
@@BeginnerDiva my favorite cruise line is princess
Princess does not allow that.
Finding this video was a blessing!! Thank you!! I was about to book this sailing for 8/27. I just wanted a quick solo getaway for a few days. The port is only a 2 hour drive from my house. The behavior you described had me clutching my invisible pearsl!!! I was in the supermarket and I was trying to keep my jaw off of the floor.😮😮
This is a NO for me.
I was just on a 4 night sailing on The MSC Seashore out of port Canaveral and it was NOTHING like this. I've been on 12 cruises and thank God this was never my experience. My last Carnival cruise was the inaugural sailing of the Celebration out of Miami and it was amazing!!
I have a 4 nighter booked on the Utopia in March for my birthday and a 5 nighter out of NY on Virgins Mermaiden sailing on the Brilliant Lady I pray they are nothing like this. I've done 2, 7 night sailings out of Jersey on Anthem and Oasis and they were fantastic!!
The Brilliant Lady will be my 1st time cruising from NY and going to Bermuda.
Virgin has a higher price point. So hopefully that will keep the riff raff away!!
Yeah I think the rest will be great. I go out of nj and nyc all the time and this was the only bad experience thank god. Thanks so much for watching
wow you are refreshingly honest, I enjoyed that! We are heading to Venezia for a B2B 14 day then 7 day, I always find a way to enjoy but hearing your take is eye opening especially the concern about crew! we will never do short cruises, there's a reason Carnival is called the Walmart of cruising.... but this will be my 24th Carnival cruise so budget chooses Carnival.
THanks so much. You will have a great time on the longer cruise for sure.
Thanks for sharing your views. Cruising this ship for 8 days in August. Praying to have a good time. I will make the best of it I can…..
Longer will be a ton better. Hope you have a blast
Went on the cruise right after you returned on 6/10, and I 1000% agree about the service aspect of the crew, it was the worst we have seen in the 7 cruises that we went on. I also agree about Mark Q, totally disconnected and made you could feel the lack of energy on the boat. We also had issues with the boat being super hot.
Ugh. Don’t love hearing that.
@@ByteSizeCruises had a call after work, following up on the email I sent regarding the cruise. Although we still had a good time, and enjoyed our time, carnival has definitely fallen off a bit Wasn’t really a fan of the ship either
My brother I just wanted let you know you are my girlfriend and I's favorite cruise reviewer, you strike a great balance of experience and "your average guy" when it comes to review which we really like. We find Alot of cruise reviewers on youtube are either snobby or just big cry baby losers who I'd never have a beer with. Your opinions seem like those of a regular everyday guy who is just looking for a nice time without anything fussy. Thanks for another upload! EDIT as a couple in their late 20s its INSANE to me that WEED is an issue or considered drugs by anyone in the year of our lord 2024 let people smoke if they want.
Thank you so much!!
I'm currently on the cruise that followed yours and I did not notice any of the staff laziness issues you're bringing up.
To be clear. No one that works on cruises is lazy. It was more of a lack of oversight than anything. But glad to hear.
@@ByteSizeCruises Sitting and playing with your phone as an employee, really. What a joke, more than lazy, theft of doing your job.
Thank you for your honesty. My cruise is 7 days going to Canada and Bermuda.
Hope you have a great time
We were on a 10 day on the Venezia last month and had a totally different experience. We had no complaints. Every member of the crew we met were very friendly and enthusiastic and never saw any of them just standing around. I agree the food was excellent. Our cruise director at that time was Jacky Tang and he was amazing! Had such a great time that the Venezia is now my favorite ship! I do appreciate your opinion though.
I figured as much. Glad to hear it is different on the longer sailings.
Hi John. I just finished watching your recent Venezia review and you were excellent providing both negative and positive facts. This helps me out knowing what to expect when I go in August. I'm still very skeptical about it but I don't want to cxl because I already made the final payment and do not want to lose some of my money.
I think it will be ok being a 7 day!
Sounds like a cruise from hell. Granted I never had any interest in short cruises. I would still love to see and experience the Venezia, just on a longer cruise! Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely. It will be great.
Leaving on the 4th on this ship and now my stomach is churning. You have to make the best of it. This one is an 11 day, but we are booked for a 4 day next august😮
11 will be great. I’ve gotten lots of feedback on the longer ones
I can't believe MarQ was described as low energy. We were on the Venezia last June (2023) and he was terrific, lots of energy, seemed like he was everywhere. I tried to go to any event he ran.
Did you see the Venezia Rock Band? They were really good when we were on the ship.
No. There was a guitarist at the show but not a rock band. We saw some singers. MarQ just seemed exhausted lol
@@ByteSizeCruises The guitarist was from the Rock Band, at least he was when we were on the ship and they did the rock theater show. The Rock band was in the aft bar on deck 5. I forget what it was called. Pretty much every night from 9-12:30am.
I was worried it was going to be like that. We are going July 4-8, hopefully not the same.
Thanks for your input. We love carnival too
I hope it’s great for you. Let me know how it goes
Im doing the same cruise.
Agree with your assessments.
We got on the ship the day you got off. It was our first cruise. We had a good time overall because the ports were amazing but definitely thought the ship has some issues. Luckily we were with other people who have cruised many times and said a lot of things about the cruise were not normal. The food was not good at all and the MDR was SO slow. Took us one hour one night just to get a cup of soup and then another 30 after that for our main. Will be trying Royal Caribbean next time or a larger Carnival cruise ship out of Florida but we wanted to try sailing out of New York because we are from PA and travel would be easy to NYC by train.
Sorry it was rough. Royal out of NJ is usually amazing.
Going on this ship 2025, 12 day. I’m thinking the shorter or discounted the cruise the possibility of disregard type of behavior. All of my cruises have I never but I’m not the up late cruiser either. Thanks for the review. The staff sounded like possibly they were at the end of their contracts? Or they were literally exhausted with bad behavior from cruisers. While on the ships we are literally in a moving city so there are all kinds of folks from all walks of life… so I do give grace for all kinds of behavior. The upkeep of the ship is critical so I’m giving them time to re finish touches to stuff etc. you didn’t mention anyone tragically hurt so this is good. The weed smoking is horrible but not enough to ruining my vacation so that’s fine. Good review
Thanks for watching. 12 day will be awesome. let me know how it goes
Thanks for the review. I am booked for 10 days on Venezia. Praying not as many drunks and hope no skunk weed. Two factors, like it or not NY demographics and a 4 or 5 day cruise. Had only one other Carnival Cruise years ago out of L A for 7 day, went very well. I really suggest you sail Princess, for me a very high level of service. Not excited about NY embark.
*** I suggest you don’t get fixated on carnival
There’s a whole world of ships, destinations, and cruises, and a wide spread of demographics that you will find most likely on each ship
I have about 600 or more days on many of the lines, but I still come back to Princess
Thanks again for your great review
Thanks. I think the ten day will be great
This makes me very nervous for our 4 day cruise in August. Do you think being cooped up because of the weather played a part in all the shenanigans?
I sure hope so.
Going on Venezia July 24th for an 8 day. Been on 19 cruises, all Caribbean. Departure ports for me have been Miami, Fort Lauderale, NY and Bayonne NJ, all on various cruise lines. I have sailed on Carnival many times before and had all good cruises, some of them surprisingly good. I am from NJ and the trend I have noticed is that all of my sailings from NY or NJ seems to attract that crowd. All of my sailings from the NY and NJ ports have had more passenger behavior issues than others. Just what I have noticed on my cruises.
Yep very very true.
I appreciate your honest opinion and I agree with you 👍🏼
Thanks for watching!
Confused about the dog search area you spoke about. It that done with your checked bags that you leave with the porters? Or done after you drop them off with your carry on bags you bring with you to check in in the lines? Seems like that is why it takes so long to board..
Specifically with carry on after you go through xray and check in. that was a portion of it about 10-15 min. NYC in general is slow. The other hour was just waiting in line to see my passport
We have only been on a five day cruise . It was in October and it was fun but after that, just 7 days
I went on carnival last year and the staff was very down. It was like a 100 degrees and I just thought the heat was getting to the staff. Maybe I was wrong.
Your experience is very believable considering you were on a short sailing from NY. I am blessed to cruise about once a month as well (mostly NCL) and live in NYC. All of my 5 day trips from NY have noticeably more fights, rambunctious guests, etc. versus longer sailings. I tried Venezia for the first time this past January, on a 9-day sailing to Bahamas, and while the guests are definitely more rowdy than other lines, in my experience, it was an awesome trip! No real crazy stories except a drunk women who passed out in the aft pool around 1pm one day, and a guy who hit a security guard upon returning to the ship from a boozy beach excursion... again at like 2 pm. Other than that, it was a really fun cruise and most guests and crew were friendly and harmless. I booked an 11-day in November and I'm excited to get back onboard. I know the length of sailing will directly impact the onboard experience. There are some things I don't enjoy about Carnival, like drink package not working on first day, cramped theatre, smoky/cramped casino layout (and no bar in the casino), etc., but it's not the end of the world.
great points
Oh my goodness. I'm hoping we will have a completely different experience next March on a 7 day sailing from Port Canaveral. 😢
Me too. 7 day should be great
O no I go on a 11 day one in October on this ship I hope things are better by then
11 day should be amazing!!
I’m going on the 10 day cruise on October 25th as well! This is my first cruise ever. So I have nothing to compare it to. 🙂
@@loisenolp4746 o nice I leave on oct 14 and come back the 25th so u must be on the next one out have a blast
@@TheYarnOverStore oh I hope it does. Have a great time!
Oh wow, leaving in Oct for an 11 day cruise on the Venezia! I sure hope our cruise is not like this.
11 day should be great!
@@ByteSizeCruises I sure hope so. Leaving out of Manhattan and I have never been to NY.
Me too.
We are doing the 8 day and the 4 day leaving this Wednesday. Hope we have a better experience. Fingers crossed!
same. let me know how it goes!!
Did an 8 day last year and a 7 day Venezia cruise this spring, and it was great! Embarkation was hectic. People didn’t know where to go, and any one of the half dozen Carnival employees could have helped out just by directing people instead of just standing around chatting amongst themselves.
A four day cruise where 75% of the time people were sequestered indoors. Cabin fever and frustration certainly became an issue. No wonder the staff was beat.
Cruising on this ship in January '25 out of Port Canaveral for 14 days.
Hope you have a blast
I think a 7 day or longer would be different. Carnival seems to have a real issue with their short sailings as far as fights and drugs. That definitely would not be my demographic. Closer to my mid 40’s. I would be traumatized if I ever saw a fight on a cruise ship. Also I could barely take the smell of a cigarette lead alone drugs. The only good thing is the food was good. Going on the Carnival Celebration in a week. Glad I chose a longer sailing! Great video and review as always! 💙
Ugh. I’m booked on the Venezia for a 10 day in October. I’m concerned. I’d heard a lot of negative things about the cruises last year, but I hoped it had improved. I’ve never had a problem on NCL out of NYC, but this sounds pretty bad.
10 day will be great. The longer the less drama and partying.
Go and have fun!
Just because someone had a bad experience, it doesn’t mean it will be bad for you. Be your own judge. Shorter cruises have the tendency to have more first time cruisers who don’t know how to contain their emotions, or understand they’re not the only ones there.
Me, too. Maybe we’ll be on the same sailing.
Beautiful ship
Hey John!! Im trying to keep this byte sized. 😂 I've sailed aboard several lines, twice with Carnival. Not to disparage on the brand. The ships were amazing! The crew? Top notch! The food? Meh, but totally not bad. (Seeing as how i didn't have to cook or clean up 😊) but the passengers totally put me off cruising with them again. 😢 I have run into rude guests on other lines, but the passengers on Carnival take not just the cake, they'll take the whole darned pie! And are very vocal if you try to stop them. Just not the line for me. Just got off the Eurodam (another carnival owned ship. LOVED IT!!!) Won't book another whale tail.
Amen. Well said.
Hahahaha oh no. We just booked a 4-day Bahamas out of Orlando in December 😅😅 we will try to make the best of it. I'll try to keep positive vibes going into it
Yes. Positive vibes for sure. We still had a good time and the food was great
Also as a management person in the hospitality industry it sounds like this ship lacks any strong leadership in that department. Its up to them to make sure the staff are staying busy, and doing what is expected from guests. But at the same time they may be defeated from dealing with NYC/Philly human trash.
I totally agree
Booze cruise 4 day. Had a totally good experience on this ship for an 8 day. Cheers
That is great to hear
I'm an avid Carnival fan, and, I did an April cruise on the Venezia. I really enjoyed myself, but I purposely took an 11 day cruise, keeping in mind that the 5 day cruises I've been on were filled with drink package warriors and rowdy people. Never again less than 7 days, prefer 9 or more.
I can book this cruise 10 nights for about a 1000 for an inside! Or I can fly to FL for the celebration for around 1300 for 7 nights! Never been on a Carnival cruise! Only NCL and Royal! Which u think is best? I live about 90 mins from NYC
I think 10 day would be awesome and that’s a great price. Celebration is going to feel more royal. That ship is amazing. Personally I would do celebration but I think the 10 day would be great.
Fly elsewhere.
My family and i did 8 days cruise on the canival venezia and it was great June 18th -- 26th
That is awesome. I’m happy to hear it was great
This is the reason that we never do shorter cruises. You get too many party type people that think they can do what they want, when they want. We'll be on the Venezia in 2027 for a 14 day cruise, so I don't expect that we'll have these types of behavior.
Yeah it was wild!!
Just couldn’t pull the trigger to book Carnival. Now I know I am beyond the Carnival drama. I’ll stick with MSC, NCL, Princess.
I am on 4 day on the 4th and I have sailed the Venezia twice this year, a 9 day and 10 day. The first sailing was excellent-the 2nd sailing was good but not as good as the 1st. I would agree from my last sailing about the crew…..they seem defeated for sure. I found that they seem to perk up once I was just nice and polite, which leads me to think it’s the passengers that are wearing them down. That said, I also sailed VV this year, a 5 day and my first time on that line….It was awful. Fights, idiots everywhere high on the devil’s lettuce, grown adults playing knock knock ditch em at 1 AM, lazy staff (the staff standing around on phones made me chuckle because that was rampant on my VV cruise). It was everything everyone complains about Carnival. So, that said….shorter cruises, no matter the line, can be problematic. I am hoping my Bermuda cruise goes better than yours. I think if you did a longer cruise on Venezia you would like it, I hope you give her another chance.
I def will for sure. Hope your four day goes well
I’m on that 4 day on the 4th as well and now I’m scared I wasted money. Being the 4th it was much more expensive and will that be a factor?
I personally would not go on a booze cruise….we did a 7 day to Canada it was much different. We are going on a 7 day this month to Bermuda
That will be great
Unfortunately, a lot of people feel more comfortable around that behavior, not less.
Some people are really intimidated by the "fanciness" of cruising. I really think they look at Carnival as a bunch of maniacs getting drunk and they actually see that as a positive.
Not sure how Carnival can deal with countermarketing that
I have no idea either
Think of me as a very old man. I'm a lot like my grand father who died age 95, 30 years ago. Very, very old school. I need to make sure that I am never, ever, ever on a cruise like this.
I agree with you. I don't ever wanna get into a fist fight, but my patience would probably be VERY tested with 2/3 of these chuckleheads.
You are a travel agent that (a) gets no free cruises, and (b) you think that Carnival Jubilee is the best cruise you have had so far? As a regular cruiser myself who has sailed across almost all cruise lines (except Virgin as of now) I find both points highly unbelievable. I know Carnival gives the most commission to travel agents btw.
I commented too quickly as I though you were going to give a biased review. However when when I watched the entire video I realized I was wrong. My apologies for the previous comment. As a side note I have been on 2 of the 3 Carnival's Excel class ships - Celebration and Jubilee - beautiful ships, loved the dining options, layout/design (with a few flaws) etc. but I would no way consider it to be the best cruise only because I sail with almost all other cruise lines
1. I do not take free cruises so that we can be transparent. 2. I said this year. I have been on 70 cruises across all lines. Not of all time. This year. And 3. Carnival does not give a higher commission. And this whole video is about how not great carnival is soooooo
Thanks for the secret trick on the drug dog baggage check. Time to make sure to transfer it smoke from luggage to socks or pants pockets AFTER check-in
Hahhah
Just got back from a 7 day to the Caribbean. Never again.
Ugh
I bet these were 1st time cruiser, short cheap cruise.
Def a lot of first timers
I have been on 20+ cruises….all Carnival. I went this past May on the Venezia for 11 days and hated it. I usually come home and book my next cruise and even now months later just not eager to book again. New York took a long time to get through exactly for reasons listed here. Staff behavior exactly like this review. My room steward was perfect. Short of that they seemed like they could care less about guests or even life in general. Usually love casino, could not stand to be in this area. So Smokey and crowded. Unless you flashed cash bills forget getting served a drink. Pools small but okay for May weather. Too much Trivia and repeat cruises laughed at winning as same questions. Food okay. Not great but okay. The people …….. terrible. Never again out of New York. Rude, arrogant, mean, loud, drunk, and drugs everywhere. Walkers, scooters and strollers parked in cabin walkway areas and elevators. Because of safety, I did repeatedly complain. Said they should be confiscated if people don’t follow rules but still parked in walkways. Nothing done by Carnival. Parents serving young adults alcohol. Worst cruise ever. Ports nice.