Carnival’s Cheers! package is supposed to make cruising feel easier. Pay upfront. Stop doing bar math. Order what you want without thinking about every receipt. That’s the theory. Then comes the awkward little catch. You try to order a beer…
A bad cruise review is one thing. Being banned from a cruise line after posting the review on social media is another. That’s what the creators behind the Travel Spree YouTube channel say happened after their negative Margaritaville at Sea…
Sort mainstream cruises by price, and you’ll usually notice one thing—MSC appears near the top fast. You’ve got a choice of modern cruise ships, big Caribbean itineraries, and even a private island. The fares look almost too good to be…
Grab a few pastries from the buffet to enjoy on your balcony. Pack a plate for the kids. Take some fruit back to the cabin for later. It sounds completely harmless. Millions of cruisers do it every single day without…
Love them or hate them, mega-ships are becoming harder to ignore. Carnival has laid out plans for its biggest ships ever. Currently called Project Ace, the new platform includes three ships expected to carry almost 8,000 guests each at full…
A wheelchair, a laundry cart, and one reported collision aboard Icon of the Seas was enough to turn a cruise into a lawsuit. The passenger alleges that a Royal Caribbean employee negligently struck the back of her wheelchair with a…
You wander up to the pool deck just after breakfast and instantly know you’ve lost. The chair hogs have beaten you to it, and now every prime lounger is “taken.” Actually, you never stood a chance. The chair hogs were…
Carnival’s new rewards rules have now been around long enough that the confusion should have faded. It hasn’t. If anything, the anger still feels unusually raw. That suggests this was never just about deadlines, emails, or the mechanics of switching…
It seemed like the best way to get the bartender’s attention—the cruiser strolled up to the busy bar and immediately snapped their fingers a few times. And it worked. The bartender came over, smiling, and took the passenger’s order. That’s…
You’ll probably experience it sooner or later on a cruise ship. You’re heading back to your cabin after an evening show or a late drink, and there it is: a line of room-service trays outside cabin doors. Some are stacked…
No one thinks twice about wearing pajamas at breakfast at home. You shuffle into the kitchen, pour coffee, and enjoy a bowl of cereal. Perfectly normal, and nobody cares. But when the same scenario plays out at the cruise buffet,…
Hot tubs on a cruise ship look like the ultimate way to relax at sea. Up close, experienced cruisers often see something else entirely. One veteran cruiser called them “urinals at sea,” which sounds dramatic until you notice the crowding,…