I have several questions for CCLines. There was only one part of my cruise that I was disappointed in and it has nothing to do with the ship. When we sailed last December there was a large amount of unsupervised (7 to 12 year old) children everywhere. Now I am not opposed to children, but they took over all of the pools and hot tubs and were having a ball "running" everywhere. We were lucky enough to hook-up with several young couples and they expressed the same dissatisfaction in the ships security to do anything about it. Could you give me some insight into this problem? Was it just the time of year that I went? Are you having any complaints? Is Carnival moving away from the party image and toward a family environment. We really like Carnival and I am sailing again this December, I hope that we do not run into the same situation that we did last year. Please respond and give me your twist on this.

I believe the problem I experienced is with parents who bring their children on board and intend on using the ship as a babysitter. These people need to be more considerate of others and pay attention to what their children are doing.

Thanks for your comments,they are always nice to hear. As bad as i hate to say, Yes The Destiny will be leaveing Miamia,FL. The main reason for all the changes is because Where the Celebration is leaveing at ( New Orleans ) its such a demand that we had no other choice but to put a larger ship in its place and putting The Destiny up there would not of been a good idea, so the only option we had was to take The Inspiration out of San Jaun and moving her to New Orleans and moving The Destiny to San Jaun. The Destiny will be missed but her sister ship Carnival Triumph will be sailing out of Miami,FL October 23rd on 7 day Western and Eastern Caribbean Cruises. The Celebration will be transferred to Port of Galveston,Texas which i think will do real well.
Nice to hear your going on The Holiday, i am sure you and your family will enjoy it. The Holiday is a nice ship and it has alot to offer. The Holiday does have stabalizers like the rest of our fleet, and i have heard alot of people say i am gonna get sick, but once they get out there, it dont happen, most people are to busy eating and having fun to even think about getting sick. After all we are so confident you'll enjoy your Carnival Cruise vacation we GUARANTEE it. Carnival Cruise is the ONLY cruise line to offer vacation guarantee. Simply book your cruise and if you are not satisfied notify us before the arrival at the first port of call and we will refund your un-used portion of your cruise fare and pay your flight back. Now what other cruise line does that?

Glad to hear you had a wonderful time on The Destiny. Well,I got some answers to your questions. First of all you know and i know that there are all kinds of different types of parents, some make there kids mind and obey and act normal in public, and you got others that let there kids run around and act wild and dont mind or obey. In The Summer time we do have more kids that ride on our ships because of family vacations and if you want a time thats not many kids, any time during school time is good. Most kids are in school. Kids are gonna be kids when you get them around water ( swimming pools big slides and stuff ) its only natural for them to hang around that area. Myself, i wouldn't really let that bother me, when i take off and take my family on a cruise i am just thankful to get out of the office. But i do understand where your coming from, i mean parents should tell there kids NOT to run on the ships. Myself i have two girls, ages 5 and 8, I am not a mean dad, but my girls know that when we go out in public they act very good and polite. My kids dont run around on the ship cause really its too dangerous to "RUN" onboard cause at Carnival we make sure our ships are very very clean and you just never know where a wet spot will be on the floor where they might of just mopped it and yes they do put the little yellow signs up but kids dont pay attention to them. And also you never know where a person may be trying to get up some steps or walking around a corner and if a child is running they could knock the person down and make him or her fall. My kids, they run around, scream, yell, like all the other kids but "there is a time and a place for that" and a ship out in public is not a place for it at least not my kids. We have Camp Carnival onboard of our ships and its a great place for kids to color and have fun and play video games and stuff, but when kids our not in camp carnival parents should really pay more attention to them and watch over them. But i will say, i know you will have a much better time in December......just curious, but which ship are you booked on? Anyways, Thanks for chooseing Carnival and i hope you have a great time in December.

We have been on Destiny 3 times in the past 10 months and are currently in the process of booking again. In fact on our last cruise we purchased a painting at the art auction of Destiny in Miami Harbor and have it hung proudly in our home.

Very disappointed to learn that Destiny will not be sailing out of Miami anymore. What date does that become effective.

We have always enjoyed our stay on Destiny and every Sunday as we depart wish we could stay on board.

One of the features we very much enjoy is the interactive TV. It saves so much running around to be able to take care of things right from your room. Tropical didn't have it and we were disappointed. Could you tell me if Sensation does.

On 2 cruises we had a balcony room and on the 3rd we chose a mini suite. Mini suite was lovely but not necessary as we are hardly in our room anyway. So much to do and so little time.

We are also members of the Ocean Players Club which we find to be a wonderful service. Would highly recommend to anyone interested. My game is Caribbean Stud and I hit 4 queens on the last night.

We are sailing on the Inspiration which currently has the Southern Caribbean itinerary out of San Juan on December 12, 1999. I noted in your previous reply that the Inspiration was being moved to New Orleans. Does this affect us? Will we run into the same problem we had last year with so many children on the boat?

I was also informed the other day that the original itenerary had changed. I was not upset in the least, because I have always wanted to see Aruba.

Don't worry, the children in no way spoiled our trip. In fact I wouldn't let anything spoil "vacation". I believe it is a frame of mind! For me, the children were more of a safety issue. The hot tubs clearly say no children allowed (under the age of ?) unless accompanied by an adult. The tubs were always overcrowded with underage children playing and splashing and they were NEVER accompanied by an adult. I was just a little amazed with all of the security officers around that not one of them bothered to do anything about it. Also, so many of them were running and chasing each other about that I was very concerned not just for them but also for myself. I do think that the security on the ship needs to take a positive stand on some of these issues before a child gets hurt.

If anything, Carnival needs to think of the satisfaction of their customer's who do not bring their children onboard and are wanting a romantic get-a-way.

The Carnival Triumph has had a little delay which has forced a cancellation to a couple cruises out of New York. the Triumph is up and ready to go, from what i have heard floating around the office something about a shaft, they are having to replace. I am not really sure what happened or whats wrong with it, but from what i have heard something about the shaft they are replacing. The Triumph will be taking its maiden voyage July 27th.
Really the major difference between The Destiny and Triumph, will be that on The Triumph it will have another additional floor called the3 ""PANORAMA DECK"" and it will have a total of 58 more state rooms. It will offer everything The Destiny offers but MORE. The Triumph's GRT will be 102,353 compared to Destiny's GRT of 101,353. Both ships will be the same lenght of 893 feet, and both will have a beam of 116 feet. We have got some photos of The Triumphs interior and all i can say is everyone WILL be impressed.

Sorry i didn't get to reply last night but i was running out of time and had to leave. The Inspiration will be continue sailing from San Jaun untill September 10th, 2000 so you have nothing to worry about, go and have fun and enjoy.
At Carnival we are very concerned about Satisfaction of our customers and i will say that is to "ALL" customers who have kids and dont have kids, and also, last year Carnival had more than 500,000 people over the age 55 to go on cruises which i'd say is pretty darn good. We may not be perfect but then again, WHO IS? We are the only cruise line who guarantee you'll enjoy or your money back. And we are the most popular cruise line in the world. Carnival is not leaning towards either way, we are like in the middle we let the guest choose what they want to do and where they want to go. In other words, what i am trying to say is you have couples that come as a family and have kids, we have camp carnival, and then we have singles who come, we have singles bars and lounges, our ships are plenty big enough that there is something to do for not only small kids, or teenagers, or middle age adults, or seniors, but for ALL AGES. I'd have to say we are doing a great Job at Carnival not only because i work for them, but the fact that we are having to keep ordering more ships cause business is so strong and its such a big demand. One thing about it, we are not getting any smaller thats for sure.