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Posted: 5 years ago | 684 Views

How many not so good cruises till you stop using a cruise line ?

When I first started cruising I was Loyal to Royal. I tried a Princess and the food was horrible (This was 20 years ago when I was eating a lot and often, you know, youth) I avoided Princess for 20 years until a group cruise and it was a great cruise with good MDR food and service so Princess is back on my preferred list.

Later in my cruising history I tried NCL, My TA advised me against it but it was a good itinerary and price so I gave it a try. Worst cruise I have been on. I avoided NCL after that until I got a killer price on a re positioning cruise on the Pearl ($350.00 for 7 nights). That cruise was good, not great but good for the price still typical bad food and service of NCL in the MDR IMHO, Then there was a cruise for Charity that was changed from RCI to an NCL ship kind of last minute (RCI pulled all ships out of CA due to issues in Mexico), I only went because it was a fund raiser for a good cause and friends were also going. Again Bad food, bad service and problems with cabins, 3 of us out of a group of 50 had to complain and get cabin changes because of issues in our original cabins. Now I avoid NCL.

How many bad or jusr so-so cruises does it take until you stop cruising a cruise line ?

13 Answers

Posted: 5 years ago

Hmm that would depend I suppose on the nature of the problem. Some problems can be overlooked once or twice while others cannot be. Also it would depend on the service and response from the cruise line if a complaint was lodged. There will always be substandard employees or mistakes made on any cruise ship with any cruise line but the real indicator of a good line would be how they respond to such things. Do they deny and fight tooth and nail over things or are they classy in how they handle complaints or bad situations. That point to me would be more of a decider.
Posted: 5 years ago

The only one we actively avoid is Carnival. The one cruise we had with them had terrible service and the staff couldn't answer even basic questions. Beyond that, the stage entertainment didn't start until 10:00 pm. We like to be relaxing in the cabin soon after. We have sailed NCL quite a bit, but not for 6 years. We are booked for a Feb. sailing, so we will see if they are as good as they used to be. We really like the Freestyle cruising. RCI is our main line now.
Posted: 5 years ago

Interesting question. We have been on 11 cruises and all with Carnival. Were there issues, yes but to the degree that you have listed, no. So til a cruise from hell occurs there will be no boycott.

With that being said, however, if we got the best price possible then we would cruise with any cruiseline.
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