Carnival Cruise

<p>I am looking at a Carnival 8 day cruise from NY to San Juan,  St. Thomas, the Turks, and 4 days at sea in September (19th probably).  I'm contemplating paying the price for a balcony room by myself (~$1700.00) because I don't feel like having to advertise for a cabin mate whom I know nothing about.  So, I figure fine, I'll just have the room and balcony to myself.</p>
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<p>I've travelled many times on Carnival, Princess, Dolphin, Royal Caribbean and a couple of others.  I've always had a good time.  And my two favorite ships have been Carnival ships - the Ecstasy and the Triumph.  Some people bad mouth Carnival because they are a little less expensive generally than the others but from a practical point I have found no differences on the ship.  The food, whether on Princess or Carnival is pretty much the same, with the possible exception of escargot.  I don't like the way Carnival prepares their escargot, but there is plenty of other food to choose from and I've yet to see anyone leave any ship hungry.</p>
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<p>As for the Carnival Splendor that had the fire last week and had to be towed back to San Diego, stuff happens.  I'm much more comfortable with a fire and engine room failure on a ship than a jet at 30,000 feet. <span><img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span></p>
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<p>I've bookmarked Carnival on my facebook page.</p>