Very Worn Out Boat With Poor Entertainment

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This will be our last cruise with Carnival.

The Triumph is simply falling apart. While laying out deck the ship blew hot oil out of the smokestack onto sunbathers. The crew had to help everyone clean themselves and then shut down the deck to clean it. Before the oil incident, the Triumph already had 1/3 of its deck shut off (for the whole cruise) while they refinished it. Because the needed the construction staging area, the sliding margradome never opened and the back pool was cold and shady. Renovating with guests onboard is awful. We heard saws running and smelled epoxy deck paint the entire cruise. Plus with so much deck space closed, there was a major lack of seating pretty much anytime of day.

The Triumph is in dire need of serious renovations. There isn't a surface not covered in rust and dirt. The staterooms are the worst I've ever seen in 30 years of cruising. Read about the room below. Sticky. The other couple cruising with us had holes in the walls in their More stateroom and their couch was ripped all over.

Dining: Carnival's buffet hasn't been great for years and they proved that again. However, the dining rooms meal quality has improved. Our servers in the dining room were awesome. Called everyone by name and always kept our glasses full. Guys Burgers and the burritos were good as always.

Room Service/Guest Services: They basically never answer. Every evening we like to have a snack before bed. We had to walk down to guest services to ask to order. Guest services was also not answering their phones. It didn't matter what time of day, both just did not answer their phones.

Entertainment: This was the worst entertainment we have ever seen on a boat. Only one deck party even through the weather was beautiful every night. The deck party consisted of 15 songs like the Cha-Cha Slide and the Macarena then they shut down the music and lights. The stand up comedians were bad. One comedian badgered people in wheelchairs in the room. Then made fun of gay soldiers in the room. The other comedian kept talking about his balls night after night. Then he proceeded to make "white people do this and black people do that" jokes. The entertainment was very poor across the boat.

Crew: The crew on the Triumph was one of the most friendly crews we have ever experienced on any cruise. The crew was the best part of the trip. Less

Published 02/19/17

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Carnival Cruise's 23 vessels currently in operation account for 21.1% of the worldwide market share and are the largest fleet of the eleven different cruise lines owned by Carnival Corporation & plc.

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The Buffets of Carnival is an entaining secrets book by the ships' chefs.

The Love Boat was a popular TV series showcasing Princess Cruises from September 24, 1977, until May 24, 1986 on ABC. The sitcom was usually set aboard a cruise liner called the Pacific Princess, whose passengers and crew had romantic and funny adventures every week. Some episodes used other ships including twin sister Island Princess. the Stella Solaris (for a Mediterranean cruise), Pearl of Scandinavia (for a Chinese cruise), the Royal Viking Sky (for European cruises) and the Royal Princess and Sun Princess (for Caribbean cruises). The P&O Princess Line joined with Carnival in 2003, long after the end of the Love Boat series. DVDs covering the whole series are on Amazon.

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As a cruise company and a major part of the travel industry, every ship carries all kinds of branded souvenirs for passengers to purchase. There are also other options.

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Scherbak Ship Models of Englewood Co creates 1:1250 scale models of many Carnival Corporation. They are called waterline models because they are displayed sitting in model water, not showing the hull. With plenty of detail, they only run $200 to $300. A nice way to remember a special cruise.

There are many other model cruise ships in the market as well.

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History of Carnival Corporation & PLC

Carnival Corporation & plc does not have a long history like Deere & Company or Ford Motor Company Rather the world's largest cruise line was formed in 1972 as Carnival Cruise Lines by entrepreneur Ted Arison as part of a subsidiary of Boston-based American International Travel Service (AITS).

The company's start was hardly smooth sailing. Carnival's first cruise ship, the TSS Mardi Gras. run aground on a sandbar during its inaugural voyage. Here is an illustration lining up the first ship the TSS Marti Gras against the 100th Carnival ship the Carnival Magic.

Credit: Carnival Corporation Investor Relations Site In 1974 Arison purchases Carnival for $1 and the assumption of AITS’ $5 million in debt. The Arison family still maintains effective control with nearly have the outstanding stock.

In 1987 Carnival completed an initial public offering of 20 percent of its common stock, generating approximately $400 million which it used for a series of acquisitions.

The biggest acquisition occurred when the P&O Line's cruise operations were merged with Carnival in 2003. P&O is considered the oldest cruise company in the world with a history stretching back to the days of ocean liners, long before airplanes became the preferred way to cross the ocean.

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2011 reported revenues are $15.8 billion and 2011 net income was $1.9 billion.

Carnival Corporation & plc is the only group in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 (New York) and the FTSE 100 indices (London).