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Carnival is basically the bottom of the barrel in the cruise ship industry, cheap crap for the masses and they maintain this cheapness by poor working condition
by coldcode 10y ago
Carnival is basically the bottom of the barrel in the cruise ship industry, cheap crap for the masses and they maintain this cheapness by poor working conditions, slapdash ship design (count how many ships caught fire in the past few years, almost all Carnival) and low quality amenities. Like no frills airlines, there is of course a market for cheap, but you get what you pay for. Even on much better lines it isn't an easy job, but my friends in the cruise industry note that it is a decent living for people from poorer countries, and can be fun if you land on the right ship/line. You do work 7 days a week but the commute is short, and on decent ships your life is not really that bad.
But as the article pointed out, that choice of where you work can make a huge difference if anything goes wrong like an injury, and that's where none of the lines are really all that great. Even there while there are always new people they can hire, word does get out who to work for, and if your rep takes a fall because you treat people like crap, you won't be able to hire good people, and the guests will see the quality drop to point where revenue gets hit. Cruise ships are enormously expensive to run, and competition is strong. But my family has been on enough cruises to know who we would rather be on, and how decently they treat the employees is a good indication of whether you should spend a little more and get a better experience.
- _asummers 10y agoWhat are the cruise lines you have liked most?
- Isamu 10y agoDisney cruise was awesome, on one of the big new ships. I would recommend.
- paulddraper 10y agoIronically, Disney Cruises is owned by...Carnival.
- differentView 10y agoSource?
- paulddraper 10y agoI was going from memory, and looks like my memory has some holes. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-04-16/business/9101190339_1_carnival-cruise-lines-holland-america-lines-port-canaveral http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-04-16/business/9101190... In the early 90s, Carnival bought Premier Cruise Lines (or most them, at least). They were supposed to assumed Premier's role as provider of "Disney" cruises, though I can't confirm that happened. Disney started running its own cruise line in 1998. TIL
- ianhawes 10y agoThis is FAKE NEWS! Disney Cruise Line is not owned by Carnival, but rather by Walt Disney Parks & Resorts.
- paulddraper 10y agoGeez...I wasn't aware I was even writing a news article at all. And to be fair, Carnival did buy Disney cruises, though things have changed in the years since.
- GFischer 10y agoDoesn't seem like it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Cruise_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Cruise_Line
- toomuchtodo 10y agoRoyal Caribbean used to be good, but upper management's drive to go down market has dragged them down to Carnival's quality. Disclaimer: have friends working on RCCL ships.