Carnival Rolls Out Flexible Dining Option Fleetwide

Although I have been a fan of Carnival since Kathy Lee was singing the “Fun ship” song back in the 80’s, they have just taken my love for the cruise line one step further. This week Carnival Cruises has announced the fleet wide rollout of its flexible dining time program. Last year Carnival began testing [...]


TIC Examines: The Carnival Cruise Alcohol Policy

For many years, Carnival Cruise Line was known as the ‘Fun Ships”. This moniker was well deserved since Carnival was indeed the best party at sea. Over the course of time the title, “Fun Ship” was tarnished. Drunken guests behaving badly gave loyal customers a reason to try other lines and gave new cruisers a [...]


Cruise Lines Eliminate Fuel Surcharges

Cruise ship passengers (like me) who despise the idea of footing the bill to fill the ship’s fuel tank can now breathe easy. With the price of oil barrels falling everyone sensed that it was only a matter of time before the cruise lines yielded to the pressure from consumers and travel agents. This week [...]