Further Cuts and Changes Coming to Carnival Cruises

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Breaking Carnival Cruise News: More Cuts and Changes Coming!

After overwhelmingly positive feedback to recently announced cutbacks, including no more 24 hour pizza, eliminating late-night buffet snacks, an earlier closing time for the Seaday Brunch, and a change in how morning room service is ordered, Carnival has announced further cuts and changes. Among them:

Carnival Switching to Half Caff Coffee

Carnival will be switching all complimentary regular coffee to half caff. Coffee drinkers will now have the option of either paying for fully caffeinated coffee at the coffee bar or consuming double the amount of complimentary coffee they normally drink.

Swipe to Enter Public Restrooms

In another totally unrelated change, Carnival will start charging for the use of onboard public restrooms. A press release described the change like this:

Simply swipe your card and for a small fee conveniently charged to your onboard account, you will have immediate access to our clean and convenient public restroom facilities. Please note that anyone caught holding the door open for others will be required to disembark at the next port and turned over to local authorities.

New Packing Tips

In light of these changes, here are some items I’d now recommend packing for your Carnival Cruise:

What are your Thoughts on the Recent Cuts and Changes on Carnival?

While obviously this post is satire (unless you haven’t had your first fully caffeinated cup of coffee of the day, in which case I apologize for any panic or confusion I may have caused), I’m curious to hear your thoughts on the actual cuts and changes Carnival has made lately. Post to the comments what you think of them.

As for me, I’m most disappointed in the new closing time for the Seaday Brunch – from 1pm to noon. Not because I usually dine at that time (although I do sometimes go twice on the same day – once for an early breakfast and again for lunch), but because the Seaday brunch is so popular and can get so crowded AND because it will push more people to the buffet and other lunch venues. The more Carnival can spread passengers out among different dining venues, the better. Otherwise crowds, lines, and long waits will continue to get worse (especially as ships are now sailing at full capacity). In my opinion, Carnival needs to be EXTENDING hours at dining venues, not cutting them. And with that…

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13 Responses

  1. Jeanette F says:

    I knew there was a reason that I’ve never (and would never) sailed on a Carnival ship.
    My husband said to be careful about what you say (satirically), they might get ideas.

    • Prof. Cruise says:

      That’s true – everyone will know who to blame if they switch to half caff and charge for public restrooms! Lol!

  2. Joy says:

    Can’t use the restroom without a fee, I think that is ridiculous they charge you a fee for everything and you pay gratuities I will not be sailing with you

    • Prof. Cruise says:

      Be sure to read the article to the end 🙂 Don’t worry, no charge for restrooms. This is satire (I apologize for my weird sense of humor).

  3. melissa lay says:

    I think most did not read: *****While obviously this post is satire (unless you haven’t had your first fully caffeinated cup of coffee of the day, in which case I apologize for any panic or confusion I may have caused), I’m curious to hear your thoughts on the actual cuts and changes Carnival has made lately. Post to the comments what you think of them. *****

  4. Pat says:

    Well if your still up at 4 AM, pizza would give you gas the next day and possibly the runs so a near by public charging restroom would be a welcome site. I like the idea of eating the Sea day brunch twice. Go in at 11:45 and order everything.

  5. SF says:

    We were on the Miracle on 8/8/22, and didn’t mind these cuts at all. We usually go to Seaday Brunch before noon anyway and would never order pizza in the middle of the night. Incidentally, we noticed that if we already ate brunch, the app won’t let us request a table again; not sure if you could request it in person at the host station.
    The cut that bothered us the most having to tender while other ships (ships that arrived at the port after we did) got to dock. At two different ports, not just the one damaged by the rockslide. Made us feel like third class passengers.

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