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Smokers Win!
Carnival's Paradise, the non-smoking cruise is now a smoking
ship....... was just on Travel Channel news.... |
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Smokers Win!
Not until after the 15 day repo thru the canal. Just what Paradise cruisers
have asked for. A different itenerary. The the Paradise starts doing 3 and 4 day cruises on the west coast. |
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Smokers Win!
I'm shocked (and disappointed). I thought this had been a huge success for Carnival. What gives? Diana Ball Near Houston, TX http://www.dianaball.net NCL Sea – W Carib - Holidays 99 RCI Explorer – E Carib - Holidays 00 RCI Rhapsody – W Carib - Holidays 01 (back-to-back) NCL Star – Hawaii - June 02 Dawn Princess – Alaska - July 02 Star Princess – Mex Riviera - Holidays 02 RCI Serenade – Transatlantic – Maiden 08/04/03 RCI Mariner – E Carib - Holidays 03 (Brenda) wrote: Carnival's Paradise, the non-smoking cruise is now a smoking ship....... was just on Travel Channel news.... |
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Smokers Win!
Diana
I think George L nailed it. They were not atracting large groups as groups tend to have smokers as well as non smokers. SUNNY........disappointed she wont get the oppotunity to sail on her S'nd I |
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Smokers Win!
In article , D Ball
wrote: I'm shocked (and disappointed). I thought this had been a huge success for Carnival. What gives? Diana Ball Near Houston, TX http://www.dianaball.net Other than a few press releases, most of what I was seeing with the Paradise wasn't all that good. GeorgeL addressed the problem with getting groups to sail on her, and I noticed that for almost any given cruise week, she was among the cheapest to get on. Those two things alone should be definite warning signs. Lloyd |
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Smokers Win!
In article , CupCaked
wrote: "D Ball" wrote: I'm shocked (and disappointed). I thought this had been a huge success for Carnival. What gives? I'm surprised, too. It's unlike Carnival Corp to have a major failed marketing endeavor like this is. And besides, I thought the concept of a smoke-free ship was so, PC, so "today". I guess I was wrong. Well, it was all of those things, but it appears maybe it wasn't the one thing it needed to be - profitable! -- Lloyd Carnival Tropicale 2000 GGC2002 Carnival Sensation GGC2003 Golden Princess GGC2004 Radiance of the Seas GLC2005 Celebrity Millenium |
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Smokers Win!
"Brenda" wrote in message om... Carnival's Paradise, the non-smoking cruise is now a smoking ship....... was just on Travel Channel news.... I, for one am very disappointed~we enjoyed her when we cruised on her~would have again had she changed her itinerary. --Jean |
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Smokers Win!
In article , CupCaked
wrote: Lloyd Parsons wrote: Well, it was all of those things, but it appears maybe it wasn't the one thing it needed to be - profitable! The Paradise was the only Carnival ship I ever visited and dined on. I didn't care for the decor, but the food and service was excellent. Gee, I'm talking as though the ship just sank and burned! I'm sure she'll do well once all those non-smokers get off ;-) Karen Its still a mixed old world out there, isn't it? It is certainly one thing to go to a restaurant or whatever for an evening out and not smoke, or go outside or whatever. But it is certainly a horse of a different color when you have to quit for a week! When George was puttting the Paradise together, I was looking to see if I could hack a week without smoking. I figgered maybe the patch would tide me over. Sigh.... Other things got in the way of me going on that one. But now I wouldn't have a problem. I quit cold turkey a bit over two weeks ago! I got a real good incentive. While I was sitting in my open front door portal, with temp around 33 or so, in my shorts and t-shirt, sweating like a pig with my chest hurting really bad, I thought that maybe it was time to give these damn things up! G Since that little incident and the stent they stuck in me a couple weeks ago, cigarettes haven't even been tempting, and THAT is a first for me! -- Lloyd Carnival Tropicale 2000 GGC2002 Carnival Sensation GGC2003 Golden Princess GGC2004 Radiance of the Seas GLC2005 Celebrity Millenium |
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Smokers Win!
In article , CupCaked
wrote: I'm surprised, too. It's unlike Carnival Corp to have a major failed marketing endeavor like this is. And besides, I thought the concept of a smoke-free ship was so, PC, so "today". I guess I was wrong. I believe they had the non-smoking ship as a sop to those who don't like second hand smoke. They could point to Paradise as doing something and keep the other ships as they were. That is why I never cared for the idea to begin with. One non-smoking ship still meant most non- smokers and the workers would be subjected to second hand smoke. I don't think the smokers win as Brenda believes with her subject line. More likely the smokers will lose. In the future smoking will be further restricted until it will only be allowed on a few outside deck areas, and possibly in staterooms. -- Charles |
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Smokers Win!
Congratulations Lloyd. I know how difficult it is to stop smoking. I had
a 3 pack a day habit that I broke almost 16 years ago. I'm sure if I was still smoking I wouldn't have survived my bout with double pneumonia back in September/October. I figure I saved enough money to pay for a couple of cruises. (just to keep this on topic) Joyce -- 365 days til my South America cruise on the Amsterdam (sounds like less than 1 year) Lloyd Parsons wrote: In article , CupCaked wrote: Lloyd Parsons wrote: Well, it was all of those things, but it appears maybe it wasn't the one thing it needed to be - profitable! The Paradise was the only Carnival ship I ever visited and dined on. I didn't care for the decor, but the food and service was excellent. Gee, I'm talking as though the ship just sank and burned! I'm sure she'll do well once all those non-smokers get off ;-) Karen Its still a mixed old world out there, isn't it? It is certainly one thing to go to a restaurant or whatever for an evening out and not smoke, or go outside or whatever. But it is certainly a horse of a different color when you have to quit for a week! When George was puttting the Paradise together, I was looking to see if I could hack a week without smoking. I figgered maybe the patch would tide me over. Sigh.... Other things got in the way of me going on that one. But now I wouldn't have a problem. I quit cold turkey a bit over two weeks ago! I got a real good incentive. While I was sitting in my open front door portal, with temp around 33 or so, in my shorts and t-shirt, sweating like a pig with my chest hurting really bad, I thought that maybe it was time to give these damn things up! G Since that little incident and the stent they stuck in me a couple weeks ago, cigarettes haven't even been tempting, and THAT is a first for me! |
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