I come from a slightly angle than your other responses.

My son is one of the fitness team on Carnival Imagination, on his first contract, and as yet he has not sent any photos home of his “workplace”. So it is just marvellous to see the beautiful surrounding where he is located, thanks to your great photos.
As a mum, and being so far away, down here in Australia, it certainly helps seeing the Spa and Gym, and can only hope to have the chance to try them out one of these days.

Thanks for the photos of the new adults only areas as well as some of the other ship upgrades. My wife and I recently sailed on the Fantasy from New Orleans and I’m looking forward to sailing on the Fantasy after she receives similar upgrades this fall.

By the way, we will be taking the kids and enjoying time with them; however, we’ll look forward to some adults only time too…

Pat

We had sailed on Imagination, 5 Day Eastern(Excellent cruise if you are looking for less Retail and more beautiful beaches) the week before on Jan 13….Then, we got off ship. on Saturday morning, Jan 19, and walked down the pier (in hindesight, a cab would have been a Really good idea)….to the other end of the wonderful, new Carnival Terminal, (in Miami)and hopped on the Freedom for a 7 day cruise to Western Caribbean!(this is a good cruise for those wanting to shop!)

Our first cruise was last Jan 07 and now, we have 3 under our belts and plan to have many, many more…..(Glory, Imagination, Freedom)

Our cruise experiences have been excellent. We are totally impressed with Carnival and plan to bring our 3 of 4 children (13,10 and 9 years old)with us next time(our oldest , who is 19, is heading for training with the RCMP)

May I make a few suggestions?
1)Keep doing the excellent LIVE, morning show on the Big Screen/stateroom TV’s-(Freedom)…totally the best thing I have ever experienced…You, John, have the ability to take 3000 strangers and bring them together….that is a gift….and people know your are authentic…that makes you very special.Michigan!!! Dick Little!

2) Please do something for the Disco Generation….How about a deck disco party mid afternoon? We could have a BeeGees concert (you already have that, but it is only on as we embark and we miss it, pretty much)on the Big Screen…disco dance classes…all sorts of tie-ins with foolish 70’s outfits…..big hair contests……it would be a hoot! People from the Disco era love to dance…Please, we are also in our late 40’s and a disco that opens at 10:30 just doesn’t work for us! I do believe that there was one opportunity at 7pm-ish one night…that is good…it’s just not frequent enough…Many of the cruisers felt the same way we do…so, please do some checking into this….It doen’t have to be dark and very late,to dance!That’s for the 20 year olds! and we can outdance that bunch (if we are awake!)

3) The adults-only hot tub is not enforced and it should not be left to the guests to police this….I watched parents tell their kids that it was ok to be there, after the kids pointed out the Adults Only sign to the parent!…a parent who has this kind of attitude should not be dealt with by a passenger, but by someone with an air of autority on the Carnival staff….I have noticed that this is a frequent complaint in the various blogs…for all cruise lines. For many of us, we appreciate the break from our children (hence-a holiday) We did go to the new tranquility deck on the Imagination…we stumbled upon it…it was not Give more cooking demos in the Supper Club….Hey, I went to the only one held on the Freedom and ended up buying all their cookbooks! It’s a win-win to do this, more frequently….and will certainly bring in more guests to this restaurant–that no one sees, unless they really make an effort to find it……Many people go on cruises for the great food. That means that they will respond well to demos…and ultimately to decfiding to attend the Supper Club….I’m in marketing and if you want people to buy your product, you must show it to them!!!….you must get people in the door…….the demos will do that…it’s a win-win situation…..and your cookbook sales will go up! I am alsousing the cookbooks to show my friends, etc. what a Carnival meal, buffet, menu looks like…a picture is worth a thousand words! So, it’s free advertising, too!!!

7) The website for Carnival is excellent and has improved since last year, when I first began looking at it….Please make sure that the site has frequent updates or you will lose your regulars(me)…especially photos and videos of food/restaurant and menus ) When the menu changes, the site should change, too.

I am disappointed that they removed the hot tub from the Spa on the Imagination…Why would they do that? Also, on the Freedom, the tub was not on when we went to use it…just stagnant water…and none too warm…They said that it isn’t on all the time….because it is on a timer…luck of the draw, to get the bubbles!….I guess…Inconsistancy is not good.

9) One final comment….The staff on all 3 of our cruises were exceptional….simply perfect….That really says something about Carnival…You must have a great training program.

10) Ok, one more! We are very interested in sailing again…as mentioned, earlier…but, now that we have experienced the gifted-ness of CD John, we would like to book when you are on board….How will we know, say a year in advance, what ship and dates you will be sailing as CD? We will be sailing with the children in Jan or Feb 2010.

Thank You, John, for making our cruise vacation absolutely, totally 100%. Carnival needs to give you a raise…who do I write to?!

Peter and Debbie Korotkov
Eastern (burr-r-r) Canada