Comments on: Scattering On The Seas

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:57:16 +0000

Hi John,

I just wanted to let you know that I really think what you do for families who want to spread the ashes of a loved one is amazing. What a wonderful idea and a great thing that you do. Being, someone who lost there Mother just over a year ago I understand the confusion of dealing with the paperwork and all the legal things, but at the time of loss it is so hard to deal with at times. I think that what you suggested is a nice idea and I think those who love the carribean Islands and cruising should have an organized way of being layed to rest in a place or enviroment that they enjoyed in life. May God always bless you and your family. Great job you are doing. Take care and if you have time I would love to hear back from you.

By: Sandi

Sandi — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:20:30 +0000

Dear John,
My husband and I love cruising carnival so much that we got my parents hooked also. We should have been hitting the BIG #10 on the Dream 4/3, but sadly it will only be #9. The reason being was the last cruise, instead of getting on the boat we had to get back on a flight home because my mom took a turn for the worst with her 5 year battle with cancer. In that 5 years we got her on 6 carnival cruises. She had a blast, loved sitting on her balcony watching the sea, sitting on deck rocking to the music, watching the childern play in the pool, going to every show, and making new friends with our room stewards and dining room wait staff. My mom (Mary) hated being cold and looked forward to going to every warm sunny port we could get her to. She was cremated and had asked us to bring her on one last cruise and leave her ashes someplace hot, in the beautiful blue waters free to travel the world. This is I would greatly appreciate your help. We will have 11 people in our party and would like to let mom go from the ship. She made sure to pick out a biodegradable urn so she wouldn’t be blowing back at us!! Thanks so very much. Love reading the blog!

By: dwa76

dwa76 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:16:47 +0000

Hi John!
Though a difficult process, I commend you that you want to improve the burial at sea requests. I think its a wonderful idea even though people are against it. Good luck!
Great pictures from the show. It looks like that its a huge hit.
Hope you had a nice weekend.
Take care!
David

By: Jan & Larry Ritchie

Jan & Larry Ritchie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:03:51 +0000

John;
I have read and enjoyed your blog quietly from the sidelines never intending to write you. But. After the itenary change for the Miracle ( which a we booked immediatly ) I was wondering if Carnival was going to increase the number of cruises to Bermuda. Would love to go there in June of 2011 for my retirement celebration. I noticed today that Holland something or other has a cruise there in June of 2010 and that rather than just being at King’s Warf will be docked in Hamilton and St George’s. These to me are the prefered docking points having been to Bermuda before. If you could make this happen I would treat you to pickled nachos at the Pickled Onion on Front St; in Hamilton. These are to die for.
We will enjoy your company on Dec 3 aboard the Dream.
Thanks for all you can do.

Jan & Larry

By: beentravelin

beentravelin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:21:29 +0000

John (PLEASE RESPOND),

I have a question for you. On my cruises’ roll call a friend of mine was looking into buying a day pass to the spa on our new Carnival Dream and found out that due to so many people booking a day pass for $20 that they would now only be offering full week passes because the spa cabin guests (legitimate) complaint of overcrowding. I think it would be a shame if this wasn’t offered as a day pass anymore. Could you look into the facts of this and let us know something? I can see that only offering weekly passes would surely greatly reduce the overcrowding problem, but I’m sure alot of folks couldn’t see spending the additional bucks if they were only planning to use it once or twice on a cruise.

Maybe the people with beards would consider simply raising the price for a day pass or maybe only offering a limited amount of passes as is done with the Behind the Fun Tour. And you could also keep it a secret and only let the bloggers in on it. Just a thought.

Thanks ahead of time for looking into this and I hope you had a wonderful turkey day.

I’m sorry you can’t blog in your underwear anymore. Was the techie guy able to install Wifi in your cabin yet? You could always type it up in your cabin and then post it from a hotspot later. Even better, did you know that on WordPress you can write several blogs ahead of time and then set them to post on times that you specify? Just a tip, but I’m sure one of the 343 Stefanies have already clued you into this.

Oh, and have they decided to have FaceSpace pages created for all of the Cruise Directors yet? It would be so awsome to be able to contact them directly instead of having to put all of the burden on you when folks have a specific question for their CD. I’m sure it takes alot of time out of your busy day to have to contact the CDs…..wait for a response…….then post the answer here, which may or may not be seen by the person with the question, unless they are a daily reader (like me). If they answered the question directly through the MyFace thingy then the requestor would get a notification and would be able to tell when their question was answered.

I do agree that they should have a separate account if they want to post personal stuff only meant for family or friends.

If it proved to be to much of a burden on each CD, you could remind them about how much you seem to get done in a day! Just kidding! LOL.

P.S. Give my love to Heidi and Kye and thanks again for all you do!

Your friend,
Rob

By: Peg Dunbar

Peg Dunbar — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:30:09 +0000

A day late in offering Happy Thanksgiving to you John, all 343 Stephanie’s and everyone on the blog.

I spent at least over 11 hours this past week preparing our Thanksgiving meal. I did prep work Monday through Wednesday and then yesterday on Thanksgiving it took me 3 hours to get everything ready. Our table was set with my good china and crystal and it took my family 1/2 hour to eat the food that took me 14 hours to prepare. I wish I had not figured out how long it took me LOL. But they they get to eat everything that was left over on Saturday. We are also celebrating our Christmas on Saturday as Mike and I leave for Texas next month to spend the winter down on the Texas Gulf Coast. So looking forward to our cruise in January leaving from Galveston.

Keep smiling John, you truly are one of the good guys.

My best to Heidi and Kye.

By: Eva Bartolo

Eva Bartolo — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:47:02 +0000

Hi John

I don’t know where my other email went to but I never saw an answer to it so maybe it’s still out in cyberspace. As I had mentioned I’ve booked the Valor for January 17th going to Belize, Isla Roatan, Cozumel and Grand Cayman. It is Harold’s 70th birthday and i’m surprising him with bringing his sister and daughters on the trip (unknownst to him of course). I have two cabins booked 7221, 7211. His daughter, Michelle is travelling from England to join us and I had to really convince her to take a cruise since she’s afraid of getting seasick. I’ll have my package of Gravol with me just in case!!

I have a couple of questions for you. I’d like to surprise him with a renewal of vows on board with his family around. What do I need to do to try to make this happen? It’s only the six of us but I thought it would be nice to do when we are all together on the cruise. I’d appreciate any insight on this thanks.

Would you be able to arrange for a nice table for all of us at dinner time. I’ve asked for an early sitting.

What suggestions would you have for tours in Belize and Isla Roatan. I’m sure Danielle will do the Scuba diving (like she normally does) but we need something for the older ones!!! not too much walking if possible.

Who’s the CD on this cruise? Would you happen to be on board at the time? That would be the icing on the cake if you were. What are the shows on board? What’s the Valor like? we’ve been on the Splendor, Freedom, Liberty, Miracle and Victory so what should we be expecting? (besides the obvious excellent service….)

John any suggestions you can give me to make this a memorable time for Harold would be greatly appreciated. I really want him to remember this cruise for a while to come. Also is Carnival returning to Europe in 2011??? Is the Magic still being built for 2012?

Thanks John and best to you, Heidi and Kye. Have a blast on the Dream bloggers cruise (wish i could have made it). Take care of yourself and no more hot sauce please.

Regards
Eva

By: Ernie

Ernie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:33:35 +0000

Thanksgiving blessings to all of the 343 Stephanies, Vance, John, Key & Heidi.
ERNIE

By: Marty Paul

Marty Paul — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:26:36 +0000

John & the Carnival Family,

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Check out our blog (above). Got my first video done and posted on our blog. Let me know what you think…

Marty & Jeanne

By: David Vigue

David Vigue — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:42:24 +0000

Hey John, Please Reply,
After reading the blog today, you again referred to changes that would make the Carnival Fun Ship more fun. Today was elevator music. Another time it was CNN out by the pool. And so on. Well I couldn’t agree with you more about adding more fun to the already “Fun Ship Experience”. I also picked up that your CD meeting on the Imagination with the folks from Miami was also focused on Fun and onboard revenue. So, I think I could help. I noticed on the last 2 cruises that I took on ships that had the “Steak House” were not being used to capacity. This was especially true on the Pride, as they even took the “Behind The Fun Tour” there to show us how special it is. It is special I’m sure, but is it fun? You also noticed that many passengers use the Lido Restaurants for their dinner, and we did that with the grandkids on 3 nights, so they could have more fun. Let’s face it, the food in both the dinning room and Lido deck is outstanding.
So here is my idea, and you get to take the credit for it. Scrap the “Steak House” fine dinning, and convert them all into “Hooters”. Or at least Hooter’s style of dinning. My wife and I went to Hooters on her birthday, (she is in her mid 50’s, but don’t tell anyone) it was her pick. I mean we could have gone anywhere and she wanted to go to Hooters. Because it is fun, and she wanted wings. Now if you have never been to Hooters, it is a very simple concept, lots of beer, ribs, wings, burgers, etc. and of course those beautiful Hooters girls. (You may even forget about you know who’s bottom). Make sure that there is a smoking section, plenty of TV’s with sports on them, and lots of “Country Music”. It could open earlier, and stay open late. It would without a doubt be a hot spot on all the ships. And, it would be fun. Dressing up for dinner is not all that fun for many of us, and now that Carnival has changed from “Formal Night” to “Elegant Night”, someone at Carnival must agree.
Love the blog thing, and the Carnival Fun Ships, and I wish you and your wonderful family all the best this Christmas Season.
Your Mate,
Dave Vigue