Originally Posted by
ontheway
Even if it had been weather or a justified reason for missing a port, the report of the terrible food, non-working showers and such is enough to steer me in a different direction.
I usually cruise RCCL or Celebrity, although have been on other lines including Carnival, but this is really scary.
I am not so gullible as to believe everything posted in the whiny rant by
mharris. While I certainly don't condone cruise lines intentionally running ships with malfunctioning engines (and I believe that, unfortunately, Carnival is not the only cruise line ever to have done this
), the post by
mharris is that of someone who is determined to have a miserable time rather than try to make the best of the situation. (And of course the miserable time is always entirely blamed on the travel provider, with an underlying expectation of mega-compensation, etc., etc., etc.
) Unfortunately, FlyerTalk, CruiseCritic, TripAdvisor, and other boards are full of people of the "trash and bash" mentality -- if one thing is wrong with something, then the whole experience is deemed an irredeemable disaster, and by extension, the entire company is as well.