My brother and his S.O. have been on quite a few cruises. He won't go on Carnival because of all the families with kids and others (and he had 2 kids, now grown, but they never went on the cruise trips). He likes to bottom fish the first 2 weeks of December or other oddball deals.

I've only been on the one that I won from MTV back in the late 80s that was on Carnival. Largest ship in the world at the time, but wouldn't be in the top 10 today.