Choosing the best Cruise Ship! Carnival Vs Royal Caribbean! Which Ship is the best, Full Comparison!

[@geraldhunter4666]

Awesome review and analysis! You were fair in my opinion, and delivered very good points to consider!

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@geraldhunter4666 I definitely tried to be. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@iambellamarie2012]

Katrina you are so much fun! Im going on my very first cruise this nov 30... On royal.. Hope to see you there! 😅

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@iambellamarie2012 I wish could go but I won’t be there on that one. Which ship are you going on?

[@iambellamarie2012]

@@katrinaTravelBae100 Mariner out of Galveston

[@Angel-TCCrafts2]

This was a good one Katrina. I can’t choose either because we loved both hahaha😅. We loved carnival because of the family vibe especialy with younger children. We always choose the ships depending of there destination. Our next cruise will be a Disney cruise. Never been on one of their ships before. I can’t wait to see your next cruise. Thank you for this video 😊

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@Angel-TCCrafts2 hey thank you so much. I hear Diane cruises are so amazing. I was gonna take Kayden when he was younger but we did Disney world instead

[@autobotdiva9268]

4 carnival cruises booked 2025

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@autobotdiva9268 my type of cruiser 🙌🏽

[@rodmills737]

Been on Carnival Celebration and Mardi Gras, I like Carnival but I like Royal a little better, did Harmony last year I’m going on Wonder of the sea in 32 days, you pay for what you get , Royal is just in a class by themselves

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@rodmills737 exactly I totally agree. Every time someone says they’re about to go on a cruise I’m like let me book another one. Lol.

[@KraftyNana]

Hi my Bklyn buddy, I’ve cruised on both fleets. I can say I love them both depending on my mood. I don’t have a favorite but I must say I loved the wonder of the sea and I’m looking forward to booking on the icon. Just laying back and enjoying those great first class shows on those ships are incredible. Drinking packages to me aren’t worth it because yes they limit you on carnival but don’t get confused they monitor your drinking in Royal as well. They won’t ever tell you but every time you use your sun pass for a drink, it is monitored and the bartenders will weaken your drinks over time. The foods and different food types are great.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@KraftyNana oh wow good to know I’m sure they do after a few drinks. Some people definitely don’t know how to hold their liquor. But i can’t wait to do Icon of The Seas as well

[@KraftyNana]

@@katrinaTravelBae100 maybe we’ll get to do it together. I’ve been on 12 cruises before I even became an agent , so I’m not new to them, I’m true to them.

[@KraftyNana]

All cruise lines have to take accountability for there passengers, it’s no different then drinking at a bar where the bartender has to cut you off once they think you’ve had enough. The cruises also have the option to cut off your pass for 24 hours.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@KraftyNana I hear that! I love it. I love travel so much that’s why I became an agent. Might as well. I might end up on Utopia right now I have a family group trip coming up probably in May. When do you plan on going on Icon?

[@maylieponce9760]

Made some good point I have sailed on both. I will say that I thought that my kids so much more to do on Carnival then they did on RC. I also think its because we were a larger group on Carnival. But I do love the guest services on RC over Carnival.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@maylieponce9760 Royal Caribbean has so much to do for kids but I guess it depends on the age and you can’t beat traveling with a group of those are always fun.

[@Mrcruisefever1]

Carnival have good VIFP perks for the gold , platinum - Diamond guests onboard. Dr Suess , good kids club / pre teen - teen club activities. You should try the Carnival Vista - Port Canaveral , Carnival Magic , Carnival Horizon - Miami.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@Mrcruisefever1 I definitely will. Trying to decide my next cruise now. 🙌🏽

[@Mrcruisefever1]

@@katrinaTravelBae100 , your kid would have fun at carnival camp ocean. / with Dr. Seuss characters , water park play area.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@Mrcruisefever1 my son is different and 13 so I doubt it. Lol

[@rickyparker6304]

I love you take on the cruise lines. I also tried Carnival once on the Mardi Gras. You are on point about the food for both. The main dining room on Carnival is also not as good as Royal. The Mardi Gras was very crowded on sea night or when it rained. I will definitely cruise on Carnival again on new ships in the Cabana cabins.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@rickyparker6304 I was eating so many other places I never made it to their main dining room I wish I had, but yeah all my deck parties was packed. Thank you so much for watching.

[@shawnwilson1464]

Yes, please do a video with the do's and don'ts on carnival and royal

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@shawnwilson1464 coming soon

[@MonicaCanty-zt8tu]

I thought that your review was pretty thorough. However, please note that Carnival brands include Princess, Holland America, Cunard, AIDA, Costa and Seabourn

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@MonicaCanty-zt8tu thanks for the reminder at the time of recording I definitely forgot to mention them. Always trying not to make these type of videos too long. 🙏🏽

[@gdvprt70]

Great video, keep up the good work….

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@gdvprt70 thank you so much

[@angeliawilliams2862]

On carnival this last ship I was on the debarkation information was on the TV and and also had a class in theater on how to print your tags on your luggage tag and had a briefing section in the theater, which was shown on the TV for three days.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@angeliawilliams2862 yeah I left out the tv part but we barely cut the tv in. I mentioned the briefing they had but we didn’t go to it. Now I know. But I likes Royal’s procedure better

[@angeliawilliams2862]

I think I might try royal next time but in any event, I love your video. I’m going to subscribe to you is my first time seeing any of your videos I really enjoyed it. Thank you so very much.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@angeliawilliams2862 awwww thank you so much. Ohhhh you gotta check out my blogs. They be 🔥🔥🔥. Welcome to the fam 🫶🏽

[@Tsimon7]

This was very informative I've only sailed on Royal and Celebrity and when I was on Celebrity I missed Royal. My next cruise is Arpil on Harmony of The Seas.. I want to give Carnival a try.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@Tsimon7 I would definitely try the newer ships rather than the older ships. If you really want to have a good time Carnival is a whole different vibe. But I love Royal too

[@Mzshanelle76]

I am like u, I was All about Royal & I got on carnival & said yeaaaaa carnival is DEFINITELY the fun ship. & like u depending on who I'm traveling with & what I'm looking for will determine which line I travel on.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@Mzshanelle76 exactly! That’s how ai will do it now or when a new ship comes out.

[@haroldawarrenjr3803]

My first cruise was on royal in 2017 then I switched to carnival for 2 years then back to royal. I love both cruise lines. But I love the decor and elegance on royal along with the food in the windjammer. I notice the balcony rooms on royal seem to be larger than carnival along with the balcony. You were so right about both cruise lines. I will be 63 soon so royal kind of fit my environment but I will still cruise on carnival. Happy cruising🙂

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@haroldawarrenjr3803 God bless you I plan to be like you still cruising in my 60’s. Thank you so much for watching. 🙏🏽

[@GlamGail]

Im team carnival. Just got off royal. It was an older ship lots of seniors and children. A little to laid back for me.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@GlamGail which ship did you go on? The newer Royal ships is where it’s at

[@TT-xj3si]

Cruisin Cousin since u included Celebrity and gave the total of ships in RC entire fleet of 65 then i have to inform: Carnival Corporation & plc is the world's largest leisure travel company with 92 ships sailing under 9 brands including Princess, Curnard, Aida,....😉😉😃😃😃😃

[@TT-xj3si]

As far as embarkation this past labor day on Carnival Firenze that was the first time they actually put my luggage in my room all other times it was just like RC in the hall by the door. Also it was a first for debarkation where i had to do it in the app. It came up with a notification about setting an appointment time to debark in the app and asked if i wanted luggage tags or to self handle luggage. Now i think i did get info in my little door flyer box about it as well but in the past they would leave that info in ur room and a while ago they would also leave luggage tags as well. I guess to stop the waste they just place the tags near customer service desk for pick up if needed instead of automatically leaving them in the rooms. Bc i have always self handled. Also, the lines were the opposite in CA, the birth certificate lines breezed on in bc there wasnt many in line and the passport line was long as hell. It still wasnt a long long wait exiting even tho the lines were long. Getting on well that was a wait bc again the passport lines were the opposite as oppose to when i leave out of FL, LA or TX On the 11 Carnival ive been on, i have not seen n e thing pop off on my cruises, we r there to have a good time. And its not ghetto either. And after u have been on a few cruises u will notice that Carnival also go to the same places in the Caribbean as well. Its not just RC even NCL.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@TT-xj3si thanks for all the input. That definitely helps. I guess the more you cruise the options are the same on all. Good to know on all the other details. I will be going on carnival cruises to learn a little more and I just happen to know off the top of my head the total for Royal and left out carnival but it did say it was #1. Yeah shoulda mentioned the total number. But sometimes when doing these videos some info gets left out. Thanks so much couz. Much more to come.

[@TT-xj3si]

@@katrinaTravelBae100 Altho im a cuz'n thru and thru gonna stay true, i will admit u were spot on about alot of things when it came to RC vs Carnival. And i appreciate how u focused on the good of both. People dont realize that those viral moments for Carnival is 1% out of all the total sailings that they do but Negative Nancy's tend to latch onto that and run with it as if that happens on ALL Carnival sailings. So ur video was very much appreciated bc most of us can afford to cruise other brands including RC but we CHOOSE fun, making our money run long, and the welcoming environment. The majority of us, like at n e family gathering, know how to conduct ourselves but we all have those family members that dont know how to act and ruin the party for the rest. Welcome to the family Cuz'n. Mayb ill see u around one day.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@TT-xj3si exactly I couldn’t have said it better. When you can save and have an awesome cruising experience without the drama it just makes for an overall better vacation. It’s a win win. Hope to see you around on the waters as well cuz 🫶🏽

[@clking5316]

I am a long time cruiser on carnival and I cruised on the Mardi Gras and the Celebration last year. I can tell from your comments about debarkation that you didn’t watch your stateroom tv because carnival would have the debarkation meeting in the early afternoon and they would also air the meeting throughout the day so that anyone who didn’t attend the meeting still was informed. The tags were in obvious areas such as near customer service desk on deck 8 and the elevator lobby on the lido deck. As you said you can get information from your carnival hub app, as well as on one of the paper daily activity flyers. They were also found at the customer service desk and your cabin Stewart can ensure that you had one in your stateroom daily upon request. Carnival don’t have a lot of tv stations to watch but some are the live cameras showing the outside areas and the activities and short videos of the fun activities too.

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@clking5316 yes we noticed afterwards that the info was on the tv as well…but we rarely had the tv on lol so by the time we figured it out we just said we’ll take our bags off ourselves. But going to get the tags and all was something else that I wasn’t expecting because they bring it to you on Royal. I guess we should have went to the meeting but I felt that was an inconvenience if I had something else planned.

[@3401miranda]

Is carnival your favorite?

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@3401miranda I like them both as stated in the video.

[@3401miranda]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@katrinaTravelBae100I’m so sorry. Yes. I watched that but I was asking the person above you. I love your videos!!

[@Frank15032000]

Good video 😊

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@Frank15032000 thank you 🙏🏽

[@rubypersha5881]

my first cruise was on ncl joy the next is Dec 2024 will be going to the Bahamas for the first time and will be there for new year God willing

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@rubypersha5881 awesome I take it you enjoyed it because you are going again. It’s like Pringles once you pop you can’t stop. Lol.

[@BluetoGreenTravel]

The last ship was Carnival the next ship is Royal Caribbean

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@BluetoGreenTravel my next ship is Royal. I feel like I’m going back and forth lol

[@BluetoGreenTravel]

@@katrinaTravelBae100 This will be the first time on Royal but, I'm sure I'll feel the same way lol. I will try them all to give my clients personal feedback. 👍

[@monielovetv761]

I’m loyal to royal there’s no way I would get on carnival just the design of the ship is a no for me and yes Carnival is ghetto on those lower priced ships

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

Royal is definitely a great option. I'm sure the lower priced Carnival ships and older ships are different but, if you have never cruised on it before then there is no way to know for sure.

[@eddiemoore7356]

Carnival is not Ghetto.. However Margaritaville is

[@katrinaTravelBae100]

@@eddiemoore7356 yeah that looks like it’s going to be a hot mess. Lol. I definitely won’t be doing that ship 🚢

[@curlintrenchfield13]

I have cruise Carnival 15 times and Royal 6 times. I have never seen anything on Carnival to categorized it as a ghetto ship.