A 5,500-square-foot children’s playroom – the largest in the Carnival fleet – will be located mid-ship. Above the facility will be a new water play area – a first for the line.

Located aft will be a new sports deck featuring arena-style seating for games and other events, while a reservations-only supper club will be located atop the poolside Lido restaurant.

The mid-ship pool – one of four on board – will be enclosed by two full decks of glass walls. The area will be covered with a two-deck-high retractable dome. A large balcony will encircle the upper deck of the pool area.

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Originally posted by PamM:
Oh.. at least they don't get confused over the spelling, unlike RCCL.
Splendo[u]r ....

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Originally posted by Jekyll:
Pam - not sure I understand this statement - I thought RCCL got the spelling right - and that they were trying to appeal to a more international client....

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Originally posted by usha:
Why didn't they just name it "Double Wide" and get it over with?

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To explain to our International members, the term "double wide" refers to a double-wide trailer, as in mobile home. Whenever someone is put down as "trailer trash" for living in a trailer, the typical reply is "Oh, but it's a NICE trailer," or "It's a double-wide."

In this application, the term applies to the clientele to be typically found on board the ships!

1. a flat frame (tray) or a container on wheels pulled by another vehicle (car or truck); 2. a detachable back part of a large truck (semi-trailer AUS, US) (juggernaut UK).

While the term caravan is used instead of trailer for a vehicle used as living quarters (while travelling).

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Originally posted by usha:
Why didn't they just name it "Double Wide" and get it over with?

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How about " Carnival Get R Done" !!!!!!!!!

For the ones outside of the states, there is a redneck comedian that uses the phrase above in his act. Kind of fits the mode of what a lot of people think about the "typical" Carnival passenger. After my last two or three cruises with Carnival I have to agree with them.

[ 02-02-2006: Message edited by: Atlcruiser ]

Why don't they take some of their own names instead of RCI's. Like Carnival Princess or Carnival Mary or something.

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Originally posted by Dave the Wave:
Completely unimaginative!

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"If the shoe fits"! The ships themselves are completely unimaginative, so why not have the name to match?

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Originally posted by RANGERVR6178:
I wish we could see something catchy.

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Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
There were some many wonderful ship names in the golden age!

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Seems several of the cruise lines are stuck in a rutt on their names, Carnival-This and Carnival-That, or Yaddablabla Princess, or Costa-Somethingoranother. Hard to break from this pattern it seems...

How would you feel though with a Costa Spirit Class named Rafaello or Andrea Doria, or a Carnival Conquest Class named Normandie or Paris? A new NCL ship named Norway or Aquitania...just doesnt fit.

I think we all agree its best to leave those names to history.

[ 02-04-2006: Message edited by: dmwnc1 ]

Then there was a period of royalty sound bites in the names, incorporating "Royal," "Princess," "Crown," "Majesty," "Monarch," etc.

Lately the names are more altruistic-sounding, or somehow noble: "Valor", "Splendo(u)r," "Liberty,", "Freedom," "Pride," etc.

The problem is when the several cruise lines all try to incorporate these themes into their fleets during the same time period, causing confusion and showing a lack of creativity and imagination.

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Originally posted by Linerrich:

The problem is when the several cruise lines all try to incorporate these themes into their fleets during the same time period, causing confusion and showing a lack of creativity and imagination.

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Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:

I think they are just running out of names. Also most passengers don't even care what the ship is called and won't even remember it six months after their cruise.

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Originally posted by Atlcruiser:

Very true. I have had conversations with individuals that have cruised and cannot remember the name of the ship that they were on.

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Same conversation I had with a friend, who is booked on a cruise THIS summer in the Med, and cant remember the name of the ship he is GOING to sail on...