Here's a few:
- DCL lets you bring beer on board the ship and you can restock at each port (yes, it was MUCH better a few years ago when you could bring on liquor as well) -
Carnival lets you bring a 12 pack of soda and bottle of wine per person
- DCL does not charge for the kids clubs at a certain time of the evening ("cough" RCCL "cough") -
Carnival only charges for late night babysitting, as is their right, why should they be open 24/7
- DCL does not charge for room service (to be fair, neither does Princess) -
Do you really need to eat in your room? You can just as easily walk to get food from some other place. Breakfast is free on Carnival but they have a small charge if you are too lazy to get out of bed for other items.
- As of yet, there is no charge for the slides on
Castaway Cay, unlike how RCCL will charge for use of the facilities at Coco Cay -
- DCL extends the Kid's clubs to their private island -
If you are on a family vacation why can't you spend time with your kids.
- DCL does not make you check out a towel (again, to be fair, Princess does not either) -
Carnival provides towels in your stateroom. You can take this to the pool or choose to check on out. Not that difficult.
- DCL provides a shower with tub in all stateroom types (note: with the exception of Handicap rooms) -
Deluxe OV rooms on the newer Carnival ships have a tub. A tub is not a requirement to bath your kid. I bathed mine a sink when only a shower was available
- DCL has a dedicated Dolby Sound, 3D capable Movie Theater that shows first run movies (to me, this is BY FAR the best perk on DCL. If Star Wars comes out on land on Thursday at Midnight, it will premiere on the ship that same Thursday at Midnight) -
So you would pay thousands of dollars to see a movie on opening day? I can see the same moviir for $12 at my local theatre.