During the hurricane, or really any period of uncertainty and danger, most people put aside their petty grievances and worry about the important things. People come together and show genuine concern for one another.
In the cruise world, that means that people stop worrying about whether someone else has the right outfit on in the main dining room and legitimately praying that others make it through safely. That’s one of the small glimmers of light during an otherwise terrible situation.
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As people have spent the past few days worried about whether their homes will emerge from Hurricane Milton, our normal little complaints went away. And, while many people remain compassionate for victims of the storm, others quickly returned to worrying about themselves.
“I guess that after a few days of general kindness for those in Florida that priorities have returned,” Carnival Brand Ambassador John Heald shared before responding to an angry passenger.
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Carnival shows sporting events on its big pool screens, in its casinos, and in its sports bars.
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Carnival makes its TV plans clear
Cruise ships pay for every television channel they get. That’s why they offer fairly limited selections.
When it comes to sports, Carnival, like its rivals, has most, but not all of the big games. That’s because television rights for major sports are split between a lot of channels. Something like a semi-important college football game or a major golf tournament may end up airing on a channel that the ship does not have rights to.
Big fans of sports or specific teams often try to find out if their game will be airing on the ship they are traveling on. Since Carnival does not publish a list of which ships have which games (and it can vary by ship) that can lead to misinformation.
Heald addressed one such passenger on Oct. 11.
“Question John Heald. Why does Carnival not show the World Series. I was told that it is because you want your passengers to be drinking your liquor, playing in the casino, and that Carnival doesn’t want you watching TV. This is just not right! I will be on the Venezia and I have to watch my Mets,” they wrote.
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Heald responded in a very Heald-like way.
“We will have the baseball shown on the ships. You can watch the men with the sticks hit the ball while his mates chew on lumps of stuff like human beavers. Anyway, enjoy the game and I hope your Chicago Mets win,” he wrote.
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