This policy certainly makes sense. After all, while Carnival charges for most beverages, there’s an abundance of free food and snacks on the ships. If you’d rather eat your own snacks, it doesn’t impact Carnival’s bottom line at all.

One Carnival cruise director has gone above and beyond with encouraging donations for the Groove for St. Jude event, with hairy results.

Bad things, however, happen on land, even when your cruise ship might be on a sea day. Even people who check their phones might not be on the same apps as whoever might be trying to reach them. And since Carnival does not support WiFi calling,