My wife was a cruise junkie, and I think it is finally over after our most recent foray to Alaska.

I, as a dutiful husband would go with her, but only if she realized she was going to be a casino widow most of the time. Seeing as she wanted to go on a ship, she reluctantly grew accustomed to venturing out on her own on the ships, without me. We would go to ports together and explore, but back on the ship, she knew our routine.

Started out with 6D, H17, DAS, NS, 75-80% Pen (dealer dependent), and typical rules. Then, started seeing 8D games, then started seeing shoes with notches usually around 2 decks cut off, but some dealers even worse.

Trip to Alaska, confirmed that all Princess (which is owned Carnival) is all CSM except blackjack variant games, which were still dealt from shoes or by hand. Suspect that won't last long.

Casino host told me to expect that the rest of Carnival's ships would be converting over to CSM on all blackjack games.

Just sharing my experience.