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NCL Hawaii
Didn't NCL remove one of their two ships in Hawaii?
Since I believe they are American flagged, they are bound by US Labor laws and must pay minimum wages and abide by the law in total. I thought I saw where they removed one ship due to it being too expensive to operate there. A friend of mine got a Purser job on one of those ships. -- **U.S. Army Retired - USPS Retired** **Degreed in CS, BS, HBS** **Notary Public, State of Kansas** **Licensed for Conceal and Carry** |
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On 9/23/2011 6:35 PM, Old Sarge wrote:
Didn't NCL remove one of their two ships in Hawaii? Since I believe they are American flagged, they are bound by US Labor laws and must pay minimum wages and abide by the law in total. I thought I saw where they removed one ship due to it being too expensive to operate there. A friend of mine got a Purser job on one of those ships. They had 3 ships. They removed 2 a few years ago. Too much capacity was leading to very low prices (which I took advantage of). People complained about the service. I didn't find it all that bad, at least not in the dining and housekeeping areas. Food was terrible. Bill |
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On 9/23/2011 6:58 PM, Bill wrote:
On 9/23/2011 6:35 PM, Old Sarge wrote: Didn't NCL remove one of their two ships in Hawaii? Since I believe they are American flagged, they are bound by US Labor laws and must pay minimum wages and abide by the law in total. I thought I saw where they removed one ship due to it being too expensive to operate there. A friend of mine got a Purser job on one of those ships. They had 3 ships. They removed 2 a few years ago. Too much capacity was leading to very low prices (which I took advantage of). People complained about the service. I didn't find it all that bad, at least not in the dining and housekeeping areas. Food was terrible. Bill Bill, I know at least a dozen people who have sailed on that NCL ship and that same itinerary at different times. You are the first one who *didn't* find it terrible. You must be easy to please. :-) -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:26:20 -0500, Janet Wilder
wrote: On 9/23/2011 6:58 PM, Bill wrote: On 9/23/2011 6:35 PM, Old Sarge wrote: Didn't NCL remove one of their two ships in Hawaii? Since I believe they are American flagged, they are bound by US Labor laws and must pay minimum wages and abide by the law in total. I thought I saw where they removed one ship due to it being too expensive to operate there. A friend of mine got a Purser job on one of those ships. They had 3 ships. They removed 2 a few years ago. Too much capacity was leading to very low prices (which I took advantage of). People complained about the service. I didn't find it all that bad, at least not in the dining and housekeeping areas. Food was terrible. Bill Bill, I know at least a dozen people who have sailed on that NCL ship and that same itinerary at different times. You are the first one who *didn't* find it terrible. You must be easy to please. :-) The travel web sites are full of reviews by people who not only didn't find it terrible, but really liked it. Thumper |
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On 9/25/2011 4:47 PM, Thumper wrote:
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:26:20 -0500, Janet Wilder wrote: On 9/23/2011 6:58 PM, Bill wrote: On 9/23/2011 6:35 PM, Old Sarge wrote: Didn't NCL remove one of their two ships in Hawaii? Since I believe they are American flagged, they are bound by US Labor laws and must pay minimum wages and abide by the law in total. I thought I saw where they removed one ship due to it being too expensive to operate there. A friend of mine got a Purser job on one of those ships. They had 3 ships. They removed 2 a few years ago. Too much capacity was leading to very low prices (which I took advantage of). People complained about the service. I didn't find it all that bad, at least not in the dining and housekeeping areas. Food was terrible. Bill Bill, I know at least a dozen people who have sailed on that NCL ship and that same itinerary at different times. You are the first one who *didn't* find it terrible. You must be easy to please. :-) The travel web sites are full of reviews by people who not only didn't find it terrible, but really liked it. Thumper There's no accounting for taste. -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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On 9/25/2011 4:26 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
On 9/23/2011 6:58 PM, Bill wrote: On 9/23/2011 6:35 PM, Old Sarge wrote: Didn't NCL remove one of their two ships in Hawaii? Since I believe they are American flagged, they are bound by US Labor laws and must pay minimum wages and abide by the law in total. I thought I saw where they removed one ship due to it being too expensive to operate there. A friend of mine got a Purser job on one of those ships. They had 3 ships. They removed 2 a few years ago. Too much capacity was leading to very low prices (which I took advantage of). People complained about the service. I didn't find it all that bad, at least not in the dining and housekeeping areas. Food was terrible. Bill Bill, I know at least a dozen people who have sailed on that NCL ship and that same itinerary at different times. You are the first one who *didn't* find it terrible. You must be easy to please. :-) Don't get me wrong. Overall it was terrible and we will never sail NCL again because of it (and many people I spoke to onboard felt the same way). You had to be on line at 7am if you wanted to get a reservation at a decent time at the (at the time) free Italian restaurant and they never picked up the alleged reservation phone line. The dining room menu posted outside the entrance did not match what they served and the buffet often did not have signs saying what each dish was. And the lost my OBC and multiple calls between my TA and corporate never got it cleared up (it may have been given to someone else by mistake. But out cabin steward was pleasant enough, it was a local girl who I think was going to leave for college. And the waiters we had were generally nice. I do recall that the maitre'd in the main dining room was incompetent. Bottom line was that for what we paid, it was a great deal. My biggest mistake was not eating off the ship the night(s?) we stayed in port overnight, certainly in Maui (I forget if there was a second night in port). Bill |
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:49:14 -0400, Bill wrote:
Bottom line was that for what we paid, it was a great deal. Everyone who hates NCL does so because a) the food isn't what they hoped or b) the service sux. Cruise for the ship, cruise for the locations, if you want to eat great, stay home. |
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On 9/28/2011 3:58 PM, Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:49:14 -0400, Bill wrote: Bottom line was that for what we paid, it was a great deal. Everyone who hates NCL does so because a) the food isn't what they hoped or b) the service sux. Cruise for the ship, cruise for the locations, if you want to eat great, stay home. True. I am a better cook than NCL :-). What I hated most about our NCL cruise was the filthy condition of the ship and the horrible attitude of the crew. The bad food, the awful dining (if the term "dining" even applies to their terrible Freestyle MDR experience) atmosphere and the constant barrage of sales pitches. I don't care if they have the best itinerary in the entire world, I'll never set foot aboard their ships again. I cruise for the experience as much as for the itinerary. I can have a better experience flying in and staying in a hotel than I had on that NCL cruise. YMMV -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:47:51 -0400, Thumper
wrote: On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:26:20 -0500, Janet Wilder wrote: On 9/23/2011 6:58 PM, Bill wrote: On 9/23/2011 6:35 PM, Old Sarge wrote: Didn't NCL remove one of their two ships in Hawaii? Since I believe they are American flagged, they are bound by US Labor laws and must pay minimum wages and abide by the law in total. I thought I saw where they removed one ship due to it being too expensive to operate there. A friend of mine got a Purser job on one of those ships. They had 3 ships. They removed 2 a few years ago. Too much capacity was leading to very low prices (which I took advantage of). People complained about the service. I didn't find it all that bad, at least not in the dining and housekeeping areas. Food was terrible. Bill, I know at least a dozen people who have sailed on that NCL ship and that same itinerary at different times. You are the first one who *didn't* find it terrible. You must be easy to please. :-) Maybe I am easy to please but I was satisfied with our cruise on NCL Hawaii, and I quite liked my other NCL cruises. On the Pride of America, I found the service generally good except that they were woefully understaffed in housekeeping. The itin. which was the reason I picked it, was good and the excursions were good. I don't ever eat in the extra price restaurants, so it doesn't matter to me what time you have to call in the morning. Most of the other things people complain about are things that don't matter to me. The travel web sites are full of reviews by people who not only didn't find it terrible, but really liked it. Thumper |
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