What's your biggest pet peeve when cruising?

On Sep 25, 9:04 am, "Boomer" wrote:
"LeeNY" wrote in message

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I find it annoying that you have to go through the photographer
gauntlet each time you disembark in port. They should have two lines -
one for those that would like to have their picture taken, and one for
those that would rather get going on whatever they've planned for
their day in port, without delay!

Lee

Let face it if you saw two lines in the lobby waiting to get off the ship &
one had 200 people in it & wasn't moving & the other was flowing along which
one would you choose? They're going to try & make money at our expense no
matter how long we have to wait.

Believe me, I understand that this is all about making money for the
cruise lines. That's obvious. However, do they really think I'm going
to purchase a picture of myself looking none too happy, after being
forced to wait on that ridiculously long photo line before being able
to disembark?

I don't mind much, when the photographers visit the individual tables
in the dining room. Happy to smile for them then. It's hardly
disruptive to my meal, I'm not trying to get somewhere so am more
relaxed, I'm dressed nicer than how I dress for days in port - end
result is a picture of a happy cruiser - a picture I'm more likely to
purchase.

I'm almost certainly NOT going to buy a picture for which I was
imposed upon and thus unhappy to have posed for.

Lee

That reminds me about our last Princess cruise in Hawaii when the cruise
staff controlling the tender line forced us to wait until all the tours had
disembarked before we could board the tender. We had elite status & it was
the first time we weren't allowed to blend in with the crowd. We didn't make
a fuss at the time but I still have to get a clarification the issue.
Perhaps the individual ship can change the policy to suit the situation
based upon the number of people that have signed up for tours.

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:31:17 -0400, Rosalie B. wrote:

I talked to a blind lady on HAL and she said she had NOT been able to
bring her dog, although she had been able to do so on previous trips.
I don't remember why she couldn't bring him.

Because her father is a jerk and she's a troll named Stephanie.
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Chrissy Cruiser wrote:

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:31:17 -0400, Rosalie B. wrote:

I talked to a blind lady on HAL and she said she had NOT been able to
bring her dog, although she had been able to do so on previous trips.
I don't remember why she couldn't bring him.

Because her father is a jerk and she's a troll named Stephanie.

What?

This wasn't Danni (who I understand is deaf and not blind). I don't
know anything about the lady's father. Her father wasn't there. AFAIK
neither she nor her husband (who was with her) are on the forums.
Although I suppose anything's possible. We didn't discuss that.

She said that on this particular cruise she had been told that she
could not bring the dog, and I don't remember the reason, although we
did discuss the fact that he wasn't there. She said it was out of the
ordinary because she's had her dog with her before. Possibly it was
because it was a Christmas/repositioning cruise and the boat was chock
full..

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:13:31 -0400, Brian K
wrote:


Could it be that it's a hanky panky line ;-)

Didn't see that one either. G

Although that might be what a poster was looking for a while back. The
one who was asking about where to find sex on a ship.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:15:23 -0400, "Val Kraut"
wrote:

If that's best you have to look forward to in life - God pity you.


It's helpful to include some of the previous post so people know what
you are referring to.

Actually theres a better solution, - grab the dirty towels, run back to your
cabin - throw them on the bathroom floor - and take an equivalent number of
clean towels from your bathroom.When you get back from the beach - thow the
new dirty towels on the floor and hide tomorrows clean one in a locked
suitcase. This could screw up carnival's entire laundry process. Thank God
we sail HAL.




" By the way, Lee, there's also a more economical alternative. As we both
know, the cabin steward keeps some track of the number of white guest
towels, wash cloths and hand towels in the cabin bath, so you certainly
can't take them to the pool or ashore. To refresh your supply at home,
all you have to do is grab some of the soiled towels in the hampers the
steward uses during the day, and stuff them into your suitcase. When
going ashore, it's no big deal grabbing 3-4 soiled towels in the hallway
and wrapping them around under your moo moo dress or Aloha shirt. Nobody
notices and since you're going to be on the beach and getting them wet
anyway, the already soiled and damp towels in the halllway are perfectly
fine.

Why wouldn't this work on HAL? lol

Ermalee

Val Kraut wrote:
Actually theres a better solution, - grab the dirty towels, run back to your
cabin - throw them on the bathroom floor - and take an equivalent number of
clean towels from your bathroom.When you get back from the beach - thow the
new dirty towels on the floor and hide tomorrows clean one in a locked
suitcase. This could screw up carnival's entire laundry process. Thank God
we sail HAL.




" By the way, Lee, there's also a more economical alternative. As we both

know, the cabin steward keeps some track of the number of white guest
towels, wash cloths and hand towels in the cabin bath, so you certainly
can't take them to the pool or ashore. To refresh your supply at home,
all you have to do is grab some of the soiled towels in the hampers the
steward uses during the day, and stuff them into your suitcase. When
going ashore, it's no big deal grabbing 3-4 soiled towels in the hallway
and wrapping them around under your moo moo dress or Aloha shirt. Nobody
notices and since you're going to be on the beach and getting them wet
anyway, the already soiled and damp towels in the halllway are perfectly
fine.

On Sep 27, 4:35 pm, Rosalie B. wrote:
Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:31:17 -0400, Rosalie B. wrote:

I talked to a blind lady on HAL and she said she had NOT been able to
bring her dog, although she had been able to do so on previous trips.
I don't remember why she couldn't bring him.

Because her father is a jerk and she's a troll named Stephanie.

What?

Someone lifted up a rock ... and look what crawled out again ...

"Ermalee" wrote in message
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Why wouldn't this work on HAL? lol

At least on the cruises we've been on they don't require a formal sign-out
for pool towels. When we went to the blue lagoon in Iceland we found two
extra towels laid out on our bed the night before. It's not it wouldn't
work - for some reason it isn't necessary on HAL.

LeeNY wrote:
-hh wrote:

I was serious when I said that my last cruise didn't have any of these
annoyances. Of course, it was on a ("very") small ship line, Cruise
West, where there is no pool, no casino, no bingo, etc, so no
possibility of irritations from these sources.

I believe you! We took a cruise, a few years back, on Glacier Bay
Cruise Line (no longer in business). I believe their ships and on
board ambiance were similar to what you experienced on Cruise West.

I believe that I've heard that said about Glacier Bay. Hadn't heard
that they went under (unfortunate).


Loved the cruise, but even that one had its annoyances. The major one,
for me, was that there was no public space to sit quietly, without
company. The cabin was barely big enough for the bed, much less a
chair.

I was on the Spirit of Nantucket (will be the Spirit of Glacier Bay
next year) and I found the top deck to be a quiet place to take a
cappachino (free) and sit & read, etc. Granted, on a northerly cruise
it could be chilly, but there was enough spots and moveable furniture
that you could get out of any wind, which is usually 80% of any
discomfort. Great views, so I learned quickly to always carry my dSLR
with me too.


And, the one lounge was always filled with people. I'd go
there, with a book in hand, start to read, and within 5 minutes be
involved in conversation - not that it's a bad thing, but I didn't
love the forced socializing.

Funny, I've not really noticed any 'obtrusiveness' in any of the small
boat lounges that I've spent time in. Might have been just the
clients you had that one week?

Overall, it was a great cruise experience
- as different from a mass market cruise as you can get - so different
that I'd be hard pressed to even include that cruise in this
discussion of biggest pet peeves on cruise ships.

Agreed, although I think its worth pointing out to the "mass
customers" that if they don't want to tolerate all of their peeves,
the solution is to vote with their wallet and go get a different
product. Of course, this won't happen for most of them, but this
thread does illustrate (that with 150+ posts) that its not all la-la-
happy-happy in the mass commodity land.

Overall, what's really impressed me over the years with Cruise West is
how well the company treats their employees. We had been on a Prince
William Sound cruise several years ago and happened to have the
weather lift at Columbia Glacier - not only did they alter the
itinerary to allow the guests to re-photo the ice, but they stayed a
bit longer, to give the entire crew rotating 15 minute breaks, because
(in the words of the Captain): "it was by far, the best conditions we
had seen here in a full year" and the crew deserved to experience it
too. Consequently, EVERYONE onboard got the rare chance to see the
sight.


-hh