bad experience on Star Princess Sept 27.

"Steve in FLL" wrote in message
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Tippi wrote (in part):
I saw other staterooms decorated with balloons on the first day, and
I would have liked to have some too!

Tippi,

The cruise lines do NOT do that out of their Heart due to your Birthday.

This is an "Optional" service that one has to plan and pay for,
pre-cruise.

We've gotten balloons on our door for each trip for birthdays/anniversaries
on Princess at no charge

(villa deauville) wrote
To me, growing up in England, high tea was a major meal in itself....
and lots and lots of brewed tea (real kind, not tea bags)

I seem to remember the last time I had tea on a cruise we had
individual teas with a strainer, not this communal weak mystery tea
that has been sitting in the brewer for who knows how long. Perhaps
that is gone the same way as free pop and coffee due to lower cruise
fares (I heard a staff member saying this to another passenger.)

We've gotten balloons on our door for each trip for birthdays/anniversaries
on Princess at no charge


Yes Princess does do a door decoration for special occasions! We got that too
it was a nice touch
Susette
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Same here. When doing a cruise or a land tour I always download the digital
everynight to the laptop as a safety measure. My digital uses a memory card and
I have several of those so every few days I can tuck one away as another measure
of protection. Plus it is fun when you have a quiet moment to flip through the
pictures, so to speak, on the laptop.

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In article , Tippi says...

(Steve in FLL) wrote in message
The cruise lines do NOT do that out of their Heart due to your Birthday.

OK, I didn't know that. Since they ask on the website if you are
celebrating anything I thought that's what they do.

I'm sorry about your camera
hope you still have the film

It was a digital, I lost one day's worth of pictures, including the
snorkeling pics that I specifically bought a Uwa-Marine underwater
camera housing for. :-(
Luckily many of the pics I've downloaded to the laptop.

Nitemare wrote:


We've gotten balloons on our door for each trip for birthdays/anniversaries
on Princess at no charge

I really have this problem with door decorations. To me, they're in the
same category as running a clothesline on one's stateroom balcony. (I
hope Celeste doesn't tell me what a snob I am, again).

Howard

No charge with Princess. They do birthday, anniversary, even
homeymooner balloons & a card from the Captain. Deviously overfudged
on chocolate cake with mousse & hard chocolate between them presented
with a song at dinner.

Juliana L Holm wrote in message ...
Tippi wrote:
2. no birthday for me
Sept 27 was my birthday. I indicated that on the web form. There was
nothing in the stateroom, nothing at dinner. I did get the song and
cake at dinner on the NEXT day. Luckily the cruise was NOT meant as a
celebration of my birthday (was arranged with other people and just
happened to fall on that day), otherwise I would have been really
bummed out. I saw other staterooms decorated with ballons on the first
day, and I would have liked to have some too!

This is standard procedure. They don't do cakes the first night out on
most if not all cruise ships, because of all the confusion. And the
balloons and cabin decorations are something you order special and pay
for. Last year we went on the NOrwegian Dawn for my sister in law's
40th birthday, and we arranged for those things, but they cost about $35.

You're lucky you did not get the treatment she did! They had a cake, right
night, too (third night out) and they came and sang "Happy Anniversary" to
her and her husband! LOL!

Sorry about the stuff that went wrong on your cruise, but these things are
just the way it is.

Julie

"QuiltShopHopper" QuiltShopHopper@org wrote
Happy Birthday to you,

thank you!

their forgetfulness and poor service will not win you back for
future cruises.

Not because of this, but we find overall we enjoyed the RCCL cruises
more, although the Princess staff seem to more pleasant.

I just love those babyscones with a dollop of whipped cream and spoonful of
jam. I also "learned" to drink tea with milk and sugar during those afternoon
teas. Later when I discovered I could get the "left over" scones in the Horizon
Court buffet, I didn;t make such a point of showing up in the dining room in
the middle of the afternoon.

Lindsay ------ who never eats the little sandwiches.

Charles wrote:

On the Princess cruises I have been on what they have served what they
call afternoon tea at 3:30 everyday, with small scones, jam, cream, and
little sandwiches.

--
Charles

I'm right there with ya, Snumber!

Lindsay

Sunny wrote about Princess Afternoon Tea:

A truly delightful experience ... whether it is officially tea time like or
not

My daughter and her new husband just celebrated their honeymoon on board the
Star Princess and they hung balloons outside their door. Nice touch, indeed.

Susette wrote:

Yes Princess does do a door decoration for special occasions! We got that too
it was a nice touch
Susette