Top reasons why you choose what you choose

Thus spake Becca :

wrote:

I would have to agree about Princess. First go around I took the advice
of a friend, plus information from my travel agent. I am glad that I
did. I very much like Princess. I like all the options below, although
I have yet to see a movie under the stars.

The Movies Under The Stars was fun. I watched the movie right after
dinner, but people around me were eating popcorn, fruit, pizza. You can
order a drink if you want one.

AFAIK, Movies Under The Stars is avaialable on Caribbean Princess, Grand
Princess and Sea Princess. They showed movies all day too. I had lunch
while I watched Grease.

Consider the subtle humor in what you just wrote. :-)


Becca ------loves cruising on Princess...

--
dillon

Women should be obscene and not absurd.

Cabin size & if it has lots of drawers & closet space & large shower
or tub!
Space under bed to store luggage!
Elect. outlets for razor,batt.chargers, photo printer,safe,good tv with
input jacks for video camera, adjustable a.c. ,
Movie theatre ,laundromat , steak or roast beef or chicken on menu every
night,cabin stewards who speak (at least) a little english , faster
elevators , shorter lines for every thing , more deck chairs , more
(new) ports in carib. , less jugglers & more dancing girls, no beer
belly contest , casinos that let you actually win some times , more
variety on tours !

BILL

Cabin size & if it has lots of drawers & closet space & large shower
or tub!
Space under bed to store luggage!
Elect. outlets for razor,batt.chargers, photo printer,safe,good tv with
input jacks for video camera, adjustable a.c. ,
Movie theatre ,laundromat , steak or roast beef or chicken on menu every
night,cabin stewards who speak (at least) a little english , faster
elevators , shorter lines for every thing , more deck chairs , more
(new) ports in carib. , less jugglers & more dancing girls, no beer
belly contest , casinos that let you actually win some times , more
variety on tours !

BILL

LeeNY wrote:

Benjamin Smith wrote:

If you tend to pick a cruise line as a priority, please name 4 or 5

top

reasons why you pick a cruise line.


HAL
1. traditional dining
2. quiet atmosphere
3. special touches like fresh flowers, yum yum man, NYTimes digest
delivered to the state room, unlimited beach towel availability (no
threat of being charged)
4. better food (my opinion) than CCL, RCL, NCL, on par w/ Celebrity and
Princess when I was on Sea in early 2001, pre-personal choice).

I do need to try another Celebrity cruise - maybe next March. Only one
was on Horizon to Bermuda which I don't think was representative of the
line, although I really enjoyed it.


The Horizon should be representative of Celebrity in terms of service,
food quality, and ambiance in social venues. While people may love the
decor and amenities of the new ships, Celebrity received its highest
ratings for food and service on the Horizon and Zenith and their lowest
on the Millennium ships (except for specialty restaurants). But, that
was in the early 90s when Horizon and Zenith received these ratings, not
lately.

At this point, I think the Century class ships are best representative
of what Celebrity was envisioned to be by Chandris. The newer Millennium
ships are more a hybrid of RCI/Celebrity style, and represents where the
line may be going and ideas of Celebrity's RCI-picked management.

HAL continues to change directions. The Statendam and Rotterdam class
represents a HAL that many of the current loyal fans are reasonably in
line with what they think HAL should be. The newer Vista ships are for a
new generation of trying HAL cruisers, and I'm not sure they are as well
defined as the cruiser's who enjoyed the medium sized Statendam and
Rotterdam ships.

I like the new generation of RCI and NCL ships. I'm not sure about
Princess ships. I don't care for the newest generations of HAL or
Celebrity ships, for HAL too large, IMO, for Celebrity, lacking a
certain feel and inefficient use of space.

Ben S.


Lee

LeeNY wrote:

Benjamin Smith wrote:

If you tend to pick a cruise line as a priority, please name 4 or 5

top

reasons why you pick a cruise line.


HAL
1. traditional dining
2. quiet atmosphere
3. special touches like fresh flowers, yum yum man, NYTimes digest
delivered to the state room, unlimited beach towel availability (no
threat of being charged)
4. better food (my opinion) than CCL, RCL, NCL, on par w/ Celebrity and
Princess when I was on Sea in early 2001, pre-personal choice).

I do need to try another Celebrity cruise - maybe next March. Only one
was on Horizon to Bermuda which I don't think was representative of the
line, although I really enjoyed it.


The Horizon should be representative of Celebrity in terms of service,
food quality, and ambiance in social venues. While people may love the
decor and amenities of the new ships, Celebrity received its highest
ratings for food and service on the Horizon and Zenith and their lowest
on the Millennium ships (except for specialty restaurants). But, that
was in the early 90s when Horizon and Zenith received these ratings, not
lately.

At this point, I think the Century class ships are best representative
of what Celebrity was envisioned to be by Chandris. The newer Millennium
ships are more a hybrid of RCI/Celebrity style, and represents where the
line may be going and ideas of Celebrity's RCI-picked management.

HAL continues to change directions. The Statendam and Rotterdam class
represents a HAL that many of the current loyal fans are reasonably in
line with what they think HAL should be. The newer Vista ships are for a
new generation of trying HAL cruisers, and I'm not sure they are as well
defined as the cruiser's who enjoyed the medium sized Statendam and
Rotterdam ships.

I like the new generation of RCI and NCL ships. I'm not sure about
Princess ships. I don't care for the newest generations of HAL or
Celebrity ships, for HAL too large, IMO, for Celebrity, lacking a
certain feel and inefficient use of space.

Ben S.


Lee

Dillon Pyron wrote:

Thus spake Becca :

AFAIK, Movies Under The Stars is avaialable on Caribbean Princess, Grand
Princess and Sea Princess. They showed movies all day too. I had lunch
while I watched Grease.


Consider the subtle humor in what you just wrote. :-)

Doh! OK, I get it. Too funny.

Becca -----still laughing...

Dillon Pyron wrote:

Thus spake Becca :

AFAIK, Movies Under The Stars is avaialable on Caribbean Princess, Grand
Princess and Sea Princess. They showed movies all day too. I had lunch
while I watched Grease.


Consider the subtle humor in what you just wrote. :-)

Doh! OK, I get it. Too funny.

Becca -----still laughing...