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Cruises:Then and now
My wife and I took our first cruise almost 30 years ago. We have since
taken many more, mostly on Celebrity, and on a few trips, RCCI. Over the years, we have noticed that while the ships get bigger and offer more "things to do"the overall level of service has degraded.Staterooms are usually more confining.and the dining rooms on the mega-ships are so noisy and crowded that they are uncomfortable.There was time when a passenger could find a place to pick up a slice of pizza or a quick 'burger almost anywhere on the ship.On our last (and I mean LAST) cruise, on Monarck of the Sea, outside of the dining room or Lido bufet, there was only one place to grab a snack, and their offerings were at best meager. A few spots had snacks at an additional charge.Maybe younger people have a different perspective on this, but we liked it better in the olden days.Thank you for listening |
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On 3/23/2009 8:58 AM, Bob Or Mary Delange wrote:
My wife and I took our first cruise almost 30 years ago. We have since taken many more, mostly on Celebrity, and on a few trips, RCCI. Over the years, we have noticed that while the ships get bigger and offer more "things to do"the overall level of service has degraded.Staterooms are usually more confining.and the dining rooms on the mega-ships are so noisy and crowded that they are uncomfortable.There was time when a passenger could find a place to pick up a slice of pizza or a quick 'burger almost anywhere on the ship.On our last (and I mean LAST) cruise, on Monarck of the Sea, outside of the dining room or Lido bufet, there was only one place to grab a snack, and their offerings were at best meager. A few spots had snacks at an additional charge.Maybe younger people have a different perspective on this, but we liked it better in the olden days.Thank you for listening Monarch (not Monarck) of the Seas is an old ship and does not have nearly the number of food choices, compared to today's newer ships. If you had sailed on a Freedom or Voyager class ship you would have been much happier with the food choices. It is odd that you include it in your complaint of "mega-ships" since it is definitely not one (although it would be compared to your cruises from 30 years ago). Interestingly, I had a similar complaint about food availability on Grandeur of the Seas, another older ship (but not the same class). Bill |
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Mary Delange wrote: There was time when a passenger could find a place to pick up a slice of pizza or a quick 'burger almost anywhere on the ship.On our last (and I mean LAST) cruise, on Monarck of the Sea, outside of the dining room or Lido bufet, there was only one place to grab a snack, and their offerings were at best meager. Monarch of the Seas is a "then" ship (built 1991)---not a "now" ship. New ships like the Liberty of the Seas on Royal Caribbean or Crown Princess on Princess as examples, have many places besides the dining room or buffet to get food and snacks. The food offerings these days are not meager at all, they are much more than they were in the past. -- Charles |
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On Mar 23, 10:14�am, Charles wrote:
In article , Bob Or Mary Delange wrote: There was �time when a passenger could find a place to pick up a slice of pizza or a quick 'burger �almost anywhere on the ship.On our last (and I mean LAST) cruise, on Monarck of the Sea, outside of the dining room or Lido bufet, there was only one place to grab a snack, and their offerings were at best meager. Monarch of the Seas is a "then" ship (built 1991)---not a "now" ship. New ships like the Liberty of the Seas on Royal Caribbean or Crown Princess on Princess as examples, have many places besides the dining room or buffet to get food and snacks. The food offerings these days are not meager at all, they are much more than they were in the past. -- Charles and he could always order room service to get what he would like 10 slices of pizza if he wanted... and actually the cabin sizes hae got larger not smaller on ships.. Look at MOnarch and then Freedom.... |
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BOB or MARY
We agree with you,after 47 cruises we have found service to have gone way-way down. Wish they could go back to the days of yore. You used to be able to get a decent sandwich on room service,now forget it,the choices are terrible,and nothing tastes good. cruise lover(~~~~~) .. |
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We have never had a problem with getting a snack on granduer of the
seas(sailed her 4 times) could always get a slice of pizza or a hot dog up on the pool deck aft.we always went there after 11 or12 at night cruise lover(~~~~~) .. |
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Have not found the cabin sizes to be getting larger,we still prefer the
smaller ships,at least you could sit on the promenade deck and enjoy looking out to sea. That is a lost art on the new larger ships. cruise lover(~~~~~) .. |
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On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:58:33 -0400, Bob Or Mary Delange wrote:
My wife and I took our first cruise almost 30 years ago. We have since taken many more, mostly on Celebrity, and on a few trips, RCCI. Over the years, we have noticed that while the ships get bigger and offer more "things to do"the overall level of service has degraded.Staterooms are usually more confining.and the dining rooms on the mega-ships are so noisy and crowded that they are uncomfortable.There was time when a passenger could find a place to pick up a slice of pizza or a quick 'burger almost anywhere on the ship.On our last (and I mean LAST) cruise, on Monarck of the Sea, outside of the dining room or Lido bufet, there was only one place to grab a snack, and their offerings were at best meager. A few spots had snacks at an additional charge.Maybe younger people have a different perspective on this, but we liked it better in the olden days.Thank you for listening Don't know what the "olden days" era would be but obviously cruising has changed. If your cruise centers around food, stay home and eat at the club. -- Think first! Before you book a cruise from a two bit lying sleazeball who uses Usenet as free SPAMADVERTISING ground and for purposeful attempts at personal character assassination. Are you next? Think twice before booking with Ray Goldenberg. http://tr.im/hlJv |
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, Susette wrote: and he could always order room service to get what he would like 10 slices of pizza if he wanted... and actually the cabin sizes hae got larger not smaller on ships.. Look at MOnarch and then Freedom.... That is true about room service. My first cruise was on the Monarch of the Seas in the 1990's and my cabin was tiny on that ship. Could not even put the beds together. My last cruise this past December was on the much newer Freedom of the Seas and the cabin was a good bit larger on the Freedom than on Monarch. The service on Freedom was pretty good too. Not any less than on that first cruise except the wine stewards are gone. I miss them. -- Charles |
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On Mar 23, 5:14*pm, (Surfer E2468) wrote:
we still prefer the smaller ships,at least you could sit on the promenade deck and enjoy looking out to sea. That is a lost art on the new larger ships. That's odd. I could swear that my favorite spot on Explorer of the Seas was the aft promenade sitting on a lounge chair. Ditto Noordam, Crown Princess, Adventure of the Seas, etc. etc. etc. Maybe I imagined it. Warren |
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