laura Bra

Agree wholeheartedly. And that's exactly what Dynamic Dining and Grande tried to provide. But if you followed the threads, beginning the Inaugural Cruise began the whining. Passengers stated on CC that they wanted the menu in Grande but didn't want to dress up and it wasn't fair. But even you insinuate that it is fair. So if Traditional Dining required suit or tux, people would complain because they like Traditional Dining but don't see why they have to dress up.

Grande was the perfect solution....until the very first cruise.

So if I like to dress up, and RCCL provides a dress up only venue, Grande, and someone want to eat there and demands that right but refuses to follow the dress code, who is being self-centered?

hi sis i dont understand what you said you say that grande is grand and nice and old time dining is nice i dont understand its like will and grace where jack and karen walker were at a nice fancy restaurant for a meal i miss will and grace

your bud

You got me. They are supposed to be catering to U S market yet the seemed determined to make weird pizzas no one I know would ever order

hi sis i always think that prin cess is for canadians and maybe the americans go on it and sometime maybe they do

your bud

I hated P&O so much after the debacle of our first two cruises with them that I've got Britannia booked for December this year and are probably going to book Arcadia for Iceland next year.

 

I also hate the lot of you on this forum for daring to suggest that once you cruise you get hooked. Not a chance.... ;)

hi sis if you hate it so much why you go again on p&o boat ? am confused.com you dont like yet you go on cruise me finds it strange and me often tell people that it is a strange world i tell you its a strange world.

your bud

I'm a sucker for expensive cruise photo's :.

hi bro, when we get dressed up for formal night we look good and get photo taken its nice to show neighbours and family.

your bud

no flip flops in the dining room, they are referring to the rubber beach kind. Y

I’ve seen men and women (yes even a few women) wearing baseball style hats in the MDR for breakfast..

Hi sis on formal nights me like to get dressed up and look nice but for breakfast and lunch we just go casual and yes i wear flip flops and yes i wear my hat do you have problem with that ?

your bud

Touché!

Thank you Dahling, and Yes of course I like a good dose of french.... anytime :D

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the only time I've ever been uncomfortable with how someone was dressed was with the very attractive woman who wore tight, extremely low cut cocktail dresses each night.

hi sis that was me

your bud

P&O would disagree with you, as they have a Hotel General Manager on board.

hi sis i have met with hotel manager on ship and he was nice and we complained that service in mdr was no good and table was no good and mdr manager was no good so i went to reception spoke with secetary and she made meeting and we had chat and i got what i wanted so complain i tell you complain these people who do bad jobs and you will get what you paid for

your bud

Your sis is actually a bro. His name is Bob. Maybe, it was the rum that made you sick, a wavy boat ride, or too much sun and booze. ;) That has happened to many a person.

hi again and sorry to my bro bob for calling him a sis it was not the rum or the rough seas as it was the conch fish finger thingy i know that it made me sick tell people to try the wendys

your bud

I'll say it again and then shut up ----- try being nice to the Restaurant Manager and I bet he / she will do everything he / she can to help. .

hi sis and you must remember that its their job to do what you want them to do and if they dont just report them and you will get what you want when these people jobs to do what you order them to do remember me works hard to pay for me cruise and dont let hired help ruin your cruise its ther job i tell you its their job report them and they should be fired

your bestie

I still fool myself into thinking I look quite different from the printed image! Flopsy

hi sis flopsy no need to be afraid of how you look me used to be like you and me had people say bad things be proud to be a big woman

your bud

If you like Conch Fritters, try Goldies at the Fish Fry.

hi sis please do not do this me got very sick in nassau after eating the conch fingers me and friends were on the rum boat and finished with this meal and me and friends got very sick from conch so if your friends eating out there is wendys on the main street its nice there.

your bud

The waiters we have had were very disturbed .

hi daiB sis, on first day they might look like that think of a rabbit in front of a cars headlights at night it may disturb them but have no pity it is their job to serve you i tell you its their job and if they are disturbed then they should have the doctor check them out do they have to pay for this i dont know do the hired help have free medical on the ships i dont know i dont think so as they dont get it back home i might be wrong i dont think so but me thinks that if you waiter is disturbed just ask for another one its their job to serve you and i work hard for my cruise i dont go on the boat to see disturbed waiters

your bestie

Some cruise lines now don't print the pictures - they are displayed on a monitor and you search through by date/location/event and order if you like what you see on screen. Good idea - stops wastage but the costs aren't any less!!! When you think that they've saved all that printing why aren't they cheaper? Rip off comes to mind.

hi sis me and my husband always get a picture of our cruise as its a big deal for us and we have all of them in lovely lit picture frames in the shape of a big boat on the kitchen wall and all my neighbours love them and it the night time the flashing neon lights make them stand out its nice and the photo people are nice have given us photos for half price and often some free

If they were all tables for two it would look like Butlins.

Rather than tables for eight looking like McDonald's?

stop it please and this is silly talk from people we all have to live in harmony and just like eurovision song contest its all about building bridges i love daiB i love insanemagnet i love you both and i wont let you fall out over this we are all great people and when we go on a cruise you see how beautiful the world is i work hard for my cruise and work overtime on saturdays and get cash to spend on my vacation and its up to us the officers the crew the chambermaids to all get along and be friends not fighting over tables for two

your bestie

my husbands user name on email and other sites has bra as the second part (his first name, underscore, bra) as it is the first three letters of his last name..

hi sis, i am used to people getting my name mixed up and yes people laugh at my surname whi i used to find upsetting but now i get over it as i find that people who comment are not nice people but many thanks for mentioning that in the forum as people are sad

your best bud and thanks

it was the cheapest sausages, unappetising fatty bacon, disgusting weak tasteless coffee from the machines. .

hi bro and hi sis for me the fry up is important and i like the fatty backon between toast with lots of melted butter i think this is lovely with brown sauce sorry you did not like the sausages and you said they were cheap sausages which i dont really eat and tried them before from lidl and prefer the ones from aldi and i think it might be the way the chef cooks the sausages coz its importnnt what oil he uses.

your bud

I know this is kind of unusual, and wouldn't appeal to a lot of people, but she invited me to be friends on Facebook .

hi sis for me you have crossed the line between customer and servant here. i am sure she is nice and i am sure that she has been good to you but its still a line you dont cross we are here

your bud

Another charming story....

 

We had stopped at an IHOP for a bite while in Key Largo and my mom noticed that she had forgotten her sweater at the table. We were only in the parking lot and I returned to retrieve it. I saw the waitress and asked her about it as it wasn't at the table. She said "oh, the white one with the pretty buttons?" I said yes, that's the one. She replied "no, haven't seen it!" We did not get it back.

these are the type of persons that should be reported to the police time and time again these people are let off with everything and as servants of the public they should bow heads in shame i say boycott these places and report report and complain complain about these people i cannot stand them and cannot understand dishonesty isnt it awful that we love in a world where these scum always win

your bud

the food wasn't as good on the spirit in april, the crew still so friendly but quite a few missing, the entertainment was not up to the usual standard at all, that we have had on our previous spirit cruises,very disorganised and not a friendly ents team at all

you see for me its the fry up thats important and for you its trying to find missing crew which i find hard to believe that maybe they are not missing at all but may be on holidays and maybe you forgot that the servants are allowed to take holidays which is good as they can go home and see their families and their friends which is nice the entertainment is ok on thomson ships and i said it before and i will say it again me thinks that we should start a campaign to keep thomson name and its cheap and cheerful except for the missing crew but am sure they will come back again.

your bud

Clarification on the "what's a Kindle" discussion. An e-reader is a generic term for an electronic device used to read e-books.

 

A Kindle is a specific brand name for the e-reader that is sold by Amazon. Some models are specifically used for reading, other models are also a tablet with apps for doing countless other tasks.

 

A Nook is a specific brand name for the e-reader that is sold by Barnes & Noble.

 

An Ipad is a specific brand name for a tablet that is sold by Apple and can also be used as an e-reader.

 

 

This is like calling a facial tissue a "Kleenex" or a cotton swab a "Q-tip". Brand names versus generic names. (Unless you're from the southern states of the USA, where any kind of soda-pop [fizzy drink] is a "Coke" regardless of what flavor/brand it actually is!)

 

Not trying to be snooty about this or anything -- just wanted to clarify as we have people from multiple regions/languages posting here, and clarity is never a bad thing when it comes to communication.

hi sis, and yes where i come from the correct name is a chambermaid or a servant you may not like it and me have to agree that a kindle is for reading and never heard of a q tip i assume its for ladybits ?

i fing it a shock that some get offended by other countrys descriptions of things. tires are tyres and so on. royal caribbean cruise lines is called royal by many on this forum which is not right but i dont complain on here people can be so sensitive but getting back to fining 20 pairs of underpants behind a television on a carnival ship isnt that awful i fell awful if i was to find a lot of those things behind my telly.

so if the man that is supposed to be cleaning my room is called a stewart a chambermaid or a servant it is the same thing really they dont celan the room well enough as many have posted here and yes they should be fired if you dont do your job properrly you get fired. simples.

your bud

I came home from that cruise, got out the tape measure, measured my head again,

hi sis judy, how do you measure your head ?

Unfortunately, some of the world's scumbags purchase passage on cruise ships, .

hi sis and i have just heard that and believe you

are these human, i ask you, are they human ?

your bud

If you want hot toast you have to be in the right place at the right time - when the waiter brings it freshly made from the galley. It's just not practical to keep supplying permanently hot toast in a mass catering scenario.

 

I would have though brown sauce was standard issue on a Thomsons cruise - did you ask why it wasn't available, and, if so, what was the response ?

hello wee mann,i brought me own brown sause, as they had run out the year before. i understand what you said about hot toast. lets not forget toast is bread and the servants brings it from a kitchen far away. me like the hot toast and the fry up in the morning. its nice. i like it a lot. breakfast is great on a holiday and never once got a bad fry up from the servants they are good. i think we should keep thomson as when it changes no more fry ups it will be foreign stuff for breakfast and if i want that i can go to lidl and i prefer the fry up hot toast and brown sauce with me rashers and melted butter in a sdandwich. then we go to the lido for some nice fancy buns and tea. we dont really go on tours cuz you have to spend money which i dont have to spend so we enjoy all the free food on the ship and the servents are nice as they get to know us and i dont tip them aas i have no money to tip them but on one cruise the servants brought me a cake for my birthday and they sang some songs which was nice. the servents were good singers and made me feel special, i work hard for me cruisres and work overtime at weekends to pay for holidays on boats. the welfare cant pay for everything so we work at the weekends to get extra cash to hrelp pay the cost of the holiday which is nice and alwas great

I'm male.

 

Nope, I don't have the soup and neither does Mrs Purplemoonlight :D, we find three courses perfectly adequate.

great that mr and mrs purplemoonlight like soup but decline it at dinner.

i like soup