Marmaliser

EnglishLady

You and I have already had this discussion, on our original P&O Cruises we purchased our in cabin drinks requirement aboard ship at duty free prices,when this changed we purchased one bottle from room service and purchased one bottle from duty free at Barbados/First Port of call theses drinks were for InCabin Use ONLY and all mixers were ordered from our steward .

We would never dream of taking our own alcohol on deck or any other area of the ship but we have witnessed other passengers doing so, on this forum and others we have seen passengers asking how much alcohol they can take onboard an people answering "As Much As you Can Carry" which is totally wrong if they read P&Os T&Cs it is "A reasonable Amount", if this is causing a problem for the Company rather than an outright ban why don't they seize all alcohol outwith "A reasonable Amount" and be very visible in doing so rather than punish their more reasonable guests.

Just me submission.

Agree entirely, after all cruise ships are floating hotels and I don't know of any hotel that stops guests having their own drinks as long as they are consumed in the room and not where the hotel is selling drinks themselves albeit a bar, restaurant, poolside or elsewhere.....unfortunately as in all aspects of life there will always be someone who spoils it for others.

Thanks all for your help......It does appear to be difficult to get a pass on a sea day , as I thought, can anyone tell me how busy the Serenity pool area gets perhaps that would be the answer for us?

I think you've missed the point - which was that the wear and tear /rust etc. was significantly worse on Britannia than you would expect for a ship of her age. She was in worse condition than Eclipse which is 6 years old.

No,I haven't but some people just seem to want to find fault and in particular with Brittania....if they don't like it don't sail on it !

Why would you want to. You could carry it on in your hand in a bag labelled booze.

 

 

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I think you are missing the point here, if they do allow it at the moment they may not in future? btw wouldn't the bag marked"booze" give the game away somewhat?:confused:

Some people resort to putting alcohol in pop bottles:eek:

No! really?..how disgraceful !:eek:

We prefer the quiet life and are aware that day passes are available to these areas, also we understand they are not pre-bookable unless you book for the whole cruise. So any advice on getting them on the day? we would only want them on sea days which no doubt makes them more sought-after.

Yes ever since we started cruising

 

 

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so in that case there is no way you could bring on a concealed bottle?

are you by any chance a quality control expert in your job. maybe you should just enjoy the cruise instead of looking at minor faults.the amount of people traffic on all cruise ships is enormous and therefore some wear and tear is expected. but we are going on britannia in november and would not want the impression the ship is about to disintegrate. surprised you didnt mention rats and fleas as well.be more concerned if water was coming in and the ship was sinking. you have now ruined my very expensive holiday and i am off to a dark room for a good cry :)

My sentiments exactly ...it's a cruise ship sailing on salty water the only way to stop rust is to construct it from plastic...perhaps in the shape of a large yellow duck?:D

So do they have bag scanners or searches everytime passengers return to ship after a port visit?

Thanks gadabout60 for reading and understanding my posts. You are correct about certain loyalty perks e.g. discounts but , in my opinion, priority boarding and tenders and the like is totally unfair to the rest who have shelled out good money and expect to be treated equally especially if they are first timers who don't want to feel as if they are in steerage on the Titanic !:):eek:

Thanks Kevinyork for your analysis of my post . I did read thoroughly and understood the thread but I think it is you who has not read or understood my post, I draw your attention to the opening remark and in particular ...."what annoys me is all this priority snobbery that seeps into all this type of thread.".........and not the thread itself.

Thanks also to Pennbank, as I said someone was bound to draw comparisons with other loyalty schemes.

Like you I am entitled to an opinion and I still don't like the idea of priority boarding for whatever reason be it airlines cruise ships or anything else because someone else has to suffer further down the queue because of it.

Everyone is entitled to moan if they feel the need or be a discerning customer, if that's what they prefer to be, but what annoys me is all this priority snobbery that seeps into all this type of thread. We all pay good money to travel on these cruises to the level that is affordable and should be treated to the equal amount of service. The idea that just because you have been on more cruises than the next person entitles you to priority boarding astounds me. No doubt some of you will make comparisons to loyalty schemes elsewhere such as in the retail trade but waiting patiently to board a cruise is , in my mind, somewhat different.

Think about it, if one of the desks is dealing with a priority queue then you are taking that member of staff away from the regular queue therefore making the process even longer for those people.

It all reminds me of that John Cleese/Ronnie Corbett sketch which starts " I look down on him because.............. and therefore I expect to be treated etc.etc" fill in the gap with "I have done more cruises than him "

Obviously on huge ships there has to be a system of boarding that may not suit all but the idea of priority just because of the amount of cruises and therefore making it worse for everyone else is just blatant snobbery in my mind

We have just booked for next year(our 25th anniversary), although it is a long way off I would be very interested to hear of your experience in St. Lucia in Dec 16 as opposed to Barbados, Tin Soldier.

In fact if anyone else has joined in St. Lucia and has any advice I would be grateful to hear about it.