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    Have you ever not liked your table mates??

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    I've had really good luck most of the time with Carnival, Princess and RC. When I'm with my husband we have been matched with couples near our age. When we have cruised with our daughter through the years they have put us with families with kids her age. When I cruise with my sister we are usually seated with other women around our age. The only time I wished I had moved was on the Pride we were seated at along 8 top with 6 other women. The two directly across from us showed up each night chewing large wads of gum with their mouths open. Snapping and cracking. Once they got their food they put their gum in their napkins. They then chewed and talked with their mouths open. They were really rude to the waiters. I never heard them say please or thank you and complained about the food even after they cleaned their plates. The other four never came back after the second night. We tried moving to the other end of the table but they always sat across from us. We ate quick and skipped dessert. They were always 30 minutes late so we could get through most our dinner before they showed up. The worse thing though was on the last night they were talking about going to guest services to take their tips off. We gave extra but I felt bad for our great waiters.
    Oh my! No..just no!

    Sailing on the Carnival Liberty

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    I'm sailing her Dec 31st! I have been reading everything I can get my hands on rallied to the ship and the cruise. Not super excited about the ports but I just need a break at this point. There is a not to old thread on this forum with the fun times on it. I found that a great resource.

     

     

     

    I hate Freeport and Nassau isn’t that much better. We will probably stay on the ship!

     

     

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    Have you ever not liked your table mates??

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    Now I only get a table for myself. Once we were 6 solos and got to talking about OJ going to prison. I said not sure how he'll do there and a retired post office guy said "what, he only killed a woman and a Jew." Another time a young lady ate like a bunny rabbit taking tiny bites and working her lips with the food. It was gross. I changed tables.

     

     

     

    Oh no!

     

     

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    Have you ever not liked your table mates??

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    I really love the luxurious feeling of formal dining. To me, it’s part of the cruise experience. On my first cruise I had the ideal table mates. They ranged from farmers to educators. Our conversations were lively and fun. It was a difficult time for me because my fiancé was between chemo treatments and was not well enough to make every dinner but insisted I go. They took good care of me. Since then, my daughter and I have cruised 5 times. We have had okay and downright bizarre table mates. We finally drew the line when we were seated with a couple who “shared” her drink package, ordered every appetizer, entree and dessert and ate them with their hands. The man was unemployed because he couldn’t find a job that paid $80 an hour. The woman was a teacher at a private school. I make $16 an hour, my daughter, a little more. We scrimp and save all year for our one week of pampering. And we each have our own drink packages. That was it. We now do table for two, second seating because we love having the same wait staff and we can take our time dining.

     

     

     

    I can’t! Lol!

     

     

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    Have you ever not liked your table mates??

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    In response to your thread's title: Yes, but they were family and I did book the cruise with them....:D

     

    My only experience with "bad" tablemates was a couple assigned to our table of eight. They were evangelicals that came to dinner with a Bible in hand, wanted to hold hands for a blessing before the meal (we let them do it the first night) and was always looking for a way to bring a mini sermon of redemption and salvation into the conversation.

     

    Luckily, they were pretty easy to shut down when they tried. :evilsmile:

    Oh my! No..just, no!

    Upgrade question..

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    I won a cruise on Carnival. I just had to pay the taxes and port fees. The cabin is an ocean view. Since I won it I would imagine I would not be eligible for an upgrade maybe to a balcony? I am not expected free upgrade..I know that Carnival will send the notices for upgrades.

    Have you ever not liked your table mates??

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    It's true, you never know who you are going to get and that can make for an awkward week, but then you have stories to tell! We've also met great people, some whom I keep in touch with still today and some not so great. Over the years we've had millionaire lottery winners, an Argentinian family that spoke no English at all and just ignored us, an Irish woman who would floss her teeth right at the table, an Italian who told us every night how much she loved jicama, a dating couple on their first cruise who didn't like each other anymore Once, my husband and I were the only couple at a table of spring breaking girls who shared their drunken stories and hookups from the night before. My best friend and I cruise together and we've shared a table with a couple of Cuban brothers who were hilarious, and another year we were seated at a table with 3 other women, and all of us keep in touch yet, too. Honeymooners, solo travelers, first-time cruisers. My first cruise I was the only single young woman seated at a table with all 40 something couples...but you know what? They were so kind and fun and our whole table even ended up doing an excursion together

     

    Now, when we take our kids we end up just at a table with each other and not that it is bad (I get not everyone wants to sit with other people's kids), we just don't meet as many new people.

     

    I have a lot more stories, but the point is stay open to it...you just never know who you will meet. You don't have to do every cruise that way but if you like the experiences of meeting people, take it with a grain of salt and chalk it up to "oh well, maybe next time". My dining mates have never ruined my cruise.

    Flossing the teeth at the table..I am gagging just reading it..:o

    Have you ever not liked your table mates??

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    So far, we've never had tablemates we couldn't get along with. Sure, some are more fun than others, but none have been obnoxious or mean and nasty! I mean, folks are on vacation, and want to have a good time! We've never experienced rude, racist or horrible tablemates! I think you must have had a 1-off experience.

    If a conversation starts that is a potential problem....steer it to something else! Talk about your plans for the next day...or ask about their kids or family....just get off the "hot-topic"!

    A lot of how you perceive others is up to YOU!

    The problem was it wasn't a "hot topic" it was ordinary conversation and he threw the "n word" out a couple of times. How he thought that was acceptable with complete strangers, in public we don't know. We finally called him on it. Didn't really phase him. We were horrified!

    Have you ever not liked your table mates??

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    I don't bother with the MDR these days not unless I'm forced into it by family. I do remember being seated with people that didn't speak English in the past. it was not a Fun For All experience. One time we were seated with a know it all school teacher that didn't let anyone else talk .Even though his mouth was full of food when he was trying to give us an all education. :rolleyes:
    Oh jeez.

    Have you ever not liked your table mates??

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    Hi-Husband and I love to meet new people when we are cruising. We also like to sit with people for dinner. Our last experience doing that wasn't great. The people were rude, racist, and just all-around horrors. We couldn't get away from them fast enough. Then of course we would see them all over the ship and they would want to stop and talk to us..we would just say quick "hello, how is your day?" and keep moving.

    We want to be able to sit with others again..but now we are a little nervous about it.

    Where do I find FTTF in manage cruise?

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted · Edited by bobjer17
    found what I was looking for..

    Hi All-

    I am thinking about doing FTTF on the Liberty. I don't see where to reserve it so I am thinking it isn't available. We sail January 14. I was looking online in manage cruise, cruise details etc..where would it be if it was available?

    Thank you!

    Never mind it was in shore excursions..DUH!

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