jonthomas

that is the main reason we left C, after being elite plus....the food was unacceptable unless you were in a suite...and to pay suite prices, might as well sail O....love O...building up member status, now enjoying the silver status, that offers you so much more than elite plus on C....

At Embers last night. Hated the potato soup, salad had no taste shared the 21oz steak, it was good. The warm apple pie was not good. Yes we miss Jacques.

Pretty much not combinable with anything therefore useless to us. We book on board or with an fcc.

So you pay for SM but get nothing for it? O needs to see, this will turn off many would be clients. Those of us who love O, need to loudly proclaim that this policy needs amending.

I cant believe O would institute such a bad policy. You see a cruise, but it is just 6 months out. You go to tours, all are gone. You cant apply the credit to anything else. So you pay for something that you will not get?

what happens if you book very late, does that mean you pay for SM but get nothing for it, since all tours will be gone?

yes lots of patience....and lots of perseverance...

thank you so much... we have RCI stock, they immediately send confirmation of OBCs....

how about on the vista, they say there are no longer computers ....

always have issues with this... where did the O email come from, will send them an email to the address they gave you...thanks...

yup there is that too....we are forced to hurry and book tours, or they will be gone...all before final pay, then some will cancel cruise and the tours may become available.... forcing the consumer into a very poor way to deal with this SM policy. Someone in charge needs to act fast to rectify a very poorly thought out policy.

for me it is not about how we like O, or how we like others... its about the way lines raise their prices... raise the rate, fine...but dont start fudging with the new SM that you have just rolled out and want people to swallow....give them time to digest it before you change it again... yes some need a longer time to digest than others...but only a couple of months of SM is just too short to already introduce a change....bad policy decisions...

what does it have? can you print boarding passes?

yes I agree with that...I dont agree with taking a lot of clothes... so many lost their suitcases that it was an ongoing topic on the ship.... the laundry is fabulous....

dont see why vista would be any diff than the other O ships... just got off 20 days on Marina, TA, Spain, Portugal, Carib jeans, shorts... in dining room, casual pants, even jeans with collar shirt.....in specialties also... love O how casual it is...we travel with carry ons and do laundry....

Just off Marina, the best meals we had were on Jacques, dover sole, crepes, best baguettes. Will miss Jacques.

I complained about multiple issues on the Marina, we are on a BtoB , at reception two days ago. Was told someone would be in touch with us. Nothing yet.

All the O sales are different.

Wonderful meal at Jacques tonight.

On marina now...the ship is in good shape. But the food has been awful. Yup I'm picky. It's our 8th O cruise. I should post a new topic.

Yes we had that one booked before turkey and Israel were Removed. No way am I flying from Valetta for that one. Too many layovers. We have been fortunate, in all of our years of cruising we have never needed a TA to intervene on our behalf. But also have never benefitted from a quiet sale. Yes if a quiet sale would become known to me , I'm sure any agent could book it.

Wish I had a TA that knew anything about quiet sales...that's better than a rebate.

Our Alaska for Sept, cat B1 is 600 less than price before sale. We are on the Marina and yes onboard perks are combinable with sale.

Look at the price on line, then call an O rep or your agent. They will give you the new reduced price.

We will do Alaska next Sept again. The sale is 600 off a B1 cabin. Had the O rep book it. Just not sure of the cabin location, will speak with the ambassador since we are on the Marina right now.