daveco58

On our Alaska cruise it seemed like "Alpha, Alpha, Alpha" was being called over the intercom at least twice a day. I'm sure due to the age of most of the passengers. After awhile it sort of became a joke, although for those that needed help I'm sure it wasn't. Even now, years later every so often one of my kids will yell "alpha alpha alpha" when they need some help.

Reminds me of a cruise I took on Royal Viking Line (back when the average age of cruisers was around 90). No less than 4 pax died on a 14 day cruise. At the time I worked in a Hospital, and the PA was busier on the ship than it was at work. lol

We just got back from a Celebrity TA and I must say people were very good with the elevator. In fact, we had people who got off just to let us get in. Sometimes people whould come up and then say -- let's walk -- it is only a few floors. It also could be the age of the passingers and we had less than 10 kids on the entire ship.

 

There are times the elevators are full -- like dinner time when everyone is trying to get to one spot but we just learn to ride the opposite way and then back up/down.

 

Now, to the scooter people. We also had an out of control scooter rider who would run you down. I wanted to stop her a few times and tell her slow down before she hurts people. The other complaint I had was scooter people who would go to the shows and park their scooter in the only spots where the manual wheelchairs could be parked. They park them there and then walk down to a seat. It would have taken only a few more steps to park it at the side and let the manual chairs have the space.

 

The ship we were on only had 6 wheelchair rooms and I must say -- we were the only room that had a wheelchair user in the room.

 

While we were in all docked ports, we did have one set of ramps which were really two sets of steps (about 8 to each flight). While I was concerned, four men did carry the wheelchair up both sets of steps.

I have run into this parking the wheelchair behavior on ocassion. My solution is usually to move the offending wheelchair/scooter into the middle of the aisle, and push my brother into the spot. Then I watch and laugh as the rude jerk retrieves their chair, while apologizing to all the people trying to get around it.

As far as elevators, I really don't recall many problems, but when I have, shaming people usually works.:cool:

That's a suite compared to what I had in the navy onboard a submarine:)

 

Michael

Hagerstown, MD

Having been on a conventional sub (just to tour, not to live), and having done a circumnavigation on a 65' racing yacht- I would take the submarine. :D

And the cruise crew quarters would be to die for. That crew cabin was a tad bigger than on the sailboat, and we were 5 sharing it.

I disbelieve all you folks who complain about the muster drill. Secretly, you all dig it as much as I do. THAT'S when I know I am on a cruise. I can get chimes in a department store. My boat rocks me to sleep better than a big ole cruise ship. And drinking coffee nekkid is a daily thing around here.

But that slightly dirty, musty, awkward, bright orange PFD. ahhhhhhhh. Nothin like it on land.

Had my second honeymoon on the Crown Monarch, in her maiden season, out of Palm Beach.

Brand new, beautiful ship, half empty, best service EVER.

And really rough seas for a couple of nights - nearly everyone sea-sick.

A great itenerary that included Key West, one of the best days ashore I have ever had on a cruise.

I dont mind the Mega Ships, but I wish there were some smaller boats still sailing, that werent arm and a leg expensive iteneraries.

I met a lovely girl on the Mardi Gras - ahh the memories. I was with family, she was sharing a cabin with someone - we got chased all around the boat by crew trying to clean up in the wee hours - and two years later we were married.....

Sadly, the Mardi Gras outlasted the marriage.