Ski-Lady

On our September cruise in the Vision we had asked for an egg crate from our steward and was told they no longer have them. We did miss it as the bed was terrible. They did put some sort of pad on the bed (more like a blanket) but it didn't help. One more cost cutting measure?:confused:

I am hoping that someone here can give me some guidance.

I recently flew home from a cruise with my mother who sufferer from Alzheimer so flying is challenging enough for us. We were on a totally full fight and had Economy Comfort seats with Delta. Sitting next to Mom was a POS. Mom started to freak out about it so I traded seats with her. We are both those less than 150Lbs people (Mom is less than 115Lbs). I did have my armrest down but the POS wouldn't fit in his seat with the armrest down. He complained to the flight attendant and I was asked/told to raise the armrest. When he sat down he took up at least 1/3 of my seat. I am sorry to complain but I was not happy. He did make a passing remark about it being a good thing Mom and I were so small. Trying to be funny?

During the flight my fellow passenger could not put his tray table down, due to his size, so he proceeded to put mine down and use it for his items (tablet, phone, work papers, snacks, ect.). This was done without asking me. I was so shocked I didn't say anything. When my mom need to get out to use the restroom we got a comment of "you should have gone before you boarded the plane." I do understand that moving in and out of a seat for a POS is not the easiest thing but come on. I do realize that he had to pick-up his stuff so we could get out and then pick up again when we returned, which is a pain. When I returned to my seat I refused to put my tray table down again in an effort to regain some of my space. Yes, it was passive aggressive, but I was at a loss of what to do with out causing a scene and also upsetting my mom more.

I do realize try to understand that POS do face challenges we, so called "average sized passengers" don't even think about. I am not trying to cause trouble here but what is the proper etiquette when dealing with a POS next to you. I don't want to fat shame but I don't feel I should have to give up part of my seat for someone else either. How should we have handled this?

We just returned from the Vision on Monday. Being in a Suite we were group 2, just after those self disembarking. That group didn't even start until about 8:00 am and we were called at 8:15 am. The line for customs was VERY long already. I think there were 3 customs agents. We grabbed a porter who got us to the front of the custom's line and then got us to a cab. It was still almost 9:00am before we got to the airport and we still had to check bags and get thru TSA. I think we got to the gate just after 9:40 am for an 11:30 am flight. There is no way I would try for anything before 10:30 am even with self disembarking.

We did this cruise in March of this year, FLL to San Diego, 15 nights total. There where almost no kids on the cruise. I can remember only 1 that was over the age of 4 or 5 and I believe he was home schooled. Over all the demographic was older (65+) on the cruise. We were on the younger side at under 60.

While people are asking about the dividers on the Freedom, does anyone know if the balcony dividers on the aft of the Legend can be opened? We have a group that has all of deck 7 aft. It would be nice to open them on the day we are are going through the canal.

Does anyone have recent experience at the Port of San Diego for disembarking? I have read posts about how late disembarking can be.

We will be disembarking on Tuesday, April 1st. The latest flight we can get home leaves at 12:30pm. Do we have a chance to make this flight?

Thanks for the heads up on this. I checked our cruise and it is $95.00. Called and canceled and re booked. $40 is $40. A Christmas present form RCL?