Elaine5715

1 minute ago, abby1257 said:

So chances are that offer won't be there May 7?

Two different types of offers...

Casino Bounce back offers appear immediately after debark with a very short booking deadline, once the booking deadline passes, the offer is gone.

Regular Casino offers come out to everyone after the current offers expire on May 6th.  

Yes, it is possible no offers will appear for you.  

2 hours ago, Ferry_Watcher said:

 

People who work at cruise ports are in the hospitality business - they want to make passengers happy.  In a situation like this (left behind item of value), passengers should always feel that they can ask for help, and if the first staff person asked seems unsure, then ask for a supervisor.  Generally, they will make every effort to try to find the lost/left behind item.  The pier-side staff makes the request, and it is the  ship's crew who the actual people looking, but everyone does their best.

 

@VIFP1987, thanks for letting me know that you found this information helpful.  ;  )

Plus paperwork bad....

15 minutes ago, abby1257 said:

I just returned from a cruise on Sunday....I went online to see what my new offers were.  There was a nice offer, funplay and onboard credit ...great, came back not 5 min later and that offer is not showing...has anyone had this happen.  It has happened a few time with me??

That is a bounce back offer plus a glitch.  Log out and back in. You aren't getting any new casino offers until May 7th

5 hours ago, mz-s said:

 

True, but they still get their share of the pool.

They will get that share whether they make the drink or not

1 hour ago, VentureMan_2000 said:

While you pay an 18% surcharge for gratuities for the full Cheers package daily price, or $10.80, after 5 drinks, the gratuity percentage declines significantly.  So, if you have 10 drinks, then you are only TIPing half that amount, or 9%.

 

Drinks	Price	TIP %
1	$12	90.00%
2	$12	45.00%
3	$12	30.00%
4	$12	22.50%
5	$12	18.00%
6	$12	15.00%
7	$12	12.86%
8	$12	11.25%
9	$12	10.00%
10	$12	9.00%
11	$12	8.18%
12	$12	7.50%
13	$12	6.92%
14	$12	6.43%
15	$12	6.00%

The real savings for most people is what they save in grats by buying CHEERS.

7 hours ago, mz-s said:

 

Drinks purchased under a beverage program have an automatic gratuity attached to them as well.

If I have CHEERS, I pay $10.79 per day for gratuities on the package total.  If I pay for each drink individually at Alchemy for my 5 Peach Cosmos, I am paying $12.60 in tips.  

1 hour ago, mz-s said:

 

Drinks purchased under a beverage program have an automatic gratuity attached to them as well.

Not 18% per drink that is received by the person making the drink.  

5 hours ago, aborgman said:

 

"Not expected" by corporate policy (see also: Land All-Inclusives and "tips included") and not expected by individual workers are two rather different things.

 

As for people who have worked for tips knowing not to take it personally - that really isn't my experience with a mother (bartender), sister (waitress), and two nieces (waitress/hostesses) currently in the business, as well as numerous friends.

 

Most service folks won't DO anything - but most of them absolutely are irritated, and will complain later to friends/family/co-workers.

Funny how the corporate talking points from those executives who don't get tips are always "they are just grateful for anything".

15 minutes ago, TinkLoverSam said:

working at a land based restaurant where tips aren't added on the every drink and working on a cruise ship that adds an 18% gratuity to each drink ordered is very different. Of course land based servers who get nothing a a one drink order are not happy. the difference is that the bard enters on ships got their 18% on the drink already so anything on top is a happy extra.

The only drinks with the 18% are those charged to the S&S individually.  

There is a difference in non cruise line excursions that are allowed to operate at pots and ones kept outside the port area.  The further the operator is away from the ship, the more caution.  

19 minutes ago, mrpayroll said:

Have done many excursions not using the Cruise line. Never had a problem. 

Most ,if not all pier runners are people that go to a bar for the day and stay too long. Haven't read where an excursion company returned late and the people missed the ship. You would see it on the web, twenty to thirty people all running down the pier.

The story that was all over the news this year was non cruise line excursions.  

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Travel/cruise-line-contact-stranded-passengers-traveled-africa-rejoin/story?id=108741892

30 minutes ago, Edsny said:

There is no order in Miami.I am platinum. They don't question. Most people have no clue.

There is at Terminal F.  People are sorted if boarding has not begin.  This is the Diamond Only area. Boarding passes are checked.

Bartenders like all service industry professionals are prone to stereotypes (which are stereotypes for a reason). They aren't surprised by those who snap their fingers and order unusual (tiktok) drinks that don't tip.  They aren't surprised when people tip big to pretty or charming servers.  They are surprised when someone they are decided wasn't a tipper turns out to be a good tipper.  

1 hour ago, stobe1 said:

 

 

Next time you are on board, watch closely and look at how they do tip vs non tip receipts. In addition to having to manually add it into the system, they also put the tip receipts in a separate pile from the non tip receipts.

 

Presumably they do this so that on the last night when the cheapskates begin complaining at guest services about their final bill on their S&S account and begin removing gratuities and saying "I never tipped on this drink" and shaft the hard working crew because they spent more than they can afford, they can find the receipt a bit easier to show that they did tip and sign for it.

Yes, they do. The add on tips and cash is counted separately by the bartenders every night before turning them in. Those amounts come back to those servers.  

1 hour ago, mz-s said:

 

I am just going by what JH says when he says that extra tips above and beyond automatic gratuities are not expected. He has been a Carnival employee for over 30 years, so he would know.

 

People who have worked for tips know not to take it personally.

He is spouting publicity BS.  He wrote this https://crew-center.com/carnivals-senior-cruise-director-we-need-look-closely-removing-crew-gratuities but on FB, he soft balls people who pulls tips.

11 hours ago, Butterbean1000 said:

We haven't sailed out of Miami since turning platinum.  Is there a separate waiting area?  We will be sailing with my son and family and we are  surprising the grandkids, they don't know we'll be sailing with them.  We don't want them to see us before we board.

Yes, Terminal F has separate areas to wait if you arrive before boarding starts. 

On 4/27/2024 at 11:34 AM, weezal said:

I know for a fact that I wouldn’t have, because I went to talk to the casino host, on the final day of the sailing, and got some comps.

I have gotten final comps at the last night dinner.

3 hours ago, nc762shooter said:

I believe he said this in response to a yelp review that a visit to Ford's Theatre was a must not miss experience.

Was the Yelp review by a J.W. Booth?

46 minutes ago, yucky007 said:

Thanks! That's really good to know. We used to tip cash but if they're already adding a couple dollars automatically I'm not sure what to do. It feels wrong not to tip, but if it's already being deducted.... What do most folks do nowadays?

It will say right on the receipt you sign what the gratuity is.  

1 hour ago, Lilfeat said:

I've already taken a loss, have y'all finished kicking me already? It's not your loss, why are you guys so bent out of shape over my stuff? Can you help me get it back?  I never said the cabin steward stole my bag, I honestly don't believe there was anything in it that he would want, however the location of my backpack could have been easily overlooked by the steward.  All I wanted when this first occurred was for a Carnival Rep to have the Steward check the exact location of where I left my backpack on the same day in which I left it.  But I can clearly see how he could have missed coming across it. I used 10 Clorox wipes to clean my filthy cabin, if he didn't clean the cabin prior to me coming then chances are he didn't clean the cabin for the next guest, therefore he would have not have seen my backpack because it was not in plain view. Yes, I reported the filth to Guest Services.  Instead of giving me the beat down, be kind and help me find my bag, if you have a story like mine share it. If we live long enough we will make  mistakes, for those who have made them know how costly they can be.

Help you find a backpack that you lost last year?  Reward amount?

I love the cold soups

1 hour ago, MagnoliaBlossom said:

I have gotten that offer by email every day for the past years, and once a month but surface mail.   We have booked five or six cruises using it, but lately the offers are only short cruises from MIA or LA, which doesn’t interest us at all.

 

we got an offer for a TA from NOLA to Barcelona for $100,and an insane 30 day Australia to Alaska for $300.  😲.  
 

And we leave Saturday for a spa balcony on the Jubilee. I truly don’t understand it because DH gambles but. It big money at all and only a few hours a day.

 

same goes for offers from Bally’s.  About every other month we get an offer for a “free” cruise.  Sometimes it’s just Carnival, last two were Carnival, Princess or Holland.  Some of them up to 12 days.  He plays about two hours a week at Ballys at $5 tables.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You get the offers from Carnival because you get the offers from Ballys.  You get the offers from Ballys because you get the offers from Carnival.  Life of Circle.  Casinos are about possibilities.  We play because there is a possibility we could win.  Casinos give out offers because there is the possibility we will play.   Guess who is right more?

Debarkation chaos is due to the cruise director so your feelings were correct.

6 hours ago, crazyank said:

Nope, too busy blaming the cabin attendant

Yeah, the crew member had to find it, carry it out of their area during the busiest part of their week through the ship, past hordes of guests into the crew area, full of crew, to their shared cabin, removed the "valuables", then dispose of the backpack and return to their work area, all without being noticed.  

On 4/13/2024 at 3:36 PM, Itchy&Scratchy said:

just an FYI, as far as I know Miralax is an osmotic laxative: polyethylene glycol. It's not fiber.

Bayer (the maker of Miralax) also makes MiraFiber gummies, which are fiber (a bulk forming laxative).

I'll tell my physician.