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I think it is a by product of the bigger ships. With more passengers on board you have a greater chance of running into rude people. I have run in to plenty of rude people on cruises and not one of them was over 50 (unless they aged like Dick Clark) With thousands of people on board you are bound to find some that are moody, just look at the reviews some people post, you read some of them and wonder why they went on the cruise in the first place. I swear some of the people have to punch themselves in the gut every morning to be that angry at the world.

 

I agree. I have been on five cruises and really the only rude people I have encountered were on the Dream. The bigger ship the more cruisers, the more likely it is to run into a few rude folks. I just try to shrug it off. I don't really want to have an altercation with anyone on my vacation.

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Nothing quite like parents of poorly behaved kids who think that their rude behavior is adorable.

 

Now before all you self righteous parents out there start whining, I have kids, love kids and bring them on cruises. Just can't deal with rude behavior and you know what I'm talking about

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My son (10) who has autism, and I, were having lunch in the equivalent of the WJ on Carnival last year and he dropped a piece of cake. He started to get upset when I told him he couldnt eat it. Some (rude) guy came up and said, TO HIM, not me, "some of us would like to have a quiet lunch" I told him he had autism and doesnt understand, he said "oh" and walked away. No apoligies. My son is very well behaved and just wanted the cake. He ruined my whole vacation. I started crying and went back to the cabin for the rest of the day.

 

I'm sorry this happened, but having an autistic child myself, realise it happens and all too often.

 

People do not realise, therefore do not understand and sometimes do not even care upon explanation.

 

If you feel you must explain, I often do as you did and say he has Autism, but you must not let others make you feel bad.

 

You must learn to ignore them. Don't let the bigots spoil 1 minute of you and your child's lives, let alone your whole vacation.

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jebl---------why do you find it so wrong (the statement you made that I highlighted in red) ????????????? :confused::confused::confused:

 

I am one of those folks--------pretty harsh i think...

 

My wife and I are very proud to be Pinnacle members. We earned it......

 

That's great. But on a ship with strangers, in my opinion (and its just that) its obnoxious to wear a pin around. Who are you trying to impress? Does wearing them make you feel better about yourself? Sorry, but there's no reason to flaunt around your status on a ship.

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. A drunk guy was last in his line at the wall, about three people over from us. He made his presence known by shouting out stupid Titanic type comments to the crew.

 

A similar thing happened near us on Majesty back in '07, but the minute he started making noise several crew members escorted him away and the muster went on without him. We were told later, after security detained him for a while, he has given his own private muster instructions after every one else was gone.

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Had the almost the same issue on another ship. We were waiting in a line for lunch in the WJ and older lady cut in front of me in a hover round, I told her the line started back there. She said very rudely that she was old and hungry, I told her so was everyone else in line and get to the back. Some people behind me high fived me and said good going.

 

I'd watched in the windjammer and I have to wonder who set the rules about which way the line is going. I've seen 5 people walk up one way and everyone follow the leader, later the station is empty and someone starts from the other end. I've seen 5 people stand behind one person taking too long to get something from the first bin and it wasn't anything I wanted. I only needed one thing and the bin was on the other end. Sorry for their luck.

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That's great. But on a ship with strangers, in my opinion (and its just that) its obnoxious to wear a pin around. Who are you trying to impress? Does wearing them make you feel better about yourself? Sorry, but there's no reason to flaunt around your status on a ship.

 

I have my pin for our C&A status on my sunhat.....whenever I wear my sunhat, viola, I am wearing my pin. Do I flaunt it? NO.....why do you assume anyone is flaunting it, by wearing it. You would need to be fairly close to me, to be seeing it. I earned it, so I wear it.

 

My husband wears a pin he earned from Making Strides for Breast Cancer....he worked hard to earn that pin, and it recognizes the hard work he put into his fundraising efforts....he (and I) are proud of that and he wears it. If someone asks him about it, he tells them about Making Strides for Breast Cancer -- he doesn't 'flaunt' his own efforts and results. He doesn't solicit them.

 

Both are pins, just PINS. Both pins in different ways were earned....they are just pins.

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That's great. But on a ship with strangers, in my opinion (and its just that) its obnoxious to wear a pin around. Who are you trying to impress? Does wearing them make you feel better about yourself? Sorry, but there's no reason to flaunt around your status on a ship.

 

I have my pin for our C&A status on my sunhat.....whenever I wear my sunhat, viola, I am wearing my pin. Do I flaunt it? NO.....why do you assume anyone is flaunting it, by wearing it. You would need to be fairly close to me, to be seeing it. I earned it, so I wear it.

 

My husband wears a pin he earned from Making Strides for Breast Cancer....he worked hard to earn that pin, and it recognizes the hard work he put into his fundraising efforts....he (and I) are proud of that and he wears it. If someone asks him about it, he tells them about Making Strides for Breast Cancer -- he doesn't 'flaunt' his own efforts and results. He doesn't solicit them.

 

Both are pins, just PINS. Both pins in different ways were earned....they are just pins.

 

Thank you for your comment. :)

 

I think it is time to lighten up on the pin issue. I do not believe that Royal Caribbean presents these pins to irritate anyone, and it if is truly a problem, then turn your head and walk away. Pins are not loud, or rude or obnoxious. They do not have screaming meltdowns on a daily basis, they do not have too much to drink, and the objections to them are way out of perspective.

 

Happy New Year to everyone!

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Thank you for your comment. :)

 

I think it is time to lighten up on the pin issue. I do not believe that Royal Caribbean presents these pins to irritate anyone, and it if is truly a problem, then turn your head and walk away. Pins are not loud, or rude or obnoxious. They do not have screaming meltdowns on a daily basis, they do not have too much to drink, and the objections to them are way out of perspective.

 

Happy New Year to everyone!

 

I agree, I'm an aspiring Diamond, when I get the pin, I would wear it, but I'll probably lose it anyway. The pin has allowed me to strike up conversations with people. That's how I decided to finally try a Radiance Class last year.

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Correct :D

 

 

Thank you for your comment. :)

 

I think it is time to lighten up on the pin issue. I do not believe that Royal Caribbean presents these pins to irritate anyone, and it if is truly a problem, then turn your head and walk away. Pins are not loud, or rude or obnoxious. They do not have screaming meltdowns on a daily basis, they do not have too much to drink, and the objections to them are way out of perspective.

 

Happy New Year to everyone!

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That's great. But on a ship with strangers, in my opinion (and its just that) its obnoxious to wear a pin around. Who are you trying to impress? Does wearing them make you feel better about yourself? Sorry, but there's no reason to flaunt around your status on a ship.

 

Then when is it not obnoxious to wear a pin around? At the supermarket? When sleeping? They're just pins, not proclamations by angels from on high accompanied by trumpeters, for heaven's sake.

 

I generally only slap on my pin after I've had enough of D+ trying to lord it over me with their extensive cruise experience. I will concede that I am flaunting.

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Correct :D

 

I'm a diamond member saying brw who has received a pin. I didn't wear it, and was asked by an obnoxious woman on the Navigator where it was years ago.

 

She then proceeded to ask the concierge to check my seapass to see if I belonged in her lounge. She was a fellow passenger. I was 27 and looked very young. Sadly, I experienced this on another ship too.

 

I loved being talked about and stared at by entitled selfish people in there. This time, my girlfriend will be with me since we live together. We'll try on day one but if it's like that on our ship in 2 weeks, I'll stay clear of the lounge.

 

By the way, I'm a professional clean cut looking guy with a professional career. Just look young

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Good story and yes many of us have similar experiences.

 

Recently at Port Canaveral we approached check-in and headed for the Pinnacle Desk, a check in assistant stopped us and told us it was only for Pinnacle members, which we told he we were.

She stated that we must be confusing it with Platinum, we assured her we were not and showed our Set Sail passes, she then turned bright red and apologises over and over. She explained she just thought we were too young to be Pinnacle, which put a smile on our face. She must of been talking about my wife, as after the pervious nights partying I looked as if I had been dead for 10 years.:D

 

 

I'm a diamond member saying brw who has received a pin. I didn't wear it, and was asked by an obnoxious woman on the Navigator where it was years ago.

 

She then proceeded to ask the concierge to check my seapass to see if I belonged in her lounge. She was a fellow passenger. I was 27 and looked very young. Sadly, I experienced this on another ship too.

 

I loved being talked about and stared at by entitled selfish people in there. This time, my girlfriend will be with me since we live together. We'll try on day one but if it's like that on our ship in 2 weeks, I'll stay clear of the lounge.

 

By the way, I'm a professional clean cut looking guy with a professional career. Just look young

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We were having a great day at Trunk Bay on an RCI sponsored excursion off of the Oasis. It was a beautiful and peaceful scene. Very relaxing. After an hour or so in the water, and all of a sudden, throngs of rowdy cruisers with blue beach towels descended upon the beach. Immediately, a couple that was swimming next us stood up. The guy said, "the Carnival people are here, honey. Time to go!"

 

I thought that was rude :p

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I don't understand. You're saying that because you are 70 you can say whatever you want? I am 66 and I definitely know that I can't say whatever I want. Didn't your Mama teach you manners?

 

Wow, lighten up. I said I said it under my breath. Life is too short to be so rude. Hope you have a better day tomorrow. Happy New Year;)

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Don't ever change

 

I love the older folks , they are our link to the good old politically incorrect days , before everyone got so thin skinned .

 

I am not talking about mean , rude old bags and SOBs .

 

Just folks who still talk and use sayings the way they did back in the day.

 

My Mom is in her 80s and will come out with a gem or two now and then.

 

Her doctor loves when she comes in and they have a chat . He says it's like spending a few more minutes with his late mom, who was the exact same way. *LOL*

 

The greatest generation :)[/quote

 

thank you !

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We have some friends who were on the Star Princess a couple years ago. After dinner, they went into a lounge era to mingle. Someone looked over at the male, asking, "So what do you do?"

 

Our friend responded, "I'm a pharmacist."

 

The other guy turned their head back towards his friends giggling, "Uneducated twit"

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It was our first RCL cruise,we were on the Nav a good few yrs ago.There were a few other Brits on board and we all sat together in the MDR. We were having a great time and had planned the evenings events starting in the champagne bar.

That afternoon I was having a nap and my wife was on the balcony sunbathing.

The phone rang and a lady said she was calling on behalf of Capt Bang, who would like us to join his table that night.I went out to the balcony and ask my wife if she was interested, I then politely told the lady we were otherwise engaged.She asked me did we understand what we were being offered, I replied I did and no thank you.

I was awake then so I went out onto the balcony where my wife re affirmed my thoughts that we would have more fun with our new friends.

That night we were stood next to some people who turned out to be our neighbors with a group of their friends, they were complaining that they had sailed millions of times with RCL and had never been invited to dine with the Captain and that this British snob on his first RCL cruise refused saying he was otherwise engaged. I snarled at them that I was the snob and that the thought of having to spend a few hours with a group of cretins like them put us off.:)

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Some people can get grumpy anywhere!

 

But in my 17 cruises I have only experienced this once with a crazy lady on a hover round. We were Platinum and she and I were the head of our groups going into the terminal to board the cruise there were two lines and they took my group before her's and she went crazy and was rude the entire cruise.

 

I just ignored her, she was not old in her 50's maybe. My kids and I did giggle a lot over her.

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I was on Liberty when a Lovely (?) family of about 30 got on for Granny's 80th birthday. All ages of course.....they were straight from Carnival. I saw them eating the Roast beef sandwiches in the Solarium almost crying as Carnival Sensation pulled out. Yelling "there goes the Sensation ya'll", thus my saying they were Carnival regulars. You know the ones that have the same green "Smith Family Granny's 80th" shirts on. I am like the only one on the elevator and all 30 with the exception of granny got in with me and almost smashed me flat against the wall as granny yells "Ya'll got too many in there, I'm not getting on." They thought everything they said or did was funny........(not to me, I kept my cool as in straight faced) Well this is the way it was for about 2 days.....all 30 walking on both side of the walkway not moving to let others by. After about 2 days they finally settled down and got with the program. Once one of them asked the time and I gave them the time very serious, one of them thanked me as if to realize they were not the only people on the ship. It was amazing how they bombarded that ship getting on and how they had settled down toward the end of the cruise......brought back memories of my time spent on my Carnival cruises way back when......:-)

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Don't let them get you down, your there to cruise enjoy yourself. I find some people who are diamond plus or pinnacle think they are high and mighty. But at the end of the day they really are not more important then the rest of the crowd. But no matter what level some people are they will always be in a mood. I just learn to ignore them types of people :D

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Don't let them get you down, your there to cruise enjoy yourself. I find some people who are diamond plus or pinnacle think they are high and mighty. But at the end of the day they really are not more important then the rest of the crowd. But no matter what level some people are they will always be in a mood. I just learn to ignore them types of people :D

 

I'm glad you said "some people." The best thing to me about loyalty status are the balcony discounts, free pictures, and other coupons and perks. It's not about "lording" it over someone who hasn't cruised as much. All of us were Gold members at one time. To me, someone who feels the need to constantly flaunt and talk about their status is very insecure in themselves, to have a need to act that way.

 

 

 

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Don't let them get you down, your there to cruise enjoy yourself. I find some people who are diamond plus or pinnacle think they are high and mighty. But at the end of the day they really are not more important then the rest of the crowd. But no matter what level some people are they will always be in a mood. I just learn to ignore them types of people :D

 

I agree with your comment, that regardless of status there are some people who have a distorted image of their own self-worth and, like you, I just ignore these folks. Certainly there are a few seasoned cruiser who fit this definition but vast majority of the many D+, pinnacle members and suite guests I've met are pleasant, interesting, helpful people.

 

Unfortunately, many people cruise with the preconceived notion that the higher tier C & A members will be uppity and rude. A notion also applied to seniors. Often it takes very little validate these preconceived expectations. The wearing of a D, D+ pin or pinnacle name tag, the mere mention of ones C & A status or cruise points is enough for confirmation.

 

The pins were given to recognize a person's loyalty to RCCL and to identify them as an experienced cruiser. That is what the pins signify. They don't imply that the wearer is better than other cruiser!

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  • 2 months later...
The best thing to me about loyalty status are the balcony discounts, free pictures, and other coupons and perks. It's not about "lording" it over someone who hasn't cruised as much. All of us were Gold members at one time. To me, someone who feels the need to constantly flaunt and talk about their status is very insecure in themselves, to have a need to act that way.

 

I forgot to read the last posts that were left on this thread. No one should be lording over other people, but it's ok to be proud of our status if we've earned it.

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