Which Rule Is Most Important To You?

[Ziggy7]

Which Rule Is Most Important To You? If the cruise lines ever decided to enforce one of their basic rules / guidelines, which ONE would you care to see enforced the most “completely” (no and, no if and no but)

 

 

 

Dress Code

 

Designated Smoking Areas

 

No reserving lounge chairs

 

No minors allowed (i.e hot tubs, adult pools, etc)

 

None of the above, nothing bothers me!

[jbhcw]

Okay, I have to answer this one! No reserving deck chairs!

[saltydog28]

RULES??????? We don't need no stinkin' RULES!!!!!

 

Pat.

[RuthC]

The ever-popular dress code!

 

By and large smokers obey the rules. On the rare occasion that someone is smoking in a non-smoking area the passengers tend to take care of that themselves anyway.

I haven't found saving lounge chairs to be a problem.

There are usually few---if any---kids on my cruises, so there's no kids where they don't belong. Or, if there are, not enough to be a problem.

But inappropriate dress! Ah, that's something I'm forced to look at. Shorts on hairy-legged men in lounges on formal night---yikes. :eek:

[dakrewser]

All of them. THere's no sense in having a policy if it's not enforced.

[sail7seas]

Dress Code.

 

 

While some folks will argue that what they wear has no impact on anyone else, I disagree. It does effect others.

[HeatherInFlorida]

I'm with dress code, too, of all of these. I think Ruth is right in that people are very good about smoking in designated areas.

 

But when I'm dressed for dinner it's just a better feeling overall if everyone around me is dressed, too. It's for this reason, quite honestly, that I don't walk around the ship after 6:00 on formal nights until I'm dressed (we always have late sitting for dinner).

 

I ignore reserved lounge chairs:o . I do have to say, though, that I was really angry on our Oosterdam cruise when we went into the theatre one night and 2 people had reserved a continuous couch ... the one that holds at least 20+ people. He sat on one end and his wife sat on the other and they said they were reserving the entire row. It wasn't worth an argument to me so we simply moved. But the man was actually nasty in telling us that they had purposely gotten there early to reserve the entire row.

 

P.S. Only about 5 of their friends ever showed up!

[Aussie Gal]

I am also with the Dress Code. I agree with Heather, that when one is dressed up it is nice that people around you are dressed similarly. It is a special dinner and occasion and it is lovely to see everyone in the dining room dressed accordingly. I must admit that on the Prinsendam last October, I did not see anyone who wasn't in the correct attire.

 

With regards to smoking, I haven't been offended by anyone smoking in the wrong places whilst on board and the same has gone for saving chairs. Perhaps because we have not been sailing in warm waters and therefore the chairs have not been as popular. Though when we were on the Tahitian Princess in March last year we didn't find this a problem either.

 

Jennie

[KSCnCA]

Being from California, where smokers are 2nd class citizens, I am always surprised to be in areas indoors where people smoke. Smoking in restaurants and bars has been banned here for years. I really appreciate no smoking zones on the ship where you can't even smell a wiff of smoke. I agree, most smokers are pretty considerate, but I still think it's great to have a place to go where I can breath fresh air. My husband smokes (outside, never in the house or car) and on the ship he keeps track of me while he's off having a smoke. I can't seem to lose him! :D

[ExpCruiser]

I'd vote for all the cruise lines to have decent smoking policies and then enforce them. For example, Tables in the casino that are no smoking; one end of the craps table for non smokers; one side of the outside decks for non smoking. HAL in particular has an almost nonexistent smoking policy and for those of us with problems, it IS a problem.

[star453]

My #1 pet peeve is people that smoke in the non-smoking areas. But,the dress code is right up there too. I HATE to dress up in a suit...but, When I get on that ship I do enjoy dressing up:)

 

Dennis

[stanford's girl]

 

I'd rather be sitting next to someone in jeans and a T-shirt than have someone sitting next to me smoking.:p

And before all you smokers start going postal on me, let me say I smoked for 30 years before giving it up. It wasn't easy but I did it.:D

[southern_yarddog]

smoking is the #1 for me. although being around someone smoking outside is all that bad but when you get next to it inside it about kills me and my son. Yes, I smoked for 13 years before I laid it down. Now I don't know how I ever smoked at all. Dress codes on formal night is a must. the rest just go around in your underwear:eek: ......:D :p

[viennacruiser]

I voted for getting rid of chair hogs:eek: there is nothing worse than going to the pool and seeing all those pool chairs with only towels enjoying themselves.:mad:

I would like to see the pool staff dump stuff in the trash after 30 minutes of being unsued..ok ;) well maybe not the trash but in the lost and found:D

[jhannah]

Can't really vote. I'm like Dave in that if there are rules/standards then how can you say one is important and others not? I know what the purpose of the poll is, but I think they should all be considered important. Now if we could just get them ... any of them ... consistently enforced.

[TeresaJenkins]

My pick:

No minors allowed (i.e hot tubs, adult pools, etc)

 

Germs, (and general nastiness), not that adults don't have them, but I'd say fewer adults pee in the pool.

 

Same answer I gave in the other poll (I saw it 1st).

[LizB1]

I also voted for the Dress Code to be enforced.

 

And, I have yet to see a smoker in a non-smoking area. It is generally just the opposite...a non-smoker taking over a table in the smoking area and complaining about the smokers or someone walking thru the "designated smoking area" and waving their hand in front of their face and complaining.

[longtimecruiser]

I also voted for ENFORCE THE DRESS CODE!!! I agree with what Ruth said. Smokers are not the problem. They stay in their areas. What I don't like to see is someone in jeans when I'm dressed for dinner. I don't care what anyone says, it does spoil the ambiance.

[grannynurse]

I agree with Ruth and longtimecruiser. It really shows a lack of consideration for folks to show up in the dining room with tank tops and cutoffs.

I was really pleased to see that maitre D's on some of the ships were controlling the issue.

 

I could care less about the quality and design of people's dress; it's the lack of effort that offends me.

GN

[getaway101]

I voted for the smoking........only because it effects me physically, but with that said I also agree if you have "rules", "guidelines", "suggestions" whatever you want to call them, then the people who don't wnat to acknowledge them should maybe find a type of vacation that doesn't "require", "suggest", etc. them. :eek:

[dakrewser]

My pick:

No minors allowed (i.e hot tubs, adult pools, etc)

 

 

I first read this as no MIRRORS allowed! And I thought that was a pretty good rule :)

[HeatherInFlorida]

I voted for the smoking........only because it effects me physically, but with that said I also agree if you have "rules", "guidelines", "suggestions" whatever you want to call them, then the people who don't wnat to acknowledge them should maybe find a type of vacation that doesn't "require", "suggest", etc. them. :eek:

 

This is such a great point!!:) I live in a gated community with a ton of rules and regs and an equal number of people to complain about them. I've said the same thing here ... if you don't like to live with rules then you really should not choose this kind of community to live in.

 

There are a lot of places for people to go on vacation that there are few, if any, rules to live by. Sadly, the people who don't want to live by a "code of conduct" also don't bother to read what that code is wherever they may go.

 

Dave! I'm for that ... No Mirrors!!! :D

[blackbird71]

I hate Informal Nights..... and Radisson changed the rules between final docs and me getting on the ship. :mad:

 

I do not mind wearing a Tux. But to have to pack a suit and tie for informal nights is crazy. While for my 12 day Amazon cruise I did pack two sports coats, Radisson changed informal night from jacket and tie to jacket and optional tie. Grrrrrr. would have never packed the gray suit, white shirt and ties.

[Ziggy7]

I know what the purpose of the poll is, but I think they should all be considered important. Now if we could just get them ... any of them ... consistently enforced.

I agree, they need to be enforced, as first time HAL cruiser's we went going under the impression everyone would be following the same rules, once we were on the ship, things were not that way. Did it ruin our cruise , no way! But we read the rules, agreed to them and they even had us sign an agreement to follow them, so why do all that if you dont really have to follow them ???? We followed the rules because we agreed to them. But I think HAL is the key here, they need to enforce them :)

Flame away if you must but this in our honest opnion and were sticking to it :)

[Peggy Sue]

SMOKING for me!! I agree, most passengers stick to the smoking side of the deck, but where I find it very offensive is in the Casino's and some lounges. It's so filled with smoke that there is no place for a non smoker to enjoy themselves. The casino on the Volendam was small .. but they could have made an effort to isolate sections of it for non-smokers. I know fellow passengers who didn't go near the place because it was too smoke filled. The piano bar we didn't frequent because it was near the casino and smelled of smoke.

 

The Explorers lounge was great .. smokers in the back, and those of us in non smoking smelled nothing offensive.

 

Not saying that smokers should not have the right to smoke .. I just think that every venue should have a designated smoking area so that we non smokers can enjoy the venue too.