Carnival expands its chair hog program and Norwegian announces similiar program

[smeck]

So you got a typical "pass the responsibility back to you" response. Now you have make sure the rules are enforced.

Congratulations you are now part of the crew!

 

Couldn't have said it better.

[BillOh]

New type of passenger:

 

The "tagger."

 

Runs back to their chair every 45 minutes and briefly tags it, then leaves again.

 

They have those now, I've seen groups of 10 keep one person in their group all day guarding the 10 seats.

[Boston and beyond cruiser]

I just returned from the Liberty of the Seas out of Barcelona on 9/8. I am happy to report that there were several crew members in the serenity pool area wearing yellow shirts with "Deck Patrol" across the front, and they were very good about controlling chair hogs. I saw them question more than one person about the "marked" chair next to them. Didn't see them actually take away anything, but they were definitely proactive.

 

They also immediately approached any stray children who wandered into the adult pool and asked them to return to the other pools. It was very pleasant!