CruiseCriticAUeditor Posted March 31, 2015 #1 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Who's watching Tom, Rach & Rosso Go Cruising tonight? 8pm on Channel 7 Would love to hear everyone's opinions... Will it encourage people to cruise? Or turn them off? Good publicity for Voyager of the Seas/ Royal Caribbean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted March 31, 2015 #2 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I will have to wait and see it on the Channel 7 website tomorrow (hopefully it will wont be geo blocked!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esilef Posted March 31, 2015 #3 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Currently half way through the program. Tom is playing he role of cruise lover, Russo the cruise hater and Rachel well she is just a pretty face.... Show makes the ship look nice. Love the refurbishment but what we have seen in half an hour could have been seen in 3minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aussielozzie18 Posted March 31, 2015 #4 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) My thoughts so far - a nice ad for Voyager of the Seas. An awesome ad for Amadee Island. It looked as beautiful as the day we were there. I want to go back. Don't remember paddleboarding being available on Amadee though. Edited March 31, 2015 by aussielozzie18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keenmolly Posted March 31, 2015 #5 Share Posted March 31, 2015 It makes me want to go out and book another cruise on the Voyager of the Seas. Really enjoyed the show and brought back so many memories of our last one on it. Loved it!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aussielozzie18 Posted March 31, 2015 #6 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) It makes me want to go out and book another cruise on the Voyager of the Seas. Really enjoyed the show and brought back so many memories of our last one on it. Loved it!!!!! Yep, I feel exactly the same:) Edited March 31, 2015 by aussielozzie18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiedisneyfan Posted March 31, 2015 #7 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Don't remember paddleboarding being available on Amadee though. Paddleboards were available for hire from the kiosk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisine21 Posted March 31, 2015 #8 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) Captain Ryan was great and he was just his usual self. Edited March 31, 2015 by cruisine21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted March 31, 2015 #9 Share Posted March 31, 2015 As i thought it has been geo blocked :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobhsv Posted March 31, 2015 #10 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) As i thought it has been geo blocked :( The full show, minus ads, is now on you tube.:) Edited March 31, 2015 by bobhsv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobhsv Posted March 31, 2015 #11 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Great publicity for Royal Caribbean. I am sure their bookings will jump. Has made us think we need to book another cruise with RCCL. I would have liked a longer look at the cabins and food areas though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tigerlily75 Posted March 31, 2015 #12 Share Posted March 31, 2015 As i thought it has been geo blocked :( I use unblock-us dot com for getting around Geoblocks (legal, under Aus law). It's CAN4.99 a month. I use it for US Netflix, Hulu etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chchgirl Posted March 31, 2015 #13 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I thought it was great, and what a beautiful ship it is! Michelle :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CroNich Posted March 31, 2015 #14 Share Posted March 31, 2015 The full show, minus ads, is now on you tube.:) Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdGenCruiser Posted March 31, 2015 #15 Share Posted March 31, 2015 The full show is available now right on the Royal Caribbean Australian and New Zealand YouTube account :). Enjoy! xJ84C3QDn8s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrekaus Posted March 31, 2015 #16 Share Posted March 31, 2015 It makes me want to go out and book another cruise on the Voyager of the Seas. Really enjoyed the show and brought back so many memories of our last one on it. Loved it!!!!! sorry I felt the opposite, loved the show but it told me that ship is not for us, just too big I think, and it was obvious in a lot of the scenes that they had opened up just for the show, - rock wall, surf rider, not one else there, - very hard to believe. The crowds in the Promenade were more real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaseyoz Posted March 31, 2015 #17 Share Posted March 31, 2015 sorry I felt the opposite, loved the show but it told me that ship is not for us, just too big I think, and it was obvious in a lot of the scenes that they had opened up just for the show, - rock wall, surf rider, not one else there, - very hard to believe. The crowds in the Promenade were more real. Yes, a friend of mine was on that sailing...january. She said areas were roped off during filming and some done at night. She was also asked to judge the sexiest man competition alongside Rachel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mr walker Posted March 31, 2015 #18 Share Posted March 31, 2015 It makes me want to go out and book another cruise on the Voyager of the Seas. Really enjoyed the show and brought back so many memories of our last one on it. Loved it!!!!! Us too! Before the end of the show, I said to DW "we need to book another cruise". And we were on Voyager just 5 weeks ago, we even recognised some of the crew :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Alpha Posted March 31, 2015 #19 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I will have to wait and see it on the Channel 7 website tomorrow (hopefully it will wont be geo blocked!). it's on 7 Plus ... their freeview channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted March 31, 2015 #20 Share Posted March 31, 2015 it's on 7 Plus ... their freeview channel I am in New Zealand ;) and the on-line version is geo blocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobhsv Posted March 31, 2015 #21 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Link? Apologise, but hadn't posted link as was unsure at the time re contravening the cc rules of advertising. I see it is posted......but here it is again:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted April 1, 2015 #22 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Nice infomercial! However it doesn't inspire me to book on Voyager, it just seems too big. The ratio of staff to passengers is poor - 1 staff member for every 4 passengers. Rhapsody was around 1 staff member to every 2.6 passengers and we noticed the difference to Sun Princess which was roughly 1 staff member to every 2 passengers. Service in the MDR for breakfast and lunch, and also drinks service in the various bars was much slower on Rhapsody where we often had to go to the bar to order a drink as there was few waiters circulating taking drinks orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sun-set Posted April 1, 2015 #23 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Nice infomercial! However it doesn't inspire me to book on Voyager, it just seems too big. The ratio of staff to passengers is poor - 1 staff member for every 4 passengers. Rhapsody was around 1 staff member to every 2.6 passengers and we noticed the difference to Sun Princess which was roughly 1 staff member to every 2 passengers. Service in the MDR for breakfast and lunch, and also drinks service in the various bars was much slower on Rhapsody where we often had to go to the bar to order a drink as there was few waiters circulating taking drinks orders. The Channel 7 (infomercial!!) did make me feel I should try a cruise on the Voyager, but I didn't realise the staff to passenger ratio was so bad, I notice they didn't show any queuing for all the great facilities! perhaps we will stay with Princess, P&O and Carnival, well the Green Thunder is fun!!:) I have always preferred to support the Lines that are willing to base themselves in Australia, using Australian currency, but more importantly accepting the far better Australian and New Zealand rules of no extra charges or false advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted April 1, 2015 #24 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Quite the advertorial. Not showing the payment e.g. she just orders a drink at the bar and gets it, and the use of text messages in their likely location was quite misleading to the new cruiser market that it appeared to be aimed at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisine21 Posted April 1, 2015 #25 Share Posted April 1, 2015 The Channel 7 (infomercial!!) did make me feel I should try a cruise on the Voyager, but I didn't realise the staff to passenger ratio was so bad, I notice they didn't show any queuing for all the great facilities! perhaps we will stay with Princess, P&O and Carnival, well the Green Thunder is fun!!:) I was on the Voyager last month and there was not any significant on the ship. There was a couple of people waiting for the Flower Rider. No queuing for the rock climbing and I only ever saw a couple of people on the basketball court. Sometimes there was about a 5 minute wait for coffee at the Cafe Promenade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now