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Kingofwylietx

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Oh dear, such a disgraceful and nouveau riche proposition. Surely, you wouldn't allow your private European trained butler to mingle amongst the lowly public marine butlers, would you? Have you even considered the vile habits you would expose your finely trained butler to? The mere thought of my butler handling items so frequently touched by the bourgeoisie makes me want a tetanus immunization. You've brought shame upon your family name by even considering this tomfoolery.

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jaja

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Bringing your own butler may be completely prohibited, always allowed or sometimes allowed. It just depends which NCL rep answers the phone when you call to ask.

 

LOL!!!!....(but so true!:eek:)

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If your ocelot dies in transit, I assume they won't be any hassle as long as it had a passport?

 

Dies in transit...it was alive when it boarded.

I've never seen an ocelot with a passport but I HAVE seen an ocelot IN a Passport. At the Honda dealer...........

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lettienets

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I thought that you were allowed to bring your own butler on board and policy was that the butler that was assigned to your room would be assigned to a different room that already had a butler. I purposely left my butler at home in hopes the upgrade fairy would get me two butlers for the price of 1!

 

Please tell me this is still the case. Now I have to call and upgrade to the DBP (Deluxe Butler Package)

NCL, we definitely want a Deluxe Butler package amongst the free

at sea promotions.

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CasinoCruzGirl

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Hi All,

If we book a haven owners suite on the Breakaway RT NYC I understand a butler is included. My question is:

Can we bring our own butler? Its just so hard to get used to a "new" "unfamiliar" butler that i feel the time spent setting out expectations will be just exhausting that we wont be able to fully enjoy all that our stateroom has to offer. If NCL does not permit us to bring our long time family's butler i could manage to get by. but do you feel when we return home that our "family" butler will give us the cold shoulder or refuse eye contact? i would hate for someone to lose his job over what is supposed to be a relaxing voyage.

 

All good things,

-Mark

 

 

They have separate sleeping arrangements for bringing your own butlers. Kind of like where they keep the animals.

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As long as the butler smuggles all my liquor on, keeps my jumbo shrimp cocktail chilled , can get me mozzarella sticks ( O'Sheehans can't provide), gets up at 6 a.m. to join the chair hogs, makes dinner reservation at the last minute, gets Vibe passes, it's all good!

 

I might even let him keep the DSC!

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This is hysterical. Interestingly, the maid of Lady Nancy Astor published her memoir decades ago, and talks about traveling the world with Lady Astor. Quite an eye opener. And years ago, when I was a student nurse at one of Atlanta's hospitals, I knocked on the door of my patient's suite (yes, this place had suites configured not unlike the Embassy Suites) and the door was opened by the patient's butler. I was gobsmacked.

Anyway, thanks, everyone. You are all a bright spot in a dull working day.

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This is hysterical. Interestingly, the maid of Lady Nancy Astor published her memoir decades ago, and talks about traveling the world with Lady Astor. Quite an eye opener. And years ago, when I was a student nurse at one of Atlanta's hospitals, I knocked on the door of my patient's suite (yes, this place had suites configured not unlike the Embassy Suites) and the door was opened by the patient's butler. I was gobsmacked.

Anyway, thanks, everyone. You are all a bright spot in a dull working day.

 

I worked in a nursing home years ago, and they had one wing that was made up of suites for the well to do. One woman's room was furnished with her own fine antiques, it looked like a room out of a mansion. That room was gorgeous. She didn't have a butler but she did have a full time companion to attend to her needs, though the home was fully staffed. I remember being in awe of that situation too.

 

Lorie

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Hi All,

If we book a haven owners suite on the Breakaway RT NYC I understand a butler is included. My question is:

Can we bring our own butler? Its just so hard to get used to a "new" "unfamiliar" butler that i feel the time spent setting out expectations will be just exhausting that we wont be able to fully enjoy all that our stateroom has to offer. If NCL does not permit us to bring our long time family's butler i could manage to get by. but do you feel when we return home that our "family" butler will give us the cold shoulder or refuse eye contact? i would hate for someone to lose his job over what is supposed to be a relaxing voyage.

 

All good things,

-Mark

 

Only if he can share a suite with my three nannies.....

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We just came back from a cruise and have never been so embarrassed in all my life. As my luggage had not been delivered to our cabin, we decided to go for a cocktail with our friends. As I closed our cabin door a member of the "security team" approached me with an envelope and said my presence was required in the Security's Holding room.

 

Right away all of my friends started to laugh and point their fingers at me, knowing that I was off to the Naughty Room because of the Alcohol I was trying to smuggle on board. So off I go, escort and all, getting scowled at by other passengers that knew full well where I was going.

 

I was taken into a dimly lite room filled with cigarette smoke, it's only source of light came from a single light bulb hanging down from the ceiling. And there in front of me sitting on a table was my Luggage, being looked at by a group of burly unshaven Security officers who were clearly upset. I was asked to open my luggage and I knew I was in big trouble when they moved aside the 4 bottles of alcohol and pointed at my Butler !

 

After roughly pushing me into the only chair in the room and shining that bright light in my face did I realize the depth of my situation. I won't go into the details of what happened the next 3 hours, but I will say I have learned my lesson and will never try to smuggle my Butler in my carry on again.

 

cheers...the Ump...:D

 

p.s. they let me keep 3 of the 4 bottles of booze, the 4th was consumed while the interrogation..... errrr......questioning was conducted by Security Staff.

 

Umpy, you are personally responsible for making me lose my glass of white all over the laptop keyboard! Shall I send the bill to your Butler? Will he take care of it for me?

 

Gotta Love Your Butler...........so I've heard! ;)

 

And a huge thank-you to the OP for starting this thread and making me smile on a wet and miserable evening here in the UK. :)

 

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Umpy, you are personally responsible for making me lose my glass of white all over the laptop keyboard! Shall I send the bill to your Butler? Will he take care of it for me?

 

Gotta Love Your Butler...........so I've heard! ;)

 

And a huge thank-you to the OP for starting this thread and making me smile on a wet and miserable evening here in the UK. :)

 

 

 

Hi there Sweetie !! Long time no chat !

So sorry about the keyboard..... sure send the bill to my Butler, Bartholomew III. Comes from a long line of Butlers..;)

It's so refreshing to read and being able to participate in a post such as this, it's right up my twisted sense of humour. I actually based my story on some true facts that happened to me on our Alaska Cruise last Sept.

 

Yes I had some "adult contraband" in my suitcase, and mine was the only one that didn't arrive. Yes I met security in the hallway as we were about to go for a drink. We were with DW's Sis and her hubby, & DW was the only one who laughed, went to the "naughty room" at the appointed time and you'll never guess what happened !

 

There two Security in well lite area, was asked to open my luggage, and yes they did actually pick up and move to one side the "contraband" but it was what they were asking me while I was opening my suitcase.

Now I'm not a racist person what so ever, so those who cruise will understand what I'm about to say. Both gentlemen were from the Philippines and we all know that they do have some trouble with pronouncing certain letters from the English alphabet. One being the letter F, so while I was expecting to hear the word Alcohol, I heard the word "Pan"..? huh ?

 

Security - "Sir you have a Pan in your luggage" Me- "excuse me I have a what ? " Security - " you have a Pan, you can't bring a Pan on board"

I thinking to myself what on earth is he saying Pan ? what the heck do they think I have ?

At this point, luggage has been opened, the contraband has been moved off to the side and they are picking up a small 4 in. diameter "Fan" that we use as "white noise" to fall asleep to !

 

Security - " Sir you cannot bring a Pan on to the ship, it may be a fire hazard, we don't know what the wattage is.... etc., etc."

I swear to all that is good that it was all I could do to not laugh out loud when I finally figured out it was FAN not PAN. ( bite my tongue so hard it bled)

Me- " Oh yes so sorry we didn't know, of course it would not be a good thing to happen, uh huh no not a problem, thank you for letting me know.... oh no of course we'll never do that again." Do you have any idea how hard it is to say all that while chewing on the side of your tongue to keep from Chortling so loud you would sound like Horse !

 

Got my receipt to pick up at the end of our cruise, walked away, turned a corner and let a loud laugh go !!!!!! dropped my luggage off in our cabin, found DW and her Sis & Hubby and we all had such a great laugh over that one.

 

cheers...Tasso (the Ump) & Ilene...:D

 

p.s. we're heading back over to the Med. again this Nov. but it's a b2b on the Spirit, (Santorini again!) no Jade this time and will be spending 5 nights in Horley (near Gatwick Airport) post cruise before flying home.

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We tried bringing ours once, and the butlers spent the entire time arguing about who was going to draw my bath and who was going to chill my wife's Champagne flutes. It was a nightmare!

 

I would have fired his butt on the spot!

That was almost the same scenario for me but it was the constant bickering about

setting out my clothes for the day and what snacks I wanted that pushed me over the edge!

I'll use whomever NCL gives me and deal with it for the week!

NEVER AGAIN!

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Hi there Sweetie !! Long time no chat !

So sorry about the keyboard..... sure send the bill to my Butler, Bartholomew III. Comes from a long line of Butlers..;)

It's so refreshing to read and being able to participate in a post such as this, it's right up my twisted sense of humour. I actually based my story on some true facts that happened to me on our Alaska Cruise last Sept.

 

Yes I had some "adult contraband" in my suitcase, and mine was the only one that didn't arrive. Yes I met security in the hallway as we were about to go for a drink. We were with DW's Sis and her hubby, & DW was the only one who laughed, went to the "naughty room" at the appointed time and you'll never guess what happened !

 

There two Security in well lite area, was asked to open my luggage, and yes they did actually pick up and move to one side the "contraband" but it was what they were asking me while I was opening my suitcase.

Now I'm not a racist person what so ever, so those who cruise will understand what I'm about to say. Both gentlemen were from the Philippines and we all know that they do have some trouble with pronouncing certain letters from the English alphabet. One being the letter F, so while I was expecting to hear the word Alcohol, I heard the word "Pan"..? huh ?

 

Security - "Sir you have a Pan in your luggage" Me- "excuse me I have a what ? " Security - " you have a Pan, you can't bring a Pan on board"

I thinking to myself what on earth is he saying Pan ? what the heck do they think I have ?

At this point, luggage has been opened, the contraband has been moved off to the side and they are picking up a small 4 in. diameter "Fan" that we use as "white noise" to fall asleep to !

 

Security - " Sir you cannot bring a Pan on to the ship, it may be a fire hazard, we don't know what the wattage is.... etc., etc."

I swear to all that is good that it was all I could do to not laugh out loud when I finally figured out it was FAN not PAN. ( bite my tongue so hard it bled)

Me- " Oh yes so sorry we didn't know, of course it would not be a good thing to happen, uh huh no not a problem, thank you for letting me know.... oh no of course we'll never do that again." Do you have any idea how hard it is to say all that while chewing on the side of your tongue to keep from Chortling so loud you would sound like Horse !

 

Got my receipt to pick up at the end of our cruise, walked away, turned a corner and let a loud laugh go !!!!!! dropped my luggage off in our cabin, found DW and her Sis & Hubby and we all had such a great laugh over that one.

 

cheers...Tasso (the Ump) & Ilene...:D

 

p.s. we're heading back over to the Med. again this Nov. but it's a b2b on the Spirit, (Santorini again!) no Jade this time and will be spending 5 nights in Horley (near Gatwick Airport) post cruise before flying home.

 

Oh Umpy, Bartholomew III is going to be busy! That post had me spluttering once again. Now please don't get the impression I drink white wine REGULARLY..........it's been a VERY long term and school just got out!! Plus I'm now coping with a large dose of envy at you and Ilene going back to Santorini....sigh! No wonder I need wine! ;)

 

I was a really generous wife this year and let my DH choose the destination for our Silver Wedding cruise. ;) He chose the Escape and we are heading to Roatan, Belize and Cozumel after a stay in Miami, followed by (my choice) 5 nights in Key West. We really HAVE taken to this cruising lark! :)

 

So nice to see you on here again, thanks for making me smile and happy cruising to you and Ilene. Take care. :)

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I can't believe nobody has tried to bring their own concierge. SMH.

 

 

On the other hand, in the H6 on the Escape, there was a cupboard which was so extraneous I could only assume it primarily served as the living quarters for the help.

 

They even have their own little bathroom only steps from the front door, so that they can still be of reasonable service, even if indisposed.

 

 

We've decided to dress our butler up like Weekend At Bernie's (not a political statement!), and just walk him onto the ship as if he belongs there.

 

We're still working out how to get him access to the gummi bear stores on board, but our concierge is working out those details with a locksmith he knows onboard. They don't give concierges Gold Keys for nothing!

 

 

Stephen

 

 

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