What are your biggest cruise pet peeves?

[Beachdude]

My pet peeve is singles taking a whole table for reading a book during peak breakfast and lunch times.

 

Burt

[Missywantstotravel]

I keep reading about the people and elevators. I've been on one cruise so far with another next year. I taught my zone, currently 16, to hold the door for others that are exiting/entering instead of closing it in their faces. Last cruise he got stuck holding a door for over 10 minutes and not once did anyone say thank you. They just kept coming out. I had to finally tell him to just let it go and come on. He still holds the door, is still very polite, was raised around handicap individuals and respects them, and is the most well behaved kid I've seen on vacations because I wouldn't put up with his bad behavior. He's lost lots of free time because he could t figure out how to behave. Now I'm not afraid to leave him alone. I know he won't be one of those kids running around a ship/hotel screaming their heads off trashing everything.

Now that is a pet peeve of mine. The lack of discipline in some of these kids out there.

 

 

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[EntropyGuardian]

I want to know how much luggage is involved...:eek:

 

Joke's on him, I only ever wear a full body hazmat suit. I bring 14 of them. One for before and after noon each day. They have thick rubber gloves, heavy rubber boots, a filtered air supply, and there are absolutely zero holes or seams where contaminates could compromise the suit.

 

As a bonus, I don't have to pack any other clothes for the entire trip.

[GUT2407]

My pet peeve is singles taking a whole table for reading a book during peak breakfast and lunch times.

 

Burt

 

Must be hard to say "can I join you"?

[Nanobot]

Parents who treat the ship like a giant play pen....I can't discipline their kids but I would love to give the parents a piece of my mind. This is why we cruise during the school year, so we don't have to put up with other people's kids.

Unfortunately we are finding more and more that people no longer care about pulling their kids out of school for a week. [emoji20]

 

 

Doesn't stop me from chastising an undisciplined child and/or their parents. We all paid to enjoy the cruise not the undisciplined child.

[Nanobot]

My top one is definitely the elevator thing but like someone else said it's also one off the ship as well. It's just so obvious. Let people exit then get on. Good grief!:)

 

I guess one of my other ones would be folks who get up in the middle of a show and leave. If they are sick or something else urgent comes up I understand that. But I always get the sense they just want to bail. To me, it's a courtesy thing to the other cruisers but also the performers. Just sit there for another 30 minutes and watch the show.

 

My comment is about the show. I disagree about staying, as we have left a number of shows over the years we choose our seats near the back and near the aisle so as not to disturb other passengers. Why do we leave? In many cases it is a comedian/comedienne who steps over the line from funny into vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity. Another example is a show that is just bad. I will not sit around and appear to be enjoying a show that isn't appealing to me.

[SteveH2508]

Joke's on him, I only ever wear a full body hazmat suit. I bring 14 of them. One for before and after noon each day. They have thick rubber gloves, heavy rubber boots, a filtered air supply, and there are absolutely zero holes or seams where contaminates could compromise the suit.

 

As a bonus, I don't have to pack any other clothes for the entire trip.

 

I have to ask:rolleyes: - does one of your eminently sensible suits have a bow tie, cummerbund and a dress shirt?

 

If not, you could have some "issues" on certain nights of your cruise...;)

[notentirelynormal]

I have to ask:rolleyes: - does one of your eminently sensible suits have a bow tie, cummerbund and a dress shirt?

 

If not, you could have some "issues" on certain nights of your cruise...;)

 

As long as is suit doesn't appear to be "shorts" I'm good with it LOL.

[sherryf]

Must be hard to say "can I join you"?

 

Actually, for some people this can be hard. My husband and I are both introverts. We'd rather look around for a free table than "disturb" someone by asking them to share their table and risk a confrontation if they aren't polite in their response. I know a lot of people, particularly extroverts, probably don't understand this, but it really isn't easy for everyone. I don't like talking on the phone either. :o

[notentirelynormal]

Actually, for some people this can be hard. My husband and I are both introverts. We'd rather look around for a free table than "disturb" someone by asking them to share their table and risk a confrontation if they aren't polite in their response. I know a lot of people, particularly extroverts, probably don't understand this, but it really isn't easy for everyone. I don't like talking on the phone either. :o

 

Actually, I'm considered by my family and friends to be an extrovert but I'm really not as much as they think. I pick my battles. Where my family is concerned I'm front and center. Depending on the cause (bullying someone or stepping in front of a scooter at an elevator) I can also be vocal but I would rather find a table just for our group if I can. If push comes to shove and I don't have much of a choice I will politely ask to join them. So, your point is valid for some of us that are more outspoken.

[SuiteTraveler]

people who talk loud, like they are the only one on the ship... in the theatre, on their balconies etc. Similar to people talking on cell phones in public areas... like we want to listen to their conversation?

 

I had to laugh when I read this. We were on the NCL Breakaway in The Haven and at The Haven Restaurant, there was a lady - probably late 40's or early 50's traveling with her elderly parents who talked extremely loud and the stuff that was coming out of her mouth was just so inappropriate for conversation at the table much less as a conversation with your elderly parents - such as someone getting breast implants, some friend of hers getting drunk and barfing and poopiing everywhere and someone who peed themselves in public. My husband sighed and said, "No wonder she's not married." LOL!

[SuiteTraveler]

I want to know how much luggage is involved...:eek:

 

1 roll aboard and 1 carryon. Laundry = 1 load when I get home after a 7 day cruise. Easy.

[AZ Ocean Lover]

This isn't so much a pet peeve as observing someone that had so many pet peeves she wouldn't be able to reply to this thread with the standard "but, I wouldn't let it ruin my cruise". This lady had three breakdowns that we observed. Think about how many she had when we didn't see her. Twice while waiting in line for the MDR (why is it taking so long, etc.) and once in a specialty restaurant again, things not happening fast enough to please her. She made her group get up and leave. Now there was a person that wasn't enjoying her cruise but probably enjoying it more than her 3 traveling companions.

[ronandannette]

:rolleyes:

Except I only touch things with the inside of my jacket hem - the outside remains clean. So basically, my hands ARE completely protected from contamination by 2 - 3 layers of fabric depending on how large the hem of the jacket is. AND...I always wear a different jacket each day - a clean one. I can tell this works as I have not gotten sick on a cruise with a contagious illness since I started doing this about 18 years ago.

:p Neither have I - despite never taking any elaborate measures whatsoever. Your ritual sounds a little bit more like a superstition than an approach to hygiene.

I agree with you 100%. The buffets should not be self serve on any ship. In fact, I won't eat anything from a buffet station that is self serve for all the reasons listed here.

 

My other pet peeve is the smoking in the casino. It's disgusting and really limits how much time I can spend in there. Cruise lines need to realize that having someone like me who plays slots at the top amount consistently is better than having 5 - 20 smokers in there playing at the lowest level on the machine. I just don't get why cruise lines don't understand that they are chasing away valuable players when they allow smoking in their casinos and that their policy - you can smoke but you must be playing - only results in the lowest bets ($ .01 per line) in most cases until they are done with their cigarettes.

 

:rolleyes: It's a pretty safe bet that the cruiselines already "realize" everything they "need to" in order to run outrageously profitable enterprises. And while you apparently assume non-smoking gamblers are the ideal target customer of a cruiseline, perhaps there's a little more to it than that.

Edited June 7, 2016 by ronandannette

[Enforcer]

This one's an odd one, and I think we only had it happen on one ship. It happened several times, but I think it was only on the one ship. Picture this: full elevator. Several people continue to cram their way in, "Oh, there's room for us." The elevator goes into overload mode and won't move. The last arrivals - the "crammers" if you will - stand there in immovable, cluelessness. Okay folks, we're not going anywhere until this load gets lightened. You all were the last ones on. Get off, for Pete's sake before the cables break and we all plummet to our deaths! (Yeah, I know that's not going to happen. Just a little drama here.)

 

Hi,

 

There is an answer FART :D:eek::)

 

Pete

[cruzincurt]

Sorry...I am not here to argue...but you are wrong. I am not suggesting anyone washes their hands in ice cold water...brrrr.....I am stating that there is no difference in the two.

 

Unheated water is the best. I have been on the design team for many schools and commercial buildings. Rarely do we pipe hot water to sinks in toilet rooms. Hot water helps bacteria grow.

 

I have learned that the heated hand blow dryers are bacteria nests as the combination of damp conditions and heat helps to grow bacteria. Thus, I never use the blow dryers unless they are the newer unheated air knives. I'll use paper towels or just shake my hands to dry.

 

Architects are learning to have toilet room doors open outward and provide paper towels and garbage cans near the exit doors.

Edited June 8, 2016 by cruzincurt

[navybankerteacher]

Unheated water is the best. I have been on the design team for many schools and commercial buildings. Rarely do we pipe hot water to sinks in toilet rooms. Hot water helps bacteria grow.

 

 

An excellent excuse for cost-saving in plumbing installation, but studies have shown that water temps of about 100 F encourages frequency and duration of hand washing - if people are uncomfortable they will cut the frequency of hand washing as well as the length of time - which is necessary to get hands clean.

 

No one could tolerate the boiling temperatures required to sterilize, but they are reluctant to endure discomfort of really cold water.

 

I have yet to experience any public bathroom in the developed world that lacks hot water.

[Vemnox]

Have a few...

 

- People who run, yell, or talk loud as heck in the hallways

- Nickel-and-diming

- Bingo bingo bingo bingo bingo advertising the entire cruise

- Cruise Directors who come on the PA like every 5 minutes (the worst was Carnival Miracle's "Big Tex" who was giving "Tex Messages" CONSTANTLY)

- Bad pizza or, worse, no one tending to the 24 hour pizza bar

- Unkempt, nasty ice cream dispensaries

- Bad mattresses (last two I went on were like rocks)

- People who leave massive nasty plates of food in the hallways outside their rooms and it sits there for hours and hours

- That awful "get the heck off the boat" attitude that cruises get on the second-to-last and especially the last day

Edited June 8, 2016 by Vemnox

[cruzincurt]

An excellent excuse for cost-saving in plumbing installation, but studies have shown that water temps of about 100 F encourages frequency and duration of hand washing - if people are uncomfortable they will cut the frequency of hand washing as well as the length of time - which is necessary to get hands clean.

 

No one could tolerate the boiling temperatures required to sterilize, but they are reluctant to endure discomfort of really cold water.

 

I have yet to experience any public bathroom in the developed world that lacks hot water.

 

Perhaps it helps that our ground water and buried water pipes are not very cold. Just completed the construction of public restrooms at a soccer field, no hot water. We do wear shoes here though.

Edited June 8, 2016 by cruzincurt

[myfuzzy]

I have had a chuckle or two reading these "pet peeves"

 

Mine are People who STOP on the threshold of the automatic doors going into the buffet area. I think they are waiting to be announced, but just get the heck out of the way and let others pass

 

Ladies who "bathe" in their perfume, especially on formal nights, first, I am allergic to it, leave a vapor trail as they move along, especially in the elevators, multiple scents, with ladies who have long departed the elevator. UGH.

 

Smoking in the casino, many a times when I want to play a machine, there is this person sitting at the next machine, cigarette held face level in my direction....moving on, saved $$.

 

I too am sensitive to that "purel" and do WASH my hands frequently before I head to eat...anywhere. Even though you may not actually SEE my handwashing ritual, please be assured, I do.

 

People who are "entitled"...make it known...loudly, they are the upper status of the cruise line and will not wait in any line, cut in front of you, or berate any member of the crew who comes within ear shot.

 

Oh, and people who leave their balcony light on all night, or all the time. I like leaving my curtains open, sheers shut, so I can awaken at early light. Or, just sit on my balcony later at night to view the sky. If the light is on, I shut my heavy curtains, but next cruise if my neighbor leaves the light on, they will get a "friendly reminder" to shut it off.

Edited June 8, 2016 by myfuzzy

[Vemnox]

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Mine are People who STOP on the threshold of the automatic doors going into the buffet area. I think they are waiting to be announced, but just get the heck out of the way and let others pass.

 

I LOLed at this one, but for a different reason. I will be eating in the Lido buffet and they will just stand there with that "whoosh" going on and the wind sucking out like a vortex and I'm having to dive onto my food and stuff to cover it from blowing away.

[LA_CA_GAL]

People that come on CC and post "Can I bring bottled water on board?"

[champagne123]

I have had a chuckle or two reading these "pet peeves"

 

Mine are People who STOP on the threshold of the automatic doors going into the buffet area. I think they are waiting to be announced, but just get the heck out of the way and let others pass

 

Ladies who "bathe" in their perfume, especially on formal nights, first, I am allergic to it, leave a vapor trail as they move along, especially in the elevators, multiple scents, with ladies who have long departed the elevator. UGH.

 

Smoking in the casino, many a times when I want to play a machine, there is this person sitting at the next machine, cigarette held face level in my direction....moving on, saved $$.

 

I too am sensitive to that "purel" and do WASH my hands frequently before I head to eat...anywhere. Even though you may not actually SEE my handwashing ritual, please be assured, I do.

 

People who are "entitled"...make it known...loudly, they are the upper status of the cruise line and will not wait in any line, cut in front of you, or berate any member of the crew who comes within ear shot.

 

Oh, and people who leave their balcony light on all night, or all the time. I like leaving my curtains open, sheers shut, so I can awaken at early light. Or, just sit on my balcony later at night to view the sky. If the light is on, I shut my heavy curtains, but next cruise if my neighbor leaves the light on, they will get a "friendly reminder" to shut it off.

 

I understand the annoyance of perfumes...I HATE them...especially when DOUSED in it, but you cannot be allergic to an odor. It is an irritant.

[uncleg]

Perhaps it helps that our ground water and buried water pipes are not very cold. Just completed the construction of public restrooms at a soccer field, no hot water. We do wear shoes here though.

 

 

LOL...my gym does not have heated water in the locker room sinks...and we wear shoes also.:)

[uncleg]

Gluttons who waste food...only get what you can eat, you can go back for more. The ship is not going to run out of food.