Biggest Cruise Fails - AU/NZ Edition

[linanles]

Here's my story that I could not add to the other article because I don't have or want an FB account.

 

While on a cruise it was our wedding anniversary so mid-afternoon we decided to take a bottle of bubbly out onto our balcony to celebrate. The lock on the sliding door had corroded and a hook and eye latch had been fitted on the inside to allow the door to be locked. You guessed it. The hook instead of hanging down stayed up and as we closed the door it fell neatly back into place. It was not until we'd finish our drinks and went to go inside that we realised what had happened. It was about 4pm by then and no one was on any balconies around us. We called for some time with no response so we sat back and enjoyed the view. Then we realised that if we couldn't get any neighbors to call for help we would have to wait until our steward came to turn down the bed. Luckily an hour later someone appeared over the rail on a balcony a few doors down and we called to them to get help. Needless to say we always check the lock when venturing out onto the balcony now.

[mrs and mrs]

Are you saying that posts can be taken off of here and posted on a facebook account.

If that's the case, Admin please take my post down.

Edited October 5, 2016 by mrs and mrs

[The_Big_M]

How strange. When you follow the link above it takes you to a CC page and when you want to post a reply it wants you to login by one option only, an FB account. Strange for a website that doesn't allow references to FB. What's wrong with a CC login?

 

They use the facebook plugin for comments (not the article itself). Which as it's built by facebook has an interest in and so only lets people log in with facebook.

 

Annoying, but prevalent. They could change to another comments provider, or build their own, but this is simple for them and for whatever reason the way they've gone.

[MicCanberra]

How strange. When you follow the link above it takes you to a CC page and when you want to post a reply it wants you to login by one option only, an FB account. Strange for a website that doesn't allow references to FB. What's wrong with a CC login?

 

That is not the case. Here are the guidelines on FB, it mainly when in rollcalls.

Cruise Critic loves Facebook. in fact, we maintain FB pages for all of our sites (Cruise Critic, CruiseCritic.co.uk, our Australia site, etc.). We have many people who participate on both our FB page and our message boards. We have no issues with people linking their own, personal FB pages in their profiles, or on your signature on Cruise Critic forums. You understand that doing so allows our members to know your "real life" name.

 

ROLL CALLS created on FB are not anonymous. Most of them are open to the public. Even if they are private groups, once you are accepted into the group everyone will know your real name. In doing so you have pretty much told all those people -- strangers -- when you will be away on vacation. The fact of the matter is most people do not understand how much personal information they are sharing.

 

On Cruise Critic roll calls, everyone is anonymous. You have the ability to remain as anonymous as you'd like throughout the entire Roll Call timeframe and throughout your entire cruise if you so desire. You can be JoeCruise101 until the day you disembark. The choice is yours, you share as much or as little as YOU choose to; everyone starts out on a level playing field on Cruise Critic. Anonymous user names only.

 

Also, FB Roll Calls have already proven to divide Roll Calls. People, for whatever reason, who cannot seem to get along may open a FB group and then want more people to participate, so they harvest members from the original ROLL CALL. There have been actual disruptions encouraged on FB directed towards our ROLL CALLs.

 

We believe a ROLL CALL created on Cruise Critic should stay here. We've worked long and hard to create this community, and have provided a certain level of trust and privacy for our members. If they choose to participate in a FB Roll Call, they'll have to learn about it somewhere other than Cruise Critic.

 

We request that you not solicit people to your Facebook page on any of our ROLL CALLS.

Edited October 5, 2016 by MicCanberra