How Has Cruising Changed: Expectations vs. Luxuries?

[ldubs]

On 10/14/2019 at 11:12 AM, clo said:

I asked somewhere (here?) if one were adamant about dressing like that and got turned away from the MDR, would they refuse to cruise with that line again.  I don't believe I was answered.  And seeing what you wrote, as a returning cruiser, already know I won't cruise with them.  

 

Yes, you were answered.  Just not the answer you wanted.  Lol.  

[clo]

3 minutes ago, ldubs said:

 

Yes, you were answered.  Just not the answer you wanted.  Lol.  

I had no desired response.  I see people complain a lot but wonder if it causes them to change line/ships.  Might be best for you to not assume you know what I want.

[ldubs]

21 minutes ago, clo said:

I had no desired response.  I see people complain a lot but wonder if it causes them to change line/ships.  Might be best for you to not assume you know what I want.

 

Take it easy.  If you read the response you will hopefully understand.  

[cb at sea]

The we first started cruising, you had a MUCH better dining experience.  Real china, real silverware, real crystal glasses and a full place setting.  Very nice.  Molded butter pats..multiple courses (at least 5)....

 

Now, you have basic plates, stainless utensils, wrapped butter squares (or margarine...who knows?), no glasses or soup spoon or salad forks, 3 courses.....they've really "dumbed down" dining.  Of course, this is all to get you to pay more to eat in a better venue.

[DarrenM]

14 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

We did not have a phone or a TV till I was 9 years old.My parents never owned a car.We never went on vacations. On hot summer nights we slept on the roof of the three story apartment building we lived in,no elevator and we lived on the top floor.

We lived in a shoe box int middle o road.

[navybankerteacher]

12 hours ago, cb at sea said:

The we first started cruising, you had a MUCH better dining experience.  Real china, real silverware, real crystal glasses and a full place setting.  Very nice.  Molded butter pats..multiple courses (at least 5)....

 

Now, you have basic plates, stainless utensils, wrapped butter squares (or margarine...who knows?), no glasses or soup spoon or salad forks, 3 courses.....they've really "dumbed down" dining.  Of course, this is all to get you to pay more to eat in a better venue.

What line is that - how do you get water if there are no glasses, how do you eat your soup?  I suppose if you only order 3 courses, you will only get 3 courses —- but when it comes to  ( “...or margarine...who knows?)  — I suppose if I were unable to tell the difference between butter and margarine I would be unlikely to want to pay more for anything different.

[ilikeanswers]

3 hours ago, DarrenM said:

We lived in a shoe box int middle o road.

 

At least it was a cardboard box😉.

[navybankerteacher]

4 hours ago, DarrenM said:

We lived in a shoe box int middle o road.

You think that was tough?  I never had pizza until I was 14.

[DarrenM]

2 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said:

You think that was tough?  I never had pizza until I was 14.

Well when I say shoe box, it was just a hole int road, but it was a shoebox to us.

[ilikeanswers]

4 minutes ago, DarrenM said:

Well when I say shoe box, it was just a hole int road, but it was a shoebox to us.

Luxury! Try a rolled up newspaper in a sewer pipe with nothing to eat but road gravel😂

[DarrenM]

yes but you try telling that to the younguns of today.

[navybankerteacher]

39 minutes ago, DarrenM said:

Well when I say shoe box, it was just a hole int road, but it was a shoebox to us.

Yeah!  Well, you still had a place to put your shoes - which means you probably also had shoes - possibly even a matched pair.

[ilikeanswers]

7 minutes ago, DarrenM said:

yes but you try telling that to the younguns of today.

They'll never believe you😜.

[DarrenM]

21 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said:

Yeah!  Well, you still had a place to put your shoes - which means you probably also had shoes - possibly even a matched pair.

Matched shoes? How rich was your family?

[navybankerteacher]

4 minutes ago, DarrenM said:

Matched shoes? How rich was your family?

Matched shoes = both left.

[DarrenM]

1 minute ago, navybankerteacher said:

Matched shoes = both left.

😁

[lenquixote66]

1 hour ago, navybankerteacher said:

You think that was tough?  I never had pizza until I was 14.

16 for me

[DarrenM]

It was the pizza that made me 16.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stone

[navybankerteacher]

1 minute ago, lenquixote66 said:

16 for me

But I had to mature early — so my 14 was probably like your 26.

[lenquixote66]

2 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said:

But I had to mature early — so my 14 was probably like your 26.

It depends on which of us is older. I grew up in Brooklyn .That is a factor as well.

[clo]

3 hours ago, navybankerteacher said:

 I suppose if you only order 3 courses, you will only get 3 courses —

I had wondered the same.  App, soup, salad, main, dessert --- a minimum for many people.

[ldubs]

17 hours ago, cb at sea said:

Of course, this is all to get you to pay more to eat in a better venue.

 

I don't know.  Unbundling pricing keeps fares lower and gives folks options.  If you don't want it you don't pay for it, and vice versa.  At least that is how I see it.   

[davekathy]

2 hours ago, clo said:

I had wondered the same.  App, soup, salad, main, dessert --- a minimum for many people.

Appetizer, soup, salad, entree and two desserts for me every evening in the MDR. 

[clo]

26 minutes ago, davekathy said:

Appetizer, soup, salad, entree and two desserts for me every evening in the MDR. 

Whereas we might share all the apps and a dessert.

[davekathy]

13 minutes ago, clo said:

Whereas we might share all the apps and a dessert.

No sharing for me. You're on your own.