wallaceralphl Posted November 12, 2019 #476 Share Posted November 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, threewide said: Ralph, See you guys on the 19th!!! Join us in The Maltings on the 24th to celebrate Robert Burns Birthday with a few toasts and a few "Wee Drams!" I'll be seen about the ship on occasion in my Wallace kilt, so you won't be able to miss me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threewide Posted November 12, 2019 #477 Share Posted November 12, 2019 1 minute ago, wallaceralphl said: Join us in The Maltings on the 24th to celebrate Robert Burns Birthday with a few toasts and a few "Wee Drams!" I'll be seen about the ship on occasion in my Wallace kilt, so you won't be able to miss me. For sure! Celebrating my 5-0 on the 20th, our first sea day. Pub crawl? Hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallaceralphl Posted November 12, 2019 #478 Share Posted November 12, 2019 10 minutes ago, threewide said: For sure! Celebrating my 5-0 on the 20th, our first sea day. Pub crawl? Hmm You are on the Roll Call, aren't you? My wife is celebrating her birthday with her first cruise, and she is a champagne drinker... I expect to be spending most of our time between the Cellars and the Mojito bar (since her other favorite is a Cosmo, and I hear the Cosmopolitans are made there by one of the best bartenders in the NCL fleet....). Mayhaps we can all come together for a B-Day bash... Look us up on the NCL app and message us when we're on board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog67 Posted November 12, 2019 #479 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Doug, I am adding my immense thanks for all your efforts on this and your other Live reports. Having done several live reports myself, I know they can be a PITA, especially if the wifi service is lacking, watching the upload bar as the 3 pictures your uploading fill up so slowly, trying to find decent areas with reception throughout the ship, asking your better half to wait a minute while I get pictures to upload and getting that look back, it goes on and on... so to you and anyone providing reports live, KUDOS! Also, reading your post about cutting back had me thinking of this and how we will be longing for a Live Doug Review in short order... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threewide Posted November 12, 2019 #480 Share Posted November 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, wallaceralphl said: You are on the Roll Call, aren't you? My wife is celebrating her birthday with her first cruise, and she is a champagne drinker... I expect to be spending most of our time between the Cellars and the Mojito bar (since her other favorite is a Cosmo, and I hear the Cosmopolitans are made there by one of the best bartenders in the NCL fleet....). Mayhaps we can all come together for a B-Day bash... Look us up on the NCL app and message us when we're on board? Yes we are. We have another couple joining us. They came with us on the Epic last year. Our friends were on the Bliss last March and said the Mojito bar was incredible! Great service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threewide Posted November 12, 2019 #481 Share Posted November 12, 2019 22 minutes ago, seadog67 said: Doug, I am adding my immense thanks for all your efforts on this and your other Live reports. Having done several live reports myself, I know they can be a PITA, especially if the wifi service is lacking, watching the upload bar as the 3 pictures your uploading fill up so slowly, trying to find decent areas with reception throughout the ship, asking your better half to wait a minute while I get pictures to upload and getting that look back, it goes on and on... so to you and anyone providing reports live, KUDOS! Also, reading your post about cutting back had me thinking of this and how we will be longing for a Live Doug Review in short order... SeaDog Classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted November 12, 2019 #482 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Sue and Doug...thanks so much for letting us tag along. What a wonderful job you did arranging everything and posting. You make me want to try a trans-Atlantic cruise. Great Job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted November 12, 2019 #483 Share Posted November 12, 2019 23 hours ago, Deeliteful said: RCL has a caste system and very apparent all the time. sorry what does that mean? I think I understand (at least from my perspective). I've sailed Royal more than a few times. It seems your "loyalty status" dictates what some other passengers think of you (and in turn, how they treat you). Not a nice feeling. That said, if you can manage to avoid those "status shamers" on board, you'll have a fine time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Deeliteful Posted November 12, 2019 #484 Share Posted November 12, 2019 (edited) I have sailed a lot on RCL and never felt that at all. Doug many thanks for your review. i have done a live ish review before but never in so much detail! I will do another on Dec 1st on the Getaway out of Nola but it won’t be anything like this in its detail. Cheers Pat Edited November 12, 2019 by Deeliteful 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czimm Posted November 12, 2019 #485 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Thanks for bringing us along on your journeys, Doug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lem_On_Ade Posted November 12, 2019 #486 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Doug, because of your live Escape review, I am taking my first NCL cruise in January. Thanks for all you do! I'll miss reading any about any future cruises you take but completely understand just wanting to be present and enjoying your time on the ship! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettprincess Posted November 12, 2019 #487 Share Posted November 12, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, graphicguy said: I think I understand (at least from my perspective). I've sailed Royal more than a few times. It seems your "loyalty status" dictates what some other passengers think of you (and in turn, how they treat you). Not a nice feeling. That said, if you can manage to avoid those "status shamers" on board, you'll have a fine time. It dictates what you can do, where you can go, what you can attend and where you can eat. Where you sit in shows. And special discounts etc.etc Did not bother me but was VERY apparent on this Pres. Anniv cruise. Lots of complaints from the the lower level people. Just interesting to observe and hear how people we visited with were pushed out of the way to get to a seat. Last year actual fight in the main theater between the haves and the have nots. Even the comedians made fun of the class system so it is well known. It is what it is. We travel on 5 cruise lines and this is the most interesting class system of all of them. People we met on the QM2 in July said they would never do a presidents cruise again and others have said that and these people are high level on RCL We just go with the flow and enjoy all our cruises and meet lots of people at all levels. Edited November 12, 2019 by vettprincess grammar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biguntx Posted November 12, 2019 #488 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Thanks for the review...hope you enjoyed in spite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted November 13, 2019 #489 Share Posted November 13, 2019 18 hours ago, vettprincess said: It dictates what you can do, where you can go, what you can attend and where you can eat. Where you sit in shows. And special discounts etc.etc Did not bother me but was VERY apparent on this Pres. Anniv cruise. Lots of complaints from the the lower level people. Just interesting to observe and hear how people we visited with were pushed out of the way to get to a seat. Last year actual fight in the main theater between the haves and the have nots. Even the comedians made fun of the class system so it is well known. It is what it is. We travel on 5 cruise lines and this is the most interesting class system of all of them. People we met on the QM2 in July said they would never do a presidents cruise again and others have said that and these people are high level on RCL We just go with the flow and enjoy all our cruises and meet lots of people at all levels. Found it the same. I can remember a couple of particular incidents. One, I was sitting along the railing of the Two70 bar watching a performance. I was solo at the time and was rudely told to move by two other passengers because they were Diamond and needed a couch that could seat two. I had been there for over an hour and 5 minutes before the show was about to start, they tried to muscle their way in because of their “status”. Another time, on the Allure, my GF and I had an aft cabin very close to the observation area overlooking the Aqua Theater. It had a small bench, and we spent many nights out there watching the activities. One particular night, 3 older couples came out to where we were and insisted on us giving up our seats on the bench because they were Diamond status. We didn’t budge. The “status shamers” claimed they were going to report us (for what, I’m not quite sure) and have us removed. We never saw anyone, including them, for the rest of the night. I have more...involving an older couple with their dog who claimed “special status” whenever they rolled their dog, IN A STROLLER, in an out of restaurants, while we were dining. Won’t keep me from sailing Royal again. But, it will keep me from sailing them to achieve “status” perks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinFC Posted November 13, 2019 #490 Share Posted November 13, 2019 TL;DR are there pictures of the Vibe Beach Club anywhere in this thread or elsewhere to look? With the small pool deck area, I was wondering what VBC offered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threewide Posted November 13, 2019 #491 Share Posted November 13, 2019 2 hours ago, DublinFC said: TL;DR are there pictures of the Vibe Beach Club anywhere in this thread or elsewhere to look? With the small pool deck area, I was wondering what VBC offered. This might help!! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggieq Posted November 13, 2019 #492 Share Posted November 13, 2019 We sailed on the 11/2 cruise and I felt different when a couple thought because they had platinum plus status they didn’t have to wait in line with the rest of us to get into the theatre. They raced ahead stating their status got them in sooner than us. Status gloating doesn’t just happen on Rccl and I haven’t experienced it and done 40+ cruises with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray98 Posted November 15, 2019 #493 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Doug.....let me also pass on my appreciation. We actually sailed the Escape because of your live review. It looked like a good time and it was! Thanks for all the time you put in your trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purepixie67 Posted November 16, 2019 #494 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Doug and Sue, thank you so much for the time and care you have taken to share your adventures with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amelia3171 Posted November 16, 2019 #495 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Doug and Sue - thank you so much for all you reviews, I have loved reading all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortFees45 Posted November 16, 2019 #496 Share Posted November 16, 2019 On 11/13/2019 at 2:34 PM, threewide said: This might help!! Disgusting. Shame on you for this, NCL. Shame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slk230red Posted November 16, 2019 #497 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Great thread, thanks for the photos and reviews. Looking forward to boarding her tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpepper64 Posted November 17, 2019 #498 Share Posted November 17, 2019 slk230red where does the ship go this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostone65 Posted November 18, 2019 #499 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Great review as always Doug, thanks so much for taking the time to share. We will be on the Encore on January 19th celebrating my Dad's 87th birthday. The Escape is also our favorite ship and I look forward to enjoying the Encore. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threewide Posted November 18, 2019 #500 Share Posted November 18, 2019 11 hours ago, lostone65 said: Great review as always Doug, thanks so much for taking the time to share. We will be on the Encore on January 19th celebrating my Dad's 87th birthday. The Escape is also our favorite ship and I look forward to enjoying the Encore. Thanks again! lostone65, We’ll see you on here 19th of January. Once again, Doug. Awesome job!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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