So I am courious...whats your least favorite thing about your favorite ship?

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Whats your least favorite thing about your favorite cruise line?

[ 06-08-2008: Message edited by: Cunard Fan ]

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Originally posted by Cunard Fan:
So I am courious...whats your least favorite thing about your favorite ship?

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Easy for me as well: she's currently being scrapped...

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Amen to that.

Best,

I am tempted to say that my least favorite thing about it is that my favorite ship will no longer be in the fleet after this year but that would be too easy.

I will admit that the "art" is not as conspicuously strewn around on Cunard as on many other lines... Thankfully.

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Originally posted by dougnewman:
Yes of course Mike, I wouldn't mind all this if it was tastefully tucked away but what would be the point of that?

I will admit that the "art" is not as conspicuously strewn around on Cunard as on many other lines... Thankfully.

On Celebrity they had a sort of bazaar on the pool deck with all the tables set up - yes, on the pool deck - on sailing day! Now that is really tacky. If that ever happens on Cunard I guess it will be time for me to find a new favorite.

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What difference does it make if its at the pool? I can tell you Cunard is not above setting up bargain basement tables in the atrium selling crap like tee shirts and inch of gold. I certainly don't see how they are any better than Celebrity. If fact I don't believe I have seen the bargain basement tables in the atriums on Celebrity.

Mind you, Cunard is only one step away from that. The crap that is strewn about everywhere is really intrusive and makes a mockery of Cunard's supposedly upscale status.

P&O filled the whole reception area, far removed from the actual shops themselves.

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Originally posted by Linerrich:
An irksome thing to me regarding all of these sales and one-day-only specials is the amount of paper wasted on flyers to be put in your cabin.

Rich

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I agree Rich, and the worst offender has to be Princess. I've never had so much crap waiting in my mailbox each day, and often multiple times each day. Divide those flyers by 2000+ passengers over multiple ships in the fleet, and you are talking about a lot of trees!

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Originally posted by PamM:
Celebrity Century certainly had tables all around the atrium. They also had more tables dotted about the lobby with info on the spa and jewellery to pick up.

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Ok, so Celebrity does, at least on the Century Class ships. I couldn't remember. I don't recall them on the M-Class ships but perhaps that is because the atrium is set up a little differently. I guess pretty much all cruise lines do it, although I can say with 100% certainty that Silversea does not!

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Originally posted by dougnewman:
Turning the whole pool area (on a ship that had only one pool area) into a shopping center on sailing day seemed to be a new low to me.

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Personally, this doesn't bother me half as bad as turning the atrium into a Filene's Basement bargain center.

As I recall, Celebrity sets up a table by the pool for all the revenue producing departments onboard (gift shops, photo, art auction, photography, bar, etc) for a few hours on sailing day only. It's sort of a one stop orientation to all the buying opportunities onboard. Some of the tables are just for information, to get you excited to buy later. While I don't like it, it doesn't bother me so much. Many people don't use the pool area on sailing day anyway, and I would prefer that over having the tables in the atrium.

If you ask me, those tables in the atrium should be banned due to safety regulations. If there were an emergency they would be a huge obstacle in the evacuation of the ship. That is my story and I am sticking too it!

Unfortunately they must be effective or all the cruise lines wouldn't be doing it.

Oh well on the whole the Zaandam the Cruise was excellent and that count.

Greetings Ben.

[ 06-10-2008: Message edited by: Maasdam ]

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Originally posted by Maasdam:
I don't like those art auctions. A/B the Zaandam they have them (2005) in the art gallery on Promenade deck squeezed in between shops the atrium stairwell, shore excursion and front desk. They put up so much chairs that the good passenger flow of the Zaandam was effected by it. Also it was irritating other passengers. After some complains at the front desk the removed some chairs and put up an screens to segregate the auction but that didn't work.

Oh well on the whole the Zaandam the Cruise was excellent and that count.

Greetings Ben.

[ 06-10-2008: Message edited by: Maasdam ]

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I agree with you Ben. On the Veendam, they took over half of the Ocean Bar one day so we couldn't sit there because of the incessant loud speaches by the auctioneer. I wish they would get rid of them. They are a pain in the a**.!!