What Rule Do You Break???

[kakalina]

C'mon fess up! Everyone breaks a rule now and then ;) . Which one is your particular bugabear?

Do you sneak booze on board, save a seat for someone in the lounge or some other unthinkable breech of etiquette :eek:

[SDHALFAN]

Okay:

I used to smuggle an inordinate amount of "Listerine" aboard ship until I found out that I can buy a liter of J & B from the Ocean Bar for not that much more than I pay at Trader Joe's here at home so, as of this moment, I am a good "girl" and abiding by the rules. That's not to say that I won't find something that riles me somewhere down the line though;) .

Valerie:D

[localady]

Gotta take the fifth on that one!!;)
A nice girl never tells. :D

[bepsf]

I wore jeans in the dining room before it was "legal"...
...and snagged a couple cookies from the Neptune when I had the smallest stateroom on Deck 7.
(I couldn't help myself - the door was open and they were right there!)
;)

[jtl513]

DW or I will sometimes save a seat in the show lounge for the other one ... but never the prime seats downstairs, down front; always up in the balcony. :)

[mamaofami]

DH always saves me a seat in the show lounge. Didn't think that was even a no no.

[bepsf]

DH always saves me a seat in the show lounge. Didn't think that was even a no no.

Only if he saves it for you and 24 of your closest friends...
;)

[Nancyquilts]

I will leave my towel and coverup on a chair near the pool when I go swimming for half an hour. Nancy

[sail7seas]

DH has been known to save me a lounge at the pool. Sometimes he is ready to go before I am and he gets them set up and ready for us.

But I'm ordering one of the 'RESERVED' towels we saw here last week so that should make it okay for me to arrive a few minutes after him to 'my' chair. ;)

[Glama]

I've never sailed HAL but this thread caught my eye. My friends laugh and actually call me "no rule breaker" because I break out in a sweat if I do something against the rules!! However, I have been known to bring on a bottle of liquor, and I also took a washcloth once (my soap was soaking wet, had to wrap it in something!!). Other than that, I'm a good girl. :p

[sail7seas]

I will leave my towel and coverup on a chair near the pool when I go swimming for half an hour. Nancy


IMO, Nancy......... There is nothing wrong with that. You are out at the pool, you certainly have the 'right' to take a swim. I do not think there is any reason you need to rush out of the pool after a set number of minutes. If you were inside the ship playing bingo or such, that would be different but swimming is a part of being at the pool.

[LAFFNVEGAS]

OK, I have to admit that I thought about this as I was driving home from work and I really am a goodie two shoes I could not think of anything:D But....I came up with one sort of. When I go to the Thermal Suite I stay in the Ceramic Heated chairs for up to 3 hours. Now I will say if it has been very busy which it rarely has I have left after an hour. But I will leave my towel on the chair and go sit in the sauna/steam room. Of course the time I was on the Veendam last September I was the ONLY ONE that was in there for 4 hours, other than an attendent to check the towels no one else walked thru the doors. I did not feel the least bit quilty that day:)

Trish when you started this thread I thought you were going to mention you lovely Green Dress.;)

[serendipity1499]

Gotta take the fifth on that one!!;)
A nice girl never tells. :D

I'm with your Sher...Also taking the Fifth!

Will say the same thing Marilyn said when our Hairdresser asked her how
old I was:
"If I tell you I'll have to kill You!" ;) :)

Happy cruising all..:)

[leoandhugh]

Is "taking the Fifth" the same as taking a fifth? which I have been known to do in my far distant past. Just my favorite libation mind you!:)

[earl_m]

Some times when i am watching the movie at the theatre , I take 2 bags of popcorn for my self, and at the daily trivia I look up the the answers on the internet.

[hammybee]

I do not smuggle anything onboard. I do not take anything off, that I did not pay for. I don't save seats. I am nice to the crew. I try hard not to offend and take no offence. I am boring myself.

But if they stop me from bringing my nectar, Dr. Pepper, onboard, watch-out world, cause I will break a rule.

[tomc]

I assume the rules are there for a good reason and you can't have a bunch of pax (or even one) deciding that they don't apply to him/her. The rules are to help make the cruise fun, to keep annoyances down and us safe.

[Chivalrygirl]

Is "taking the Fifth" the same as taking a fifth? which I have been known to do in my far distant past. Just my favorite libation mind you!:)

Are you guys trying to tell me you are all perfect? I don't believe it. In that case I am not going to divulge my sins either.

I believe in the old adage however, "Rules are made to be Broken"

Val

[RuthC]

When they serve the good nuts I pick out the cashews. :o

[hammybee]

When they serve the good nuts I pick out the cashews. :o

What about the Hefty Bag of chocolate?

[RuthC]

What about the Hefty Bag of chocolate?
Raiding the supply of pillow chocolates isn't against any rule. :confused: Is it? :D

[hammybee]

Raiding the supply of pillow chocolates isn't against any rule. :confused: Is it? :D

Only if it's my supply.

[bepsf]

I assume the rules are there for a good reason and you can't have a bunch of pax (or even one) deciding that they don't apply to him/her. The rules are to help make the cruise fun, to keep annoyances down and us safe.

MmmmHmmm

C'mon Tom - admit it...
...we've heard about you going topless on Sports Deck.
;)

[Pete Jackson]

In a verandah stateroom, we often keep the door open a crack at night to get some of the wonderful sea air.

And I confess to having thrown some apple cores overboard instead of going back in to dispose of them.:rolleyes:

[woodz]

Diet Dr. Pepper!!!!!!

[Copper10-8]

I can't believe what I'm hearing and seeing here!!!! Unbelievably bold! A total lack of respect for the rules!! Wait 'till the Spanish Inquisition hears about this 'cause "no one expects the Spanish Inquisition":eek:

- Shamelesly wearing jeans in the dining room!
- Corroborative seat saving!
- Brazingly spending three, instead of One, hours in the ceramic heated chair!
- Selectively depriving other guests of cashews with malice of forethought!
- Consuming two, instead of One, bags of popcorn!
- Cheating with Trivia by looking for and apparently finding answers on the internet!!
- Propping the verandah door open at night with or without a bungee cord!!!!!:eek:
- Recklessly launching apple cores overboard without filing a flight plan!

My personal favorite:

- Maliciously ripping off a licensed and trade-marked HAL wash cloth!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then there's a bunch of you that are obviuously so overwhelmingly guilty, there's no way out of the mess so you take the Fifth!!!

What is this? The Carnival board??? The horror!! Well, thanks a lot!! I probably won't sleep at all tonite! Unbelievable! I'm shocked, dejected, disappointed....................I need a Wang Wang!

[Chivalrygirl]

I can't believe what I'm hearing and seeing here!!!! Unbelievably bold! A total lack of respect for the rules!! Wait 'till the Spanish Inquisition hears about this 'cause "no one expects the Spanish Inquisition":eek:

- Shamelesly wearing jeans in the dining room!
- Corroborative seat saving!
- Brazingly spending three, instead of One, hours in the ceramic heated chair!
- Selectively depriving other guests of cashews with malice of forethought!
- Consuming two, instead of One, bags of popcorn!
- Cheating with Trivia by looking for and apparently finding answers on the internet!!
- Propping the verandah door open at night with or without a bungee cord!!!!!:eek:
- Recklessly launching apple cores overboard without filing a flight plan!

My personal favorite:

- Maliciously ripping off a licensed and trade-marked HAL wash cloth!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then there's a bunch of you that are obviuously so overwhelmingly guilty, there's no way out of the mess so you take the Fifth!!!

What is this? The Carnival board??? The horror!! Well, thanks a lot!! I probably won't sleep at all tonite! Unbelievable! I'm shocked, dejected, disappointed....................I need a Wang Wang!

Yeah but Mr Honest Copper, you are most definitely not putting yourself in the frame at all!!!!!! So what are your sins John ?

Me I have done the face cloth, the chocs, the smellys out of the bathroom and shock horror I nicked a mug as a souvenir out of the Lido!

:D :D

[RevNeal]

When they serve the good nuts I pick out the cashews. :o

Do you lick your fingers and plunge them into the bottle??? :eek: ;)

[RevNeal]

Ok ... I'll confess ... I once (accidentally, I SWEAR!) dropped a noisy brat off the fan tail. :D :eek: ;)

[RevNeal]

Ok ... seriously ... on more than one occasion I've gone through "crew only" doors and out onto the forward bow of Vista ships. :)

[Jade13]

Hammybee, that is funny with the Dr Pepper. My Dh needs Diet Pepsi. He does not like Coke.

[Seago2]

1. Ordering room service just to take it into port and eat it later.

2. Sneaking out on deck when you're not supposed to (wind)- but only for a second.

3. I can't for the life of me think of another thing!

[Orcrone]

Although I like to follow the rules I've been known to:

Take my towel and book and duct tape them to a chair in a prime location by the pool to keep MY chair the entire cruise.
Wear my velcro, tear-away tuxedo to formal nights so I can just rip it off to expose my jeans (or bathing suit) once I get past the maitre'd.
Steal someone's low tender number when they're not looking.
Set up a pulley off my balcony to hoist my port purchased alcohol back to my cabin.
Barge onto the bridge and take a few laps around the island. It's hilarious seeing the look on the faces of passengers thinking they missed the ship.Aside from that I like to conform to the rules.:D

[Seago2]

Although I like to follow the rules I've been known to:

Take my towel and book and duct tape them to a chair in a prime location by the pool to keep MY chair the entire cruise.
Wear my velcro, tear-away tuxedo to formal nights so I can just rip it off to expose my jeans (or bathing suit) once I get past the maitre'd.
Steal someone's low tender number when they're not looking.
Set up a pulley off my balcony to hoist my port purchased alcohol back to my cabin.
Barge onto the bridge and take a few laps around the island. It's hilarious seeing the look on the faces of passengers thinking they missed the ship.Aside from that I like to conform to the rules.:D

Thanks for my morning laugh!

[newmexicoNita]

I guess most of us are a little dishonest now and then even if we preach "follow the rules and policies" I used to, I say used to, bring the no no bottles on the ship. We didn't know about bar set ups, infact I don't think they existed until a couple of years ago. Now, we wouldn't think of it; too much bother, plus, when they offer us the bar set up, why would we smuggle? OK it is still cheaper, still we just wouldn't. Our age is showing???!!!

worse then smuggle the booze, my big problem is stealing; yes, I have a big problem with theft: I beleive all wine glasses should come from a sourse other than a store, I feel the same about juice glasses. Thus I manage to get one of each or try anyway everytime we go on vacation.

And now you know. NIta

[Seago2]

worse then smuggle the booze, my big problem is stealing; yes, I have a big problem with theft: I beleive all wine glasses should come from a sourse other than a store, I feel the same about juice glasses. Thus I manage to get one of each or try anyway everytime we go on vacation.

And now you know. NIta

You and my son Nick! He's obsessed with walking out of places with one glass.

Now you know.

Wonder if we'll get flamed?

[CDRMark]

While my halo certainly has some verdigris on it, I have yet to bump into a HAL rule that I couldn't put up with for the appropriate amount of time.
Cheers
Mark

[babyher]

You and my son Nick! He's obsessed with walking out of places with one glass.

Now you know.

Wonder if we'll get flamed?


Shame on your son , and shame on Nita

I will do worse than flame you , I will tell my mother what you do :(

(.........of course my mother will then call you both and give you the names of the restaurants that have added the best glasses to her collection *LOL* :) :) :) )

But I am still gonna tell

[GmaPajama]

I have to admit I'm insanely cautious about breaking rules. My mother's main discipline for her nine (yes, nine) kids was the laying on of guilt. She's been gone a long time now, but the guilt remains.

I've been known to Bend a rule - but if I ever actually Broke one, I'm convinced a heart attack would occur within minutes. Sounds like Mom accomplished her goal! :)

Donna

[SmokinActuary]

I also plead the fifth - but HAL got plenty of my money anyway!!!:)

[Randy H]

So many to choose from....

My wife and I have been known to have forgotten a bottle of good single malt and or sherry in a suitcase while packing...

We have been known to seek into our cabin before it is ready during early boarding to drop off our carry-ons...

There are crew doors we have opened, and gone through, for a great view from the bow (on occasion accompanied by a crew member...)

Are we now to be suffer to the "Comfy chair" (apologizes to Monty Python...)

[serendipity1499]

Hammybee, that is funny with the Dr Pepper. My Dh needs Diet Pepsi. He does not like Coke.

Hey Jade..This is really a small world..Your first dog was Serendipity..Your DH drinks Diet Pepsi & we only like Diet-Pepsi too..Will take a 12 pack with us on cruises..If restaurants don't have it, I'll drink Water (no Coke)!

You have a Tortoise & I have a red-eared slider Turtle named "Yurtle"..DH found him in a County pond he was working on.(He's a volunteer Master Gardener) & brought him home to live in our fish pond..He's grown from 1/2 inch to 4 inches in a year..Yes, realize yours is a land turtle & mine is a pond turtle & your's is much larger, but they are in the same family..We also have little anoles in our fish pond..We have to worry about someone feeding our fish & turtle when we go away too..

Copper 10..Now don't tell usyou are a "goody two shoes" all the time! Spanish Inquisition? My goodness that's way before my time! And I still take the fifth..;)

[hammybee]

I have to admit I'm insanely cautious about breaking rules. My mother's main discipline for her nine (yes, nine) kids was the laying on of guilt. She's been gone a long time now, but the guilt remains.

I've been known to Bend a rule - but if I ever actually Broke one, I'm convinced a heart attack would occur within minutes. Sounds like Mom accomplished her goal! :)

Donna

I was born in Evanston, Illinois. Maybe I am your ninth sibling cause it sure does sound like we had the same mother.

[Copper10-8]

Copper 10..Now don't tell usyou are a "goody two shoes" all the time! Spanish Inquisition? My goodness that's way before my time! And I still take the fifth..;)

Moi?:rolleyes:

[hammybee]

Moi?:rolleyes:

Who wore the PJ to to breakfast in the dining room?

[GmaPajama]

I was born in Evanston, Illinois. Maybe I am your ninth sibling cause it sure does sound like we had the same mother.

You've got me grinning, Hammybee. Mother grew up in Maywood and Park Ridge. Maybe the "rule by guilt" was a regional thing.

It certainly was effective! :)

Donna

[midgecruiser]

After a recent girls cruise (4 of us) we tried very hard to follow the rules and break the rules:) . We carried on 28 bottles of wine (you know, 1 per person per day) and drank some on the verandah and others in the dining room. Yes, we paid the $15 corkage fee in the dining room but some times we would fill up in the room before heading to a lounge (cheaters). But, HAL should not feel bad, we also bought cocktail cards and if we forgot to bring them we would just buy drinks. I thought my bar bill would be lower because of bringing wine but I think I bought more because the "party was started". Yikes!

We THINK we stayed way below the radar when the Captain said that he had not recieved any reports from security re: any infractions with us girls. Same from Mr. Deering (fabulous host as always. Love him!). I think they were disappointed that we didn't "break the rules"....... or did we ? ....or do we just think they don't know..... know what? We didn't break any rules.....

I take the fifth ....


Wendy

[cruzermon]

I really doubt I break any of the rules, but I wouldn't have any qualms about bringing some of my own prophylactic snake bite medicine on board.

Although there is one thing I won't do--put my first name on my reservation despite the cruise lines insistence that your full name must be on the reservation. I guess I just rebel when someone tries to tell me my name is something other than what I go by. I will provide it for immigration docs, but not for passage.

P.S. editing to clarify. The issue isn't my first name--it's that people assume that's your name because it's your first name. Even HAL managed to take it off my immigration docs and addresses me sometimes by my first name, but other times by my middle name.

[WISCruiser]

About the 'only' rule I break on-board ship, is when the ship is tendering, and I don't like waiting forever in the Lounge. So I just 'casually' walk down to the tendering portal with my High # and wait for a long line to form to get on-board the Tender and 'Casually' hand my ticket to the person collecting and polietly get on the tender, like I 'know' what i was doing. :rolleyes: Geez, I'm such a 'Bad' boy. :D

[Guienevere_Arianette]

Some times when i am watching the movie at the theatre , I take 2 bags of popcorn for my self, and at the daily trivia I look up the the answers on the internet.

From a fellow trivia buff....you cheater! :D (smiles..all in good fun!)

[newmexicoNita]

Shame on your son , and shame on Nita

I will do worse than flame you , I will tell my mother what you do :(

(.........of course my mother will then call you both and give you the names of the restaurants that have added the best glasses to her collection *LOL* :) :) :) )

But I am still gonna tellPlease do: i would love to know where to get the best. On one cruise I got this awesome wine glass with the longest stem I have every seen; Problem, it won't fit into the dish washer; serves me right. Actaully I have to quickly tell the story about how this all started. We were dining in a restaurant (our favorite) when we lived in the DC area. The wine glasses had their logo on them. I have never seen this before and decided I wanted one. well the waitress informed me I could buy one for about $3.00. Again, this was before the selling of logo stuff everywhere. My thought was; why should I pay you to market your business: so, I just slipped it in my purse. Our friends did the same and I had 3 wine glasses with the logo. The funny part, at the time my husband was a political appointee of our president. I won't mention which president. And now you know the rest of the story....LOL

[serendipity1499]

After a recent girls cruise (4 of us) we tried very hard to follow the rules and break the rules:) . We carried on 28 bottles of wine (you know, 1 per person per day) and drank some on the verandah and others in the dining room. Yes, we paid the $15 corkage fee in the dining room but some times we would fill up in the room before heading to a lounge (cheaters).
Wendy

Wendy You said you were charged a $15.00 corkage fee but I believe it was Brian & another poster who said yesterday it was a $10.00 corkage fee..

I always thought it was $15 too, but now totally confused :confused: ...Will someone please clarify this for me, as I can't find it on Hal's web site..:confused: Thanks..Betty

[hammybee]

I really doubt I break any of the rules, but I wouldn't have any qualms about bringing some of my own prophylactic snake bite medicine on board.

Although there is one thing I won't do--put my first name on my reservation despite the cruise lines insistence that your full name must be on the reservation. I guess I just rebel when someone tries to tell me my name is something other than what I go by. I will provide it for immigration docs, but not for passage.

P.S. editing to clarify. The issue isn't my first name--it's that people assume that's your name because it's your first name. Even HAL managed to take it off my immigration docs and addresses me sometimes by my first name, but other times by my middle name.

What are you talking about? :):):) Do you have a nick name or go by your middle name or what?

[hammybee]

You've got me grinning, Hammybee. Mother grew up in Maywood and Park Ridge. Maybe the "rule by guilt" was a regional thing.

It certainly was effective! :)

Donna

Oh-Oh, My dad grew up in Maywood, a long time ago.

[sail7seas]

The dining room corkage fee is $15.

[sail7seas]

What are you talking about? :):):) Do you have a nick name or go by your middle name or what?


Thanks for asking..... I thought I was the only one who couldn't figure out what he is talking about.

[Glama]

We drank from these wonderful beer glasses in Croatia, I loved the glass, and wanted to bring it home to my husband. I sat there for a full 10 minutes trying to convince myself to put it in my pocket. In the end, I went in and offered to pay the bartender for it, I just could not steal it!! Like someone else said, I'd be convinced they would throw me in a croatian jail, lol.

I didn't have a bus ticket to get on the bus in Venice, everyone told me not to worry about it, they would not even check, but I was so nervous that my friend, who did have a ticket, gave me hers so that SHE would be the rule breaker and not me!!!! Yep, no one even checked.

Yep, momma did a good job, lol.

You guys are cracking me up with these posts.

[cruzermon]

What are you talking about? :):):) Do you have a nick name or go by your middle name or what?

Middle name. A minor irritant in life, but one of the mountains I make out of molehills.

[hammybee]

Middle name. A minor irritant in life, but one of the mountains I make out of molehills.

Gottcha. I know some who use only their first initial and full middle name to compel people to call them by their preferred name.

[mjs125]

I'm loving this thread! Thanks all for making me laugh.

As for me....I'm pleading the 5th too!! :eek: :D ;)

Meg

[DocF]

Geez, I was raised by a cop. ;)

[sail7seas]

Gottcha. I know some who use only their first initial and full middle name to compel people to call them by their preferred name.


:) We have a friend who does that. He uses C. Robert. When someone calls his house and asks for Bob, they know it's a salesman. Anyone who knows him uses a 'nickname' for which the "C" stands. No one calls him Robert or Bob or Rob that know him.

[SHayesShip]

I am going to get in trouble for this, I just know it, oh the guilt. :eek: I am going to confess and come clean. :o Arrest me now. Take me to the slammer. Oh the melodrama !

I have taken one of those little drink menus in leatherette that sit on some of the tables in the bars. (Princess)
I have taken glasses (On Sitmar with their famous logos and etchings)
I have taken some menus when they stopped giving them out for free. (More then one cruise line)
I smuggle on diet Pepsi. (HAL and Princess)
Went through some "crew only" doors. (Several ships)
Went through a "back door" to get around the long lines waiting to get into the Captain's Welcome Aboard party. (HAL)

But since I have been cruising for 45 of my 51 years on this Earth I guess it could be worse.
Maybe I can get off with just parole for good behavior.;)

[Copper10-8]

I am going to get in trouble for this, I just know it, oh the guilt. :eek: I am going to confess and come clean. :o Arrest me now. Take me to the slammer. Oh the melodrama !

I have taken one of those little drink menus in leatherette that sit on some of the tables in the bars. (Princess)
I have taken glasses (On Sitmar with their famous logos and etchings)
I have taken some menus when they stopped giving them out for free. (More then one cruise line)
I smuggle on diet Pepsi. (HAL and Princess)
Went through some "crew only" doors. (Several ships)
Went through a "back door" to get around the long lines waiting to get into the Captain's Welcome Aboard party. (HAL)

But since I have been cruising for 45 of my 51 years on this Earth I guess it could be worse.
Maybe I can get off with just parole for good behavior.;)

20 Push-ups
Do the dishes tonite
Make the bed tomorrow

And we'll think about it!

[SHayesShip]

Oh the horror - No Chef, No cabin Steward, No pillow chocolate, no Waiter, noone doing my bidding.

Well if I must!

20 Push-ups
Do the dishes tonite
Make the bed tomorrow

And we'll think about it!

[sail7seas]

Please, please, please don't tell us that on top of all that you wore shorts to dinner. :eek:

[serendipity1499]

I am going to get in trouble for this, I just know it, oh the guilt. :eek: I am going to confess and come clean. :o Arrest me now. Take me to the slammer. Oh the melodrama !

I smuggle on diet Pepsi. (HAL and Princess)


But since I have been cruising for 45 of my 51 years on this Earth I guess it could be worse. Maybe I can get off with just parole for good behavior.;)

But why smuggle it when HAL permits you to take it aboard? I carry it openly aboard with my wine on HAL..You'll need a better lawyer to plead with "Judge John" for a reduced sentence..

Many years ago when first getting into the Airline Business ten of us were sent to Brussels for a training class..They put us up in the Metrople Hotel which supplied all of their guests with beautiful robes with the Metropole Logo (just like HAL's) to wear while staying in the Hotel..Three of the people in our class stole the robes..When they got back to Idlewild (née Kennedy) Airport, one of our Mgrs. met them in customs, confiscated the robes & fired them on the spot..

I became panicky & thought that they would fire me because I took a bar of wrapped soap & the little bottles of shampoo & lotion from the bathroom..;) How naive I was then..

Thanks Sail for the Clarification about the Corkage fee..:) Betty

[SHayesShip]

That is the ONE thing I have always followed. If anything I overdress sometimes. I have my regular tux, double breasted tux and off white shawl collared dinner jacket. That is not including my double breasted navy blue blazer for informal nights.

Please, please, please don't tell us that on top of all that you wore shorts to dinner. :eek:

[SHayesShip]

Betty,
You have a point there. I also take on specialty wines and pay the corkage fee. I live in California and unfortuanately have kind of become a wine snob.


[quote=serendipity1499;9756448]But why smuggle it when HAL permits you to take it aboard? ...(Diet Pepsi) I carry it openly aboard with my wine on HAL..You'll need a better lawyer to plead with "Judge John" for a reduced sentence..

[smgapp]

I just got off the Noordam today and I will confess to a few rules that I broke. Since someone asked the question, I will answer honestly. I took a glass of iced tea to my room a few of the night so that I could sip it first thing in the morning while getting dressed (instead of climbing the 9 flights of stairs to Lido in the morning for tea); I felt nauseous one of the days and took a few packs of crackers from Lido to keep in my purse since that was all I could keep down (but I made up the cost of the crackers at dinner when all I ordered was bread and chicken noodle soup off the kid's menu). I carried a full glass of wine in to dinner a few nights that was wine I had from my stateroom (we bought so many other drinks on the ship that I did not feel too bad bringing a glass of my favorite wine to the dinner table). I took a few slices of pizza from Lido into my room and ate it there (I don't think HAL wants us bringing food from the restaurants through the halls into rooms unless it comes through room service). Since we were an overbooked cruise, I would leave my beach towel and magazines on my beach chair while I grabbed lunch at Lido. Our travel agent had a bottle of champagne delivered to each of our rooms by HAL- one of the days I brought the bottle of champagne into Lido and we mixed it with orange juice for mimosas (I am not sure if that was breaking a rule since the champagne was bought through the ship?) My final rule breaking was during disembarkation this morning. I had a 10:35 am Amtrak train to catch and when my color had not yet been called by 9:30 am, I left the ship even though my color was not yet called (it was no problem exiting the ship early). Now that I confessed, I hope someone else admits to something similar!!!!!!

[smgapp]

sorry I double posted

[RuthC]

I just got off the Noordam today and I will confess to a few rules that I broke. Since someone asked the question, I will answer honestly. I took a glass of iced tea to my room a few of the night so that I could sip it first thing in the morning while getting dressed (instead of climbing the 9 flights of stairs to Lido in the morning for tea); I felt nauseous one of the days and took a few packs of crackers from Lido to keep in my purse since that was all I could keep down (but I made up the cost of the crackers at dinner when all I ordered was bread and chicken noodle soup off the kid's menu). I carried a full glass of wine in to dinner a few nights that was wine I had from my stateroom (we bought so many other drinks on the ship that I did not feel too bad bringing a glass of my favorite wine to the dinner table). I took a few slices of pizza from Lido into my room and ate it there (I don't think HAL wants us bringing food from the restaurants through the halls into rooms unless it comes through room service). Since we were an overbooked cruise, I would leave my beach towel and magazines on my beach chair while I grabbed lunch at Lido. Our travel agent had a bottle of champagne delivered to each of our rooms by HAL- one of the days I brought the bottle of champagne into Lido and we mixed it with orange juice for mimosas (I am not sure if that was breaking a rule since the champagne was bought through the ship?) My final rule breaking was during disembarkation this morning. I had a 10:35 am Amtrak train to catch and when my color had not yet been called by 9:30 am, I left the ship even though my color was not yet called (it was no problem exiting the ship early). Now that I confessed, I hope someone else admits to something similar!!!!!!
The only thing on your long list that remotely comes close to breaking a rule is the one about leaving a beach towel on a lounge chair while you got lunch. And even that might not be a violation. Did you bring the food right back? Or stop to eat it at a table?
If you parked yourself in another chair while reserving one, then that would be the only no-no.

[bepsf]

That is the ONE thing I have always followed. If anything I overdress sometimes. I have my regular tux, double breasted tux and off white shawl collared dinner jacket. That is not including my double breasted navy blue blazer for informal nights.

Since you're a well dressed fellow, I'll request that the good Rev Greg absolves you of all your shipboard sins...
;)

[Copper10-8]

SMGAPP, don't kill yourself;) What you mentioned above are mere specs on the large canvas of HAL violations! Keep trying! Those don't even come close to having to take the 2nd, let alone the 5th:rolleyes:

[SHayesShip]

I could do my "Hail Mary's" but I happen to be protestant. So, I well accept understanding wherever and from whomever I can get it from.

Rev. Greg is my best chance because my Pastor does not go on cruises and just would not understand.:o

Since you're a well dressed fellow, I'll request that the good Rev Greg absolves you of all your shipboard sins...
;)