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jimbo5544

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    Connecticut/Florida
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    Carnival
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Mexico, St Maarten, St Lucia

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  1. FTTF came before offering it as a perk. It is a revenue driver (whoever thought of it should have got promoted). If they dropped it from a loyalty perk, it would continue as FTTF. When half the ship has it as a perk (from a loyalty persective), it simple cannot be done in the time constraints.. There are options, and I love the perks, just stating the reality of the situation. IMHO, the easiest way would be keep the same things (more or less) but cruisers wold have to aintain some level of persistency (like cruise X times within X period of time, or they drop off.
  2. All you said is true, in regards to past efforts. The problem with that is if they protected all those at the same level, the problem does not go away. The problem is (big part of the problem anyways) that the volume of people that qualify for the loyalty levels has grown to a level that is becoming unsustainable. What started as a few on a sailing grew to 10’s then 100’s and approaching 1,000’s. Simply unsustainable.
  3. There has been much discussion here over the years on this topic. One thing floated out was the ability to have a menu, your level in loyalty gave you access to select things off the menu (not all levels could select all things that were important to them.
  4. It was a fantastic trip, certainly top 3 for us (and we have cruised a lot). Laid back, very informative interactice sessions with senior staff, and way more. Highly recommend it.
  5. Agree with most all of what you say. My comment of the smokers was really how many ignored the rules. I have never seen (smelled) so many balcony smokers, it was commented on by many. Journeys outside Florida had less, but still and issue. HArd to stay away from that. Did it ruin the cruise? No way. Just worth commenting on.
  6. How quickly some forget what 30 billion in the hole is…..
  7. I would suggest that any changes will be on the qualifying of the benefits vs what the benefits are (or change), but just my guess. The facts strongly suggest that way to many people qualify vs what the costs of the perks are to the company.
  8. Seen a lot of them and one appears to lose it at least twice. It will be interesting to see how the investigation unfolds. Sometimes Murphys law is just not pretty to watch.
  9. I am not aware of any ship that cannot clear VNB, even QM II can fit. Venezia fits as well. I am not sure New York (year round anyway) can draw enough to make the beards do this. Seasonal, is another issue. Iteneraries are the drawbacks from my view....
  10. I bet you are right on in regards to the amount of people that drive to the port. It will be interesting to see how long the temp arrangement is and how they come up with plan to mitigate the issue. Your cruise is fairly unique in nature.
  11. That is a lot of thought into that....I agree in the Glory and Conquest.
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