WDBGUY Posted March 27, 2009 #1 Share Posted March 27, 2009 I sailed on the Lirica last month and had a few suggestions to make the experience better. First the shower curtain, whenever I took a shower, it would billow with the movement of the ship, gets wet and then sticks to your body like a glove. Every time I took a shower, I kept thinking of ways to prevent that, I think I found a solution.. Since the shower curtain is nylon, it's very thin and moves very easily...it then attaches itself to your body when gets wet. The solution would be a thicker plastic shower curtain that would less likely to move with the rocking motion and I doubt that plastic sticks like nylon would. this would probably be cheaper too. I suggest the clear type since it's a little dim in that shower. Secondly, the tiny juice glasses at the buffet and pizza/grill areas. I kept wondering if this was a cost savings idea since people would drink less and waste less with getting refills and leaving half full tall glasses behind. I doubt MSC is saving any money here since most people were taking 3 or 4 glasses each and getting refills. I think it's more time and money wasted in washing more glasses and the labor involved loading the dishwasher with more glasses people had to use to get a full cup of iced tea or juice. I suggest MSC start switching to larges glasses as they replace the tiny juice ones. This is all I can think of right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlb1050 Posted March 27, 2009 #2 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Did you mention these on the comment card at the end of the cruise? We are going on the Lirica in a week and this time I plan on taking a travel mug for coffee in the morning and then can use again later for iced tea. I don't drink much juice so for me this was not a problem but hubby did usually get 2 glasses of juice. If I wanted more I would just go back for a second glass. As for the shower curtain I have found this to be a problem on other lines as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monicajay Posted March 27, 2009 #3 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Solution for shower curtain : worked on the Orchestra. I collected rocks on the beach in Nassau and used the duct tape these boards always tell me to bring and taped a row of rocks and shells along the bottom to provide enough weight that the curtain didn't stick anymore. Solution for cups: bring your own insulated coffee mug. Not only does it keep coffee warm but it keeps juice or ice tea cold. Has a lid to prevent spilling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDBGUY Posted March 28, 2009 Author #4 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Did you mention these on the comment card at the end of the cruise? We are going on the Lirica in a week and this time I plan on taking a travel mug for coffee in the morning and then can use again later for iced tea. I don't drink much juice so for me this was not a problem but hubby did usually get 2 glasses of juice. If I wanted more I would just go back for a second glass. As for the shower curtain I have found this to be a problem on other lines as well. weren't you on the same cruise Feb 12 to 22nd as me? you are going on the Lirica again? I did bring my own insulated mug, it worked well and people were jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmoMondo Posted March 28, 2009 #5 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I sailed on the Lirica last month and had a fewsuggestions to make the experience better. First the shower curtain, whenever I took a shower, it would billow with the movement of the ship, gets wet and then sticks to your body like a glove. Every time I took a shower, I kept thinking of ways to prevent that, I think I found a solution.. Since the shower curtain is nylon, it's very thin and moves very easily...it then attaches itself to your body when gets wet. The solution would be a thicker plastic shower curtain that would less likely to move with the rocking motion and I doubt that plastic sticks like nylon would. this would probably be cheaper too. I suggest the clear type since it's a little dim in that shower. Secondly, the tiny juice glasses at the buffet and pizza/grill areas. I kept wondering if this was a cost savings idea since people would drink less and waste less with getting refills and leaving half full tall glasses behind. I doubt MSC is saving any money here since most people were taking 3 or 4 glasses each and getting refills. I think it's more time and money wasted in washing more glasses and the labor involved loading the dishwasher with more glasses people had to use to get a full cup of iced tea or juice. I suggest MSC start switching to larges glasses as they replace the tiny juice ones. This is all I can think of right now. Totally agree with you re the shower curtain - it is very annoying. the Opera is exactly the same, I hoping that when I go on the fantasia next month, they will have something better - loke sliding doors or a screen. the small glass thing hadn't even registered on my radar - probably because they are fairly "normal" in many pasrts of Europe. I suspect that may be part of the reason as well as a false sense of economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlb1050 Posted March 28, 2009 #6 Share Posted March 28, 2009 WDBGUY. we haven't been on the Lirica since Dec 2006. And we could not pass up this cruise next week. I remembered the very small coffee cups so decided I had to bring a travel mug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badtwin Posted March 28, 2009 #7 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Shower curtain help - I have some fairly heavy plastic clothes pins that I put on the bottom of the curtain and the weight helped. Might also use something like picnic table cloth weights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boca7 Posted April 19, 2009 #8 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Obviously this is a dilemma that a great inventor can make a lot of money, as all ships are the same except for one & sad to say I don`t remember which but it had a plastic door, it was great, possibly ncl spirit. Does anyone else remember? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsabez Posted April 20, 2009 #9 Share Posted April 20, 2009 NCL Jewel has plastic door, do not know about Spirit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayland Posted April 21, 2009 #10 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I was annoyed by the same thing on the Orchestra this past week!! I was thinking like most shower curtains that they could put magnets in the bottom of the curtain. There was a metal water barrier at the bottom and it would stick perfectly. I did not enjoy the curtain stuck in the bum when shaving!!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardt64 Posted April 21, 2009 #11 Share Posted April 21, 2009 thanks to reading the board before leaving we brought 3 carabiners (my son has tons) and clipped them to the bottom, worked well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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