New Forum...

Not sure that I like the fact that you must be registered and logged in to even *read* the posts here...

If we want to be inclusive - and welcoming - then this seems the wrong way to go about it. :(

JMHO here...

Fran

This is very strange....

Not sure that I like the fact that you must be registered and logged in to even *read* the posts here...

 

If we want to be inclusive - and welcoming - then this seems the wrong way to go about it. :(

 

JMHO here...

 

Fran

Agreed!

Like this part of the new forum, I assume the ndividual lines will join the other ship companies above

Ok I have to agree with the others it is not working very well

Very confusing the way it is set up

Please do the Roll Calls for the river cruise & return this one back to the way it was

Lyn

Ok I have to agree with the others it is not working very well

Very confusing the way it is set up

 

Please do the Roll Calls for the river cruise & return this one back to the way it was

 

Lyn

I agree with you Lyn. Many of us are looking for general information because we have not yet cruised on river boats. I for one do not like to have to go to 6 or 7 different threads rather than being able to look at the one board we had before.

This new set-up is NOT an improvement.:(

Check out the discussion in this thread (Sticky)

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1493701

steamboats

I agree completely. Seems like a tacky way to get people's email addresses.

I also don't like splitting up the forum by cruiselines. It makes it much harder to get information.

Recommend you revert to the previous setup.

I'll add my 2 cents again.

The river cruise area was very useful for both newbies and returning river

cruisers and ocean cruisers. Because so many excursions are part of the river cruise experience, the roll calls were not very useful for coming together for more independant travelers. Also with only about 200 on a river cruise ship the universe is so much smaller.

If you add the AMA, Vikings,etc to the cruise lines we can talk there about each line.

I'm also a consistant complainer about those trolling for Viking's referral credits here.

Read the sticky- like the geographic suggestions, that works for me

have never travelled with GCT, but they are one of the oldest American river lines. Do they have a subforum-no. Seems to me that the ones that do also advertise on CC. Please break down the roll calls, but not the info part. Pat:(:(:(:(

Also are you going to double post threads like Avalon vs. uniworld. Right now they are only on one lines thread--can't get balanced info if you are a uniworld user and don't even see the thread. Please give us back the best board. Pat

What prompted this change?

Were there complaints? Didn't appear to be.

Don't fix what wasn't broken.

I'm certain the changes were made with some forethought to make the site more useful. However, I too am finding the new layout disorienting. Perhaps the problem will dissipate with experience.

Could we have a frank assessment after a couple of weeks to see if the new design is working, needs some tweaking or lacks the beauty of the old setup?

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese give us back the old forum. The new one is too difficult to get answers to genral questions especially for a new river cruiser. In the present format I'm not sure if I will continue to read the forum.

Bring back the old boards

Folks, there are various threads about this topic in different subforums now. Maybe we can all post in the one thread I´ve posted above? That´s the Sticky where Laura announced the new forum.

steamboats

Bring back the old forum. It was easy to use and a great help. This format is a pain to navigate through.

Change for the sake of change is just a bad idea.

I've been on three Viking cruises and, while not married to them, find it comfortable like an old shoe.

That being said, if I am interested, for example, in a river cruise from Paris to Prague or Amsterdam to Lucerne, under the old format, I could check out the experiences of people who have made the journey and it would be the journey itself, not whether they went on AMA or Uniworld or whatever.

The experiences and photos taken help in the planning - not necessarily if they went on X line or Y line.

:mad:Count me as also disliking the new format. Why?????

Still not sure if there is a general forum on river cruising - Europe?

We had a general river cruise board that fielded questions and comments on all aspects of river cruising. The powers that be decided to mees with a good thing that wasn't broken. Now it is broken and difficult to maneuver. Wish they had sub-topiced the river roll calls instead. There has not been one user that is positive about this. Pat:(

One thing good about the new boards is that I am not on the computer as much as there is less to read

 

 

One thing good about the new boards is that I am not on the computer as much as there is less to read

Rather unwelcoming for newbies, however...

I wonder if there are any other alternatives - that wouldn't be so cumbersome to navigate??