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Beginning yesterday once again I am logged out after leaving the site. Had worked for several days prior. Tested on iPad, iPhone and a Mac - all up-to-date. 

2 hours ago, kazu said:

 

I have the cruise planner for April 2019 and Sel de Mer isn’t listed - neither are the other specialty dining.

 

What IS listed is what is not included.

I have my email from the Mariner Society I’m bringing to be safe.

If there is an issue at all, I will definitely escalate. 😉  I certainly hope there won’t be 😉 f

Could you please forward me that email? 😉

2 hours ago, Hawaiidan said:

Not according to HAL's latest guide....  It may be the trend to allow jeans in the mass market lines  but the Prem and Lux lines wont even let you in the dining room....  Its not my personal preference  its a well established norm jeans/denim were crafted as work clothes .  That remains a reality...whether  you paid 400 of 10 for the things  that is your business   but they are what they are.

Yea, you’re wrong here. Many lux lines now allow jeans. As does HAL. 

We “christen” our cabin before we do anything else. It’s our vacation tradition. 🤷🏼‍♂️

You can mirror an app off an intranet server so you can have both alongside one another. 

The app could be used for other things though - unlocking doors, as a cruise card, etc. 

1 hour ago, TAD2005 said:

I wish that HAL would continue improving that policy and apply the 3-star 25% and 4 star 50% discount when you pre-book online.   It has always been a battle with the Front Desk and the PG manager to get the 50% discount credited back after we completed the dinner.  So much extra paperwork for something that could be so easily handled by adjusting the online price of a dinner in any of the specialty restaurants to reflect your Mariner status at the time you pay for the dinner online.

It’s be a bit of a nightmare to pull off online because it’s only applicable to the guest. So if you book for 4 but you’re the only 3* or above only one receives the discount. The online system wouldn’t necessarily know the other Mariner statuses.

The Mix bar area will be open until the last pax leaves.

30 minutes ago, old mike said:

Carol,

I think your comments on the middle level management are spot on, they want to be "a big fish in a small pond". I also think that HAL has some serious management communication problems that need resolution. 

 

Thank you for your perseverance.

The Hotel Manager is responsible for them and has power to nip it in the bud and do whatever it takes to prevent people usurping their superiors. Hopefully that happens quickly here. 

Sounds like someone needed blood to be held stable until they could be sent to a proper medical facility. Sounds like everything went as planned and the ship’s staff did a good job aiding the passenger. 

You wont hear more due to problem vary, which is a good thing,

Even if you refresh you are logged out. 

CC is borderline unusable since the software upgrade. They should get some money off the vendor implementation contract. 

So exactly half of HAL’s fleet (current and historical combined) have used Dutch royalty as godmothers - captain’s wives have almost as many! Yet we hear complaint after complaint about how naming Oprah destroys a lifetime tradition. 

The previous three new ships used the queen.

lol 

This was really well done. I encourage everyone to watch, the crew and guest testimonials were excellent. If you can’t stand Oprah (which I’ll never understand but ymmv) she speaks last so you can stop then. 

Sounds like the PG manager needs a demotion. Or a contract torn up.

7 hours ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

Pretty sure we will have an answer to that at the conclusion of this year's GWV

Diane posted in her blog he told her he was invited back and agreed to lead the 2020 WC. 🙂

26 minutes ago, ChinaShrek said:

Where are you getting the 15,000 passenger figure from?  Let's assume 7-night cruises since most people cannot travel for more than a week or two.  They would need about 60,000 passengers per year - a small city!

RCCL is on it! One ship, issue solved.

15 minutes ago, OlsSalt said:

 

If passengers only want verandah cabins, why is HAL still selling out their inside and oceanview? Apparently there is a market for this price point still. 

Well any ship will have those. But the market has spoken.

5 hours ago, iancal said:

The bottom line is that many traditional HAL cruisers want a small ship environment but are unwilling to ante up with the fare that new builds require to pass that line between red and black on the P&L.  HAL is simply not going to build smaller ships and keep the fares on those ships  stable relative to the current fare structure.   The new builds deliver what cruisers want....verandah cabins.   There will be far fewer insides and outsides compared to balcony cabins on these new builds.    It is not in the cards so it is unproductive to keep wishing for something that will not happen or moaning and groaning about why it will not happen.  For those who prefer those ships the choice in a few years will be to go with the flow or switch to a different cruise line that specializes in smaller ships.

 

Enjoy HAL's smaller ships.  They will be eased out of the fleet before too long.

Close thread. This sums it up perfectly. 

Comic Sans is also the ugliest font known to man.

/designer rant 

No one should touch the default text. Changing it screws up css and manes it unreadable on mobile. 

There are many things CCL does to save costs that are not migrating to any other Carnival Corp. brands. MANY.

I got sunburnt wearing shorts in glacier bay in mid May in 2009. You can’t preduct anything.

I see no Wang Wangs in this thread. I’m officially revoking your “minister of fun” moniker!

Woo! Another Roy travel blog for me to follow and remain sane. Yay!

Safe travels!

1 hour ago, rkacruiser said:

 

I am not familiar with this fish.  What is so special about it that would entice me to order it?

A tender semi-sweet whitefish cased in salt, bathed, then removed from its salt home. It’s divine.

That Sel de Mer menu makes me sad. They moved the salt-encrusted branzino to a once-a-week special and removed the moules frites entirely. 

Those were my two of our favorite thing there. Damn.