Coach Pedro

Worked for me on NCL in Sept. And the service was awesome.

We didn't book with a TA. He's calling Carnival "when he has a chance" so I'm not sure yet.

 

 

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That is probably the best thing to do.

Great shot of the Vista parked next to the Magic in Grand Turk same week (we were on the Magic and took the shot behind us on way to GT)...

I took almost the same photo, lol.

Pay the gratuities in full, reduce them, or remove them completely. See, we discussed.

lol

My extended family and I are booked on the Pride in May, and we all booked Early Saver last year. In my brother's cabin it was supposed to be him, his girlfriend, and he girlfriend's daughter. Well (surprise!) they have broken up. I told him I am sure he will incur change fees in order to remove their names from the reservation since we booked ES, but now he also wants to move from a cabin for 3 to a cabin for 2 and find another travel companion. All he has paid thus far was the deposit- final payment is 3/14/17. What's the best course of action to suggest to him? Thanks in advance!

 

 

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What did your travel agent say?

Can I ask what was so bad?

6 days in a row, put out my thing for morning breakfast, no breakfast

You get a baked potato at dinner, no one came with sour cream or cheese for it

Waited over an hour for a drink waiter on deck.....

That's just top of mind....

Looking forward to this too

The BBQ was very good. right below us, and the aroma wallowed up into our balcony.

Sadly, the whole ship is like that... They tried to fit too much in, and made all the rooms a LOT smaller. While the ship is larger, inside it feels like the rooms ate 1/2 the size they are on the smaller Fantasy class ships.

agreed, the ship added beds, but the amenities did not scale. front desk needed more people, pizza place was slow.... I was not impressed at all.

Does anyone recall if Margaritaville still has their all you can drink package including lunch. It was $50 last visit a couple years ago. Trying to decide what to do on Grand Turk and drinking sounds like a good idea!!![emoji41][emoji484]

 

 

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I didn't see it, but it was jam packed with 2 ships in on the same day.

The service has was so poor on the Vista last week, they are lucky they got what I gave them.

Many years ago there were no automatic gratuities. I noticed a lot of people didn't come to dinner the last night when we were giving envelopes. I would have to assume they didn't tip their room Steward either. So I get the auto grats being in place.

True, they are not automatic. They are optional and modify-able.

The brewmaster told us they will never retrofit a brewery on the ships.... but the new ones will have them.

Less workers = bigger % for those still employed and yet Carnival still raised it. They basically gave the workers a raise without it coming out of their pocket.

good way of viewing it..... Although service was so bad on the Vista last week, I didn't pay the full amount.

i cruised on the Norwegian Sun this past June on an Alaskan cruise. it was my first Norwegian cruise and this was one of the best features on the ship that i wish Carnival would also start. you could go to the sports bar i think up until 5 am and order off a set menu. you could get hot wings, hamburger, salads, soups, fries, and other bar type foods all for free. and the food was made to order so it was fresh. it was great. we spent a lot of time in this bar anyway because it was on a high deck with great views of the sea and to be able to order real food late at night for free was great!

agreed, one of the things I really like about NCL.

They can charge what they want, you are free to modify if you like. I agree, it needs to be budgeted for.

they will never retrofit a ship to have the brewery.....

I Liked the bar area, but there are so many places to drink on the ship.

the bar area, or the brewery itself?

agreed, need a 3rd and 4th guy and more ovens.

Quality has gone downhill and the prices uphill.

To Quote Al Czervik - I've had better food at the ball game.

You're never required by Carnival to pay tips.

 

But I think you should be.

 

If a person feels short-changed in terms of service, then by all means cut back your tips. People do it all of the time.

agreed, Tipping is not required. You can adjust as you see fit.

depends on how many sodas you drink. we get the cheers, so it is unlimited soda.

Very often they have 1 guy running the whole place and periodically everything stops so he can make more and by the time he makes 5 or so the conveyor is empty.

even 2 guys really isn't enough to keep things moving... need a bigger pizzeria, as that's the only food you can get after a certain point, unless you have over an hour for room service.

Pizza was pretty good tho, for a ship.

MDR food is now a notch above Golden Corral....... Not impressed at all. Was better on cruises 3-4 years ago.

That wasn't very nice, better try a different cruise line. I was just stating a fact that they had cold soups only 2 nights (wasn't there the first night as the line was too long to wait). Braised short ribs 3x is unacceptable.

had peach one day and mango the other....... menu was boring on Vista.