Fireman239

Any word at all from any passengers about the changes, ala in all.. I'm on their in 10 days and would love a update. Are they done or still working.. I would hate to she the Capt. have to go through that again...... Wasn't in his control ( wheel-house) .. Thanks Fitzgerald

Feel better? :rolleyes:

Yes, thank you.....

Yup ,,,, We get the free balcony cabin and free drinks from Carnival.... Just booked Holland America and wrote them to see what they can do about free drinks in the casino.. Same casino company,, Same parent company..... We'll see....

No, HAL is not HAL of a few years ago, No one is claiming it is, or is not.

 

Read the CCL 2017 Annual Report and learn why. There will be cuts and there will be improvements. it will not be static. But it still gets you where you want to go for a decent price; but it may not still get you there HOW you want to do. And that is where the freedom of the market place and other options plays its role in your future cruise choices.

 

Look at it this way, and these are just examples off the top of my head. HAL ships are fixed environments for the most part. HAL has a fixed number of staff/crew beds and floor space.

 

If you add an acupuncturist, a yoga teacher, a tooth-whitener and an herbalist for an enhanced market competitive "spa" experience you have to take away four other staff persons which may have been the poolside entertainers. When you add a special station for soy milk and gluten free bread toasting, you are going to have to take away the custom eggs benedict bar because there is only so much fixed floor space. If you add the large group BB Kings, you are going to have to reduce Adagio to two people instead of four. Or whatever.

 

Plenty of people complained about the poolside music, so perhaps HAL management was listening to its customers. Plenty of people started demanding special dietary accommodations, HAL management listened and had to convert existing floor space. CDC declared older HAL ships were not set up for Lido area food handling so they had to shut down the outdoor buffets. Who knows why they stopped the aft deck SailAways as reported lately.

 

And so it goes. That is why HAL needs to think through whether it is going to narrow what it offers and lose some to the competition or tries to be all things to all people at all times and ends up chasing its tale into oblivion.

Well said!

Wow ,,, cumbia. Any day of cruising is a good day.... You all have to get over yourselves and just enjoy life a bit more...... Everything will be Ok...... Have a coffee or maybe a drink. Talk to the stranger sitting next to you. Tell a joke ,, Laugh.... Hum a tune.... Play in the casino..... Take a walk,, look at the sea and remember how small you really are.... Look into you're lovers eyes and remember why you fell in love,, Now tell them......... Complainers, Stay off my ships..... Go home.....