funship freddy

I began cruising in the mid 90’s.  It was a different world. At the end of the cruise you would get envelopes in your cabin to present on the last evening in the dining room.  There were no specialty restaurants.  You got an envelope for your room steward, your waiter and his assistant and the maitre’d. I remember vividly that the only time you ever saw the maitre’d was on the last night when they visited your table to “collect” their envelopes.  There was no mention of leaving tips for those “behind the scenes” that make your cruise special.

Along came specialty restaurants for an extra fee that included gratuity.  That was then.

Quietly the cruise lines added their 18% to specialty restaurants.

Today we are charged “gratuity” on everything.  We are paying the wages of the crew.  What a shift from when I began cruising.  And now if you want an edible steat in the dining room you have to pay $20 or more.

Face it…. they don’t pay that much for the steak.

They mask their “burden” to us.

Reduce Reduce Reduce

Charge us more.

I don’t know how you feel but I am beginning to squeal.

Your comments   ?

We will be on the 4/6 voyage also. First cruises (25+ years ago) were on Princess then we ventured to Royal and Celebrity and MSC. Sailed on Sky in December of 22 and decided to alternate between Celebrity and Princess.  We have a September Enchanted cruise from New York to East Coast and Canada and a 16 day Hawaii cruise on Ruby.

Looking forward to Enchanted. See you at the Wakeview Bar ⚓️

I have used Special Needs several times.

They are less expensive than Scootaround. Scootaround requires you take their $$$ “insurance”  You will find that most pax are very considerate.

We are cruising on Enchanted Princess from Brooklyn on 9/07/2024

Any idea how much an Uber would be from

LaGuardia ?

I am looking for a service that will transport my

Mobility Scooter (and myself) from the Ft. Lauderdale airport to Port Everglades.

Any information would be helpful and appreciated.

I am looking for a service that will ship my luggage TO Port Everglades for Enchanted voyage.  We have used the service post cruise and would like to do the same pre cruise.

The bag is many years old and still in mint condition. It says “Carnival Concierge Club”.

We have air tags on the way.  Amazon to the rescue 😎

Reflection on 12/17

No Bag

Did see both the light weight and heavier bags at the pool.  Didn’t ask our Steward.  We always pack a really nice on from a cruise long ago on Carnival (🤡)

Got off Reflection on 12/17.  Used luggage Valet for Delta non-stop to Detroit. We were charged the fee even though we get free bags on Delta. Received the tags. Put our bags out.

One bag did not make it to Detroit.

Baggage claim in Detroit said it shows checked. In in Fort Lauderdale.  That was a month ago.

Filed a claim upon arrival in Detroit. Filed a further form with Delta. Contacted Celebrity.

So far not a peep. This was our second time using Luggage Valet. First time was perfect.

First lost bag in 50+ cruises. It is no fun.

TIP !  Put your name (info) INSIDE your bags.

Make a list of the bags contents.

The bag did have a bright yellow strap with our full name on it.  Hopefully it will show up. One thing that can’t be replaced is our “journal” of all of our cruises.  Will we use it again ?  YES !

Lightning can’t strike twice. (CAN IT ?)

Recently used it for our April Enchanted cruise.

Painless and fast. I like it better than the “old” way.

Been on 50+ cruises (Celebrity, Princess, RCCL,

MSC….)  I have never had a problem with leaving my tablet, iphone etc. in my pool bag while in the pool.

My wife loved it also !

When specialty dining was introduced the “gratuity” was included. How quickly we forget.

I began cruising during the “envelope days”.

lets go back to the old way. We have been lulled into paying the entire crew and just rolled over and took it. Shame on us.

Review coming….

Spring break

5,500 pax

Lots of kidos

Beautiful ship

Great staff

Any questions ?

Help please from anyone currently on Sesscape.

Will you ask if the Masters will be on in the Sports Bar.

On a Celebrity cruise in February there was much confusion about the bars being open onboard while anchored off Grand Cayman.

Upon arrival all bars were closed. We were told it was a new “ordinance” effective January 1st by the Cayman Government.  You can imagine the reaction of the guests who elected to stay onboard, especially those who had beverage packages. About 3pm suddenly the pool bar opened.  I will be in Cayman in two weeks and would appreciate an update from those who have been on Seascape in Cayman recently.

CRAZY !!

3:12PM now

Still in GC

Pool bar is Open

I don’t think Celebrity has a clue ???

19 minutes ago, cruisestitch said:

So is there nowhere to get bottled water, or soft drinks, Funship Freddy?  If not, that’s really terrible.

 

And technically, café al Bacio is classified as a bar. Is it open for coffees?

Water, Juices etc. available

No beer, Wine, booze

15 minutes ago, terrydtx said:

Have you physically been up at the pool bar to see if it is open or closed?  It has been open on all other GC cruises this year.

I am sitting at the Pool Bar 12:29 / 2.09.2023

No bar service at all on Celebrity Sunnitc.

None

No mention at all in the daily about bar service.

No bars open

not even the pool bar

No bars open

None

All bars are closed. ***** ?

Sky Princess from FLL in December. We loved it.

$25

Edit- Not all lines have reduced cabin service.