Rancher Dave

We received over-the-top service, I think, because of how we treat those who are serving us (I don't mean by amount of tip).

That is key as well...treat the crew nicely and you will be treated nicely. Fortunately most of what I saw over NYE was kindness in both directions...although in the past I've seen nastyness towards crew. The crew are people too regardless of where they live when they are off the ship.

In my travels around the globe, I've found some of the kindest people are those who Don't live in the USA and don't have many worldly goods.

Hi cruiseloverandagent,

 

Are you talking about Martin the Concierge? We were on the Voyager over Thanksgiving in the Med and then again sailed the Voyager over New Years Eve out of Galveston (didn't see you, looked for you, we checked in priority). We had a lot of dealings with Martin. Did I miss something, what were your issues with him?

Thanks,

Colleen

I think Martin pretty much treated everyone I saw pretty well. I am waiting for Erica to tell us about the big oops last week. Maybe he didn't let her and Jeff in CL...:eek:

Interesting comment Tony. I, for one, have always felt that we were and are treated very well.........with our plain white cards. But then again, I have always felt if my DW and I treat the officers and crew right, they will treat us right.

 

I'll get a feel of what my DW feels about the new card when I next email her and pass on her feelings and reaction. It will be interesting to see if she feels that she is being treated differently..........than Carol (Merion_Mom).....who has a plain white one.

 

Rick

Generally we have always been treated well on our cruises. Only a couple exceptions out of our cruises.

The only way to really know for sure is cruise about a month apart on the same ship once in a suite and once in other than a suite. Then see if you are treated differently.

Voyager impressed me overall in how the crew treated passengers over all of the other ships not that any have been bad. If all falls in place I will go check out Voyager again, with some of the same officers and some still on vacation...so will see how different leadership has the ship running. I'd have a white card then, unless the upgrade fairy decides to visit...not sure I can get my pal to convince his wife to let him go in a suite with a professional colleague instead of with her. (Not sure if open bar of CL, single women and he would be a good mix...his DW likely would demand I keep that mix from happening...)

I'd say being a suite pax didn't make any difference in the Casino...I still choked on the smoke like the rest of us who have issues with the smell down there...

RCCL as a whole has friendly to very friendly crew...numerous hotels need to take a lesson...even some Disney employees could use a lesson from RCCL crew.

Kewlguy is right some folks in those cabins expect more service...I saw in some cabins < OS > as they were being cleaned and I walked by...clearly some pax expect a lot out of their cabin attendant. Who thows all their clothes all over the cabin every day? :eek:

Our training states that all guests are to get superior service, regardless of stateroom. The only difference is returning passengers should get a "welcome back"

While that may be true, its a lot easier for those guarding the reserved seats in the theater, etc...where Suite passengers get priority seating etc... No having to look at cabin number and trying to figure out.

Even though everyone should get equal treatment, I saw where Gold Seapasses got a bit more attention than those without the Gold seapass. I won't get into specific situations but saw it in more than one place on Voyager. That said everyone was getting very good service, some just got over the top service.

Ship Time!!! Be sure to keep your watch on Ship Time so you don't arrive late for the sail away party...would not be fun to watch it from the dock.

Nice video. Guess by now she has been named and out to sea with some demo passengers aboard.

Boy do I feel ___, I thought the 10,000 club had something to do with the number of cruises the person has taken.

That would take about 30 years of 1 night cruise to nowhere voyages...for one heck of a b2b2b2b2b2b2b2bb2b2.......cruise. :D

My Dad and Mom has a beef farm in NewYork state and the first calves born my Mom named. Not a good idea. Had a rough time letting them go.

Actually to register the Longhorns with either registry they must be (1) of registered herritage or blood tested to prove breed; (2) branded with ranch brand; (3) branded with private herd brand; and (4) named...

Some of the ones I am considering taking for dinner are named and others are not. My DD's Steer Mickey is our big pet, weights many times what all our cats and the dog weigh together. Eventually, he will probably be a horn mount for the house, but that is about 20 years off...Seasons and Rumor both could become mounts in the future, the rest are all there to make me money. Redneck the bull, in another year should be showing his good offspring making skills over the course of a couple years of offspring, hopefully yielding (due to his parentage...his dad to date was the highest selling Bull) a nice price for his semen or stud services. I may even consider selling a half interest in him, with Feb or March for six months at my ranch and the other six months at the other ranch.

Longhorn meat has tested out as leaner than chicken so ultimately I may sell some of the steers to a Longhorn meat operation since they would likely pay the best price for the meat as opposed to the local auction barn.

Of course our soon to arrive horns will be so unique I am still not sure what to do long term...at 600lbs, inflated to 140' spread...they will definitely draw a crowd...they come from VOS.

Rancher Dave- Three cruises and all those posts? I am worried; who is really watching the ranch?

I don't know when you have time!

By the way; do you ever cruise out of Galveston?

DH said that he would like to cruise from Galveston on our next cruise. We are trying to plan another family cruise for next year. We all could drive to Galveston in 9 hours (I think) and with 14 people, that would save big $$$$. I have heard that the folks on the Galveston cruises are more fun too:D

We have so much fun with some folks that sailed from Galveston a couple of years ago in Cost Maya, I think they were on the Grandour? Anyway, we were having so much fun until we heard the ship's horn blow and we thought we were missing our ship:eek: We ran and ran and ran to get to our ship to find that the Grandour was just testing their horn:D Anyway, DH said that we should plan the next cruise out of Galveston.

 

Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks,

Annie:)

The cattle pretty watch after each other. As a horny bunch they can defend each other as needed. The bull can run like lightning and has enough bulk to actually kill someone or another animal if needbe.

I was up there on Saturday and after I let them into the other pasture they could have cared less about me for a few hours then they came over to where I was working, of course on the other side of a gate as I was moving 20tons of hay around. They eagerly awaited some attention, and as I left all followed me to the street...I got a bunch of neat new pics of the whole herd. As of yesterday before sundown it was 29, with 9 more due by middle of the year. (In a few weeks though I plan to probably take a few of them out for dinner so to speak. It is part of the business, part my DD and DW want nothing to do with.)

I have not cruised out of Galveston, but have been on commercial vessels out of Pelican Island x-channel from VOS and CCL terminals, and have been from top of Port of Houston (grain elevator at far North end) all the way to Jamaica and back then to Baton Rouge. We will cruise VOS for NYE for sure, maybe in April if things go well.

Yes with 16 folks a 9 hour drive is likely a huge $$$ savings over 16 air tickets to South Florida.

I think even those like Parrothead8 would still have to be on here for a while to top 10K, I think at 100 posts a week it would be about 2 years, and that is a lot of posts for most folks.

Once you are also addicted you will cruise towards the 10K club as well. :D

Forget who it was but one of our CC folks indicated that last cruise (last week) they were coming home and it took for ever for EZ park to get them. They also said like Riley's Mom said to use Lighthouse.

I personally don't know but wanted to share what I reacll from last week.

Maybe search a few pages back to the thred about Fog in Galveston started last Sunday.