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melissa@cruisecritic

By melissa@cruisecritic,
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*Mach*

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I must have hit something and erased part of message becuase I just saw this and it and it made no sense. It shoud read:

 

Food.: We were pleased with Carnival food. We ate in the Crimson at anytime dining and the wait staff we had was good the first night and great the second night. One complaint was that they made 9 (I am not exaggerating here) announcements to the wait staff about getting second seating ready by 8:30. (Friday night) It was very, very annoying and I can’t believe they could not do this through a two way to a supervisor and let them handle the communications from there. It was very unprofessional.

There must have been some complaints because day two there wasn’t any.

Saturday night we had Michael form Indonesia and Antonio,, can’t recall where he was from, but they were great.

 

Sandy

 

 

 

 

Sandy, I agree with you, announcements of the type you mention are best passed along through their chain of command rather than being blared out on the PA.

Here's what I saw from our vantage point... We had the second dining that was scheduled for 8:15 PM Friday evening. We elected to go a little late as there's normally a bit of a crowd waiting for the doors to open.

We reached the atrium at about 8:35 and there was a HUGE crowd there. I'm not sure what the delay was with your dining but I can assure you there were a bunch of hungry and slightly rowdy folks outside the doors. At one point they even started chanting. That may well have prompted some of the announcements.

On pretty much every cruise I've ever been on I've encountered a few rude folks, some even bordering on obnoxious but this one took the cake. You couldn't swing a dead cat without smacking someone who was complaining, dressing down a crew member or shouting profanities, even in the dining room.

:rolleyes:

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Bobba22

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Hi All:)

 

Mach, sounds like you guys had a great time despite the weather.

Fom what I've been reading, part of the problem was the large crowds

at all of the INDOOR events. Do to the weather NO ONE wanted to be outside!! At best November in NYC is not ideal for outside activity. I've lived in NY State all my life and have seen some incredibly bad weather as early as Oct. I really think that if Carnival wants to Inaugerate their New Vessel in NYC, they would be well advised to do so in May or June. It looks like a beautiful ship with a lot of Positives. I'd hate to think that it gets such a negative first impression due to weather.

 

Late!

BOB:)

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Tom-n-Cheryl "Live from...." Rare

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...

On pretty much every cruise I've ever been on I've encountered a few rude folks, some even bordering on obnoxious but this one took the cake. You couldn't swing a dead cat without smacking someone who was complaining, dressing down a crew member or shouting profanities, even in the dining room.

 

:rolleyes:

 

 

:D I just love sayings such as those (and we have cats in our house... so it's nothing against cats per se)! :D

 

Tom

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Sandy, I agree with you, announcements of the type you mention are best passed along through their chain of command rather than being blared out on the PA.

 

Here's what I saw from our vantage point... We had the second dining that was scheduled for 8:15 PM Friday evening. We elected to go a little late as there's normally a bit of a crowd waiting for the doors to open.

 

We reached the atrium at about 8:35 and there was a HUGE crowd there. I'm not sure what the delay was with your dining but I can assure you there were a bunch of hungry and slightly rowdy folks outside the doors. At one point they even started chanting. That may well have prompted some of the announcements.

 

On pretty much every cruise I've ever been on I've encountered a few rude folks, some even bordering on obnoxious but this one took the cake. You couldn't swing a dead cat without smacking someone who was complaining, dressing down a crew member or shouting profanities, even in the dining room.

 

:rolleyes:

 

 

I am guessing that everything was late due the delayed muster drill and getting everyone back to where the were suppose to be. Not sure if anyoen here had early dining. I wonder what time they gor that going? We had anytime dining (I keept forgetting what it's called) so we were not rushed or really waited at all, We were there about 7:45 or so. There was so much scrambling going on in the downstairs dining area and the annoucements couldn't have helped! You could hear them dropped plates and glasses, one guy droppd a whole tray of silverware. I felt like running down there to help!:D I hope they will get it smoothed out and come up with another way to commincate to their staff. I did enjoy both of my meals very much so at least it wasn't a total loss!

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I am guessing that everything was late due the delayed muster drill and getting everyone back to where the were suppose to be. Not sure if anyoen here had early dining.

 

We had early dining on the inaugural cruise from Italy, and we heard that the early dining on day one was delayed because one of the muster drills is held in the dining room. The person who told me this had their muster drill there and it seemed that SOME PEOPLE let their unruly children mess up some of the beautiful table settings already in place for early dining. I think it just snowballed from there, as the wait staff had to clear those tables of everything the little darlings had handled and reset the tables. Hopefully, someone will find a better place for this group in the drill. Can't be easy to change that, though.

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CarobBean

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Hi all -

Great stuff on the Dream here. We'll be on her for an Eastern in Feb 2010.

Some thoughts about people's reports:

Rough Weather = Room Service requests exponentially increased; Ships officers extremely busy with hundreds of unforseen issues; Lines everywhere because there is nowhere for anyone to "escape" and because ships crew is subject to seasickness the same as passengers so they are understaffed in every region of the ship.

We sailed on the Norwegian Gem in December 07 in a Nor'easter...60 to 70 knot winds, snow blowing sideways, 30 to 40 foot seas, brand new ship. Lines everywhere, people bitc*%@# about "...service, nothing to do, everything" plus NCL had promised that the New England Patriots vs. NY Jets game would be broadcast (it wasn't)...satellites often have trouble fixing a position on a wildly moving target!

Still, we had a great time, even when I ventured out onto the (closed ) promenade and realized the waves were nearly even with me...five decks above the sea!!

Point is: Consider the circumstances. This is not an escape clause for the line (they should learn from your experience--write a letter detailing your concerns or praises) because if you can have a terrific meal and entertain yourself in a casino or lounge during a Nor'easter, consider yourself lucky!

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*Mach*

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i want to know what the white space is between cabins on deck 11, i have 11245 and there's a white space between me and the next cabin....what is this white space on the deck plan????

 

 

That's a simple storage area mostly used for bedding...

:)

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*Mach*

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Since the balconies are extended on the aft balconies, do they have lounge chairs instead of regular chairs? I am trying to decide on whether to get an aFT or not.

 

 

I didn't get a chance to visit the aft balconies but a few of our roll call folks did. Perhaps they'll stop by and provide an answer for you.

:)

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So am I, Laura! I can't wait to see it!

 

I love the idea of a balcony cabin being so close to the water line but that brings up a potential problem... The seas are forecast to be pretty.... ummm... active when we sail. In bad enough conditions weather doors to the Cove balconies are locked preventing unwary passengers from getting washed overboard by an unusually large wave!!

 

Here's hoping for benign seas... at least benign enough for my camera and I to spend some time out there!!

 

:)

 

Mach, your girlfriend just called me. Said she's not going to be ale to go with you and is sending me her tickets! See ya soon!;)

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*Mach*

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Great Photos spotted our friends Madelene and Betty:D who we met on 7 Days of Freedom earlier this year. We sail on our Dream in Mar 2011

 

 

Yep! They were great and it was outstanding to see Madelene again! We sailed together on the Splendor 2 day, as well!!!

:D

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Great Photos spotted our friends Madelene and Betty:D who we met on 7 Days of Freedom earlier this year. We sail on our Dream in Mar 2011

 

Yep, that was us! We had a blast! We're counting down the days 'til we're back on board in February!

 

Madelene

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*Mach*

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Mach,

 

Thank you so much for sharing your experience and photos with us. Can't wait until we can see it for ourselves in December.

 

 

You will love the ship and she'll be in her element in the blue waters and skies of the Caribbean.

She really is a departure for Carnival buy yet familiar for those who have sailed on the Conquest Class.

I am plugging away at my review. You can find it here:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1092320

 

:)

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I didn't get a chance to visit the aft balconies but a few of our roll call folks did. Perhaps they'll stop by and provide an answer for you.

 

:)

I am not positive, but I think the only ones that had lounge chairs were the aft wraps (9A's).

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*Mach*

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Host Mach, if possible, please find out if an enternainer "Papa T" is on Dream. He transferred from Liberty in November and was hoping to be assigned to the Dream.

 

thanks

 

 

I don't know how I missed this! Please accept my apology for being late with the answer.

Yes, he is and he's excellent!!!

Dream348.jpg

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I don't know how I missed this! Please accept my apology for being late with the answer.

Yes, he is and he's excellent!!!

Dream348.jpg

 

Yes, we loved Papa Tee on the Freedom last year. He has such a wonderful voice ...

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