TWELVEOHONE Posted October 10, 2011 #51 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I have been on 50 cruisies since 1985 and have seen the service and quaility of the food and service go down. Not only on RCCL but almost all the cruises lines. RCCL is no better nor any worse than some of the others. 1985 Fairsky SITMAR 1986 Song of America ROYAL CARIBBEAN 1986 Oceanic PREMIER 1987 Oceanic PREMIER Nordic Prince ROYAL CARIBBEAN Nordic Empress ROYAL CARIBBEAN Viking Seranade ROYAL CARIBBEAN Regal Princess PRINCESS Royal Majesty MAJESTY CRUISE LINES 1992 Monarch of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN 1995 Sovereign of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN 1996 Song of America ROYAL CARIBBEAN 1999 Oceanic PREMIER 1999 Splendor of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN (Apple Vacation) OCEANIC CRUISE LINE Legend of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN Majesty of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN Grandeur of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN Enchantment of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN 2000 Voyager of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN 2000 Horizon (Alaska) CELEBRITY 2001 Explorer of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN Crown Princess PRINCESS 2001 Dawn Princess (Alaska) PRINCESS 2002 NCL Dreamward 2002 Carnival Legend CARNIVAL 2002 Brilliance of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN 2003 Navigator of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN Aug 2003 Horizon (Bermuda) CELEBRITY Oct 2003 Serenade of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN Jul 2004 Mariner of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBAEN Dec 2004 Empress of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN Sept 2005 Explorer of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBAEN Oct 2005 Infinity CELEBRITY Nov 2005 Enchantment of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN Feb 2006 Golden Princess PRINCESS May 2006 Zenith CELEBRITY May 2006 Freedom of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN Dec 2006 Millenium CELEBRITY Jun 2007 Caribbean Princess PRINCESS Aug 2007 Explorer of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN Oct 2007 Vision of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN Jul 2008 Explorer of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN Oct 2008 Solstice CELERITY Nov 2008 Enchantment of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN Nov 2009 Dream CARNIVAL Dec 2009 Solstice CELERITY Jun 2010 Emerald Princess PRINCESS Nov 2010 Enchantment of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN July 2011 Allure of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN Dec 2011 Silhouette CELEBRITY May 2012 Oasis of the Seas RORAL CARIBBEAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmallett Posted October 10, 2011 #52 Share Posted October 10, 2011 So.. how can this be that one cabin steward used to serve 2-3 cabins and now it's more like 15? Are these numbers from the current website figures or are you using old brochures? It seems like there are less 'people facing' staff than years ago. That's my opinion anyhow. As stated, it's from current website figures. The guest to crew ratio (as a whole) probably isn't that meaningful of a statistic. The cruise lines like to build bigger ships because economy-of-scale comes into play. Take the engine room, for example, the number of crew staffing the engine room probably isn't that different between the Voyager class, Freedom class and Oasis class. With a bigger ship you can add a lot more passengers without adding more bridge officers or ships engineers (especially with automation). This is true, and I was intending to merely present the figures, anticipating this sort of reply. To take it to the most extreme example, the smallest ships have one captain, and the largest ships also have one captain. To what extent this skews the figures, we don't know, as the crew numbers aren't divided into guest-facing and non-guest-facing crew. However, bear in mind that with these economies of scale, you would expect the Oasis class ships to have a higher guest/crew ratio, but in actual fact it's lower. I do wonder to what extent memory comes into play, after all, reminiscing about the "good old days" of cruising, there may be rose-tinted glasses coming in to play to some extent. I have not been cruising long enough to remember these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimnbigd Posted October 11, 2011 #53 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I just hope the mainstream cruise lines like Royal Caribbean don't cut back like airlines did. Gosh, can you imagine a "Bistro Bag" for lunch on a cruise ship? I'd rather pay a little more to keep the quality up. And I do. Royal Caribbean is usually $100 or more than Carnival from Galveston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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