In Consideration Of Your Fellow Passengers...

[fishoutofwater]

Have your sign and sail card ready to use when you board from the ports, don't hold the line up trying to find it deep down in the beach bag!

[LHP]

teach your children to behave at home....so that it is second nature when they get on a ship! I did it. It was not hard!!!

[rokinrobin105]

Please please please don't pee on the seat and floor of a public restroom and not even try to clean it up. It really grosses out the next person in there.... i.e. Me!!

[Z'Loth]

In consideration of your fellow passengers, be sure to use the following phrases:

 

"Please"

"Thank you"

"Excuse me"

"I'm sorry"

 

Also, shorts, sandals, and that loud Hawaiian shirt isn't considered formal wear on formal night unless you are sufferring from sun poisoning.

[coolestwife]

Please please please don't pee on the seat and floor of a public restroom and not even try to clean it up. It really grosses out the next person in there.... i.e. Me!!

 

eewwww.....and don't forget to flush too!!!!

[Chucksta63]

Please don't stop in the middle of the stairs to have a conversation.

PLEASE Don't do this!!!! Some of us have bad knees and this really hurts!!!!

How about.... please don't give me angry glares when my children are just being children and having some fun? Yes, there are times children should be quiet, but there are other times when it is perfectly fine for them to laugh and play!

 

And yes... please wait to break wind until one is appropriate 'aft deck'.

Ditto Thank you!!!!!

 

 

YES, this is so true. We just got back from the Ecstasy yesterday. As we boarded the elevator over the weekend, a gentlemen was leaving. The elevator door closed and we all 3 almost gagged. :eek: He "let go" of something horrible. We were covering our noses until the door opened again. I was glad no one was waiting when we got off, because they would have thought we did that. :rolleyes: PLEASE hold all gases until you get to the restroom.

OMG ROTFLMAO LMAO LOL Oh it hurts,,, that is great.. Made my day laughed out loud on this one!!!!!

[MamaParrotHead]

Please don't cut in lines, and then look around defiantly as if it should be obvious to everyone that you are above standing in said line. :mad:

 

please don't leave your kids on the couches or strapped in their strollers, sleeping, outside the casino (amidst the smoke and loud music) after 8:00 pm. call it quits on the one-arm-bandits and put the poor kids to bed or spring for the $6/hour for group-babysitting the ship provides. :mad:

 

please don't send your young kids (we observed a little girl, probably about 6), in their pajamas, up to the lido deck for a plate of food late at night, or any other time (in our case, it was after midnight). either escort them, get the food yourself or call room service. :eek:

[jimbug]

Since there are no designated smoking or non-smoking private balconies, please be considerate of your neighbors. While it is perfectly legal for you to smoke, it does directly affect others who are downwind from you. I'm not saying you can't smoke - just be aware if your neighbors are also outside and the smoke is blowing directly at them.

 

Please don't treat your cabin stewards and wait staff as if they are your personal slaves. Yes, they are there to make your cruise wonderful and to provide their services, but don't talk down to them and please don't make these hard-working people perform a ton of unreasonable or petty requests.

 

If you are not going to attend your traditional-seating dinner, please make an attempt to notify your tablemates. Since it is considered proper to wait for everyone to show before ordering, they may be waiting awhile before deciding you skipped out. My solution - the first night of dinner, I always tell my tablemates that if I'm not there on time, start without me, because it means I've gone to the buffet or don't feel like dinner that night. (If you say that, mean it - don't go ahead and show up late.)

 

Please do not comment upon others' eating habits. (at least not to their face or within earshot...ha) I was walking up the stairs on my last cruise with a plate loaded full of fruit and croissants from the buffet (for my cabin mates and myself!) and some ill-meaning 20-something guy starting mooing like a cow. While I shouldn't have let it bother me, I am pretty conscious about being overweight, and it embarrassed me. Hey, at least it wasn't a plate full of cookies and pie (and I was taking the stairs - not the elevator!)

[MizzCard]

Please please please don't pee on the seat and floor of a public restroom and not even try to clean it up. It really grosses out the next person in there.... i.e. Me!!

 

Amen! If you really think you're gonna get kooties from the toilet seat and feel the need to squat, clean up after yourself....sheesh!

[happy cruzin]

I know this is going to sound corny but here goes anyway.....

 

Always treat others (staff and other guests) as you expect to be treated. It will go a really long way in solving potential problems.

 

I'm all about having fun...but be respectful of others!

[Cruiseaholic817]

I think everyone pretty much hit the nail on the head with all those rules. :) I know I haven't cruised much but, I have to agree with all of you. There has been many times that I have experienced many of those situations previously mentioned.

Just wondering...the comment card that is distributed towards the end of the cruise...have any of you expressed your opinion on any of these situations? If so, has anything been done to improve it?

[JoFromFL]

Please consider your personal tolerance to alcohol and stop before you have exceeded that amount and done something foolish.

 

Our last cruise we were subjected to:

Two very drunk young women taking the microphone from the musician and announcing over and over that they were looking for single men in between singing many songs off key, out of tune, and without knowing the words.

 

Neighbors having a screaming match (because "Joey" took off his wedding ring in a bar) for hours which escalated to throwing objects and presumably furniture before we couldn't stand it and called security. This was three nights in a row. The fourth night was quiet. I suspect they either killed each other or were thrown off the ship in port.

 

I like to have fun, I just know when to stop before I become more stupid than usual...;)

[balconyfun]

If you and the family are in the movie theatre or attending live entertainment, please refrain from acting as though you are in your own living room and talk, talk, talk, talk!

[Leo Jay]

I don't think that's what gr1634 was talking about, and I know that's not what the rules are meaning either. What they're talking about is the one or two people who are saving a HUGE space for 10 people who never show up. Saving your SOs seat while they use the restroom is not "seat saving" in that sense.

 

But the reference was specifically to saving seats for the rest of your family/party. I can understand not saving seats indefinitely for friends you 'think' 'might' be along at some point, but saving seats for the rest of your family while they're still finishing dessert in the dining room just doesn't strike me as unreasonable is all. Regardless, clearly some people will get irked by it.

[fresnel468]

Please don't lick your fingers or hands while serving yourself in the buffet line! It's absolutely nauseating for multiple reasons...

[Leo Jay]

If someone does something annoying or disruptive (like arriving to dinner late, allowing their smoke to blow downwind), please take responsibility for pointing it out to them politely. They may be boorish philistines, or they may be simply naive first-time cruisers who had no idea that group tables meant their tardiness was screwing everyone else up. I doubt it would have occurred to me.

 

Actually, that makes me even more inclined to request a table for two -- I don't want to have to stress out on my vacation about having to make it to dinner at a certain time to avoid inconveniencing a group of people I don't even know and didn't ask to be seated with! I can be a sociable fellow and all, but if some mishap occurs, and your clothes are back late from the pressing service, it would be stressful enough rushing to dinner without worrying about the 6 hungry people looking at their watches, cursing you under their breath. Or over it.

 

:(

[loppster]

Please remember that the walls of the cabins are thin. Please remember there are other people in cabins around you that are probably sleeping when you want to argue with your family in the wee hours of the morning after you have had way too much to drink for the third night in a row.

 

On our first cruise last year, we had a mother and three daughters in the cabin next to us that drank way too much and needed to be on the Jerry Springer show with the way they spoke to each other.

[zydecocruiser]

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[Eqty]

But the reference was specifically to saving seats for the rest of your family/party. I can understand not saving seats indefinitely for friends you 'think' 'might' be along at some point, but saving seats for the rest of your family while they're still finishing dessert in the dining room just doesn't strike me as unreasonable is all. Regardless, clearly some people will get irked by it.

 

I have to disagree with you Jay, as I would be one of those people who would be irked by seeing someone saving 3 or 4 seats in the theater. The rest of the family should have enough courtesy and respect for the other passengers to get to the theater on time. If it's a case of saving a spot for my wife while she runs to the ladie's room before the show - no problem. But I would consider myself extremely rude by saving seats for my entire party because they to busy finishing their dessert to show up on time. Not fair to the other passengers who did make the effort.

 

We leave on the Inspiration tomorrow. God, will it ever get here???

[gr1634]

OK here is what gr really meant. No it is not a problem to save "a" seat for your SO if he/she has run out to the potty. It is inappropriate to save 5 or 6 or 10 seats for the rest of the family who is finishing dinner or dessert or decided it would be a good idea to run to one of the shops for a "quick" shopping spree etc etc. If the rest of the family wants to sit 'there' then they need to be 'there.' The rule says NO SEAT SAVING. Granted there is a degree of common sense that needs to be applied but it is just plan rude to save an entire row of seats because "they" don't want to have to sit there (like the rest of the people) and wait for the show to start - that is why they have the no seat saving rule. It amazes and irritates me that people don't understand that.

[Leo Jay]

I guess we can agree on the seat-saving -- apply common sense, good judgement and courtesy... and realize that despite this, there's always gonna be someone who's gonna get ticked off about something.

 

:o

[Earthworm Jim]

When returning to the ship after being in port, Please don't mosy up to the front of the line and start a chat with someone who will let you in......After all, if I had to stand in the hot sun for 35 minutes.

 

Wow, I never realized there were long waits to reboard the ship in ports. I have no recollection of that from my previous cruises. But they were on ships that would be considered medium sized and small by today's standards. Maybe the bigger ships mean more passengers and therefore longer lines. Or maybe security has increased in recent years. Or maybe Carnival has stricker security when reboarding than the other lines I've cruised with, so checking everyone through takes longer.

[jimbug]

I've been on two "mega ships", and it seems that the only long lines to re-board were always right before the designated time you had to be onboard. In other words, if you were fairly early, no line. Everyone waits till the last minute (including myself, if I can) to get back on the ship.

[Ms Belvedere]

1. If you spot a cooler on the balcony beneath yours DO NOT assume it’s full of beer and lower an empty bucket with a sign attached that says: DONATIONS ACCEPTED ;)

 

2. When a piece of luggage is delivered to your room that does NOT belong to you, DON’T hold it for a week before setting it out in the hallway like a used tray from room service. :mad:

 

3. Please, the hot tubs are not for personal bathing. DO NOT add a bottle of bubble bath and then act like you’re in a Calgon commercial! :p

 

And Finally:

 

4. No walking around the Funnel Deck offering Mardi Gras beads in exchange for a closer look at the Golden Globes! :eek:

[wigginout66]

I love all of the "rules", but I think that they are just common sense / common courtesy. I thank my parents for instilling these things in me, and am always amazed at how many people just don't realize or care how their behavior affects others around them.

 

Oh and I have one to add, I've only been on the Spirit so I know not all the Lido buffets are set up the same, but...

 

If your in the breakfast buffet line, you've gotten what you'd like and are just waiting to have your omelett prepared. Please step out of the way so that the people behind you that just want something from the prepared items can actually get to them. If you've ever been on the Spirit class at the breakfast buffets you'll know what I mean.