MixerDave Posted May 24, 2019 #1 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Is it normal for so few people to be enrolled in a roll call for a cruise that is 6 months away? Our Star December December fourth has 18 and the Coral has 82 on December 2nd Link to post Share on other sites
gremlinbangles Posted May 24, 2019 #2 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Our roll call is less than 2 months out and nothing much has been going on. I have had previous roll calls that were very lively and had organized events. Each roll call is different. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Steelers36 Posted May 24, 2019 #3 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Our Majestic NZ cruise was pretty quiet. I don't think there are as many members outside N.A. that participate and this cruise was mostly Aussies. OTOH, our cruise around S.A. had a very active Roll Call with tour discussions and arrangements, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
denmarks Posted May 24, 2019 #4 Share Posted May 24, 2019 It really fluctuates. Ten years ago we were getting close to 100 as we got nearer to the cruise. Over the years it has slowly decreased. My December 3rd Grand Princess cruise for this year only has 6 so far. Link to post Share on other sites
XBGuy Posted May 24, 2019 #5 Share Posted May 24, 2019 No two are the same. The Roll Call for our AK cruise on the Ruby Princess, last month, was pretty sedate. There were no organizers. Since I am not an organizer, I was OK with that. However, about a week before the cruise somebody suggested that whoever wanted to meet in Skywalkers at 11:00 am on the first sea day, he would be there. I posted that I would try to be there. A few people posted a similar message. A few people said they would definitely be there. It was, easily, the best "Meet & Mingle" kind of event I've ever enjoyed. Oh I just thought of something else that came up on the Roll Call. One person announced that he had a dozen or so coffee cards with available punches. Since these are all expiring on August 31, this summer, he offered one to anybody until they were gone, Give him a cabin number, and he would slide one under the door. Yes, that did generate a bit of Roll Call activity. Link to post Share on other sites
paul929207 Posted May 24, 2019 #6 Share Posted May 24, 2019 American baseball Yogi Berra once said "If the fans don't come out to the ball park, you can't stop then." 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cybergenie Posted June 3, 2019 #7 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Hi, All, On our first cruise on the Grand in 2003, I discovered Cruise Critic Roll Calls. Amazingly, our group of posters was pretty much a "match made in heaven'". We all discovered so much in common. At our "Meet and Mingle", we all instantly knew each other, and bonded well. Most of us have sailed every New Year Cruise together since with few exceptions (although not on the Grand Princess). Also a few Summer cruises. You could call it a wonderful, once in a lifetime, event. I have tried on subsequent cruises to chat with fellow cruisers on the Roll Call for whatever ship we were sailing, without much success. Guess we were fortunate on that first cruise! Needless to say, we are really looking forward to our New Years Cruise with everyone on the Sky Princess (I think it will be the fifth cruise for that ship in the Caribbean). Link to post Share on other sites
DrivesLikeMario Posted June 3, 2019 #8 Share Posted June 3, 2019 It seems to me that sometimes if the ship is full of a lot of newbies or a really large group, the roll call is particularly slow. It's not that way always, but it seems to be an indicator with my roll calls. Being a holiday sailing, there could be a lot of newbie cruisers or young families that just haven't found the roll call yet. I bet a lot will pop in about 2 months prior. Link to post Share on other sites
1965 Posted June 3, 2019 #9 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Our Inside Passage cruise which ended a few days ago had very little roll call activity. Our next cruise which doesn't depart until Oct., 2020, already has 21 pages on the roll call. 😊 Link to post Share on other sites
Scorpio41 Posted June 4, 2019 #10 Share Posted June 4, 2019 The last Princess cruise I went on the Roll Call was very well supported. A meet up was organised which was interesting. and so fellow passengers could make arrangements for private tours they were on. My upcoming cruise in August is still relatively slow. Link to post Share on other sites
golfb4cruzing Posted June 4, 2019 #11 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Are the roll calls fixed? I keep checking and it says 1/29 cruise but it is for the week prior. Link to post Share on other sites
Pierlesscruisers Posted June 4, 2019 #12 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Most, but not all, of the Alaska cruises out of Seattle are fairly active, but not all of them. I post an informational message on all of the sailing out of Seattle to Alaska and some of them don't even have a roll call for their sailing! That's not common but there are usually a couple each year. Tom Link to post Share on other sites
voljeep Posted June 4, 2019 #13 Share Posted June 4, 2019 10 minutes ago, Pierlesscruisers said: Most, but not all, of the Alaska cruises out of Seattle are fairly active, but not all of them. I post an informational message on all of the sailing out of Seattle to Alaska and some of them don't even have a roll call for their sailing! That's not common but there are usually a couple each year. Tom Interesting ... what kind of message do you post ??? Link to post Share on other sites
Pierlesscruisers Posted June 4, 2019 #14 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) 37 minutes ago, voljeep said: Interesting ... what kind of message do you post ??? Go here and look at Message #66 as it's the one I posted yesterday for the Ruby sailing out of Seattle on this coming Saturday. A similar message is posted for each sailing out of Pier 91. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2613181-ruby-princess-alaska-8-june-2019/page/3/ Tom Edited June 4, 2019 by Pierlesscruisers Link to post Share on other sites
EmilyColwell Posted June 4, 2019 #15 Share Posted June 4, 2019 The one I am in for October is pretty dead, hopefully will start filling up soon. Link to post Share on other sites
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