dc-farer

Don't get your hopes up that Princess will do anything. They are notoriously unsympathetic with passenger complaints, even those from loyal passengers who have sailed with them many times. I found this out the hard way in 2011 after more than 20 cruises with Princess...and I have not sailed with them since.

Well, you did.

Sorry.

I was on one of those short sector cruises in Australia in 2012 and I am sorry that you felt passengers like myself and others, lowered the tone of the ship. As you weren't doing the full WC I wonder if other full World Cruise people thought the same of you?:rolleyes:

 

It was hardly a booze cruise. The crew were delightful and very nice to me.

 

And you need to know, those sector cruises are quite expensive and probably provide the profits for the WC to be conducted.

I didn't mean to offend you...and actually, I was talking about the 2013 World Cruise, not the 2012 cruise that you were on. Perhaps, "caliber" was the wrong term to use, since I was referring to the behavior of some of the passengers. Specifically, there were quite a few aboard who chose not to observe the dress code and there was some loud and drunken behavior that I witnessed, which is not what one expects on the World Cruise. Perhaps, it was unique to this particular voyage, but having been on more than 16 voyages with Cunard, it was certainly something that I wasn't used to.

3 formal and 4 informal each way.

Thanks!

My apologies if this has already been asked and answered...but when I was aboard the QM2 last year, I heard that the number of formal nights on transatlantic crossings was going to be reduced. Does anyone know if this has taken effect, and if so, what is the new standard? Thanks.

This is the first time in 4 years that I haven't been onboard the QM2 for a segment of the World Cruise. To be honest, was a bit disappointed last year. Went from Sydney to Cape Town and thought that things has slipped a bit...particularly on the Australian leg of the journey. The company had sold very short segments (from Sydney to Melbourne, from Melbourne to Perth, etc) and it seemed to affect not only the caliber of the passengers, but also the attitude of the crew onboard. When I talked to the Captain about this, he acknowledged that it was purely a financial decision on the part of the company -- they needed to fill up those staterooms any way that they could. IMHO, it felt a little bit like a "booze cruise" to Mexico...

Anyway, this year I decided to stay home instead and work on getting my novel published!