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I've never seen a million dollars but I know that such an amount of money exists.;)

It doesn't go as far as one might think.

Yeah....but you did not factor for the tip pullers and European cruisers (it is a joke). Does the amount make it harder to distribute

 

 

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Based on?

 

 

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LOL gazillions????

 

 

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How many times do they need to tell us flat out that they are passed straight thru?

 

 

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However multiply your number by the 24 or so ships in its fleet and 52 weeks a year and starting to talk about real money.

 

Do not like the fact that Carnival in its infinite wisdom is selling the perks that we paid for by all our cruises and when it appears that they will be pushing FTTF people over P and D's that is pretty awful IMHO.

Yes, it's a tick over $6M a year. Is that worth the tension and ill will it's generating with their P&Ds? Especially if the P&Ds lose some current perks and FTTF gets to keep them?

I know it's off topic but the auto tip is actually a good thing because the demographics the cruise lines are targeting don't carry a lot of cash, and probably don't make any cash they do have last long enough to stuff it in an envelope. Either pay it up front or pay it with the next credit card bill.

 

Also, there was a notorious type of passenger who was absent from the MDR on the last night, and never handed over the cash. With anytime dining, getting different servers each night, it's no longer feasible to tip in cash anyway. That cash tip ship has sailed and I don't miss it.

My point was that as they add more and more behind the scenes people to the tip pool and the daily grats inch up each year, the cruise lines are shifting the burden of payroll off of themselves and on to the passengers. We are making their payroll for them and they're not even our employees.

While not a cutback, the biggest travesty being foisted on cruisers is the auto tips. Back in the days of the envelopes, you tipped the usual service staff that you directly interacted with during the cruise. With the advent of the auto tips they keep adding more and more of the staff into the tip pool while tips keep inching up every year, shifting the burden of payroll onto the passenger and away from the cruiseline.

I hate to debunk this, but on the FB page of my up coming cruise, there are more than 50 cabins with FTTF. A poll was done because someone also stated they only sell 50 FTTF cabins total, our cruise was up to 55 the last time I checked.

 

I cannot believe people are paying almost $90 for this perk.

You realize that 55 cabins at $90 is less than $5000? Carnival is not making a killing on FTTF. It's ludicrous that they're exasperating P&Ds over $5000 worth of FTTF.

The only expert there I know of there is John. He is one.

 

 

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Oh, no, there's many more. Especially one insufferable woman who runs a FB group about Carnival cruisers opinions. She'll tell you that JH is wrong more often than not.

so the in-door water park is now closed ?

Enough with the copyright debate. Can we get back to bashing Carnival, please?

"Water gushed down a hallway" Check. "A" hallway.

"There was a small fire" False -- some sparks for a second or two before breaker popped.

"Sleep on yoga mats in the spa" False -- that was Plan B, but they got new bedding in time.

 

"Nightmare"ish news coverage. It's gotta bleed to lead.

If you weren't there you don't know any of that, for certain.

I think a lot of people might agree with the underlying hope and preference that you have, but you, and many others, have expressed those hopes and preferences using loaded language like what I've quoted. It's rather insulting to the people who disagree. We're presumably all adults here and so respecting each other's perspectives is to be expected even if not agreed-with, when the opposing perspective is not only fully legal, but also the only perspective that has been even remotely endorsed by the cruise line.

 

In terms of the specifics of your question, I think people want a reasonable level of assurance that their dirty dishes will be addressed before they return to their cabin. The more the cruise line fails to satisfy that expectation, the more difficult it would be for the cruise line to ever change its mind about leaving trays out in the hall and instead assert that trays with dirty dishes should be left inside the cabin. And the trend in the industry is toward both fare increases lower than the rate of inflation combined with new surcharges and/or commensurately less responsive service - in other words the trend is away from any reasonable expectation that your preference will be satisfied in this regard.

Don't leave the tray in the hall!

Why?

1. It's disgusting.

2. More important - it's dangerous - people can trip over it.

3. It "narrows" the hallways space making it more difficult for people with mobility problems to move around.

 

What's wrong with calling Room service and asking them to pick up the tray IN YOUR ROOM or asking your cabin steward to pick it up from your room.

The main reason for leaving them in the hall is because that's what Carnival asks to be done

We're on the Dream this Sunday on deck 9, hopefully everything gets worked out and we get to go. If not, it's what it is, gotta be flexible with cruise ships as we all know anything can happen. I feel for the folks that are affected by this situation currently and applaud Carnival for their response to this situation.

You should be fine. The leak is fixed. The water is cleaned up. The carpet is being replaced and they still have all day tomorrow to get it finished.

Carpet, HVAC lines and all the space between the modular cabins will have to be treated. It's going to be a lot of work.

Saw pics in a FB group of the carpet being replaced in the corridor, already. They're on it.

If you scroll up on the thread there is a statement from someone that says they work at Carnival.

Mischelle is Carnival's online manager.

Here is the latest statement:

 

On Thursday,May 3 at approximately 6 pm,there was a water line break on Carnival Dream that impacted guests inapproximately 50 staterooms on Deck 9. Our onboard teams began cleanupimmediately related to this clean water from a fire suppression system.

 

Impactedguests will receive a full 100 percent refund of their cruise fare, a 50percent future cruise credit and the option to disembark the ship today if theychoose with air transportation to return home. We appreciate our guests’understanding and sincerely apologize. We also thank our crew members for theirquick action and hard work.

 

CarnivalDream is on a seven-day Western Caribbean cruise that departed New Orleans onSunday, April 29. We don’t expect any impact on the next cruise.

I applaude Carnival for getting in front of this quickly. The swift and transparent communication from you is refreshing, compared to a few past incidents where people felt like they were left in the dark. Keep up the good work and thank you!!

Several people on the ship are saying on Facebook that they are unaware of this happening. Has anyone seen an official post of someone on the ship that is witnessing this? Or a statement from Carnival? I want to post about it but don't want to sensationalize something that may not be true.

Right here in this thread. Official statement from Carnival.

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=55994515&postcount=5

FTTF is more worth it than spending $25,000 to make Plat. Fake it till you make it.

Yes, the OP has already stated that the friend was allowed onto the ship. What I, and others, are wondering is if she found her birth certificate or if she was allowed to board without it, which would be a major bending of rules.

She would not have been allowed to board without approved documentation. Now, what that documentation may have been, we may never know, but you can be sure that no laws were trampled on to enable her.

Don't eat at Shoney's in Gretna, either. Just saying.

First post or not, it was completely accurate. Everyone these days seem to think their personal sob story is a good enough reason to not abide by the rules.

We don't know that any rules were bent for this person. I doubt that they were. Government is pretty unforgiving in most instances. Rather, I would think that this person was able to come up with their BC or an acceptable copy of it, or some other document or combination of documents that were acceptable. This is not the first or last time that this will happen and I'm pretty sure that the port staff are well versed in dealing with this exact situation and know ways of getting people on board that most of the experts in this thread may not be privy to.

No hating here either; I sincerely hope it all works out. But, we still don't know how smoothly things will go when she returns. It seems obvious she will get to cross the border, but she may still have some hassles. Then again, she may not. It's more of an interesting story - something has gone wrong. . . suspense ensues . . . what will happen? While it's a relief that she got onboard, still waiting for the rest of what hopefully will be a happy ending. :)