WanderingTravels

In a BIG way, four ships!

19 hours ago, Mr Luxury said:

I have found out that Crystal will be announcing a new build sooner than we might have thought.

Details?  You’re leaving us in suspense.

Would love to see pictures of the Bistro, I spent a lot of time in there over the years!  LOL

Past Crystal river cruiser here, go with Tauck...they do a very nice job.

On 7/17/2023 at 3:16 PM, Cloud9 Bob said:

I'm curious about something and maybe someone with a maritime pay grade higher than mine can answer this. Who would be responsible for this? Would it be the Harbor Pilot or the ships Master or Staff Captain? Just a fun fact to add in, I visited the SL bridge last year and asked all the officers there which port was the worst to negotiate and they all said Port of Miami at night due to it's narrow apporoach.

The Captain is ultimately responsible because the pilot is just there as an advisor.

Definitely not chaotic and plenty of quiet areas around the ship.

2 hours ago, SCruiseFam said:

Hopefully. 
 

I consider myself to be Virgin’s target demographic ( I’m in my early 30s, fairly tech savvy and I’m looking to have a fun/easy going time on vacation) and still its Day 2 on Scarlet Lady and I’m not looking forward to the rest of this vacation. 
 

Let’s start with the cabin. It just doesn’t get cleaned? No seriously, I’ll leave my cabin for hours and hours in the morning or at night with the light on indicating I’d like my cabin cleaned and no one stops by to clean it. Day 2 and I don’t know what stateroom attendant looks like or if I have one. Im

used to the Oasis class ships of Royal Caribbean, you know where you can leave your cabin for 15 minutes to get a coffee and come back with your bed made and towel monkey.
 

Next, the Galley. The idea of the Galley is great: take a seat, someone stops by to take  your order and they deliver your food to you. The problem is execution has me preferring the frustration of the buffet because what actually happens is you take a seat and wait 30 minutes or so to grab someone’s attention and then another 30 minutes for you to get 1/2 of your order and a lot of apologies. 

The positives? When the food eventually comes it’s actually very good. And I love the amount of quiet places to sit on this ship. 
 

I hope Day 3 and onward gets better and I actually get my cabin cleaned and my french toast, but I honestly don’t think I’ll sail on the Scarlet Lady again. 
 

Someone needs to convince Royal Caribbean to have an adult-only ship 😞 

how many people are on your sailing?  A while ago someone posted their personal observation, based on several cruises, the more full the ship the more slow the service.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I have sailed three times in the past year and each sailing was less than half full.  Let them focus on the four they have, bigger is not always better.

Almost nothing in China is sailing these days

20 hours ago, BWIVince said:

 

That's what's going to have to get hashed out...  Because if it's just the sales compensation calculators and contacts referenced in the case, that's a tough sell as "intellectual property"...  NOT an impossible one, they may have something uniquely magical (that in his role he would have been responsible for helping develop) and they could win the case, but more often than not that just fits the scenario I outlined above because sales is pretty cut and dry, and similar supplier-to-supplier.  This is where the extra context comes in handy.

 

Vince

No, this isn’t “ordinary” or basic stuff he took.  The judgment says the proprietary documents included corporate budgets and forecasts, revenue information, booking curves, information related to individual employees and the confidential business plan for Silver Endeavour.  Though Silversea is part of Royal Caribbean Group, which is publicly traded, Royal Caribbean does not publish or make available information about each individual company within the corporation, particularly business plans.  So that is certainly confidential information that is not available in the public domain.  
 

Everyone who works for a big company (or a government agency!) signs a document that says your work product does not belong to you and the information you are exposed to is confidential.  The injunction states Lira signed such a document at Silversea.  
 

I wonder why Crystal is protecting this guy.  He admitted taking the documents and don’t they have bigger concerns to deal with?

57 minutes ago, Keith1010 said:

I read the article.

I prefer not to go with an article though because as we all know what you read in print is not always factual.

 

Let's see how this turns out and that is what I am referring to.

 

Keith

I doubt a reputable publication would make up a story like that.  A great thing about our system is transparency, court filings are public record.  

47. The confidential and proprietary documents were taken from Silversea without Silversea’s knowledge or permission.[112] Lira admitted that he “took these documents to provide [himself] with a reference point in developing a direct sales channel which is an area [he has] expertise in” and one he was “developing for Crystal.”[113] 47. Lira later shared certain confidential documents he took from Silversea with one of his direct reports at Crystal Cruises, Lee Quittner.[114] Lira discussed the documents with Quittner, loaded the documents onto Quittner’s computer, and “instructed Mr. Quittner to use those documents as an outline of the things that he needed to do while working at Crystal Cruises.”[115

1 minute ago, Keith1010 said:

Always remember you are innocent until proven guilty, at least this is how it should work in the USA.

 

Let's see what happens.

 

Keith

 

 

 

 

From the Seatrade article: '...... Lira does not dispute that he removed Silversea documents for his own benefit and without permission.'

This seems to be far (far) more than a non-compete dispute, Travel Weekly says he stole confidential Silversea information.  

Judge grants Silversea an injunction against former sales executive: Travel Weekly

25 minutes ago, Roz said:

 

I thought the same thing.  A bit disrespectful to our Host.

It is certainly not my intention to be disrespectful, but is it not the responsibility of the host to be the arbiter of truth and impartiality?  What is the source of that statement, I think we have a right to know.   Sadly I have a dear friend who took ill on a AMA and she, along with some others in her group, was unable to travel home for close to two weeks.

2 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

AMA tested all who needed it for flight home (which would have been most of the 130+ on board) and all were negative— continuing AMA’s 100% clean record throughout the pandemic. Clearly their (reasonable) protocols are working!

Well that’s rubbish, where do you allege to get such misinformation? In this day and age where accurate information can mean the difference between life and death I think it’s irresponsible to post such sadly FALSE information.   It’s well known passengers are testing positive on AMA cruises, a lot it seems, perhaps you should read other boards and rightly inform yourself!