sverigecruiser

You are right, it's a bad thing to give them an illusion of what most likely will happen. Maybe we shall give them the worst scenario instead. Maybe they will loose their Yacht Club experience and get all cabins spread around the ship. The butlers will do eveything they can to help the older couple, we both know that. As for illusion, everything can happen.

If you tell your butler he/she will fill your fridge with beer!

But if your elderly relatives ask you for help via cellphone or chat won't you help them even if you are on a different deck?

May not be required but they are very helpfull. To give a helping hand is not a problem for them.

I understand everything you say but if you need to rely on a relative for help, won't you have to call them too?

That's not how it's normally done. When going on a shipexcursion you will be escorted from the lounge to the bus. We did that last week and every time we were the first to board the bus.

No more small alcohol bottles in the YC minibar but instead you get one large bottle of liquor or Champagne. No refills of the snacks. Beer and soda is refilled every day.

I think that an upward trend regarding prices is a good thing if that also mean higher quality. Low prices and low quality doesn't interest me at all.

I agree that not all food is perfect but if you let them know it, you will get something better.

What we know is that they are old and have mobility issues. They will defenitely be escorted EVERYWHERE if they need/want. Problem to get a soda from the minibar? A butler will help them. Need help to get from sofa to balcony? A butler will help them. Forgot the glasses when going to the lounge? A butler will get it for them. There are lots of things they can get help with, as you know.

Depends on the cruise, it's not always a sea day.

I understand the OP but see no reason to worry. All staff will really help them.

I want them go give up all the old ships so that they need new ships on longer itineraries! A four month long World Cruise on MSC World Europa should be great!

I never eat at the buffet or in the MDR but I like that idea.

That is one way to do it, if the staff know who has what included so that I don't want to give them my card when ordering Champagne!

I want more longer cruises on newer ships. We don't want to fly to Florida for a one week cruise but all the longer cruises we have found from Florida are on older ships.

I don't want them to include more things that will come with a cost because they will of course add that to the fare. Things like included spa services, venchi, more exclusive alkohol, specialty dining, excursions etc. is not an improvement, I think.

The photographers were actually not very pushy. They always accepted a no. The problem was that the stairs were blocked so it wasn't possible to just pass the photographers and move on.

But you can't really move on if the way is blocked.

So you move the ropes that shipstaff has put up? Is that really allowed even if the photographers has put them up?

Taxi between airport and port has a fixed price of €39 in Barcelona, no extra tip is really needed but we paid €45 last week.

Are you thinking about the stairs close to the elevators? The stairs I mean are the stairs going between the decks everywhere on the "promenade area" on deck 6-8. (Sorry I wasn't clear about that.) It was possible to use the staircase but if being in the middle of the promenade and wanting to go to another deck the walk was very long. Thoose stairs are probably not considered to be emergency exits.

Depends on where. In Barcelona a butler follow you all the way through the terminal and leave you outside. I know that in the US they are not allowed to do that. We embarked in Barcelona last friday. Our butler took both our carryons from the lounge to the luggage claim. There he gave us the carryons and took both our large bags all the way to the taxiline.

I don't think that you have just been lucky. I think the main reason is that there are so few big suites in the YC so normally there are very few children. NCLs Haven has many more big suites so problems with kids is more likely there.

I like most of your suggestions, especially since they don't really cost much. Number 1 I don't like because that may lead to more people in the YC.