Cinders411

I am looking forward to the replies. Have also booked FOS MTD for this fall.

I think it is a by product of the bigger ships. With more passengers on board you have a greater chance of running into rude people. I have run in to plenty of rude people on cruises and not one of them was over 50 (unless they aged like Dick Clark) With thousands of people on board you are bound to find some that are moody, just look at the reviews some people post, you read some of them and wonder why they went on the cruise in the first place. I swear some of the people have to punch themselves in the gut every morning to be that angry at the world.

I agree. I have been on five cruises and really the only rude people I have encountered were on the Dream. The bigger ship the more cruisers, the more likely it is to run into a few rude folks. I just try to shrug it off. I don't really want to have an altercation with anyone on my vacation.

I get the email surveys and always complete them. I try to remember excellent staff so I can mention them by name

I've done FTTF at Galveston in July and we did it at New Orleans last week and neither time was our room ready. In New Orleans they had nobody directing us to the FTTF line so we were in the regular line till I got ahold of someone to ask about it.

 

At the end, they had us meet in a lounge and escorted us out but none of the luggage was ready. We stood and waited 20 minutes while watching hundreds of self assist folks slide out of the terminal to their cars.

 

FTTF wasn't a lot of help.

We tried FTTF for the first time on the Dream in Nov. Definitely not worth it to us. When we arrived we were directed to one waiting area and then a Carnival employee told us we were in the wrong area. After we moved way down from where we had been, another employee came to get us. This one said we were now in the wrong area! Even with FTTF we were not able to board until noon. Cabin was not ready and no luggage to be seen. There were not any tender ports so maybe we would have thought it better had there been.

Agree that we also found it boring. Just seemed like a really long commercial for Hasbro.

A wrap balcony................

Oh someday she hoped in her heart.....:)

Chocolate milk from the breakfast buffet -- mix with vanilla soft-serve = great milkshake (and free) :o

Now that is a great idea! Would be so nice while sitting by the pool.

One of the things I love about cruising in the fall is the Halloween costumes! I have seen some very expensive theatrical costumes and some homemade ones. Some of the most clever I have seen were from Pinterest ideas. Whatever the costume every one seems to have a good time! Sad this year, even with two cruises I will miss Halloween on board.

My next RCI will be my first! So excited to cruise on the Freedom of the Seas Oct 2014! :)

When you log on to Youtube just to practice your line dancing (yes really!)

Sailing on the Dream this fall and really enjoyed your review and all the pics!

Oooh, oooh! I wanna join! Hope no one already has this one! If so, let me know.

Couldn't agree more with other posters. "Common courtesy" does not appear very common at all! I am 4'11 and I cannot tell you how many times I had to "fight" my way to the doors to get out of the elevator. Calm down people! It's just an elevator not an escape hatch.