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The recent reviews are very concerning. The thing that concerns me the most is that if you are AI you have to pay for the coffee in the new lounge on Celebration! This really is one charge too far for me. I did bring up the issue of added charges during the Ellacott Q+A, but he didn't really address my concerns. I can fully understand extra charges for things such as speciality restaurants and the like, but coffee - this costs around 2 pence to make.
The latest in a long line of 'extras', which started with safes and ended up with paying to reserve seats in the theatre. Time for a change.
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In other news today, TUI CEO Peter Long was paid a tidy £10.1 million for 2013. Nice work if you can get it.
I wonder what funded his paycheck?
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I'm fairly sure any response you do get will be the standard cut and paste reponse - reviews subjective, bear in mind it's one person's opinion etc.
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Yes,my original post was that it seemed the call centre would be closing down. Cruise Deals as a brand is, I'm sure, here to stay. My concern is that instead of dealing with somebody who knew what they were talking about when you rang the call centre, in future if you rang the number you would be put through to a retail shop, and as is well documented the quality of the help and advice you would get is somewhat variable.
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Possibly changing the sign back to "Louis" ready for Spirits forthcoming charter to Sochi for the Winter Olympics.
Has the Spirit ever been branded as Louis Spirit, or had the Louis logo painted on?
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Why should we believe you more than others who see more good than bad?:confused:
To be far, Ormy explained their issues with the ship in their post.
I've not been on the Majesty, and having read about the ship I doubt I would. Things that are important to me are documented as being unsatisfactory. These things may not be important to others however, who have praised the vessel.
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Just to add, although prices will be similar, draught cider (Strongbow) is included on AI on the Dream - unless any of our returnees from the TA know any different?
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Remember in the Q+A when the often promised Thomson loyalty scheme turned out to be a monthly e-mail and possibly a bottle of wine in your cabin? That to me seemed as though there was going to be no proper loyalty scheme, but the Social Media team are still promising that it is coming -
Hi Jack, Thanks for your post. We're currently looking into implementing a loyalty scheme, so please be assured that this is something we've got in the pipeline. However, if you'd like us to stop calling you to offer you upgrades, please private message us your booking reference so we can take you off the call list. ^Christina
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Do you think this is the case, or are they just having people on, knowing full well they are never going to launch one?
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Not having booked this way before I am a bit worried about expensive phone calls if I want information as my TA is telling me they cannot get into my booking if I book on line or by phone.
Although that probably won't stop Thomson, they're still charging 2.5% for credit cards!
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A very interesting ship Explorer, and an excellent article detailing her history can be found at http://maritimematters.com/2011/04/explorer-cruise-shipfloating-university/
Coincidentally I did ask Ellacott whether Thomson had any interest in her sister ship Voyager during the Q&A, but unsurprisingly got no response.
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I'm hearing reports of a small fire yesterday on board Celebration whilst in dry dock, caused by some welding. Can anyone confirm this and any news on any damage?
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This article (in French) seems to indicate that the Celebrity Century will be joining CDF in 2015 - http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/le-century-rejoindra-bien-croisieres-de-france-en-2015
We have often speculated on this forum that Century could have been a possibility as a new Thomson ship, being half sister to the 2 TUI ships. Shame if true, but the HAL Statendam class ships remain a possibility.
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Hello,
This is an interesting point Gareth. I do think this is a co-incidence.
I actually think the driver behind this was the merger with Island Cruises. Since we merged with Island Cruises we've seen a lot more of their passengers trying Thomson Cruises and vice versa. But we've always been at the more informal end of classic cruising, and we try not to be too prescriptive about what people are wearing. Ultimately I don't think a guests' clothes impact on the standard of the cruise. And those that do want to dress up will always find room for their evening wear in their luggage. I manage with hand luggage.
Cheers,
Fraser
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Yep ok Fraser :cool:
Stevie
Perhaps as he is MD, Fraser gets first refusal once on board of the Emergency Clothes Bank.
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The Q&A seemed to end very suddenly, with a cryptic message as well. Lots of questions unanswered, not helped of course by the idiot that decided to merge a load of unrelated questions, hence some may have been missed. Didn't Fraser come back the next night last year to answer those questions he didn't answer on the first night though? It seems pointless to have people asking questions if he isn't going to answer them.
The cynics may say that some of the questions that weren't answered were the ones that were asked late on yesterday, thus meaning that Fraser's minions hadn't time to prepare an answer for him to cut and paste.
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Somebody has started to merge threads. Its a right mess now, 5 questions in some threads, all different. Questions are going to get missed!
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Spirit was always on the old Louis website and I think she was on the new one as well. She is doing her usual shake down cruise for Louis next year, I remember seeing details on the Louis facebook page a few weeks ago.
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Cowboys. Just tried booking as well. As soon as you get to the payment page the price goes up £516.
"Sorry. Whilst in the process of confirming your booking the price has increased by £516.00"
I can't believe this. I hope they get it sorted ASAP so I can pay the advertised price.
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Just a reminder that Montego Bay and Barbados sailings will be on sale in the morning. Looking forward/apprehensive regarding the prices for Montego Bay cruises. :)
Prices aren't unreasonable. Even better on the Dream the AI is £69 each and OBC as well on the Thomson site.
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Where did you initially find that Grez? Was it sent in an email? :confused:
Hi, sorry I missed this. Yes, it was. Are all previous customers getting these sort of e-mails and newsletters now, I know it has been a bit hit and miss in the past?
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Artists impressions of the new look explorers on the brand new official Thomson Cruises Facebook page. I think you'll all be happy from what I can judge.
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Preview brochure for Winter cruises now online
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Ignore- wrong forum.
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Hi my hubby has booked our 1st time cruise with thomson celebration for 3rd jan for my 40th birthday. He paid an extra 398.00 for drinks package and was told it is really worth while as it saves a fortune. Ive read posts that show most drinks carry a supplement, I only drink budweiser and was wondering is the true. Total cost for us for the week in a 1/2 cabin was 1650 which i thought was very expensive. All feedback welcome.
This will give you an idea - http://cruiseforums.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1748329
Should be reasonably up to date. Anything with an asterix is the supplement you pay if you have bought the drinks package, so you will be paying £2 for every bottle of Bud.
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Hi my partner , 15 year old son and I have have just booked for Moorish Delights Aug 14 , we have cruised just once before on NCl Gem which we loved. Please can someone give me an honest review of the Dream as I've read mixed ones!
Many thanks :)
All ships get mixed reviews - there are plenty of poor reviews for the NCL Gem as well. However as with the Gem, the Dream has far, far more 4 and 5 star reviews than 1 and 2 star reviews..
The Dream is a nice ship, hard to fault really. The major criticism I have is the bars are all on one level, with some becoming alleyways. The lido is a bit crowded, however as the dream has 2 self serve restaurants during the day this is easily avoided. Great theatre and a smooth sail.
Not my favourite Thomson ship, but I wouldn't hesitate to go back on again.
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Julie, i think you may have commented on an older, similar question from Dec 23rd. Your comment is still there.