Seabourntraveller

I would like the referral credit coupon. I am first timer booked for sailing May 2012. Final payment due Jan 27. My email is uliejay@sbcglobal.net.

 

Thanks!

Hi there...SENT!...:)

...God how I miss that GrandMa Cake on the Legend at Tea Time!:(:(:(

hi:

 

We are booked and paid in full for spirit sailing 04/05/12. Would simply love a referral coupon! Please e-mail me at jm92109 at aol dot com?

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Hello;

 

My wife and I will be departing from Lisbon on the Odyssey on April 2.

 

We would be very appreciative if anyone could send a referral coupon. Thank you in advance wwphawk@aol.com

Hi there, I have a coupon to share... I just emailed you.:D

Hi and good afternoon.

 

My wife and I have just booked our first ever Seabourne cruise departing Istanbul on the 4th of April.

 

If anyone has a referral coupon we would be grateful.

kpriestnal@lineone.net

 

Thanks

 

Keith

Keith I have a coupon available and just emailed you now.:D

We will be sailing Seabourn for the first time in May, 2012, and our final payment is due soon. If anyone has a referral coupon, we would appreciate it. I am also curious; what info would I have to send someone to receive it? Seems some people just want an email address and others ask for name, rank and serial number :). Just curious what the normal procedure is....don't mean to be paranoid.

 

kelly.currier@frontier.com

I emailed you.:)

Seabourntraveller

 

You may be 44 but your comments remind me of my 3 year old grand daughter when she sais "I don't like it, Abu" without trying the food.

 

Insults like calling a Maitre D' that you have never met "an old fart" show no class at all. By the way Remi, the main Symphony Maitre D is a gentleman and is in his late thirties.

 

I do know Michael and I know the Maitre D' that Danny refer to in the Quest and they have a long way to go to be able to run a dinning room for 400 persons the way Remi and his staff do it.On the two cruises that I did on Seabourn they were trying to figure out how many waiters to send every night to The Colonade, the Pool area or the MDR and took them a long time to get it right. On the present Quest cruise of the Panama Canal the first nights the line to go in the MDR was 15/30 minutes long.

 

My last point. I noticed no age difference in the passengers of both lines. They are mostly in the 60's. If the Crystal age group was older there would not be any problem getting late seating.

 

Paco

I have NO INTEREST in cruising Crystal anytime soon or in the near future...would you save the "poms poms" and personal attacks for someone else. BTW, is this the Seabourn Board or Crystal?:rolleyes:

FYI, on this Xmas Cruise on the Legend the average age demographic was 57.

My family and I are booked on the Rome to Barcelona sailing departing June 15th. Final payment is the end of March. If the coupon is valid for use on the sailing and you still have the coupon I would be most appreciative if you could email to me at mmaguir5@nycap.rr.com. FYI - we have loved your posts! Thank you.

I just emailed you now!:D

If you still have the referral coupon, it would be most appreciated.

 

Please email me off line and anchanrj@cox.net

 

Thanks

 

Rick

Rick I emailed you.:D

When did you last cruise on a Crystal ship? The maitre d's I'm familiar with are young and very gracious and will always try to accommodate any requests by the passenger to make their cruise more enjoyable, and never with their hand out for a tip.

We have NEVER cruised on Crystal because firstly it's too "stuffy" of a cruiseline IMO and secondly we are in our early fourties and most people that cruise on Crytal thier average age is 60+. Our current cabin stewardess on the Legend came from Crystal Front Desk and confirmed the average age to us. So maybe in 25 years time we will be ready for Crystal if that's what we decide to choose. Until then it's Seabourn for us.

 

Calling it as you see it is admirable, unless wildly inaccurate. On The Quest we came across a maitre d' who appeared to be about 30 years old, who was way over his head, who had an absence of charm, and whose duties appeared to resemble those of a 19 year old girl who seats you at Chili's.

On Crystal, on the other hand, we have found the maitre d's, like the wonderful Remi on the Symphony, to be handsome, suave, debonair, very fit, and in the 40 to 50 year age range. They have the challenging job of matching diners at tables for the fixed seating, and for the most part do an almost magical job of putting compatible people together. It may not always work out perfectly, but on our most recent cruise, which was not atypical, we all bonded at our table of 8, and even requested and received expanded reservations in the specialty restaurants so that all 8 of us could dine together.

While the maitre d's, like the other service personnel appreciate tips, we have never felt like any employee expected them or was hustling for them.

 

To each his own, and I realize that many luxury cruisers find fixed seating objectionable, but for us it has worked out well on Crystal, even resulting in some lifelong friendships.

 

Our Maitre'd Michael Simon on the Legend is problably around 30 and isn't over his head...actually he is one of the best Maitre'd we have come across in a longtime that can actually "relate" to people and not just have his palm open.:rolleyes:

Oh Seabourntraveller - well said! LOL!/quote]

 

fairbourne...I just call em' as I see it! LOL!:D:cool::D

Reminds me of having to hang out side a certain New York disco waiting to pass muster back in the day! Not good. The ”old fart ” description of the maitre'd was not cool however.

If being "factual" is not cool in 2012 then whatever! Maybe in 25 years time when I'll be part of that "club"... I'll be cruising Crystal...until then Seabourn!:rolleyes:

Well I can asure you that on our one and only Crystal cruise, despite having requested second seating we were given first seating and had to write to the hotel manager, request a meeting with the Maitre D and go cap in hand and practically beg to eat at 8.30, then at the end of the cruise we were expected to tip him!! So although we enjoyed the cruise very much and loved the glamour of Crystal, we have been with Seabourn ever since especially for the open dining and all inclusive.

yeah right like I am going to grovel to some old fart Maitre'd for a table on late seating and then he has his hand out!!!!:rolleyes:

Hi we've just booked our first time cruise with Seabourn (Black Sea on Odyssey June 2012) and are looking for a referral coupon. We're UK residents and would be grateful if someone has one they can wing over to us. Contact direct at jtatkin at dircon .co .uk with no spaces! Thanks in advance

I just sent you an email for the coupon.:D