Anneinmanhattan

We never had issues with homophobes on Cunard..Some nasty/rude PAX, but you'll get them on any line.

Rona Barret? Really? She's still around? I always found her to be pretty nasty. No surprise about her roadies(Rona has roadies? Who'd have ever thought that!)We love the line & it's customs. You always saw me with a derby on formal nights.Commodore Rynd loved it! This time around it's Celebrity Jan.25-Feb.8. Would love to keep on with Cunard, but they've dropped most Caribbean trips. Due to being in a catering co. our vacations are usually late Nov.-early March. We'd love to do a B2B trans Atlantic, but they stopped those a few years back. Now they start in South Hampton. If they start them up again in 2015 we'll jump back on board.

Last year I took the QM2 to Southampton and then back to New York on the QE later that evening. It was quite easy, just take the bus provided to the appropriate pier. Of course, you do have to pack again but that really isn't a big deal, at least not for me. To the homophobia comments, I met dozens of gay men on the QE part of the trip and they were all delighted with Cunard. Perhaps it's the OP's issue and not Cunard's. The comments about Asians was so uncalled for, that I suspect it's the OP's issue.

I'm a single passenger traveling on Breakaway. When I appear in dining room will I be seated by myself? I prefer not to eat alone--on Cunard ships one can ask to be seated with others. Is this true on Norwegian ships as well?

Has Norwegian Breakaway solved it's problem with long waits to dine in Manhattan room. Thanks for any responses.

Where do I find it?

I decided today to leave Sunday on the Norwegian Breakaway for seven-day trip to Bahamas. My question: I'm alone and don't want to dine alone. I am used to traveling on Cunard where one is assigned a table with other passengers. Since Norwegian has a dine at any time policy, will I be seated alone in the "free" dining areas or can I ask to sit with other passengers.

Also can I bring one bottle of wine with me? Agent said I'd have to pay a corkage fee even if I decided to drink it in my cabin. Is this true or is fee only if I bring it to dining room? Thanks for any help.

Does anyone know if Breakaway has improved the waiting time to dine in its Manhattan dining room. Reviews say it can be more than an hour to wait. What is the best time to dine to avoid such lines.

Well said.

I subscribed to this thread by mistake and later unsubscribed so not sure how I got here again, but just noticed the response to my "don't hurt feelings" post and I disagree. Considering the decades that I've been here, I must have had colds, flu, sore throats, virus, etc. at least 50 times if not more. The only one I can remember is the Hong Kong flu as I was in bed for more than a week, closer to two--hopefully the virus you're all referring to is a lot less virulent. But the times that someone has hurt my feelings, particularly in public, around others, still rankle, even after decades. So, no, I don't believe, at least for some of us, "the spread of Norovirus will hurt a lot more than "feelings." This thread is a good example of my point. The OP had her feelings hurt and she's still feeling it, obviously. I suspect the other woman may also be remembering what happened and still talking about it to her family and friends. Both should have let it go in my view or at least smiled when responding.

Well I'm grateful for this thread.

 

I am guilty of this behaviour and am mortified.

 

The plates on Celebrity are stacked upside down and I do put my hands on them to make sure that I have a cold plate for cold food and a hot plate (if available) for hot food.

 

I won't be doing it again - I just didn't think!

You're a gentleman or lady to acknowledge your not always perfect behavior. I too have touched things without thinking as I'm sure many others have as well. I don't think it helped to tell the woman she was rude. I would probably have picked up the plate and placed it somewhere out of reach of others. It's a crowded world and, when possible, it's best to give the benefit of the doubt and avoid bad feelings.