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Crusin6

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We need to bring back the classic Redneck Cruiser thread!:)

 

That underwear shirt would fit in pefectly.

You mean the one that went like this..."you know you are on a redneck cruise when......"

 

 

The guy with the beard down to his feet is fishing off his balcony

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ccure911

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I was on either Ecstasy or Conquest and they announced over the loud speaker at dinner the first night, no wife beaters and no baseball caps. Two guys at the next table had both, and not a word was said to them ... they dressed this way for dinner every night.

 

Im surprised they enforced the dress code to be honest, Iv seen everything worn.

 

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Just off the Conquest, and we saw many dressed in T-shirts, Baseball caps, and Shorts in the 8:15pm main dining every evening. Dress code was never enforced for seven days.

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So, I'm reading John's Blog today and come across this...

 

Big Foot Cruiser Asked:

John Reply Please:

Me and the wife just got of the Sensation boat and we had a good time. During the cruise though I was told I could not come into dinner because I had a shirt on with no sleeves. Carnival did not tell me about this when we booked. I had to buy a shirt from the shop on the boat that cost $29. I feel I should be having my money back for this. Can you help me as I did not know and only bought shorts and wife beaters? I was on vacation. The food was good and the karaoke place was a lot of fun

Aaron

John Says:

Hello Big Foot Cruiser /Aaron

Thank you for writing and I am glad you had so much fun on the Carnival Ecstasy. I have to be honest and tell you that I didn’t know what a “wife beater” was and had to ask Uncle Google. I must say, that’s an awful analogy.

Anyway, the Maitre D’s are instructed to enforce various dress codes on our cruises and we do not allow Tank Tops or wife beaters as you call them (although it seems a rather cruel description) in the dining room. I am sorry that you had to buy a shirt in the on board shops but the dress codes are written on your ticket information which you receive before you sail so I am not in a position to refund the money for you. I hope though that the shirt is a wonderful reminder of your cruise and the next time you cruise and you have any questions beforehand please let me know here on the blog thingy.

Best wishes

John

 

 

This has got to be a joke!!! Please tell me this is a joke!!!

 

Ashley :)

 

 

Hi Ash! I think he is serious...poor guy. What I wanna know, is who even OWNS that many "wife beaters"?? I am hoping at least he brought a clean white one for formal nght bless his heart. LMAO! :D

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CarnivalFan2

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As a follow on, on John Heald's blog today he had a guy show up in the main theater without a shirt at all. During his excursion talk, John Heald said he couldn't concentrate because the guy kept scratching his "man boobs" & nipples.

 

Heald brought him on stage and asked him about it...guy said his nipples itched because his wife put suntan lotion on them. Heald went to the gift shop and bought the guy a Carnival Fantasy t-shirt with his own $$!!

 

I live in Texas (south) also, but episodes like these from certain "southerners" are not helping with the "Walmart of the Seas" image :cool:. Don't mean to stereotype.. guess there are folks like this up north also :confused:

 

Btw, I would be proud if my fiance wore my underpants as a shirt :D!

 

Marty & Jeanne

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Ashpalo

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Hi Ash! I think he is serious...poor guy. What I wanna know, is who even OWNS that many "wife beaters"?? I am hoping at least he brought a clean white one for formal nght bless his heart. LMAO! :D

 

 

Hey Nutty!!! Long time no "see"!!! Hope you're doing well! How was your February cruise on the Ecstasy? Did you like the "evolutions"?

 

Ashley :)

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Just off the Conquest, and we saw many dressed in T-shirts, Baseball caps, and Shorts in the 8:15pm main dining every evening. Dress code was never enforced for seven days.

 

Other than the ball cap, what was against the rules that needed to be enforced:confused:

 

...guy said his nipples itched because his wife put suntan lotion on them. Heald went to the gift shop and bought the guy a Carnival Fantasy t-shirt with his own $$!!

 

As long as he keeps rewarding idiotic behavior, this will continue. It is almost a game - "see how much of an asshat I can be and what can I get from John Heald as a reward"

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So, I'm reading John's Blog today and come across this...

 

Big Foot Cruiser Asked:

John Reply Please:

Me and the wife just got of the Sensation boat and we had a good time. During the cruise though I was told I could not come into dinner because I had a shirt on with no sleeves. Carnival did not tell me about this when we booked. I had to buy a shirt from the shop on the boat that cost $29. I feel I should be having my money back for this. Can you help me as I did not know and only bought shorts and wife beaters? I was on vacation. The food was good and the karaoke place was a lot of fun

Aaron

John Says:

Hello Big Foot Cruiser /Aaron

Thank you for writing and I am glad you had so much fun on the Carnival Ecstasy. I have to be honest and tell you that I didn’t know what a “wife beater” was and had to ask Uncle Google. I must say, that’s an awful analogy.

Anyway, the Maitre D’s are instructed to enforce various dress codes on our cruises and we do not allow Tank Tops or wife beaters as you call them (although it seems a rather cruel description) in the dining room. I am sorry that you had to buy a shirt in the on board shops but the dress codes are written on your ticket information which you receive before you sail so I am not in a position to refund the money for you. I hope though that the shirt is a wonderful reminder of your cruise and the next time you cruise and you have any questions beforehand please let me know here on the blog thingy.

Best wishes

John

 

 

This has got to be a joke!!! Please tell me this is a joke!!!

 

Ashley :)

 

This is not a joke. On our Valor cruise we saw someone in a wife beater in the dining room first night.

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No, it is totally true. I remember the first formal night on the Valor. Majority of people did make an attempt to dress as if they were going to a nice restaurant, but one couple with their children, well, didn't read the capers or hear the annoucements. The Maitre'd dd let them in, but they certainly looked out of place. All three of them were wearing tshirts and the most respectable logo on the shirt was the mothers, and you could clearly tell where they were from based on their tshirts and what was on it....didn't have to ask them to talk....dads was a little crude. The mum wore capri's and the son had sorta kinda shorts, but super long they were almost pants. Dad had camoflauge pattern pants on....I don't know if they felt out of place, but I surely would have.....

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So, I'm reading John's Blog today and come across this...

 

Big Foot Cruiser Asked:

John Reply Please:

Me and the wife just got of the Sensation boat and we had a good time. During the cruise though I was told I could not come into dinner because I had a shirt on with no sleeves. Carnival did not tell me about this when we booked. I had to buy a shirt from the shop on the boat that cost $29. I feel I should be having my money back for this. Can you help me as I did not know and only bought shorts and wife beaters? I was on vacation. The food was good and the karaoke place was a lot of fun

Aaron

John Says:

Hello Big Foot Cruiser /Aaron

Thank you for writing and I am glad you had so much fun on the Carnival Ecstasy. I have to be honest and tell you that I didn’t know what a “wife beater” was and had to ask Uncle Google. I must say, that’s an awful analogy.

Anyway, the Maitre D’s are instructed to enforce various dress codes on our cruises and we do not allow Tank Tops or wife beaters as you call them (although it seems a rather cruel description) in the dining room. I am sorry that you had to buy a shirt in the on board shops but the dress codes are written on your ticket information which you receive before you sail so I am not in a position to refund the money for you. I hope though that the shirt is a wonderful reminder of your cruise and the next time you cruise and you have any questions beforehand please let me know here on the blog thingy.

Best wishes

John

 

 

This has got to be a joke!!! Please tell me this is a joke!!!

 

Ashley :)

 

He write Sensation and John writes Ecstasy?

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...and all this time I've been spending $20+ on sports bra's when I could have been buying three for $6.99 at Walmart! Keep the redneck cost-cutting tips coming; I may be able to afford that 2011 cruise afterall! :)

 

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Nuttycruisegirl

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Hey Nutty!!! Long time no "see"!!! Hope you're doing well! How was your February cruise on the Ecstasy? Did you like the "evolutions"?

 

Ashley :)

 

Loved the ship redo! But I loved her anyhow....:) I am going again in October....You should come along!! Also going with the Crazies in Feb...Super Bowl weekend...there are some kids going...you should come and bring the kiddos! :D

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I'm surprised that in his reply, John got the name of the ship wrong!

 

Yeah - I noticed that the second time I read it. Maybe he just immediately associates "wife beaters" with Texas! :D (And before I get flamed for that comment - I live in Texas!!)

 

Ashley :)

 

No one has mentioned that the OP said Sensation and John says Escasty. Was John having a little cat nap while writing this one.
Wrong, two people did prior to you.
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cruise pup

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He wasn't forced to buy a shirt, he choose to buy it, he could have eaten at the buffet the way he was dressed.

 

Oh, come on . You have to feel for the guy. A whole $29. down the drain. Where will he ever need to wear that shirt again? He probably wouldn't be caught dead in a shirt with sleeves. And he probably went to all that trouble of braiding his armpit hair which his table mates never got to see. All I can say is suit and tie are coming off the packing list and being replaced with Hanes Beefy-T and bandana.

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