Randyk47 Posted August 19, 2013 #26 Share Posted August 19, 2013 No more Caribbean cruises...been there, done that too many times. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaktreerb Posted August 19, 2013 #27 Share Posted August 19, 2013 The first thing I do when I get on the ship is identify the casino and figure out how I can walk through the ship without going through the smoky casino. On the Amsterdam they allowed smoking at the bar in the Crows Nest. Another area to avoid for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaofami Posted August 19, 2013 #28 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Me 6 and DH 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmcfad2 Posted August 19, 2013 #29 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We skip the Mariner brunch.We skip the debarkation talk. We skip the crew show. We skip art auctions. We bypass photographers, but will pose when we are looking and feeling good and may even buy a photo. We don't pick up our free photo of the ship. I would rather not have towel animals. We hope to skip the master chef's dinner/dessert parade. No luck so far. We hope to skip announcements. No luck so far. This could have been written by me......except I love the towel animals :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising Ham Posted August 19, 2013 #30 Share Posted August 19, 2013 ...I never go to the show on the first cruise night... Why not? Not challenging, just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDsquared Posted August 19, 2013 #31 Share Posted August 19, 2013 No more cruiseline shore excursions! I felt like a shlub after my first cruise when we discovered how much we could save and enjoy ourselves if we booked on our own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlohaPride Posted August 19, 2013 #32 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I won't book a cruise shorter than 10 days. With all the effort it takes to get off this rock in the middle of the Pacific, 7 days is just not enough. I won't book another cabin with a balcony. I couldn't get my husband out on it to enjoy it with me, so we never used it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startwin Posted August 19, 2013 #33 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Why not? Not challenging, just curious. I've seen it too many times - it's always the same. "Let me entertain you". :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted August 19, 2013 #34 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We haven't had the photographers take our picture on embarkation day, or in the dining room or around the ship or at the gangway in years. We know that we will never buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising-along Posted August 19, 2013 #35 Share Posted August 19, 2013 No more Caribbean, once was enough No cruise shorter than 10 days No spa, don't need the sales pitch No Mariners brunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Eyes Are Sailing Posted August 19, 2013 #36 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Seems to be lots of people in the witness protection program on HAL ships:D Or they are undercover spies.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipity1499 Posted August 19, 2013 #37 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We don't let the ever present photographers take our picture. Normally No photographs for us either, especially on embarkation! Cheers...Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saphire Posted August 19, 2013 #38 Share Posted August 19, 2013 -We won't go to dinner in the Lido again. It just isn't special enough. -We will never go to the MDR for breakfast on the last morning. Much too long of a wait! -Won't do the spa raffle again, and we also avoid many of the photo ops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowPrincess Posted August 19, 2013 #39 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We won't do the Pinnacle for dinner again. We won't do the lower-cost wine tasting again. We won't feel that we need to attend everything listed in the daily program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ship's Wake Posted August 19, 2013 #40 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I will never show up for the buffet a couple of minutes before posted closing hours. I skipped dinner in the dining room one night on an Alaskan cruise to be outside watching the beautiful scenery. Showed up to the buffet at 7:57 or so and literally had the crew closing the screens on the buffet exactly at 8pm. No exaggeration - I had to beg them to serve me. Learned my lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlsSalt Posted August 19, 2013 #41 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We find many, but not all, of the port lectures interesting. No, they are not there to just sell shore excursions. On our last cruise in fact she kept repeating these two divisions were very separate operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Scrapnana Posted August 19, 2013 #42 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Will not: do anything related to the spa listen to shopping talks (walked out of last one) eat first sitting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted August 19, 2013 #43 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We won't: - visit the Caribbean, even if free - sail FROM New Jersey or New York on any cruise shorter than 14 days - eat at Pinnacle on Eurodam - pose for photos / buy photos - attend any production show - do any Mariner / suite brunch/happy hour/etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igraf Posted August 19, 2013 #44 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Interesting that negative references to the Caribbean came up several times in this thread. We live in California and always take a land trip to Hawaii whenever we desire to see tropical islands. I think that we are making the right choice. igraf [quote name='sppunk']We won't: - visit the Caribbean, even if free - sail FROM New Jersey or New York on any cruise shorter than 14 days - eat at Pinnacle on Eurodam - pose for photos / buy photos - attend any production show - do any Mariner / suite brunch/happy hour/etc[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamOp Posted August 19, 2013 #45 Share Posted August 19, 2013 [quote name='igraf']Interesting that negative references to the Caribbean came up several times in this thread. We live in California and always [B]take a land trip to Hawaii[/B] whenever we desire to see tropical islands. I think that we are making the right choice. igraf[/QUOTE] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Blue"]So glad to hear the new interstate highway from LA to Hawaii is finally done. :D [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR="Magenta"](I knew what you meant, but couldn't resist. :o)[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon1 Posted August 19, 2013 #46 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Buy photos form the photo gallery. We've cruised enough times and don't need a drawer full of useless paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Crew News Posted August 19, 2013 #47 Share Posted August 19, 2013 No ship's photographs on embarkation No ship's photographs with folks in bear, eagle, pirate, moose, bear, etc costumes No cruise DVDs - I make my own digital memories No shopping lectures No bingo No bar crawl No art auctions No onshore shopping at Carnival Corp stores No Lido Restaurant on embarkation day No Ochio Rios vendor harassment No whale watching in Victoria BC - no comparison to Juneau No glass-bottomed boats - boat speed in shallow water gives me motion sickness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlohaPride Posted August 19, 2013 #48 Share Posted August 19, 2013 [quote name='igraf']Interesting that negative references to the Caribbean came up several times in this thread. We live in California and always take a land trip to Hawaii whenever we desire to see tropical islands. I think that we are making the right choice. igraf[/QUOTE] If I lived in Cali, I'd for SURE take the 15 day Circle Hawaii as often as I could. All those sea days = Heaven. In fact, the 15 day Circle Hawaii is on my bucket list and I LIVE in Hawaii. ROFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxguy77 Posted August 20, 2013 #49 Share Posted August 20, 2013 :D[quote name='iancal']-we breeze by the photographers -we never attend any of those events just to get a free glass of that horrible wine or champagne -we never attend those shopping promotions disguised as port talks -we never shop at those so called approved stores during port stops[/QUOTE] [COLOR="DarkRed"]A lot of people agree with these!:D Bingo used to be OK, but the last cruise (HAL) they kept an enormous % of the money played. :mad: [/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsyAnne Posted August 20, 2013 #50 Share Posted August 20, 2013 No plank walking, no matter how much DH encourages me to try new things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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