RCCL-Savings Seats Policy?

[ahecht]

I think a person saving one seat is almost never unreasonable (for example, if your SO is in the bathroom). One person saving more than one seat (or two saving more than two, etc.) is where it starts to become a problem.

[EaganCruiser]

ahect...i agree with you 1000%...one saving one or two saving two...is very ok...one savings 5 or 6 or 12 NO WAY...but if RRCL is not going to enforce...it will continue to be a problem...

[trev71]

Saving seats is a pain. I never save them only when my DW does to the washroom before the show starts, or vice versa. I got a lecture from someone once for doing that. I just smile and said she was in the washroom relax. I cant imagine saving 12 seats :(

[Sunflower&Scientist]

I've never had a problem with seating on deck or otherwise, but if there was a time on deck that I did...how wrong is it to just put the sun tan lotion below the seat and enjoy one of those "taken" deck chairs? Would I get in trouble? Seems to me that if people just started sitting in "taken" seats people would stop saving them so much knowing it wouldn't do them much good.

[nolimits]

We where on a honeymoon cruise our friends daughters.We all went after wedding,Our families had 22Ds on board the one night we conquered the outside deck of the D lounge.2 couples age 35 or so came out and sat with us stating there where no seats inside do we mind . I thought a little strange since since we where obviously all together.They where very friendly as we where also.I wish I had a picture to explain .We are 50 somthings the kids 20 somthings there where two seat on the kids side and two on the adultside .They just filled in. The next day they joined us on a private excursion and the kids still email. So being polite on there part led us all to new friends.We weren't saving seats at tables but they where there.

[sharpasice]

We were on the Oasis a few months ago and there were two couples..friends obviously, who put their things on 4 seats in the shade. I thought they were then going to the pool but NO, they walked over to 4 seats in the sun to have their drinks and lay in the sun. When they got too hot, they'd walk over to the saved, shaded seats ...then back to the sun...they did this for about an hour so we told a drink server about it..who said he'd tell someone but never saw anything done, as they were doing it again the next day.

[Johnkut]

On the Indy in December the pool attendants put little paper clocks on your chair stating the time it was put there with a 30 minute notification. So if you weren't back in 30 minutes, your chair was given up. And they were pretty quick with it. Twice I went to get a drink at the pool bar and came back, and there was the sign.

[karenemily]

We have a family travel policy that I wish the world would follow. See we usually travel with our 4(me, DH, daughter, and son) and at least one set of grand parents. Most of the time we are a party of 8.

 

So our rule is this: we set a time to meet, usually 10-20 minutes before the doors open. If you know you want a seat with the group then you are there at that time or you send a message that you are coming with someone who is headed that way. We don't save seats just because you are part of our group or you said you might be there.

 

This has worked really well for us. And like I said I wish more people did this.

 

 

 

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[lady_cruiser]

On our last cruise on the Navigator, Mary 2-9th, I saw someone safe about 6 loungers in the Solarium (for several hours). While I would have love one of those seats near the windows it just wasn't worth it to me getting into an argument by taking one of those loungers. I probably would be the one whose day would have been ruined by the confrontation so we just got a couple of loungers behind them, against the wall. And we still enjoyed ourselves.

[Stephluva2711]

My opinion, there is nothing rude or socially incorrect when one holds a seat for his/her traveling partner (anywhere on the ship). I would even extend this to a family where dad and one sibling are holding two seats for mom and the other sibling.

 

Where it crosses the line is where one person is sent to hold 6 or more seats for their extended family reunion participants or their 7 or 8 "friends" who are in the casino trying to win back their losses before the show.

 

Regarding the confrontations....say what you want to me, but call my children and wife ugly names, you and I are going to step outside and have a dialogue.

 

I totally agree with you, there are certain right and wrongs for saving seats as you pointed out, for instance my mom is blind, last cruise on allure i went ahead and got a seat for her and my lil sister since i know she takes awhile on the steps since she can't see. so i held 2 seats and got a dirty look lol. however i simply ignored them since my mother was literally already in the theater but just going very slow taking the steps with my sister.

 

however for people to get so angry because someone sat in one of the 9 seats they were holding and call them rude profanities, that's just wrong. Let the gloves come off! lol

[OCruisers]

Having a policy and enforcing the policy are two different things. :rolleyes:

LuLu

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[Gayle V]

Once, hubby and I arrived early enough for the show that we got second row seats. We then ordered drinks from one of the waiters who come around. When he brought the order, he accidentally handed hubby back the wrong Sign and Sail card, and walked away. Hubby had to jump up and follow him halfway to the back of the theater to retrieve his card. Seeing the crowds moving in toward any empty seat, I set my small purse on hubby's spot. An elderly couple came up right then and sat there anyway. The man sat on my purse, and refuse to either move nor to give me back my purse. He just kept repeating "No saving seats. No saving seats!" He had to have been nearly deaf, cause I eventually was shouting "You're on my purse. Give it back!." He was too deaf and too dense to understand that, much less understand that we'd been sitting there for nearly half an hour already. Finally his wife made him give back the purse, but neither one of them would give back my husbands seat. Rather than slug the old idiot, (which I was sorely tempted to do) we ended up leaving entirely, as there wasn't even good standing room left anymore.

Edited March 16, 2014 by Gayle V

[dudaze11]

My wife and I are not really particular about where we sit. We enjoy sitting somewhere in the vicinity of the main pool to watch the daily things that go on. We will typically find one chair and will rotate one of us in and out of the pool and chair. We get a huge kick out of the shenanigans that go on with chogging and anti chogging efforts. Inevitably, the chair next to ours will open up and that is our time to hang out. If there isn't a chair at the show, we take it as our sign to find one of the other 500 things to do on the ship that night.

[BND]

Saving a seat for a spouse or friend, etc is fine if they're just going to the bathroom, or something similar. That is not what the rule is about at all. But, I feel you should arrive together if you want to sit together. I've watched people save multiple seats only to have whoever they were saving them for not show up. If you're with a party of 12 and want 12 seats, then make sure all 12 are there at the same time. I think it's obnoxiously rude to save a row of seats, but I could see my DH's family do it. They're a large hispanic group who would think nothing of saving seats, which would totally embarass DH and I. They honestly see it as doing something for their family/friends and not as impacting others. But, it would not go over well with DH and I.

 

We also get to the theater as early as we can if it's something we really want to see. Otherwise, we'll go and just sit up in the balcony. I rarely want to sit that close to the front, but there are always those that have to. One trip, a man would sit in the front row and save his wife and 2 daughter's seats. Right before the show started they would parade in, in their short skirts and high heels. It was so obvious about the attention and being noticed. DH and I thought the worst part was how proud dad was that his daughter's were dressed the way they were, which wasn't all that classy. They were probably about 15 and 16. Anyway, that parade every night was a bigger issue than them saving seats. LOL

Edited March 16, 2014 by BND