Cruise passengers threaten mutiny

[derf5585]

The BBC reports that passengers have threatened mutiny

from

http://www.cruisejunkie.com/events.html

 

Some passengers on the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship are threatening not to get off the ship

from

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/22/cruise.anger.ap/index.html

[Ginamarie]

OMG, this is really amusing. I just got my nighttime laugh before bed.

Next time I get to the end of my vacation and don't feel like going home yet, now I know what to do... mutiny I tell you!

[EPFudbutter]

I'd count myself lucky !

 

A full refund? What's wrong with people?

[Wendolyn]

Lol! A friend of mine's horribly pretentious and obnoxious parents are on that cruise. I pity their concierge.

[Cosmopolitan]

I'd count myself lucky !

 

A full refund? What's wrong with people?

 

Me too! "lucky" is not my name..

Grab that refund and run;)

[naragonl]

Sorry, I don't mean to be cruel, but all I have is a picture of 'geriatric' passengers in wheelchairs and canes waving them in the air at the crew.

 

I know that there is a good mix of age groups on the ship, it just popped into my mind.

[hotspur]

I'll bet that after the ports were dropped, the food, service, entertainment, and everything else quickly became a "NIGHTMARE." Be interesting to read what gets posted here.

[DroopySails]

Cunard attracts a rough-around-the-edges crowd, huh?

[Don Haynes]

Duplicate post. Sorry.....

[Don Haynes]

All of this for just one leg of her around the world cruise. There are more legs coming, and with the ship down to just 3 apizods instead of 4, I wonder how many more legs of this cruise will be without any ports of call? I also wonder when Cunard will inform their future passengers they will be missing ports of call? That's a lot of passengers to call, worldwide.....

 

This reminds me of the Dream last summer in Alaska.... Anyone current on the news will have heard about the QM2 losing one of its apizods. But how many are not that current with the news?

 

We'll hear that Cunard should have changed the intinerary or put her in drydock immediately. But drydocks aren't available immediately. And its kind of difficult to change the intinerary when the ship is booked with passengers embarking and disembarking around the world on different legs, which took months to accomplish.

[cuccicruisers]

Am I dreaming or did I see a documentary on the building of this ship where they had the same problem during sea trials??

[mbisson]

I'll bet that after the ports were dropped, the food, service, entertainment, and everything else quickly became a "NIGHTMARE." Be interesting to read what gets posted here.

 

You stated that well. I would bet that many who post what a nightmare there cruise was actually had something go wrong early in the cruise (bad boarding, stateroom, losing a port, ,,etc) and let it bother them until they found fault with everything on their cruise.

 

So-Don't worry. Be happy.

 

jmo

-Monte

[Retired not Expired]

What is truely sad here is you know the crew will take a big hit on tips.

[nitnyleo]

If I were to get "stuck" on a ship.....this would be the one!

 

I wonder how many free cocktails were served......(and, I REALLY wonder how many free cocktails the "mutineers" had)

[shoreguy]

We should force all these people to sail on the Dream :D :D

 

What a crowd. My favorite message from onboard the QM2

 

Julian Abbiati, who was supposed to meet his friends from the ship

during the scheduled stop in St. Kitts, writes, 'The people on the

vessel including my good friends should look to history and the likes of

the late Rosa Parks and stand their ground for a full refund and nothing

less!'

 

Ah, yes. Demanding a full refund on a luxury cruise is just like

sparking the civil rights movement

[newmexicoNita]

We should force all these people to sail on the Dream :D :D

 

What a crowd. My favorite message from onboard the QM2

 

Julian Abbiati, who was supposed to meet his friends from the ship

during the scheduled stop in St. Kitts, writes, 'The people on the

vessel including my good friends should look to history and the likes of

the late Rosa Parks and stand their ground for a full refund and nothing

less!'

 

Ah, yes. Demanding a full refund on a luxury cruise is just like

sparking the civil rights movement

let's face it, all kinds of nuts are out there. A full refund, standing your ground, becoming another Rosa Parks, NOT!!!!

[Don Haynes]

I wonder how they will feel when security opens their lock door and drags them off the ship? A half refund isn't enough? I wonder how their lawyers will find a loophole in the ironclad contract?

[mbisson]

We should force all these people to sail on the Dream :D :D

 

 

Now shoreguy, I don't know that I want them on the Dream. I'm afraid I'd be more comfortable on the Dream than the QM2. Too stuffy for my tastes.

 

-Monte

[Liv4cruzin]

Correct me if I'm wrong. But I think they blew out one of the bow thruster "doors".

[Cuizer2]

Correct me if I'm wrong. But I think they blew out one of the bow thruster "doors".

 

Yes, that is correct.

[derf5585]

(For a running commentary from a passenger onboard go to: http://www.jackatsea.com.)

from

http://www.cruisejunkie.com/events.html

[DroopySails]

Ah, yes. Demanding a full refund on a luxury cruise is just like sparking the civil rights movement

 

Unbelievable. Where do they get these people?

[beachchick]

This is killing me. It's unbelievable what some people expect as their "due," and how quick they are to think that it's fine to sue over a disappointment. Sorry, but really...boo-hoo-hoo, poor pax, stuck on a beautiful cruise ship. Yes, I'd be disappointed, but get real--50% off a future cruise for missing a few ports? I'd be all over that!

 

This is really upsetting me; I think I should start a class action lawsuit against these rebellious pax. Anyone want to join me?

 

beachchick

[Cuizer2]

This is killing me. It's unbelievable what some people expect as their "due," and how quick they are to think that it's fine to sue over a disappointment. Sorry, but really...boo-hoo-hoo, poor pax, stuck on a beautiful cruise ship. Yes, I'd be disappointed, but get real--50% off a future cruise for missing a few ports? I'd be all over that!

 

This is really upsetting me; I think I should start a class action lawsuit against these rebellious pax. Anyone want to join me?

 

beachchick

 

What are your damages?

[mbisson]

Ya know, I though I'd try to give a serious thought to this (at least for me).

 

I know that some people really enjoy sea days and to them this would be a dream cruise, but my family really enjoys port days much better. More than one or two sea days on a cruise and we start to get bored. That said I can understand why many passengers are disappointed, but to me, even as much as we enjoy port days 50% off the next cruise would seem to be adequate.

 

jmo

-Monte