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12 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

What makes him an excellent Captain, and how does that improve your cruise experience?

 

Very personable, very approachable, crew loves him, and does a music set.

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He pulled up a chair by our family in the Windjammer for breakfast. He was totally interested in how our cruise was going. The Bon Jovi cover songs were awesome. I don't think I can tell you another captains name. But I will always remember Marek Slaby.

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4 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

What makes him an excellent Captain, and how does that improve your cruise experience?

 

27 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Rick Sullivan sings, not something I need to see again. 

 

Grumpy much?  😮 

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49 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said:

 

 

Grumpy much?  😮 

 

Honestly curious. 

Looking for ways to improve the experience 

I honestly dont recall my trip being significantly impacted by the guy on the bridge 

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2 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Honestly curious. 

Looking for ways to improve the experience 

I honestly dont recall my trip being significantly impacted by the guy on the bridge 

Except that you finished your cruise without doing a Costa Concordia 🙂

 

We did a NYE cruise 2017/8 on Vision. That NYE evening things were warming up nicely in the atrium when  Capt Marek and his teenage daughter took the stage with the band and let it rip. It was a highlight of the evening.

 

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2 hours ago, pspercy said:

 That NYE evening things were warming up nicely in the atrium when  Capt Marek and his teenage daughter took the stage with the band and let it rip. It was a highlight of the evening.

 

And if that was the staff captain, the night would have been different how?

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6 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Honestly curious. 

Looking for ways to improve the experience 

I honestly dont recall my trip being significantly impacted by the guy on the bridge 

 

Captain Marek is very personable with a great sense of humor!  He does a mean Mustang Sally rendition (I think there's a UTube video) and is just generally a lot of fun.  We were invited to eat dinner with him in Giovanni's on the Vision last year and had a great time!  His crew all seemed very happy as well which always makes us happy!

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I wonder if he's still playing crew vs guests in pool volleyball. We played them close but their experience (and sobriety) overcame our best efforts.

 

The teams were introduced by first name and as we were in line disembarking three days later, Captain Marek was thanking everyone for sailing with Royal. He remembered and thanked me by name.

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8 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Honestly curious. 

Looking for ways to improve the experience 

I honestly dont recall my trip being significantly impacted by the guy on the bridge 

I always thought the same thing. Until I sailed with him. 

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The crew truly loves him, and that means they love their jobs--that has an impact every day in everything you do.  We've had lots of crew members tell us what a difference he makes in their lives, and they, of course, make a difference in ours.  The fact that he's fun and interacts with the passengers makes it more fun, also.  I would always choose his ship over another if it's possible to do so.

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On 5/24/2019 at 4:49 AM, Biker19 said:

And if that was the staff captain, the night would have been different how?

 

Obviously that would depend on that person's talents or otherwise.

Pretty simple.

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10 hours ago, pspercy said:

 

Obviously that would depend on that person's talents or otherwise.

Pretty simple.

I think most who are questioning how a Captain can make someone's cruise any different point to this - it's just some staff members' other talents, in this case it happened to be the Captain. It wasn't the Captain's ability to drive the ship or some other bridge related duty that made it special.

 

Biker, who's only memorable staff member ever was Topi.

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