Have you ever seen Celebrity staff cut off passengers who were quite drunk?

[the penguins]

1 hour ago, zitsky said:

This is also how they handle complaints about the food.

We have never been escorted from the dining room by Security 🤣🤣🤣

We did get a special dessert made for by the Pastry Chef after we questioned if the ship had run out of apples. This followed an hilarious incident early that morning in the Al Bacio when a whole batch of the apple turnovers was found to contain no apple - beautifully cooked but absolutely no filling.

By coincidence that evening the Chef was visiting the tables and I cheekily raised the matter - he said he knew of the incident and they still couldn't understand how it had happened. He then said that he would make me a special dessert for the next night. The dessert turned out to be a giant turnover so stuffed with apple it was amazing it held together. Happy memories.

[Ex-Airbalancer]

3 hours ago, the penguins said:

We have never been escorted from the dining room by Security 🤣🤣🤣

We did get a special dessert made for by the Pastry Chef after we questioned if the ship had run out of apples. This followed an hilarious incident early that morning in the Al Bacio when a whole batch of the apple turnovers was found to contain no apple - beautifully cooked but absolutely no filling.

By coincidence that evening the Chef was visiting the tables and I cheekily raised the matter - he said he knew of the incident and they still couldn't understand how it had happened. He then said that he would make me a special dessert for the next night. The dessert turned out to be a giant turnover so stuffed with apple it was amazing it held together. Happy memories.

That must of been years ago ! 
I haven’t seen Apple turnovers this decade 😢

[hcat]

 

 

The Apple Story is priceless.  Glad the chef made amends.  Used to enjoy all the cooking demos  (so well attended) with free samples at the end.

 

.Bet now the chefs hide because of what  corporate says they must do to stretch and reduce quality of the product.

 

 

Edited September 16, 2023 by hcat

[Ex-Airbalancer]

4 minutes ago, hcat said:

 

 

The Apple Story is pricrless.  Glad the chef made amends.  Used to enjoy all the cooking demos  (so well attended) with free samples at the end.

 

.Bet now the chefs hide because of what  corporate says they must do to stretch and reduce quality of the product.

 

 

The chefs should be celebrated for what they can do with the minimum amount of money they are allowed per person 

[hcat]

18 hours ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

If they not hurting anyone , what is the problem 🤔

Ruining others enjoyment is a problem!

 

Over consumption of alcohol was  much less of  an issue on "X"  before they introduced drink packages.  People want their money's worth and a different clientele switched over to X   immediately.  

 

We have observed "Bar Stool hogs" at the aft bar on Reflection...very loud and rowdy crowd... It ruined that space but we just avoided the area. Could not even hear the  nice guitar music back there.

 

Worst we ever saw, however  was a large group, mostly young people, some with families, many  solo,  who were treated to a short cruise by their  employer.  Many of them  probably never went on a cruise before. Many of them were drunk morning,  day and night, and were very rowdy wherever they hung out..

 

Other passengers stayed away, and security gave them a bit of slack...until there was a daytime brawl,  broken beer bottles and glass  landing in the main pool..which had to be  cleared

 

.It was unfortinate they ruined things for others..but happy it was a short cruise.

 

Edited September 16, 2023 by hcat

[Ex-Airbalancer]

3 minutes ago, hcat said:

Ruining others enjoyment is a problem!

 

Over consumption of alcohol was  much less of  an issue on "X"  before they introduced drink packages.  People want their money's worth and a different clientele switched over to X   immediately.  

 

We have observed "Bar Stool hogs" at the aft bar on Reflection...very loud and rowdy crowd... It ruined that space but we just avoided the area. Could not even hear the  nice guitar music back there.

 

Worst we ever saw, however  was a large group, mostly young people, some with families, many  solo,  who were treated to a short cruise by their  employer.  Many of them  probably never went on a cruise before. Many of them were drunk morning,  day and night, and were very rowdy wherever they hung out..

 

Other passengers stayed away, and security gave them a bit of slack...until there was a daytime brawl,  broken beer bottles and glass  landing in the main pool..which had to be  cleared

 

.It was unfortinate they ruined things for others..but happy it was a short cruise.

 

People can be rowdy without alcohol 

 

[the penguins]

1 hour ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

That must of been years ago ! 
I haven’t seen Apple turnovers this decade 😢

You need to get up earlier. This was Silhouette May last year. Turnovers available every morning in Al Bacio from around 8 until around 10.🤣

[Ex-Airbalancer]

22 minutes ago, the penguins said:

You need to get up earlier. This was Silhouette May last year. Turnovers available every morning in Al Bacio from around 8 until around 10.🤣

8am is about the middle of the afternoon for me 😢

[Baggy178]

38 minutes ago, the penguins said:

You need to get up earlier. This was Silhouette May last year. Turnovers available every morning in Al Bacio from around 8 until around 10.🤣

 

 

I don't know about a turnover at that ungodly hour but I certainly need a hand getting up from a blowout breakfast in the OVC.

Mmmmm, crispy bacon. Nom,nom,nom.

[the penguins]

1 hour ago, hcat said:

 

 

The Apple Story is priceless.  Glad the chef made amends.  Used to enjoy all the cooking demos  (so well attended) with free samples at the end.

 

.Bet now the chefs hide because of what  corporate says they must do to stretch and reduce quality of the product.

 

 

It was hilarious - it was 8.0 am and you can imagine the scene.

I bit into the first one -  no apple.

Guy at the counter apologized and gave me another - I asked him to cut it open - no apple.

The supervisor joined us and he picked another from the other end of the tray - no apple.

The guy from the Galley  who had brought in the turnovers arrived back with more trays of cakes. He also chose a turnover - no apple.

By now the Supervisor was on the phone to the Pastry Chef who at first couldn't get his head round the situation possible because the Supervisor   could hardly stop laughing. The Guy from the Galley was told to take the offending tray and 2 other trays back to the galley.

I gave up on the idea of a turnover and settled for some cookies.

For the rest of the cruise the turnovers were great.

Later in the day I was telling the tale to Julie the Guest Relations Director ( anyone who knows her will be aware that she has wicked sense of humour) and she was quickly on the phone to the Head Chef enquiring about the "new range of diet turnovers". Happy memories.

 

[hcat]

1 hour ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

People can be rowdy without alcohol 

 

true, but alcohol releases inhibitions. Many who abuse alcohol put their own  interests above those of others around them.

 

At least they are not driving!

[Xrayal]

I will happily admit that I was having an excellent evening on Celebrity Constellation which ended at the Martini bar. Had it not been for my husband there's no way I'd have made it back to my cabin.  The hangover the next day taught me not to repeat that and ruin a day of my cruise! Even drunk I'm quite reserved though, so wouldn't be forcing myself on others with conversation or getting in their space.

 

In 2021, the gentleman we witnessed remove all his clothes at Martini bar on Silhouette was removed by security.  We didn't see him at the bar again!

[islabahia]

2 hours ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

People can be rowdy without alcohol 

 

Rowdy people without alcohol are IMO much less obnoxious than alcohol fueled rowdy people.

Edited September 16, 2023 by islabahia

[hcat]

3 hours ago, the penguins said:

It was hilarious - it was 8.0 am and you can imagine the scene.

I bit into the first one -  no apple.

Guy at the counter apologized and gave me another - I asked him to cut it open - no apple.

The supervisor joined us and he picked another from the other end of the tray - no apple.

The guy from the Galley  who had brought in the turnovers arrived back with more trays of cakes. He also chose a turnover - no apple.

By now the Supervisor was on the phone to the Pastry Chef who at first couldn't get his head round the situation possible because the Supervisor   could hardly stop laughing. The Guy from the Galley was told to take the offending tray and 2 other trays back to the galley.

I gave up on the idea of a turnover and settled for some cookies.

For the rest of the cruise the turnovers were great.

Later in the day I was telling the tale to Julie the Guest Relations Director ( anyone who knows her will be aware that she has wicked sense of humour) and she was quickly on the phone to the Head Chef enquiring about the "new range of diet turnovers". Happy memories.

 

and now we are all.laughing.. you tell a great story!

[the penguins]

17 minutes ago, hcat said:

and now we are all.laughing.. you tell a great story!

We always try to see the funny side - enjoying life and cruising.

[Cruise till you drop]

2 hours ago, islabahia said:

Rowdy people without alcohol are IMO much less obnoxious than alcohol fueled rowdy people.

But a lot less funny to watch 😂 

[BrendaJ]

I think the bartenders should have a whole raft of non-alcoholic fake beverages ready to switch out on people who are getting a little too inebriated.

 

My cousin used to serve beer at Oktoberfest  in Munich (you know, the giant steins of beer?)   He said if he or any other server saw anyone getting out of hand, they’d start substituting non-alcoholic beer.   Anyone that drunk evidently doesn’t taste the difference.   Seems like a really good plan so that everyone is happy and safe.

[doghog]

40 minutes ago, BrendaJ said:

I think the bartenders should have a whole raft of non-alcoholic fake beverages ready to switch out on people who are getting a little too inebriated.

 

My cousin used to serve beer at Oktoberfest  in Munich (you know, the giant steins of beer?)   He said if he or any other server saw anyone getting out of hand, they’d start substituting non-alcoholic beer.   Anyone that drunk evidently doesn’t taste the difference.   Seems like a really good plan so that everyone is happy and safe.

I drink shots. 🤣

[BrendaJ]

23 minutes ago, doghog said:

I drink shots. 🤣

Apparently, there is alcohol-free gin.   I don’t know about anything else but who knows.

[doghog]

6 minutes ago, BrendaJ said:

Apparently, there is alcohol-free gin.   I don’t know about anything else but who knows.

I don't drink gin shots. 

[C4HCG]

On 9/15/2023 at 8:47 PM, Whinenowine said:

One thing that's always bothered me are those people who feel the need to "drink their money's worth".  Not the majority of people, of course, but I've run across them on many cruises--especially the shorter ones.  They're the people who are already on their 3rd drink by 10am (true story).  

 

So.....question related to this thread topic:  as the cost of drink packages has jumped to much over the past year or so, do people think we'll see more alcohol consumption (and perhaps more booze-fueled bad behavior) on board going forward?

 

What’s wrong with people wanting to drink their moneys worth? I most certainly do and probably fail, never added it up. Have only cruised 5 times and have never seen any booze fuelled bad behaviour at all (strangely my wife says she sees it daily 😁) but I have seen people being rude and obnoxious stone cold sober, at least drunks have an excuse.

[the penguins]

7 hours ago, Baggy178 said:

 

 

I don't know about a turnover at that ungodly hour but I certainly need a hand getting up from a blowout breakfast in the OVC.

Mmmmm, crispy bacon. Nom,nom,nom.

Our early morning routine fits around my wife's need to take slow release morphine and nerve blockers followed by a 30 minute sleep. While she takes her nap I "pop down" to Al Bacio for a Latte and Apple Turnover. We are then set up for the day which generally starts at the Elite Breakfast in Tuscan. 

[doghog]

17 minutes ago, C4HCG said:

What’s wrong with people wanting to drink their moneys worth? I most certainly do and probably fail, never added it up. Have only cruised 5 times and have never seen any booze fuelled bad behaviour at all (strangely my wife says she sees it daily 😁) but I have seen people being rude and obnoxious stone cold sober, at least drunks have an excuse.

I even try to get my moneys worth eating. 🍻🤣

[mom says]

1 hour ago, C4HCG said:

 but I have seen people being rude and obnoxious stone cold sober, at least drunks have an excuse.

No, they have a reason for it. Drunkenness  is no excuse for bad behavior.

[C4HCG]

1 minute ago, mom says said:

No, they have a reason for it. Drunkenness  is no excuse for bad behavior.

Educate me then, why does a sober person behave in a rude and obnoxious way?