Rare Stickman1990 Posted September 23, 2023 #1 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Today marks the opening of Burger station to offers some items after 2pm - to tide over those who haven’t had enough to eat or are returning from excursions I’ll report back on menu options later in the day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florisdekort Posted September 23, 2023 #2 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Great news. Let’s hope it’s not a one off or just for a few days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruzin Posted September 23, 2023 #3 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Awesome! Could you grab a snapshot of the menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruzin Posted September 23, 2023 #4 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Today is a Sea Day, right? Two of the pools/bars are closed - all day??? 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare morpheusofthesea Posted September 23, 2023 #5 Share Posted September 23, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, happy cruzin said: Today is a Sea Day, right? Two of the pools/bars are closed - all day??? 😬 They needed someone to flip the newly opened burger option? All day means prep and cleanup? Edited September 23, 2023 by morpheusofthesea 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruzin Posted September 23, 2023 #6 Share Posted September 23, 2023 1 minute ago, morpheusofthesea said: They needed someone to flip the newly opened burger option? All day means prep and cleanup? Maybe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare morpheusofthesea Posted September 23, 2023 #7 Share Posted September 23, 2023 13 minutes ago, happy cruzin said: Maybe! They do this on MSC, but only on Ocean Cay day. Those bartenders are needed on the island. On sea days all 11 bars are open for business and even on port days all 11 are open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruzin Posted September 23, 2023 #8 Share Posted September 23, 2023 1 minute ago, morpheusofthesea said: They do this on MSC, but only on Ocean Cay day. Those bartenders are needed on the island. On sea days all 11 bars are open for business and even on port days all 11 are open. On another page someone said there is construction happening on the Astern Pool deck and she hopes this means they are fixing to roof of the Conservatory pool too. 🤷🏻♀️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare morpheusofthesea Posted September 23, 2023 #9 Share Posted September 23, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, happy cruzin said: On another page someone said there is construction happening on the Astern Pool deck and she hopes this means they are fixing to roof of the Conservatory pool too. 🤷🏻♀️ This is one of the main reasons why travel gurus advise never to book these beginning ‘shakeout’ cruises of new or just before and after a dry dock. Am anticipating that most of all the problems expressed these last weeks will be ironed out. Our butler Vishnu told us it took 3 months for everyone on the new rollout of the MSC Seaside to get their acts together. The negative reviews reflected as much. Even the Captain made a public apology and promised things would get better. It did. We haven’t stopped sailing MSC. It is our home away from home. Explora just opened up check in for our cruise. If it is anything like MSC it makes no difference to request anything until one is on board and has the ‘ear’ of a concierge or butler. Edited September 23, 2023 by morpheusofthesea 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunagoras Posted September 23, 2023 #10 Share Posted September 23, 2023 15 minutes ago, happy cruzin said: On another page someone said there is construction happening on the Astern Pool deck and she hopes this means they are fixing to roof of the Conservatory pool too. 🤷🏻♀️ Fixing the first user bugs. This is why I believe MSC group should have had those cruises on the first 6 operational months done at a hard discount (call it soft opening mode) and not the regular set prices. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallys_World Posted September 23, 2023 #11 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Today is a Sea Day, right? Two of the pools/bars are closed - all day??? We’re in Canada today and due to local regulations only one bar per deck can be open while in port. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruzin Posted September 23, 2023 #12 Share Posted September 23, 2023 9 minutes ago, Wallys_World said: Today is a Sea Day, right? Two of the pools/bars are closed - all day??? We’re in Canada today and due to local regulations only one bar per deck can be open while in port. Ahh….thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare morpheusofthesea Posted September 23, 2023 #13 Share Posted September 23, 2023 28 minutes ago, Wallys_World said: Today is a Sea Day, right? Two of the pools/bars are closed - all day??? We’re in Canada today and due to local regulations only one bar per deck can be open while in port. Yes that is true when docked at Canadian ports. But extending this to open sea is stretching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stickman1990 Posted September 23, 2023 Author #14 Share Posted September 23, 2023 3 hours ago, Wallys_World said: Today is a Sea Day, right? Two of the pools/bars are closed - all day??? No today is a port day in St John, New Brunswick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stickman1990 Posted September 23, 2023 Author #15 Share Posted September 23, 2023 4 hours ago, happy cruzin said: Awesome! Could you grab a snapshot of the menu? Basically it’s everything served there at lunch time then some salads, cheese and salami added 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Critically Cruising Posted September 24, 2023 #16 Share Posted September 24, 2023 And the "Burger Station" turns out to be a ONE DAY experiment. Can't run it two days in a row, it seems. The fails continue. And no matter how impressive one might find the ship, the other issues are death by a thousand cuts. No one single problem is deal-breaking, but the cumulative effect is telling. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Luxury Posted September 24, 2023 #17 Share Posted September 24, 2023 17 hours ago, Stickman1990 said: Basically it’s everything served there at lunch time then some salads, cheese and salami added I have heard of lettuce and Thousand island dressing. Could what they say on the menu be a combination of both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruzin Posted September 24, 2023 #18 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Critically Cruising said: And the "Burger Station" turns out to be a ONE DAY experiment. Can't run it two days in a row, it seems. The fails continue. And no matter how impressive one might find the ship, the other issues are death by a thousand cuts. No one single problem is deal-breaking, but the cumulative effect is telling. Edited September 24, 2023 by happy cruzin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Stickman1990 Posted September 24, 2023 Author #19 Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Critically Cruising said: And the "Burger Station" turns out to be a ONE DAY experiment. Can't run it two days in a row, it seems. The fails continue. And no matter how impressive one might find the ship, the other issues are death by a thousand cuts. No one single problem is deal-breaking, but the cumulative effect is telling. Clearly it’s not the line for you so you’ll be glad when tomorrow rolls around and you can disembark never to return to Explora It’s a sea day today - so it’s not operating - that doesn’t mean it was a one day experiment - it means it will operate on port days to cater for those returning from ashore On sea days I guess they figure people are smart enough to manage their food intake around the standard dining hours - or use Crema, Afternoon tea or the extensive room service menu 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted September 24, 2023 #20 Share Posted September 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, Stickman1990 said: Clearly it’s not the line for you so you’ll be glad when tomorrow rolls around and you can disembark never to return to Explora It’s a sea day today - so it’s not operating - that doesn’t mean it was a one day experiment - it means it will operate on port days to cater for those returning from ashore On sea days I guess they figure people are smart enough to manage their food intake around the standard dining hours - or use Crema, Afternoon tea or the extensive room service menu We hope you are correct. In this blog we certainly see the difference between the "cup is half full" vs "the cup is half empty." 🙂 Hank 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Waltershipman Posted September 24, 2023 #21 Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Hlitner said: We hope you are correct. In this blog we certainly see the difference between the "cup is half full" vs "the cup is half empty." 🙂 Hank Half full is way better Gratitude is the absolute BEST 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelleherdl Posted September 24, 2023 #22 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Hlitner said: We hope you are correct. In this blog we certainly see the difference between the "cup is half full" vs "the cup is half empty." 🙂 Hank I’d like to the demographics of the Half-full versus Half-empty based on actual current or prior Explora I passengers versus planned or never passengers. I posit that the ‘actual’ passengers will skew towards the Half-full. Personally, I’m in the 8 out of 10 range. Edited September 24, 2023 by kelleherdl 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted September 24, 2023 #23 Share Posted September 24, 2023 When we board, tomorrow, EJ will have a clean slate (in our mind). That being said, the pre-cruise communication from EJ is atrocious and, at this point, that cannot change. Consider that we are booked aboard until Oct 13, and the posts here give us cause to expect "issues" on Oct 12. That being said, we have never heard a single word from EJ, or our long-time trusty cruise agency, about the situation regarding that day. Obviously, EJ, thinks so little of their paying passengers that they see no reason to keep them informed about changes that will, at the very least, inconvenience all aboard. That being said, we also acknowledge that the onboard folks have nothing to do with the Oct 12 "fiasco" that has already caused lots of grief for some who have been made aware of the changes. Hank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Waltershipman Posted September 24, 2023 #24 Share Posted September 24, 2023 3 minutes ago, Hlitner said: When we board, tomorrow, EJ will have a clean slate (in our mind). That being said, the pre-cruise communication from EJ is atrocious and, at this point, that cannot change. Consider that we are booked aboard until Oct 13, and the posts here give us cause to expect "issues" on Oct 12. That being said, we have never heard a single word from EJ, or our long-time trusty cruise agency, about the situation regarding that day. Obviously, EJ, thinks so little of their paying passengers that they see no reason to keep them informed about changes that will, at the very least, inconvenience all aboard. That being said, we also acknowledge that the onboard folks have nothing to do with the Oct 12 "fiasco" that has already caused lots of grief for some who have been made aware of the changes. Hank Right on Hank Clean slate combined with added info from others experience which for me will hopefully enhance our journey Will look forward to your on board posts unless of course you are having such a great time you only have room for festivities 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Caroldoll Posted September 25, 2023 #25 Share Posted September 25, 2023 14 hours ago, Hlitner said: We hope you are correct. In this blog we certainly see the difference between the "cup is half full" vs "the cup is half empty." 🙂 Hank Hank, you go! Great reply 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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