This is why I don't do cruise ships

My dadgum 46-footer breaks down on me enough.

http://news.yahoo.com/first-2-tugboats-reaches-disabled-cruise-ship-004600504.html

Toilets overflowing, no air conditioning... bet that smells wonderful...

Also, they seem to have a high incidence rate of that stomach bug, the Norovirus, that makes life miserable.

I have never in my life had the slightest desire to go on a cruise... in fact, was just discussing it at my best friend's birthday party yesterday and a friend told a story about when he and his first wife took a cruise and after the first day the entire trip was during Hurricane Andrew and they spent it out at sea enduring the hurricane. Rationed water and food, all the alcohol you could drink.

Awesome.

He quit drinking right after that and has been sober for 20-years now. lol.

This is some kind of bad. I have no idea why they aren't removing people from the ship. If a tug can get there (and hold many people)...why not other smaller and faster ships? They aren't exactly doing a very good job of thinking outside the box on this one.

Carnival really should have dispatched an empty cruise ship out there and transferred people -- yes, slow process but better than what they've done so far I think -- to another ship (or a few smaller ones) to get folks back to port.

Atrocious customer service.

Eric, I have been on that very ship not too long ago and we had a great time. Mechanical things are going to break.

Ghost_Rider1949 wrote:

Eric, I have been on that very ship not too long ago and we had a great time. Mechanical things are going to break.

Yep, they sure do, Ghost_Rider. Things are constantly breaking on my boat. I'd rather be on land... or close to it, when something breaks.

The cruise line is painting a picture that the public toilets are operational, water is flowing, and hot food is available.

The people that are stuck there complain that there is sewage running down some walls, hot coffee is available and food is in short supply. People have dragged their bedding to the decks and are camping in makeshift tents on deck because there is no air conditioning.

The good thing is that alcohol is now free and people are trying to make the best of it.

Hey y'all. I don't know if there is a sign on page on here, but this page seems current so I just want to say hello.. I reactivated my membership and am happy to be here.
Thanks for your help, riceme

Oh...I LOVE cruises....but not so much on Carnival. Carnival is like the "Walmart Cruise", lol.

nekochan wrote:

Hey y'all. I don't know if there is a sign on page on here, but this page seems current so I just want to say hello.. I reactivated my membership and am happy to be here.
Thanks for your help, riceme

Good to see you posting here Neko, and I'm always happy to help.

EE, I am on a small (limited to people who are not abusive jerks) recruiting mission, especially since I am now officially on hiatus from the cesspool formerly known as PDF.

I've had it over there. Not saying I won't go back but I almost feel as though Eric's departure was a "sign" that PDF is not the place to be.

This forum seems to have come a long way since I first signed up. Glad to be back.

I am in agreement. I've gotten a belly full of that place and taken hiatus on several occasions, but I don't think I've ever been this ticked off and fed-up.

Neko already knows this, but I only hung around PDF long enough to read Bob's "Message to EE" thread until Boards deleted it, then I hit the high road.

nekochan wrote:

Oh...I LOVE cruises....but not so much on Carnival. Carnival is like the "Walmart Cruise", lol.

Neko what cruise lines do you use. We have taken several cruises and it has always been with Carnival. My wife and I have both been very pleased with every ship we have been on and the staff has always made us feel like we are at home. I may be placing a jinx on our next cruise, but I will deal with it the very best I can.

I would never do a cruise . can you imagine the smell on that boat right about now?

Our first cruise was on Carnival, out of Tampa, and we enjoyed it. But then we took a Princess Cruise (I think Princess is actually owned by Carnival) from China to Japan and the difference between Princess and Carnival was like night and day. The Princess ship was just nicer and the passengers were very different than Carnival passengers. But we are talking about an older, more seasoned group of travelers on the Princess cruise. We enjoyed that Princess cruise immensely. It was just nicer in almost every way--except maybe for the Vladivostok harbor cruise we signed up for, which was a little scary. The food was better, the ship was nicer, the onboard entertainment was of a better quality. A couple of years ago we took Carnival out of Mobile. Not a bad ship or a bad cruise...but many of the passengers were loud and obnoxious and rude. For example, on the Princess Cruise, there was no one running around in any of the ship's dining rooms in bathing suits and flip flops yelling and acting stupid. Princess doesn't have a dress code that I am aware of, but the Princess passengers have a little more class than to run around half naked in the ship's dining areas. But then that was a 12 day cruise, not a 4 day cruise. Anyway, the cruise out of Mobile was cheap, the food wasn't bad and we were able to see Chichen Itza which is the reason why we took the cruise. It was fine for what it was...but I would not have wanted to been onboard that Carnival ship for more than 4 days. We have not been on any cruises since the one out of Mobile....but I hope to be able to cruise more often in the future. Would like to try Royal Caribbean and some other lines to see what they are like.....but we sure did like our Princess cruise. Also...I would LOVE to do one of those Viking River cruises or something like that...but they cost an arm and a leg!

I have always wanted to go to Mayan Ruins. How much time did you get to tour the ruins on the trip to Chichen Itza?

riceme wrote:

I am in agreement. I've gotten a belly full of that place and taken hiatus on several occasions, but I don't think I've ever been this ticked off and fed-up.

Neko already knows this, but I only hung around PDF long enough to read Bob's "Message to EE" thread until Boards deleted it, then I hit the high road.

Why did Boards delete it? I read a few of the posts before making my final post. I never got a confirmation post to delete my username. No biggie.

T-REX wrote:

I would never do a cruise . can you imagine the smell on that boat right about now?

I seem to be snake-bit with boats. I love 'em, but still have my problems...

Not nearly enough time. We had to get off the boat and then we had to take a bus and once we got to Chichen Itza we only had maybe 3 hours to see it. There are trails and stuff through the woods there that we would have loved to explore, but we didn't have enough time. So...that is the drawback of cruises where you are only in port for X amount of hours and have to get back to the ship. Still for the $500 or so it cost the two of us for the cruise and cabin and shipboard dining..we could not have flown to Mexico and stayed there for that cheap.

But I highly recommend seeing some of the Mayan Ruins. On our first cruise we saw Tulum and that was very interesting as well.

Y'all are right though about being stuck on that boat right now..it must be a nightmare. That kind of experience might would turn me off on cruises....but so far our experience has been mostly positive.

nekochan wrote:

I've had it over there. Not saying I won't go back but I almost feel as though Eric's departure was a "sign" that PDF is not the place to be.

This forum seems to have come a long way since I first signed up. Glad to be back.

Youkoso!!! Nekochan

Thank you Hallmark.

Eric wrote:

riceme wrote:

I am in agreement. I've gotten a belly full of that place and taken hiatus on several occasions, but I don't think I've ever been this ticked off and fed-up.

Neko already knows this, but I only hung around PDF long enough to read Bob's "Message to EE" thread until Boards deleted it, then I hit the high road.

Why did Boards delete it? I read a few of the posts before making my final post. I never got a confirmation post to delete my username. No biggie.

I believe because TB aka WTM complained that he was being victimized, as per usual.

All you need to do in order to delete your profile is click on Profile... at the very bottom of the page that takes you, there will be a box next to the question, "Delete your account? [BOX] Click here to delete your account. This is a one-way action. You will receive an e-mail to validate this deletion." Then click "OKAY." Is that the process you followed?

Just logged in over @The Cesspool and your profile still shows as active:

http://pensacoladiscussion.forumotion.com/u100

riceme wrote:

Eric wrote:

riceme wrote:

I am in agreement. I've gotten a belly full of that place and taken hiatus on several occasions, but I don't think I've ever been this ticked off and fed-up.

Neko already knows this, but I only hung around PDF long enough to read Bob's "Message to EE" thread until Boards deleted it, then I hit the high road.

Why did Boards delete it? I read a few of the posts before making my final post. I never got a confirmation post to delete my username. No biggie.

I believe because TB aka WTM complained that he was being victimized, as per usual.

All you need to do in order to delete your profile is click on Profile... at the very bottom of the page that takes you, there will be a box next to the question, "Delete your account? [BOX] Click here to delete your account. This is a one-way action. You will receive an e-mail to validate this deletion." Then click "OKAY." Is that the process you followed?

Just logged in over @The Cesspool and your profile still shows as active:

http://pensacoladiscussion.forumotion.com/u100

I did all that and NEVER got that confirmational e-mail.

I love cruises, love being on the open water in blue water territory.

alecto wrote:

I love cruises, love being on the open water in blue water territory.

Here is why I like boats. Good food, good friends, good music, lots of alcohol...

This area is only accessed by boat. (Well, I guess you could swim there if you wuz crazy.)

http://ericericson.net/MemorialDay07.htm