Knowing how to complain is an art form. On my last Celebrity cruise I had a 4am noise issue, not from passengers but crew. I approached the Hotel Manager onboard and stated I did not want anything from her, just for the noise to be dealt with. I said I didn't want a credit, didn't want a free meal. I wasn't looking for compensation. She dealt with the noise issue and at the end of our cruise gave me a $1000 future cruise credit!
This legitimized your complaint. You made it clear you didn't want compensation, which identified you as a reasonable person who just wanted to be able to sleep.
Want something taken care of? Do not demand rather ask for help. My wife tells me I always get what I want, not always but nearly always. I need some help, I know you are busy, please and thank you are phrases and words that go a long way.
On my Celebrity cruise to Alaska two years ago, there was one piece of steel string 1 inch long inside the food. I did not pay attention and actually ate the food with the string. Luckily I spilled it out when I could not chew it. I talked to the waiter and received a free bottle of wine. Later on I was so scared. If I ate down this steel string, did i end up at the hospital for an operation?!!!
Mom taught me when I was a kid... out before in... this goes for elevators buildings etc... not only common sense but also a tiny bit of manners never hurts.
Hi boys. I also get my hackles up when people reserve seats in the theatre for latecomers and then spend the time during the performances telling them loudly what they have missed. 🤬🤬
My bug bear is people sitting in the buffet area after they've finished eating and just chatting or reading when there's plenty of other areas for that
“Hell Is Other People” wrote Jean Paul Sartre. The quote has been hailed as the slogan for introverts and a lovely way to explain any sort of discontent, bad manners or dissatisfaction we encounter with family members, strangers on public transport etc. An instructive video gentlemen. Thank you. 👍
I agree with almost everything you have shared. However, when I took my first cruise with my daughter 23 years ago, I went to the art auction and bought a series of three related pictures. It was not a good investment money-wise, but 23 years later they still hang in my home (and I have moved twice) and they still make me smile. A good investment for my soul.
I totally agree!! Especially about people crowding in front of the elevators. AND...the hand-washing. ICK!! My husband always mentions this about men who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom.
A few years back my hubs and I were on a cruise to celebrate our 30th anniversary. We eloped and never had wedding pictures so we paid the steep fee to get photos taken and they were beautiful. We still love them and think they were worth the cost to us. We probably won’t ever do it again but this is an example of why some folks my want to do the professional photos. Having said that, our photographer was exceptional and took pictures of us that were outstanding and captured how we really felt about each other. We had beautiful sunset shots and photos in beautiful areas around the ship, no staged background photos.
I agree.. we took a cruise with my partner's family and was the first time they were all together in years.. I felt like it was worthy of a photo session. Yes it was expensive, (but would have been about the same price on land) and the photos were amazing. Also, with status, Royal gives a 8x10 free so why not take some pics and if one is good.. get it for free? But otherwise, no, I shew off photographers on a ship. It's usually at an importune time.
I agree, the photography package can be worth it, but only if staged photos are what you're actually looking for. Most people just want a souvenir, I assume, in which case it's better to take a pic with your own phone or camera.
After my grandma died, we knew my grandpa didn't have much longer and we had a cruise planned. We managed to get the whole family on one ship and did a posed photo on formal night. My grandpa died a month later. I don't care how much the photos are, that is a priceless memory.
I have the most beautiful pictures of my mom from a cruise! She won't pay for photographers at home, so I had her take lots and I am thankful for every one!
#9 goes for service people everywhere. I manage a store, I'll move heaven and earth for people who ask nicely. It's really hard to help folks who just want to rant, especially if I have zero control over the problem. The other side of that, I never promise something that I don't have personal control over.
Get your child! This is what is say when I see little ones at 10 pm with parents in places like Boleros on RC jumping around the dance floor or rolling on it. So no one goes out to dance because the smiling parents thinks it’s cute, but truth is we don’t want to get tripped and fall on them. Get your child! When you see them running on the deck and bumping into older ppl, Get your child ! When you see their little faces at the food level in the buffet coughing, Get your child! Riding up and down the elevators pushing all the buttons, Get your child! 🧐
#8 I think I can shed some light on this one. I earn a good living. I have plenty of disposable income, but not a lot of time. When I have some free time the last thing I'd want to do is go shopping. I'm usually responsible in my spending. But when I go on vacation I like to give myself permission to cut loose a bit. I find it convenient during a cruise to pop in to one of those shops to get something for myself or my wife. Do I know that I could get it cheaper somewhere else? Sure. I'm basically paying for the time and proximity convenience of it. Plus the loosening of fiscal responsibility that comes with being on vacation.
Hi guys great tips and the elevator jam I like most. We were on Spectrum of the Seas maiden and my wife has a mobility scooter. The amount of times we tried to get on the lift but people push past and by the time we get to the door it’s full . Well done to RCL cruise member who saw this happening and stepped into the elevator and told people that my wife was first in line and the elevator will not move until people got off and let her on , people moaned she’s taking 3 spaces but he would not let elevator move until we were in it .. Love cruising and your videos keep on smiling 🍷🥰🥰
Great information! I've always said there's no substitution for good manners. If every one was kind and polite we would all enjoy the trip better. Treat each other and the crew with respect. The crew members have jobs to do, they are not your personal slaves.
#2. People stand in front of elevator doors EVERYWHERE! Cruise ships, office buildings, car parks, hospitals, hotels. It is a basic life skill that seemingly every parent failed to teach their children for several generations.
It stems from people being amazingly impatient. The average time that people hit the elevator call button for the elevator even though the light is on? .............................5 seconds. And today is way way worse. People have a terrible mindset were as they need things to be done NOW!! they want to hit an "enter" botton and want it now!!! Spoiled brats, I say.
@@styldsteel1 I think it's more the lack of thinking about how your actions impact others, and people's genuine lack of awareness of their surroundings.
2:80 I think it’s fine to jump ahead of someone in a buffet if there’s no queue - eg if you don’t want what they’re having but you want something ahead.
@@Cruisewith Yeah no definitely! Just as a (youngish) cruiser sometimes I’d seen an old person toddle along a buffet and I’d just want to nip in and get something quick ahead of them but they’d shout be like “excuse me there’s a queue here” when the area is totally empty. Some cruisers are just so rude ...
Unless you live in the port city, I don't understand why cruisers rush to get on the ship. Visit the port city, arrive at the ship after the crowd so you don't have to wait in lines and your room is ready when you get there.
I agree. Several of our cruises have been from a port 45 minutes from our home. For those, we come early and have lunch in the dining room. When we sail from other ports, we take our time.
This thing with the buffet line. What's the prob? It's not high etiquette to wait behind someone while they think things over about some dish or other. Some folks don't think too fast. Or change their minds. Several times. Watching their agony is not why I'm going thru the buffet line.
Talk about waiting in line to go ashore: We were a medical situation that had to be evaluated at hospital on shore. As medical brought us to the front of the line, I could not believe the complaining I heard from people in the line.
Not like it matters to me. But on formal nights in the dining room some people will still show up wearing what they had on that day. And staff will allow them to still enter the dining room. Personally I don't care. But I do think it's disrespectful to everyone who has dressed for the occasion.
@@-Ordinary-Average-Guy worse, I'm the one who 20 years ago occasionally took a shirtless, shoeless walk through the lido restaurant, giving everyone a look at my hairy beer belly. Stopped doing that a year later when I noticed signs saying shirt and shoes required. Live and learn...
My GF and I love the photo package. We dress up for dinner every night and take as many pictures as we can. We felt like celebrities. Our last cruise back in Oct 2019 we purchased the package for $265 and walked off the ship with 180 photos! Considering that one photo costs $25 the package was more than worth it...
I agree. I paid $165 for 100 prints. I want my son to have lots of pictures to look at years from now and be reminded of all the fun we had. And I don’t have to download pictures to CVS for some amateur to print out and mess up the colors and I would be paying for them too.
YES YES YES!!! Guests standing in front of elevators and cutting lines at buffets drive me crazy! Add to the list guests who take food at the buffet and then put in back, particularly when they use their hands instead of tongs. Yuk! Thanks boys for my Sunday morning entertainment :)
My pet peeve is at the theater where people leave gaps in the seats, and people who don't get out of their seat to let a person walk through, I'm just a tiny bit away from stepping on your toes.
I agree with you on everything...especially the rudeness! When we first started cruising we were anxious to get off the ship (poor travel planning on my part). Now...if I can be the last to get off...that's fine with me.
agreed -- unless someone is waiting to pick you up -- let your vacation last as long as possible ! Don't book your flight for the morning of your cruise!
“Cutting the buffet line” is very subjective. I mean, what if people want to go directly to the main food items? Do they have to wait for “slow” people who are still at the appetizer section? It would be quite unfair for others if some people are unreasonably holding up the line.
I actually agree with you. I've asked very politley if I could grab a whatever...and i've never had a problem. But to walk in front of someone and stand there? Nope. That wont go over too well.
No, you go to the back of the line. That's how lines work. Now the people that did it the right way have to wait _even longer_ because someone thought it was 'subjective.'
@@herranton no one is going to wait longer because someone asks me if they could grab utensils, or grab an orange. Look. If I see someone who taking a long time picking out a Salad, I'll move ahead of them to get to the main dishes. Or I'm not going to go to the back of the line to get utensils, or a food tray, when I want dessert which is at the end of the line.
@@styldsteel1 I've never seen a buffet where the utensils are in the buffet line, or where dessert is in the same line as food. You're making situations that don't actually happen in real life.
@@herranton you said No you have to go to the back of the line" that's rediculousness. Lol. If I want an apple, or dessert, I'm sure as shit not going to the beginning, which is what I think you meant to say where you pick up your utensils and food trays if I want a peice of cake.
Went on a wonderful cruise around the Maldives. Very small but perfect boat with just 21 guests on board. One woman was a nightmare, she was so disrespectful to the crew. Everyone on board got in really well together and not one of us would let her join us in any of the things we were doing. She was told on many occasions about her attitude and the rest of us apologised for her too. You just can’t buy breeding or manners.
I work in a restaurant and hardly ever see anybody go to the bathroom before they eat oh, they will get up during their meal or after their meal and then go to the bathroom, I still don't know if they washed her hands or not but that's beside the point.
I have seen so many men not wash their hands. Cruise ships or not. My wife says the same in women's washrooms. Reminds of the Seinfeld episode where Poppie comes out of the stall and checks his hair in the mirror then walks out of the bathroom without washing.
I’m confused about buffet lines. If the food station I want to grab from are open, why should I wait through a line of people? I know sometimes when everyone is clearly waiting on the Daily special of lets say Mexican food there’s a line. But if there’s a line and I just want the item just in front of the person in line why line up?
The only one of these I've experienced was people rushing to get off the ship on the last day. On a family cruise we had all agreed to meet in a particular spot on the ship and disembark together after the morning rush. We were trying to locate one of my brothers and his wife when my sister-in-law called me to tell us they were on the dock already. It served no purpose for them to get off early because they still had to wait for the transfer to our hotel which wasn't going to leave until all of us were there. But my SIL seems to think "getting there first" is a competition except none of the rest of us are playing.
Same on airplanes, I have never been able to understand the urgency and rush along with the pushing and shoving into the aisle that is already crowded when you are going to need to wait for your luggage at the carousel anyway
The one that annoys me the most is people taking trays of food to there room and leaving the it on the floor, outside their room, in the hallway when they are finished with dirty dishes and half eaten food.
Thats actually perfectly acceptable. it's along the same lines as ordering room service. When finished, you leave your tray outside your stateroom door.
Good video, thanks gents. The one point that I take a small issue with is the one about queuing. Not every culture in the world values queuing the way English culture does. I grew up in England and had the value of queuing drilled into my skull from an early age. I have lived in America for 20 years and still think that way and yes, while most people in this country do queue as well, not everyone does because they’re from other cultures that just don’t do it. I remember as a kid going to France a lot and in France they just don’t queue the way we do in England. It’s not that they’re “being rude“, it’s just not in their culture. They queue jumó in front of each other and no one seems to mind. So I could see why people on an MSC cruise wouldn’t queue very well.
Good morning Ben and David, good points, all so true. It seems common sense would prevail but people are so uncommon. Hi from Bob and Jill in Connecticut. Go Chelsea FC 💙
I am one to overlook it or purposely not notice these things as I have no idea how they grew up and I'm sure that they will not change because I wish they would. Life is so much better not worrying about what others should & should not do. When I vacation with my sister, she likes to point this stuff out all day. 🙄 Ruins my vacation.
Many cruise lines allow you to take on board limited amounts of soda, bottled water, and wine. You must carry it on board yourself. Can't put it in checked luggage. No beer or hard alcohol. If you have a drink package and you know you will want a night cap in your cabin then get one from a bar and take it with you. Can Room Service bring alcohol to your cabin?
Yes!!! We got stuck in the stairwell because they told the excursion people to go down and then we ran into a ton of people who didn’t have excursions. It was a nightmare but the crew got it sorted out. It was kind of nice to walk past the non excursion people who were miffed they couldn’t get off first. 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️😂😂
I understand a certain level of anxiety at final debarkation if you have to catch a flight. But if you let the purser's desk you have to get off, early, you can but this may mean being ready to get off at 8 AM, if you can't, then you'll be stuck.
As a retail worker, #9 really applies to people working at stores period. Please, please, be nice, it makes everything so much better for all concerned
One embarkation day I heard two women planning how they would come up on lido deck at 6AM to leave towels on a bunch of chairs. I thought about going there an hour later and tossing their towels, but did not do it...
They can have the deck chairs. I promise you, skin cancer is free!! and the best part? Carcinomas don't show up for 20 to 30 years. Sun block? What happens of that stuff baking into your skin for decades. Please..I beg of you, you can have my deck chair. I'll use them at night for "movies under the stars"
I agree to use the app or tv to find things online BUT I hate it when I have waited in line to speak to someone and am interrupted by phone calls. I waited in line so should the caller. My time is as valuable as anyones to me.
The hand washing thing I've seen many times in airports. I'll have to hear some schmoe on the phone in a stall then just walk out. This is exactly how things spread and people get ill when they travel. Also, when we've cruised, the photographers have all had Nikon DSLRs.
One of my husband's (pre covid flew 1000000 a year domestically) hugest words to the wise... if you can't pick up your roller don't bring it... rolling a bag into the men's restroom is perhaps the grossest things you can do... he had pocket sized hand sanatizer long before it was covid cool...
#2- Because the elevator door starts shutting when the last person steps off. You’ve got to be right there to stop it with your hand! (I just take the stairs now anyway. Don’t need any extra pounds.
I have to thank youtube - watching these videos has shown me that this is not for me. It would have been a shame if I'd wasted money on a cruise, just to find out what it's like.
dont let this sway your decision. These are examples of things that can happen. These guys are just complaining. Look, I've been on 30 cruises, and had some of the best times of my life. Funny how it's the bad stuff that people respond to, same as the evening news reports. They save the fun and good stuff in a 1 second snippet at the end. Go on a cruise and make up your own mind. It's not like this video.
Great tips and I agree about Rude people and it’s so sad when you see a rude person belittle crew members and it’s usually something they didn’t do or have any authority to do anything about it. Can’t wait to get back on the seas 🛳⚓️
Art galleries! Why? They should close them all and use the space for something else. And free laundry is the best perk ever, anybody who doesn't take advantage of it if they have it, is a fool.
Being rude to the crew members is so low class, I’ve seen it especially in the formal dining room where some guest treat their servers like slaves and insult these grow adults. My wife and I have gone out of our way to move ourselves away from these people, but keep our servers as they are so awesome that we bond with them. Being insulting to the crew is a great way to show everyone on board what a jerk you really are! Another great video guys! You do awesome work - I loved that bit about cutting in line at the buffet! cheers....
I've cruised with a friend who speaks Italian, Spanish and English. When she can she speaks to our servers, etc. in their native language. We always show respect and get it in return along with great perks!
Luckily my wife and I haven't experienced any passenger mistreat a waiter, or a head waiter. But if a passenger does mistreat a waiter, or a head waiter? The passenger themselves look like a spoiled brat.
Wouldn't be at all surprised if they used ringers from the crew in those auctions to bid up prices. Very smart to give out free cheap champagne. File under: There's a sucker born every minute.
Not been on a cruise yet, however planning on a cruise July 23 ( hope Australians can travel by then). Love your upbeat, helpful tips plus Entertainment value Ben and David charming and humouress.
Do you think the line jumping is less on British ships? That would be my best guess because I do notice other nationalities not respecting queues in the same way as the Brits do
My fiance and I went on our first cruise at the end of 2019, so we were suckered in with the photography. Admittedly, it was great photography, a nice package and, heck, it was out first cruise ever, not just together. We know now of course that we will not be making use of the photography suites, but we'll likely pose for a few photos here and there when we're doing the themed nights on our next cruise, probably happening in 2022/23, fingers crossed! As for early disembarkation, we're usually very slow and liked to take our time at ports, so on port days, we made sure to get up extra early to be one of the first few tenders off the ship. That way we've got the morning through to noon sun, then back to the ship just as it gets really hot, back to air conditioning and a nice lunch/afternoon snack. Everything else was a great reminder and just common sense. Especially the washing your hands thing. It just confounds me how washing your hands seems like such a hard thing to do. What's wrong? Don't wanna dry your hands out from washing them so often? Moisturise when you get back to your cabin! Not hard, gents!
Maybe if NCL would place on their on board room card a special color line that would the cruise people know who is vaccinated or not.It could even be a symbol
All great ones! I have another because I experienced it on my Princess cruise March 2020 over and over and over. I traveled alone so I had to fight (not literally) to get a table at the buffet, near the pool, and a lounge chair by the pool. When I got one, I put my belongings on the table or lounge and went to grab the food. Just to return to people sitting at my table or on my lounge. Rude rude rude and disrespectful.
Dont mind people cutting lines. Europeans dont tend to queue anywhere, it is not part of their culture and is really only an English speaking thing. Queueing for buses in Spain was initially a shock to me as everyone just moved enmasse to the bus. Funny thing was, we all got on just as quick as if we had queued. I get more bugged at people at elevators who will not make way for those in wheelchairs
why use the elevators when the stairs arent that bad and is always quicker. i was always nice to crew on my first/only cruise (thanks corona) and because of that the crew member who did my cabin left a thank you gift after i left them a thank you note
Too true! Busting to cruise again here in Australia. The lack of handwashing is not limited to men. I've chipped women for not hand washing in all sorts of places. Shopping centre toilets on land being the main one.
Thanks I totally agree with everything that you have said. Our last cruise I had to say to someone to wash their hands whilst coming out of the toilet. Other passengers just looked. That was a British cruise. Also, I have witnessed a passenger blowing their nose in a cloth napkin, that was a European cruise.
Wow totally disgusting.. Those people that abuse the crew! thats makes my blood boil.. As soon as you brought that up.. became shocked! Cant believe it even happens! I love the crew! all of them do an amzing job!
Many of these things are not exclusive to cruising. Always wash your hands after using the restroom. Always be kind to staff, and other people, period. Don’t. Push and shove to get into an elevator and let those get out before you get in. It is safer for everyone this way too. There is no reason to rush off the ship, unless you need to catch a flight or are I’ll. Personally, I hate buffet queues, and will either wait unless most people already loaded up, or go to a restaurant where a server serves you. It reminds me too much of a cattle call. Even kids learn not to cut in a line. Use your benefits and freebies. None of these are truly free, so get your money’s worth. I and probably missing stuff, but you get the idea. Use your manners on a ship the same way you behave off of one, or better them.
Number 7: Might have to try the things he suggested for this one....man it sure is hard getting myself in the shot with anything more than a head and shoulders selfie.
Getting off first.. i guess coz people have tours to get on with at strict times.. but stil i agree theres no need for the pushing and shoving.. Wow so many of these things annoy me too.. Lost faith in humanity many times.. People can be so rude and so self centred.
It is completely wrong for people to stand in front of the elevators, and we don't do it, but I know why they do. Because when you stand back people will run around you. Such rudeness. On MSC we had to wait through 18 cycles of the elevator, and we were the first in line. People didn't want to ride with my handicap wife's scooter. Literally sliding across and jumping to get in front of us. We have experienced the buffet line cutting, and you are right, MSC was by far the worst. Since I have to get food for 2 it makes it very difficult.
Agree with the photos. I am not a professional photographer. My bother got married on a cruise ship and he hired a ship photographer as a package. He liked my photos a lot more than the "professional".
I so agree about the art auctions! My ex came back to the cabin on a Princess cruise to proudly tell me he had purchased art, supposedly for me. (I'm not an art lover.) He took me to see them and they were nice, but totally not worth the price. He said, "They're worth double what I paid!" I asked him who told him that, the man who sold them to him? Good grief. LOL. I just have to mention the outfit the girl at 6:00 has on... what's up with that?
To be fair, there are reasons that people cut in line at buffets. For example, I have severe food allergies and if I get stuck in front of something that I am allergic to because someone in front of me cannot make up their frggin mind, I am going to go around. I am not being rude, but I don't want to have my vacation ruined because I had to use my epi pen and 400mg of Benadryl and am spending the next 12 hours in the ships infirmary. So those of you who are indecisive on what you want, be courteous and don't get in line until you know what you want to have.
And talking of elevators having a large double buggy does not give you the right to flatten the people already in there at the back or let your small children turn cartwheels in the path of people with walking aids.
I have been on 40 cruises and only 3 times have had bad experiences with crew members. I usually write up a list of praises on my questionaire and if you are my server or housekeeper you most likely will get a good comment on the survey, However while I don't think you should chew out bad workers in public it is important to write their issues down in the comments so that they know they have wronged guests, and so that the company can replace them with a worker who meets the standard, Sometimes the 1 bad employee costs the rest of that crew a lot of tip money and it is better for everyone if that person is replaced.
Queuing in front of a service is a chance to demonstrate politeness. A bus, a line to the teller etc. However buffets, in most parts of the world, present opportunities for people for example, to skip the pork roast and choose the chinese. Queuing "rights" generally cease at the buffet entry, with people dispersing to their favoured flavours. English people just don't get this.
I have to admit I have and do cut lines at times. BUT! In my defense I only do it when I have already gotten my breakfast in hand and all I need is butter, syrup or even grab some bacon because I ate it while standing in line lol. Now as for the smuggling Alcohol. On my particular cruises. We do it because it is a completely chartered/themed cruise. And the cruise line raises the cost of all the packages sometimes significantly. Even the nonalcoholic packages. So in these cases it's definitely cheaper to smuggle 5-6 days worth of alcohol. Because it is in our experience on our particular themed cruise (once again) it's definitely cheaper 😂🤣😅😛. True Celebrity Eqinox story, they do not sell White Hennessy here in the states (Los Angeles). In 2018 on the Eqinox a guy bought every bottle of White Hennessy the ship had. Somewhere around 25 bottle. So after a day and a half at sea as soon as we docked. The ship restocked with a few hundred bottle and still sold out by the last day 😆🤣. They learn that our particular themed cruise people drink like a fishes. Thus the following ry 2019 Celebrate raise the alcohol prices for our particular cruise event 😀😎😉.
Knowing how to complain is an art form. On my last Celebrity cruise I had a 4am noise issue, not from passengers but crew. I approached the Hotel Manager onboard and stated I did not want anything from her, just for the noise to be dealt with. I said I didn't want a credit, didn't want a free meal. I wasn't looking for compensation. She dealt with the noise issue and at the end of our cruise gave me a $1000 future cruise credit!
This legitimized your complaint. You made it clear you didn't want compensation, which identified you as a reasonable person who just wanted to be able to sleep.
wow thats amazing :)
Want something taken care of? Do not demand rather ask for help. My wife tells me I always get what I want, not always but nearly always. I need some help, I know you are busy, please and thank you are phrases and words that go a long way.
On my Celebrity cruise to Alaska two years ago, there was one piece of steel string 1 inch long inside the food. I did not pay attention and actually ate the food with the string. Luckily I spilled it out when I could not chew it. I talked to the waiter and received a free bottle of wine. Later on I was so scared. If I ate down this steel string, did i end up at the hospital for an operation?!!!
Mom taught me when I was a kid... out before in... this goes for elevators buildings etc... not only common sense but also a tiny bit of manners never hurts.
Hi boys. I also get my hackles up when people reserve seats in the theatre for latecomers and then spend the time during the performances telling them loudly what they have missed. 🤬🤬
Drives me mad😡
My bug bear is people sitting in the buffet area after they've finished eating and just chatting or reading when there's plenty of other areas for that
I hear you, but I hang out to keep refilling tea and coffee for free. I get parched on cruises.
Fun fact for #2: all cruise ships have stairs...TAKE THEM, you have eaten enough!!
Yes!!!
It amazes me how many people dont use the stairs. Most of the time its quicker. So many lazy people on cruises.
“Hell Is Other People” wrote Jean Paul Sartre. The quote has been hailed as the slogan for introverts and a lovely way to explain any sort of discontent, bad manners or dissatisfaction we encounter with family members, strangers on public transport etc. An instructive video gentlemen. Thank you. 👍
Great list! You could probably keep going. I would add saving chairs by the pool all day and leaving.
Very true! I'm sure we can do another 10! Thanks linda.
That's our #1 biggest complaint too. I understand saving your chair if you need to leave for 30 minutes, but passed that, it should be lost.
I agree with almost everything you have shared. However, when I took my first cruise with my daughter 23 years ago, I went to the art auction and bought a series of three related pictures. It was not a good investment money-wise, but 23 years later they still hang in my home (and I have moved twice) and they still make me smile. A good investment for my soul.
I totally agree!! Especially about people crowding in front of the elevators. AND...the hand-washing. ICK!!
My husband always mentions this about men who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom.
Those are the same pigs who don't hand sanitize when entering a shop/store... 😠
totally beggars belief, even before the pandemic doesn't it?
A few years back my hubs and I were on a cruise to celebrate our 30th anniversary. We eloped and never had wedding pictures so we paid the steep fee to get photos taken and they were beautiful. We still love them and think they were worth the cost to us. We probably won’t ever do it again but this is an example of why some folks my want to do the professional photos. Having said that, our photographer was exceptional and took pictures of us that were outstanding and captured how we really felt about each other. We had beautiful sunset shots and photos in beautiful areas around the ship, no staged background photos.
I agree.. we took a cruise with my partner's family and was the first time they were all together in years.. I felt like it was worthy of a photo session. Yes it was expensive, (but would have been about the same price on land) and the photos were amazing.
Also, with status, Royal gives a 8x10 free so why not take some pics and if one is good.. get it for free? But otherwise, no, I shew off photographers on a ship. It's usually at an importune time.
I agree, the photography package can be worth it, but only if staged photos are what you're actually looking for. Most people just want a souvenir, I assume, in which case it's better to take a pic with your own phone or camera.
@@JourneywithJosh I always get my free boarding picture, because it has the name of the ship, the date, the itinerary. They make the best souvenirs.
After my grandma died, we knew my grandpa didn't have much longer and we had a cruise planned. We managed to get the whole family on one ship and did a posed photo on formal night. My grandpa died a month later.
I don't care how much the photos are, that is a priceless memory.
I have the most beautiful pictures of my mom from a cruise! She won't pay for photographers at home, so I had her take lots and I am thankful for every one!
#9 goes for service people everywhere. I manage a store, I'll move heaven and earth for people who ask nicely. It's really hard to help folks who just want to rant, especially if I have zero control over the problem. The other side of that, I never promise something that I don't have personal control over.
I just respond with the problems I'm having in life. : )
Most of these stem from "Their parents didn't teach them properly."
I don't agree. No reason you can't figure it out for yourself if your parents didn't teach you properly.
Get your child! This is what is say when I see little ones at 10 pm with parents in places like Boleros on RC jumping around the dance floor or rolling on it. So no one goes out to dance because the smiling parents thinks it’s cute, but truth is we don’t want to get tripped and fall on them. Get your child! When you see them running on the deck and bumping into older ppl, Get your child ! When you see their little faces at the food level in the buffet coughing, Get your child! Riding up and down the elevators pushing all the buttons, Get your child! 🧐
Lol. So I shouldn't just snap pictures?
Yes, that makes me mad too! I have 2 kids but they were made to mind and be polite. I didn't let them ruin other people's vacations.
Best cruise line for kids is Disney Cruise Lines, Worst is any cruise over 3 hours.
6:40 The actress being given out to can’t hide her laughing just before she goes off camera 😂 ..... I’ve too much time on my hands.
#8 I think I can shed some light on this one. I earn a good living. I have plenty of disposable income, but not a lot of time. When I have some free time the last thing I'd want to do is go shopping. I'm usually responsible in my spending. But when I go on vacation I like to give myself permission to cut loose a bit. I find it convenient during a cruise to pop in to one of those shops to get something for myself or my wife. Do I know that I could get it cheaper somewhere else? Sure. I'm basically paying for the time and proximity convenience of it. Plus the loosening of fiscal responsibility that comes with being on vacation.
Hi guys great tips and the elevator jam I like most. We were on Spectrum of the Seas maiden and my wife has a mobility scooter. The amount of times we tried to get on the lift but people push past and by the time we get to the door it’s full . Well done to RCL cruise member who saw this happening and stepped into the elevator and told people that my wife was first in line and the elevator will not move until people got off and let her on , people moaned she’s taking 3 spaces but he would not let elevator move until we were in it .. Love cruising and your videos keep on smiling 🍷🥰🥰
Great information! I've always said there's no substitution for good manners. If every one was kind and polite we would all enjoy the trip better. Treat each other and the crew with respect. The crew members have jobs to do, they are not your personal slaves.
Never had any issue either boarding with booze or buying it in port. Be somewhat discreet but that's it. They wont risk losing any customers over it.
“Wait my turn??!!! Don’t you know WHO I am??” Next, I’m going to go to Guest Services and complain VERY LOUDLY about anything I’m offended by!
Get to the back of the line. I was here complaining first LOL. This lady walks up and says - step aside boys, you aren't skilled enough to complain!
#2. People stand in front of elevator doors EVERYWHERE! Cruise ships, office buildings, car parks, hospitals, hotels. It is a basic life skill that seemingly every parent failed to teach their children for several generations.
It stems from people being amazingly impatient. The average time that people hit the elevator call button for the elevator even though the light is on? .............................5 seconds.
And today is way way worse. People have a terrible mindset were as they need things to be done NOW!! they want to hit an "enter" botton and want it now!!! Spoiled brats, I say.
@@styldsteel1 I think it's more the lack of thinking about how your actions impact others, and people's genuine lack of awareness of their surroundings.
@@herranton I agree. But with this not so new digital age, people want "it" now. And sure. It's pure selfishness.
2:80 I think it’s fine to jump ahead of someone in a buffet if there’s no queue - eg if you don’t want what they’re having but you want something ahead.
Yeah that’s not what we meant. We meant actually cutting in line waiting for the same type of food...
@@Cruisewith Yeah no definitely! Just as a (youngish) cruiser sometimes I’d seen an old person toddle along a buffet and I’d just want to nip in and get something quick ahead of them but they’d shout be like “excuse me there’s a queue here” when the area is totally empty. Some cruisers are just so rude ...
Unless you live in the port city, I don't understand why cruisers rush to get on the ship. Visit the port city, arrive at the ship after the crowd so you don't have to wait in lines and your room is ready when you get there.
I agree. Several of our cruises have been from a port 45 minutes from our home. For those, we come early and have lunch in the dining room. When we sail from other ports, we take our time.
This thing with the buffet line. What's the prob? It's not high etiquette to wait behind someone while they think things over about some dish or other. Some folks don't think too fast. Or change their minds. Several times. Watching their agony is not why I'm going thru the buffet line.
We are talking about whilst in a physical line for a station and someone jumps in front of you whilst waiting.
Talk about waiting in line to go ashore: We were a medical situation that had to be evaluated at hospital on shore. As medical brought us to the front of the line, I could not believe the complaining I heard from people in the line.
Not like it matters to me. But on formal nights in the dining room some people will still show up wearing what they had on that day. And staff will allow them to still enter the dining room.
Personally I don't care. But I do think it's disrespectful to everyone who has dressed for the occasion.
If it does not matter to you, why are you commenting on it?
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You must be one of the ones you walks around in flip flops all day?
@@-Ordinary-Average-Guy worse, I'm the one who 20 years ago occasionally took a shirtless, shoeless walk through the lido restaurant, giving everyone a look at my hairy beer belly. Stopped doing that a year later when I noticed signs saying shirt and shoes required. Live and learn...
My GF and I love the photo package. We dress up for dinner every night and take as many pictures as we can. We felt like celebrities. Our last cruise back in Oct 2019 we purchased the package for $265 and walked off the ship with 180 photos! Considering that one photo costs $25 the package was more than worth it...
I agree. I paid $165 for 100 prints. I want my son to have lots of pictures to look at years from now and be reminded of all the fun we had. And I don’t have to download pictures to CVS for some amateur to print out and mess up the colors and I would be paying for them too.
@@ktemerowskiful The same guy that works the printer at cvs also works the printer on the cruise ship.
@@herranton oh, do you work with him? Are u that pimply face due in charge of refilling the tampon isle??
YES YES YES!!! Guests standing in front of elevators and cutting lines at buffets drive me crazy! Add to the list guests who take food at the buffet and then put in back, particularly when they use their hands instead of tongs. Yuk! Thanks boys for my Sunday morning entertainment :)
Take the stairs! Just walk people. It makes up for all the extra eating!
THanks Jody for watching.
Thank goodness buffets will no longer be self-service!
Eliminate this possibility. Go to the main dining room
I saw the thumbnail and thought it looked familiar. Thanks guys for using my photo from Unsplash! I enjoy y’all videos.
My pet peeve is at the theater where people leave gaps in the seats, and people who don't get out of their seat to let a person walk through, I'm just a tiny bit away from stepping on your toes.
I agree with you on everything...especially the rudeness! When we first started cruising we were anxious to get off the ship (poor travel planning on my part). Now...if I can be the last to get off...that's fine with me.
agreed -- unless someone is waiting to pick you up -- let your vacation last as long as possible ! Don't book your flight for the morning of your cruise!
Yep. Enjoy a quiet ship for a hour or two then stroll off into the town.
“Cutting the buffet line” is very subjective. I mean, what if people want to go directly to the main food items? Do they have to wait for “slow” people who are still at the appetizer section? It would be quite unfair for others if some people are unreasonably holding up the line.
I actually agree with you. I've asked very politley if I could grab a whatever...and i've never had a problem. But to walk in front of someone and stand there? Nope. That wont go over too well.
No, you go to the back of the line. That's how lines work. Now the people that did it the right way have to wait _even longer_ because someone thought it was 'subjective.'
@@herranton no one is going to wait longer because someone asks me if they could grab utensils, or grab an orange. Look. If I see someone who taking a long time picking out a Salad, I'll move ahead of them to get to the main dishes. Or I'm not going to go to the back of the line to get utensils, or a food tray, when I want dessert which is at the end of the line.
@@styldsteel1 I've never seen a buffet where the utensils are in the buffet line, or where dessert is in the same line as food. You're making situations that don't actually happen in real life.
@@herranton you said No you have to go to the back of the line" that's rediculousness. Lol. If I want an apple, or dessert, I'm sure as shit not going to the beginning, which is what I think you meant to say where you pick up your utensils and food trays if I want a peice of cake.
Went on a wonderful cruise around the Maldives. Very small but perfect boat with just 21 guests on board. One woman was a nightmare, she was so disrespectful to the crew. Everyone on board got in really well together and not one of us would let her join us in any of the things we were doing. She was told on many occasions about her attitude and the rest of us apologised for her too. You just can’t buy breeding or manners.
This video just reinforces that I have ZERO desire to go on a cruise.
I work in a restaurant and hardly ever see anybody go to the bathroom before they eat oh, they will get up during their meal or after their meal and then go to the bathroom, I still don't know if they washed her hands or not but that's beside the point.
I have seen so many men not wash their hands. Cruise ships or not. My wife says the same in women's washrooms.
Reminds of the Seinfeld episode where Poppie comes out of the stall and checks his hair in the mirror then walks out of the bathroom without washing.
People who get baked bean juice in the hash browns at the breakfast buffet.
I’m confused about buffet lines. If the food station I want to grab from are open, why should I wait through a line of people? I know sometimes when everyone is clearly waiting on the Daily special of lets say Mexican food there’s a line. But if there’s a line and I just want the item just in front of the person in line why line up?
I agree. Why stand in a 30 foot line of salad when I want the hot food up ahead. Nope!
The only one of these I've experienced was people rushing to get off the ship on the last day. On a family cruise we had all agreed to meet in a particular spot on the ship and disembark together after the morning rush. We were trying to locate one of my brothers and his wife when my sister-in-law called me to tell us they were on the dock already. It served no purpose for them to get off early because they still had to wait for the transfer to our hotel which wasn't going to leave until all of us were there. But my SIL seems to think "getting there first" is a competition except none of the rest of us are playing.
Same on airplanes, I have never been able to understand the urgency and rush along with the pushing and shoving into the aisle that is already crowded when you are going to need to wait for your luggage at the carousel anyway
The one that annoys me the most is people taking trays of food to there room and leaving the it on the floor, outside their room, in the hallway when they are finished with dirty dishes and half eaten food.
Isn't that what people in prison do ??!!
Just wondering.
Could explain a few things...
I wondered about that. Maybe they don't get along with other people and have to eat in their rooms.
Thats actually perfectly acceptable. it's along the same lines as ordering room service. When finished, you leave your tray outside your stateroom door.
Good video, thanks gents. The one point that I take a small issue with is the one about queuing. Not every culture in the world values queuing the way English culture does. I grew up in England and had the value of queuing drilled into my skull from an early age. I have lived in America for 20 years and still think that way and yes, while most people in this country do queue as well, not everyone does because they’re from other cultures that just don’t do it. I remember as a kid going to France a lot and in France they just don’t queue the way we do in England. It’s not that they’re “being rude“, it’s just not in their culture. They queue jumó in front of each other and no one seems to mind. So I could see why people on an MSC cruise wouldn’t queue very well.
Good morning Ben and David, good points, all so true. It seems common sense would prevail but people are so uncommon. Hi from Bob and Jill in Connecticut. Go Chelsea FC 💙
Good morning Bob. Thanks for watching.
Outstanding video, Ben & David!!! Thank you for making it. I hope people listen. 🌹
Thanks for watching
Love what you guys did for crew, so our guest can be more nice to us, love your channel guys 🙌🏻
Thanks!
I am one to overlook it or purposely not notice these things as I have no idea how they grew up and I'm sure that they will not change because I wish they would. Life is so much better not worrying about what others should & should not do. When I vacation with my sister, she likes to point this stuff out all day. 🙄 Ruins my vacation.
You boys must be so thrilled to be able to make a video without having to mention the dreaded COVID! Cheers!
Haha yes! Nice to have a little break from it for a video at least.
Many cruise lines allow you to take on board limited amounts of soda, bottled water, and wine. You must carry it on board yourself. Can't put it in checked luggage. No beer or hard alcohol.
If you have a drink package and you know you will want a night cap in your cabin then get one from a bar and take it with you. Can Room Service bring alcohol to your cabin?
As far as #3, if you are going on an excursion, you may not have a choice
Yes!!! We got stuck in the stairwell because they told the excursion people to go down and then we ran into a ton of people who didn’t have excursions. It was a nightmare but the crew got it sorted out. It was kind of nice to walk past the non excursion people who were miffed they couldn’t get off first. 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️😂😂
I understand a certain level of anxiety at final debarkation if you have to catch a flight. But if you let the purser's desk you have to get off, early, you can but this may mean being ready to get off at 8 AM, if you can't, then you'll be stuck.
Guys! You read my mind; loved your list.
Haha thanks Texas Boy!
Great. Wish everyone would see and adhere to your comments. I’ve seen most of these and haven’t cruised that much.
As a retail worker, #9 really applies to people working at stores period. Please, please, be nice, it makes everything so much better for all concerned
CHAIR HOGS on the pool deck
One embarkation day I heard two women planning how they would come up on lido deck at 6AM to leave towels on a bunch of chairs. I thought about going there an hour later and tossing their towels, but did not do it...
YES! We will save that for video #2 Haha.
They can have the deck chairs. I promise you, skin cancer is free!! and the best part? Carcinomas don't show up for 20 to 30 years. Sun block? What happens of that stuff baking into your skin for decades. Please..I beg of you, you can have my deck chair. I'll use them at night for "movies under the stars"
Fun part with the Elevator is that it is not only on Ships…
I agree to use the app or tv to find things online BUT I hate it when I have waited in line to speak to someone and am interrupted by phone calls. I waited in line so should the caller. My time is as valuable as anyones to me.
The hand washing thing I've seen many times in airports. I'll have to hear some schmoe on the phone in a stall then just walk out. This is exactly how things spread and people get ill when they travel.
Also, when we've cruised, the photographers have all had Nikon DSLRs.
One of my husband's (pre covid flew 1000000 a year domestically) hugest words to the wise... if you can't pick up your roller don't bring it... rolling a bag into the men's restroom is perhaps the grossest things you can do... he had pocket sized hand sanatizer long before it was covid cool...
#2- Because the elevator door starts shutting when the last person steps off. You’ve got to be right there to stop it with your hand! (I just take the stairs now anyway. Don’t need any extra pounds.
I have to thank youtube - watching these videos has shown me that this is not for me. It would have been a shame if I'd wasted money on a cruise, just to find out what it's like.
dont let this sway your decision. These are examples of things that can happen. These guys are just complaining. Look, I've been on 30 cruises, and had some of the best times of my life. Funny how it's the bad stuff that people respond to, same as the evening news reports. They save the fun and good stuff in a 1 second snippet at the end. Go on a cruise and make up your own mind. It's not like this video.
#7 and #8 - my friends work as photographers and in the art shops onboard 😢.
Great tips and I agree about Rude people and it’s so sad when you see a rude person belittle crew members and it’s usually something they didn’t do or have any authority to do anything about it. Can’t wait to get back on the seas 🛳⚓️
Art galleries! Why? They should close them all and use the space for something else.
And free laundry is the best perk ever, anybody who doesn't take advantage of it if they have it, is a fool.
Good advice all around. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Being rude to the crew members is so low class, I’ve seen it especially in the formal dining room where some guest treat their servers like slaves and insult these grow adults. My wife and I have gone out of our way to move ourselves away from these people, but keep our servers as they are so awesome that we bond with them. Being insulting to the crew is a great way to show everyone on board what a jerk you really are!
Another great video guys! You do awesome work - I loved that bit about cutting in line at the buffet! cheers....
Thanks Morris.
We always try to engage with our wait staff and stateroom attendant. They work very hard and deserve to be treated with respect and kindness.
I've cruised with a friend who speaks Italian, Spanish and English. When she can she speaks to our servers, etc. in their native language. We always show respect and get it in return along with great perks!
Luckily my wife and I haven't experienced any passenger mistreat a waiter, or a head waiter. But if a passenger does mistreat a waiter, or a head waiter? The passenger themselves look like a spoiled brat.
It’s disgusting. These people wouldn’t be going on a cruise if it wasn’t for the crew smh
Love this video! Thank you so much. When is your first cruise? I know you have many! 😃. Enjoy!!!
May 20th 😊
So true about MSC and cutting into buffet line.
Wouldn't be at all surprised if they used ringers from the crew in those auctions to bid up prices. Very smart to give out free cheap champagne. File under: There's a sucker born every minute.
Not been on a cruise yet, however planning on a cruise July 23 ( hope Australians can travel by then). Love your upbeat, helpful tips plus Entertainment value Ben and David charming and humouress.
Do you think the line jumping is less on British ships? That would be my best guess because I do notice other nationalities not respecting queues in the same way as the Brits do
My fiance and I went on our first cruise at the end of 2019, so we were suckered in with the photography. Admittedly, it was great photography, a nice package and, heck, it was out first cruise ever, not just together. We know now of course that we will not be making use of the photography suites, but we'll likely pose for a few photos here and there when we're doing the themed nights on our next cruise, probably happening in 2022/23, fingers crossed!
As for early disembarkation, we're usually very slow and liked to take our time at ports, so on port days, we made sure to get up extra early to be one of the first few tenders off the ship. That way we've got the morning through to noon sun, then back to the ship just as it gets really hot, back to air conditioning and a nice lunch/afternoon snack.
Everything else was a great reminder and just common sense. Especially the washing your hands thing. It just confounds me how washing your hands seems like such a hard thing to do. What's wrong? Don't wanna dry your hands out from washing them so often? Moisturise when you get back to your cabin! Not hard, gents!
We only wait in line to get off the ship on a port day if we are worried about making it to our excursion on time.
Maybe if NCL would place on their on board room card a special color line that would the cruise people know who is vaccinated or not.It could even be a symbol
All great ones! I have another because I experienced it on my Princess cruise March 2020 over and over and over. I traveled alone so I had to fight (not literally) to get a table at the buffet, near the pool, and a lounge chair by the pool. When I got one, I put my belongings on the table or lounge and went to grab the food. Just to return to people sitting at my table or on my lounge. Rude rude rude and disrespectful.
Oh no! That infuriating Harold.
Dont mind people cutting lines. Europeans dont tend to queue anywhere, it is not part of their culture and is really only an English speaking thing. Queueing for buses in Spain was initially a shock to me as everyone just moved enmasse to the bus. Funny thing was, we all got on just as quick as if we had queued. I get more bugged at people at elevators who will not make way for those in wheelchairs
why use the elevators when the stairs arent that bad and is always quicker. i was always nice to crew on my first/only cruise (thanks corona) and because of that the crew member who did my cabin left a thank you gift after i left them a thank you note
Too true! Busting to cruise again here in Australia. The lack of handwashing is not limited to men. I've chipped women for not hand washing in all sorts of places. Shopping centre toilets on land being the main one.
Thanks I totally agree with everything that you have said. Our last cruise I had to say to someone to wash their hands whilst coming out of the toilet. Other passengers just looked. That was a British cruise. Also, I have witnessed a passenger blowing their nose in a cloth napkin, that was a European cruise.
Oh my Anita! 😬 Some people are beyond belief! Thanks for sharing.
The Q in the last day, and believe it or not in the first day to, is to remove gratuity!
Why do ppl make a long line to disembark? Who knows. Maybe the same reason why everybody stands up the second the plane comes to a standstill.
Wow totally disgusting.. Those people that abuse the crew! thats makes my blood boil.. As soon as you brought that up.. became shocked! Cant believe it even happens! I love the crew! all of them do an amzing job!
Most are true in life, not just cruising..... we can all do better!
they stand in front of underground/subway doors as well
Called guest service so many times and they NEVER answer. This is on the 4 cruises I've been on.
Many of these things are not exclusive to cruising. Always wash your hands after using the restroom. Always be kind to staff, and other people, period. Don’t. Push and shove to get into an elevator and let those get out before you get in. It is safer for everyone this way too. There is no reason to rush off the ship, unless you need to catch a flight or are I’ll. Personally, I hate buffet queues, and will either wait unless most people already loaded up, or go to a restaurant where a server serves you. It reminds me too much of a cattle call. Even kids learn not to cut in a line. Use your benefits and freebies. None of these are truly free, so get your money’s worth. I and probably missing stuff, but you get the idea. Use your manners on a ship the same way you behave off of one, or better them.
The same rules apply when you visit Canada We don't treat a,,holes very well , Be forewarned!
Or go to a kiosk to print out your statement
Number 7: Might have to try the things he suggested for this one....man it sure is hard getting myself in the shot with anything more than a head and shoulders selfie.
Getting off first.. i guess coz people have tours to get on with at strict times.. but stil i agree theres no need for the pushing and shoving..
Wow so many of these things annoy me too.. Lost faith in humanity many times.. People can be so rude and so self centred.
It is completely wrong for people to stand in front of the elevators, and we don't do it, but I know why they do. Because when you stand back people will run around you. Such rudeness. On MSC we had to wait through 18 cycles of the elevator, and we were the first in line. People didn't want to ride with my handicap wife's scooter. Literally sliding across and jumping to get in front of us. We have experienced the buffet line cutting, and you are right, MSC was by far the worst. Since I have to get food for 2 it makes it very difficult.
And let's not forget people waiting for an elevator blocking the stairs also.
Agree with the photos. I am not a professional photographer. My bother got married on a cruise ship and he hired a ship photographer as a package. He liked my photos a lot more than the "professional".
Some cruises will show #1 on the tv or the ships app
Love you guys!
I’m taking notes for when cruise returns. Another informative video fellas, thanks.
Our pleasure!
I so agree about the art auctions! My ex came back to the cabin on a Princess cruise to proudly tell me he had purchased art, supposedly for me. (I'm not an art lover.) He took me to see them and they were nice, but totally not worth the price. He said, "They're worth double what I paid!" I asked him who told him that, the man who sold them to him? Good grief. LOL. I just have to mention the outfit the girl at 6:00 has on... what's up with that?
I hate the art auctions. The paintings are terrible and massed produced. No deal there!!
Great tips guy’s thanks
Wow I agree with everything you said!!
To be fair, there are reasons that people cut in line at buffets. For example, I have severe food allergies and if I get stuck in front of something that I am allergic to because someone in front of me cannot make up their frggin mind, I am going to go around. I am not being rude, but I don't want to have my vacation ruined because I had to use my epi pen and 400mg of Benadryl and am spending the next 12 hours in the ships infirmary. So those of you who are indecisive on what you want, be courteous and don't get in line until you know what you want to have.
And talking of elevators having a large double buggy does not give you the right to flatten the people already in there at the back or let your small children turn cartwheels in the path of people with walking aids.
I have been on 40 cruises and only 3 times have had bad experiences with crew members. I usually write up a list of praises on my questionaire and if you are my server or housekeeper you most likely will get a good comment on the survey, However while I don't think you should chew out bad workers in public it is important to write their issues down in the comments so that they know they have wronged guests, and so that the company can replace them with a worker who meets the standard, Sometimes the 1 bad employee costs the rest of that crew a lot of tip money and it is better for everyone if that person is replaced.
Queuing in front of a service is a chance to demonstrate politeness. A bus, a line to the teller etc. However buffets, in most parts of the world, present opportunities for people for example, to skip the pork roast and choose the chinese. Queuing "rights" generally cease at the buffet entry, with people dispersing to their favoured flavours. English people just don't get this.
Because I love cruising
I have to admit I have and do cut lines at times. BUT! In my defense I only do it when I have already gotten my breakfast in hand and all I need is butter, syrup or even grab some bacon because I ate it while standing in line lol.
Now as for the smuggling Alcohol. On my particular cruises. We do it because it is a completely chartered/themed cruise. And the cruise line raises the cost of all the packages sometimes significantly. Even the nonalcoholic packages. So in these cases it's definitely cheaper to smuggle 5-6 days worth of alcohol. Because it is in our experience on our particular themed cruise (once again) it's definitely cheaper 😂🤣😅😛. True Celebrity Eqinox story, they do not sell White Hennessy here in the states (Los Angeles). In 2018 on the Eqinox a guy bought every bottle of White Hennessy the ship had. Somewhere around 25 bottle. So after a day and a half at sea as soon as we docked. The ship restocked with a few hundred bottle and still sold out by the last day 😆🤣. They learn that our particular themed cruise people drink like a fishes. Thus the following ry 2019 Celebrate raise the alcohol prices for our particular cruise event 😀😎😉.
The elevator problem doesn't just exist on ships