11/25 Magic, the good, bad and craziness

[plutospup]

Thanks "Mom" for the TR/Review. I love steel drums, and look forward to hearing them on every cruise. I will let DCL know my opinion, too!

Re: Housekeeping management coming to your cabin. We stayed in 6512 (cat 8) during '02, '03, & '04. At least twice (we're still debating/trying to remember '02) housekeeping management came to our cabin at the beginning of the cruise. We've always been very pleased with our cabin stewards, and let DCL know our thoughts in post cruise letters.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Plutospup,
Thanks for the house keeping info. After 13 cruises it had never happened to me before. Maybe deck 6 is the magic deck where they try to meet people??

Anyway it was a nice touch, but Rudolfo was a great room host, so no problems at all with that.

mom x4,grandma x4

 

[LindaBabe]

Thanks for writing, Kathy! Your photos are great!!!

THe head housekeeper called us twice during the cruise - to find out if the changed bedding had helped my asthma and to apologize for the down pillows that triggered it in the first place. Theoretically, down pillows should only be supplied upon request, otherwise synthetic used. The down pillows did not have tags. The two kinds of synthetic did - one fluffy fiberfill, and the other memory foam. They also washed my sheets in hot water only - no soap - in case the detergent was a factor. I was impressed.

Concerning the music - I was in the promenade lounge on the computer one day and the lone male singer was so bad, I got up and left. Never found out who he was. Then there were two young asian women, who didn't sound bad, were great with the kids, and had some decent synchronized moves. They introduced themselves as ntwine.

Then at the adult pool, overheard terrible LOUD 'music' from the goofy pool - drove me away from there too. At the very least it would be nice to have something you could 'tune out' but that crap was so loud it was impossible. Are we saying that was all the same group? Hate to complain about something including the good bit, but the bad bits STUNK!

PS. If anyone reading this knows anyone who was on this cruise - PLEASE ask them if they've seen my missing map! I need help to find my precious souvenier of 4 cruises, that was apparently delivered to the wrong cabin (on deck 2, we were on deck 6) and has not been returned. It was a map of the caribbean, about the size of a road map, with the courses of all four of my cruises plotted on it. A PM would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Yes Linda, it was all one band!! They just split up to cover all the areas of the ship. They use to have different people in each area which was great. i ageee especially in the Promenade lounge they were not only bad they were too loud!!

I expect loud music in Rock n Bar D, but the Promenade has always been a little quieter with former duos in there, such as Don and Tommie and Ben and Dana. Don and Tommie always did old time rock n roll, and Jimmy Buffet, Johnny Rivers, all the songs went along with the age of the majority of their audience. Ntwine's songs were geared towards a much younger audience. The old duos also connected with the kids great too !!! I want them to bring back those type of entertianers again. That is why I keep writing to them.

I sure hope someone finds your map!!!

Kathy

 

[Holly&Joesmommy]

Linda,
So sorry to hear about the missing map! My daughter also had a map her grandpa got for her from AAA, it is her PRIDE & JOY!
SHe had it signed by all the CM's she came into contact with and if it had gotten lost it would have been traggic. I sure hope someone knows something, and you get it back.

 

[Tarabra]

Kathy, you probably got the spa cert. just for cruising so many times. I'm sure that's what it is. Too bad you didn't get a chance to use it. I really think they know exactly how many cruises you've been on. When we cruised in '04, we were on number 5 and our tablemates all had 5, 6, and 6 cruises under their belts. We thought it was pretty cool that we were all put together at one table.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

I wondered if that might be it, but still not sure. I t was a nice surprize.

kathy

 

[LindaBabe]

Kathy, are you going to write more? Please?

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Linda,
If I think about anything else I will write it, but I think I about covered all I could remember.
It sure as fun and all the disers are such a great group!!!

I am looking forward to next year!!!

kathy