Cruise Curmudgeons of the World Unite

[iankh]

Oh Brian has been on the DISboards for a long time, much longer than I have--he just never ventured over here to the cruise forum until I told him about this little thread. He plans our land Disney vacations and I have dominion over the sea Disney vacations. He's absolutely perplexed by my intent to decorate doors, participate in an FE exchange, etc.

Perhaps we should start an 'anti-curmudgeon' thread? Oh wait, that already exists--the rest of the DISboards!

I've been surprised that the Pollyannas have hor the most part kept their distance. When I started the thread I had expected the Pollyannas to descend all smiley and chirpy with words of isn't it all perfectly marvelous and grand and trying to shove spoonfuls of sugar down our throats.

Mercifully that hasn't happened, yet.




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[iankh]

You are quite right. I had written "The silver lanyard is at least equivalent to a master's degree, and I'm working on my doctorate." In truth, the silver is equivalent to checking the community college website to see whether they offer an on-line degree in salad making. Then you spend four times longer aspiring to the mediocrity of gold and longer still trying to earn the gray and black "platinum" that is camouflaged to look like a black and gray... SILVER again! Is it any wonder (didn't mean it that way) that Plats are still subjected to the "this is an elevator. It takes you upstairs to your room" spiel when they're welcomed aboard the first afternoon?

And I'll agree that the swag we Castaway Club members receive has not changed as often as it used to. I want to feel more special -- much more special than a neck ribbon. I want free swimming trunks, or a simulated tortoise-shell shoehorn, or a brass key that unlocks a pot of real brewed coffee. But not another address book. For your best customers?

Stop complaining about the neck ribbon. There are starving children on other cruise lines who would be glad and happy to have your neck ribbon and Rice Krispey flip-flops and think themselves damn lucky.


And please. Real coffee? Real brewed coffee and Disney? Silly, silly man. THEY (the ones with the dirndls and cuckoo clocks) are in control. They have THE photos. There can never be real coffee as long as those photos exist.







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[iankh]

I apologize for going off topic for a moment, but I've nowhere else to turn.

I received an email from Disney that when glanced at on my iPhone began with, "Ian, sweeten your Pooh collection."

Please dear lord don't let me be the only person who sees something just plain wrong with that.




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[ColoradoDisneyFreaks]

I apologize for going off topic for a moment, but I've nowhere else to turn.

I received an email from Disney that when glanced at on my iPhone began with, "Ian, sweeten your Pooh collection."

Please dear lord don't let me be the only person who sees something just plain wrong with that.

Additional apologies for violating the smiley rule once again but that deserves a

 

[ColoradoDisneyFreaks]

I agree - has the person pushing the stroller ever wondered why the kids are so rolly polly? Let them get some exercise! Believe me, they will sleep better which is a plus for you and me (I won't have to listen to them running down the halls screaming the top of their lungs at 2 in the morning)

Count me in as another one who thinks once the kids are over 3, they shouldn't be in strollers any more, and you can see from my avatar (because everyone is hiding their signatures now!) that I've got younger kids, they're 8 and 10 now, but I haven't broken out a stroller in at least 5 years, and we've been going to Disney for that long too.

 

[smootenloopers]

I've been thinking about plurals and possessives and I think there must be something about some words that common cause them to turned into plurals or possessives.

Not that I have actually figured it out.

But I don't think people say Royal Palaces, Enchanted Gardens, Parrot Cays but do say Topsiders and Palos.

You've cracked the code...all the restaurants with two word names - no plural. One word names are apparently too short and must have an s added.

I wonder how many other curmudgeons turned off the siggies after reading his comment?

Best tip I've had on the DIS so far.

 

[dylan'smom]

You've cracked the code...all the restaurants with two word names - no plural. One word names are apparently too short and must have an s added.
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Hmmm...maybe like McDonald's & Wendy's vs. Burger King & Carl's Jr.?

Or Domino's vs. Pizza Hut? A pop culture phenomenon?

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[iankh]

We're nearing our booking window for our fall back-to-back cruises. I realized we're faced with twice the Sail Away "parties" and twice the Pirate "parties."

I plan on doing Palo on one pirate night and Remy on the other. As for the Sail Away we'll be in Cove Cafe, which should be quiet and keep us away from the people deliriously having ... fun.

I have not yet figured out how to counterbalance the napkin twirling and the flag parade. The only thing I've managed before was to high-tail it out of the dining room before the "show" starts. This is dependent on the speed of the food service.




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[aan1701]

This plural thing just won't go away and your theory I am about to blow out of the water. I was reading a TR and the person said they checked into Bay Lake Towers. Um last I saw, and this was about a week ago from a DVC mailing I got, it is Bay Lake Tower. Ugh.

 

[iankh]

This plural thing just won't go away and your theory I am about to blow out of the water. I was reading a TR and the person said they checked into Bay Lake Towers. Um last I saw, and this was about a week ago from a DVC mailing I got, it is Bay Lake Tower. Ugh.

I think we need to recruit a professional linguist to the discussion. I'm sure there must be the misapplication of innate rules of grammar at play.


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[iankh]

Let me throw in a volley:

Celebration cakes? Fab and yummy and delicious or nasty satanic sponges of misery?

Please debate.

(But no throwing celebration cake at each other.)





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[ACDSNY]

I've only had the pleasure or should I say misery of one celebration cake and I think it would fall into the sponge category. I don't think anyone at our table took a second bite.

 

[aan1701]

I think we need to recruit a professional linguist to the discussion. I'm sure there must be the misapplication on innate rules of grammar at play.


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You know what is really funny about this? We did back 2 back last year and were loosely thinking about adding on the ship. That idea went out when the DVC guide said over and over and over Bay Lake Towers. I told the DVC quality assurance guy onboard I will not add on with this group because they were trying to sell something that did not exist. She never said it the rest of the time, no I did not add on.

 

[ColoradoDisneyFreaks]

This plural thing just won't go away and your theory I am about to blow out of the water. I was reading a TR and the person said they checked into Bay Lake Towers. Um last I saw, and this was about a week ago from a DVC mailing I got, it is Bay Lake Tower. Ugh.

So maybe it's only those locations with an odd number of words in their title?

Non-cruise curmudgeon complaint here, (and not in the post I'm responding to, just being efficient!):

Please everyone, use the proper there, their and they're, also, to, too and two, and please, for the love of Pete (there's that guy again), please don't pluralize a word with an apostrophe!!!! It's not a possessive!

 

[ibouncetoo]

Let me throw in a volley:

Celebration cakes? Fab and yummy and delicious or nasty satanic sponges of misery?

Please debate.

(But no throwing celebration cake at each other.)


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This one was fine, basically cake, whipped cream and some strawberry substance. The one the year before had the jello-mousse thing that was nasty.

Nevertheless, there was plenty of waste as what wasn't tasted that night went back to the room for a day or two then was pitched.

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[aan1701]

So maybe it's only those locations with an odd number of words in their title?

Non-cruise curmudgeon complaint here, (and not in the post I'm responding to, just being efficient!):

Please everyone, use the proper there, their and they're, also, to, too and two, and please, for the love of Pete (there's that guy again), please don't pluralize a word with an apostrophe!!!! It's not a possessive!

I agree with almost everything except that you would say there's that guy again. As it is short for there is hence the apostrophe. At least that is my understanding.

 

[Weedy]

My Curmudgeon point is:
My little Johhny is soooo special , mature and great that even at 6 years old he wants to be in the teen club with his cousin. We know he is sooo special, mature and great that he SHOULD be allowed in the teen club do you think that will make an exception for our special family. How close do they follow the rules because the rules don't apply to us.

 

[Mom2PrincessesLinSy]

How close do they follow the rules because the rules don't apply to us.

Probably the same family who takes flippin' flash photography throughout the show each night. Right in the middle of the theater, you know where the guys saved 50 seats for his bestest friends? Yeah, THOSE people!

 

[iankh]

This one was fine, basically cake, whipped cream and some strawberry substance. The one the year before had the jello-mousse thing that was nasty.

Nevertheless, there was plenty of waste as what wasn't tasted that night went back to the room for a day or two then was pitched.

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Our last celebration cake had the jelloesque substance as did the ones on previous cruises.

We didn't eat the last one but had much fun with the chocolate ship doing an reenactment of the Titanic, while a friend sang "Nearer My God to Thee."

So we did have a good time with the cake in the end.


(Why would I have the celebration cake three times and not just give up after the first? I admit I'm a curmudgeon, I never said that from time to time I didn't also display moronic tendencies. Also, underneath this caustic veneer, is a crabby under-layer, and then underneath that a tiny spark of optimism ... very tiny.)






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[ColoradoDisneyFreaks]

I agree with almost everything except that you would say there's that guy again. As it is short for there is hence the apostrophe. At least that is my understanding.

Technically, it's a contraction, such as isn't, and wouldn't. However, you are correct, it's not really proper English, the standard contractions are accepted unless you're Data (and no, I'm not really a Star Trek geek, I just have massive amounts of dumb trivia floating around in my head! )