We found this in the concierge lounge on the Fantasy and really liked it, but we're really bummed when we got home and found out it was 20 a bottle. This is now our very special occasion drinkThe person wanted some examples so I just multi quoted, I guess I shouldn't have bit on it, but I did. We are very frugal/cheapskates and love what it allows us to do.
I think it is pretty obvious from my other posts about running around in my underwear, surviving only on pine cones and squirrel droppings, and hosting hookah parties in my stateroom that I have an absurd sense of humor and am rarely expressing deep concern for the topic. Despite my love of literature AND pearl clutching I was being my usual absurd self. If I need to kick it up a notch I certainly accept the challenge.
Also, everything I know about the world and its finer pleasures I got from watching British comedies in the 1970's and 1980's. Like all civilized geeks.
Well, perhaps it was a poor choice of words, because:
does not read like a "hypothesis" and instead reads much more like a conclusion. "In the end, it could only be a matter of money" can't be interpreted any other way except as your conclusion that people who bring their own beverages on board are doing so only to save money and not because the ship does not carry their preferred selection. And this is a rather ironic conclusion given that these penny pinchers are sailing on the single most expensive cruise line in its class. Again, given your post above, I take it that you didn't really mean what you posted earlier. But you have to admit that it certainly came off that way.
Exactly. Lots of people (probably most people on the Board) have something to which they devote what seems to be a disproportionate amount of their disposable income. Time pieces. Cars. Disney cruises. Bicycles. Firearms. And the list goes on. They are not psychotic any more than I am an alcoholic.
Class act I see...bwaha
Not flaming anything....one word comes to mind as far as this post...DENIAL!It is posts like these that are only trying to fan the flames, and they have been on the other threads too. They are not adding to the discussion, just posting an opinion to draw a reaction from others.
Well here is my opinion, we are truly looking at moving on from DCL due to, the diminishing benifits for the loyalty program, for example dropping the extra OBC for this group, only getting the onboard booking credit on one cruise, same itineraries, same shows and acts over and over (John Charles is only one with unique shows), service and friendliness of staff is not the same as prior years, pool hours being shorter (was nice when they were open when we skipped a show), many of the menus haven't changed much since we started cruising DCL, and research we have done has shown that DCL is falling more in line with other cruise lines as far as what they offer. One big annoyance was the last cruise we were on we stayed onboard during port days that we had already stopped at on previous cruises hoping to ride the aquadunk like I had on previous port days and it was closed until the ship left port this last time.
The alcohol policy was the tipping point, because of the way DCL handled it, very arrogantly, them thinking they are heads and tails above everyone still. Before our next DCL cruise we will price out celebrity and princess cruises before we go onboard and if they are cheaper we will give them a go. We may still do a placeholder on DCL in case the other lines don't meet our expectations we can get back on DCL. If we find we really like one of the other lines we would dump the placeholder. It is a case of we don't know what we are missing with other lines until we try them.
Last post then I am done denial of what lol?
