Our first clue about "Opera time" came with our docs. Initially we had been
told that the dinner times were (roughly) 6 and 8, but the docs said 7 and
9. IMO 7 is pretty ideal and on most cruises I'd "settled" for late seating
(a bit late for my taste) rather than dining "too early". When we saw the
times in the docs several of us opted to change from late to early.
My happiness with that only lasted from the time we got our docs until
shortly after boarding though, as it turned out that the times were indeed 6
and 8.
The next incidence of Opera time was on boarding day. The Daily Program
clearly said what time the buffet would be open, and lots of pax were there,
but it didn't open until a half hour later. We kept being told it would open
"soon" or I suspect that many of us would have gone away and come back. (To
be fair, there were inspectors doing their thing and that may have been the
cause of the time difference.)
The last "annoyance" along those lines had to do with luggage.
Two of us shared a cab and so our luggage was handed over at the same time
to the same person. My cabin mates single bag arrived promptly, my two were
very delayed. As long as I see active signs of luggage being delivered I
don't concern myself too much about such things, in fact this time I made
jokes within earshot of the crew that it might be an interesting week with
me naked. Of course I was actually well prepared, with enough clothing
etc. for a full day in my carryon.
When I was no longer seeing new bags in the hall and the door to the crew
access was closed I called the desk. Nice lady asked how many bags and the
size and color. She assured me that they were still distributing luggage.
She called back later to make sure I had them (and I did).
These were the ONLY examples of such things and were quite minor and were I
not trying to be thorough I probably would have forgotten them by now.
--
Marsha
Sorrows shared are sorrows halved,
while joys shared are joys doubled.
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