On Dec 9, 7:31 pm, Bill wrote:
> grandma Rosalie wrote:
>
> > I'm sure that people that had early flights missed them unless they
> > were one of the first colors called - we didn't get finished with
> > Customs and Immigration until after 11 am. and we were about in the
> > middle.
>
> Well, hopefully the people who had early flights let the ship
> staff know about it so they could get an early departure color.
> That's the way it's supposed to work.
>
Some people jumped the line we were in because they said they had an
1100 flight. Maybe they just had to be at the airport for a noon
flight, because we didn't get to the airport until well after 1100 and
the days of running through the airport to get to the aircraft as the
doors are closing are long gone.
The problem is - they didn't tell us what the order of the colors was,
or how they determined who went first. So I don't know if they didn't
tell the purser's desk what they needed, or if they lied to the people
controlling the lines. I don't even know if GOTS had the 'carry your
own luggage off and get off first' option.
We didn't really care, because we didn't have any kind of a flight (we
were renting a car), so why did they call us in the middle? We were
Orange, and before us they had pink, lavender, white and brown/tan 1
and 2 (separately) IIRC. People with us had a 1:45 flight. The red,
blue and green were after us.
BTW, I see that on the Cruise Critic's board, people were asked to
take a bump because the plane had too much luggage and it was too
heavy.
> I agree that NCL's dis-embarkation is nicer. We did NCL America
> this past summer and while I don't have much good to say about
> the ship, it was great being able to leave our luggage in the
> cabin until we were able to get off the ship.
>
> I'll be interested to hear what else you have to say about
> Grandeur. I have to tell you that it was our least favorite of
> the RCI ships we have been on. Your husband may think it's too
> big but I thought it was not big enough. You need to sail on a
> Voyager (or Freedom) class ship to see all of the great stuff
> they have available on those ships.
>
> Bill
I don't think so. Bob doesn't like a lot of people or standing in
line for stuff, and the amenities are those that we don't really
want. We don't even really use the ones we have. We didn't do the
rock climbing wall, or the hot tubs, and he doesn't use the pools. He
actually went to the atrium and read a couple of books, which he never
does - or never has in the past. |