Rosalie B. wrote:
>
> Bob stated after he got off the GOTS that he was never cruising again,
> but I wanted to go through the Panama Canal, so he agreed to do this
> one. But he said it was like watching paint dry.
I think I like Bob.
>
>
> When we got our suitcases, two of them which had been in perfect
> condition when we handed them over to the luggage people were
> basically destroyed. Bob had a side pocket torn partly off one of
> his bags, although he didn't think he lost anything. And my big black
> roller bag had one side of the aluminum pull out handle ripped out and
> the other side was twisted around so badly that it could not be
> re-inserted.
I'm afraid that I'd have complained to high heaven about that. Did they
do anything for you?
> The BIG BLACK MARK for this room and ALL the ones at this end of the
> ship (and sometimes it wafted up to the dining rooms) was that
> everything smelled of sewage - especially in the hall but also in the
> room. More in port or when there were certain wind directions. This
> was due to faulty engineering as the sewage stack odors were
> re-entrained into the ventilation system. The toilets worked OK
If you you are saying is correct, the "sewer gas" is a combustible gas
that is potentially dangerous in quantity. Like the luggage, I'd sure
be taking to the airways complaining, if the "recirculating" thing is
correct.
This time I was prepared and had my earplugs in my ears
> and my cane to sit on.
Thanks- now I've got to live with that image in my head for the next ten
years.
>
> Lido: We learned to like the Lido, but rarely ate there. They still
> have trays which is MUCH better than trying to balance everything on a
> slippery plate.
With HAL catering to a more elderly crowd, we also found that the
busboys were quick to help folk using walkers or canes. One would grab
a tray and proceed to help Mrs. Nonny through the line and get
water/coffee for her when she was seated.
>
> So I switched to Personal Choice Dining and that really worked out
> very well.
Yup, it's great to be able to walk up and be seated. We also liked the
varying people at our table.
>
>
>
> Bob was pretty disgusted with the TV. He wanted to watch Fox News.
> There are no broadcast channels at all - just CNN, ESPN a cartoon
> channel, and TCM (Turner Classic Movies). All the rest are ship
> channels. They did show the professional football games (which I
> liked and he didn't) and some of the college ones I think, although I
> didn't really pay much attention to those.
Like I said earlier, I really think Bob and I could get along. Did they
have professional wrestling? Mrs. Nonny likes to watch that and cheer
on her favorites. I think Bob and I could sit around and agree
on politics.
>
> Although he thinks CNN is biased liberal media, he insisted on
> watching it anyway. He wrote on the interim comment card that they
> should have an unbiased alternative to CNN. When I took it to turn it
> in, I added to it the comment that as far as I was concerned I'd be
> happy if I never ever saw Fox OR CNN ever again.
FOX is all I watch when there is a choice. They're still far too
liberal for my taste, but at least they're better than the socialist
channels.
>
> Excursions: I will do these separately as it was a long cruise and
> there were a lot of them.
>
> Ship
>
> One elevator forward did not work for the whole cruise, and the first
> night I got trapped in an aft elevator with several other people - the
> elevator would go up and down, but would not open the doors for us to
> get out.
This has happened to Mrs. Nonny before. On one cruise, she was trapped
on an elevator for 5 nights before I noticed and reported her missing.
The smell was terrible. We pried the door open slightly and slipped a
pizza in for her to eat while they tried repairing the elevator. They
got her out just as the ship was disembarking passengers, so I at least
got to bring her home with me, and not have her shipped home separately.
--
Nonnymus-
Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress....
But then I repeat myself.
-Mark Twain |