HeWhoWaits

Is pay and continued employment in corporate functions tied to performance? If so, how do you continue to have such an incompetent IT department and inconsistent customer service? If not, why not?

FIFY

I NEVER have difficulty finding a seat in WJ for breakfast. Of course, by the end of the cruise if there are already ten people in the WJ before I arrive the washy-washy folks say they were worried because I'm late!

Okay, maybe we CAN be friends. Medium rare is the way to go for these items. I suppose you would use overcooked bacon on your medium rare bacon cheeseburger, but I'll have to let that slide. We'll have to agree to disagree on pork products (medium is the way to go - for anything from pork loin to bacon).

I disagree that the argument doesn't stand. The muster station you are assigned is where you are to go in the event of an emergency. If that happens to be right by your lifeboat - great. On the larger ships, there isn't room for everyone to gather on the deck so some assigned stations are at large indoor locations on the correct deck. THAT is where you will go in an emergency, so you need to know where to be.

#what-a-waste-of-perfectly-good-pork Next you'll tell me you order your filet mignon "very well done" then send it back to be "cooked just a little bit more."

Right near the dock is a fantastic miniature golf course - Bermuda Fun Golf. http://www.fungolf.bm/ First six holes are mini replicas of famous Bermuda golf holes, next six are famous US golf holes (the 9th hole on this course goes straight out at the ocean just like its inspiration - #7 at Pebble Beach), and the final six from Scotland (the 18th is the Road Hole from St. Andrews).

We can never be friends. Bacon is supposed to be soft and chewy! Extra crispy is a fried chicken option.

We're well past the 20 day point for our cruise planner refund notices with no $$ in sight. There is a great deal of inconsistency with the process. And the May 6 email indicating that our cruise price refunds should be expected by the end of last week? Smoke and mirrors - haven't received anything. Again - inconsistency.

I'll be more than okay with having my plateful of food served to me as soon as the WJ opens in the morning, especially if I have a young grandchild with me. Not easy carrying a toddler and juggling a plate to feed myself and the young 'un.

Sadly, my favorite after-dinner drink on the cruises no longer exists in its purest form. Loved the daily special layered drinks in the special shooter glasses you could keep. We have quite the collection of those glasses and have parties for our friends where we serve different layered drinks we've tried over the years.

Regardless of what you decide wrt booking flights, you need to get the hotel reservation made now. November in South Florida fills up fast.

Problem is - Grandeur is going away. Price drop almost certainly won't happen.

Lift & Shift came too late for us. Would have been great as the identical cruise next year is 75% higher price. Even with 125% FCC there's a significant extra cost for the same trip.

Those suites require more than 4 people and can't be booked online anyway. The price per person might be accurate for full capacity of the cabin, as third guest and beyond all pay a significantly reduced fare compared to the first two.

And when you get 125% FCC on the rebooked price for the cruise being cancelled, you'll have enough to really go big!

FIFY

I've see the same issue on other boards. The originals are on a forum site that requires you to be a member to view. That is causing the pictures to fail on here.

Smaller dollar figure refunds = processed almost immediately. Anecdotally, most expensive refunds = delayed. Heck, even the two cancellations requested for our group on the same cruise (submitted about 3 minutes apart) were processed in the system as cancellations over a week apart (the less expensive one first). No $$$ have made it back yet. Will be interesting to see how many days that takes from each being cancelled in the system.

The original published "promise" for the first cancellations was "within 30 days" (NOT 30 business days) - approximately 4 weeks. The new pronouncement is 45 BUSINESS days - approximately 9 weeks. The time to get your refund has more than doubled from what was originally announced. The first information we received in the second wave also stated "within 30 days of cancellation" but is now changed as well. No wonder so many are up in arms about the process.

Any speculation on which poster is Ms. Freed? Could be a fun exercise.