Thread: Do You Read the Ship's Newsletter?

Do you check out the newsletter (Capers, Patters, Compass, etc.) on your cruise?

Yes, I do. As soon as the steward has put it on my bed I am there reading what is going on the next day.
I always keep a copy with me and I also have one I take home.

I voted everyday, but we read it at night circling the activities we want to do the next day and then carry it with us all day. I like to plan ahead which shows I want to go to and which activities (trivia games, contests, sing alongs, etc.) I will attend. I also check out the poker tournaments and what times I will spend at the casino. I find the newsletters very useful and for newer cruisers like myself very informative of what we can do as we are not pool sitters. it adds to the excitement of anticipation of the next days activities and excursions.

I read it everyday - usually after dinner and before bed.

I have notice that SOME newsletters are very boring and full of advertisements while others are GREAT. I attribute this entirely to the CD - some CD’s (and their staff) are lazy and just change the dates from cruise to cruise – while others are very creative and make the newsletters both informative and fun to read.

A great newsletter will enhance how a passenger perceives their cruise, especially the “seasoned” cruisers.

Tom

Same as everyone else, I read it at night to plan the next day, carry it with me folded in my back pocket, then store it to take home. Stick them in a file and wait for the next cruise.
Some are better than others and easier to follow. I like Princess and Royal Caribbean the best.

But I don't have a highliter, I circle or underline an item.

We also read our newsletter every evening and pick what we want to do or attend the next day. No Highlighter yet, but little crosses all over

Originally Posted by Cruiuselover

We also read our newsletter every evening and pick what we want to do or attend the next day. No Highlighter yet, but little crosses all over

Oh yes I use crosses also. at the left and right of the event listing

No Highlighter yet, but little crosses all over

I use stars instead of crosses, maybe because I'm Jewish??

Sounds like me. I put a little dash by the activities of interest to me. I get a bit peeved at myself if I miss something and then see it later on.

I'm the keeper of the newsletter for my family (my hubby usually doesn't look at it), and put move the older ones to a folder that I keep in one of the drawers in the cabin and then take home the set. On the last cruise, one disappeared (I think my daughter took it and then left it somewhere) so I had to go to the front desk to get another copy.

You know, I never had time on my first cruise to sit down and read them, but I hope to on my 2nd.