Thread: Live From Mariner of the Seas- 10/19/08

Originally Posted by Char

If I'm not mistaken, Sonja mentioned trying to use her camera at the Casino bar. Unless things have changed, they don't allow pictures to be taken in the Casino.......altho you see lots of folks who have taken Casino pix! Guess they didn't notice those.

I was in the Viking Crown lounge. Maybe the bartender thought I was a spy or something? He was just grumpy, probably not understanding why I was taking the picture in the first place.

Originally Posted by edieredmann

Thanks Sonja, for taking us all along on your cruise! You did an excellent job! I wish you all the best with your new business. By the way, what is Lil Red going to be for Halloween?

A dinosaur! Rrrrooaaarr!!

Originally Posted by ziggysun

I was at the bar in the casino, but it wasn't really on top of gaming things and I opened the menu on the bar so the pictures would have been of the menu sitting on brown wood He was very grumpy from the start when DH ordered a drink from him...maybe he fell out of the upper berth that day?

I didn't just take a picture or even have my camera out, I asked him "would it be okay if I take a couple pictures of the menu to share with future passengers that I chat with on a cruise forum" and he said NO, grabbed the menu out from under me and put it under the bar. I did say to DH, after that, well if I wanted to order one of the drinks in the menu, I guess I'm outta luck!

Maybe YOU are the spy?
Some of those guys don't appreciate the opportunities they miss. We ended up not drinking in the Viking Lounge, which used to be one of our favorites. But they guy was grumpy and we didn't want to sit on his bad side all week.
We found our drinks elsewhere, DH preferred the Wig & Gavel where the bartenders were nice. We always tip the staff in cash, so they get that right away and not at the end of the payperiod. All extra tips written in are shared with all other staff on the ship. I like my servers to know that I appreciat their personal service and show that with a personal tip.
The guys in the Wig & Gavel loved us, rang the bell with every tip.

Sonja, glad your weather was better than ours was. Rained out in Miami, too windy in Cayman so no Sting Ray City, and too cold/windy our last sea day for any sun time.

Dunn's River Falls were awesome; I'll climb next time. Was the photographer for our little group this time. And you're absolutely right about the vendors there; they're beyond pushy.

Peggy, sorry you didn't have the best weather on your trip.

I'll climb the falls the next time also, everyone looked like they were having a great time.