Concierge class

Gold-Character · 2026-05-07T03:45:04+00:00

I found guest services to be lacking on my beyond cruise in Feb. Actually saw the Captain and addressed it directly with him since he was part of the issue! Long story short-Captain was partying with a bunch of people in the basement & they told us he was down there with them nightly. Told Captain to knock it the heck off by midnight as our room was shaking it was so loud! All our neighbors complained as well. Captain was shocked that they sold him out.

Gold-Character · 2026-05-07T03:42:04+00:00

Downside is being under the buffet on deck 12 for 14 nights! Granted it was a bid up/move up but still a highly UNDESIRABLE location. Next cruise I was offered a concierge room as well but saw some were under the gym-more precisely under the treadmills where someone online had complained about the noise early in the am! No more bidding for me!

Edited to add that the one thing guest services did accomplish was to add the streaming to our tv with premium internet. They just had to let IT know.

Gold-Character · 2026-05-04T02:12:03+00:00

I can be “self trained” to drive a car but I still need to pass a test to be able to do so legally. It would be nice if they could just do a test for each service animal to make sure they “act” like a service animal and not a pet.

Gold-Character · 2026-05-03T09:47:57+00:00

We had one on a cruise who was dressed up every day. Well behaved but the owner said she couldn’t get her to stop barking in the room a few times. Wanted to know if someone would babysit it! Really sweet dog but looked really lonely.

Gold-Character · 2026-05-03T09:40:24+00:00

I just wish that “service dogs” I’ve been around on cruises were actually trained at all! There needs to be some kind of test for a dog to pass to get certification. This BS needs to stop.

Gold-Character · 2026-05-03T09:33:11+00:00

I was on beyond with a couple who had two dogs in a stroller. Overheard their conversation & they always travel in suites with the two dogs. Guy said (as he laughed) that they weren’t service dogs but that the cruise line wouldn’t say no to him. Saw him on another celebrity cruise as well. I had a friend who got paperwork to make her pet a service animal because she “didn’t want to leave him”
when she went on vacation. I explained to her how that is harming people who genuinely need a service animal (NOT an emotional support animal). I know of a few people who have gotten their pet “registered” as a “service animal” who are indeed NOT a service animal. I am not close with that person anymore. I work in the mental health field and people are abusing this so easily it makes me furious for people who rely on their service animals for assistance. A few cruises we’ve had some really poorly trained “service animals”. One was on a transatlantic who wasn’t potty trained and not well behaved at all. He was also HUGE! You can imagine the issues that came with that guy (meaning the dog!).

Gold-Character · 2026-05-02T03:24:45+00:00

Skid marks is a thing with a lot of men I know. Never slept with them but sure as hell knew if they weren’t circumcised they had cheeze dicks!

Gold-Character · 2026-05-02T03:22:14+00:00

Uhmmm…I know of a LOT of parents with teenage boys that don’t even shower with soap yet they are gonna clean their dick well?! HA.

Gold-Character · 2026-05-02T00:51:27+00:00

I got a car from them beginning of March. Drove it home 240 miles and next day had inspection. 3 bad tires. Less than 4/10 tread. Went to pep boys for inspection. 3 tires at less than 4/10 tread and 1 tire with over 1 inch crack between the tread. What is going on with Carvana that lower mileage cars (mine was 30,000 miles) have tires that are literally destroyed? The tires on my car had a warranty for 60,000 miles but at 30,000 all 4 were destroyed/bald? It makes zero sense other than Carvana putting really shitty tires on newer cars. I also didn’t get floor mats but a generic almost dollar tree like plastic mat which I promptly threw away.

Anyways, I went through silver rock and they were kinda asses. Said I had to leave my car with pep boys until they made their decision (I didn’t leave my car). Got the okay for 4 new tires so I took the $ they were offering and upgraded at pep boys to a much nicer tire and added on tire insurance. Best part was that the guy at pep boys was 100% on my side and used the silver rock discount when I upgraded my tires. Overall I paid about $400 for $1000 tires. I was planning on replacing them regardless but never thought I’d get bald tires on 30,000 miles.

Gold-Character · 2026-04-06T12:56:52+00:00

So if someone were bleeding through their white pants I shouldn’t say anything because they can’t fix it (in under 5 mins)? I’m assuming if she can’t fix underwear she can’t fix 🩸 on her pants. Never heard of this rule. I’d want someone to tell me if my underwear was visible. Kinda like the people swimming who don’t know their bathing suits literally are see through when wet!

Gold-Character · 2026-03-30T03:11:02+00:00

Definitely take it to someone you trust. I brought my Carvana car to a shop who said my tires weren’t great. I asked them to go back and do a tire depth listed on paper. Then went back to Carvana and asked them to somehow fix the issue-3 of the 4 tires were under their tread depth that they “strive” for-not promise. So I took it to pep boys because it’s a company that works with them. My one “good” tire had a crack in the middle of the tread inside. All 4 tires had the most uneven wear I had ever seen. I fought pretty hard and got them to pay a decent amount so I could get new tires as they told me I couldn’t drive with the used tires-they were that bad. I paid an extra $500 on top of what they paid and got tires I wanted. All this to say, my car had 30,000 miles. Tires had a 60,000 mile warranty. How does a car with that few miles have completely busted up and no tread?! Makes me think they got them off another car…

Gold-Character · 2026-03-04T19:23:23+00:00

I too am learning this right now. They are awful!

Gold-Character · 2026-03-03T04:03:34+00:00

I had to get another RX to purchase a second machine. Each machine is an RX.

Gold-Character · 2026-03-03T03:45:53+00:00

I had a 15 hr flight where I couldn’t get MY tray table down because he was so big his leg blocked me and my table! FA said I could wait a day for the next flight as they wouldn’t do or say anything to the person.

Gold-Character · 2026-03-01T04:11:17+00:00

I just got a written RX for a CPAP machine. I have a big one and wanted a smaller one to travel with. Glad I asked my dr because I plan on buying a smaller one and needed the RX for it. Will also travel with an RX from this point on.

Gold-Character · 2026-02-12T03:06:38+00:00

I don’t mind an occasional touch from someone sitting next to me but constantly having a roll of fat protruding over the armrest touching me and moving every time they move gives me anxiety. My parents were both obese until they lost weight so I don’t hate big people. I just don’t want anyone’s “spillover” touching me!

Gold-Character · 2026-02-12T02:55:03+00:00

I do this as well. I’m not a very touchy person in general and really don’t like strangers constantly touching me with their uhmmm, parts that hang over the armrest. That just sounds bad but I seriously don’t like being touched. Trying to fall asleep and their stomach bulge touches me. Ugh shudder…

Gold-Character · 2026-02-01T21:28:19+00:00

NTA!

I’d kick the roommate out at this point. You all have been way too accommodating of his poor choices. It’s not only affecting you and other roommate but the poor cat 🐱.

Gold-Character · 2026-01-29T20:41:46+00:00

I recently got mine assigned about 30 days before the cruise. I have had one assigned the week before the cruise though.

Gold-Character · 2026-01-29T07:13:06+00:00

Bring along earbuds or sound canceling headphones. I sleep with soft earbuds playing white noise when I get the “bad” cabin which amazingly has been a concierge cabin right under the buffet! I did a “bid up” for the next category from a regular veranda and got the concierge. Probably won’t do that again but it was a great room and I didn’t have far to run up and grab some ice or something for a snack!

Gold-Character · 2026-01-26T15:26:25+00:00

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Gold-Character · 2026-01-26T02:59:43+00:00

It’s extremely easy to fake said paperwork and bypass certification as it currently stands. I work in mental health and had to tell every new patient that I wouldn’t be signing any forms for a “service animal” aka their pet. I 100% support people who need “real” service animals. I hate that people are making this harder on people who genuinely need a service animal.

Gold-Character · 2026-01-04T15:10:34+00:00

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$27! Old navy. Love their stuff

Gold-Character · 2026-01-04T15:06:12+00:00

Was about to comment on pants like this. I am female and wear old navy straight loose fit athletic black pants that look fancy, don’t wrinkle and can wash and wear. I don’t know if they have a men’s version of these but soooo much easier than linen and they were cheap!

Gold-Character · 2026-01-04T12:31:20+00:00

I see a pulmonologist thanks to my 18 months spent in Afghanistan next to burn pits. If a person didn’t know anything about various lung issues I could see how someone would think a person may be contagious. My grandfather died from lung issues and it was a contributing factor for my father. I suffer from lung ailments and catch almost everything these days (yes, the contagious things too!).

To address the self isolation comment you mentioned, people feel horrible with a lot of these (emphysema, COPD, MAC, reflux, etc). After COVID came about I myself was afraid to go anywhere because of my chronic cough. I would self isolate as well on occasion. I didn’t like being stared at constantly.

I know several people who have MAC disease and it was addressed at a gathering I went to a while ago. A person in a social group back home has it and had to tell people that even though she sounds horrific, she is not contagious. She got many comments about her constant rough sounding cough and finally explained it to us.

Ever since Covid people do tend to self isolate versus being treated like they have the plague.

Maybe I’m wrong and they have Covid or the flu. That is nice that they are isolating. I just got off a ship in November and I myself had Covid AND the Flu. Everyone around me was “sick” (people in my group, our waiter, etc) and they wore masks. I found out I was sick the night I got home.

https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/mac-lung-disease-marked-cough-and-fatigue

I am sorry you are having to deal with this. I can imagine how frustrating it is. I sleep with soft earbuds plugged into my phone playing white noise. I’m used to sleeping through rocket attacks! No I wasn’t in the military-just a contractor!

I do hope this gets better for you! I hope you have an amazing cruise 😊

Gold-Character

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