I'm sure having 3 big ships to fill is enough for them!
By the looks of it they cant even do that, In all my years l have never booked a cruise and had this onboard spending money thing, Now it seems to be the norm, and do we see any attempt to lessen the single suppliment Nope! It would be a great chance to try to recapture that market. Is it too much to ask to look in a brochure and see at a glance what you can expect to pay for a
cabin stateroom, rather than get the calculator out and figure out, In the olden days we singles just looked at the single grades and had no need or care to see what the couples were paying.
Im with Rob on the idea that QE2 could have been eased out over the past 3 years and the New ship could have been gently introduced to the awaiting world
There are still people who want the old fashioned service, and yes lm one of them, lm maybe getting too old for all this glitz and glamour, if we want that stuff we can go over to "that" companies with the dine around options.
The crew would have continued in their high standard of service and loyality, on the 11th November l spoke with a stewardess who l first met away back in 2002 and asked her what her plans were, was she being moved to another ship and what surprised me was she hadnt been told what was happening. Now is this anyway to treat a loyal crew member and she wasnt the only one! Now if thats how they treat the crew, heaven help the poor
passengers guests.
As for cheapening the brand loyality, Look at Burberry, it was once a deluxe luxury product. now you see the burberry check on every chav on the council estates, and its mostly fake !!! Is this the way Cunard is going... and lm probably way off topic here
