Norwegian Dawn Dec. 13-20

On Jan 6, 8:33*pm, Rosalie B. wrote:


I've always liked NCL de-barcation better than RCI - as a matter of
fact that was the worst thing about RCI IMO. *They not only had no
coherent explanation of what the various colors meant, or the schedule
for them (you had to wait for your color and number to be called with
no way to keep track of how much longer you might have to wait), but
they kicked us out of the room at 8 am. *NCL let us stay there until
we were called. *HAL let us stay there and had a color schedule on the
TV so that we knew in advance what time we'd be getting off.


I think even NCL's largest detractors won't complain about NCL's
procedures there ... To me the calmest most leisurely procedure ...
Stay in your room ... or on deck ... or even sipping some tea
somewhere ... Then when you're called ... take your time ... finish
you tea ... collect your belongings ... and amble off ...

Charles wrote:

In article , Rosalie B.
wrote:

I've always liked NCL de-barcation better than RCI - as a matter of
fact that was the worst thing about RCI IMO. They not only had no
coherent explanation of what the various colors meant, or the schedule
for them (you had to wait for your color and number to be called with
no way to keep track of how much longer you might have to wait),

RCI usually puts out a sheet with the colors and what they mean that
they put in your cabin the final day. The show the order, that some
color are early debarkation or express debarkation and some are for
groups. They even put out the times. Also never had a problem changing
colors on RCI at the pursers desk.

Well maybe this was just an exceptionally disorganized cruise for RCI
(it was a repositioning cruise) because they absolutely did not give
us any sheet with colors in our cabin. There may have been one down
at the desk, but I didn't go down there to look - it was at the other
end of the ship.

I didn't have any problem with what time we were getting off as we
didn't have a deadline. But I would have liked to have had toilet
paper in the rest rooms while we were waiting.

Actually the worst I have found is Princess. On Princess you can't
figure out from the colors the time and you never know when your color
will be called. The colors are by deck but they don't call the decks in
order. They skip around. And if you go to the pursers desk to request a
change of colors they won't change them easily. They give you the third
degree.

That's how I felt about RCI.