What's the latest in people's lives?

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Sounds like a good gig, Teaos. As long as they don't go on three-hour tours, three-hour tours...

[IanKennedy]

Oceania, smallish company with just 3 little 650 guest capacity ships and one larger (but still small) 1200 guest ship, 5 star cruising, light on entertainment but really excellent food.

We're off on other cruise in about a months time, this time from Southampton to New York via Norway, Iceland, Greenland and Canada. That ship holds 3080 guests (Crown Princess).

They call it country club casual, no formal nights but smart casual at all times.

Nice place top work with a nice cliental, last cruise I had dinner with a retired genweral who commanded in vietnam and a few cruises ago we had a former sentor on. Really interesting guests.

Interesting... They typically do one formal night a week or perhaps three on a two week cruise on the ships we go on. Quite fun to get the chance to dress up. We're going on a cruise on a small ship next year. By small I mean really small. It has a total capacity of 48 guests. We're going to see the Galapagos Islands, this is the ship National Geographic Islander.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

I can't believe the first day of August is Monday...

[Lighthawk]

Good, the quicker the year goes, the sooner we can put this 2012 nonsense to rest.

[Tsukiyumi]

Good, the quicker the year goes, the sooner we can put this 2012 nonsense to rest.

I say that every year, it seems.

[Teaos]

I would love to work on National Geographic ships but they dont really have a retail department. Unless I got into the tech side of things there no job for me there, but they do amazing cruises.

Yeah my previous ship did one or two formal nights a cruise but this is a nice change, Oceania is layed back cruising with 7 star cuisine.

[Tsukiyumi]

...Oceania is layed back cruising with 7 star cuisine.

That is a lot of stars.

[Mikey]

Round here, the ratings only go up to 5 stars. Are you using the Spinal Tap scale?

[Sonic Glitch]

Round here, the ratings only go up to 5 stars. Are you using the Spinal Tap scale?

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

My god, it's full of... nah.

I want it to be 2012 because 1. I'll be flying out to Utah in February and 2. i can write crossovers again!

[Teaos]

Not sure what cruise star raiting you guys use but here it ismostly done on guest to crew ratio, and partialy on guest ratings.

basically this is a 650 guest capacity ship is 350 crew. about 1.4 guests to every crew. but of those 350 crew, 200 are galley. which means 1 galley worker for every 3 guest.

Considering the standard princess of royal carabial crew to guest ration is at least 5 to 1 and Galley to guest is 10 to 1 you see where we get our star ratings from.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Ugh, hate getting sick out of the *BLEEPing blue.

[Nickswitz]

You too!! Everyone in the house was sick last week.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Sorry to hear, Nick. Hope they're feeling better.

[Sonic Glitch]

I'd like to welcome TaxCollectorJib to the forum. He's someone I finally got to log on and look around after a long time. I hope he enjoys his stay and will make the best of it. .. Such that it is