Comments on: Amazing But True Stories of the Cruise Industry! http://www.shipcriticblog.com/amazing-but-true-stories-of-the-cruise-industry/ Cruise Chat, News & Bargains Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:06:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lyn Edwin Cathey http://www.shipcriticblog.com/amazing-but-true-stories-of-the-cruise-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4285 Lyn Edwin Cathey Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:16:19 +0000 http://www.shipcriticblog.com/amazing-but-true-stories-of-the-cruise-industry/#comment-4285 Anne, I took special interest in reading about Rosemary Roberts in your top article above. In about 1980 to '82, - forget the exact year - I was booked on the Royal Viking Sea as a featured act (banjo, guitar & standup) on a month long Hawaii & South Pacific cruise. RV treated entertainers extremely well, allowing us the choice of dining with the passengers or the crew. I usually chose the main passenger dining room, but there was a catch, you had to sit with and be very charming to the passenger table to which you were assigned. The dreaded assignment was at Rosemary Roberts' table - a table for two in the corner, at which she dined alone more often than not. Since no entertainer wanted that assignment for the entire cruise, the "Rosemary" duty was rotated weekly. I did my "time in the barrel" as they say, like the trooper that I was - but found sitting with Rosemary not all that bad. She really didn't have much to say, spent most of the time between courses knitting or crocheting - but one BIG advantage to sitting Rosemary's table - man, did she get the special treatment from the staff! Special desserts, special, custom prepared dishes, you name it...anything you wanted. I think I gained about about 5 lbs the week I dined with Rosemary Roberts! - Lyn Edwin Cathey PS - My sordid history as a cruise ship entertainer can be viewed at - http://www.pimpmycruise.com/mod/customindex/ourstory.php Anne,
I took special interest in reading about Rosemary Roberts in your top article above. In about 1980 to ‘82, – forget the exact year – I was booked on the Royal Viking Sea as a featured act (banjo, guitar & standup) on a month long Hawaii & South Pacific cruise. RV treated entertainers extremely well, allowing us the choice of dining with the passengers or the crew. I usually chose the main passenger dining room, but there was a catch, you had to sit with and be very charming to the passenger table to which you were assigned. The dreaded assignment was at Rosemary Roberts’ table – a table for two in the corner, at which she dined alone more often than not. Since no entertainer wanted that assignment for the entire cruise, the “Rosemary” duty was rotated weekly. I did my “time in the barrel” as they say, like the trooper that I was – but found sitting with Rosemary not all that bad. She really didn’t have much to say, spent most of the time between courses knitting or crocheting – but one BIG advantage to sitting Rosemary’s table – man, did she get the special treatment from the staff! Special desserts, special, custom prepared dishes, you name it…anything you wanted. I think I gained about about 5 lbs the week I dined with Rosemary Roberts! – Lyn Edwin Cathey
PS – My sordid history as a cruise ship entertainer can be viewed at – http://www.pimpmycruise.com/mod/customindex/ourstory.php

]]> By: Louise http://www.shipcriticblog.com/amazing-but-true-stories-of-the-cruise-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4282 Louise Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:51:29 +0000 http://www.shipcriticblog.com/amazing-but-true-stories-of-the-cruise-industry/#comment-4282 This is a fantastic post which I read with much interest and a smile on my face. The world of cruise really is weird and wonderful. I particularly liked the idea of the message i the bottle - isn't fate a wonderful thing?! With regard to the old lady opting to live on a cruise ship rather than in a home, surely she would have required a carer and medical attention? I'm pretty sure the cruise line wouldn't have provided this?? This is a fantastic post which I read with much interest and a smile on my face. The world of cruise really is weird and wonderful. I particularly liked the idea of the message i the bottle – isn’t fate a wonderful thing?!
With regard to the old lady opting to live on a cruise ship rather than in a home, surely she would have required a carer and medical attention? I’m pretty sure the cruise line wouldn’t have provided this??

]]> By: John Campbell http://www.shipcriticblog.com/amazing-but-true-stories-of-the-cruise-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-4272 John Campbell Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:58:41 +0000 http://www.shipcriticblog.com/amazing-but-true-stories-of-the-cruise-industry/#comment-4272 I loved these stories. The story of the QE2's world cruise particularly resonates with me. I remember one wit quipping that the Queen's Grill was like an old age home, but with better jewelry. I loved these stories. The story of the QE2’s world cruise particularly resonates with me. I remember one wit quipping that the Queen’s Grill was like an old age home, but with better jewelry.

]]> By: Sean B. Halliday http://www.shipcriticblog.com/amazing-but-true-stories-of-the-cruise-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 Sean B. Halliday Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:38:20 +0000 http://www.shipcriticblog.com/amazing-but-true-stories-of-the-cruise-industry/#comment-1174 Please feel free to check out some of my true stories from over a decade of working and living on cruise ships. www.cruiseshipstories.com Let me know what you think of them. Please feel free to check out some of my true stories from over a decade of working and living on cruise ships.

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Let me know what you think of them.

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