Last day, and the over all atmosphere is not brilliant, think it's just all the minor complaints and disagreements all coming to a head.
Don't think we'll ever do a cruise of this length again, but if we did I'd hope and pray for better entertainment staff.
I came second in the morning quiz, and I'm not doing the last battle of the sexes, but will do the last syndicate quiz tonight.
Came second in the progressive quiz.....bridesmaid again....lol
Here are one or two point to note if you ever decide to book this ship which is the Oriana, don't book a forward cabin on deck 8 as you can hear the theatre rehersals every afternoon, as it right below on deck 7.
Dont book deck 6 forward for same reason, and also on deck 6 forward on port side the noise from the launderette can be a problem.
Make sure your resturant is the Peninsula and not the Oriental, as I've been told the Oriental suffers very badly from vibration off the engines as it's situated directly above the engine room.
Oriana Transatlantic Feb 2011
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Day Thirty Four
Still sailing, not a lot planned for today, just the usual quizzes etc, except for the battle of the sexes, I'm giving that a miss for the rest of the cruise, all the banter and fun has gone out of it.
Some people take it far to serious, so I think I'll stay away, because I might say something I'll regret......
Just an ordinary day, except today was the day to fill in the customer satisfaction questionnaire, I filled mine out in what I think was a very honest fashion. I also included a hand written A4 sheet of paper pointing out the things , that in my humble opinion need to be addressed.
In the syndicate quiz tonight the questions were asked by Emma who has been great for the whole cruise, and the marker was deputy cruise director Karen who has been a complete misery arse the whole cruise, except for last night when she was the life and soul of the party.
We are all certain that the entertainment staff have been told about the comments made by everyone on their comments forms and I'm sure the letter I included with my form will not have been the only one sent in......
Some people take it far to serious, so I think I'll stay away, because I might say something I'll regret......
Just an ordinary day, except today was the day to fill in the customer satisfaction questionnaire, I filled mine out in what I think was a very honest fashion. I also included a hand written A4 sheet of paper pointing out the things , that in my humble opinion need to be addressed.
In the syndicate quiz tonight the questions were asked by Emma who has been great for the whole cruise, and the marker was deputy cruise director Karen who has been a complete misery arse the whole cruise, except for last night when she was the life and soul of the party.
We are all certain that the entertainment staff have been told about the comments made by everyone on their comments forms and I'm sure the letter I included with my form will not have been the only one sent in......
Day Thirty Three
Sea day once again, we are coming to the end of the cruise just two more days after today. It's been a strange cruise in many ways.
It's been one of the best because of the people we've met, as I've said before though, we always seem to meet some lovely people. There have also been some miserable cranks on board too.
Anyway tonight the star turn is Sam Kane, he used to be on Brookside and is married to the sexy Linda Lusardi, I'm not sure if she's on board with him, I'll let you know...... Oh yes and today is the next round of Battle of the Sexes, it will be interesting!! to see if the women turn up.
I'll keep you informed about that too....... Bet you can't wait..... "Yawn yawn....lol"......
The men easily won this round of Battle of the Sexes by 10 points to 5, so as I sportingly told the ladies team “justice had been done”. I obviously said this whilst running away from them. Anyway most of them took the whole thing sportingly, except for one who wrote a letter of complaint about Big Dave's, so called cheating, to the cruise director.
Dave was asked to see the cruise director about the matter and so I accompanied him as a sort of a witness. Anyway the outcome was that the complaint was petty, but as the cruise director explained, he had to be seen to investigate any written complaint.
On a lighter note Sam Kane was amazing, he's one of the best singers I've seen and I would recommend you go and see him if the chance ever ariseses......
It's been one of the best because of the people we've met, as I've said before though, we always seem to meet some lovely people. There have also been some miserable cranks on board too.
Anyway tonight the star turn is Sam Kane, he used to be on Brookside and is married to the sexy Linda Lusardi, I'm not sure if she's on board with him, I'll let you know...... Oh yes and today is the next round of Battle of the Sexes, it will be interesting!! to see if the women turn up.
I'll keep you informed about that too....... Bet you can't wait..... "Yawn yawn....lol"......
The men easily won this round of Battle of the Sexes by 10 points to 5, so as I sportingly told the ladies team “justice had been done”. I obviously said this whilst running away from them. Anyway most of them took the whole thing sportingly, except for one who wrote a letter of complaint about Big Dave's, so called cheating, to the cruise director.
Dave was asked to see the cruise director about the matter and so I accompanied him as a sort of a witness. Anyway the outcome was that the complaint was petty, but as the cruise director explained, he had to be seen to investigate any written complaint.
On a lighter note Sam Kane was amazing, he's one of the best singers I've seen and I would recommend you go and see him if the chance ever ariseses......
Day Thirty Two
Funchal, Madeira today, after breakfast, six of us, that's Jen, John, Hazel, Peter, Sheila and myself decided to get off at 8.30 and take the free shuttle bus into town. We then got the City Sight Seeing opentop bus to get a good look at Funchal and the surrounding area the most interesting part of the trip besides the lovely views, was the fishing village of Camara de Lobos where Winston Churchill went to paint. We also saw the famous Reid's Hotel where he apparantly stayed and which does tradittional afternoon teas that are supposed to be good, but very expensive. In the evening Sheila and I went to see Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, his talk was interesting and full of nostalgic tv clips from yester year. He also did a "yes no" competition which I and three other people took part in, I think I may have set a worlds record, because I lasted less than 1 second and was out on the very first question. But it was a laugh which was the main thing.....
Day Thirty One
At sea, just been to the morning quiz, the subject was pubs, so everyone thought I'd do well, but as you can probably guess I bombed out and only scored eleven out of twenty.... You can see how exciting sea days are on here lol.
Went to the talk inthe theatre, it was by Philip Hayton the ex BBC news reader and reporter, it was facinating and very interesting, but it over ran by about fifteen minutes, so I missed most of the Battle of the Sexes quiz. I was lucky I did tbough because the women said that the men were cheating and a row broke out and most of the women walked out in protest.
I walked in at the very end of it all, so I wasn't directly involved. I can't believe how serious tbe quiz is taken, after all the prize is only the glory of winning nothing else, not a bottle of wine, or even a keyring, just the glory...... Lol It was quite exciting really, I'll keep you informed, the next round (if the women turn up that is.....lo is the day after tomorrow.....)
Went to the talk inthe theatre, it was by Philip Hayton the ex BBC news reader and reporter, it was facinating and very interesting, but it over ran by about fifteen minutes, so I missed most of the Battle of the Sexes quiz. I was lucky I did tbough because the women said that the men were cheating and a row broke out and most of the women walked out in protest.
I walked in at the very end of it all, so I wasn't directly involved. I can't believe how serious tbe quiz is taken, after all the prize is only the glory of winning nothing else, not a bottle of wine, or even a keyring, just the glory...... Lol It was quite exciting really, I'll keep you informed, the next round (if the women turn up that is.....lo is the day after tomorrow.....)
Day Twenty Nine
Sea day again, just been informed that the wearther is going to turn bad again this afternoon :-( It was a very rough day at sea, sick bags on every staircase.
Otherwise a very uneventful day, except maybe for the evening. Sheila and I went to see the show in the theatre, it was a mind reader. He managed to get Sheila to get up on stage,
he walked up to the front row seats where we were sitting. He managed to ignore my thoughts of "pick me, pick me" and went straight to Sheila who, after a lot of pushing and shoving from me and another Dave in the next seat, agreed to get up on stage. He did manage to read her mind and drew exactly what she had on the piece of paper in her hand. It wasn't a set up so I've no idea how he did it. I just worry about the poor guys mental state after rummaging around in Sheilas mind..... LOL....
Otherwise a very uneventful day, except maybe for the evening. Sheila and I went to see the show in the theatre, it was a mind reader. He managed to get Sheila to get up on stage,
he walked up to the front row seats where we were sitting. He managed to ignore my thoughts of "pick me, pick me" and went straight to Sheila who, after a lot of pushing and shoving from me and another Dave in the next seat, agreed to get up on stage. He did manage to read her mind and drew exactly what she had on the piece of paper in her hand. It wasn't a set up so I've no idea how he did it. I just worry about the poor guys mental state after rummaging around in Sheilas mind..... LOL....
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