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Weekly Cruise Poll: Week of March 3, 2013

Here is this week’s cruise poll question: When sailing onboard a cruise ship, do you prefer the early seating, late seating, or any time dining?

 

 Last week’s results:

Question: Which region of the Caribbean is your favorite, the east, west, or south?

Winner: Southern Caribbean with 52.5% of the votes.

Breakdown of the results:

results week 2

 

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By Mike Faust

Mike Faust is an avid world traveler, often found traversing city streets in Asia and Europe rather than his home city of Boca Raton. Mike has touched down in 39 countries, set sail on 35 cruises, and flown over 400,000 lifetime miles.

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Early seating……I love having the same stewards night after night….especially when taking cruises lasting longer than a week or so. Although I may divert to some of the onboard specialty restaurants from time to time (and I always let the dining room stewards know, in person, so they don’t prepare for me), I love the consistentcy, attentiveness and familiarity that inevitably develops between diner and stewards.

I like an ice tea with my dinner….and, by night #2, it will be waiting for me at the dinner table. I love a cup of decaf coffee after dinner….and it will come without even asking by night #2. I like my steaks medium-well….and, all will come perfect, without even asking, after the first night.

And, at the end of each cruise, it is so satisfying to reward these dedicated, hard-working professionals with an envelope containing an appropriate amount of “extra” cash gratuities beyond the automatic gratuities. Their appreciation is priceless. And they remember me, and I them, on subsequent cruises when we meet again! And the world becomes a little smaller and a little friendlier!

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