cruisinsince75:

No car talk from me now, here on this thread! :) I think it got started because the ORIGINAL POSTER brought it up, so many of us thought it would be OK. Sorry

There is no accounting for the differences in tastes of cruisers. Right after 9/11 there were many complaints on the CC Crystal board about the "open seating" dinner on some cruises, because they were less than 50% full. These people actually LIKE two fixed time and seating dinners --- it's not a case of them merely tolerating this to get other perceived benefits. Ditto on any degree of beverage inclusion at no extra cost. Some cruisers actually DISLIKE any such inclusions. So, I've learned that some have entirely different preferences in cruise details than I. It's good that we have a choice, I suppose.

Thanks,
Richard :) :) :)