I am a stickler for inconsistencies in service, I tend to overlook when I don't pay top dollar, I zero in on it if I am paying top dollar. It sounds to me the PG is inconsistent with the level of service and detail I have experienced on the Mariner. However, I do understand they have "lost control" of the PG, so this may the contributing factor.

These are great impressions from a wonderful group of travellers whom I respect a lot, thanks for sharing...bring on the MUSH!!

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends ~~M. Angelou~~