Sue:

One way we have found that we get to meet the staff is to invite them to dinner. Last time we had dinner with CD and wife (twice), cruise consultant, and social hostess and her husband. It is even better if you can invite them to signatures as they do not get to dine there unless invited by a guest.

marc

On a 7 night itinerary, if the ship is full, they may not allow you to invite staff to Signatures or Latitudes because they want to ensure that all of the passengers are able to dine at least once in each. However, you can always dine with senior staff and "special" staff (such as production cast members and bridge instructors) in Compass Rose.

Just wanted you all to know that Radisson is reading this board and they are happy that this board is in place.

Ngaire:

What great news....I think Radisson has found a great sounding board of cruisers that fit their profile...aka know as cruise addicts! :)

We know what we like, and RSSC can fill the bill!

Phew! So glad I found you all! I've still been posting away like a lunatic wondering where everyone went! Thanks Marci and Karen for resuing me! And thanks also to Ngaire, Karen and John for this new forum! And thanks to all for the kind responses on the CC board, and in advance on this one!

This may have already been answered here, so I apologize if this is redundant...is the word out on cc that we have taken our "business" elsewhere? :)
Sheri

Sheri:

Several have mentioned that we are meeting elsewhere...I think most of those responses have been to the thread Board is Quiet.

Several members here have offered their email address to provide more information to others that might want to join us.

Yes. I'm glad cause I never would have found you otherwise. I just kept wondering where everyone was. So I e-mailed Karen and Marci as a result of the "slow board" post. No one has posted where you are though, so I'm glad they were kind enough to respond!

I never realized that there were so many of us. I got a chuckle when one "former" lurker said he/she was happier without all of us whining on the board. It will be fun to compare cruise notes with those on the other cruise lines.

I don't think it is that great that Radisson has found this board. I think it would be nice for us to have the ability to post "how to beat the system" posts; something we wouldn't want Radisson to learn. We also can't post when a Radisson employee broke corporate rules to help us for fear that employee might get in trouble. These might be beneficial for general knowledge of what rules can be broken if you know who to talk to.

marc

Good point Marc

They do watch my web site so it was only a matter of time. Hard to keep secrets these days.

Sue:

To add to Marc's advice, last May on the Navigator, I attended a service club breakfast with the Social Director. I was the only person who came. Later that day I was invited to dinner as the guest of food & beverage manager Rugierio.

Incidentally, does anyone know whether Rugierio did get married this past January?

Bill

Marc, you only want to do that in private anyway, because as soon as any beating of the system gets found out, a red flag goes up, maybe, and it gets corrected. (That's why I cringe at every thread about cocktails at the dinner table...afraid it will go away, even though I never partake, except for the wine) Besides, I am dumb on how to beat the "system" except to never book directly with the cruise line. We should have an underground e-mail system for this. I am glad Radisson is lurking here. Their loyal customers are the best source of info about what direction the line should take, how we are feeling about each cruise. Radisson, if you are lurking here, get the filet mignon back on the Simplicity menu on a permanent basis!!! Okay, now let's see what happens when I go on my Silversea cruise in March and request Filet Mignon with Bearnaisse sauce!

Ngaire:

Maybe you can make a deal with Radisson. Since this is a "private" site, if they are going to read, they need to write. If there is something where a short post from someone at Radisson can answer a question, they should reply.

marc

Oh my, I would hate to be the person at RSSC assigned to this. Too much pressure to give precisely the right answer to everything. It would be a full time job for this group, as we are too talkative and full of questions!

marc:

Yours is literally the BEST idea I have seen posted! It would be great to have a running dialog with Radisson managment regarding questions that appear here.

GREAT IDEA,
Richard :) :) :) :)