Anyone following the Carnival Triumph cruise ship story?

Who's gonna give it to me?

It was crazy how many threads were started about Triumph on Cruise Critic. I'm glad it's getting back to normal - I spend some time on there when I have a cruise booked.

I've already told you why I don't like them. You just don't listen.

And you don't read. I know why you don't like them. We all do. That wasn't the question.

Why do you care so much if I like them or not? I'm not spending my vacation on a cruise ship, alrighty!

I care absolutely nothing about if you like them or not (again, you don't read/comprehend, or something (to put it nicely).

i feel the same way about you! you thought i was talking about ship building when i was talking about business but at least i'm a ship engineer now . if you actually understood what i said you would realize that the who, what, when, and where doesn't matter. it's just not my style ok! does that make sense?

No, I, nor I think anyone understands some of the things you've said.

Regardless, to summarize, you're making general statements about cruising when for all we know, you were on the Mark Twain Riverboat at Disneyland.
I'm making more specific statements about cruising, have been on several recently, and have given details here about what types of cruises I've been on.

Since you cruise a decent amount do you do the "discount" where if you own 100 shares of a given line they give you $100 on-board credit?

Yeah. Applebee's (up until my last visit) and Outback is fine with me! And I agree - most of the time it's about the service. Great service is one of the most important parts of eating out anywhere - and I've almost always had great service on a cruise.

There was one cruise on Norwegian (I forget which ship or what year) where I had a baked potato at a restaurant. I asked if I could get shredded cheese and bacon, and the waiter said they didn't have any. So instead of letting me go without - even when I told him he didn't have to - he ran down to another restaurant in the ship to get them for me That's pretty awesome!

And I think they are always refilling your drinks. I take a sip of water, and someone comes by to fill it up

Apparently even on this stranded cruise ship, people said that the staff was still happy to help, and always there with a smile. I don't know how they do it!

The same thing happened to me on Carnival, and on RCI. On Carnival, I was in one of the two main dining rooms, which is in the very back of the ship, eating breakfast, and asked for whip cream for my waffles. Waiter said they didn't have any in the MDR but he would try to find some. We said no, please don't bother, no big deal. But about 10 minutes later he came back with some and apologized for the wait. He had to go at least halfway to the front of the ship to get it from the kitchen or somewhere. This was on the Carnival Dream, which is a long ship. On the Carnival Triumph, in the buffet even, an employee walking around (mainly a table clearing person) asked if everything was OK, and somehow it got brought up that we like cheesecake but there wasn't any out, so he went somewhere and got some.
On RCI, we lost our tickets for the Ice Capades show. We were trying to get more tickets but couldn't wait in the long line to get them since we needed to eat before the show (and had a dinner reservation time). The Maitre D saw we were discussing it and that we looked frustrated so he got involved, telling us to sit down and eat and he'd see what he could do. He came back a bit later with tickets.

We always get a name and go to the main customer service desk and comment on employees that go out of their way for us, since they get rewards for this, and they work hard, long hours. After making these compliments, every time those employees saw us later, they always said hi, had giant smiles and gave a big thank you, especially the table clearing people that don't have as much of a chance to go out of their way for passengers, and thus don't get many compliments. We actually told his manager/sup directly instead of the main CS desk. Manager was very thankful and explained that they don't get many compliments. Usually people only take the time to comment when it's negative.

Somewhat related, but often if you ask for something at dinner that they don't have, they might have it for you the next night. Also if they overhear that you like a certain desert, they might automatically bring it for you ever night (along with whatever desert you order). First night of eating, we asked for oil and balsamic vinegar for our bread, and they automatically brought it out every other night. Many things like this have happened to us (yes, on Carnival too), and happen to many passengers. With both Carnival and RCI, we liked our dinner wait staff so much, that we insisted on having them every night. Cruises really are 5 star service (that's a well known fact...before you-know-who says I've never had 5 star service).

I thought I said that I doubt you've had good lobster!

You did.