[same old same old]

*The bitching about other-non Holland America ships "being in the way" on the Cruise Critic Hal boards and-worst of all,leaving before HAL ships. Oh the humanity.All I can say is:Get over yourselves. I could  do without all their unflattering names for other cruise lines' ships, too.

*Then, someone was upset because there was a Sail Away but no HAL ships.

*Someone doing a 3 week Panama Canal cruise is upset because a fellow passenger was rude to one of her kids.I doubt it happened. Not that I think it doesn't happen but the way she described it-someone said "Little children don't belong on cruise ships" or something to that effect-was so incredibly over the top. And maybe I'm a bit naive, but oh well.

Then, it happened again.And she's gotten several other comments and stink eye from other fellow passengers.That's what makes me think it might be her trying to get attention.Which she gets a lot of-along with "Oh, I'm so sorry that this is happening to you and your kids". *sigh* this is gonna be a long 3 weeks.

*Good lord..there was a "if only HAL would do away with formal nights" thread. Oh shit.This is a controversial statement(that's putting it mildly..)Secondly, the OP(original poster) talks about other cruise lines.Some of whom have all but done away with formal  nights. This works the pro-formal night people on the HAL boards into a frenzy because some of them are holding onto formal night and b) it's a personal attack on Holland America. This gets the OP called a shill for other cruise lines.He *did* have a few people agreeing with him so there is that at least.

Comparison threads(HAL vs.(insert name of inferior cruise line here) turn into a whole discussion of why Holland America is so much better than every other cruise line out there. *eyeroll*

(if anyone from Cruise Critic wants to comment on anything I've said,feel free;but know that I pre-screen comments before I post them. If I think they pass muster,I will respond to them. If not,I..won't.

*By the way, both of the HAL ship discussion blogs(which are also on Blogger) were made private.The plot thickens.