I did not have a problem with the aged look of the boat, the DJ?s playing deafening loud music, my party being seated in a smaller room on the upper deck, learning that the ladies rooms toilets were stopped up, the boat leaving late due to a mechanical problem, the power going out for a bit from that mechanical problem, the pier lighting not functioning and fixed by stringing LED Christmas lights along its length; people tossing their cigarette butts into the bay for the lack ashtrays, the wall of smoke that was belched out by an engine obviously needing an overhaul. I?ve been on worse ships in all these respects.\r
Here?s where I got hot under the collar. As dinner was being served, the wait staff did not serve everyone in my party all the meal courses then disappeared; only returning to bus those courses, empty place settings before their eyes, clueless to their error. During this ?Aha? moment I realized I had not booked a party on a fine dining cruise. I had just f
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