Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Social Media Competition II

If you followed us during the spring on our NCL cruise to the Bahamas you might remember what a big deal Norwegian thought it was that we used Cruise Critic.  Because Jan arranged a "meet and greet" of people in our roll call Norwegian gave us VIP status.  They provided a place for the gathering.  They brought the entire bridge crew (well maybe someone remained to pilot the ship) and executive staff to say hello. 

We were curious if that approach to inviting social media input might filter its way into other cruise companies, specifically Princess, which we tend to use more often.  Nope!  The roll call for the upcoming cruise to the British Isles is eager to meet.  Jan asked Princess about it and they weren't terribly excited about helping. 

They have their own social media connection via Facebook with something called a roll call as well, but there isn't much passenger to passenger sharing of tour information which is what most passengers do with Cruise Critic's roll call. 

Disappointing.

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