Theme Cruise to the Panama Canal – Episode 113

Nan

Hi Chris-

I see that you were recently on the Volendam with “Rev. Neal”. Were you aware that he was posting photographs of passengers who were not dressed “appropriately in his eyes”?

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=654783

Right around page 13, he posted the pics. Some were thankfully deleted by the moderator, but some were not. It created quite the stir on Cruise Critic. I referred to his actions as “despicable”, and many, many posters agreed.

Just wanted to give you a heads-up in case any of these folks are friends of yours…. they might not want their images on the internet in the form of a “joke” and castigation from the Rev.

NoNoNanette

chris2x

Thanks for the heads up. All the people who I hung out with dress a little more upscale than this. 🙂

RevNeal

Dear Chris,

It WAS a great cruise aboard the Volendam, wasn’t it? If you’d like to see my photos from this cruise, as well as a video I produced of the passage through the canal, check out my photo page here:

http://homepage.mac.com/revneal/volendam2007/Menu234.html

I noticed the reference to me by “NoNoNanette.” It might be helpful to know that I did NOT go around the ship specifically photographing people; instead, I simply posted cropped out-takes of underdressed people who had wandered into the backgrounds and sides of other photos that we were taking. I posted these because there are people who will deny that people ever dress so poorly during Formal Evenings aboard HAL ships. These photos were not taken, nor posted, with an intent to ridicule … despite how they were characterized.

As for how one knows that these people were “under-dressed” … the HAL dress code is clear, yet these people were wearing shorts and t-shirts on Formal Nights in the Main Dining Room and elsewhere around ship. And, in all cases, faces are obscured. There was no attempt to ridicule anyone (well, not by me … I was viciously attacked, name-called, and ridiculed in response to this).

Emily

I dont usually comment, but after reading through so much info I had to say thanks