• I AM A REPORTER -TRAVELER....JUST COMPLETED COLUMBIA RIVER CRUISE

    OUR WORST EVER

    I PLAN TO PUBLISH THIS STORY SOON BUT AS A GOOD REPORTER I AWAIT
    YOUR RESPONSE AND COMMENTS....SEEMS A LOT OF MAKE GOOD IS NEEDED

    FIRST OF ALL THE TRIP WAS RESCHEDULE TWO OR THREE TIMES AND OURS
    WAS THE FIRST ONE BACK....YOU HAD OUR MONEY WERE TOO ANXIOUS TO
    GET THIS GOING....A COMPLETELY UNPREPARED STAFF AND SCHEDULE

    INFINITE AMOUNT OF I DONT KNOW WHAT I AM DOING....GOING ON

    NO ABOARD SCHEDULE....NO TV...NO PHONES....NO SECURITY...ANYBODY 
    COULD HAVE BOARDED...INTERMITENT CONTACT IN THIS MANNER

    ENTIRE STAFF COULD NOT HAVE BEEN NICER ONLY THEY WERE ALL ON THEIR
    FIRST TRIP....MOST OF THEM ANYWAY..... ESPECIALLY FOOD SERVERS....FOOD
    WAS GOOD WE JUST DIDNT WHEN AND HOW IT WAS COMING....FIRST TIME
    I EVER GOT DUCK AND PRIME RIB ON THE SAME PLATE...
    ROOTBEER ON DECKS NOT IN THE DINING ROOM  LOTS OF IT COLD

    I TOOK NOTES DAILY ...LOTS OF REPITION PROBLEMS....I Hate LATE AND 8 IS 8 NOT
    TWO MINUTES AFTER.....HOLDING UP THE BUS FOR 2 PEOPLE WHILE 40 ARE
    ABOARD AND READY TO GO....MOST EARLY....GUESS WHO Was IN THAT CATEGORY

    THERE WAS LEWIS AND CLARK CHANNEL ON ONE OF THE RARE DAYS THE TV
    WORKED AND WAS JUST A PROMISE ID THERE WAS NO
    VIDEO....I HAD ALREADY SEEN THIS HAL HOLBROOK SHOW
    .....YOU HAD A LECTURER GUIDE ON
    THE TRIP WITH LEWIS AND CLARK INFO....HE WAS OUTSTANDING 

    LOTS OF FOOD COLD AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS COMING FROM TWO DECKS
    ICE CREAM DOWN STAIRS.....INTERESTING TO ME HOW THIS WAS PLANNED OR NOT
    PLANNED AND WHY

    MANY OF THE BLINDS ON THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN....LIGHT IN  YOUR
    FACE WHEN YOU DID NOT WANT IT

    BUS SCHEDULE INCONSISTENT AND TWO ROTATING BUSES ...AT ONE MUSEUM
    AT THE SAME TIME....I WAS HOPING TO SPEND 4 HOURS THERE...GOT 10 MINUTES

    GOT A USA TODAY NEWS PAGE ONE DAY ....AND ONE DAY LATE...MET THE
    PRINTING REPAIR GUY AS WE WENT TO THE BUS...DONT KNOW IF HE HAD A NICE STAY

    NEVER SAW THE CAPTAIN AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS HIS FIRST CAPTAINSHIP
    HE DID A GREAT JOB OF MOVING THE BOAT....LAST DAY ON THE SNAKE RIVER
    A WONDERFUL 51 MILE TRIP WITH A CAPTAIN THAT HAD MADE THIS JOURNEY
    2100 TIMES...HE WAS TERRIFIC AND NEVER STOPPED THE STORY

    THE SCHEDULE WAS SO POORLY ARRANGED AND DID NOT ALLOW US TO MAKE
    ALL THE VISITS WE WANTED....MISSED MT ST HELENS AND TWO MUSEUMS
    ONE MUSEUM WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE BOAT AND WE FOUND IT BY ACCIDENT...
    IT WAS EXCELLENT....IT WAS WHY I WENT

     YOU MUST HAVE A RECORD FOR THE TRIP WITH THE LEAST PLANNING AND A RECORD
    THAT SHOWS THE BOAT AND COMPANY HAD MADE THE TRIP BEFORE....WHAT ?
    DIDNT SEEM THAT WAY...LOOKED LIKE THE FIRST DAY AWAY FROM HOME

    SEEMED NO ONE WAS IN CHARGE OR AT THE DESK TO GUIDE US

    NO PREPARED FUNCTIONING OF WORK STATIONS.....EVIDENTLY NO BAR
    TENDER AND BOOZE WAS FREE....GREAT I DONT DRINK

    COOKIES SUPER SENSATIONAL

    MADISON AND EMILY WORKED THEIR ASSES OFF....THANKS

    WE CAN LAND A MAN ON THE MOON BUT CANT COMMUNICATE ON THE
    COLUMBIA  RIVER

    ONE VIDEO SAID THERE WAS A HELP ALARM BUTTON IN THE ROOM...
    NO ONE HAD ONE

    ALL STAFF COURTEOUS And WERE OVER WORKED..
     SURE THIS WAS ALL UNDERSTAFFED

    TVS NOT PLUGGED IN TO START THE CRUISE...ALSO SOME CLEANUP WORK 
    NEEDED TO BE DONE....FOLLOWUP TRIP THE OTHER WAY AS WE GOT OFF....
    CURIOUSLY INTERESTED OF THEIR EXPERIENCE

    INTERESTING THAT YOUR ADS IN THE FRONT TO MAJOR MAGAZINES LOOK SO
    GOOD AND CLEAN AND PROFESSIONAL....OUR EXPERIENCE WAS NOT

    EVIDENTALLY A STAFF MEMBER WAS IN A ROBE WITH TWO BOTTLES OF WINE
    CREATING AN INCIDENT
    AND WAS EXITED FROM THE SHIP....MANY SAW THIS....I MISSED IT... WOULD HAVE
    BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A BAD TRIP WORSE...WONDER WHAT THE FINAL
    CHAPTER ON THIS STORY WAS

    BOARDING INFO VERY SCHETCY   WHATEVER THAT CONGLAMERATION OF WORDS
    MEAN

    COOKIES WERE GREAT AND PLENTIFUL

    MISSED A LOT BECAUSE OF BAD SCHEDULING

    NOT THAT MUCH TRAFFIC THRU THE LOCKS...THIS ORGANIZATION COULD
    HAVE BEE MUCH BETTER...ESPECIALLY IF I WAS IN CHARGE

    THERE WERE THREE DAYS WHERE BOXES OF REMOTES FOR THE TVS
    SAT IN THE AISLES.....WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS PUTS THE MIND OF A TV
    FANATIC LIKE ME WHO SPENT THIRTY YEARS IN  TELEVISION

    FOUND 7 CENTS ON THE FLOOR OF MY ROOM ON ONE OF THE DAYS THE
    TVS WERE CHANGED....I GOOD STAFF MEMBER WOULD HAVE POCKETED
    THIS.....BUT I GOT IT

    COOKIES WERE GREAT....TOOK SOME HOME

    DONE I GUESS...SURE I MISSED SOMETHING 

    IF ANYONE WANTS TO COMMENT ON THIS STORYLINE BEFORE I PUBLISH IT
    LET ME KNOW...

    SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA FOR YOU TO MAKE GOOD ON ANOTHER TRIP
    AND HAVE ME FORGET THE STORY

    COOKIES WERE GREAT GOING TO HAVE ONE NOW

    LET MEKNOW

    JOHN MASTALIR