Reply To: Introducing the Sea Monkey Ambassador Program
I really liked the buttons. I’m a returning monkey, but was only on the first cruise, so I sorta felt new, too. I really liked wearing the Hi button, but I also found that I wasn’t that shy and was able to say hi to lots of people as well. I never really encountered anyone who wasn’t willing to act as an ambassador. I just asked any random person questions and everyone seemed willing to help or just guess what was going on. It seemed like everyone was pretty much willing to be an ambassador. I think maybe just the existence of the ambassador program made it so that people felt like they could and should help out other monkeys.
I feel bad that some people didn’t feel welcome at dinner or weren’t able to find a place to sit. We had a group of three and i think nearly every night we sat down at at empty table and then invited others to join us. We ended up meeting new first timers nearly every night at dinner, which was super great.
I’d be willing to make some big JOIN US signs and put them on big sticks that could be held up at tables with empty seats during dinner. I know it can be a little overwhelming to wander the entire dining room looking for tables with empty seats, so that might make it easier for people to make a bee line to a table. I don’t really know how that could be executed though.