We were on the Mariner for Christmas and New Years of 2002 (I think). The staff was marvelous, as usual. There was even a crew Christmas Carol show that was a lot of fun. For some reason, a majority of passengers who were on the New Years portion (they were b2b) brought some sort of attitude with them. Once in a while we ate with other passengers, but most of the time we ate with various members of the crew. One of the crew said, that "frequently" the New Years passengers are "not a happy bunch."