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elizabethtaylor
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Posted: Mon Jan 14th, 2008 03:58 am | 51st Post |
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Catnip wrote: mrdawson wrote: Catnip wrote: LOOKEE!!!!!!!!!
http://cruisediva.com/solstice_preview.htm
AWESOME link Denise!! The Solstice is shaping up to be something totally new to cruising....HEY we are one year from sailing!!!! WOOO HOOO!! I wonder if I can email X and get a permanent seat at the Crush bar one hour prior to late seating dinner for martini's? 
Speaking of late dining, is there any possibilty you and Dana would consider changing to early dining?
Denise,
We're fine with early dining. If given a choice I'll always take the latest dining possible. But we'd rather dine with all of you, and that's what will make it a nice
experience, so if the majority wish early, then early it is
Truthfully, that's why I'm having weight issues these days, because we eat
so late and then it's time to go to bed. 
I hope they have a midnight buffet though, because if I eat early then I'll most
certainly have to eat again since my blood sugar drops quickly -- oh, wait,
on second thought I'll get my blood sugar pumped up with a few after-dinner
Appletinis.
BTW, your friends look real nice. Just tonight I saw their pics and noticed
you posted that way back in September.
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Catnip
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Posted: Mon Jan 14th, 2008 02:10 pm | 52nd Post |
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truecruiser54 wrote: thanks for the link over here denise.
this ship looks exquisite. brand new huh? dh and i have not been on celebrity since 1992. we loved it, too.
i am tempted to drive the kids up to the in laws, lol. but, i must admit this will be tough...i'd be pulling them out of school for a week. so it does not look as promising as i'd like. if there was a day or two off, where they wouldn't be counted absent, i think i wld absolutely take advantage of that and book it. but at that time, they will just be coming off of 2 weeks (christmas/new years) vacation. so pulling them out when they are "due back" wld not be great.
these prices look good to me though, so i am still going to mention it to dh. but, i am not going to mention it yet, lol. we just came back from a cruise. we are going to disney in 3 weeks. we have another cruise in july, and i am already booked for one in '09 too. i know the school thing will bother him too though. what i really need is for someone to come here so they can still go to school, but that is very unlikely. in laws are the only contenders and they are out for that. hmmmm...fly em down and bring them to my mom's ?(in fla) but, that does not get around the school issue...but i am thinking...see...you shldn't have started this with me LOL!
I agree with you about the school issue. I always have a problem with people taking their kids out of school for a family vacation. It's not like there's plenty of time of time for a cruise on their already scheduled vacations/holidays! So, I understand completely.
So, you say it's out for the in-laws to come to your house to sit for the kids?
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Catnip
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Posted: Mon Jan 14th, 2008 02:11 pm | 53rd Post |
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elizabethtaylor wrote: Catnip wrote: mrdawson wrote: Catnip wrote: LOOKEE!!!!!!!!!
http://cruisediva.com/solstice_preview.htm
AWESOME link Denise!! The Solstice is shaping up to be something totally new to cruising....HEY we are one year from sailing!!!! WOOO HOOO!! I wonder if I can email X and get a permanent seat at the Crush bar one hour prior to late seating dinner for martini's?
Speaking of late dining, is there any possibilty you and Dana would consider changing to early dining?
Denise,
We're fine with early dining. If given a choice I'll always take the latest dining possible. But we'd rather dine with all of you, and that's what will make it a nice
experience, so if the majority wish early, then early it is
Truthfully, that's why I'm having weight issues these days, because we eat
BTW, your friends look real nice. Just tonight I saw their pics and noticed
you posted that way back in September.
Thanks, Dana. I'll get in touch with Rich & see if he can get us switched to the early seating. I'll need your Booking number, so he can cross-reference us together. I'll get Mike's when he gets back from his cruise.
PM me!
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truecruiser54
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Posted: Mon Jan 14th, 2008 08:24 pm | 54th Post |
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Catnip wrote: truecruiser54 wrote: thanks for the link over here denise.
this ship looks exquisite. brand new huh? dh and i have not been on celebrity since 1992. we loved it, too.
i am tempted to drive the kids up to the in laws, lol. but, i must admit this will be tough...i'd be pulling them out of school for a week. so it does not look as promising as i'd like. if there was a day or two off, where they wouldn't be counted absent, i think i wld absolutely take advantage of that and book it. but at that time, they will just be coming off of 2 weeks (christmas/new years) vacation. so pulling them out when they are "due back" wld not be great.
these prices look good to me though, so i am still going to mention it to dh. but, i am not going to mention it yet, lol. we just came back from a cruise. we are going to disney in 3 weeks. we have another cruise in july, and i am already booked for one in '09 too. i know the school thing will bother him too though. what i really need is for someone to come here so they can still go to school, but that is very unlikely. in laws are the only contenders and they are out for that. hmmmm...fly em down and bring them to my mom's ?(in fla) but, that does not get around the school issue...but i am thinking...see...you shldn't have started this with me LOL!
I agree with you about the school issue. I always have a problem with people taking their kids out of school for a family vacation. It's not like there's plenty of time of time for a cruise on their already scheduled vacations/holidays! So, I understand completely.
So, you say it's out for the in-laws to come to your house to sit for the kids?
yeah, i would pretty much guarantee it. they live several hours away, and the weather by them is not great that this time of year. they have done it for us before in years past. but they are older now, and it is much harder, and a much bigger imposition. we'll see.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14th, 2008 08:59 pm | 55th Post |
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truecruiser54 wrote:
So, you say it's out for the in-laws to come to your house to sit for the kids?
yeah, i would pretty much guarantee it. they live several hours away, and the weather by them is not great that this time of year. they have done it for us before in years past. but they are older now, and it is much harder, and a much bigger imposition. we'll see.
I understand totally. Well, just keep it in mind-----we would LOVE for you to join us!
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truecruiser54
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Posted: Mon Jan 14th, 2008 10:11 pm | 56th Post |
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Catnip wrote: truecruiser54 wrote:
So, you say it's out for the in-laws to come to your house to sit for the kids?
yeah, i would pretty much guarantee it. they live several hours away, and the weather by them is not great that this time of year. they have done it for us before in years past. but they are older now, and it is much harder, and a much bigger imposition. we'll see.
I understand totally. Well, just keep it in mind-----we would LOVE for you to join us!
awe, thank you! i definitely will.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11th, 2008 03:50 pm | 57th Post |
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It's official!!!!!!! Spongey has cancelled the cruise (as we knew he would)!!!!!
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!
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Posted: Tue Apr 1st, 2008 02:07 pm | 58th Post |
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This ship is sounding better and better! I can't wait to go to Quasar's!
http://www.celebritycruises.com/aboutceleb/pressDetails.do;jsessionid=0000csT1Pct_wswZgEOEd_wUvYO:12hdebcnj?pagename=press_room_details&event_date=2008-03-07&event_type=press_release&sequence_code=A
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mrdawson
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Posted: Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 04:00 am | 59th Post |
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Posted: Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 12:33 pm | 60th Post |
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| Sounds like I need to get on this ship too. Too bad January won't work for us (two trips in November, gotta work once in a while), unless I hit Powerball between now and then...sigh, freakin' sigh.
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Posted: Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 01:43 pm | 61st Post |
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Rich,
Cancel Christmas and use all the money you'd use for gifts for your cruise!
Come on, you know you would have a blast with us!!
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Posted: Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 01:49 pm | 62nd Post |
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Catnip wrote: Rich,
Cancel Christmas and use all the money you'd use for gifts for your cruise!
Come on, you know you would have a blast with us!!
I would if I wasn't taking 2 1/2 weeks off in November. Day job cuts into my travel.
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Posted: Tue Apr 8th, 2008 12:00 am | 63rd Post |
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nhrich wrote: Catnip wrote: Rich,
Cancel Christmas and use all the money you'd use for gifts for your cruise!
Come on, you know you would have a blast with us!!
I would if I wasn't taking 2 1/2 weeks off in November. Day job cuts into my travel.
i wish i cld go too, rich. 
they're gonna have fun.
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mrdawson
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Posted: Wed May 28th, 2008 11:37 pm | 64th Post |
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| Since I have started to post on the darkside roll call I thought I had better bump this one up as well!
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mrdawson
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Posted: Wed May 28th, 2008 11:40 pm | 65th Post |
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| Its not too late to join us!!! I just checked and there are a few cabins left!!!
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Posted: Tue Jun 24th, 2008 02:21 pm | 66th Post |
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Some new info on the dining venues!
http://cruises.travel.yahoo.net/c/foodanddining.asp?lineid=11&vessel=579&itineraryID=&startdate=&enddate=&dsc=
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BCHappyGal
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 03:57 pm | 67th Post |
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Hi all
My DH & I are booked on this cruise too!!! Everytime I go in and look at the photos I want to get on board immediately and never get off.......
My Dad has booked a cabin as well as a friend we went to school with many moons ago. So we are a small group of 4 with 3 cabins.
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mrdawson
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 04:05 pm | 68th Post |
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Hey Ann..Glad you finally found us here...I am/was Solticecruzer on CC..they dont' like me much there so my name changes often! In fact they don't like most of us here at CTT.....welcome to CTT..look around, we are small but are mostly all veteran cruisers like yourself so you won't find a lot of threads with people asking questions and then 15 people give the same answer over and over like on the Dark Side (CC) but when a newbie or anyone else asks it will be promply answered and then we will hi-jack the thread and no telling where it will go! 
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 09:18 pm | 69th Post |
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mrdawson wrote: .welcome to CTT..look around, we are small but are mostly all veteran cruisers like yourself so you won't find a lot of threads with people asking questions and then 15 people give the same answer over and over like on the Dark Side (CC) but when a newbie or anyone else asks it will be promply answered and then we will hi-jack the thread and no telling where it will go!
Mike is correct!!!!!!! Hi, Ann----I am thrilled that you booked! It should be a blast!!! 
And welcome to CTT! We're a small cruise board, but very laid back and very friendly. We have really cool smilies here and the Mods are not Big Brother-ish, like over on CC.
Like Mike said, we have more experienced cruisers here at CTT, so we have very little of the tiresome "how much to tip" and "can I wear jeans in the dining room" questions.
We do need help building up our ports-of-call forum, as well as cruise/tour guide reviews.
We have LOTS of NCL cruisers here and we need to build up some of the other lines more.
Feel free to post wherever you want to!
We also have a lot of off-topic threads and forums........we have a Good Morning thread, a Nightcap thread, threads about books and trivia. Look around and welcome!.
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 03:28 pm | 70th Post |
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Thanks to all of you for your kind welcome.
As I am an ADDICTED cruiser I know I will lurk here often.
Like Catnip I used by CC handle here too - less confusion that way.
Catnip looking at your Mexican cruise May 4th but too far out right now and undecided on what to do in 2009 beyond Solstice. May just do a Homeport thing which to us means Alaska...Might try to pick up a steal on a 14 night B2B Vancouver to Anchorage (Whittier or Seward). It sure is nice to cruise without any airline hassle.
That is why I want to try a World Cruise. I have told my DH that as soon as he retires at 65 we are off on my Dream Cruise around the world but forget the "Around the World in 80 days" I want my full 100+ days....
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 04:04 pm | 71st Post |
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BCHappyGal wrote:
Catnip looking at your Mexican cruise May 4th but too far out right now and undecided on what to do in 2009 beyond Solstice.
Oops! Sorry for the confusion........I thought you meant you had booked the Mariner Mexican Riviera cruise, but I think you meant you were booked on the Solstice cruise.
:oops:
Well, keep the Mariner cruise in mind..........we are looking forward to it!!
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 07:32 pm | 72nd Post |
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BCHappyGal wrote: Thanks to all of you for your kind welcome.
As I am an ADDICTED cruiser I know I will lurk here often.
Like Catnip I used by CC handle here too - less confusion that way.
Catnip looking at your Mexican cruise May 4th but too far out right now and undecided on what to do in 2009 beyond Solstice. May just do a Homeport thing which to us means Alaska...Might try to pick up a steal on a 14 night B2B Vancouver to Anchorage (Whittier or Seward). It sure is nice to cruise without any airline hassle.
That is why I want to try a World Cruise. I have told my DH that as soon as he retires at 65 we are off on my Dream Cruise around the world but forget the "Around the World in 80 days" I want my full 100+ days....
Originally I was MRDawson on CC as well....but that was like 30 bannings ago :numberone: 
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 07:33 pm | 73rd Post |
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Denise....I don't know if Dana PM'ed you or not but they canceled their Solstice cruise Its NOT too late to rebook Dana~~~
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 11:51 pm | 74th Post |
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Catnip wrote: Well, keep the Mariner cruise in mind..........we are looking forward to it!!
I may have to drive down to San Pedro the night before you guys leave and have dinner with you!
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Posted: Fri Jul 4th, 2008 01:27 am | 75th Post |
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Family Man wrote: Catnip wrote: Well, keep the Mariner cruise in mind..........we are looking forward to it!!
I may have to drive down to San Pedro the night before you guys leave and have dinner with you!
Do it!!
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