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Posted: Wed Feb 6th, 2008 09:42 pm | 826th Post |
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Nice review, Monte.
I need to finish up our review of the Gem...hopefully by this weekend!
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Posted: Thu Feb 7th, 2008 12:44 am | 827th Post |
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goodml wrote:
seawitches wrote: Oh Ooooo.... they'll fall in love with California..... start to down size and get ready for that Cali condo you'll be moving too in a few years.
Damn that's a nice dream.
If only. I love it there. Cost of property gets in the way though dammit.
I've never priced anything out , but Pearl has. Big $$. She liked the idea of no basement, maybe a small furnace, no screens, great weather, shopping.
I watch the flights all the time, cause I'd make that trek even if just for a 3 day wknd. I love California.
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Posted: Thu Feb 7th, 2008 01:26 am | 828th Post |
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Same here Sheila.
Great review Monte.
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Posted: Mon Feb 11th, 2008 01:49 am | 829th Post |
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I'm a bit more verbose than Monte, so it took me a little longwe to post a review, but here's the link to my Gem review in case anyone's interested!
http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=712261
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Posted: Mon Feb 11th, 2008 03:48 am | 830th Post |
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Cubechick wrote: I'm a bit more verbose than Monte, so it took me a little longwe to post a review, but here's the link to my Gem review in case anyone's interested!
http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=712261
Not verbose at all (to me that means unnecessarily wordy). I thought you gave a great review. I didn't realize this was your first trip on one of the larger NCL ships. Just think, in a couple years they'll have the F3 ships out, which at 150k tons will make the Gem look like a dwarf by comparison! I hope you guys will still enjoy all the cruises even those on the smaller ships. I've a sneaking hunch you will.
Great job Aimee!!!
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Posted: Mon Feb 11th, 2008 04:49 am | 831st Post |
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seawitches wrote: goodml wrote:
seawitches wrote: Oh Ooooo.... they'll fall in love with California..... start to down size and get ready for that Cali condo you'll be moving too in a few years.
Damn that's a nice dream.
If only. I love it there. Cost of property gets in the way though dammit.
I've never priced anything out , but Pearl has. Big $$. She liked the idea of no basement, maybe a small furnace, no screens, great weather, shopping.
I watch the flights all the time, cause I'd make that trek even if just for a 3 day wknd. I love California.
What are these basements you speak of? Oh...and it was 73 and sunny today too!  Come on down....
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Posted: Mon Feb 11th, 2008 04:37 pm | 832nd Post |
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| I'll be there in 25 days Mike! Can't wait! It's -13C here today with a wind chill of -28C. I'm frigging cold.
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 01:02 am | 833rd Post |
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Sorry Aimee, I couldn't resist just playin' with ya earlier.
You can spank me now. Please! Now!
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 01:38 am | 834th Post |
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JINX wrote: Sorry Aimee, I couldn't resist just playin' with ya earlier.
You can spank me now. Please! Now!
Um. That's okay.
BTW you must be psyched that you got in your Hawaiian cruise now...before the prices go through the roof with only one ship serving the market!
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 06:18 am | 835th Post |
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Cubechick wrote: JINX wrote: Sorry Aimee, I couldn't resist just playin' with ya earlier.
You can spank me now. Please! Now!
Um. That's okay.
BTW you must be psyched that you got in your Hawaiian cruise now...before the prices go through the roof with only one ship serving the market!
You bet your sweet bippie!!! Plus we got in the 10 day cruise only in the islands, and it looks like those are history now. And now we know where we want to go back to visit again. Would love to spend 3 or 4 days in Lahaina and of course 3 or 4 on Oahu as well.
So you won't spank me? I was looking forward to it!
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Posted: Thu Feb 14th, 2008 05:11 pm | 836th Post |
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Aimee-
I've a really really important question that I could ask in an IM, but it's so urgent that others may want to see the answer as well.
I forgot to mention in my review that nearly every night the dessert menu in the main dining room included a soufflé. Now a good soufflé is one of my main vices in life, but since mine was an NCLA cruise instead of an NCL, and there is still some discussion if the menus are the same between NCL & (A), I've gotta ask---Did the menu on your sailing normally include Soufflé?
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Posted: Fri Feb 15th, 2008 12:27 am | 837th Post |
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Monte, I've consulted w/ DH and he agrees that we didn't see souffles on the menu (how did you get the accent ague on there anyway? I know how to do it in Word...since I have one on my first "e" but not in this format!).
The only "souffle" that I saw or ordered was a pineapple souffle, that, while delicious, was more sorbet than souffle.
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Posted: Fri Feb 15th, 2008 03:57 am | 838th Post |
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Cubechick wrote: (how did you get the accent ague on there anyway?
I ran a spell check before I posted, and the spell check wanted to add it! I was surprised also.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17th, 2008 05:24 pm | 839th Post |
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Hey, I was just looking at the docking schedule for Bermuda and see that we are currently scheduled to be docked all 3 days. No tendering! Woo-hoo!
Oh and I see another post on CC for our cruise in the roll calls...and someone that I just sailed w/ on the Gem has booked...we're picking up steam!
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Posted: Fri Mar 28th, 2008 08:06 pm | 840th Post |
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Did anyone else notice that we're under 200 days to go???
It seems like yesterday that we were 14 months out!
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Posted: Sat Mar 29th, 2008 02:18 am | 841st Post |
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| Wait a minute Aimee! Let me pull up my trusty countdown clock.
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Posted: Sat Mar 29th, 2008 03:50 pm | 842nd Post |
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See. you're way cooler than me...I've never figured out how to do a countdown clock over here!
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Posted: Sat Mar 29th, 2008 07:08 pm | 843rd Post |
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| Steal it from the dark side. That's what I did and for some reason it works. Can't do more than one at a time though for some reason.
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Posted: Sun May 11th, 2008 03:03 am | 844th Post |
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Hi,
Will anyone be posting while onboard? I'll be getting on when you are getting off and it would be great to have the lastest information available.
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Posted: Sun May 11th, 2008 03:26 am | 845th Post |
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| Hi mustymom. I'm not sure if I'll be posting while on board or not but usually when I travel without our kids I find an internet cafe to email them. So when the time comes, if there's anything you want to know let us know and I'll try to post.
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Posted: Sun May 11th, 2008 10:16 pm | 846th Post |
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Sorry, Mustymom, I know I won't. I don't go near computers or cell phones while I'm on vacation!
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 03:11 pm | 847th Post |
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sorry mustymom, i am with cubechick. I too stay away from computers and cell phones while on vacation
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Posted: Fri May 16th, 2008 04:32 pm | 848th Post |
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| Same her---I don't leave home with one!
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Posted: Thu Oct 9th, 2008 02:22 am | 849th Post |
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This poor roll call died a quiet death but we're still going and it's almost here!!! If any of you are still reading over here safe travels to you!
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Posted: Thu Oct 9th, 2008 02:37 am | 850th Post |
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You guys have a great cruise, and please have a huge Bellini for me... ~~I'll say Bon Voyage now, incase I can't later~~~
Take lots of pics!
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