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mrdawson
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 05:06 pm | 1st Post |
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OK..so if your here lookin for a cruise journal you've come to the wrong thread! I just wanted to stop by and say hello to everyone and say we are having a great time...port days all done and now 2 days of chillin by the pool till we arrive back in San Diego....I will drop in a couple of times today and tomorrow though....short version...food great, drinks plentiful, bed awesome, first aft balcony THE BEST...room service menu the best I've seen.....ta ta for now...my cooking class starts in a few....
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 05:19 pm | 2nd Post |
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Glad to hear you're having a great time Mike. What time are the wheelchair races? 
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 05:23 pm | 3rd Post |
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| Another convert to AFT balconies. Glad to hear you're having a good time.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 05:43 pm | 4th Post |
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GREGandamy wrote: Another convert to AFT balconies. Glad to hear you're having a good time.
If this continues they are ggoing to have to build short fat ships
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 05:55 pm | 5th Post |
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shoreguy wrote: GREGandamy wrote: Another convert to AFT balconies. Glad to hear you're having a good time.
If this continues they are ggoing to have to build short fat ships
Nah, they'll just use the existing ships and sail sideways.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 06:00 pm | 6th Post |
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I was wondering if you were going to be checking in. Glad you are having fun!
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 06:38 pm | 7th Post |
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Hey Mike,
Glad to hear you're having a great time!
Those H/A beds sound heavenly!
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mrdawson
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 06:43 pm | 8th Post |
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nhrich wrote: Glad to hear you're having a great time Mike. What time are the wheelchair races?
Blue hair qutiant not too bad onboard..there is a 700 person grocerie owner convention onboard so it offsets the scooter crowd pretty well!
Sailing north about 5 miles offshore Cabo right now...internet cafe have great window views...watching Cabo sail by as I write this along with a couple of Humpback whales in the distance too...
Dinner in Pinnalce grill last night..our first speciallty rest. One of the most tende bone in Rib eyes I've ever had...and I've had quite a few! LOL great sides, creamed spinach, all rotten potatoes and a dish with 3 flavors of Crem Brulee for dessert...vert nice...
Snails (my fav) for dinner tonight....prolly have 3 of em!
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 06:46 pm | 9th Post |
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mrdawson wrote: nhrich wrote: Glad to hear you're having a great time Mike. What time are the wheelchair races?
Blue hair qutiant not too bad onboard..there is a 700 person grocerie owner convention onboard so it offsets the scooter crowd pretty well!
Sailing north about 5 miles offshore Cabo right now...internet cafe have great window views...watching Cabo sail by as I write this along with a couple of Humpback whales in the distance too...
Dinner in Pinnalce grill last night..our first speciallty rest. One of the most tende bone in Rib eyes I've ever had...and I've had quite a few! LOL great sides, creamed spinach, all rotten potatoes and a dish with 3 flavors of Crem Brulee for dessert...vert nice...
Snails (my fav) for dinner tonight....prolly have 3 of em!
Aren't you the lucky fella having such a great time, and 700 grocery store
employees, too?? That's a good thing.
Truthfully, I've never had a bad cruise with the West Coast blue hairs;
it's the blue hairs out of Ft. Laud that have been the most obnoxious
Jealous of you sitting there watching whales whilst I sit in this dreary
9-5 establishment only "dreaming" of my next cruise
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 06:47 pm | 10th Post |
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Hey Mike, I've been thinking about you two and wondering how it was going. How is Gabriele feeling? I am glad you were able to make the trip and are having a great time!!!
So, you like it in the AFT huh?!?!  
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 06:49 pm | 11th Post |
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Family Man wrote: So, you like it in the AFT huh?!?!
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Family Man
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 06:50 pm | 12th Post |
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mrdawson wrote: Sailing north about 5 miles offshore Cabo right now...internet cafe have great window views...watching Cabo sail by as I write this along with a couple of Humpback whales in the distance too...
I know that view and it is spectacular! Enjoy those last 2 days at sea. They are my favorite.
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mrdawson
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 06:54 pm | 13th Post |
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Family Man wrote: Hey Mike, I've been thinking about you two and wondering how it was going. How is Gabriele feeling? I am glad you were able to make the trip and are having a great time!!!
So, you like it in the AFT huh?!?!
Thanks Tim....and stay out of my aft!!! Gabriele is feeling much better...we were with friends who live at Bay Bay Club in PV all day yesterday so she was a lil worn out so we went to bed after the Pinnacle grill last night....
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Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 11:59 pm | 14th Post |
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Hey Mike! Glad to hear Gabriele is feeling better. Those afts, on any ship, are great! You're making me hungry. We're having hot dogs for dinner. Eat some extra escargot for me! 
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Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2008 04:18 am | 15th Post |
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hstrybuf wrote: Hey Mike! Glad to hear Gabriele is feeling better. Those afts, on any ship, are great! You're making me hungry. We're having hot dogs for dinner. Eat some extra escargot for me!
Deb,
At least you GOT to eat dinner --- we had no dinner -- cheese and crackers here!
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Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2008 11:02 am | 16th Post |
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mrdawson wrote: nhrich wrote: Glad to hear you're having a great time Mike. What time are the wheelchair races?
Blue hair qutiant not too bad onboard..there is a 700 person grocerie owner convention onboard so it offsets the scooter crowd pretty well!
Sailing north about 5 miles offshore Cabo right now...internet cafe have great window views...watching Cabo sail by as I write this along with a couple of Humpback whales in the distance too...
Dinner in Pinnalce grill last night..our first speciallty rest. One of the most tende bone in Rib eyes I've ever had...and I've had quite a few! LOL great sides, creamed spinach, all rotten potatoes and a dish with 3 flavors of Crem Brulee for dessert...vert nice...
Snails (my fav) for dinner tonight....prolly have 3 of em!
No escargot fo me but boy that rib eye dinner sounds YUMMY! I LOVE crem brulee! Glad DW is feeling better! Bring back pics. I'd love to see the whales-sigh. . .
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Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2008 04:30 pm | 17th Post |
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Last day aweeeee....just finished our last bottle of champayne with mimosa's and breakfast on the balcony...another cooking class at 1..yesterdays class the chef brought 6 bottles of wine to drink for 5 of us..he ended up giving me the last one to take back to our room...I told him to bring more red wine today as he only brought one yesterday! LOL
Surf and turf last night....had 2 lobsters..the usual "just ok" cruise lobsters but they were still good....still warm and sunny today as we head towards San Diego.....
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| Glad you enjoyed your cruise. We're looking forward to cruising Oosterdam in July for our Alaska cruise. How was the new As You Wish dining?
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nhrich wrote: Glad to hear you're having a great time Mike. What time are the wheelchair races?
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Posted: Mon Jan 21st, 2008 12:43 pm | 20th Post |
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| how dare he post this while we are digging out, and freezn our butts off. Would love to be somewhere warm right now.................
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Posted: Mon Jan 21st, 2008 03:27 pm | 21st Post |
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karen2cruise wrote: Glad you enjoyed your cruise. We're looking forward to cruising Oosterdam in July for our Alaska cruise. How was the new As You Wish dining?
It actually seemed to work fine...the only night we had to wait was the first formal night...we showed up at 8:30 and were told it would be 30 min so we got our little buzzer thng, went to the bar andby the time we had our drinks and sat down our buzzer went off. We never made reservations but they always asked us if we did and looked at me like I should have but I just don't think about making reservations when I'm cruising and it worked out regardless.
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Posted: Mon Jan 21st, 2008 06:12 pm | 22nd Post |
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ta da da daaaa.. time to compare it with X. Ya or Nay??
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Posted: Mon Jan 21st, 2008 06:37 pm | 23rd Post |
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seawitches wrote: ta da da daaaa.. time to compare it with X. Ya or Nay??
Not even close...X by a mile....We enjoy the food on Princess more than HAL's...good cruise but overhyped..HAL tries to be like X and while its nice its not X....talking to my wife last night we decided..NCL food OK...HALS food good...Princess very good, X excellent...in our opinion..
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Posted: Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 01:49 am | 24th Post |
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I was hoping you would say HAL ! Just so I had another reason to jump on board one.... now I'm still in my quandry.
Maybe ......Costa.
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Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 04:55 pm | 25th Post |
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Mike, which deck were you on? We are deck five aft corner. Anything that I should know about HAL? Do I need to get my hair permed with a slight tint of blue????
Also, what do you suggest to do in the three ports? My first time on the Mexican Riviera.
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