sailinglisa

deb1220 wrote... Oh Lord, help us! Debbie - it could be fun to watch!!!!!

Well, for me the must do's are the Reversing Falls in St. John's, Cadillac Mountain (weather permitting) in Bar Harbor and whale watching in Portland if it is still "in season". Other than that.....no real preferences.

Thanks, sailingrose! I work PM shift at home and I DREAD days where I have to get up early to make an excursion. And this is problem as I LOVE breakfast in the dining room, but the hours are soooo limited,.......so I usually end up getting room service and a late morning trip to the buffet. Howard, I am so sorry that you won't be on the cruise, but congratulations to your son! And I think that a game time a couple of days would be fun! Not sure about the walk........love the cause, but have to see how the knees feel the day of the walk. All in for for a cabin crawl and a slot pull. Anyone else love playing trivia? We could meet up and be a team for some of the big trivia games they have like the battle of the sexes, etc. And with MTD we can actually work dinner around this if we would have to.

Welcome, Arne!!!!

Hmmm.....my favorite martinis are the Cosmo, Lemon Drop, Mango Tini and a Dirty Martini! All made with Vodka of course. My Dad argues with me that true martinis are made of Gin and not Vodka.............we have finally agreed to disagree! lol

Hey - if the guys want to wear this shirts on formal night, it doesn't bother me! LOL As long as they wore the suit jacket to go with it! LOL I once cruised with a friend who wore a muted lime green suit with shirt to an informal night on a Celebrity cruise and he was gorgeous and got lots of praise for his outfit! He has since retired the outfit, but I loved the pic he and I had of the two of us with his suit and my light green lacy dress.

Howard - I really really like it......but maybe instead of September 2011 on the top....maybe put either 2011 or 9/2011 just underneath the New England - Canada cruise in the lower part of the circle in the same color as those words?

Thank you all! It is great to be on the rolls of the employed again!

Mary Lou - I'll be working second shift as a nurse in a small 50 bed) nursing home. I am NOT a morning person!!!! LOL

cruisetarp wrote...Great news Lisa - congratulations. What type of work will you be doing?

Just wanted to thank all of you........I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A job update.....I did not find out Friday if I got the job. If any of you watched the national news, you saw a tiny bit of what is going on in Milwaukee. The floods, tornados, sink holes, etc. are unbelievable........and much more than what was shown on the national news. And we are supposed to get 2 more inches of the wet stuff tonight....................god help us! The ground is beyond saturated and the rivers are already above flood stage and the sewers are over filled. Anyway, I can understand with all that is going on in the area why I did not hear from the facility today.............they are in a bit of a low lying area (downhill at least from a high point). I am now waiting til Monday to hear anything. Thanks for all the good wishes.

Mary Lou - the sacrifices you make for us! LOL Please find out if there are any bars that can make a good Cosmo, French Martini, Dirty Martini, Lemon Drop Tini and an Appletini!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey fellow Crazies. Can I ask a favor? I should know by Friday if I have a job after 7 months of unemployment (6 of those months by choice - exhaustion, family issues, etc.).........please keep your fingers and toes crossed? I got a call today that I am still the front runner for the nursing position with only one interview to go and I will know before the weekend! Thanks!!!!!

Hi - I'm still here, but have nothing to add since I have never been to Bayonne before. And with all that is going on right now in my life, I just don't have the time to respond to everything. But, I am reading! Please keep up the planning so I can dream!

Statue????? Or is this something I will have to wait til the cruise to find out?

Coca Beach Shuttle is another option to and from MCO and PC. As you are flying over a holiday (your Sunday return is a really expensive day), I doubt your airfare will go down.

I just switched to MTD. Should be fun! Whaddya mean no food fights???????? I gotta have me some fun!

DELTADon't Expect Luggage To Arrive I used the luggage concierge service on Royal Caribbean after my Freedom cruise last September. Paid the $20 fee and didn't see my luggage from the time I put it out on the last night til I got off the plane in Milwaukee. In fact, my luggage was the first out at baggage claim. I was very happy not to have to schlep the stuff from the terminal to the transportation area. So nice just to have my healthy back bag!

Sorry - double post!!

OK - besides the reversing falls at the Bay of Fundy, I think my other must do excursions are whale watching (did this in Alaska more than once and it was wonderful), and Cadillac Mountain/Acadia National Park. Would prefer to do private tours but, in a pinch a ship's tour will do.

Toni - it's September! It's not going to be that cold.....just do what we do in the upper midwest - dress in layers. And maybe bring some ear muffs! lol

I've always arrived well before noon......once was the third person on the ship and that was wonderful. But I am having problems now standing in lines and I think I am going to try later.....like after 1:00pm or so and see if that works better than standing in lines.

1shipshape - where in Wisconsin? I am from the greater Milwaukee area and my Dad also made a small rink in our backyard a couple of years for us kids to skate on! But I love northern Wisconsin (up north!) and have a lot of relatives in the Langlade County area. My cousins and I skated a lot on the Jackson Park Lagoon and at the Wilson Park Ice Rink.

Bon Voyage!!!!!!!!!!!