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:smiley: Welcome aboard njnana. Our cruiser friend Dotsie who is also from New Jersey has a very large group on FOS 11/5. Sure hope you and your group register for the Official Meet and Mingle. Stop by the official Roll Call for Freedom of the Seas, Nov. 5, 2006 (edited ). We have 66 people registered but a lot more sailing with family and friends group like yours. Bon Voyage

Yes, can't wait for Vegas. Only downer is it will be HOT! Can't wait to cruise even more. Have a good day.

Term, I check in (was checking without logging in) while on my temp job. Just nothing happening over here. Just got home from Dr. plus hospital again for more xrays. Tomorrow Dr. will make a decison of what action to take, he doesn't want to operate. Stones are in a precarious position! Reminded DH of his NY boys trip next week to Yankee Stadium and our Mini vacation to Las Vegas which is our birthday gifts. Hope he is better soon so we can travel. Bon Voyage Nanatravel

I check in occasionally from the office, so appear as a Guest. Not much "news" here. CC is still the most active. However, host put a request to "quit chatting" and keep talking about cruising. Can't blame her. The one liners are "private venues" for sure. The sun just finally came out 7 PM! It was pouring on the way home from work at 6 PM. Bon voyage Nanatravel :cool:

Welcome Aboard Frosty Boy, Your cabin is right in the midst of many of this tried and true group of cruisers on this Roll Call. Some folks know each other, others are part of a small reunion group who met on the Mariner, many also just met on-line. We all have one thing in common, we love to cruise. We post on many forums; cruisecrazies, x, cruiseline, etc. So check us out. Some get a little off topic, but it's all in fun. We will be planning many group get togethers on land (MIA pre-cruise) and on board, so keep your eyes open for updates. Don't forget to go to x and register for the Official Royal Caribbean Meet and Mingle. You will get a private invitation and have a chance to meet some fun people. Great Cabin buy the way! It must have just come available. Are you doing a pre-cruise? Many of us are. What state do you hail from? I'm in NH and we have folks from Alaska and Scotland, too. Bon Voyage Nanatravel

Sorry, I didn't have time earlier to check this thread. Barb, Janet and Selena were just on the Key West, Sloppy Joe's Web cam. Check out CC for some pictures on the Roll Call. Don't know how he did that! The web shots were pretty dark but Janet has the Lime Tank Top, Barb the Lime sun dress and the petite lady is Selena (I believe). Barb has on huge glasses and they have their Huge Blinking Glasses half full. Saw Janet inside Sloppy Joes at the bar getting a drink about 10:50 a.m. They were on the street by 11 a.m. with signs in hand - 212 Days until the Freedom! I believe they are on the Enchantment. The Mallory square web cam showes an RCI ship in port. Have a great weekend. Bev

Good Morning Freedom Family. Since Janet is on da plane, I will keep today's thread to date. Have a good day everyone. Bon Voyage Nanatravel

Good morning Freedom Family, hope everyone enjoys the sunshine. Bon Voyage

Good Afternoon everyone. Well I had a good interview this morning and received a call for another temp assignment at the same company that I worked with in February. Time will tell if I land either position. I stopped in to see my TA also. I hadn't seen her in a long time as she manages a few different offices in New England. I picked up some brochures for Europe. I doubt we will do that this year, but you never know. She will let me know more about the Freedom docking in Boston and a TA tour. At this time, the TA's are scheduled to do a 2 night sail to nowhere in May. Well we are in March-just one more month and Winter should be over with. Bon Voyage

You know there are us lurkers out there by day! I'm at a government job and can't post. It has been pretty quiet. What's new with everyone? Are you staying warm and getting ready for our Warm Caribbean cruise? Unfortunately, we have to wait until November to vacation again. With our Filene's stores all closing, I did buy a new evening outfit! LiKe I needed something else to wear once. Stay warm. Nanatravel

Some good choices Joe. We toured Malaga on our own and it was beautiful. The Alhambra tour is very long and hopefully you will get in. Access is ticket limited. You are wise to go with a ship tour. At Lisbon, we took a taxi tour which was great. We also took a ship tour in the morning to Capa Roca and Sintra a historic town. Taking the ship tour to Monaco and Monte Carlo including the casino is also smart. We ran in to tremedous traffice and the tenders are very slow and regulated in VilleFrance. Don't forget proper dress for the Grand Casino and no tote bags or cameras are allowed. They will check your things for you. Wear comfortable shoes as many of the streets are all cobblestones and slight hills. You will have to walk a distance from the parking lot at both locations. When do you tour & sail? Nanatravel

Yes, it's much better now. We just got home from Freeport, Maine. The weather was cold on Friday & Saturday but it just started to snow at 8 a.m. Dunfsy morning. We had packed up last night and got in the car to head South at 8 today right after breakfast. It was a white-out from the tractor trailers and trucks driving by but we made it home without incident in about 2 1/2 hours. Just a half hour more than it took us to get to the Harraskeet Inn. We had two wonderful dinners and walked and shopped a bit at the outlet stores and the huge LL Bean. Have a great day. Nanatravel

Good Morning Karen on the East Coast it is dreary and a "sleep in" morning. Actually today is my last chance to sleep in for the next month. I start the temp job which is a 9 hour workday so I will be up by 5 a.m. each morning. Have a good day everyone. Nanatravel

Good Morning Freedom Family. I stay signed in here, at CM and CC. They keep blocking me at CF even when they issue a new confusing password! I have given up posting on that site. How were the cookies Selena? Well only one more day and I will be a working girl for the next 3 weeks. At least that will help pass the middle Winter month by more quickly. It is so gloomy here today but Tuesday may be worse with snow predicted. Have a great day. Nanatravel

Good Morning Everyone. Have a great weekend. Nanatravel

Selena, are you that skinny? Wow. Oh to live in the Good Old Days! Newport News is one of the first places/catalogs where I could buy Tall Swim suits at a reasonable price. Have a great day everyone. Nanatravel

Evening all. Ty if you check in here, I can't log-on at CF and quit trying plus CC is running so slow. I truly believe in what you stated. Infact, I just mentioned the Serenity Prayer yesterday to a counselor that helps me keep on track since my mom's health decline and my lack of a full time job. I am really trying to live those wise words these days. Bon Voyage Nanatravel

Good Morning Freedom Family. Well I landed the temporary job, so I should be able to save for half of the cruise! It's a 3 week assignment. The person I will replace is going on a South America cruise. We also proved it was a small world, since she has the same Travel Agent and has for at least 10 years, just like me. The clincher is we do not live or work anywhere near each other. This job will be a little bit of a commute for me, but the pay is good and it gives me a foot in the door of the government contractor. We got a little more snow this morning, but there is school. Have a great day. Nanatravel

Good Morning Freedom Family. Well I landed the temporary job, so I should be able to save for half of the cruise! It's a 3 week assignment. The person I will replace is going on a South America cruise. We also proved it was a small world, since she has the same Travel Agent and has for at least 10 years, just like me. The clincher is we do not live or work anywhere near each other. This job will be a little bit of a commute for me, but the pay is good and it gives me a foot in the door of the government contractor. We got a little more snow this morning, but there is school. Have a great day. Nanatravel

Good Morning Freedom Family. I lurked but had nothing to say. Go Seahawks...they played well.

I use our local TA who manages a large American Express agency. We have used others when tagging along on a Group cruise, but TA's seem to be the best bet. However, I like to do my own research. I know before involving someone else, what I don't want and what a good price and cabin choice should be. On our last cruise, the agent got a better senior rate than a Cruise Line Sale rate. She did that homework and helped us change cabins too. Bon Voyage Nanatravel

New Avatar Janet! I can't see it clearly, but are you wearing one of the Adventure Girl Tank tops from a Mariner cruiser? On someone's photo page, those looked so cute. I know you have been active with getting other cruise memorabilia clothing items. Any talk of having t's for our FOS cruise?

Sha, I too watched the Oprah show yesterday (I don't usually watch much TV at all.) I think the president of RCI handled her accusations very diplomatically and honestly. The only point I noted was he said, "they had never had an incident like this before." Well in 1995 (I believe), a young woman went missing from the Rhapsody of the Seas off Aruba. This event is still in the news occasionally. We were on this ship the week after the disappearance. She was early 20's and traveling with her family. There was no evidence of foul play. Joe, glad to see you! Who are we routing for in this weekends Football challenges? Have a great day. Nanatravel