cruisinmama

Hi Crazies

Sorry haven't been on..been working quite a bit and my health has not been so good...in bed by 7:30 every night....dh went for tests for colon cancer biopsy's should be ready in a few weeks..Our furnace started acting up the electrician said he's not thinking it will make it..it is over 30 years old..so guess its tired.... my oven died yesterday..My work office forgot to fax my hours for work last week so I didn't get paid yesterday Grrrrr

Dh is on EMS call all weekend so we can't even go and try to get parts for the oven as he has to be within 6 min of the ambulance shed and the nearest town is much farther than that..and we are in the middle of another winter storm which I hope doesn't give us much more snow..lol..

So in a nut shell I'm glad for microwave stuff and we can always BBQ when we get sick of nuked food..Glad for Dramamine (which we can't get here in Eh? land) but I bought 2 boxes while in the usa, which helps the world which keeps moving on me and in 4 months I'll be be complaining about the mosquitos..lol..

So overall we are hanging in on this end..Just wanted to say Hi and hope everyone is ok and doing well Big Hugs to you all...

I hope once life calms down I will have some time and energy to get back on and chat and catch up with the board..

take care

Thanks so much  I booked our pre and post stay there this morning..Now just airfare that should be fun..lol.. Then I can decide on Tours and such as I can take my time for that.

Thanks again

Our group just stayed at that Comfort Inn in Nov and it was great. Clean rooms that had a safe, hair dryer, coffee maker, iron, and an ironing board. The pool was beautiful with lots of loungers and table and chairs. The breakfast was outstanding with hot & cold items and everything was yummy. They also have free internet access.

Thanks...I think it will be a great stay..

TGIF!! Hi Crazies

Just touching base, have had connection problems all week..Doing ok on this end..Bad storm heading our way with 30cm - 50 cm of snow..I knew the Pineapple Express would come back to bite us..now its pay back..lol..

Hope everyone is doing well..sending Hugs to all

check in again soon

Have an AWESOME time !!!

We would..we would love to see NY and have a Cruise from there would be great...I know its far in the distance but it never hurts to dream

Morning Crazies from warm and sunny Manitoba

Not much planned today just puttering...

My dh is at work today, and no they didn't get deployed!! I have to say I am very sad to say I am a Canadian our Gov vows to do all they can for Haiti yet they did NOT deploy our USAR Team which was packed and ready already due to a National exercise planned for the next day which was canceled.

These teams train and have equipment for just this type of disaster.. Just makes me sad to say Canada once again did not come through.. I will add that the whole USAR Team is furious about this decision.. So Thank you to the US GOV and your President who did vow to do all he could and followed through!!

Have a Great day...hope your all doing well...

One of the people I am cruising with sails from there often and highly recommends the Comfort Inn Airport/Cruise Port South. It's on Stirling Rd in Hollywood Fl.

Thanks so much  I booked our pre and post stay there this morning..Now just airfare that should be fun..lol.. Then I can decide on Tours and such as I can take my time for that.

Thanks again

Thanks Marylou for the idea..looks like my best bet budget wise..

Tim we are sailing on the Miracle and doing the Southern route.

I'm a little nervous as I keep reading reviews for this ship and itinerary not so great reviews. So decided to stop reading them as a ship and itinerary has to be really terrible for me to not like to be on a Cruise to anywhere.

Life is what you make it

Just thought you should know, The Miracle is only 4 of 22 Carnival ships to get a best of rating from the CDC. The cleanest most sanitary in the fleet. We went to Bermuda on her in April and loved the ship. Cheryl aka Gregswife is going in 2 weeks for a B2B. We are booked on her again for May 7 to the Bahamas for our wedding anniversary. SO, I don't know about the itinerary, but the ship is great, we loved it. Very wimsy and easy to manuever. One pool is out in the open and one has a cover. No long lines, GREAT Cruise Director Malcolm, WOO HOO!!! That doesn't mean anything to you now but it will, the WOOOOO HOOOOO part.

So just do like me and count down the days. 114 as of today.

Thanks Tim...I'm not that worried I stopped reading reviews as I think a Cruise unless its a disaster with the ship or illness its all about what you make of it!!  I plan on making this Cruise fun and relaxing and full great memories for us both.

I shall keep WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO in the back of my head and look forward to knowing its meaning lol

I loved the itinerary for the Miracle. Eight day cruise with lots of at sea time. St Maarten is one of our favorite islands. We hooked up with Shore Trips and rented "the rhinos" Basically think motorcyle for 2 in the water. We took a taxi to Simpson Bay, did the tour, visited a little bit and the taxi driver was back for us (he did a few fares in between). The excursion with Shore Trips was cheaper, lasted longer and went to a different snorkel site than the SAME EXACT ONE on the Carnival site.

Then the taxi driver took us to Orient Beach (totally naked). Marcy and I walked along the beach (with suits on) and laughed and giggled and about died with each fat, ugly, pierced and tatooed body that we say. I have nothing again a little extra weight but these folks were morbid AND naked. Now think male body parts that don't see the sun. Imagine them with piercings! Honestly. I tend to think I am liberal and quite open to lots of stuff. This however took me right over the edge.

St Lucia (townwise) was closed because we were there on a Sunday. Jerry and I were able to walk around the city and stop in at a beautiful church by a beautiful park. Then we took the catamaran party snorkel tour. One of the camera folks from Carnival was on our excursion. Needless to say, we were on a lot of footage on the ship's reel-to-reel. The excursion was fabulous. Even if you don't snorkel, a great way to see the island and hear the history.

St Kitts is beautiful. I know we did a snorkel excursion but I don't recall what exactly we did. I'll look in my scrapbook and hopefully can remember.

The Miracle was a nice ship; not spectacular. But, the price was right, the balcony cabin was spacious, the bed was deliciously comfortable. You have to overlook the purple and grapes in the dining room. We had a cozy booth for four (as did most tables). There was one dinner that none of us liked and we ate upstairs and brought the meal to our room. That worked out very nicely.

We must like Carnival as we are doing another back-to-back this November on the Glory.

Thanks so much for all the ideas and reviews of the tours you did. I picked the 8 day with more sea days so dh can get a real feel of a Cruise...I love going to Ports but enjoy the sea days to really just relax and enjoy things.

Thanks again

When you say "southern", what do you mean? We did the back to back on the Miracle. First leg was St Marteen, St Kitts, St Lucia;

Yes sorry we have St Marteen, St Kitts and St Lucia....

Thanks for some ideas

Afternoon Crazies from Balmy Manitoba..yeah its almost time to celebrate we are a WARM -7 c = 19.4 f..a much better feeling

Yeah Ray the nose hair freezing is a odd feeling in the temps we get..and our poor vehicles TG for block heaters..lol..

Marylou I'm doing better as far as not having seizures like I was in LA and Vegas..but pretty zoned out which I don't like..Kids joke they will put a name tag on me in case I forget who I am or get lost..lol..I think they might put some random address down to return me too..  But I'm doing ok, have a light work week and next so that helps.

Jim, Sorry to hear about your friends but they were so lucky hope their medical conditions get resolved and get on the road to recovery.

I also change our smoke alarms with the changing of our clocks.. we don't have gas lines in our town..We don't have fire hydrants in our town either so we are very careful of our house since part of it is from 1908 think it would go up very fast..we also have a fire extinguisher upstairs in-case a fire breaks out up there.

Also we have fire & carbon monoxide detectors in our old RV...and one day we were outside and could hear a beeping sound a back up battery inside had leaked and the carbon monoxide detector was going off..so put detectors in your Rv and trailers too. As things can happen in there too !!

My dh also is a volunteer fire fighter for our town as well as a trained EMS responder..I applauded all people that do this for all communities.

My dh was to leave tomorrow for a National USAR training Op for 4 days..but they have been put on high alert stand by for the Haiti search & rescue. So not sure when they will get the go to leave but thats what he is trained for, you just hope it never has to be called into affect. Please keep all search & rescue as well as medical volunteers in your thoughts as they travel from all over the world to aid in this terrible event.

Thanks

Evening Crazies

I"m sorry but this manitoba gal can not keep up with all your posts..lol..so just jumping in and posting Hello's, Hug's, Warm wishes , Welcome back's and Good Luck's..

Just got home from work and YES it has finally warmed up here!! - 50's I dunno its a prairie thing we just get through it. Maybe the frozen nose hairs and eye lashes are just the norm after awhile..lol.. For those in cold weather too hope it warms up for you all too soon !!!

Hope all your doing well will try and get through reading as many posts as I can..

Take Care

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http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/KeithRita/albums/112

p.s More photos located on our website @ Cruise Photos

Great pics..Thanks for sharing and sorry it was cold...

Ann~

Congrats on your booking! We always stay in Fort Lauderdale the night before a cruise. We also need to find one where we can leave our car while we're sailing. The Hampton Inn met our needs and had transportation to the port (I believe they were located on SE 12th St. - something like that). Clean, pleasant and continental breakfast in AM. We've heard the Holiday Inn Express across the street was also a good deal. Check them out also but can't remember the name of the street (Hampton Inn is off the main road). Others we checked out were more expensive. Good luck and don't take all reviews to heart...many people like to brag, while others like to complain. You're right....it is what you make it!

Shall check them out Thanks...

I don't know about the Miracle but I do know that our cruising w/ CCL, albeit limited, has been fine AND I think the so. Caribbean rte. is fantastic. Have a great time. BTW I can recommend excellent, private tour guides who are very reasonable in price for St. Lucia, St. Maarten and Antigua if you are porting there.

Would love some ideas only found one ATV Tour dh would love that but so far thats all I have found so recommend away PLEASE

A new Cruise Review is now available:

Ship Name: Majesty Of The Seas

Sailing date: January 4,

Author: RayColey

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I enjoyed reading your review and loved the pictures that went with it..Thanks for taking the time and good you got your luggage back

Good Morning All

Yes that is correct - 50.8 f...now that wakes you up in the am let me tell ya...we are to start warming up later today and tomorrow..TG!!!

Yeah well you know us Manitobains can't be out done by the bitter cold..Its that love hate thing we have with Sask. lol..

Still reading posts but Falina sending you extra hugs hope good news is just around the corner for you and your dh.

Hope everyone has a great day..stay warm and again those warm send some extra warmth our way and to others in the deep freeze..(except Sask they can tough it out)..lol..

TTFN