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Ahoy, Allie7! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards! Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome, Charlie

Ahoy, Silver Tiger! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie

Ahoy, Ayalond! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell. You found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards! Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie

Ahoy, Lovely12no! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell! You've found the firendliest cruise site on the web! Hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie

Here's wishing you blue skies, calm seas and gentle breezes. have a wonderful cruise! Charlie

Ahoy, Gossamer61! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie

the way i see it is that everyone is, at birth, given an E Ticket (you older Disneyland foks will get me here). When your ticket is punched, your ride here is over. You never know when or where that can happen, so it's your repsonsibility to enjoy the ride as long as possible and not worry about the inevitible ending. I could think of worse ways to go than 'getting punched' on a cruise ship. Charlie

Here's wishing you blue skies, calm seas and gentle breezes. Have a wonderful cruise! Charlie

Here's wishing you blue skies, calm seas and gentle breezes. Have a great cruise! Charlie

Ahoy, Jane! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie

Ahoy, Nellbob! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie

Ahoy, Darlawc! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards! Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie

In journailsim, there's a saying - if it bleeds, it leads. Unfortunately, cruising seems to have attacted the attention of the news media for one reason or another. In short, it's bleeding. Why there is a need to focus crticial attention upon the cruise industry might be twofold. For a long time, it was vacationing for the elite. 'Regular' people have always been fascinated with the lives that the wealthy lead. The reporting of these events could be a carry over from that attitude. Just as some people have to have the very latest from this actor or that sports figure, the media sees cruise news in the same way. When something spectacular happens, such as a person overboard or a wreck, it immediately pulls the attention of the media. Second, and this is a just a percepton, mind you, but the news is very rigidly controlled by the gatekeepers. They alone decide what is and isn't newsworthy. For some reason, cruising has caught their attention and they have decided to focus the nations attention upon it. They have decided that it's difficult and dangerous, so the news stories read as such. Perha[s some of the gatekeepers long for the day of when cruising was exclusive to a few and is attempting to drive the market into the ground, so that it can be picked up again at a later time, polished off and offered up as a treasure. As I've said, these are just my opinions, but I felt strongly enough against the gatekeepers to toss away a ten year career in journalism rather than become one of them. Charlie

Ahoy, Jim! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell. You've found the friendliest crusie site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie

Ahoy Raleighcruiser! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards! Wilkomme, beivenu, weclome! Charlie

Ahoy, Scott! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome, charlie

Ahoy, TravelerMike! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome, Charlie

Ahoy, pob0523! Grab a deck chair and chat for a spell. You've found the friendliest crusie site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie

Ahoy, IBCRUZIN! Grab a deck chair and chat for a spell. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie

Ahoy, PDQ! Grab a deck chair and chat for a bit. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards! Charlie

Actually, a woman came off the Grand with a photo of them on the balcony doing *ahem* what comes naturally. she said she went out on her balcony to enjoy the night breezes and heard them. She saw the woman on the railing and thought that the flash might warn them that they could be seen. Howeve, the flash didn't go off and she went back inside to get a portable flash unit when she heard the first shouts of 'man overboard!' Because the photo had a time stamp on it, the captain was able to use it to retrace his path to them. Sort of counters the official"Titanic' stories we are hearing from the cruise line. There was also video showing both the man and woman in the water. The woman had jelly fish stings and left at the first port. The guy finished the cruise, according to fellow passengers. Some mothers do have 'em. Charlie

We've never gotten a bad meal from room service, although once Chris's fries were a little cool. That didn't stop him, of course. Otherwise, we've never had an issue with them Charlie

Ahoy, Jeff! Grab a deck chair and chat for a bit. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards! Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie

Ahoy, Robbins98! Grab a deck chair and chat for a spell. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu,welcome! Charlie

Ahoy, LoiuseKaye! Grab a deck chair and visit for a spell. You've found the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie