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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not much your friends can or could do except go on the cruise and enjoyed themselves - We have friends going with us and prior to the final payment, there were times when we wondered if they would back out, but it would never stop me from going on the cruise - unless it was a bona vide emergency. Charlie

This is a situation of it being a matter of tastes. We have had some of our best and worst meals aboard Princess. We sailed on the Carnival Spirit and the food was really good. Nnother site was asking who was more important - the CD or the executive chef. I think the chef wins hands down. You can work around a bad CD, but if the food is bad, it's what people remember from the cruise. I think you're going to find someone who loves or hates the food on every cruise. Charlie

Ahoy there! Grab a deck chair and let's visit for a bit. This is the friendliest cruise site on the web. Hopefully you'll be able to hook up with some fellow travlers for your October cruise. In the meantime, hope to see you on the boards. Wilkomme, bievenu, welcome! Charlie

We always bring a couple of clothes pins, a small roll of clear tape, a box cutter (in checked baggage, of course) and a black marker. The latter items are for shipping home anything that might be necessary. Chris keeps it all in a small zip lock baggie and it has gone around the world with us. We also like to take a small travel clock, a small flash light (for the bedstand at night) and a small hand-held fan. That was a godsend in China. Charlie

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

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

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

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

I still think cruise ships get a bad rap with Noro. i'm jsut recovering from it and haven't been on a ship since July - long incubation period I guess. A good friend works at an assisted life center and she sees Noro all the time. I worke din a colloege and it would sweep through the entire campus about twice a year. It's just that those are low profile and feed the media frenzy. Wiht Noro - you can run (or float), but you can't hide... Charlie

Ahoy there! 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 there! 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

We're about 70 days out and we just got a call from our TA that our docs have arrived. it really depends upon your line, I think. We sail with Princess. Charlie

My story isn't as funny as Charlene's but here goes! We were sailing on the Sky Princess to Alaska and it was the first formal night. We had decided to use the Formals at Sea service offered by Princess, but when my husband put on the pants to the tux, there were about three sizes too big. We tried to trade donw, but there weren't any left in Chris's size/length. Our steward brought us a smile and a handful of safety pins. I gathered the extra material at the back of the pants and pinned him in. We head off to meet the captain and have our photo taken. Just then, Chris noticed his shoelace was undone and bent down to tie it up. yup, every pin let go then and there and he made a mad grab for his pants just as the headed south. Thrre wasn't time to do much more than react, so I put my arm around him and held his pants up as we met and were photographed with the captain. Everyone remarks as to what a great smile I have in that shot. - talk about sailing by the seat of your pants! Atfer that, I found some black thread and took in the pants to get us through the next two formal nights. It's still a great memory though. Charlie

Buffetfan - you have no mercy! I read it to my DH who was checking his e mail at the time...heh, heh, heh. Tahnks for the laughs! Charlie

Ahoy there! 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 there! 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