Ellie

I LOVE IT! LOOKS JUST LIKE HER! (maybe when she was 40 years younger!!!!)

My favorite is the hypocrisy of the posted signs at the pool on Princess ships. It specifically states that lounge chairs cannot be saved, and if no one is occupying the chair for 30 min., the towels will be removed and the chairs offered to other passengers. Well, I actually believed this statement and asked a pool deck hand to remove some towels so we could have a place to relax. He refused, stating that it is my responsibility to remove the towels. So I did. WELL!!!!!! This crazy old witch bat comes charging after me, yelling at me, told me she was right over THERE (pointing with her crotchety gnarly fingers with 4 rings the size of my eyes and blood-red nail polish). She was playing cards at the table with her friends (part of the coven???). We finally gave up and walked away. It's just not worth the aggravation, but Princess is not holding up their end of the arrangement. Rudeness and ignoring posted rules should not be tolerated. Someone on staff should have intervened. That certainly would have won the support and approval of every other passenger on that ship!

Cruise sounds good....timing sounds good. We may be able to do this, God willing and health prevailing! Keep us posted.

Thanks, everyone for the good wishes! It was cold!!!! We always have fun with K&R, so we didn't really care much about the weather (which Frank & Keith still blame on global cooling - the government does not agree), or other things. We played UNO a lot and laughed a lot. What more could you want, especially when there are drinks being made for us, meals being made for us, and no work to go to in the AM! LOVED IT! Got to see a bit of Mobile, AL....had a great lunch there on the day we disembarked - Cafe Royal on Royal St. Celebrated Keith's birthday, forgot to give him his card, and drove the 8 hours back home. EXHAUSTED! Can't wait for the next one

Thanks, everyone for the good wishes! It was cold!!!! We always have fun with K&R, so we didn't really care much about the weather (which Frank & Keith still blame on global cooling - the government does not agree), or other things. We played UNO a lot and laughed a lot. What more could you want, especially when there are drinks being made for us, meals being made for us, and no work to go to in the AM! LOVED IT! Got to see a bit of Mobile, AL....had a great lunch there on the day we disembarked - Cafe Royal on Royal St. Celebrated Keith's birthday, forgot to give him his card, and drove the 8 hours back home. EXHAUSTED! Can't wait for the next one

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!

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!

Froze our butts off both outside and inside this ship. Thank God for K&R! They made it fun, even considering my allergy to the feather pillows, the noisy kids in the hall outside our cabin, and some of the goofballs we met along the way....no names mentioned! Good thing I brought the UNO cards! Back home here in Central Florida with a temperature of 35....that's insane though not as cold as Mobile, AL. Thought about Kevin & Cheryl (GW) the whole time...the only TV station with weather reports was one from Denver! Maybe I'll just go back to bed and wait for the warm weather to return.

Froze our butts off both outside and inside this ship. Thank God for K&R! They made it fun, even considering my allergy to the feather pillows, the noisy kids in the hall outside our cabin, and some of the goofballs we met along the way....no names mentioned! Good thing I brought the UNO cards! Back home here in Central Florida with a temperature of 35....that's insane though not as cold as Mobile, AL. Thought about Kevin & Cheryl (GW) the whole time...the only TV station with weather reports was one from Denver! Maybe I'll just go back to bed and wait for the warm weather to return.

BON VOYAGE, ROSE & HOWIE! Have a great time ringing in the New Year!

BON VOYAGE!!! See you in 7 days!

I AM SO READY!!! Frank's still asleep...I'm getting anxious to leave...the Galleria in FLL is calling my name! Temps up to 80 in Fort Lauderdale today and tomorrow. Sounds good to me! Raining hard here right now. Hope it stops by the time we get on the road. No dreadlocks for Frank on this trip. He saves that for his partner, K-Man!

THANKS, EVERYBODY!!!!! We'll have a toast to each one of you while we're sitting by the pool....WHOOPEEEEE!!!

DEBBIE: Enjoyed reading your review. APPLAUSE!! APPLAUSE!!!

DEBBIE: Really enjoyed your pictures. All of you looked like you were having fun....good for you! Now it's our turn. We sail on Saturday for a week.........can't wait........only we don't have a group to hang out with.....yet.

Are these "missing cruise people" becoming the legalized and easy way to commit murder or suicide?? Really strange & frightening!

WOW! You guys sure look like you were having a great time....wish we could have joined you. Thanks for sharing the pics, Rose! Reminded me of our cruise last year. P.S. - When is the next Crazies Cruise????? Do the rest of us who stayed home this time get to go on the next one and the Connie Crazies don't? Or is this an equal opportunity venture??????

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary. Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes, the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute. Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said, "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior". John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?" HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

ED: Great review. Very much appreciated. We'll be sailing the Oasis in Nov. 2010....wonder what cutbacks they will have by then!

We cannot wait until 11/13/2010, when we get to sail on this monster ship! We booked a balcony cabin overlooking Central Park. It will probably be quite noisy, but we're going with a group of people who like to have a good time, so we may be noisy too! 7 days certainly will not be long enough to see everything on this ship, even if we don't get off at any of the ports. Looks like we have another adventure to look forward to.

Thanks! We cannot wait to drive just over 500 miles to Mobile, AL! HAHA! Frank thought it was a lot closer. Nice way to spend the first day of the New Year.....on an adventure. Five days sure won't be long enough for us, but since we'll be less than a month after my "birthday cruise", I can't complain. After that, it's only 4 months until our vacation in Siesta Key - the SECOND most beautiful beach in the country....and that's a fact!

I asked my husband about wearing his tuxedo on formal nights, and he said he thinks it makes him look better. Frankly, I believe as men grow older, the more they "dress up", the better they look. It's pretty much the same with women. When I was younger (eons ago!), I could go out with no bra, cutoff shorts, no makeup and I looked pretty good (being a size 5 helped too!). Our next cruise is on Dec. 5th, and we will be in formal attire on formal night. And we always have pictures to prove how good we can look when we try! Sometimes the clothes do make the man....at least for a few hours

We are so excited about our cruise on the Oasis. We're leaving 11/13/2010 with a large group from our community. We have a balcony cabin overlooking Central Park so we can be in on all the action while relaxing on our balcony. The Oasis will be docked in FLL when we are there for our cruise on the Crown Princess on 12/5/2009. Hope to get a good look at her, as well as some pictures.