Moiraine

Makes me want to rush and book everything!

Oh, I don't know what I'm going to do! Winning the lottery would be great.... There is something to be said for both options.

Oh that makes it so much harder!

Thanks Rose. I'm really leaning toward a blacony for the Riviera. I'll try to cough up the money for an oceanview for Alaska. I've got plenty of time on that one, anyway. I can just see myself on my own private balcony on the Splendor cruising in the evening. Oh yeah!

Thank you. I go back and forth about what to do. Hope you can talk your wife into the cruise. The Splendor looks like a beautiful ship.

Have a good time.

So, my cousin and I are planning on doing a Mexican Riviera cruise on the Splendor this fall. We would also like to do an Alaska cruise summer 2011. I'd really like to get a balcony for both, but I really doubt if the money will stretch that far. I'm thinking maybe a balcony for one and inside for the other. I think the Carnival ship for Alaska is Spirit. Which one do I get the balcony on (if possible)? I'm thinking that the Mexican Riviera cruise would be the better of the two. Think being outside on a cruising ship in Alaska would be chilly even in June! Are there good observation decks on the Spirit? I would imagine that I'd want to do a lot of looking on the Alaska cruise. Maybe I should split the difference and get an outside cabin? Any suggestions, advice, or comments welcome.

I heard that! I tried on some of my shorts from last year, which is what I'm taking on the cruise. Coughs. I need to lose before I go or I'll be buying clothes on the cruise!

Thanks. It all sounds good. I want to spend time in the water but the other half had a nightmare about a shark attack and is refusing. I hope he gets over this before we cruise! Grand Cayman will be the only stop where we have a chance to play in the water or do anything like Stingray City!