I’m writing about the cruise first, because I don’t have access to my foursquare history right now, which is how I was planning to write about Disneyland – I’ll just go through it and it will help me recall what we did! But I don’t have a foursquare history for the cruise (much too hard [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cruises’
HAL South America
The reason we are house-sitting is because my in-laws are on the Grand Voyage cruise with Holland America. They are doing the “Grand South America and Antarctica” section, and they set sail from Fort Lauderdale about six hours ago. Yes, that’s a two-month cruise! They booked the least expensive room they could stand (not sure [...]
Our Next Vacation
We haven’t gone on our trip to Alaska yet, that’s next month, but we’ve already arranged for a vacation after that. I never thought I’d be the type to go on a million cruises, but they are more economical than land vacations. I still need to see France before I die, but I’m enjoying cruising [...]
Day At Sea
Today was a sea day. Carnival calls these “Fun Days At Sea” but for us they are sometimes boring and sometimes relaxing. After breakfast we went to the Cruise Critic get-together, which was very poorly attended. The cruise director speculated that people were probably feeling sick because the seas were so choppy. I asked him [...]
Bad Bus Ride
Today did not start well. We were on the bus by 7:40 but it did not leave at 8:00 because some people hadn’t shown up. The dispatcher finally gave the driver authorization to leave at 8:30. I saw that we were heading out of the city, and then I dozed off. I woke up 20 [...]
Cruising with the Tribe
This is kind of a long post, so feel free to skip over it. I wanted to share an opinion I just posted, so there are quotes from others to put it into context. The thread is called Are gay men welcomed on Olivia Cruises? The answer from Olivia is no, but there’s been a [...]
Cabin for Bermuda
The date for our cruise to Bermuda draws nearer – about a month away now. We haven’t gotten our documents yet, but other people who are on the same sailing are starting to get theirs, so ours will turn up any day now. I ended up finding out our cabin assignment anyway, because it showed [...]
No, Really, Vacation Plans
In theory, these are our actual vacation plans. The Caribbean cruise in January 2007 is no more; the trip to Disney in early September 2006 is no more; the Caribbean cruise in late September 2006 is no more. What we are now doing is a seven-night cruise on the Celebrity Zenith, leaving on October 7, [...]
Vacation Changes
Well, the vacation plans are no longer so wonderful or concrete. It turns out my mother might not be able to go on the Legend of the Seas cruise. It also turns out the travel agent marked up the cruise price $100pp. I thought she and Royal Caribbean were donating as a thank-you for getting [...]
Vacation for January 2007
Today I booked a cruise. It’s not until January 2007, but I booked it! The deposit was $500 for both of us; the per-person fare is $914. It’s a benefit cruise for the day care center run by my parents’ church. My mom will be going too, but she’ll be rooming with someone from the [...]