Kween Karen Days #3 through #6 (merged threads)

[IRL_Joanie]

Kween Karen has posted day 3 with lots of photos
http://dreamcruise.kweenkaren.com/

Joanie

[kakalina]

never mind

[usha]

Sure hope they get her toilet fixed!:eek:

[Soundsgreat6]

great picts of the meet an greet.

Karen go ahead and get in there you might find a great dance partner, lol.

Glad things are going well re the dinning after LA.

Sure hope you can get a good nights rest tonight.

It's great to read your blog will stay up to date till we board Zanndam on Sunday.

Dave n Willie

[themerle]

Thanks again for letting us know Karen has posted another day.

[kakalina]

I'm going to take a wild guess here and assume Karen will be posting on her blog everyday.

[MightyQuinn]

I'm going to take a wild guess here and assume Karen will be posting on her blog everyday.LOL kakalina! :D:D

If anyone wants to follow along & leave messages for Karen, she set up a separate thread in the Cruise Blogs section of CC.
http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1064027

[operafan]

But what if she misses a day? Will we have to put up a new thread announcing no blog for the day? And what if someone numbers the day wrong? Will that screw everyone up forever? We'd best assign a committee to investigate and have a daily thread auditing the daily thread. ;)

[hal lover]

I can't get it! Darn! I hate dial up! Anyone have any suggestion's on how to get to the link? If you see this KweenKaren, I hope that you are having the time of your life!

[IRL_Joanie]

I can't get it! Darn! I hate dial up! Anyone have any suggestion's on how to get to the link? If you see this KweenKaren, I hope that you are having the time of your life!


Here is the direct link to the .pdf for Day 3: http://dreamcruise.kweenkaren.com/141-Day%203%20At%20Sea.pdf

Joanie

[Krazy Kruizers]

http://dreamcruise.kweenkaren.com/140-Day%204%20At%20Sea.pdf

[Cruiz'nBaers]

Sounds like a perfect day at sea. I hope Karen is enjoying herself. Wish I were there, too.

Linda:cool:

[brucory]

Loving the daily update...

Kween Karen is doing a wonderful job with the pics and reporting in on her blog. Almost feels like we are there with her...

:D:D:D

[suse]

Thanks to Karen! Wish I were there.:)

[operafan]

Got an offer this morning from our favorite online TA for the Australia to LA (32 night) segment of this cruise; Including air from LA, $3999 inside, $4499 outside and (ouch) $14,399 verandah suite. If only we had the time...........

[Krazy Kruizers]

I am also enjoying Karen's blog.

Aren't those HAL flowers lovely!!

[ctsally]

I too am enjoying Kween Karen's daily updates. I do have one "complaint" though....these updates make me "homesick"...how I miss being on a HAL ship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[innlady1]

I am also enjoying Karen's blog.

Aren't those HAL flowers lovely!!

Same here, KK. What an interesting format...thank you, Karen for taking us along!

I agree...the flowers are very lovely.

[Boytjie]

It's about 3 weeks before the Amsterdam gets to American Samoa. I wonder what shape it would be in by then after yesterday's tsunami?

[bellebaby]

I sailed on another cruise line this summer.... REALLY missed the flowers (my favorite HAL ship is the Volendam). They are such a wonderful touch of class and beauty on HAL.

B

[Himself]

I am enjoying the blog and the pictures. Perhaps the ship will be forced to by pass American Samoa. It may take along time to recover from this.

[catl331]

We had gorgeous flowers and flower arranging demos on the Amsterdam when we did Panama Canal. Afer stopping in Costa Rica, WOW did we have gorgeous flowers. They loaded up the ship!

[Aussie Gal]

It's about 3 weeks before the Amsterdam gets to American Samoa. I wonder what shape it would be in by then after yesterday's tsunami?

From all the reports down here, I doubt if either Samoas and Tonga will be up and running by the time the Amsterdam is due to dock at any of those ports.

The islands have been devastated and the huge loss of life is overwhelming. We are sending manpower plus medical supplies today to try and get the community back on its feet once again but it is going to take many months.

Jennie

[momatibm]

I am sure everyone appreciates the support sent by the neighboring islands.

[Krazy Kruizers]

It's about 3 weeks before the Amsterdam gets to American Samoa. I wonder what shape it would be in by then after yesterday's tsunami?

I seriously doubt if any cruise ship will be able visit that area for quite a while.

3 weeks is not enough time to clean up all the damage.

[alpal1993]

Wonderful.All I can say is I need to take a computer class.

[MrsMuir]

I understand how Samoa wouldn't be ready to host a shipload of cruisers, but couldn't the passengers arrange for some kind of relief for them during a brief stopover? I'm just thinking out loud. Food for thought.

Mrs M

[Krazy Kruizers]

http://dreamcruise.kweenkaren.com/139-Day%205%20Los%20Angeles.pdf

[Charliesmom]

Yonnie, I think it is terrific of you to be the engine behind Kween Karen's postings. It really makes it nice. And I love the pictures!

Roberta

[aussiedisneyfan]

It is so great to read her blog. I have now bookmarked it for easy access.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Thankfully Karen got a little more sleep the other night.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Yonnie, I think it is terrific of you to be the engine behind Kween Karen's postings. It really makes it nice. And I love the pictures!

Roberta

I'll try to keep it up until we leave for Ft Lauderdale on Oct 21.

[kakalina]

When one of the persons on our roll call tried to post the link to his cruising sheet the mods came on and said CC was for CC stuff and they would not allow anyone to post links to another site. I wonder why these posts directing folks to Karens site is acceptable. Seems like a double standard to me.

[jbhcw]

I have also bookmarked the site, and Jeff's as well. Both are great reading and the pictures are amazing. She is doing one of my dream cruises just tickled pink we get to follow along:):):)

[TMWeddle]

I just realized that another blogger is posting pictures while on the same cruise. Maybe they'll meet up! Find it at http://amazingvoyages.blogspot.com
He got on the ship earlier than Karen, that's why the day numbers aren't the same.

[candbgirl]

I just realized that another blogger is posting pictures while on the same cruise. Maybe they'll meet up! Find it at http://amazingvoyages.blogspot.com
He got on the ship earlier than Karen, that's why the day numbers aren't the same.


Jeff is on the Amsterdam for something like 223 days. He obviously scheduled several B2B cruises this time around. There are actually 2 other blogs about this cruise.

I think it is a double standard too to give a daily reminder of one blog. I think anyone interested has it book marked by now. Just like I do for this one and the other 3. It's interesting how different they all are, but they are all great reading.

[MrsCruiseBabe]

When one of the persons on our roll call tried to post the link to his cruising sheet the mods came on and said CC was for CC stuff and they would not allow anyone to post links to another site. I wonder why these posts directing folks to Karens site is acceptable. Seems like a double standard to me.

Hummmm..............

[NMLady]

I just realized that another blogger is posting pictures while on the same cruise. Maybe they'll meet up! Find it at http://amazingvoyages.blogspot.com
He got on the ship earlier than Karen, that's why the day numbers aren't the same.

Because Jeff puts ALL his photos and ALL his days on the same page, it is a very very very slowloading page, even on broadband.
Also, very few of the photos have captions so you don't really know what you're looking at.
It's a blog I have bookmarked, but not for daily viewing because of the time it takes loading. The pictures, though, are really worth looking at, and some of his comments are highly entertaining.

I like Kween Karen's individual pdf pages.

[jbhcw]

So Candbgirl...can you give us the names of other blogs?

[candbgirl]

Sure; Hope it's okay to do this:

1) http://2009aunzcruise.thestansfields.com/ Posted by Barbara and Orlin from Tennesse. These people are CC posters. Their blogs are always great fun and interesting. I have been a fan of their blogs for several years.

2) http://cruisetothelandofoz.blogspot.com/ I just happened upon this blog a few weeks ago. It seems interesting and worth a read.

3) http://amazingvoyages.blogspot.com/ This Jeff's blog. I have been reading his blogs for several years. His blog contains ton of pictures. My computer doesn't have a problem loading them quickly. It's true he doesn't label the pictures but his commentary pretty much tells you what is happening. His pictures are absolutely breath taking.

And number 4 is Karen's which we all have.

[jbhcw]

Great:) Thanks a bunch candbgirl:) Off to check the other two out:)

[Krazy Kruizers]

http://dreamcruise.kweenkaren.com/138-Day%206%20At%20Sea.pdf

[lorekauf]

Thanks for posting this daily KK. I keep forgetting about it because I'm too preoccupied thinking about everything I need to do before I leave:D. Gives me a good reason to take a break.

[Himself]

I enjoyed reading the update. Thanks for posting it.

[NMLady]

1) http://2009aunzcruise.thestansfields.com/ (http://2009aunzcruise.thestansfields.com/) Posted by Barbara and Orlin from Tennesse. These people are CC posters. Their blogs are always great fun and interesting. I have been a fan of their blogs for several years.
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I think Barbara and Orlin are the ones Kween Karen had made sure were to be booked at the same dining table with her after their Los Angeles boarding and then she had to straighten out the problem when the booking hadn't been done. She posted that it did get taken care of before the ship got to Los Angeles where Barbara and Orlin were getting on. She was able to get the four of them on a table for 8 near a window.

I haven't looked today, but as of yesterday the Stanfields blog wasn't up to date. I'm hoping they'll blog while they're on the ship.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Looks as though Karen is really enjoying herself.

[debshomespun]

Thanks Karen for taking the time to bring us all along on your grand voyage! Wish I was REALLY with you! :D :D

[Cruisin'Lady]

She is doing such a great job at putting those pages together! I am really enjoying reading her updates!:D

[bettacanuck]

I've never been on a cruise before, but I will be doing my first cruise ever in November...and this is the first thing I check every morning when I get up!

What a great way to learn about cruise life:) I especially enjoy the pictures of food:D

[dobie]

I just found the blog today. What fun it is to read!

[candbgirl]

NMLady - They are the same people that Karen is seated with at dinner. In fact I think I read in Karen's blog that their son helped her set up her blog. Their blog is all up to date. They usually post everyday while on the ship.

[Aussie Gal]

Would someone please open today's posting by Karen and send the link. When I go to open it on my computer Adobe tells me that the file is damaged and cannot be open unfortunately.

Jennie

[middle-aged mom]

Would someone please open today's posting by Karen and send the link. When I go to open it on my computer Adobe tells me that the file is damaged and cannot be open unfortunately.

Jennie

Jennie, I am getting the same message on my computer here in the U.S.

[Aussie Gal]

middle-aged mom,

Thanks for that. I thought I must have done something wrong as I kept on trying to open it.

Jennie

[Storylady]

Would someone please open today's posting by Karen and send the link. When I go to open it on my computer Adobe tells me that the file is damaged and cannot be open unfortunately.

Jennie

Mine says the same thing for Day 7. I can't open Day 7 at all.

[alpal1993]

I couldn't open Day 6 or 7.Really enjoyed day 1 thur 5.especially the view of Seattle,and pictures of Amsterdam

[LAFFNVEGAS]

I too am getting the same error :(

[MrsMuir]

Rats. Me too.

[Overtime4me2]

Same here!

Have really been enjoying her posts. Will keep checking!

:)

[alpal1993]

Boy I hope they have those crab legs on the menu when we cruise in June

[rosegrower]

Check out the website in post 45 for the Stanfields. They have their day 7 and 8 and there are a couple pictures of Karen in her pretty blue formal.