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dsawyer
April 6th, 2006, 02:54 PM
Hi everyone. I just wanted to say hello and to let you all know that our CruiseCritic group was wonderful and we all had a great time.

This is not an official review. Saber44ca (Jennifer) will be doing this soon for our group. We tapped her for this job because she was keeping a daily journal aboard the ship and we know her review will be able to include much detail that many of us cannot remember.

As everyone has said previously, the ship is beautiful and the crew is outstanding. I posted before that embarkation was orderly and efficient and now I can also say that disembarkation was very good too. All 4 of our bags were waiting for us in one place when we got off the ship. A porter was standing right there to take all of our bags to the curb. My husband went up to the roof to retieve our car and we were out of NYC quickly.

I loved my bed as it was so comfortable. I can truly say it is the best bed I have EVER slept on.

The food and service was great but I think we kind of got tired of the Lido before the end of the cruise as everything started to taste alike.

The average age group was younger than 70's, I believe, and no scooters ran over my feet.

The surprise on this cruise was, of course, the snow that greeted us upon our return to NYC. We had to drive in the snow on the New Jersey Turnpike and the traffic was moving very slowly. WE got a slow start but we were home in Virginia by dusk.

Please look for Jennifer's review soon. For those sailing on The Noordam soon, you are in for a wonderful trip.
HeatherInFlorida
April 6th, 2006, 03:09 PM
Welcome home, Dorothy! That snow must have been quite a wake-up call!:D

I'm so glad you had fun and that you didn't get run over by any scooters;) . We'll look forward to reading your designated reviewer's review! Still, nothing wrong with giving your own take on the cruise. We'd love to read that, too.

Thought of you all returning yesterday when I knew Jana was getting on!
venicecruiser
April 6th, 2006, 03:45 PM
Heather - My friend Judi is traveling with Jana..........

Claudia
gizmo
April 6th, 2006, 03:58 PM
dsawyer,

Welcome home. Glad to hear you had a great time.

Bet you were really surprised with that snow !:eek:
Karen112999
April 6th, 2006, 04:12 PM
Welcome home...I am still missing the Noordam and I got off when you boarded. Glad to hear you had as good of a time as I did. Wonderful staff....

Sorry about the snow.

karen
HeatherInFlorida
April 6th, 2006, 06:13 PM
Heather - My friend Judi is traveling with Jana..........

Claudia

Hi Claudia! What a coincidence:) Still sorry you didn't make our cruise ... we had such a fantastic group! Best ever.

Sorry for the OT, Noordam group!
dsawyer
April 7th, 2006, 09:43 AM
For your warm welcome home. :)

One thing I forgot to mention - Don't bother to take your laptop. There are only a few "hot spots" on the ships and if you have to walk a ways to get there, you may as well walk to the computer lab located in the Explorations Cafe. There are always available computers there and if the satellite is working, the computers run at an acceptable speed.

However, Internet usuage is not cheap, as others have said.
elmorejj
April 7th, 2006, 10:32 AM
As an above poster stated that smoking is no longer allowed in cabins, I have to ask, was it allowed in the Noordams cabins:cool:
dsawyer
April 7th, 2006, 10:46 AM
Since there was an ashtray in the cabinet space under the dresser in our cabin, I would say that smoking is still allowed in the cabins on The Noordam. :)

It was stressed, however, that smoking was only allowed in public areas in the designated smoking areas only.
richk
April 8th, 2006, 03:22 PM
Well , welcome back to the real world with snow and the NJ Turnpike

It was a blast to meet you! Will the pictures be posted of our group

Rich
dsawyer
April 8th, 2006, 04:29 PM
It was great to meet you and Donna. We are happy you joined our group.

Here is a link to the roll call thread where you can say hi to everyone and see a video that Bula Bula took of all of us.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=245754

Hope to see you guys on another cruise someday.
Vic The Parrot
April 9th, 2006, 03:16 AM
Hi Dorothy, Rich, Donna


It was a great trip! We have to do it again sometime.
My thanks go out to Dorothy, and her DH. You guys are excellent hosts, and it would be nice to have you as a group leader anytime!

Next time you're going, sign me up!

:)


Hope everyone is enjoying thier weekend.


ParrotheadNJ6436@aol.com
fairlawng
April 9th, 2006, 09:09 AM
Yes, it was a wonderful cruise, can't wait too see jen review, and Hi too all our buddy's on the cruise critic who made it a great cruise for my wife and I talk too you all soon, and lets keep in touch, till our next cruise(SHIP AHOY)
dsawyer
April 9th, 2006, 01:17 PM
We loved cruising with you and Nikki too. You are such a fun couple and we will never forget you - especially your voice. Your voice is quite unique and I absolutely loved listening to you! :cool:
Krazy Kruizers
April 9th, 2006, 01:21 PM
Welcome home.

Glad you had a great cruise and enjoyed everything.
Pudgesmom
April 9th, 2006, 01:33 PM
I wondered whether he was on your ship. He had such a UNIQUE viewpoint and was so excited to sail. Did you all meet?

I haven't seen a posting from him since you all left.

Beth
HeatherInFlorida
April 9th, 2006, 01:43 PM
Ignore post. I changed my mind.