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On 3/5/2023 at 5:50 PM, slidergirl said:

Sorry, but the first thing that popped into my head was the insurance commercial where the guy is washing his trash cans...

I have to keep myself far away because I have that urge. 
 

Also, I’m interested in this discussion because the whole spinning 4 wheel aspect was stressing me out. 
 

I am currently practicing with suitcases in my basement. I have pre check and I’m doing curbside check in. 

17 hours ago, MacMadame said:

Aren't the mostly all though? It's part of the deal of being a bridesmaid.

The are mostly uglyass. When my brother got married they asked my daughter to be a flower girl, then also asked me to be a bridesmaid. I didn’t think quickly enough to say no! 

On 6/27/2022 at 6:44 PM, rkacruiser said:

 

Not sure of what your age status is in the span of ages, but, the more senior I have become, arriving 2-3 days early has been an improvement in my cruise experience.  I have time to relax and refresh myself after driving or flying or taking Amtrak.  I am better able to start my cruise in the frame of mind that I wish to have.  

 

Another advantage of this as early as practical arrival is to enjoy the amenities of the port city.  

I totally agree. We have ill family members so our Thanksgiving cruise even happening was up in the air. As a consequence of not booking our hotel until the last minute, we weren’t not able to plan meals and ended up at the very expensive, very crowded hotel buffet. 
 

An extra day would have been welcome. For international in the future I will plan on three days at least. 

On 1/1/2024 at 5:27 PM, Essiesmom said:

People who look dazed and confused aren’t always first timers.  Sailing for the first time on a different ship or cruise line can be quite disorienting.  Try going from one of Carnival’s Joe Farcus decorated ships to Cunard to MSC and they are quite different in both decor and layout.  EM

My husband and I spent our whole Thanksgiving cruise looking dazed and confused. First time on an Oasis class ship and first cruise since lockdown. 
 

We have had a few friends that cruised and did not get the bug. 

It is not just kids. Maybe kids at heart. My husband of 40 years loved this on our Baltic cruise in 2019. 
 

He would be at the ship’s currency exchange (I know not the best place) getting each country’s currency. 

My husband brings food but he is needs it so it’s fine with me. 
 

We always travel with at least one fan. 

Your common sense. 
 

Oh my goodness the negative people. We saw so much horrible behavior on our Thanksgiving cruise. 

@Mum2Mercury ugh the myth of the ship waiting for their tours. If you like travel horror stories (I don’t but I’m married to someone who does), you can find stories of cruise lines leaving their tours. 

Congratulations on your win. 
 

I hope you have a great time!

In 2014 Princess had a great one it was expensive but we received a personalized note pad from the print shop, a really nice bathrobe and many pictures, including one with the Captain. I’m so glad we did it then.  I don’t have the mobility for it anymore. 
 

I hope you enjoy your first cruise and find a great tour!

We saw all demographics on our Alaska cruise in 2018. Including people doing two excursions a day. I don’t have that kind of stamina. 
 

My husband had his first long bus trip ever so it was educational for him. He was still working then, so I was happy we took the two weeks to do the interior of Alaska also.  

21 hours ago, K32682 said:

 

A table without conversation is preferable to one where an overbearing matron discusses her medical conditions and past surgeries, a devout Christian asks diners to join hands before they talk to their sky pilot or being named the "Mystery Man" because you won't tell people what you do for a living. 

I have to agree with this!

9 hours ago, ilikeanswers said:

As a non American I am curious why do you have different forms of motor vehicle driver's licence? What purpose does it serve? 

Mostly to confuse things, it seems to me. My husband and I are intelligent enough and we THOUGHT our state had the EDL. When I was buying TSA Pre check we hit the wrong button. That is how we found out we don’t yet. 
 

Not to sound like Pollyanna but I’ve been impressed by every ship I’ve been on. 
 

I believe our first three cruises were on ships that were scuppered. 
 

Looking back Princess is still a favorite but we cruise based on itinerary. 

I honestly can’t wait for us to just refer to it as the normal, normal not the NEW normal. 

I started cruising in 1984 and change is inevitable. 

@Ludus, I agree!  I’d say the 12th of Never. 

10 hours ago, clo said:

It seems that's a no-no in quite a few countries. I'd do some serious research before trying to take those. Research as in contacting that countries consulate.

 

I appreciate this. It will be a while before we fly internationally again. 

I’m glad to see this information. I had watched a cruise video from someone I like but she said the dress code made her very uncomfortable. 

@JVes I remember you and you are an inspiration to me!  I’m working on balance and I would love to get into my physical therapist's pool. However some issues are keeping me from that. 
 

I cruised November of 23 and had a lot of trouble. I’ve since been prescribed a brace and now we are working on balance with it. 
 

You are an inspiration. 

My daughter was 11 and we were flying home from France. My husband and I were as jumpy as drug mules then DD got up there. We could see laughing and talking and didn’t know what was up. 
 

Turns out he was asking if her Tweety Bird sweater was accurate. It said “small bird, big attitude”. 
 

I have opiates that I would be afraid to fly with to some countries. 
 

I fly in August and it’s my first time with pre check. 

On 4/21/2024 at 9:24 PM, DeclanJohn said:

Thank you for the reply. I had a look; it is definitely an EDL. The cruise is on Princess; a rare and one-off itinerary from Seattle that does NOT go to Alaska; after a day in Victoria it heads south all the way to San Diego (but not into Mexico) and then returns to Seattle.

 

Funny enough, I was at my mom's yesterday and asked about her naturalization papers (she was born in Perth to an Aussie nurse and handsome US Navy radioman near the end of the war; she's lived here since she was 2), She went and showed me those very papers, which included a photo of herself at 18; don't think I'd ever seen them before.

 

What kicked off my fear was attempting to book the trip on a third party agency (same price as Princess but some significant perks) and reading the ID requirements they had there...they made no mention of the closed loop exception. But Princess' website was reassuring; I'm going to book the cruise to get the cabin I want now!

I hope you have a great time!  That’s cool about the photo you had never seen. 

We did a a family cruise of seven people in 2009. My father in law thought we would all travel in a big pod. Uh, no. My husband got stuck with his dad on an excursion and it was brutal. Meanwhile I had taken my daughter and her cousin on a lovely excursion in Aruba.

Flash forward to 2019. My husband and I invited our daughter and her husband of one year on a Baltic cruise. I thought mayhem was going to be involved at some point; especially in one dinner in the steakhouse. 
 

Our recent Caribbean cruise with them was much better. 

2 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said:

How slow were those grandchildren?    You’d think that by the second, certainly the third, time she tried it they would get suspicious.

There were a lot of us. We were the only ones who lived far away. 

1 hour ago, Mike B Landlubber said:

I took a Nile cruise in 1988, don’t remember the company. I didn’t cruise again till I went on Voyages to Antiquity in 2011!

That would be a great topic, too. Biggest drought of cruising minus the pandemic. 
 

Wanted to add our honeymoon The Big Red Boat…we were young, stupid AND completely cut off from the world. We arrived home: heard about the hurricane (October) AND a senior VP at our company had been arrested. Good times. 

I, too, noticed the ‘influencers’ on our most recent cruise. Or some sensible reason I saw so many false eyelashes at the beaches. I wish I had actually counted instead of just rolling my eyes. 
 

There was one guy who shared a picture of a lot of cash on his bed. That just seemed to be asking for trouble.