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Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte. Sunny and a high of only 72 today as we had a cool front move in last night. Good selection of days, DW was a registered nurse for 40 years including running an Intensive Care Unit for 25 of those years. Taking care of me can be very intensive at times. I’m thinking real hard about the quote. The meal sounds appealing. DS and her hubby are visiting us today as they are spending all of March in Clearwater. Have a great day and stay well.

Solstice class ships have 15 and Edge class have 16.

Nice photos, we stopped there on a Princess cruise IIRC in 1998, nice island but downtown was as you said sort of cheesy but we enjoyed visiting the British Navy yard. I also remember the great view of Barbuda from Antigua. My son and his wife had a great time there last week at an all inclusive resort.

I’m counting 7 ships not 6.

Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Foggy right now but another nice day coming up with sunny skies and 81, once the fog burns off I’ll go for a bike ride then it’s off to church. Great selection of days but the quote is sort of silly. Corned beef with cabbage and boiled potatoes is a great meal, the next day with leftovers you can make Reuben Sandwiches, how great is that! The Players Championship is going to be a shootout today with probably 7 guys with a good chance of winning, Xander Schauffle has a one shot lead at 17 under headIng into round 4. Have a great day and stay well.

Have a great cruise!

When we moved to Florida over 30 years ago we threw all our jeans away, I have a mental block that says jeans and a tropical climate aren’t a good mix. I have no problem if someone wears jeans in the MDR for dinner as long as they are clean with no holes.

At 78, DW and I won’t worry about it.

Since the startup after Covid we have been on 6 Celebrity cruises and there was lobster available on the last Chic night for every 7 and 9 day cruise but not on 6 night cruises. I don’t live or die for lobster and most of the time Beef Wellington is also available on the nights they serve lobster and I’ll go with the Beef, it’s been excellent on Celebrity every time we’ve ordered it.

Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte. Another nice day, sunny and 85. Good selection of days but not wild about the quote. The rotisserie chicken should be good. Just back from our Saturday morning breakfast at our favorite diner, had a nice ham and cheese omelette with grits and whole wheat toast, the bad news is that breakfast before Covid and other craziness was 5.99, now it’s 12 bucks, with tax and tip breakfast is now around 30 dollars. Good day on the course yesterday as we came in second in the Friday Men’s Day mini- tournament, we shot 109 with 2 best balls in a Shamble format plus we won 2 teams skins, all told each guy on our team won 40 dollars, sure beats working and it paid for breakfast. Have a great day and stay well.

Good.

More cost cutting by HAL but to tell the truth we only went to one luncheon, they should go back to the Mariners cocktail party for all Mariners.

RB, glad you agree with me. If Arnie was still alive he would have had a chat with the lad especially after winning Arnie’s tournament last week

Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte. 67 right now with a high of 86 with a light breeze, excellent day for golf. Some silly days but I like the quote. I might try the sweet potato casserole. After the Masters, my favorite Golf Tournament is The Players which is played annually at the TPC at Sawgrass up in Ponte Vedra Beach which started yesterday, first round leaders at 7 under par are Xander Schauffle, Rory McIlroy and Wyndham Clark. Number one player in the World Scottie Scheffler is -5 but I wish the guy would acknowledge the fans once in while with a tip of his cap, he has the personality of a ping pong ball, just saying. Have a great day and stay well.

So what are people who have early flights to do? We drive from the gulf coast and I leave time for traffic jams and accidents usually arriving at the port around 10:45, we have never been denied entry into the terminal if we arrive before our time. There is plenty of room in the Celebrity terminal and Celebrity does a great job in boarding passengers by the section they are waiting in, I have never seen the terminal packed to capacity. When there is a second Celebrity ship in Port Everglades Celebrity has to use terminal 29 which is a lot smaller and things can get chaotic in that terminal.

2 days in the brig.

Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte 67 this morning heading up to 87 which will be our warmest day so far in 2024, mid 80s continue until we have a cool front coming in next Wednesday Good selection of days and a funny quote from Joan Rivers I’ll give the meal a try, is the Rocket Man cocktail named after Elton John My sis and her husband will visit us next week as they are spending a month in Clearwater escaping the lousy Chicago weather Heading to the beach today at Boca Grande for some rest and relaxation as we recover from the craziness of our move Have a great day and stay well

We are 4 Star Mariners and loved HAL but Covid hurt this line and there have been way too many cutbacks so we are sailing mainly with Princess and Celebrity. HAL IMHO still have the classiest ships with the older ships having the traditional Promenade decks which wrap around the entire vessel, the Eurodam and Nieuw Amsterdam are still my favorite ships. I will continue to monitor CC reviews and I’m sure eventually we will sail again with HAL.

We sailed on the Infinity about 18 months ago and thought she was in great shape for her age, we had a great cruise on her too.

Graham, so sorry to hear that.

Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte 59 right now with a nice day coming up, sunny with a high of 81 Very good selection of days but I’m not wild about the quote Pass on the meal but it’s hard to beat a good Cabernet Sauvignon My son and his wife spent last week at a beautiful resort in Antigua but they had a flight back home from hell. First leg from Antigua to Miami was OK but all kinds of delays Saturday afternoon, they finally boarded around 11PM and right before take off the flight was cancelled due to weather, the next available flight wasn’t until 8 PM Sunday night. They wound up spending around 29 hours at Miami International, there were no hotels available so they wound up sleeping on the floor, they finally made it home to Dallas around 1AM Monday morning, this is one of the reasons among others why we haven’t stepped aboard an airplane since 2014 Have a great day and stay well

We are Elite with Princess and heading to Elite with Celebrity, as we speak I will give a slight edge to Celebrity, X definitely has the better buffet with amazing variety. As far as the MDR I give a slight edge to X as well as the entertainment. Service is very good on both lines. As far as ships I think Princess ships have much nicer public rooms as well as the Atriums but X has larger cabins, I happen to like the closets very much on Princess ships. Cruise fares are better with Princess. In closing IMHO you can’t go wrong with either line.

Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte Cool morning heading up to 77 this afternoon Strange days, I have no idea what 311 day is and we need a National Covid Day like a hole in the head Pass on the meal and drink We have visited Los Angeles many times Have a great day and stay well

Wonderful photos, quite a few years ago we came close to cruising Egypt and the Holy Lands but because of 9/11 we took it off the bucket list.

Great photos, thanks for posting