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Different products, you are comparing apples to oranges.

Very sad to hear about baby Murphy's status. Continued prayers for her, her parents and the family. 🙏🙏

Hi Greg, Following along. Glad your travels to Anchorage went well including getting your luggage. The AirBNB looks great! Nice pics of your tour of Anchorage. Love Alaska, enjoy! 😎

Thanks, that is all great isn't it? It is a very good deal. One of my favorite things to do on a cruise is have a nice glass of wine and sit on deck and watch the sea go by. It is very calming and enjoyable for me. So with easy access to a nice glass of wine, I am tempted to relax and enjoy, which will be alot on this cruise.😊 I'll be fine.... I also can't wait for the cruise, very excited!!!

Hi everyone, good Saturday afternoon, Busy week here but enjoyed all of the posts. I like all of the days but like @rafinmd said 'where would we be without TP'...made me LOL. Zsa Zsa was certainly her own person and did well with it; I like the quote. I do like shrimp scampi but have never had zucchini noodles. Today's dinner will be pork loin and roasted veggies. I also plan to bake a bluberry banana bread to use up some bluberries I have before they go bad. Yummy! Do like a good Semillon wine. The weather this past week was just awful; we had the heat bubble over us so temps over 100F and HI up to 114F. All kinds of weather records broken. Too much. The MN State Fair started this week. It is a big 12-day event here and is quite the spectacle. Lots to do, lots to see, lots to eat (on a stick..lol). It is always fun, though I am not sure if I will make there this year. I have been to Copenhagen once on a Baltic cruise; loved the city and would like to go back on a land vacation. @cat shepard, on the dog scale I am a 6...😉 Safe travels to all traveling now and in the near future.Have some fun too! This just popped up on my screen....Bob Barker of Price is Right fame died; he was 99yo. RIP. Continued prayers for all struggling with health and life issues; we all have them at one time or another. Prayers for all of us as we could all use them at times too. Cheers to all celebrating something no matter what it is or how small it may seem. All celebrations are needed and useful to lift our spiritts. On the GV AUS/NZ RC the big talk is that on a GV HAL is now offering a Signature Beverage Package. I think it has never been offered before on the long voyages, WC or GV. The cost is pretty reasonable but it seem like a big amount to put down for drinks; it seems like alot to drink...lol, though it is for 94 days. I don't usually drink everyday except when on vacation. Now will I be drinking everyday? I don't think my body could handle that but I purchased it anyways!! We'll see. 😎 My thanks to all of the contributors that keep this thread a great place. Take care all! Caron

Yay!!! and big congrats.....🎉🥂😊🍹👓🎓👏👏👏

IMO, the cruiselines set up what looks to work out, on paper. However there are several variables that affect that; cruisers that do not follow directions given on the ship and then, the big one, the Customs and Immigrations systems set up on shore. The cruiselines have no control over C&I so timing of things is out of the cruiselines hands. The self-assist lines do get long on some cruises, this is probably what you saw with lots of people in line with their luggage. It can be awful when that happens, it becomes a bump and shove crowd. There seems to be alot of anxiety with some when disembarking so some people get crabby, I have seen this quite a bit. YMMV. 😊

@Cruising-along, Carolyn, I just checked and I am on the same SE in Broome; I labled it Broome Panaramic Town tour in my calendar. So dinosauer prints included...😊

Good Saturday afternoon everyone, Busy week for me and here on the thread. I love chow mein, I have a recipe from my Mom that I will have to dig out. This is a good reminder. I think the wine looks good. I like potatoes of any shape or form - solid and liquid (I like a good vodka cocktail). 😉 I have 3 family members that are commercial pilots so aviation is popular here. Looking forward to visiting Broome on the GV Aus next year as @Cruising-along said, @Quartzsite Cruiser and @StLouisCruisers thanks for the pictures and information. I am also taking a tour but I don't think it has dinosauer footprints in it, I'll have to recheck. There have been so many SE on the GV that they all blend together. LOL. It is concerning that so many people are affected by natural disasters lately; it seems we get a new one every few days!. Those that live in the SW USA please take care and stay safe. Continued prayers for all having health issues and struggles including sweet baby Murphy, though happy to hear she is improving, @smitty34877 DH struggling with eating and @marshhawk DH. Hope all of the current travelers continue to enjoy their vacations and stay safe. @DeniseT good luck with your thesis presentation on Monday....you will do great!!! Weather here is back to hot this week; 90-108F heat indexes with heat warnings and air quality alerts. Hard to keep them all straight, they vary from day to day. Still dry. My thanks to all of the contributors to this thread no matter what the topic. Prayers for all of us because we can all use them on some level, IMO. Lots of prayers of gratitude here though. Please take good care all! Caron

I received my old passport back this week so about 2 weeks after I received my new one. FYI. ☺️

Thanks for the advice, makes sense to me! 😊

Good Monday Everyone, Hope your WEs were enjotable. I haven't had a creamsicle since I was a kid but did like them; IMO I need to be very financially aware because of the consequenses if I am not; we played wiffle ball as kids, we were always playing some game outside in our neighborhood. @Denise Tgood luck with putting together your slide for your doctoral thesis. You got this! @cruising sister thank you for the update on baby Murphy; prayers that she comtinues to improve. Your GC are adorable! Gotta love a girl with a superhero dress on...very cute. LOL. @dfish and @StLouisCruisers, great pictures of your travels! Stay safe. As @Cruising-along said we will be going to Noumea on our GV next year. The pictures of it are beautiful, thanks to those that contibuted them! Another place to look forward to. 🙂 Loving all of the LOL memes today!! I got my 1st Shingrex Vacc last Saturday and I have been feeling crummy for the last 2 days. Dull headache and muscle aches; all of these could be side effects, I read. Advil does take care of it but I am ready to be done with it. I hope the 2nd one isn't as bad. Poor me.....😏 The news from Lahina continues to be sad and I suspect will be for a long time. Very sad about the house explosion in PA; the news said it wasn't caused by gas a leak. Wow. My thanks to all contributors here; appreciate them all. It is a good place to discuss things. There is always someone here to help out. Continued prayers for those with health issues. Celebrate all of the joys in your life. Take care, Caron

Hello Everyone, This week has been tough and disheartening for the US, IMO. The Lahina tragedy is unspeakable. All I have to offer is prayers and a donation to the Red Cross. Love Lahina; I was last there for a Holiday Cruise in Dec 2019. Just wow. It has been a busy week for those here too; @smitty34877 hope your husband continues to improve and hope sweet baby Murphy is improving. I know there are others with health issues that I also hope and pray improve. Continued prayers for all. I am a middle child. Not left handed. I remember the nuns in grade school torchering the kids that were left handed. Very sad. Not a garage sale fan but my sister is! Here we do not have garage sales on Sundays usually. I have never been to Mazatlan though I have been to many places in Mexico. Not much happening for me this week except for cleaning out some closets with stuff I not longer want and need. It is cathartic and freeing. I have more to go; I call it my dejunking. I know others here have done that before a move so I now get how much work it is and how much stuff I have. I saw the Barbie movie this week 😜....it was cute, sends a good message actually, the sets and costumes were good IMO. My thanks to all contributors here on the Daily. Prayers for all of us, celebrate the joys in your life. Take care. Caron

Oh no! That is scary, I hope they are safe. I heard on the news that the tree is gone and so are the shops and art galleries on front street, the main tourist street.

When I applied for renewal in June 2023, I put my actual travel date, Dec 2023. I sent it in expedited and recived it back 5 weeks later. Not sure if this helps. 🙂

@smitty34877 a darling picture of beautiful Camilla! Happy to see her growing-up nicely. 😊 @Cruising-along, I am also really looking forward to the GV AUS/NZ! I am still organizing things, probably too much. LOL I tend to overplan... A much better countdown number than when we first started. Have a good evening everyone. Caron

I just saw a story on the news too. It showed the Mendenhall river coming from the Mendenhall glacier where the home fell into the river. I don't believe it is close to the port, IIRC. I did a river rafting SE once on the Mendenhall river and it took at bit to get there from the port. Hopefully somone will correct me if I am wrong. Quite awful to see that beautiful home lost, the river was very high and turbulent.

Hi Rich, This is good to know. Question, do you know if it is cheaper to purchase the internt package pre-cruise? I can't remember if I ever saw a definative answer. TIA.

Good Saturday everyone! My thanks to everyone who posts here, all are good contributions and add to the good space that this thread is for us. Underwear - yes please! Beer- can't. I have an allergy to yeast so no beer for me. Oysters - no thank you... As usual beautiful port and garden pictures and great laugh out loud memes. 😊 Brings me joy. @dfish and @StLouisCruisers looks like a great time on the cruise. Continue to enjoy the nice long time on vacation. @cruising sister thank you for the updates on sweet baby Murphy; continued many prayers for her health and her family. @Denise T congrats on the almost completion of your doctorate! It is commendable and I am sure you have earned it. It is a ton of work! @Mr. Boston big congrats on your retirement; it is a good thing but does take some getting used to a different daily routine. Not much going on here except the day to day Summer stuff in a very hot week. Prayers for all of us, especially the families and the people who have health challenges. It is exhausting at times and difficult to maintain some normalcy. Oh the luxury of normalcy... Hope everyone is having a good day and will continue to have a good weekend. Take good care! Caron 😎

Received my passport renewal yesterday, Aug 2nd. I sent it in in June, they received it June 26th. So it was 5 weeks, very surprised and very happy with the time. I did expedite it and paid for the 1-2 day return mailing. I never received an email on status, I checked it about once a week. They posted that it was sent to the PO on July 29, mailed out on July 30th. Lucky girl here, no issues with it. 😊 Did not receive my old passport yet. Good luck everyone!

This is wonderful news! 🙏🙏 Thanks Roy for letting us know.

Good Monday everyone! The WE was kind of busy, thank goodness the weather was practically perfect! Thank you again for all of the contributors here, where would we be here without your generosity of your time and heart? Not a watermelon fan, any type of melon really; I think it is a texture thing for me. I do like a nice mutt, they usually have great personalities which makes them adorable.😉 Love avacados,will have them for a snack by themselves...yum! @cruising sister, so glad sweet baby Murphy is healing nicely and getting stronger. I hope the infection has totally cleared. Welcome to MN! The weather here as been great the last few days, great to enjoy outside, but we are back into the oven this Wednesday and Thursday, so they say. Not used to so many very hot days here. Good news for me - I had to renew my Passport because it would have expired within 6 months time when I go on the AUS/NZ GV this coming January. I got the news that it has been shipped....I was so excited I almost cried, I did tear up. LOL. My horror would have been having the trip all planned and paid for and no Passport. I sent in in the end of June, they received it Jun 26th; it is 5 weeks today. I should receive it this week. I told my TA that I was going to send it in in August, she recommended doing in June because of the lengthy time it was taking to get them back. I'll be relieved when I have it in hand.😎 Prayers for us all and will do another round of the beads today for everyone dealing with dr's appts, treatments and struggling with health. It is a tough, stressful road for the person and anyone who loves them. Take good care all! 😊 Caron

Good Saturday morning everyone! A very busy day in the thread so far today. Woke up this morning not 100% which day it was; a bit of a fog from a heavly sleep. 😏 First, my thanks to all who contribute anything to this thread, especially @JazzyV for her excellence in keeping track of this crew and @summer slope for the cockyail recipes. Daily, they look really good but I am limited on what I can drink because of sensitivities/allergies, even though I would love to try them!. Love the memes! Bon Voyage to @StLouisCruisers and DH and safe travrls with @dfish and sister. What a great cruise. relac and enjoy! Welcome home @Crazy For Cats, hope the fur kids aren't too upset for abandoning them! LOL. Loved your cruise pictures, brought back good memories of a similar previous cruise. I love lasagna; I make 3 kinds, regular, vegetable and chicken. Although are the non-classic recipes not really a lasgma? IDK, not a purist here. I like chicken wings in a variety of recipes but too much BBQ sauce is not my fav. @Quartzsite Cruiser, I agree Tigers are magnificent. Large cats are my favorite wild animal. I am a cat person, large and small as are lot of people here. @Nickelpenny, oh my gosh, great tiger picture not sure if I would be as brave as you. @aliaschief my first car was a 1973 Blue Chevelle and it had a button like that on the floor in order to turn on the bright lights; is that what that is? Also, is this the grandaughterthat is the klepto at your house that you talked about last year I believe? It makes me laugh everytime I think of it!🤣 @Cruzin Terri, welcome home. I hope things settle down for you and DH. A person can only handle so much without going crazy. Normal life without stuff happening is a good thing. @durangoscots, the quote from your Mother is spot on! @cat shepard thought the kitten pox meme was adorable! Weather is good here today, finally as we were in the oven this past week, as most of the country is.with severe thunderstorms with damage going through every day. Got by unscathed; we need the rain. (I sound like a broken record) Prayers for all of us; celebrate any and everything that brings joy to your life. I'm very chatty today!!! Take good care all... Caron

Hi everyone, Tough day on the thread today. @cruising sister many prayers for sweet baby Murphy and family. My hope is that they got a handle on it. @ger_77 so sorry about your friends' bad news, prayers for them as well. @Denise T, Fancy is adorable, how old is she? Have fun all you cruisers, very jealous here! 😎 Nice evening all... Caron

Yay! By now you probably are sailing away!!! 😊 Have fun....