TBcruisers

We had the pleasure of sailing on a 27 day transatlantic/Med cruise with Gene as the CD. He was by far the most personable CD we ever had. He and his lovely wife helped make our cruise the most memorable one we ever sailed. One thing, though: Gene still owes me a travel bag! Our winning trivia team was given the option of the nice travel bag or a dinner at the Tamarind. I was outvoted 5-1 in favor of the dinner but Gene nevertheless promised me the travel bag anyway as well. On our way off the Nieuw Amsterdam Gene offered to get one of the bags which had just been loaded on board (they had been sold out before Gene could get me mine) if I'd get off the debarkation line -- my wife was not thrilled with having to wait for that for fear of being late to the Venice airport, so I told Gene thanks, but I'd have to decline lest I make the wife unhappy. If he reads this I'll supply my mailing address for him to send me the bag promised for winning the cumulative trivia tournament on the transatlantic portion of the cruise. ;)

Seriously, Gene is a terrific CD -- the world cruisers are lucky to have him onboard.

Our first cruise was in 1991 aboard the Atlantic of the Premier Cruise Line (the Big Red Boat). Looking back on that cruise (a 3-dayer) and the next cruise two years later (4-dayer, also on the Atlantic), the Premier experience was terrific - great food and entertainment. I miss that line but am very happy and fortunate to have been able to sail on HAL, Princess, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, and MSC since then. I can honestly say that my love for cruising results from the wonderful experience on the Atlantic -- I was hooked from the first cruise and my enthusiasm for cruising only increases with time.