Last Doc Dance...

[Hobiecat01]

I just went down to my TA and picked up our "real" cruise docs for our 4/17 Oasis cruise. On the way home I was bathed in sadness as I realized this will be our last "Doc Dance" since all of the new bookings have e-docs.

 

Don't get me wrong... I love progress, but I have to say that I will greatly miss the printed docs and luggage tags. Just having those in your hands 4 weeks before you cruise makes your cruise real. At our home, it signals the final cruise clothes shopping, the beginning of packing, losing the last five pounds and figuring out who will feed the cat while we are away. I guess I will have to frame these docs and hang them on the wall in my basement rec room along with my record album covers. :D Damn... getting old does suck... next thing you know I will have to get rid of my 8-track tapes.

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Sea ya!

Ron and Lee

Canton, Ga

Proud RCCL Platinum Member

"In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom,

in water there is bacteria." – Ben Franklin

We are proud Oasis Camel Cruiser – April 17, 2010

The Oasis Camels Website

Previous Cruises – 59 Days at Sea!

Carnival Mardis Gras - 3 Day Bahamas - April 1982

Carnival Destiny - 7 Days Western Carib. - April 1998

Princess Grand Princess - 7 Days Eastern Carib. - April 1999

Princess Sea Princess - 7 Days Western Carib. - March 2000

Princess Grand Princess - 7 Days Western Carib. - March 2002

RCCL Navigator of the Seas - 7 Days Western Carib. - March 2003

RCCL Mariner of the Seas - 7 Days Western Carib. - April 2005

RCCL Freedom of the Seas - 7 Days Western Carib. - 6/18 - 6/25/2006

RCCL Liberty of the Seas - 7 Days Eastern Carib. - 7/19 - 7/26/08

Booked & Paid Cruises

RCCL Oasis of the Seas – Our Friends Cruise - April 17, 2010

Planned Cruises

RCCL Allure of the Seas – Our Neighborhood Cruise - 2011

The BIG One - Southeast Asia 14 day – 2012?

The Med – 14 day – 2013?

[Palla]

Dude...we're on the same sailing of the Oasis as you. There are 5 in our party and we are so excited we can't stand it!

[Sixtynifty]

I did not know we would no longer receive a "real" doc. Have a cruise on the Radiance for Alaska this summer. Also love receiving the real one in the mail! I will be prepared! Loved it when mine for my March 20th (yep almost here) arrived. Thank you for the info!

[welove2cruisedou]

What if someone doesnt have a computer? How will they be able to print them out? Not unless, you go to the T/A and they print them for you. I love the book also. I went on a Carnival cruise this past November and I had to print the docs off. I really like the document book also, it just looks neater and you dont have to worry about losing any important papers from the book. Guess, I will have to put all my old docs together and make a collage..........

[audreyyy]

we will also be sailing on this date! so excited- 31 days! :)

[Hobiecat01]

What if someone doesnt have a computer? How will they be able to print them out? Not unless, you go to the T/A and they print them for you. I love the book also. I went on a Carnival cruise this past November and I had to print the docs off. I really like the document book also, it just looks neater and you dont have to worry about losing any important papers from the book. Guess, I will have to put all my old docs together and make a collage..........

 

My understanding is that you can get your TA to print the docs out along with your luggage tags. If you don't use a TA, you have to contact RCCL and get them to do it. I think (I've heard confilcting info...) that there is a cost involved if RCCL has to print them out. Your TA may or may not transfer that cost to you, depending on your relationship to your TA. (We have had the same TA for 18 years!).

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Sea ya!

Ron and Lee

Canton, Ga

Proud RCCL Platinum Member

"In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom,

in water there is bacteria." – Ben Franklin

We are proud Oasis Camel Cruiser – April 17, 2010

The Oasis Camels Website

Previous Cruises – 59 Days at Sea!

Carnival Mardis Gras - 3 Day Bahamas - April 1982

Carnival Destiny - 7 Days Western Carib. - April 1998

Princess Grand Princess - 7 Days Eastern Carib. - April 1999

Princess Sea Princess - 7 Days Western Carib. - March 2000

Princess Grand Princess - 7 Days Western Carib. - March 2002

RCCL Navigator of the Seas - 7 Days Western Carib. - March 2003

RCCL Mariner of the Seas - 7 Days Western Carib. - April 2005

RCCL Freedom of the Seas - 7 Days Western Carib. - 6/18 - 6/25/2006

RCCL Liberty of the Seas - 7 Days Eastern Carib. - 7/19 - 7/26/08

Booked & Paid Cruises

RCCL Oasis of the Seas – Our Friends Cruise - April 17, 2010

Planned Cruises

RCCL Allure of the Seas – Our Neighborhood Cruise - 2011

The BIG One - Southeast Asia 14 day – 2012?

The Med – 14 day – 2013?

[Hobiecat01]

Dude...we're on the same sailing of the Oasis as you. There are 5 in our party and we are so excited we can't stand it!

 

we will also be sailing on this date! so excited- 31 days! :)

 

Hey folks! We are all going to have a ball!!! And audreyyy, welcome to Cruise Critics!! We have six of us in our group and one cruise virgin who is going to have his socks blown right off when he sees this ship. Check out our Oasis Camels Website! See you all aboard!

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Sea ya!

Ron and Lee

Canton, Ga

Proud RCCL Platinum Member

"In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom,

in water there is bacteria." – Ben Franklin

We are proud Oasis Camel Cruiser – April 17, 2010

The Oasis Camels Website

Previous Cruises – 59 Days at Sea!

Carnival Mardis Gras - 3 Day Bahamas - April 1982

Carnival Destiny - 7 Days Western Carib. - April 1998

Princess Grand Princess - 7 Days Eastern Carib. - April 1999

Princess Sea Princess - 7 Days Western Carib. - March 2000

Princess Grand Princess - 7 Days Western Carib. - March 2002

RCCL Navigator of the Seas - 7 Days Western Carib. - March 2003

RCCL Mariner of the Seas - 7 Days Western Carib. - April 2005

RCCL Freedom of the Seas - 7 Days Western Carib. - 6/18 - 6/25/2006

RCCL Liberty of the Seas - 7 Days Eastern Carib. - 7/19 - 7/26/08

Booked & Paid Cruises

RCCL Oasis of the Seas – Our Friends Cruise - April 17, 2010

Planned Cruises

RCCL Allure of the Seas – Our Neighborhood Cruise - 2011

The BIG One - Southeast Asia 14 day – 2012?

The Med – 14 day – 2013?