LGBT Liberty of the Seas 10-29-2011 Transatlantic Barcelona to Ft Lauderdale (Pt2)

[kylea_s]

Karen and David, Bon Voyage.....hope that your flight is ontime and uneventful and that your time with family is wonderful and your explorations in Toledo and Madrid fun. Look forward to meeting you on the cruise.

 

Marilyn, hope that Geoffrey is doing better and that you have time to take a deep breath. I know that you are really looking forward to this cruise.

 

Peter, thanks for the link, another teaser for our adventure.

 

Corrine, the pictures are great. Thanks for sharing.

 

Donna

[cinnamon]

Good Monday morning all.

Joyce I do hope you are having a better sleep with less pain.

 

Marilyn, also hoping Geoffrey's recovery continues well and that you have managed a little rest too after your 'holiday' exertions.

 

Peter, I loved the Cartagena video and the Cheryl Baker one. I had seen the latter before but it was a good way to whet the appetite. BTW, did you know that her real name was Rita Crudgington? A member of my drama group used to work with her just after leaving school.

 

I shall be getting ready for our Manchester trip today. We are going north tomorrow and now staying till Saturday. After that we probably won't see the family again till just after Christmas!

 

Corinne

[KeywestK]

Thanks for all the good wishes! We'll be leaving here around 11 a.m., and it's gonna be a LONG morning! LOL!

 

I wish all of you safe and easy travels, and I'm so looking forward to meeting everyone on the ship. This has been such a great roll call, and I appreciate all these new friendships.

[darkauf]

(been going back and scanning older posts on this thread...have been so busy, I have not been able to keep up with either thread)

 

Sherry, we just bought an Ipad2 and bought and adaptor device that allows us to download our photos right to the ipad. You just take the card out of the camera and it fits into this device and downloads the pictures. Where the pictures go, that is another problem. There is a scheduled Ipad class that will be held on one of the sea days by Ade. If you want to join the class, you just have to let him know. He will send you a link for your Ipad for the class. Here is the schedule of events that will be taking place on our LOST cruise. There are also 2 luncheons that have been planned but the days have not been scheduled yet. They are waiting to hear from RCL on dates. So far, no one has confirmed a date with the person who is setting up the luncheon. I am doing the mini golf so I hope everyone will come out and join us.

 

29-Oct

Barcelona, Spain

BOARDING PARTY - 2:00 P.M. UNTIL MUSTER DRILL - SKY DECK - WEAR YOUR PINK BOA OR (MEN) PINK SHIRTS

THE PARTY CONTINUES AFTER THE MUSTER DRILL UNTIL SAILAWAY...WEAR YOUR PINK BOA OR (MEN) PINK SHIRTS

30-Oct

Cartagena, Spain

31-Oct

Malaga, Spain

HALLOWEEN -- SEE THE GOODIES IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM - COSTUME NIGHT?

 

01-Nov

Cadiz, Spain

02-Nov

Cruising

PUB CRAWL/POKER CRAWL - 2:00 - MEET AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM BEFORE WE PROCEED TO BAR #1

03-Nov

Tenerife, Canary Islands

04-Nov

La Palma, Canary Islands

 

05-Nov

Cruising

SLOT PULL 10:00 A.M. AT THE CASINO

06-Nov

Cruising

MINI GOLF TOURNEY 10:30 A.M. - AT THE GOLF COURSE

 

LRC GAME - 2:00 P.M. - IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM (JAMAICA ROOM)

 

07-Nov

Cruising

ART PROJECT - BRAS AND BRITCHES - 10:00 A.M. CONFERENCE ROOM (JAMAICA ROOM)

 

CABIN CRAWL - 2:00 - MEET IN CONFERENCE ROOM (JAMAICA ROOM). PLEASE WEAR YOUR NAME TAG OR PIN

 

 

08-Nov

Cruising

IPAD CLUB - 10:00 - CONFERENCE ROOM (JAMAICA ROOM) DECK 2

09-Nov

Cruising

PET MEETING - 10:00 - CAFÉ PROMENADE - GRAB A COFFEE AND A CUP CAKE

10-Nov

Cruising

 

11-Nov

Cruising

FINAL GET TOGETHER TO SAY GOOD BYE - 11/11/11 @ 11:11 ON DECK 11...2 MINUTES OF SILENCE WILL BE OBSERVED. MEET AT THE POOL BAR. IF THE WEATHER DOES NOT PERMIT US TO BE OUTSIDE, MEET ON 11/11/11 @ 11:11 ON DECK 11 IN THE BACK OF THE WINDJAMMER ( WE WILL STILL HAVE OUR 2 MINUTES OF SILENCE) AND THEN WE CAN HAVE OUR GOOD BYE PARTY. WE WILL JUST TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA (AND STAY FOR LUNCH)

12-Nov

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

[kylea_s]

Ipad, I recently found out that there is an adapter that fits into the Ipad power slot that has two slots. One is for an SD card, the other is a USB port. Amazon has them for about 8 dollars.

 

Im looking forward to my new toy that should arrive on the 14th. Ordered an iphone 4s. I hope I can figure out how to do simple things, like maybe make a phone call, lol.

 

Joyce, I agree with Marilyn you are getting used to European time. Ive read that to reduce jetlag you should start going to bed earlier and get up earlier and earlier the week or so before your flight. I did it once and it did seem to help. Im the worst though about not being able to sleep on a plane.

 

Donna

[sebritish]

Hi Darlene... I checked out the Ipad at my local Apple Store and could not type on it to save my life... I am sure eventually would get used to using the pad of my finger instead of my nail....It looked so complicated too and if I had an Iphone maybe I would not be so intimidated. Do you think even if I haven't got one yet I could learn anything from the class... I also wouldn't have one with me to follow along with the instructions.

Edited October 10, 2011 by sebritish

[samben]

Hi,

 

WELL Karen is on here way..............how exciting. OUR first one to depart.

 

HOPE U all have a good day.........

[RoyalDiamond2]

Welcome Jim & Peter.............I'm SAndy and traveling with my DH BEn. This will be our FIRST TA. WHERE about do you live in CHicago. Ben works down there as we live in the suburbs. WE're flying out on the 26th.

 

JOYCE so hope you get feeling better SOON.............HUGS

HI Jim and Peter here....sorry took so long to get back to you....We live on the northside of Chicago .....Andersonville area....We're leaving on the 26th also....AA to JFK and then over to BCN...Staying at the MH Majestic...Look forward to meeting on the TA....

[samben]

HI Jim and Peter here....sorry took so long to get back to you....We live on the northside of Chicago .....Andersonville area....We're leaving on the 26th also....AA to JFK and then over to BCN...Staying at the MH Majestic...Look forward to meeting on the TA....

 

WE'll see you on the ship. WE're flying to Newark then to BCN.........See U soon!

[darkauf]

Sherry....we bought the Ipad2 so that we didn't have to schlep the laptop. We bought the laptop so I could have it on board the ship and not have to use their computers. So we now have 2 new PC's (one is mine, one is Larry's), a fairly new laptop and the Ipad. We will be bringing the Ipad as it is really neat and does a lot of stuff. We bought the 32G with the 3G but beginning to believe we will never use the 3G. Most of our friends already have wi-fi and the Ipad just picks it up once you put the code number into it. I presume the Ipad will work like my lap top does, on the ship, and you just add their wi-fi to it and we can get our email.

Everyone I speak to who has the Ipad says they won't use anything else but...the only thing is that it doesn't have flash and I can not "farm" on it on Facebook.

Sherry, there are stylus utensils you can use to type. I am having no problem typing although I like to type fast and in typing position. It is like a hunt and peck typing. Larry is having a wonderful time with it and hopefully after this session with Ade, we will know a lot more then we know now. We have the Ipad2 for dummies book and Larry has been reading it.

Hey, looking forward to seeing everyone again. There are so many people on this cruise that we have sailed with before. It has been a long time, no see. Look forward to meeting everyone else that we have never met before. Can't wait. Have started the packing process by bringing everything to the staging area. Now I just need to take back half of it.;)

Darlene

[sebritish]

Hi Darlene, I just replied to you on the other RC.

 

What are stylus utensils ??? I certainly would need the Book for Dummies though I usually learn by trial and error.

 

I just googled it, don't think that would help me type....do they have voice activated, now that would be good LOL

Edited October 11, 2011 by sebritish

[Desert Cruizers]

Sherry our problem is, we don't have a debit card so hopefully we will have enough euros on hand we won't need more but want to be prepared. We can get a debit card from our bank that isn't a problem

 

 

Gay

Edited October 11, 2011 by Desert Cruizers

[sebritish]

GAY just DON'T take money out of anywhere using a regular CC card it counts as a Cash Advance and the interest rate usually is higher...plus all the other fees etc.

[Kugel]

LOL Joyce those pain meds must be working you good!!

 

Karen:

 

 

Joyce: Hope you are feeling much better by the end of the month. Good luck with the photography session next week.

 

Thanks so much. Appreciate it.

 

Ipad, I recently found out that there is an adapter that fits into the Ipad power slot that has two slots. One is for an SD card, the other is a USB port.

 

 

Donna

 

Going to check out Amazon right now.

 

Joyce

[TunaPiano]

I'm Craig from Atlanta and my last TA crossing was on a Russian ship quite some time ago. Have done several Atlantis cruises more recently and am looking forward to seeing all of you on board.

[Desert Cruizers]

Sherry thank you for the advice, hopefully we won't need to, as we will get our money before we go.

 

To all leaving early may you have a safe journey and we will see you in Barcelona

 

Gay

[tahoemc]

A quick check-in to say HI. Hope all of you are well. Joyce, hope the pain is diminishing and you're getting some sleep. Marilyn, hope Geoffrey is doing better and starting to navigate.

 

If this keeps up, we are going be one sorry-looking lot:D

[tahoemc]

I'm Craig from Atlanta and my last TA crossing was on a Russian ship quite some time ago. Have done several Atlantis cruises more recently and am looking forward to seeing all of you on board.

 

Hi Craig and welcome to the Roll Call. We are Mike and Julie from Carson City and this is our first TA. Your first TA must have been interesting.

 

Your screen name reminds me of a saying "you can tuna piano but you can't tuna fish" Oh, well. Obviously comedy is not my strong suit, better keep my day job:o.

 

Seriously, hope you can join in on the fun here on the roll call and hope to meet you on board.

[vegascruiser1]

Hi Craig and welcome to the Roll Call. We are Mike and Julie from Carson City and this is our first TA. Your first TA must have been interesting.

 

Your screen name reminds me of a saying "you can tuna piano but you can't tuna fish" Oh, well. Obviously comedy is not my strong suit, better keep my day job:o.

 

Seriously, hope you can join in on the fun here on the roll call and hope to meet you on board.

 

Mike, wasn't that saying on a rock group's album. Not sure but I am thinking REO Speedwagen!!!!!

[paul1268]

I'm Craig from Atlanta and my last TA crossing was on a Russian ship quite some time ago. Have done several Atlantis cruises more recently and am looking forward to seeing all of you on board.

 

Welcome Craig to our little group :D. Paul and Mark from socal here. There are a few more from Atlanta also joining us if you have skimmed the last couple of dozen pages ;). If you are on FB, a bunch from here seem to have also hijacked a FB event "Liberty Of The Seas - Transatlantic Cruise Oct 2011". Join in the fun everywhere!

[paul1268]

To all looking at the ipad, had one for a few months and love it. Kind of an old apple geek but once you start playing with it it's easy. Don't be afraid because you can't mess it up. The more you tap around the easier it gets and there is an app for everything.

[tahoemc]

Mike, wasn't that saying on a rock group's album. Not sure but I am thinking REO Speedwagen!!!!!

 

Ding, ding, ding, you're a winner Barb. Ironically, the very first concert I went to - in Long Beach CA - they opened for the Doobie Brothers ('72 I think??). The album you are thinking of came out in 1978

 

I think we are aging ourselves here:o

[sebritish]

To all looking at the ipad, had one for a few months and love it. Kind of an old apple geek but once you start playing with it it's easy. Don't be afraid because you can't mess it up. The more you tap around the easier it gets and there is an app for everything.

 

I looked online at the Verizon ones and they were more expensive....and they had different plans....This novice here has probably a stupid question but do you have to buy a plan like I have for e.g. with my phone for the internet? Are there any hidden charges to make good use of this?

[scotsman]

I'm Craig from Atlanta and my last TA crossing was on a Russian ship quite some time ago. Have done several Atlantis cruises more recently and am looking forward to seeing all of you on board.

 

Welcome Craig

George from Scotland here cruising with two mates from London Ken and Colin

Look forward to seeing you onboard.

 

Paul what kind of price does the new ipad without 3g retail at in the US ?

I have a Samsung Galaxy which I like but have a notion of trying the ipad, if there was a great saving between the UK and US I would wait until I hit Sawgrass 20th Nov.

Sherry when I bought the Samsung I thought that typing was a pain but after an evening of practicing it became so easy and as Paul was saying the Apps are great.

 

Karen should now be in Europe.

 

My Sister flew out to Barcelona yesterday and boarded the Briiliance for a 12 night cruise, recieved a text at 1:30pm saying Onboard, sitting at the outside part of the Windjammer in the sun having lunch :)

This is one thing I prefer about the Radiance Class is the outside eating area of the Windjammer.

 

Hope all are well

Marilyn you be kind with that needle

[scotsman]

I looked online at the Verizon ones and they were more expensive....and they had different plans....This novice here has probably a stupid question but do you have to buy a plan like I have for e.g. with my phone for the internet? Are there any hidden charges to make good use of this?

 

Sherry if you buy it without 3g and use it only with wifi no