Another Newbie

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CruiseColl

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Hi everyone!!! I found myself visiting this board out of curiosity from CC. And then I wondered why I hadn't found it before. I like CC and enjoy the helpful hints recieved there, but have found myself lurking more than I would post. I just felt as though my posts were ignored for the most part. I don't know if it was the people or just the sheer volume of posts that precluded me being noticed, but that doesn't matter. It seems as though there is a very friendly group over here, and am looking forward to contributing more than I have been on the other board.
Happy Cruising!!
 
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Sara Lee

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Where was the Rotterdam ? and what kind of ship was it .. ?

I only knew about cruising because we got lucky and my husbands boss took us all on the Princess Star as they take the employees on a vacation each year .. Usually my husband does not get to go on the trips because he does the payroll and is like stuck doing payrolls but for the past two years we have been lucky and got to go due to the great abiltiys of computers now days ...

First we went to maui in Hawaii and had to fly and stayed 7 days in a hotel there ,

but then in Jan they took us on the Star Princess and I loved crusing so did my husband

.. we then wanted to take a quick cruise to nassau on carnival ,as we are close to Florida that did not turn out quite as well but we still want to go cruising again and we have heard rumors that the boss is thinking of a cruise again only we dont know when , where and what ship they will take us on ..

hopefully it will be a cruise ...
One can always hope .. IN the meantime , im looking into another 3 day cruise to somewhere .. and looking here to see what ships carnival has that people really really like and where it is not too overcrowed with drunk teenagers and young people .. yes they have a right to get drunk and have fun but its hard when people are confined to an area ..

but am curious as what it was like to cruise as a kid ..

Sara Lee
 
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douglinc@msn.com

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Well, I guess I'm new here also. So hello to everyone. I'm sure there will be some familiar faces here.
Doug
 
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Sara Lee...

The Rotterdam was the flagship of Holland America back in the 70's. She was either Rotterdam IV or V, not sure. She is no longer sailing because she was an old steam ship and is not environmentaly sound (or so I have heard). HAL has another Rotterdam now.
At the time we left from New York and sailed to Bermuda and the Bahamas. I loved it. The only thing that was hard was I was an only child and was travelling with my parents and my grandmother and aunt. That could be a bit of a drag when there were no built i playmates and you wanted to go off. I was 10 or 11 at the time, and there were no kids clubs like there arre now. I did make a couple of friends on that sailing and when we could get together it was a blast. One of the clearest memories I have was my mother being nervous about me being near the railing, she kept saying..."Get away from the railing, you're going to fall off!!" Since we are going on the Legend with our three kids, and some other family members I can already envision myself becoming my mother and saying the same thing!! LOL!! My mother should have been around when that guy fell off the ship!!
 
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Sara...sorry, sent the post prematurely!!
It sounds as though you are well on your way to finding your next cruise. I have some great info, through some research I have done, so if you have any questions feel free to e-mail me.
Tell me about the Star Princess....I haven't heard much about her.
I hope you book your next cruise soon!! That is the best!!
 
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joebat1

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WELCOME SUE ~~!!~~ It seems like old home week here !! I am sooo glad to see so many of my friends joing us at Cruise@ddicts. In little less than a week I have notice what a GREAT Bunch of poster with a VERY POSTIVE ATTITUDE on this board ~~!!~~

It appears you don't have to be part of the "in crowd" here, as it doesn't appear their is one here on Cruise@ddicts. Post away !!
 
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joebat1

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WELCOME Doug & PAT ~~!!~~ SOOOOO glad to see my "cruizin' buddy" and his very lovely wife here. This is a GREAT BUNCH of cruise folks.

I am very busy getting our over 1,400 pic's together and posted. There are some great shots of you and Pat, Fern(need to get her over here) & Jerry, Alan & Pam, Priscilla & Richard, Ken & Linda and all the rest of the Canal gang over here.{Actually, we need to get them all over here to post our review of the Splendour}

Doug, Why don't you do a copy and paste of your review and post it here{ loved it)?? I will get in touch with the rest of the gang and maybe that-a-way we can all post to the same thread??????

I know the Cruise@ddicts members will enjoy reading it.
 
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Sara Lee

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Thanks ..

That was a good story of you when you were a kid , imagine what did we do before all the kids clubs and stuff planned for us ..

Well we hung over railings and on gym sets , broke our legs , played kick the can and invented our own clubs and fun..

Ah , must have been fun and you should see if you can find your old friends you made on that cruise somehow .. And I suppose after that guy falling overboard , you will be extra anxious about your own kids ..

So get a couple of those kid tracers they are promoting these days..
Well the Star Princess was a beautiful ship .. I have a lot of pictures and it was huge . It took us about 4 days and even then we still did not know where everything was and not enough time even on a 7 day cruise to see everything..

The people we met on the cruise were fantastic , but the crew was not always to friendly ..
and it was stuffy .. Some people felt they had to dress up on formal nights and yet I found that most people did , but not quite the titantic crowd .. It was bigger and I did get somewhat seasick as we were in on the 12 the floor and that is high up ..

I would choose a lower cabin I believe but it was also the pacific ocean and perhaps more waves .. All in all it was great .. the food was excellent and so much of it ..

The room service was good and fast and the ship itself , immaculate as it was new and a great lap pool where the waves are perpetual so you could swim against the current and private area for adults only with spas ..

The pools on board were big I thought and the buffet great ..

but even tho the tv had a minute to minute report of the waves and it said they were slight .. I felt they were huge .. but they were not ..

But we saw some whales and it was a big ship

Sara Lee
 
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Thank you so much everyone...it feels great to be here!! i loook forward to learning and sharing with each and every one of you!!

Sara....Thanks for the info on the star, she sounds wonderful. Princess is one of the other lines I would like to sail on.

Happy Cruising!!
 
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jon46

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I also just came over from cc. Just found out about this board. Two weeks from tomorrow Ill be on the Paradise. May 11, 2003. CAN'T WAIT




NCL Masjesty April 2002
 
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joebat1

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WELCOME jon46 ~~!!~~ You will find a GREEEAT bunch of cruise @ddicts willing to help with ALL your questions. EVERYONE is treated equally here.

May 11th, WOW just a few days to WAIT . I hope you have your bags packed !!
 
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