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From: Tom K on 4 Feb 2010 08:52 "George Leppla" <george(a)cruisemaster.com> wrote in message news:hkefup016fn(a)news6.newsguy.com... > Tom K wrote: > >> >> What would I be missing if I went on the Queen Mary 2 instead of >> Carnival? Or on Constellation instead of Carnival? Those ships have ZERO >> risk for me. > > > Easy... you would be missing a good time with your friends. It isn't just > about the ship. Nah... I'd quietly twist a few arms and find another alternative instead... that's what I did this past Dec when I found the HAL sailing we all liked. Suzy was looking at Carnival for this past year, and I found the HAL sailing with Curacao and Half Moon Cay.. and everyone got excited about the new ports (which we all loved). I bet I could have found something really interesting for this year too. But this year, I gave Suzy advanced warning that Dec. would most likely not work for me.... and asked if January might work (fall classes end in late Dec, but spring semester doesn't start until late January). Only Jan didn't work for some others. So it's Dec., and I'll have to skip this years. Therefore it was the perfect year for them to do Carnival since I wouldn't offer any "objections"... so to speak. And I think she really wanted to try Carnival. So it's a good year to do it. Besides... the pharmaceutical industry basically has ZERO jobs these days (I think over 100,000 pharma people got laid off with the recent Pfizer and Merck acquisitions), so I was glad to get the teaching job when I did. And after only 2 weeks I'm finding it very rewarding. I'm really liking it. I helped one of my students in chem lab try to estimate between the 10th's of an inch on a ruler (so they learn significant figures, both the ones that are 100% certain, and the ones that are not completely certain, but still significant), and afterwards he said "wow, thanks, I'm really glad you're my professor!" That made me feel good. It doesn't pay much since it's only part time (as an adjunct professor), but I had a really good run for 25 years... now it's time to give something back.
From: Stu on 4 Feb 2010 09:02 On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:28:42 -0500, "Tom K" <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote: > >"George Leppla" <george(a)cruisemaster.com> wrote in message >news:hkegf5016s7(a)news6.newsguy.com... >> Charles wrote: >>> In article <4b6a4aca$0$31258$607ed4bc(a)cv.net>, Tom K >>> <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Wanna bet that if I was going, as normal, on the Viking sailing this >>>> year... that I'd have found us another "non-Carnival" option... just >>>> like I did last year? : ) >>> >>> You said the same about Royal Caribbean. You came and now you like >>> their ships. I think Carnival was in the cards this year for Vikings no >>> matter what because people wanted something different. >>> >>> Carnival is not the best cruise line but it is not as bad as you have >>> convinced yourself. >>> >> >> I'm often asked what is my favorite cruise line. Most of the time I say >> that Princess is... > >Linda said years ago that she thought Princess did the best job of doing >everything well... like they looked at the best things everybody else did >and tried to integrate it as best they could. They may not have any single >expertise, or they may not be the best in any single category, but they seem >to do many things very well. Like they were the only line that put TWO >gangways in ports like Trinidad or Barbados... so instead of waiting in one >long line to get on or off the ship, there were 2 lines. Sometime Celebrity >had TWO, but one was only for crew. Princess also started the "separate >stations" for the buffet well over a decade ago which I think is far and >away the best design. You can hop from place to place with no lines. Their >food might not be as good as Cunard or Celebrity, but it's still really >good. Just lots of things done very well. > >--Tom > Is there any truth in the story going around that Carnival is going to be changing Princess now that they own them?
From: Stu on 4 Feb 2010 09:07 On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:51:30 -0500, Sue Mullen <kjmullen(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > >Stu wrote: >> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:20:06 -0800, Ray Goldenberg >> <ray(a)lighthousetravel.com> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 18:08:12 -0500, "Tom K" <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Now THAT was something I was impressed with... but I'm not impressed with >>>> singing and dancing waiters. >>> Hi Tom, >>> >>> I agree with you. Singing and dancing waiters are a major turn off >>> for you and I. We do agree on many of the same cruise points. >> >> >> I'm thinking it has alot to do with the age bracket as well. > >Stu, I don't think it has anything to do with age. IMO it has to do with >seeing it again and again and again and getting bored with it. > >sue I can see it getting old if you see it anumber of times a year. We only have gone crusin twice in the last few years. Kath hasn't retired as yet, when she does we will be going atleast twice a year. Has anyone ever done a cost comparison of a cruise on all lines?
From: Ray Goldenberg on 4 Feb 2010 09:12 On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:02:50 -0600, Stu <info(a)foodforyou.ca> wrote: >Is there any truth in the story going around that Carnival is going to >be changing Princess now that they own them? Hi Stu, A couple of questions for you. Where did you hear that rumor? Do you have any idea how long Princess has been owned by Carnival? -- Ray Goldenberg 800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905 Lighthouse Travel http://www.lighthousetravel.com Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/lighthousetravl Follow us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/ray.goldenberg
From: Ray Goldenberg on 4 Feb 2010 09:13
On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:07:48 -0600, Stu <info(a)foodforyou.ca> wrote: >Has anyone ever done a cost comparison of a cruise on all lines? Hi Stu, We do it every day for our clients. -- Ray Goldenberg 800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905 Lighthouse Travel http://www.lighthousetravel.com Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/lighthousetravl Follow us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/ray.goldenberg |