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From: Nonny on 14 Feb 2010 23:22 "*muz*" <eIeIo(a)atlanticmechlingbb.NET> wrote in message news:ouqdnXPWha9KF-XWnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d(a)posted.echolabs... > > "Becca" <becca(a)hal-pc.org> wrote in message > news:7t32heF4bmU2(a)mid.individual.net... > : Stu wrote: > : > Well since you asked Ray, I live in a large block with a > great deal of > : > seniors. About 90% cruise, they mostly use Cunard, Holland, > Oceania , > : > Norwegian, and quite a few take Princess because they cater > to the > : > older population. I'm apprised weekly of how great they > treat seniors, > : > I mention Carnival and they say it's for family's with kids. > Like you > : > said, it's our preference after all we pay the bill. > : > > : > : The average age on Princess is probably younger than you > think. IMO, > : the cruise line for people with children of all ages is Royal > : Caribbean. They have more activities for young folks. > : > : > : Becca > > If I liked the climate of Florida year-round, we'd probably make > the Space > Coast our retirement home. As it is, I LOVE snow... a northern > clime's > typical winter. Hubby despises it... Even throughout the > ordeal of driving > upon treacherous roadways, we still drive the 2M mile round-trip > trek to > Floridian ports for some of our favorite cruises. Not > disregarding any > other line, Royal Caribbean happens to have a product we both > relish. Why > drive? For the best company, my husband wins, hands down. > > Regarding Royal Caribbean, the children, toddler-to-teen, on > RCCL sailings > have a total immersion of the cruising experience with Adventure > Ocean, from > both fantasy and a nature habitat point of view. They become > Royal > Promenade entertainers and guardians, swashbuckling pirates and > mermaids, > interested in sea adventure and a fresh perspective toward > safeguarding > natural resources. By their curiosity of how a ship operates, > they can > become aware of their own personal impact of a ship's decorum. > > I gleaned much more from a 12-yr-old at our dining table than > from any > steward on the ship. Their eyes and ears seemed to reflect the > capabilities > of a cruise line's > responsibility to its youngest and future adult travelers. > Ha- we're in agreement. The Nonny family keeps it simple: George Leppla does the picking and choosing and we're happy as clams. However, the times he's put us on RCCL, we've had a great time, as with Carnival. -- Nonny ELOQUIDIOT (n) A highly educated, sophisticated, and articulate person who has absolutely no clue concerning what they are talking about. The person is typically a media commentator or politician.
From: *muz* on 16 Feb 2010 12:40 "Nonny" <somebody(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:UZ3en.79900$JE2.32126(a)newsfe09.iad... : : "*muz*" <eIeIo(a)atlanticmechlingbb.NET> wrote in message : news:ouqdnXPWha9KF-XWnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d(a)posted.echolabs... : > : > "Becca" <becca(a)hal-pc.org> wrote in message : > news:7t32heF4bmU2(a)mid.individual.net... : > : Stu wrote: : > : > Well since you asked Ray, I live in a large block with a : > great deal of : > : > seniors. About 90% cruise, they mostly use Cunard, Holland, : > Oceania , : > : > Norwegian, and quite a few take Princess because they cater : > to the : > : > older population. I'm apprised weekly of how great they : > treat seniors, : > : > I mention Carnival and they say it's for family's with kids. : > Like you : > : > said, it's our preference after all we pay the bill. : > : > : > : : > : The average age on Princess is probably younger than you : > think. IMO, : > : the cruise line for people with children of all ages is Royal : > : Caribbean. They have more activities for young folks. : > : : > : : > : Becca : > : > If I liked the climate of Florida year-round, we'd probably make : > the Space : > Coast our retirement home. As it is, I LOVE snow... a northern : > clime's : > typical winter. Hubby despises it... Even throughout the : > ordeal of driving : > upon treacherous roadways, we still drive the 2M mile round-trip : > trek to : > Floridian ports for some of our favorite cruises. Not : > disregarding any : > other line, Royal Caribbean happens to have a product we both : > relish. Why : > drive? For the best company, my husband wins, hands down. : > : > Regarding Royal Caribbean, the children, toddler-to-teen, on : > RCCL sailings : > have a total immersion of the cruising experience with Adventure : > Ocean, from : > both fantasy and a nature habitat point of view. They become : > Royal : > Promenade entertainers and guardians, swashbuckling pirates and : > mermaids, : > interested in sea adventure and a fresh perspective toward : > safeguarding : > natural resources. By their curiosity of how a ship operates, : > they can : > become aware of their own personal impact of a ship's decorum. : > : > I gleaned much more from a 12-yr-old at our dining table than : > from any : > steward on the ship. Their eyes and ears seemed to reflect the : > capabilities : > of a cruise line's : > responsibility to its youngest and future adult travelers. : > : : Ha- we're in agreement. The Nonny family keeps it simple: George : Leppla does the picking and choosing and we're happy as clams. : However, the times he's put us on RCCL, we've had a great time, as : with Carnival. : : -- : Nonny : : ELOQUIDIOT (n) A highly educated, sophisticated, : and articulate person who has absolutely no clue : concerning what they are talking about. : The person is typically a media commentator or politician. For the past 20 years, we've sailed on cruises as our mainstay vacations. Being landlocked in PA, aside from dreadful Philly yet giving due the captivating Great Lakes region (and its wine country), a cruise vacation seems "exotic and expensive" to some PA landlubbers. Although we love the Royal Caribbean "super"-Voyager class and the Space Coast, we are not determined to remain solely with one cruise line. Over the years, beginning with our honeymoon cruise on the Carnival ***vale ships (I seem to recall Festivale), we have been relaxing and breathing in that sea air with robust enjoyment. We have not had one cruise of which to bitterly complain, as others have been known to rant. Carnival, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity... all offered a reprieve for us. Airline foibles aside, there has been little to speak ill. We leave our worries behind; they'll catch back up with us when we return. We are platinum C&A Society members now. Heck, I get a kick out of simply having a white bathrobe in my stateroom for use.<g> I'll leave discerning loyalties to others. We lucked out, on waitlist, with a promenade interior family stateroom this last cruise. The cabin was immense (300 sq ft), the stewards were unobtrusive and the FREEDOM OTS was our stop point prior to the STS-130 Endeavour shuttle launch Super Bowl Sunday. Our captain, a reclusive sort, was very apologetic on the PA system at 4:30AM Sunday, Feb 7th by alerting early risers of the intrusion to report the rescheduling of the liftoff. The clouds would not clear for a clean liftoff and we were left standing on the cold (41 degrees Fahrenheit) deck in Port Canaveral, sipping our Seattle's Best. I think it's time to place a call to George Leppla for our next adventure...Oct 16, 2010 RCCL OASIS is out for us because we are considerate Red Cross blood donors. Labadee, Haiti puts the kibosh on that one, as we learned from our first FREEDOM OTS cruise. A year seems a very long time to wait to donate blood. Perhaps Bermuda, again? My husband insists on nixing the New York City port terminals. I still am working on him accepting "across-the-river" Cape Liberty and NJ as separate entities! I'll keep trying!
From: Nonny on 16 Feb 2010 13:06 "*muz*" <eIeIo(a)atlanticmechlingbb.NET> wrote in message news:JIudnSOAgO4uRefWnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d(a)posted.echolabs... > >> > We have not had one cruise of which to bitterly complain, as > others have > been known to rant. We're like you, in that during our cruising careers, we've NEVER been on a single ship or cruise that has "ruined" our vacation. There have been incidents where we've felt there was room for improvement, times when the passenger mix wasn't what we preferred, times when things have broken, times when we've had unhappy waiters and times when we felt that we could do some improvements to the cabin. However, it's never, ever, been to the extent that we would not consider the same ship or cruise line again, if George found us the right deal or the timing was to our advantage. We now live in Las Vegas and every single day something happens that I don't enjoy, wish hadn't happened or was a disappointment. Every. . . single. . .day. However, on every single day there are many things I DO enjoy, am glad that happened and am elated to have experienced. In my life, I've found that the good has always outweighed the bad. That doesn't mean I wouldn't like to eliminate the bad, but I'm a realist and understand that nothing (outside of Mrs. Nonny) is perfect. I'm fascinated by the folk who can take a cruise and from that isolated experience can make such sweeping comments about their future cruises. > > I think it's time to place a call to George Leppla for our next > adventure...Oct 16, 2010 RCCL OASIS is out for us because we are > considerate > Red Cross blood donors. Labadee, Haiti puts the kibosh on that > one, as we > learned from our first FREEDOM OTS cruise. A year seems a very > long time to > wait to donate blood. > > Perhaps Bermuda, again? My husband insists on nixing the New > York City port > terminals. I still am working on him accepting > "across-the-river" Cape > Liberty and NJ as separate entities! I'll keep trying! Could you just stay aboard the ship in those ports? -- Nonny ELOQUIDIOT (n) A highly educated, sophisticated, and articulate person who has absolutely no clue concerning what they are talking about. The person is typically a media commentator or politician.
From: *muz* on 16 Feb 2010 15:53
"Nonny" <somebody(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:19Ben.83290$Fe4.72464(a)newsfe21.iad... : : "*muz*" <eIeIo(a)atlanticmechlingbb.NET> wrote in message : news:JIudnSOAgO4uRefWnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d(a)posted.echolabs... : > : >> : > We have not had one cruise of which to bitterly complain, as : > others have : > been known to rant. : : We're like you, in that during our cruising careers, we've NEVER : been on a single ship or cruise that has "ruined" our vacation. : There have been incidents where we've felt there was room for : improvement, times when the passenger mix wasn't what we : preferred, times when things have broken, times when we've had : unhappy waiters and times when we felt that we could do some : improvements to the cabin. However, it's never, ever, been to the : extent that we would not consider the same ship or cruise line : again, if George found us the right deal or the timing was to our : advantage. : : We now live in Las Vegas and every single day something happens : that I don't enjoy, wish hadn't happened or was a disappointment. : Every. . . single. . .day. However, on every single day there are : many things I DO enjoy, am glad that happened and am elated to : have experienced. In my life, I've found that the good has : always outweighed the bad. That doesn't mean I wouldn't like to : eliminate the bad, but I'm a realist and understand that nothing : (outside of Mrs. Nonny) is perfect. : : I'm fascinated by the folk who can take a cruise and from that : isolated experience can make such sweeping comments about their : future cruises. : : > : > I think it's time to place a call to George Leppla for our next : > adventure...Oct 16, 2010 RCCL OASIS is out for us because we are : > considerate : > Red Cross blood donors. Labadee, Haiti puts the kibosh on that : > one, as we : > learned from our first FREEDOM OTS cruise. A year seems a very : > long time to : > wait to donate blood. : > : > Perhaps Bermuda, again? My husband insists on nixing the New : > York City port : > terminals. I still am working on him accepting : > "across-the-river" Cape : > Liberty and NJ as separate entities! I'll keep trying! : : Could you just stay aboard the ship in those ports? : : -- : Nonny : : ELOQUIDIOT (n) A highly educated, sophisticated, : and articulate person who has absolutely no clue : concerning what they are talking about. : The person is typically a media commentator or politician. That was the first rebuttal question we had asked of the Red Cross. If beforehand, we knew there was a "block" on visiting such nations, could we simply stay onboard without any interaction with inhabitants, their plant life, the water, prevailing illnesses, what have you. The American Red Cross stated that it has more sweeping regulations (and they restrict travel destinations based upon CDC recommendations). No matter what precautions we had taken, the mere visitation to listed restricted areas foregoes our desire to donate blood for one year. I'm certain there are those who ~have~ donated blood without thinking of the destinations they've traveled prior to donation. But, foretold the consequences, we choose not to compromise their standards. Why are we insistent upon donating regularly to the Red Cross? It's traditional, for us. Paying it forward, so to speak. My father died of coronary heart disease at a young age, but not before having donated more than nine gallons of blood, via his employment as a local firefighter. Blood saves lives. It doesn't hurt much and the reward for having done so little is great. |