Dutch Vikings Return from Voyage to New World
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From: Charles on 15 Dec 2009 19:41 In article <hg985u$9lb$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Jean O'Boyle <job1930(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Anymore, anything shorter than 10 days is TOO short for us! Seven days go by > too quickly! I agree with you. My other cruises this year were 10 days or over. Seven is too short. Maybe for the next Viking cruise I might a back to back like Barb and Tobie did. -- Charles
From: Tom K on 15 Dec 2009 19:43 "Jean O'Boyle" <job1930(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hg9a3q$h1s$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > WHAT??? After all the comments you made to me around the ship about the > art work??? Taking me up to see those statues of Neptune and the > Mermaids??? <VBG> Those are an artistic treasure for all mankind... not unlike a beautiful Vermeer painting..... NOT. > -> We are what we are... > > And you are one of a kind, Thomas!!!! ;-) > > --Jean > At least giving the ship a thorough inspection, we were able to find many of the little out of the way places where they hide the old people while taking photographs of the ships for the brochures. Charles was right... they DO have places where they can hide the old people... --Tom
From: Tom K on 15 Dec 2009 19:45 "Charles" <fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid> wrote in message news:151220091941415408%fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid... > In article <hg985u$9lb$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Jean O'Boyle > <job1930(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Anymore, anything shorter than 10 days is TOO short for us! Seven days go >> by >> too quickly! > > I agree with you. My other cruises this year were 10 days or over. > Seven is too short. Maybe for the next Viking cruise I might a back to > back like Barb and Tobie did. > > -- > Charles Unless it's a VERY good itinerary like Norway, or the Med... 14 days on a back to back in the Caribbean... might be way too much for me. In the Caribbean, I'm usually ready to come home after a week. --Tom
From: Charles on 15 Dec 2009 19:51 In article <4b282a00$0$5016$607ed4bc(a)cv.net>, Tom K <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote: > There is still significant dissention in the ranks over some of the "dam" > INCORRECT answers that the cruise director gave. > > --Tom (grumbling after the trivia loss... LOL :) I checked online and the Seven Seas he used are the Greek or Roman definition. In the east they had seven different seas like the South China Sea. It depends on your time period or location. After the discovery of America that definition changed. -- Charles
From: Jean O'Boyle on 15 Dec 2009 20:08
"Tom K" <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote in message news:4b282a00$0$5016$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > > "Jean O'Boyle" <job1930(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:hg95ic$v3g$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> >> I especially like the smaller HAL ships in Alaska...they are similar to >> the experience we had on the old Pacific Princess. Cozy and friendly. >> My favorites remain, Oceania with Celebrity, HAL and Royal Caribbean >> tied. I will have to give Carnival a try sometime next year...it is three >> years since I was on one of their ships. > > And WHY NOT Cunard next year? Tom, it is tempting just to have done it, but.. 1. Too stuffy ? with all those formal nights...;-) I might just surprise you and tell you that I've booked one! I wish Cunard would have itineraries that take you eastward, let you stay a week in London and then return the next week involving no trans-Atlantic air travel. But Ed probably would not go for 13 formal nights! > If it's 3 years since Carnival, how long since Cunard? BUT, BUT, Tom, Cunard belongs to Carnival!!!! ( d & r) > >> I think that HAL changed the impressions of at least some of our Viking >> Group. HAL did not object to our hats, in fact they got a kick out of the >> whole thing...but the whistles were painful to the people with hearing >> aids...the staff treated that situation in a nice manner though, I >> thought. From what I remember someone saying, Princess was not quite as >> nice about the hats etc.on one Viking cruise. What really got the >> attention were our Viking shirts...Very pretty shade of blue with a >> design that said "Vikings Go Dutch" in a white banner at the top with >> pastel colored buildings (like in Curacao) for the design and of course >> Susie's flamingo was there, too. Good job, Susie!...some people wanted to >> know where they could buy one! >> >> We really enjoyed ourselves.and I think a good time was had by all. Our >> Trivia Team won some very nice navy fleeced long sleeved shirts with >> zippers at neck. The prizes they gave out this time were much nicer than >> what they have given out before. > > There is still significant dissention in the ranks over some of the "dam" > INCORRECT answers that the cruise director gave. But you said that you LIKED the CD! I didn't...he was pokey and not with the program, I've enjoyed others more! > --Tom (grumbling after the trivia loss... LOL :) Yeah, but you lost to such a good team!! ;-) --Jean |