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Anniegrl
I'm two!
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Ann
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Cruise thread!
Name the cruises you've been on, and if you would recommend them or not.
DH and I just got back from a 7 day Eastern Caribbean cruise on Princess. LOVED it! We went to St. Thomas, St. Maarten, and Princess Cays (a privately owned island). We would definitely recommend this cruise.
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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
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Professional Aunts No Kids
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Re: Cruise thread!
took a Carnival cruise years ago and hated it. I am now very leary about taking another cuise!! 
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| Posted 5/11/05 9:57 AM |
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MelissaG
LIF Toddler
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Re: Cruise thread!
We have taken 2 Carnival cruises (both to the Bahamas) and we are taking our 3rd in October. We had a great experience with them.
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| Posted 5/11/05 12:25 PM |
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heidla
Me and the guys
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Heidi
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Re: Cruise thread!
Cruised to Alaska on Royal Caribbien-Loved the ship, but Alaska is worth seeing on any ship!!!!! It was absolutely stunning. DH and I are planning to go in August.
Norwegian cruise to Cozomel,Grand Caymen and Ochos Rios. We had a great time.
Carnival cruise to Puerto Rico, St. Marteen and somewhere else(?) . This was several years ago. I enjoyed the cruise, but I remember a lot of drunk people being onboard.
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| Posted 5/11/05 1:34 PM |
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stayandjohn
Our life is complete
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Stacey
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Re: Cruise thread!
I cruised to Bermuda from NYC on the Celebrity Zenith...LOVED IT!!! Hamilton was great but St.George was booooooooring.
Cruised from PR on Carnival Destiny. Went to St. Thomas, Barbados, Martinique (HATED IT), and Aruba. We had an awesome time.
We are now going to do a Disney cruise to the Western Caribbean in 2006 with the whole family.
We may take a short 4 day to Nova Scotia to get my SIL used to boats
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| Posted 5/11/05 3:42 PM |
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NYtoBoston
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Colleen
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Re: Cruise thread!
I went on a cruise last year on the Celebrity Constellation and had a wonderful experience.
We started out in PR and cruised to Barbados, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Antigua and St. Thomas.
I need another vacation
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| Posted 5/11/05 3:48 PM |
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DebG
Pick a cause & stand up for it
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The cure IS worse!
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Re: Cruise thread!
RC- Easter Caribbean
and I am in the midst of planning a surprise vacation to western caribbean for 01/06..its a surprise trip for DH's 30th bday
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| Posted 5/11/05 5:02 PM |
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FeliciaDP
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Mommy
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Re: Cruise thread!
I loved our honeymoon cruise
It was 10-days from NJ to the Caribbean on Royal Caribbean's "Voyager of the Seas" ..
The ONLY thing I wasn't crazy about was our ports of call - their private isaland in Labadee, Haiti, Jamaica, Grand Cayman and the Bahamas. The excursions we took were great (parasailing in Labadee, swimming with the dolpins in Jamaica, etc) but overall I wasn't impressed with ANY of the ports of call 
But the ship itself was fantastic and we were treated like a king and a queen!
Message edited 5/11/2005 5:17:51 PM.
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| Posted 5/11/05 5:16 PM |
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KarenK122
The Journey is the Destination
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Karen
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Re: Cruise thread!
I have been on 3 Carnival Cruises - all to the carribean and 2 cruises on Princess. We're looking to a book another late in the fall hopefully.
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| Posted 5/11/05 5:23 PM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
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Janice
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Re: Cruise thread!
anne-what boat did you go on? DH is faithful to RCCL, but after your review I think I am ready for a change. The movies sound so cool on the boat.
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| Posted 5/11/05 5:27 PM |
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steph4777
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Stephanie
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Re: Cruise thread!
We went on the Carnival Destiny for our honeymoon last year. We had an awesome time. It departed from San Juan and went to St Thomas, Dominica, Barbados and Aruba.
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| Posted 5/11/05 5:34 PM |
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Lillykat
going along for the ride...
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Re: Cruise thread!
1) NCL - cruise back in 1988 or 89 had a great time
2) Celebrity - have been on 10 cruises with them - I have been on these ships:
Horizon
Zenith
Century
Galaxy
Constellation
Those were all to the caribbean
3) One cruise on now defunct Royal Olympic - Mediterrean cruise - to greece and turkey
4) In august I will be going on a princess cruise (caribbean princess)
So far celebrity is my favorite cruise line - but we had some issues with Customer service and then they cancelled our cruise (for this coming august) so that is how we ended up on princess - so we are ready to try some new cruise lines.
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| Posted 5/11/05 7:44 PM |
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DebG
Pick a cause & stand up for it
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The cure IS worse!
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Re: Cruise thread!
Can people list what excursions they did in what ports as well
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| Posted 5/12/05 7:35 AM |
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Anniegrl
I'm two!
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Ann
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Re: Cruise thread!
Posted by Janice
anne-what boat did you go on? DH is faithful to RCCL, but after your review I think I am ready for a change. The movies sound so cool on the boat.
The ship was the Caribbean Princess. It's pretty new - built in 2004!
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| Posted 5/12/05 9:10 AM |
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Anniegrl
I'm two!
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Ann
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Re: Cruise thread!
Posted by DebG
Can people list what excursions they did in what ports as well
The only excursion we did was play golf at Mahogony Run on St. Thomas. In St. Maarten we just shopped (DH bought me jewelry for our 1 year anniversary  ) and on Princess Cays (private island) there's no excursions - but you can rent those big floating tricycles to ride on the water, or snorkeling equipment...stuff like that.
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| Posted 5/12/05 9:12 AM |
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oneday
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Pam
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Re: Cruise thread!
We're going on our first cruise at Christmas with DH family (parents, 2 sisters and their husbands and one baby neice). We're going on Carnival - I think it's the Miracle - Western Carribian from Tampa for 7 days. Anyway ever been on that one? Not sure what to expect.
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| Posted 5/12/05 10:37 AM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
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Janice
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Re: Cruise thread!
Posted by Anniegrl
Posted by Janice
anne-what boat did you go on? DH is faithful to RCCL, but after your review I think I am ready for a change. The movies sound so cool on the boat.
The ship was the Caribbean Princess. It's pretty new - built in 2004!
thanks!
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| Posted 5/12/05 10:50 AM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
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Janice
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Re: Cruise thread!
Belize- we were scheduled to do water caves, it got cancelled due to fighting in the jungle. so we went on a city tour. Kind of dull until we saw the monkeys.
Costa Maya-went horseback riding. Since DH speaks spanish, we did not book through cruise, we wanted to negotiate. So we got it for half price. It was fun, you go through the village then on the beach. We also went to Tequilla beach. It was so nice, very friendly staff. DH climbed for coconuts, and they gave him a machede(sp) and will filled them with gin and got drunk together. We snorkled there as well and saw so many different fish.
Cozemel-we booked a beach package throught the ship. Everything included, chairs umbrellas sports, and DRINKS. We were trashed. The staff was friendly and understanding when we got to be obnoxious. It was definately worth the 30.00
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jms100303
Luv my munchkins
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Jennifer
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Re: Cruise thread!
We took a Carnival cruise in 2001 out of Miami to San Juan, St. Thomas, and St. John. We had a lot of fun.
For our 1st Anniversary in October we took a Celebrity Cruise to Bermuda. The ship was the Horizon and left out of NYC. It was incredible!
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| Posted 5/12/05 11:50 AM |
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alibali
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Allison
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Re: Cruise thread!
Carnival Holiday and Celebration - both were family vacations when I was under the age of 13.. so of course i had a great time.
Norwegian (can't remember the name of the ship) - hated it. bad service just overall not a fun trip at all.
Carnival Elation - 7 days.. DH's first cruise.. had a great time but got really sun burnt. Don't like how they charge you for tips at the beginning of the cruise now.
we're going on Celebrity (mediterranean cruise) in a few weeks so i can post back more then.
my sister went on Princess a few weeks ago and didn't enjoy it. Gorgeous trip except many things were additional $$ since she hadn't cruised with Princess before. She had to pay for sprinkles on her ice cream. I find that crazy.. especially on a cruise ship. There were other things - like the cruise forgetting to tell people that the islands close down on all holidays (it was around Easter so 3 ports were closed). Besides that though they really loved it. It wasn't the cruiselines fault, it was that particular ship and crew.
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GoingNutty
Our family
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Jennie
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Re: Cruise thread!
Carnival Imagination in 2002, went to Grand Cayman and Ochos Rios. Although it was an old ship we had a great time!
Carnival Conquest in 2003, went to Grand Cayman, Cozumel and Montego Bay. Beautiful ship but we didn't feel we had a whole lot to do on it.
This summer we are going on the Carnival Victory, to San Juan, St. Marteen and St. Thomas. Can't wait!!
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| Posted 5/12/05 4:23 PM |
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Stefanie
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Stefanie
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Re: Cruise thread!
I've been on three.
Honeymoon~Disney Cruise (western)
Key West, Castaway Cay (Disney's own private island), Cozumel and Grand Cayman. Excellent food and service. Hardly saw any kids!
Carnival Destiny~Two years ago (southern)
Puerto Rico, Barbados, Aruba, St. Thomas, St. Maarten. I'm not a fan of Carnival...I'll leave it at that...
Princess~Golden Princess~Last summer (southern)
Puerto Rico, Antigua, St. Thomas, St, Maarten, Barbados, St. Lucia. The absolute best cruise ever...we loved Antigua and St. Lucia...
We will not be cruising this year...
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| Posted 5/12/05 5:00 PM |
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MommyofG
just the girls
Member since 5/05 9461 total posts
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Janice
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Re: Cruise thread!
Anyone been on Radisson Seven Seas? we are going in october but I know NADA about this line and reading a webpage its def not the same.
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| Posted 5/12/05 5:50 PM |
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angelbear217
Mommy of 2
Member since 5/05 4313 total posts
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Lisa
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Re: Cruise thread!
We've been on Disney Cruise Line- Bahamas before. We're going on RCCL- Southern Caribbean this summer. Would love any tips if anyone has them.
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| Posted 5/14/05 11:14 AM |
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julz33
i run for bacon
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julz
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Re: Cruise thread!
We took a Carnival Cruise on the ship Paradise- 7 day - from Florida to Cozumel, Ocho Rios, and Grand Cayman. In Cozumel we did a catamaran snorkeling excursion, we did the Duns river falls in Jamaica, and the stingray sandbar in grand cayman. Lots of fun!
We also did a Costa cruise 7 day to San Juan, Dominican Republic, St. Thomas, and Nassau Bahamas. The cruise was a little older crowd, but the islands were great! The cruiseline is italian so I loved the food. We walked around in San Juan to the old forts and through the city. It was very cool!
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