We've gone on several Caribbean cruises, they're pretty fun, theres lots to do
on the floating hotel ships, shows, pools, climbing walls. Think of it as a
floating all inclusive (except alcohol) resort. I like getting to see several
places during the trip. We've had fun in Dominica, Honduras, Mexico, Belize
(cave tubing, super fun), St. Thomas, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, Martinique, and
Barbados. I'm sure I've gotten a couple more too.
Angie says we're due for another one, I think our last was 2016.
-Curt
On Saturday, December 7, 2019, 4:54:53 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
In the interest of full disclosure I went on a cruise on my honeymoon, but it
was on a now defunct Greek line call “Costa” which was very nice. Understand
that this was in 1980 when the average cruise passenger was an old lady of
maybe 65-70 years of age and you packed evening wear. The ship was relatively
small, like under 500 passengers, but it was a nice way to travel. We learned a
valuable lesson on that cruise - don’t bother popping for a suite. We got one
of four suites on the ship, and I use the term “suite” lightly. However,
because we had a suite we were on one of the higher decks which was nice, and
we had our own cabin boy.
Due to the demographics of the times we were two of the few people on the ship
younger that 60, so we were a bit of a novelty. Got to have dinner at the
captain’s table one night because of it, though. Nice guy, crappy way to make a
living, I thought, but all the good (Italian) food you could eat, so maybe that
had some value.
Still wasn’t that impressed. I drank more than than I do now, but didn’t care
to gamble, so there wasn’t much to do onboard outside of honeymoon activities….
-D
> On Dec 7, 2019, at 4:30 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> What line?
>
> I've never been on a Caribbean cruise, only Alaska, Bermuda, and Across the
> pond twice. The Atlantic crossings on QE2 were the ideal cruising lifestyle
> IMO. And the inside passage was amazing for the views and comfort. The
> Atlantic can be rough even for an actual ocean liner like QE2 as opposed to a
> floating hotel.
>
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Striplin via Mercedes
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> Cc: Kaleb Striplin
> Subject: [MBZ] Getting on a cruise
>
> We are in Galveston getting ready to get on a cruise and I discovered I
> forgot the passports. I was not too worried as you don’t have to have a
> passport for a cruise. What I did forget is OK does not have the new real ID
> thing yet so in addition to DL you have to have birth certificate. Crap.
> Luckily the kid is home and is emailing us copies. I still do not like the
> idea of being out of the country without it in case we have to make an
> emergency flight home. It also takes a lot longer to get back thru customs
> without a passport on the way back.
>
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