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Jason and Shari2, Thanks for the encouragement.

Hi njseawee and Lisa63 I've never sailed north of Florida either. I would love to hear the attraction for Canadian bound cruises since I live in New York and ships sail to Canada from New York.

jshawn, Welcome to CruiseCrazies!

Hey PEB, 31 Days? Now that's what I call a dream cruise. Have a great time and we look forward to hearing from you when you have time. If I live long enough and save enough, I would like to do back to back cruises to get me around the world.

Rat, I'm really praying that by some miracle you're able to take advantage of that free cruise. I'm willing it to happen for you. If we all put our positive mental energy into it, it will happen for you.

Hi Jenn, I guess now you see why they call us Cruise Crazies. I became addicted to cruising in 2003 and still can't kick the habit. :grin:

Have a great cruise, zekell, We'll keep the light on for you.

Have a great cruise, cruisenut24, We'll keep the light on for you.

Hi DaCruzNut, Part 13 of ASOM is one of your funniest entries. It reminded me of a woman exiting the dining room stating "This food is so good, I have to be careful. I'm running out of expandable pants." You're also enticing me to try other cruise lines besides Carnival.

hazelson, Thanks for the great review on the Carnival Pride. I'm a big fan of Carnival too. I think Carnival is the best kept well known secret. I think that helps to keep the prices down. Remember how inexpensive Avis used to be trying to keep up with Hertz. Well, I hope Carnival doesn't go that route. Your review makes me want to go to the west coast and sail the Mexican Riviera.

When a ship is sent to dry dock for repairs, what happens to the crew? Are they sent home? Are they put up in hotels? Do they have to make out the best way they can? I've always been curious about that. I know that the passengers are very inconvenienced, but the news must be bad for the crew as well since they may be unemployed for several days and there are no passengers around for tips. Does anyone know what happens?

AlaskanGuide, Welcome to CruiseCrazies!

Hi everybody, Cruisechic2005 came up with a great name for something that I suffered after every cruise: Post Cruise Depression or PCD. DaCruzNut further diagnosed it as a syndrome, making it PCDS, Post Cruise Depression Syndrome. It would be interesting to see how many of us share this dreadful disease. :smiley: Please answer as truthfully as possible.

Rat, I'm so sorry about the cancellation of your cruise on the Infinity. I can't begin to understand how you feel since you were notified only four days before your cruise. I really feel badly that your daughters spring break was ruined. The same thing happened to me when I was booked on the Carnival Jubilee in August of 2004, only I received several months notice and had a chance to rebook on another ship. I didn't get any compensation at all because of receiving several months notice. Look on the bright side. It's better that the malfunction happened before you boarded the ship and been stuck out in the middle of nowhere. I do hope you get a chance to take advantage of the free cruise. I know its peak holiday season, but is there any opportunity for a last minute booking on another ship sailing from and returning to the the same port on those dates? Did you have the travel insurance? If you did have the travel insurance, can you please let me know how they handled this situation? I understand the insurance is supposed to cover trip cancellations, including airfare if you included the airfare in the cost of the trip. I hope things work out for the good.

wolfina2, Welcome to CruiseCrazies!

wallygator, Welcome to CruiseCrazies!

mbkmom, Welcome to CruiseCrazies!

family4, Welcome to CruiseCrazies!

hazelson, Thank you for your good wishes.

riteonglor, Even though you may not be able to sit outside while the ship is sailing, there must be some advantage to watch the ship approach the shore. If I could afford it, I would have that cabin just for that purpose although I never seem to be able to wake up on time.

Keith & Rita, sailinglisa, GottaCruz, DaCruzNut, and KarenUK, Thanks for your good wishes.

Ah schucks, There was almost another Cruise Crazies convention. Please enjoy your cruise just the same. It's inevitable that our paths will cross with other Cruise Crazies enthusiasts.

KarenUK and lv2cruise, Enjoy your mini Cruise Crazies convention.

Have a great cruise, lv2cruise, We'll keep the light on for you.

Have a great cruise, KarenUK, We'll keep the light on for you.