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BON VOYAGE, Andrew!!

BON VOYAGE, rwams!!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, cobaltbluechaser!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

Congratualtions, cruiseduo. Enjoy the anticipation. :grin:

I found a daily schedule for a couple of other HAL ships and noted that they do tours on their ships before sailaway. Check your schedule as soon as you get to your cabin, and I'll bet there is a tour. Usually, there are several crew members that take smaller groups on the tour. Enjoy. :grin:

Congratulations on the booking, Jenn. We're going back to Alaska next year, and can't wait. :grin:

That was a good one. :grin: :grin: :grin:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, concertchick!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, Mrs_Factor!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

I bought one for cruising and have worn it three times. It's lots of fun dressing up like an adult. :grin:

Great job Keith. Looks like another great cruise. :grin:

I'm getting more jealous by the minute. :grin: Congrats. Enjoy the anticipation.

I have to agree about the shipwith the others.The Legend was the best laid out ship we have been on. It is easy to get anywhere you want to go on the ship. Each room is dedicated to a different legend (Unicorn Cafe, Satchmo's Jazz Club, Dream Team Sports Bar, etc.). We have never sailed out of Ft. Lauderdale, so I can't give you much info about that.

We're dancin' with ya! :grin:

Welcome home, MaryLou

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, lvdave!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

Congratulations on the booking, Skipper! Enjoy the anticipation. :grin:

Welcome home, Keith & Rita. Love the pics. Now back to reality. :grin:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, chara!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

Welcome to CruiseCrazies, QandA!! It's great having you with us. Please post often. :grin:

We're dancin' with ya! Enjoy the anticipation. :grin:

Congratulations, Robert! it's just around the corner now. Enjoy the anticipation. :grin:

We're dancin' with ya, Rose! :wink:

Just around the corner now. Enjoy the anticipation. :grin:

Pirate Attack on Luxury Cruise Liner As the Seabourn Spirit pulled into the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean today, passengers recounted how the ship's captain outran and outmaneuvered the pirates. "There were two boats altogether, and we tried to run one over and took zigzag evasive measures, and then just blasted out to sea to outrun these guys," said Ray Albers, a passenger onboard the luxury yacht. "And we succeeded." The pirates, who were captured in photographs taken by a passenger, were heavily armed. One man was even seen loading a rocket grenade launcher. "The captain did say that they had not shown up on radar because they were fiberglass boats," said Meg Rhian, another passenger on the cruise liner. "The captain came on pretty early and said, 'We will not let them board this ship. Period.'" One Gang May Be Behind Many Attacks Shipping industry experts said large numbers of pirates operate off the coast of Somalia, where the attacks like that on the Seabourn Spirit take place every day. "Within 36 hours, there were three attacks on ships and two further attacks on merchant vessels, and we suspect the same gang is at work," said David Osler of Lloyd's List of London. At least two of the rocket-launched grenades had hit the ship. One, which had not exploded, was embedded in the deck. "It was the loudest bang noise I have ever heard in my life. Had I been standing it would have gone straight through my head," said Donna McInnis, a third passenger. Crew members on cargo ships attacked by pirates, however, have not been so fortunate. "They won't stop killing an entire crew if that fits their mission," said Osler. Security officials said today the cruise industry needs to prepare for another round of attacks.