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jacketwatch last won the day on April 29 2019

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About jacketwatch

  • Birthday October 20

Personal Info

  • First Name
    Larry
  • Gender
    Male
  • State
    Illinois
  • Country
    United States

Cruising

  • First Cruise Ship
    Splendor of the Seas
  • First Cruise Year
    2002
  • Cruises Sailed
    15
  • Days Cruised
    126
  • Favorite Cruise Line
    Celebrity
  • Favorite Cruise Ship
    Oasis of the Seas
  • Favorite Shipboard Activity
    Meeting people
  • Favorite Itinerary
    Caribbean - Southern
  • Favorite Port of Call
    Singapore
  • Favorite Port Activity
    Walking & sightseeing
  • Places I've Cruised To
    Western Med. x 2
    So. Caribbean X 2.
    Alaska
    Tahiti
    Baltic capitals
    Panama Canal
    NE/Canada
    Japan
    SE Asia
    Western Caribbean
    Holy Land
  • Last Ship Sailed
    Sapphire Princess
  • Last Cruise Date
    Feb. 2016
  • Next Cruise Ship
    Ovation of the Seas
  • Next Cruise Date
    Dec. 7 2017.

Details

  • Hobbies & Interests
    Besides vacations and cruising I like to play golf and dabble in cooking. I am a huge watch freak and have over 50 in my collection. For whatever reason I also collect jackets too, thus my user name.
    I am a huge WW II hx. buff, esp. the Pacific theater.
  • Music
    Mostly old school rock and roll though my tastes are broader than that but no rap.
  • Movies
    Some of my favs are:
    The Ten Commandments.
    The Godfather.
    Midway.
    Titanic.
    Anything about the Titanic I suck up like a sponge.
  • TV Shows
    History shows
    Travel shows.
    Law and Order.
  • Sports
    I like most anything but as for participation is golf.
  • Food
    My tastes are wide ranging and I always like to try anything ethnic. I love Indian food in particular.
  • Pets
    Allergies
  • Books
    I am not much of a book reader but love travel mags and suscribe to several. I have been reading "Samurai" by Saburu Sakai who was the leading Japanese air ace in WW II. Very interesting.
  • Quotes
    "I fear all we have done is to rouse a sleeping tiger and fill it with a terrible resolve."
    Adm. Yamamoto's statement after the Pearl Harbor raid. How true.
  • Occupation
    RN, now retired.

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  1. I hope you find that. There was a book by Walter Lord "A Night to Remember" which was about the Titanic and was made into a movie by the same name more or less to refute a movie called "Titanic" with Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwick in which the portrayal of the sinking was no where near the actual events. It even showed the strike on the port side ripping a 300 foot gash into the hull which was just not sure. In any case I went the library every Saturday for weeks to get the book but no luck then one day it was there. Eureka! Again i've always had a thing for the Titanic. I don't know why.
  2. I am excited! Since I was in grammar school I have always had a thing for the Titanic and this cruise stop in Belfast where it was made and where there is a Titanic museum too. We saw the Titanic exhibit when it was here in Chicago and saw the Titanic section in the maritime museum in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  3. Hi guys. its been quite a while since I posted anything and I hope you are all well. I would like to inform you of a great deal I became aware of our a group rate from my TA. Its in June 2022 on the NCL Star 10 days out from Iceland with 3 -4 stops in Iceland, Belfast, NI, the Republic of Ireland and England then ending in Southampton. Its around 8 stops in all and for $2600 ish pp for a balcony you also get: 1. Gratuities. 2. $100.00 OBC. 3. 250 minutes wifi 4. Premium beverage package. 5. Dining at three specialty restaurants. 6. $50.00 off per cabin for each port excursion. Its a great deal so if interested please contact me at: lkopp5041@wowway.com and I can send you a link for the specifics and my TA's contact info. I hope I did not violate any rules here. All the best, Larry
  4. I understand they have been circling the drain for some time. Reminds me of when the Renaissance cruise line went bankrupt. Their ships were seized in ports stranding thousands.
  5. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/thomas-cook-collapses-stranding-600000-tourists-abroad/ar-AAHFyco?fbclid=IwAR22GLDF0kE0HV-tsGj9fmarw2hpYvhcM5JDuhmRB2E2ztrPFH9Z8Xn1pdY
  6. Thank you. I got the seats directly from UA using saver awards, no code share though the other legs, PEK-DEL and DEL-ORD are thru star alliance partners. Originally it was a 2-2-2 configuration but now it’s a 2-4-2. I understand the 2-2-2 has the new Polaris seats while the 2-4-2 has the old biz seats with Polaris amenities.
  7. I have an airline question. We booked ORD-DEL on UA biz. The plane was a 2-2-2 configuration, no front or first class. We were in row 1, the first row of biz. Now I see the configuration is 2-4-2 and there is a first or front cabin with eight seats and we have been reassigned to the first row of biz, row 6. However at this time the front cabin seats are not open to take and none of those seats are assigned. They are all greyed out. Any ideas why? Thank you.
  8. Ok Jan got it. I must say this is intriguing. Our Canada/NE cruise did not include Quebec and those French Canadian stops. Our was out of NYC with stops in Portland, Halifax, Boston and St. John. Hmmm.
  9. Thanks for the review. For me I will pass on MSC at least for now. My money will go to more tried and true cruise lines.
  10. The better way to answer this as you need information about passports, visas, and what countries if any block Iranians (I assume you are Iranian with Iranian passport) is to contact the Iranian government to find out what countries your passport allows you to go to.
  11. Thank you for the review. We were on her sister ship the Getaway and I too was dismayed by how they allocated pool space. I don't think they have enough for adults. As for the chair hogs the fault lies with the crew for being lax in enforcing the rules. On the Getaway one day a guy by the pool was toasted and shouting out including some f bombs. I mentioned this to one of the crew who told me it would be better if I called security!! Really. I did but left before they arrived so I don't know what happened. I do know hen I saw him afterwards he was cool. Its a shame how rowdy, unruly passengers can disrupt things especially when their behavior is tolerated. Something happened several years ago with a family or really a tribe of people ran amok for a few days before finally getting tossed. I saw videos of their actions and they were nearly assaulting the crew too. Should not have gone on that long. At the first sign hammer down.
  12. That sounds like fun and hey it could get very "interesting" ?.
  13. Thank you for the review. We were on that ship in the summer of 2008 and though that was not spring break it was vacation time and it was packed with kids. We too loved the ship especially the promenade area. We also had seats on the beach and watch those zip liners and go past us like crazy and that is really something!
  14. Hmm. Yes two sides to every story. If the passengers have a legitimate case I imagine lawyers will get involved and then who knows. CCL must think they have a solid case to take such an action.
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