JoeyandDavid

I have heard two answers... one is AARP (which you can join at 50) and the other as long as one member of your cabin is 55 or older. We qualified for both so ... :sealedlips:

at this stage for us it was like a found excursion :grin:

Yes you did.... the 31st is David's birthday .. so we will be dining out hopefully.. I am working on reservations (St Paul de Vence ) but wont know if they will even be open on the 31st.. As far as the luggage with the scale.... I wonder how much the mechanism weighs? The sixth maybe an option for us as well

Welcome to Cruise Crazies!! Hope to see you posting often!

I am thinking that we may do the evening of Santorini .. I am not hearing a lot of great reviews for the resturant....if you read the summit roll call (here) Cheryl really throws up some red flags.... most likely we will do Santorini Night though

Hi Welcome to Cruise Crazies!! Hope to see you posting often!

Glad I could help! does that mean i get a discount off of the tours too !! :grin:

Hi to Cruise Crazies!! Hope to see you posting often!

I know this thread is old ... but I must disagree with Jeff in this discussion...I believe it is important to "train" young people on the proper protocol for dressing for the occasion… While the advise of Dockers and a button shirt is fine for casual.. I must submit that on informal nights a sport coat and tie would suffice however on formal night the minimum should be "a suit". TUX preferred but minimum a suit…the pre-notion that just because it is a teenager, that deviating from the "suggested dress code" sends the wrong signal that the teenager's are the exception to the rules.. And, in life that just ain't so…. I am sorry Jeff but IMHO life's training doesn't stop because you reach teenager status. Am I the one thats incorrect? respectfully joey

great Dawn.... these are things that you hope you never need but at least feel better knowing that it IS a painless procedure

Bob and Kareen Happy Anniversary!!

Tropical Storm Chris Weakens Slightly August 03, 2006 5:23 AM EDT <] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Tropical Storm Chris weakened slightly as it swept through the eastern Caribbean early Thursday, dumping rain on the Virgin Islands and prompting tourists to flee Puerto Rico's east coast. Despite early concerns, the Bahamian government discontinued a hurricane watch in the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday. The watch, discontinued at 5 a.m. EDT, included the Acklins, Crooked Island, The Inaguas, Mayaguana and the Ragged Islands. Tropical Storm Chris was expected to move away from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands sometime Thursday, forecasters said. Its top maximum sustained winds were at 45 mph, down 15 miles from Wednesday night, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The center of the storm was about 315 miles east southeast of Grand Turk Island and about 135 miles north of San Juan. At 11 p.m. Wednesday, wind speeds had reached as high as 60 mph, the hurricane center said. Authorities in the Bahamas, an archipelago of 700 islands accustomed to stormy weather, had urged people to stock up on water and canned food and to board up their windows as the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season approached. In Staniel Cay, about 75 miles south of Nassau, the Bahamas' capital city, boat owners secured their vessels and tracked the storm's progress through the eastern Caribbean. "We're just battening down the hatches and tying everything down," said Ernie Sullivan, a boat owner at the Staniel Cay Yacht Club. "You just can't say if this thing will pick up steam." Some 600 tourists evacuated Culebra and Vieques, small islands off Puerto Rico's east coast, as the storm approached. The storm was projected to pass at least 100 miles north of Puerto Rico, but could produce strong wind gusts and up to 8 inches of rain, creating the risk of flash floods and mudslides. People in the islands of Antigua and St. Maarten awoke to a light rain. There were no reports of major flooding or other damage from the storm. Royal Caribbean, the cruise line operator, said it was altering the itineraries of three ships - the Navigator of the Seas, the Explorer of the Seas and the Freedom of the Seas - to avoid the storm. In Anguilla, Chris brought heavy rain and strong winds overnight but the storm was much less severe than expected because it shifted to the north at the last minute, said Elizabeth Klute, director of the disaster management agency for the British Caribbean territory. "It just kind of skirted us," Klute said. "It's moving on." Richard Pasch, a hurricane specialist at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, said the storm was likely to churn past the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where even minor storms can send water gushing down denuded hills. "It would seem that it would stay on the fringes of the island as we're seeing this storm on a more westward track," Pasch said. "But it's a little uncertain at this stage." The first named storm of the 2006 season, Tropical Storm Alberto, swept over Florida in mid-June, then plowed northward along the U.S. coast past the Outer Banks. It was blamed for one death. Last season was the worst in more than 150 years of records. A record number of tropical storms and hurricanes formed, including the devastating Hurricane Katrina.

great pictures.. I saw similar signs when we visited the area last year .. and for one was really impressed with the no holds barred approach to education :smiley:

well you know what they say about tall men...... :wink: thats right ,,,,,,they can usally reach things on the top shelf!!! :kiss:

Look forward to the pictures!

spotfin awesome video.....that must have been a rush.. thanks for sharing.. and btw.. Welcome to CruiseCrazies :grin:

I thought it may be time to start our 2006 hurricane Crazie watch.. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ TS Chris<] is making it's way up the gulf...

I too looked and to me it appears that the term "Crystal's 2007 Value Collection " is referring to any sailing in 2007 (mostly Caribbean)where the current discount is 50% or above, basically a buy one fare get one fare discount..

Thank you John

we got 342 back on credit card

hey Dawn..Not ever having to use the infirmary can you tell us .... how does it work? ... is it a billable service and how expensive is it to get "sick" on board?