Jan115

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Congratulations on the price drop, Roger. A reminder to us all to monitor the price of our booked cruises! :)

Have a great weekend cruise, Rose!

I like the mini-bar setup! :-)

Hey - he's got a lot of help up there at the helm!

Great info, John! It's good to see the cruise lines are now taking into consideration the needs of the solo passenger when designing their new ships.

Thanks ladies! Actually, I am always prepared with bonine, dramamine or ginger - but have never had to use them. I brought them all for my brother, especially on our last cruise, thinking he would need them as he used to get car sick as a kid. They didn't need them, either. A friend of mine mentioned the beads, and I was just wondering what people thought. Gina, thanks for the information about bands in general. I wasn't aware of any of it - just that some people have had good luck with them. I'll stick with my bonine backup!

I'm sure we can all relate!

Yes that would be great, there will be six of us looking for something to do. Just messaged you with his website/contact info.

I've heard of these mentioned as a stylish alternative to sea bands for motion? Do they work? There is a website, I believe, aptly entitled queasybeads.com if you want to check them out. Any opinions would be appreciated, as I leave for Alaska in 8 weeks.

What a headline it would make!

It's funny -- When you say the words "Disney" and "cruise line" to people who maybe aren't that familiar with DCL, they picture primary colors and non-stop Disney in your face 24/7, but it's SO not like that. The ships, the Magic and Wonder specifically, are so elegant and just gorgeous. The Magic is decorated in an art deco style and the Wonder in art nouveau, and both are classic and stunning with their polished hardwoods, marble floors, and brushed nickel fixtures. Okay, that really did sound like a travel brochure... lol... but all I'm trying to say is they are not what you might expect. I hope you get to go someday -- with kids or not! I can honestly say that after the 3 lines I've sailed, Disney does the best job hands-down of keeping the adult-only areas truly adult only, and (oddly enough) has a better turnout and better cruise staff support for singles/single parents. I always have the absolute time of my life! And so does my son. :-) -gina- Now that I have a new grandson to spoil, you're giving me an idea!

Time and money are not on my side - but I will certainly dream good dreams about this cruise!

At last the day has arrived! No, this is not the day when we embark the Grand Princess in San Francisco bound for Alaskan waters, nor is it time to pack our bags and fly to the “City by the Bay” for three days of pre-cruise sight-seeing. But it is a time of equally enthusiastic celebration. It’s the day we do the “document dance”, also sometimes referred to as the "happy dance"! Confused? Just ask any avid cruiser who has ever been part of an on-line cruise community. The “document dance” is one of those idiosyncrasies found on cruise forums and blogs and a term fondly used by cruise fanatics everywhere to describe the joy one gets from knowing their cruise documents are ready for processing. These days, agents or cruise lines seldom mail or hand-deliver your cruise documents. Rather, documents now come in the form of E-docs to be downloaded and printed in the comfort of your own home. Whether my documents come in paper form or cyber form makes no difference to me. I can dance either way! Today, we received a personal email from Captain Lawes, our fearless skipper who will guide us along on our journey ship through Alaska’s inside passage to Glacier Bay. The fact that every other soon-to-be guest received the exact same captain’s message wasn’t going to burst my bubble, either. I immediately clicked on the attached link, and there was the commander’s smiling and welcoming face bidding greetings from the bridge of the Grand Princess. With excitement beyond anyone’s comprehension, I immediately went to that wonderful place called “My Princess” at Princess.com and clicked on the “Cruise Personalizer” where my booking summary was prominently displayed in all its wonderful glory. As my eyes glazed over and drifted around the page to be sure that everything was in perfect order – that all forms were completed (check√), “Whale Watch & Mendenhall Glacier Photo Safari” excursion properly booked (check√), cabin selection (check√), dining choice (check√), etcetera…etcetera, my eyes stopped and stared at a link with just two precious words: “Boarding Pass”. This could only mean one thing – my cruise documents were ready to print! Sure enough, I clicked on the link, and there they were – those phrases that every cruiser longs for - “Print Boarding Pass, Print Luggage Tag” – indicating that our cruise is no longer a distant date on a calendar and, in fact, is just eight weeks away. Hallelujah! Start the music and let the document dancing commence! As we still have 60 days to go before our cruise, I have not yet actually printed the documents, but just knowing they are there makes me happy. Now – on to the packing list! Photo Credit: alwaysbelieveblog.com

I have to say I am guilty of "which way is forward?" particularly when getting off an elevator on a deck of cabins. I could use a GPS here, as I couldn't read a deck map to save my life. Just call me directionally challenged. Since there are no windows on the way to my cabin, I can't tell which way the water is moving, and I very often find myself turned around. By the time I've figured it all out, it's time to disembark.

No one can entertain kids like Disney. While I haven't experienced a Disney cruise, I have done the "World" several times, and the non-Disney cruise lines just didn't do it for my kids like the resort kids' programs did.

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Mercedes - what an incredible vacation it must have been and with some beautiful memories, I'll bet!

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