PATJUD Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Todays Question: Price, time of year, itinerary, something else??...What is the number one reason you book a cruise? I like to cruise at a time when everybodies kids are in school and there are not many kids aboard ship - LOL!!! Judson Patten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Todays Question: Price, time of year, itinerary, something else??...What is the number one reason you book a cruise? I like to cruise at a time when everybodies kids are in school and there are not many kids aboard ship - LOL!!! Judson Patten Hear...Hear.... couldn't agree more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSkipper Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Gym? They have gyms aboard ships?? Well I'll be darned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55ChevyLady Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 My husband and I didn't use the gym or the spa. Since our cabin was on the main deck we used the stairs all the time and ended up losing a couple of pounds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelson Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Ed - they even have treadmills - you know those things we all use to hang our clothes on so they don't hit the floor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSkipper Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 I remember those Jenn. Had one gathering dust for years until we gave it to our Son. Now they hang their clothes on it. They got a new thing for exercise. It is called "a baby." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 I remember those Jenn. Had one gathering dust for years until we gave it to our Son. Now they hang their clothes on it. They got a new thing for exercise. It is called "a baby." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyandDavid Posted May 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Todays Question: Where are you during sail-away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisetarp Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 We are generally on our balcony during sail away. The exception is when sailing from Cape Liberty, NJ. Shortly after leaving the dock the ship sails under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, clearing the bridge by less than 10 feet. We never get tired of seeing that from the uppermost deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanandjoe Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 We are generally on our balcony during sail away. The exception is when sailing from Cape Liberty, NJ. Shortly after leaving the dock the ship sails under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, clearing the bridge by less than 10 feet. We never get tired of seeing that from the uppermost deck. You must have sailed on taller ships than us. We've sailed under the VZ bridge seven times, and it's fascinating; but we certainly had a lot more than 10 feet of clearance on the Regal Empress, the Rotterdam, the Seven Seas Navigator, and the Zenith. Maybe the QM2 or the Freedom of the Seas has only 10 feet of clearance: those are gigantic ships. For us, where we are for sailway depends on the place and the time of day. On our last two cruises (Barbados and Amsterdam) sailaway was very late (11 pm and midnight), and we were asleep. That may happen as well on our 5/27 sailaway at 11 p.m. (2 a.m. body time) from Vancouver. The two times we had a balcony, we started on the balcony, watched us sail past the Statue of Libery, and then went up to a high deck to watch us go under the VZ bridge. It's sheer happenstance that both of our balcony sailings started in NY and had NJ and the statue on our side of the ship: the next balcony sailing will be on the 27th in Vancouver. On both of our Med. cruises, we watched the sailaway from a bar near the top, and near the back, of the ship. Either the top or the back is a good place to see the port; and that where we normally are if we're awake and don't have a balcony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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