Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:12 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
The Bluegrass Cruise aboard the Royal Carribean ship 'Brilliance of the Seas' was a super
experience. The bands were great and the food was almost as good as on Disney cruises. Most
everything else was superfluous.

Weather got rough on the way back from Cozumel. Ship travelling about 20 knots almost directly into
30-40mph winds made for a rolling, bumpy ride. They closed the 'walking deck' for the entire trip
back, so there was no way to walk off the blubber that got added from the fine dining.

Altogether, I'd do it again, and may do so next year - but on the Bahama's run.


Glad you had a good time. RC is a nice cruise line. We did a Greek
islands tour on Splendor Of The Seas several years ago. Nice
older ship. Nice, younger, pursors and hospitality crew.
:-)

I was impressed. I thought nothing could compare to the Disney cruises. RC compares very favorably
and is much less expensive. Of course, RC doesn't have Castaway Cay!


A Disney cruise would be too rich for my blood. I can barely
afford Ft. Wilderness.
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:24:47 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:12 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
The Bluegrass Cruise aboard the Royal Carribean ship 'Brilliance of the Seas' was a super
experience. The bands were great and the food was almost as good as on Disney cruises. Most
everything else was superfluous.

Weather got rough on the way back from Cozumel. Ship travelling about 20 knots almost directly into
30-40mph winds made for a rolling, bumpy ride. They closed the 'walking deck' for the entire trip
back, so there was no way to walk off the blubber that got added from the fine dining.

Altogether, I'd do it again, and may do so next year - but on the Bahama's run.


Glad you had a good time. RC is a nice cruise line. We did a Greek
islands tour on Splendor Of The Seas several years ago. Nice
older ship. Nice, younger, pursors and hospitality crew.
:-)

I was impressed. I thought nothing could compare to the Disney cruises. RC compares very favorably
and is much less expensive. Of course, RC doesn't have Castaway Cay!


A Disney cruise would be too rich for my blood. I can barely
afford Ft. Wilderness.

They ain't cheap!

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:22:22 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:24:47 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:12 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
The Bluegrass Cruise aboard the Royal Carribean ship 'Brilliance of the Seas' was a super
experience. The bands were great and the food was almost as good as on Disney cruises. Most
everything else was superfluous.

Weather got rough on the way back from Cozumel. Ship travelling about 20 knots almost directly into
30-40mph winds made for a rolling, bumpy ride. They closed the 'walking deck' for the entire trip
back, so there was no way to walk off the blubber that got added from the fine dining.

Altogether, I'd do it again, and may do so next year - but on the Bahama's run.


Glad you had a good time. RC is a nice cruise line. We did a Greek
islands tour on Splendor Of The Seas several years ago. Nice
older ship. Nice, younger, pursors and hospitality crew.
:-)

I was impressed. I thought nothing could compare to the Disney cruises. RC compares very favorably
and is much less expensive. Of course, RC doesn't have Castaway Cay!


A Disney cruise would be too rich for my blood. I can barely
afford Ft. Wilderness.

They ain't cheap!

We are pretty much done with cruising but I might do a Bright Horizons
cruise someplace cool (Galapagos or something) or a Viking cruise in
Europe.
I would have to save my lunch money for a while for either of them
tho.

wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:22:22 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:24:47 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:12 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
The Bluegrass Cruise aboard the Royal Carribean ship 'Brilliance of
the Seas' was a super
experience. The bands were great and the food was almost as good as
on Disney cruises. Most
everything else was superfluous.

Weather got rough on the way back from Cozumel. Ship travelling
about 20 knots almost directly into
30-40mph winds made for a rolling, bumpy ride. They closed the
'walking deck' for the entire trip
back, so there was no way to walk off the blubber that got added
from the fine dining.

Altogether, I'd do it again, and may do so next year - but on the Bahama's run.


Glad you had a good time. RC is a nice cruise line. We did a Greek
islands tour on Splendor Of The Seas several years ago. Nice
older ship. Nice, younger, pursors and hospitality crew.
:-)

I was impressed. I thought nothing could compare to the Disney
cruises. RC compares very favorably
and is much less expensive. Of course, RC doesn't have Castaway Cay!


A Disney cruise would be too rich for my blood. I can barely
afford Ft. Wilderness.

They ain't cheap!

We are pretty much done with cruising but I might do a Bright Horizons
cruise someplace cool (Galapagos or something) or a Viking cruise in
Europe.
I would have to save my lunch money for a while for either of them
tho.


We did the Galapagos a couple years ago. We were supposed to be on a 16
passenger boat, but due to the boat having an accident while getting it's
biannual inspection, they put us on a 100 passenger boat. Some ship hit
the ways, and the boat could not launch. The 100 does travel further and
you see more islands, most are desert islands, and the Tortuga are up in
the cloud zone. So most do not hike that far. 5 or 6 hours from what I
understand. Lots of other animal life to see. The turtles are easily seen
on the island next to Santa Cruz. They graze cows and has water. We did a
tour through OATS, I think, and included Maccho Pichu and Amazon Peru.
Good trip.

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:33:17 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:22:22 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:24:47 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:12 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
The Bluegrass Cruise aboard the Royal Carribean ship 'Brilliance of the Seas' was a super
experience. The bands were great and the food was almost as good as on Disney cruises. Most
everything else was superfluous.

Weather got rough on the way back from Cozumel. Ship travelling about 20 knots almost directly into
30-40mph winds made for a rolling, bumpy ride. They closed the 'walking deck' for the entire trip
back, so there was no way to walk off the blubber that got added from the fine dining.

Altogether, I'd do it again, and may do so next year - but on the Bahama's run.


Glad you had a good time. RC is a nice cruise line. We did a Greek
islands tour on Splendor Of The Seas several years ago. Nice
older ship. Nice, younger, pursors and hospitality crew.
:-)

I was impressed. I thought nothing could compare to the Disney cruises. RC compares very favorably
and is much less expensive. Of course, RC doesn't have Castaway Cay!


A Disney cruise would be too rich for my blood. I can barely
afford Ft. Wilderness.

They ain't cheap!

We are pretty much done with cruising but I might do a Bright Horizons
cruise someplace cool (Galapagos or something) or a Viking cruise in
Europe.
I would have to save my lunch money for a while for either of them
tho.

I've heard some horror stories of Viking in Europe. Many of the rivers were quite low and the
passengers were getting bussed from point to point. Wasn't fun. We took several short Rhine or
Neckar River cruises, which were very enjoyable one-day events. Disney, and probably others, have
Mediterranean cruises in the summer. I wouldn't mind going on one of those.

Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:24:47 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:12 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
The Bluegrass Cruise aboard the Royal Carribean ship 'Brilliance of
the Seas' was a super
experience. The bands were great and the food was almost as good as
on Disney cruises. Most
everything else was superfluous.

Weather got rough on the way back from Cozumel. Ship travelling about
20 knots almost directly into
30-40mph winds made for a rolling, bumpy ride. They closed the
'walking deck' for the entire trip
back, so there was no way to walk off the blubber that got added from the fine dining.

Altogether, I'd do it again, and may do so next year - but on the Bahama's run.


Glad you had a good time. RC is a nice cruise line. We did a Greek
islands tour on Splendor Of The Seas several years ago. Nice
older ship. Nice, younger, pursors and hospitality crew.
:-)

I was impressed. I thought nothing could compare to the Disney cruises.
RC compares very favorably
and is much less expensive. Of course, RC doesn't have Castaway Cay!


A Disney cruise would be too rich for my blood. I can barely
afford Ft. Wilderness.

They ain't cheap!


Too many people too many kids. I am tired after 4 days with the grandkids.

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:30:37 -0600, Califbill wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:24:47 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:12 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
The Bluegrass Cruise aboard the Royal Carribean ship 'Brilliance of
the Seas' was a super
experience. The bands were great and the food was almost as good as
on Disney cruises. Most
everything else was superfluous.

Weather got rough on the way back from Cozumel. Ship travelling about
20 knots almost directly into
30-40mph winds made for a rolling, bumpy ride. They closed the
'walking deck' for the entire trip
back, so there was no way to walk off the blubber that got added from the fine dining.

Altogether, I'd do it again, and may do so next year - but on the Bahama's run.


Glad you had a good time. RC is a nice cruise line. We did a Greek
islands tour on Splendor Of The Seas several years ago. Nice
older ship. Nice, younger, pursors and hospitality crew.
:-)

I was impressed. I thought nothing could compare to the Disney cruises.
RC compares very favorably
and is much less expensive. Of course, RC doesn't have Castaway Cay!


A Disney cruise would be too rich for my blood. I can barely
afford Ft. Wilderness.

They ain't cheap!


Too many people too many kids. I am tired after 4 days with the grandkids.

Luckily, there are many places which are 'adults only' including swimming pools, coffee shops, etc.
During the day most of the kids are participating in kids' activities and aren't seen. If they are
out then they're probably in the big swimming pool. That's the place to avoid.

Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:30:37 -0600, Califbill wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:24:47 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:12 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
The Bluegrass Cruise aboard the Royal Carribean ship 'Brilliance of
the Seas' was a super
experience. The bands were great and the food was almost as good as
on Disney cruises. Most
everything else was superfluous.

Weather got rough on the way back from Cozumel. Ship travelling about
20 knots almost directly into
30-40mph winds made for a rolling, bumpy ride. They closed the
'walking deck' for the entire trip
back, so there was no way to walk off the blubber that got added
from the fine dining.

Altogether, I'd do it again, and may do so next year - but on the Bahama's run.


Glad you had a good time. RC is a nice cruise line. We did a Greek
islands tour on Splendor Of The Seas several years ago. Nice
older ship. Nice, younger, pursors and hospitality crew.
:-)

I was impressed. I thought nothing could compare to the Disney cruises.
RC compares very favorably
and is much less expensive. Of course, RC doesn't have Castaway Cay!


A Disney cruise would be too rich for my blood. I can barely
afford Ft. Wilderness.

They ain't cheap!


Too many people too many kids. I am tired after 4 days with the grandkids.

Luckily, there are many places which are 'adults only' including swimming
pools, coffee shops, etc.
During the day most of the kids are participating in kids' activities and
aren't seen. If they are
out then they're probably in the big swimming pool. That's the place to avoid.


We have been on a couple cruises. Just not our thing. We can go to Europe
or the South Pacific for a month plus and are happy.

On 1/13/2017 1:54 PM, Califbill wrote:
Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:30:37 -0600, Califbill wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:24:47 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:12 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
The Bluegrass Cruise aboard the Royal Carribean ship 'Brilliance of
the Seas' was a super
experience. The bands were great and the food was almost as good as
on Disney cruises. Most
everything else was superfluous.

Weather got rough on the way back from Cozumel. Ship travelling about
20 knots almost directly into
30-40mph winds made for a rolling, bumpy ride. They closed the
'walking deck' for the entire trip
back, so there was no way to walk off the blubber that got added
from the fine dining.

Altogether, I'd do it again, and may do so next year - but on the Bahama's run.


Glad you had a good time. RC is a nice cruise line. We did a Greek
islands tour on Splendor Of The Seas several years ago. Nice
older ship. Nice, younger, pursors and hospitality crew.
:-)

I was impressed. I thought nothing could compare to the Disney cruises.
RC compares very favorably
and is much less expensive. Of course, RC doesn't have Castaway Cay!


A Disney cruise would be too rich for my blood. I can barely
afford Ft. Wilderness.

They ain't cheap!


Too many people too many kids. I am tired after 4 days with the grandkids.

Luckily, there are many places which are 'adults only' including swimming
pools, coffee shops, etc.
During the day most of the kids are participating in kids' activities and
aren't seen. If they are
out then they're probably in the big swimming pool. That's the place to avoid.


We have been on a couple cruises. Just not our thing. We can go to Europe
or the South Pacific for a month plus and are happy.



I've been on enough cruises to last me, courtesy of Uncle Sam.

On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:01:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 1/13/2017 1:54 PM, Califbill wrote:
Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:30:37 -0600, Califbill wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:24:47 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:12 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Loco Wrote in message:
The Bluegrass Cruise aboard the Royal Carribean ship 'Brilliance of
the Seas' was a super
experience. The bands were great and the food was almost as good as
on Disney cruises. Most
everything else was superfluous.

Weather got rough on the way back from Cozumel. Ship travelling about
20 knots almost directly into
30-40mph winds made for a rolling, bumpy ride. They closed the
'walking deck' for the entire trip
back, so there was no way to walk off the blubber that got added
from the fine dining.

Altogether, I'd do it again, and may do so next year - but on the Bahama's run.


Glad you had a good time. RC is a nice cruise line. We did a Greek
islands tour on Splendor Of The Seas several years ago. Nice
older ship. Nice, younger, pursors and hospitality crew.
:-)

I was impressed. I thought nothing could compare to the Disney cruises.
RC compares very favorably
and is much less expensive. Of course, RC doesn't have Castaway Cay!


A Disney cruise would be too rich for my blood. I can barely
afford Ft. Wilderness.

They ain't cheap!


Too many people too many kids. I am tired after 4 days with the grandkids.

Luckily, there are many places which are 'adults only' including swimming
pools, coffee shops, etc.
During the day most of the kids are participating in kids' activities and
aren't seen. If they are
out then they're probably in the big swimming pool. That's the place to avoid.


We have been on a couple cruises. Just not our thing. We can go to Europe
or the South Pacific for a month plus and are happy.



I've been on enough cruises to last me, courtesy of Uncle Sam.

When stationed in Los Angeles, I met a Navy Reserve lieutenant commander who offered to get me a
ride on a destroyer. He was posted in San Diego and going out on his annual training tour in the
summer. So I put in for leave and was really, really looking forward to this trip. It's been a
lifelong dream of mine to go to sea on a Navy destroyer.

Well, we had an intramural softball game. Lots of beer. I was playing second base. Guy hit a ball, I
caught it, and dove into second base to get the guy out. In doing so I broke a bone in my hand and
cracked a kneecap. Had a cast on hand and arm and one on my leg.

Couldn't go on my destroyer ride. One of my biggest disappointments in life. I envy you your
cruises, at least one or two of them!