On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:02:50 GMT, "Bill McKee"
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" *JimH*" wrote in message
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:21:44 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

I went on the Disney boat with my kids a couple of years ago and I didn't
like it. Too many kids! I like my kids, but not other peoples' kids.

My sons were 2 1/2 years old and 6 months old when we went...which was
too
young for them to take advantage of the on-board camps and kids
activities.
If they were older, we probably would have had a better time. To top it
off, we all left the boat with strep throat.

My favorite boats have been Princess and Celebrity. Royal Caribbean was
OK,
as was NCL. The highlight of the NCL cruise was that we had an aft
2-room
penthouse with a balconey that stretched across 1/3 of the ship. If I
had
known what that balconey was like, I would have brought 50 weight
rods/reels
and high-speed trolling lures. ;-)

I just don't get the fascination with cruise ships - don't understand
it.

Seems boring to me.

Have you ever been on a cruise? I was a skeptic also until I took one.
I now like a casual cruise though....screw the suits and tuxes.


Been on 3 cruises. No more, unless maybe a 5 day in the Aegean Islands, to
check out which ones I want to go back to. First a 16 day Panama Canal
cruise. The canal was great, but other than that about 8 days into the
cruise, I was wishing to be off. I much rather go to a destination and
sightsee on my own time. Next to last trip was a month in Italy and no
cruise. Loved it. Last trip was to the Galapagoes and 7 days on a tour
boat with 95 others. At least 60 were really obnoxious. Thinking of a
drive to Alaska next year. Want a boat, rent for the day.


I want to do a motorcycle trip to Alaska. Been a dream of mine for a long time.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."