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Forum: Cruises July 1st, 2011, 06:37 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 8
Views: 890
Posted By Goomba
Request for the group

Kurt Ullman wrote:

In my real life I am a freelance writer. I have been given an assignment
by a magazine for people with arthritis to write an article on traveling
with the disease. I...
Forum: Cruises June 2nd, 2011, 11:21 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 12
Views: 1,594
Posted By Goomba
Wife and I tentatively planning Norwegian of America cruise out...

PJ O'Donovan HimSelf wrote:

We did RCL to the Caribbean out of Port Caneveral, Freedom of the Seas
in Dec 2011 and loved it. Based on accents all non Americans as crew.
Our head waiter was...
Forum: Cruises May 30th, 2011, 04:50 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 26
Views: 2,325
Posted By Goomba
Passenger missed cruise

Charles wrote:
In article , Patricia
Martin Steward wrote:

Word. Plus, the article doesn't make it clear whether they...
Forum: Cruises March 27th, 2011, 11:03 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 98
Views: 4,563
Posted By Goomba
I Never Thought I'd Say This, But...

Surfer E2468 wrote:
It seems trivial about the distilled water,what bugs me is they charge
you $7.00 for a mixed drink,and then expect a tip,I will get my drinks
at home where i can get 20 to...
Forum: Cruises March 27th, 2011, 02:09 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 98
Views: 4,563
Posted By Goomba
I Never Thought I'd Say This, But...

Janet Wilder wrote:

I don't see how anyone can defend this practice, but I guess some folks
are so loyal to a brand that they are blinded to the truth.

I've never been on a Carnival cruise....
Forum: Cruises March 26th, 2011, 03:40 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 98
Views: 4,563
Posted By Goomba
I Never Thought I'd Say This, But...

Janet Wilder wrote:
On 3/25/2011 10:05 PM, Goomba wrote:

Sorry, Janet but I don't agree. You pay for your own prescriptions (or
your insurance does) right? Why should RC pay for your special...
Forum: Cruises March 26th, 2011, 03:05 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 98
Views: 4,563
Posted By Goomba
I Never Thought I'd Say This, But...

Janet Wilder wrote:

I have heard that their food is pretty good but we were extremely
disappointed to learn that Carnival charges for distilled water for
C-Pap and Bi-pap machine users. ...
Forum: Cruises January 8th, 2011, 09:57 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 45
Views: 3,518
Posted By Goomba
shore excursions - how to set up before a Princess cruise?

Charles wrote:

If he had asked for advice on the ports he would have got some good
ideas on what to do at the ports and that would have saved him money.
He says he was not going to do anything...
Forum: Cruises January 8th, 2011, 09:54 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 45
Views: 3,518
Posted By Goomba
shore excursions - how to set up before a Princess cruise?

Ohioguy wrote:

"As your ship is scheduled to leave port within 5 days, the Cruise
Personalizer is not available."

And yet you can't figure out that you waited too long to schedule online?
Forum: Cruises January 8th, 2011, 09:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 45
Views: 3,518
Posted By Goomba
shore excursions - how to set up before a Princess cruise?

Bill wrote:

I find it amusing that he wasted so much time worrying about tips and
dollar coins and what to do with his extra time before he wanted to get
on the ship that he didn't bother...
Forum: Cruises January 7th, 2011, 05:38 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 82
Views: 3,575
Posted By Goomba
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

Ohioguy wrote:
with coins, which are heavy and hard to handle and store, and there is
really no easy way to convert them into something lighter is pretty
much just self-indulgent BS on...
Forum: Cruises January 4th, 2011, 05:37 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 82
Views: 3,575
Posted By Goomba
As Always, Ask a Professional!

Ohioguy wrote:


If I'm on the ship, and I'm not comfortable with it, then 'everyone'
on the ship is NOT comfortable with it.

Why deviate? Because I typically think things through on...
Forum: Cruises December 31st, 2010, 07:51 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 82
Views: 3,575
Posted By Goomba
As Always, Ask a Professional!

Janet Wilder wrote:

I wasn't going to sling the first arrow, but this fellow had to come
here to get advice from a Usenet group as to what cruise to take, where
to stay, how to fly there,...
Forum: Cruises December 25th, 2010, 06:59 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 19
Views: 1,883
Posted By Goomba
What to do in Cozumel

Janet Wilder wrote:

We will be cruising there too in early January. We are on Voyager of the
Seas out of Galveston. We've been there so often that we will probably
just stay on the ship.
...
Forum: Cruises November 16th, 2010, 06:05 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 30
Views: 2,070
Posted By Goomba
got cruise, now for airfare! (also cash tipping question)

Ohioguy wrote:

I'm guessing this is "frowned upon" mostly to force people from parts
of the world where tipping is not normal to tip anyway? Or is it to by
default make people tip even if...
Forum: Cruises November 14th, 2010, 01:36 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 14
Views: 1,308
Posted By Goomba
Carnival: Spam never served to guests

R. F. Duffer wrote:
On 11/11/2010 2:13 PM, Charles wrote:
From Carnival on Twitter:

“@CarnivalCruise: In regards to our last post, we wanted to clarify that
while some SPAM was...
Forum: Cruises October 22nd, 2010, 02:19 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 12
Views: 624
Posted By Goomba
CRUISE PRICE

Surfer E2468 wrote:
In response to my inquiry about lower fare on our 12 day cruise,it was
for new bookings only,but our travel agent did go to bat for us and get
us an additional cruise...
Forum: Cruises June 12th, 2010, 09:57 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 22
Views: 1,753
Posted By Goomba
Woman accused of using cruise line job for burglaries

Tom K wrote:

Here's the link. If it wraps, you may have to copy/paste it into your
browser header.

...
Forum: Cruises May 27th, 2010, 09:03 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 9
Views: 802
Posted By Goomba
Celebrity Mercury to leave fleet

Mark (SF) wrote:
On May 27, 9:23 am, Charles wrote:
Mercury transferred to Germany as rumored.

http://bit.ly/bMCrGt

--
Charles

No surprise - and...
Forum: Cruises April 27th, 2010, 04:13 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 45
Views: 2,113
Posted By Goomba
Hotel in Miami

Kurt Ullman wrote:

Which, to my mind, is yet another to stay away. I like to know what I
am getting into and expect some form of consistency. We usually stay at
HI Expresses because they...
Forum: Cruises April 27th, 2010, 12:04 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 45
Views: 2,113
Posted By Goomba
Hotel in Miami

Stu wrote:


We stayed at the Airport Days Inn for the one and only reason that our
plane was landing at 11PM, and all we wanted was a bed for the night.
We knew the flight was going to be...
Forum: Cruises April 23rd, 2010, 02:53 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 15
Views: 1,228
Posted By Goomba
Royal Caribbean to pull Mariner of the Seas from Mexican Riviera

Charles wrote:

Did you notice that after Mariner of the Seas returns to North America
it will replace Voyager of the Seas at Galveston and Voyager of the
Seas will move to New Orleans bringing...
Forum: Cruises April 21st, 2010, 05:12 AM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 44
Views: 1,870
Posted By Goomba
GoodBye Dear Freinds....

D Ball wrote:

I wish I could share a screenshot, but the gist is, I prefer looking
at subject lines (GoodBy Dear Friends....) sorted by Date = most
recent post to rec.travel.cruises.

I use...
Forum: Cruises March 10th, 2010, 11:40 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 27
Views: 2,765
Posted By Goomba
Noro on Celebrity Mercury

Brian K wrote:

This has been a new development since that big "mad cow" scare. I grew
up eating rare hamburgers with the meat almost red in the center and
juices a lovely pink. Burgers...
Forum: Cruises March 10th, 2010, 11:37 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 27
Views: 2,765
Posted By Goomba
Noro on Celebrity Mercury

Surfer E2468 wrote:
Never eat any meat that is not WELL DONE,

That is unnecessary and over reaction. Nothing more dangerous in a
med-rare steak than a well done one, and it certainly...
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