That would be a nice trip. .. I must admit that the one I was on was a
crappy little trip from San Pedro to Catalina and to Ensenada (where at
least I was able to visit the Fender guitar factory - in Ensenada).
"Carnival Cruise's."
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Macy Larry <lmacy@mac.com> wrote:
> Hmmm,
>
> Cruise stories. My first cruise was my honeymoon. Theresa and I went from
> Vancouver to Alaska, in July. It was interesting as we spent most of the
> days on the deck watching the scenery and there was some amazing stuff. We
> went through a channel on our first day that I swear was only about 8 feet
> wider than the ship. We stopped in Juneau, Ketickan and Skagway. One day we
> took a raft float down the Chilkat River through the Bald Eagle Preserve.
> Saw about 3000 bald eagles. Watched a couple shows and participated in a
> "game show" thingy.
>
> Then, isn't there always a "then" on our way back to Vancouver we spent 2
> days, well a day and half, at sea, in beautiful sunny weather. I was never
> so bored in my life. Well maybe I have been, but nothing to do but walk
> around the ship and look at water. I never went to the casino, it has no
> interest for me. Was a great cruise, but I doubt I would have the patience
> to do a cross Atlantic one. I also did not like the scheduled dinner times,
> but we were on the second shift, so it wasn't so bad. And they gave us
> envelopes with positions on them at the end of the cruise for "tips" along
> with a pamphlet about how much should go in each envelope. The guy that did
> our room and made towel animals got the biggest one (he wasn't supposed to
> ;-)
>
> My Second cruise was a Rhine River cruise, but that's another story.
>
> Larry
>
>
> On Nov 11, 2011, at 16:04 PM, Kirk Hargreaves wrote:
>
> > Interesting boat. I went on a cruise one time in my life . . a gift from
> > our three kids. For me, I really did not like it at all. The Capt kept
> > the boat running in circles to keep the casino open. Growing up in So
> Cal
> > I knew the distance and the speed we were traveling. San Pedro to
> Catalina
> > does not take several hours . . I knew he was buying time. . under the
> > pretense that we were headed in a straight line.
> >
> > Then they scheduled us for dinner. The worst part for me, being told
> when
> > to eat and what to wear when I want to take things at my own pace. After
> > dinner they pushed everyone for tips. . a tip to the waiter (understood)
> > and then a tip for the cook, and a tip for someone else that was
> involved,
> > etc. It was a "tip marathon." They also had the percent worked out
> that
> > we were to tip. . and as I recall is was over 15% for each person.
> >
> > Anyhow . . this reminded me. Of course had it been a nicer trip, say
> to a
> > further away destination with better room accommodations, and flexibility
> > with the schedule (I hear that some of the cruise lines are removing the
> > scheduled "you have to be there" dinner thing) it might have been a
> > pleasant experience.
> >
> > To me, and this is just me, I felt confined and as such I wanted off that
> > boat as soon as possible!
> >
> > Kirk
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