| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 13.1 | Tom Speake | HPSRAD::SPEAKE | Luck is the residue of design. | Sun Aug 14 1988 23:50 | 44 |
| I have been a cruise addict since my first cruise in 1974. My cabinmate
on that cruise eventually became my wife (our honeymoon cruise was our
3rd cruise). We took our 11th cruise this past April (A 19-day Panama
Canal cruise).
We have been on Bermuda, Caribbean, Trans-canal and Alaska cruises. We
have traveled with Black Sea Shipping and Sitmar, but mostly Holland
America. As a matter of fact, on our last cruise we received our
100,000 mile medallions from Holland America.
We have cruised on the Maxim Gorky, the Fairwind, the Veendam, the
Rotterdam, the Nieuw Amsterdam and the Noordam.
The duration of our cruises have ranged from a 4-day New York/Nassau to
a 21-day San Francisco to New York Trans-canal.
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Our first cruise is worth some additional commentary.
It was aboard the T.S. Maxim Gorky, a russian ship, out of New York to
Nassau, Bahamas and back.
Black Sea Shipping was trying to break into the caribbean cruise
business. The entire crew were russian. The stewards in the lounge and
the waitresses in dining room were students from the University of
Odessa. The amount of english spoken ranged from basic nouns and verbs
needed to serve dinner to definate fluency by a few english majors in
stratigic jobs (e.g., dinning room section chief).
One of my strongest first impressions was that the sea is _really_ blue.
All my life I had heard about "the deep blue sea", but all I had ever
seen were the greenish-brown waters along the east coast. On the first
morning of our first cruise I happened to step out on western side of
the ship so the sun was behind me. As I stepped to the rail and looked
over, it was obvious that the sea was both deep and blue. It has become
a ritual that on the morning of the first day at sea, I get up and go
stare over the rail at the deep blue sea before I do anything else (even
eat).
Hmmm... This is getting to be a long introduction. If I don't quit
soon, I won't have anything left to post in other notes. ;-)
Tom Speake
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| 13.2 | two cruises so far for me | CGVAX2::KAZAZIAN | | Thu Aug 18 1988 06:45 | 26 |
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I'm an addict too, but i've only be blessed enough for two cruises
so far.
The first was in 1983 on the Rotterdam/Holland America. Absolutely
marvelous, and yes it was the first one so I ws prejudiced. However
the sis (i mention her frequently because she is the professional
cruzr), even said that the Rotterdam was a 'class' ship. Big bouquets
of real flowers at dinner, exquisite dining and service. We left
from ft. lauderdale and went to St. Thomas, Nassua and St. MAarten.
We had a big stateroom (3 of us in cabin) on an upper deck, it had
a bathtub, and the towel rack was heated.....can we talk?
The other cruise was out of Long Beach CA on the Tropicale. Much
less glamorous of a ship, but still fun. It was like a hotel where
the Rotterdam was like a 'liner' of days gone by. Sailed to puerto
vallarta, mazatlan and cabo san lucas. Too much time at sea with
not enough things going on for fun. Cheaper... but, cheaper.
(I also have to say that I stayed on the Queen Mary for Two nites
before the cruise! NOW that's a ship! You can almost hear the
orchestra playing.....awesome)
angela
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| 13.3 | More seaduty? | FSTVAX::ROYER | blue_demense..magic is music | Mon Sep 19 1988 18:21 | 11 |
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Dave Royer, Instructor in Field Service.
Prior spent several years on Naval ships, and enjoyed them
very much. hoping to take a nice cruise in 3 years for our
20 th wedding Aniversary.
Enjoy the work and plan to be here (DEC) for a long time.
Dave
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| 13.5 | Donna Moulico | FRAGLE::MOULICO | Just another day in the jungle | Thu Sep 14 1989 18:40 | 16 |
| My name is Donna Moulico. I have been with DEC for little more than a
year now.
I have only been on one other cruise. My last spring break trip. It
was very good. I had some interesting times.
I just found this notes conference a couple of weeks ago. I am getting
married next September. My finance and I are planning on a Caribbean
cruise for our honeymoon. So I am just trying to get some info from
all of you seasoned cruisers.
If anyone has any ideas or recommendations, please contact me at
FRAGLE::MOULICO.
Thanks!
Donna
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| 13.7 | My wife's a cruisaholic | MTA::ZAMORA | Edgar - DTN 352-2486 | Fri Sep 22 1989 10:38 | 7 |
| My name is Edgar Zamora, NYO-7, DTN 352-2486. I've only been on
a couple of cruises, but my wife is a cruisaholic. She's been on 21
cruises! The only vacation she considers as a true vacation is a
cruise. I enjoyed the cruises on the Homeric and Cunard Princess, and
I would go again, but I am not addicted to it like my wife is.
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