Disneyfan37
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- Apr 14, 2002
Hey Ron, nice convertible Vette!!!!
Andrew, did you see the Gators won their game today. It's Sweet 16 time!!!!
Neither Maria nor I had green beer. However, Ron everytime I see Lite beer I imagine you drinking some.
This is driving us mad, over 8 months until our 2nd Turkey cruise!!!!
Charlie
Andrew, did you see the Gators won their game today. It's Sweet 16 time!!!!
Neither Maria nor I had green beer. However, Ron everytime I see Lite beer I imagine you drinking some.
This is driving us mad, over 8 months until our 2nd Turkey cruise!!!!
Charlie
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though! That'll be great if we're all together again for a Turkey Day reunion! We're currently scheduled for spring break 2007 on the eastern, but would much rather do a western with the Turkey Day gang again! 
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) The ship (Explorer of the Seas) was incredible. The promenade level (level 5) had a shopping mall! Not chain or national stores, but gift shops and the usual duty free alcohol and tobacco. Ladies, they also had a duty free fragrance store which also carried Estee Lauder, Clinique and Lancome cosmetics! Next door to that was a jewelry (costume) store which also sold formal gowns and evening bags! (Only 10.00 for the evening bags.) There was also a high-end jewely store which carried TagHuere (spelling?) watches and many tanzanite bracelets and rings. The 'Cafe Promenade' was a 24-hour cafe which sold Ben and Jerry's ice cream and Seattle's Best coffee. (I was disappointed though. No frappucinos, just iced coffee.) But the cafe had continuous pizza, oatmeal-raisin and chocolate chip cookies, and ham and cheese croissant sandwiches. At breakfast (till 11:00,) they had an assortment of donoughts, muffins, danishes, plus apples, bananas and oranges. The only items not free at the cafe were the coffee and Ben and Jerry's. The soda card/mug is 4.00 per day for kids (can't remember the age limit) and 6.00 per adult. Rachel had a blast, as her best friend and her parents and older brother joined us. We think they're hooked on cruising now. The 15 year-old brother already made a friend on the basketball court within two hours of embarkation, and we seldom saw him after that. There's an awesome rock-climbing wall that they loved too. An ice-skating rink as well (didn't skate though, as no one brought any long pants. Too cold 
for shorts!) And all four of us adults had a great time in the casino. I'm not really much of a gambler. I enjoy watching though. Rob and I have wanted to go back to Las Vegas for many years, but can't fathom spending that kind of $$ on airfare and hotel, when we can spend it towards a cruise! 
He excitedly said "I don't need Vegas now, since we have a casino on a cruise!' There was also a "Johnny Rockets' onboard. All you can eat burgers, chili dogs, fries, the BEST onion rings, grilled ham and cheese sandwiches, for 3.95. (Milkshakes are extra.I) For those of you who haven't been to one, they're delicious old-fashioned burgers. and the waiters are dressed in the white 'soda-jerk' outfits of the 1950s. They play 50s'-60's jukebox type songs too. I was in heaven! The waiters also surprised everyone with 'Y M C A.' They turned the volume up and came out and danced for everyone. (It made me think of the Turkey Day gang on Pirate night. 
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) The embarkation took forever. We waited and waited and waited. It seemed very disorganized. I'm not one who wants to focus on negativity, but it didn't give me a good first impression. The waitstaff in the dining rooms worked very hard, but the food was okay at best (IMHO.) Everything you've read about RCCL having the worst dining room food is true. (IMHO again. I don't want to offend anyone who likes it. 
DCL has set a standard that's impossible for other cruise lines to meet. RCCL'S sailaway party was lame at best. Now, ironically, we had a wonderful time. And we'll sail RCCL again. (Teenagers LOVE it.) But I was eager to get home when we did, and I wasn't sad when we drove away from the port. On DCL, I'm depressed for two days afterward. 
This is another example of 'you get what you pay for.' The good thing though..these prices have enabled us to cruise more often. I told Rob I'm willing to sail RCCL again (he loved it more than I did) if we can still do DCL too. I highly encourage everyone here to give RCCL a try (let us know when, we'll probably join you 
but don't expect DCL. You'll be disappointed. Sailing with friends made all the difference. If we hadn't had our neighbors with us, I know we wouldn't have had as great of a time. 
