We did Honduras, Belize, Mexico this time. Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 8, 2019, at 4:50 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > We've gone on several Caribbean cruises, they're pretty fun, theres lots to > do on the floating hotel ships, shows, pools, climbing walls. Think of it as > a floating all inclusive (except alcohol) resort. I like getting to see > several places during the trip. We've had fun in Dominica, Honduras, Mexico, > Belize (cave tubing, super fun), St. Thomas, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, > Martinique, and Barbados. I'm sure I've gotten a couple more too. > Angie says we're due for another one, I think our last was 2016. > -Curt > > On Saturday, December 7, 2019, 4:54:53 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > In the interest of full disclosure I went on a cruise on my honeymoon, but it > was on a now defunct Greek line call “Costa” which was very nice. Understand > that this was in 1980 when the average cruise passenger was an old lady of > maybe 65-70 years of age and you packed evening wear. The ship was relatively > small, like under 500 passengers, but it was a nice way to travel. We learned > a valuable lesson on that cruise - don’t bother popping for a suite. We got > one of four suites on the ship, and I use the term “suite” lightly. However, > because we had a suite we were on one of the higher decks which was nice, and > we had our own cabin boy. > > Due to the demographics of the times we were two of the few people on the > ship younger that 60, so we were a bit of a novelty. Got to have dinner at > the captain’s table one night because of it, though. Nice guy, crappy way to > make a living, I thought, but all the good (Italian) food you could eat, so > maybe that had some value. > > Still wasn’t that impressed. I drank more than than I do now, but didn’t care > to gamble, so there wasn’t much to do onboard outside of honeymoon > activities…. > > -D > > > > >> On Dec 7, 2019, at 4:30 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> What line? >> >> I've never been on a Caribbean cruise, only Alaska, Bermuda, and Across the >> pond twice. The Atlantic crossings on QE2 were the ideal cruising lifestyle >> IMO. And the inside passage was amazing for the views and comfort. The >> Atlantic can be rough even for an actual ocean liner like QE2 as opposed to >> a floating hotel. >> >> Greg >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Kaleb >> Striplin via Mercedes >> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2019 9:05 AM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List; davesl...@okiebenz.com >> Cc: Kaleb Striplin >> Subject: [MBZ] Getting on a cruise >> >> We are in Galveston getting ready to get on a cruise and I discovered I >> forgot the passports. I was not too worried as you don’t have to have a >> passport for a cruise. What I did forget is OK does not have the new real ID >> thing yet so in addition to DL you have to have birth certificate. Crap. >> Luckily the kid is home and is emailing us copies. I still do not like the >> idea of being out of the country without it in case we have to make an >> emergency flight home. It also takes a lot longer to get back thru customs >> without a passport on the way back. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
