I got the regular treatment by TSA when I left Washington Friday morning. Usually I am in PreCheck at random, but not this time. First thing to do when I get back is to apply for Global Entry.
On Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 9:46 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
