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⛴️ LIVE from Allure 🎠 out of Galveston - Ozark_Kid and brillohead team up for a duo-thread: Jan 22, 2023
brillohead posted a topic in Royal Caribbean International,
@Ozark_Kid and @brillohead have never met each other, but we're both going to be on Allure next week, so we decided to do a combination LIVE thread. It will be the first LIVE thread for both of us, so please bear with us as we learn how this goes. We're different types of people traveling in different circumstances, so we'll each be offering different perspectives all in one thread.
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LauraS,Cruise Critic on Viking Polaris! Jan. 18-30
Cruise Critic Chris posted a topic in Viking Ocean,
As it is for everyone, this cruise will be an adventure of a lifetime! Through my work here at Cruise Critic, I have read and edited many stories about Antarctica cruising, and sent many writers to the White Continent. But this is the first time that I get to go!
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LauraS,Bliss 1/22 - 1/27 LIVE - Question Gathering
New2cruise2022 posted a topic in Norwegian Cruise Line,
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LauraS,Third time's a Splendor, a "live-ish" report for January 21-February 8, 2023 cruise
CruiserFromMaine posted a topic in Regent Seven Seas Cruises,
We’ve been on a couple dozen cruises from resort ships (aka "mass market") to luxury and found that at this point in our lives, we prefer the luxury or at least premium lines. We’ve been on Crystal and Silversea for luxury lines and enjoyed them quite a bit. It's hard to describe, but we like the "vibe": not having to pull out a card for every drink order, excellent service, excellent food and wine and at least good to very good entertainment. Nicely appointed smaller ships (i.e., not 3000 pax). Some enrichment lectures are important too.
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LauraS,Norwegian Gem Jan 16-25 Bermuda/Bahamas live report
pookel posted a topic in Norwegian Cruise Line,
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LauraS,Live from NCL Breakaway 15th January 2023
nikkiw60 posted a topic in Norwegian Cruise Line,
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LauraS,Post in Live from MSC Grandiosa Yacht Club on January 13-20th 2023 Spain, France. Italy & Malta.
ConnieTact posted a post in a topic,
New room allocated today but just a downgraded one that looks out onto the road. Is much smaller so should be better to heat and less noisy too!
here’s our new view.
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LauraS,NCL Breakaway - Live from!
nikkiw60 posted a topic in Norwegian Cruise Line,
Background story!
We started cruising in 2016 ( we are from U.K.) on MSC Divina since then we ( or should I say I?) have become hooked!
We did a status match to the top tier which was then Black from a hotel status so I started my research on Cruise Critic and went on board as a seasoned cruiser!
Since then we have been on 8 MSC cruises and have further 3 booked…
Now let’s get on to how we discovered NCL and how the cruise in 2 weeks time got booked!
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LauraS,Post in Live (when possible) from the Venture in Antarctica 1/3 - 1/16
crunchii posted a post in a topic,
Yep, Hanseatic Nature is behind us and Scenic Eclipse is across. HAL Oosterdam is also here. They're tendering.
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LauraS,LIVE from Emerald Princess Panama Canal FLL-LA 1/2-1/17 2023
sonomaphil posted a topic in Princess Cruises,
This is our 20th Princess cruise and the longest we’ve ever taken. We did a quick repo cruise back on Royal last September Vancouver to San Francisco as a primer since through circumstance (Covid) and land vacations (Hawaii and Europe twice each) we haven't been on a cruise since 2017. While I liked the Royal (with some reservations) I'm glad to be back on a Grand class ship.
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LauraS,Live From The Dawn
Lois R posted a topic in Silversea,
We sailed yesterday and met 3 nice women at cocktails in Dolce Vita. We had dinner together in Atlantide along with Rebecca, who is one of the International Hostesses. Dinner was very good.
The weather is beautiful as is the ship.
Any questions, I will try and answer.😀
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LauraS,Live: 10 Nights Ultimate Southern Caribbean Cruise on the Celebrity Edge January 13-23
bnurick posted a topic in Celebrity Cruises,
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LauraS,Diamond - Hawaii Jan 6-22, 2023. Semi Live
cruzin4us posted a topic in Princess Cruises,
16 Day Hawaiian Islands and a brief stop in Ensenada on the way home.
Cruise embarkation in San Diego was a bit of a cluster. The Disney Wonder is also in port and it’s a small cruise terminal and the lines were long. At least the weather was nice today because it was horrible weather yesterday.
My room is D115 far forward. I chose it because I like the rock and roll movement of the ship and since I’m cruising as a solo, I can do as I please.
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LauraS,Live from Cape Town: Jan 14-26, 2023. NCL Jade
deefer posted a topic in Norwegian Cruise Line,
We will be on the NCL Jade on Jan 14th - if KentheCruiser would have stayed on for another B2B this would have been his itinerary (although he would have sailed on Jan 2). Really enjoyed his review!
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LauraS,LIVE Tag Along with SteelCityCruiser 1/7/23
SteelCityCruiser10 posted a topic in Royal Caribbean International,
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LauraS,Beyond Live Jan 8 to Jan 22
mperrizo posted a topic in Celebrity Cruises,
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LauraS,Live from Constellation January 13-23, 2023
BermudaBound2014 posted a topic in Celebrity Cruises,
Background: I'm a fully retired Gen Xer. I started cruising in 1987 and the first 5 cruises were on lines that eventually went bankrupt (Regency, Commodore, and Dolphin).These ships were all in the 20,000 GT range so I do have a historic love for the little gals. I was married onboard the inaugural sailing of Celebrity Zenith in 1992 so Celebrity will hold a special place in my heart. The Zenith was a massive 45,000 GT in it's day, so the Connie at 90,000 gross tons is double her size.
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LauraS,Silhouette LIVE (1/12) w/ Side by Side: A Royal Week on Celebrity and MSC
GenerationX posted a topic in Celebrity Cruises,
Guess who’s on final countdown to her first cruise of 2023?
That’s right, in 2 more days I’ll fly to Miami to board my favorite Celebrity ship: the Silhouette!
Thanks to booking during a great solo fare sale, I’ll also be doing something that I’ve never done before (and don’t think will be within my cruise budget again for a very long time the way prices are trending): sailing in a Royal Suite!
As they say in the infomercials…but wait, there’s more!
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LauraS,LIVE- Valiant Lady- 1/14/23-1/22/23
MeganGC1983 posted a topic in Virgin Voyages,
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LauraS,Live to Partly Live to Oh Well from Carnival Dream, Jan 14-28, 2023 Journey Cruise
BlerkOne posted a topic in Carnival Cruise Lines,
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LauraS,*~LIVE REVIEW~* 50x + Cruiser Tries RCCL (Symphony Eastern 7-Night)
drumexpert510 posted a topic in Royal Caribbean International,
I have had the privilege to have cruised more then 50+ times on NCL, Disney & Carnival but this week I am onboard the BEAUTIFUL Symphony Of The Seas. We will be on a 7-night cruise heading to St. Thomas, St. Maarten & Perfect Day at Coco Cay. I will take you all along with me on my journey this week and point out all the highlights about this ship and destinations. Also, I will let you know as a veteran cruiser with other lines how Royal “stacks-up”… what’s better, what may not be as good in my opinion or maybe just different.
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LauraS,(hopefully) Live NCL Spirit Sydney to Auckland
grozzy1 posted a topic in Norwegian Cruise Line,
I'm travelling solo in a balcony cabin.
I'll try to post at least daily but if you don't hear from me for a while there's probably one of three reasons:
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LauraS,Live from MSC Divina YC 01/13/23-01/16:/23
Seas2mountains posted a topic in MSC Cruises,
We arrived last night on a flight that was on schedule from the western US. We left our hotel at about 10Am. We arrived at the YC white tent about 10:40am. The porter grabbed our bags and the escort/butler quickly got us on board the ship by 11am.
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LauraS,LIVE From the “80s Theme” Regal - 1/11/23 - 4 Day Princess Cays
CanadianBurger posted a topic in Princess Cruises,
Today begins a too-short four day voyage to Princess Cays and back. But this trip is 80s Themed!
Arrived at the port at 9:45 to a short line. It was a short wait and the doors opened at 9:55.
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LauraS,LIVE South Pacific (Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga) - Eclipse, twelve nights 14 January
Redking posted a topic in Celebrity Cruises,
I thought I’d use the occasion to have a go at doing my first LIVE. Given that we all choose to cruise in different ways and look for different experiences in the ports that we visit, I have put out a call to the members of our Cruise Critic Roll Call to join in (and anyone else who cares to drop by).
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