questor

17 minutes ago, Germancruiser said:

Yes that is their Screen Name- Sharon and Hugo- Tenerife Sharon. I really nice couple. We lost contact though.

We stayed in contact for awhile via email and then I didn't hear back from her.  Have not seen her post on cc. 

23 minutes ago, C-Dragons said:

The couple from Tenerife, was their CC name Tenerife Sharon? We used to cruise with them years ago.

Are you talking about the 2009 cruise from San Juan to Barcelona in '09? I met Sharon and Hugo on that cruise and later they visited us when they were in Williamsburg.  That cruise had so many things going on and the cabin crawl helped me decide what cabin I wanted when we cruised to South America.

On our last TA we had a balcony and the weather was cold. However, it allowed us to enjoy the most spectacular night lightning storm that I have every seen - the sky looked like a cracked egg at times :D. Also, got to sight dolphins, etc. during the day. If the price differential is not bad, then go for a veranda.

The Emerald Seas was my first cruise. I left my husband and daughter at home and went with a girlfriend and her mother for a Star Trek Themed Cruise (blush, blush). The cruise featured about a dozen actors, writers, etc. from the original Star Trek (for non-trekkers I'll use the character names: Sulu, Scotty, Nurse Chapel, Sarek). It was great fun until they decided not to make one of our port stops. The draw may have been Star Trek, but no one wanted to miss the Bahamas - after all, not that many people were doing cruises in the 1980's. Most of us had paid airfare to get to Florida so we wanted what we had been promised. The ship's speed changed and we had our stops at the Bahamas and Little Stirrup Cay.

I had an inside cabin and remember the constant slosh of the water each night. I had my first Eggs Benedict on that ship and nothing has compared to it since. Our group was probably less wild than some of the High School groups that sailed on the ship. I remember that the casino didn't do much business as everyone was spending their money on Star Trek merchandise.