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On 12/5/2018 at 7:08 PM, ski ww said:

The rebuild steam engine is a project that some of us volunteers at a local museum are working on.

 

That's one nice steam engine. Must be very old. Reminds me of the old '71 Baja Bronco truck my uncle rebuild. It got new shocks, moto metal wheels, and bigger tires which gives it a great new stance. The mechanism of old machines like that are pretty impressive.

3 hours ago, cherylandtk said:

I would not spend that kind of money for the trip you are going on.  Here is what I would do:

-cancel the mini, book a BD on Caribe deck, save $1464 and get $300 OBC with the current sale.  That covers your gratuities ($195) and incidentals.

-adjust the drink budget to $50 pp/day, save $300.  Many people drink MUCH less than this.

-drop the specialty restaurants altogether, save $120

-cancel the ship excursions, book independent.  Using Alaska Shore Tours, you can see the White Pass in Skagway, do whale watching and the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, and see the Eagles in Ketchikan for $287 pp, saves $2426

-At Seattle Cruise parking it costs $21/day with a shuttle.  Get a hotel a little further out for less than $200. Saves $650

 

A discount TA can save you another 8-9% on the fare, you can use that for your nice dinner the night before.

 

Overall,  this plan would cut your costs in half.  In the end, it is up to you to decide how much you want to spend and on what. (All costs checked just now online and used Ruby Princess RT Seattle 9/14 for pricing)

 

 

This is one of the good advice you can take here.

On 1/15/2019 at 11:31 AM, coolio111 said:

Thanks Everyone just booked NCL from Miami. 

This will be more comfortable if you want to avoid the cold sailing.

15 hours ago, leaveitallbehind said:

This would hold true for any of the cruise ships built in the last 25 years or so - not just the "big" ones.  They are all stabilized and are all designed to handle challenging sea conditions. Even the smaller ones are still large ships by comparison and are all quite safe.  This is an industry with many millions of customers - and crew - annually, sailing every week of the year all over the world.  Safety of the ships involved is paramount for obvious reasons.

This should ease her mind more. Thanks

I'm new here and getting very useful tips and info around. Good to hear those ships are very reliable. The wifey had slight anxiety on our last short cruise trip. It would be good ease to know the big ships would be just fine on little rough weather.