CalSisters

Besides, maybe we can be first off at tendering ports.

Actually, you have to up to deck 4 and then to the back of the ship to get to the tender. It doesn't show on the map, but there is a door at the back that is for personnel only.

Also, the forward elevator only goes to deck 4, then you take the stairs down to 3.

We had one of these cabins on the Nautica back in 2008 on a TA, but I don't think they have changed. We enjoyed watching the wave action at night. There is a bay window at the porthole, so it is a great spot to store all those things you pick up in port.

I would take this cabin if it was the only way I could get on a world cruise. Have a great cruise.

I have stayed in 4034 before. The bathroom is larger with a bathtub/shower combo. The floor space in the rest of the room is larger to allow for wheelchairs. However the closet space isn't any bigger.

We liked the room except the tub is set high as they have the ability to have a seat in the tub. It makes for a really high step into and out of the tub.

You can do a search for "Alice Peterson needlepoint kits" that should give you a number of places online that sell them.

I went on a 10 day cruise to Italy and added on 3 days in Rome and 3 days in Venice. When I returned I found out that I had lost 14 pounds. I ate what I wanted, often leaving portions behind because I was full. I also was doing a lot of walking every day.

I think it was the walking that saved me. Boy, was it nice to find out I didn't have to work hard to lose all the weight I had gained on vacation.

Cathy

I am from California and have lots of beautiful places around here, but we really enjoyed Maine, especially Acadia and Bar Harbor. The coastline there is really spectacular. It was our first time on the East COast other than New York (totally different atmosphere).

We tried to see as many of the small fishing villages as we could. Of course, eating lobster as many times as possible.

Isn't always true that we never really appreciate some stuff as children. My family went on a trip to Zion, Bryce and the Grand Canyon. After Zion and Bryce, I wasn't that impressed with the Grand Canyon. After a couple of stops along the rim, I decided to stay in the car to read my comics. Oh ,how youth is wasted on the young.

We went to Maine a couple years ago. Took a drive down the coast from Bar Harbor back to Boston. We ate so much lobster, I actually had to have a hamburger (strange huh). We ate lobster at nice restaurants, had the $15 special in Bar Harbor, ate lobster at a shack on the water, had lobster bisque out at Jordan's Pond in Acadia. Never tasted better lobster.

The lobster I had a couple years before that on a cruise ship paled in comparison, but at the time I hadn't had the Real Thing.

Now, would I have lobster on a cruise ship again? You bet, inferior lobster is better than no lobster at all.