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You know ... we had not thought of Mardi Gras. It would be on around that end of Feb. No ... not going. Will have been away for two months by the time we get to Sydders. will just hop on a plane and go home back to Wellington. Cheers

New Zealand couple (51 and 52) on 7 dayer out of San Diego on Veendam leaving 20 December. Hopefully there's some other Family on board to see in Christmas with. Cheers.

New Zealand couple (51 and 52) returning home on Arcadia leaving San Fran 31 Jan 2015 to Sydney. Hopefully meet up with some family on the long cruise home. Cheers.

We're on Arcadia leaving San Fran 31 Jan 2015 to Sydney. Just thought I'd say. Will start a separate roll-call anyway for this as not found one to date. Cheers.

Hubby and I are from New Zealand and flying to USA for a cruise, drive and cruise home on Arcadia - its leaves San Fran 31 Jan. Anyway ... we get to Los Angeles from NZ around 15 December and options we're considering are:

A. Fly to east coast and do a 7 to 14 day carribbean, etc cruise circuit from 15 Dec, then drive back to San Fran over 4 weeks across the South in time to pick Arcadia back home.

B. Drive from Los Ang to east coat over 4 or so weeks, then do a 7 to 14 day cruise mid to late Jan flying back to San Fran to pick up the Arcadia home.

Have been on a couple of cruises before (Celebrity), fortunately both times outside school holidays so not over-run with someone elses rug-rats; and had a great time meeting people at LGBT meets on board. But have some apprehension about taking cruises out of Fort L or Miami that they might be over-run with kids.

Would welcome advice from any experienced cruisers on the times we're looking to cruise in A and B above. Are both periods OK in terms of avoiding crowds of kids? I've read elsewhere that first 2 weeks of December are good. But can't make it there that early.

Cheers

Peter (and D)

Oh ... we got married couple months ago too - after 25 years. Yay.