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Keith - I remember that TV appearance like it was yesterday. I was in college and one of the girls had about a 9x9inch portable TV (TOTALLY illegal!) and we all crowded around her doorway to just get a glimpse! Such exciting times. I was really an Elvis baby and now we have the Elvis station on our car radio. Our young grandkids insisted that their parents load it too! Now that you have absorbed the Beatles history, do go to Graceland, well worth the time and see what life was like when you were in kindergarten!

So you’ll be on the Nov 8 to Barbados? BtoB? Hope to meet you both.

Thank you for taking us along on this voyage. We’ll be sailing in early November and you have really whet the appetite! It takes dedication to post regularly (I usually give up by day 3) and you rose to the challenge. I just hope there are beets on board when we get to Ft Lauderdale. 😎

Lucky you! We love the BeeGees when you go back to Liverpool be sure to do ALL the Beatles stuff. There’s a 2nd site where they have a 4D movie which is lots of fun. Liverpool was much nicer than I expected and the docking place was so convenient.

Isle of Man is delightful and home of the BeeGees😎

OMG seeds in the watermelon😱 😁

We have found that we can get a good cappuccino in the Cove bar.

We've never been sake fans, even of the high end bottle gifted to us by our nephew. However, if there were a sake VR lunch, we would try it in a heartbeat and maybe learn something new. Our next cruise is port intensive so I suspect there won't be the opportunity, but maybe our next multi sea day.....

That's a nice little zoo. One of the macaws tried to take DH's shoe when we visited!

Ooops.

Great thread and awesome photos!

Excellent photos! Brings back memories.

Re falls - I was seriously ill this past winter and I'm still working on my strength. Needless to say I have fallen 3 times😱 and DH can't help much due to shoulder issues. So we have been forced to call the Fire Dept. They come within 5 minutes and are so young and adorable I'm going to adopt them. Then we bring them treats to the Fire House. We're very fortunate to have them so close and so responsive, but the actual falling is quite demoralizing!

Yes this is what they did. I believe the hotel was Tulipe right on the main avenue across from Copacabana beach.

I think Keith meant a dedicated lounge or conference room as opposed to a hotel bedroom.

As you are debarking in Brazil, be prepared for all manner of delays, real or imagined. On our last debark in Rio, the tour escort apologized for the inordinate delay and explained that "if Brazil could make something difficult for tourists, it would, unless it could make things more difficult" - his words. So fair warning even if all your ducks are lined up in a row, don't relax until you are on the plane. Good luck!

Interesting that the complainers always seem to win.🙄

I'm never up at 8:00 so I've never seen it in 30 years on Crystal🤣

The Freda story is wonderful, as is the movie! We loved all the Beatles venues, and the ferry 'cross the Mersy too.😎

My vote is for NO DJ except in Pulse and add back 2 musicians to the duos.

Very disappointing to hear that a DJ has replaced the nice piano music in the Cove! We loved the live music at the pool during lunch. And a duo for dancing? I thought D'Ovidio bought Crystal because he loved it, not so he could cut one of the major draws for people who look for live music. It was just wonderful having cocktails to nice piano in the Cove, never cared for the violinist as it was just too loud, hard to carry on a conversation!

If you have a cell phone, that will probably work for you. We have used ours in many far away places - China, Australia, Europe - and it works. You'll be on the east coast so I would guess that cell service would be pretty good. If you set your phone to "wi-fi calling", your calls will not be charged while you are on the ship, but if you are ashore and don't have a wi-fi connection, you'll be using your cell access. Hopefully your calls will all be happy ones.😁

I was just about to sign up for a couple of these when I realized our cruise isn't until November🙄 Is this a pre-reserve deal or sign up when you board?

Hard to believe that was 6 years ago! It was an amazing cruise, and ending with the NYC sail in was just spectacular.😎

OBGS was a bust, I think they misunderstood and called out my ONE reservation on each leg so thus no more for me! (Kinda like the soup ***😁). So I contacted my TA who had it all settled within the hour! NC still doesn't have things up to snuff in the home office.🙄