Hi Tammy, yes i am having some problems as well posting(i am new to this). Didn't know about this site the first cruise. Yes was glad to here there were also girls similar in age, our oldest is Allie(16) and youngest is Nikki (11-almost 12). I think i forgot to mention my name and that is Nancy and my husband is Craig. Yes we are also counting the days, each day it gets colder we get more excited to leave, and with our wonderful summer(not) and being only 7-8 hours away, you may have had the same kind of summer(wet), we are excited to have HOT weather. Have you been on alot of cruises? like i said before only our 2nd, but hope to go alot more, greatest experience of our lives. Well, will talk to u soon. Nancy