We had a balcony on the Conquest.  That was fun, especially coming into port at Jamaica.  You can see the mountains from quite a distance.  Those binoculars may well come in handy, but be sure you get up early in the morning for that.

I've never bothered with the shoe holder, but I had an inside cabin on my recent cruise on the Holiday.  I'm pretty sure for that for the first time, the shoe holder would have been immensely useful.  There's very little storage in the bathroom, unlike on the Conquest, for example (we cruised her last December).  There ...

I was wondering what that Denzel Washington/John Travolta movie was we watched!  It was good, but I missed the ending.  Now I can put it in the NetFlix queue when it comes out.  Also managed to watch The Proposal.  We brought our portable DVD player, but we also brought along external portable speakers to help the sound out a ...

I am working on getting my photos processed so I can post them.  I took a ton of photos at Chichén Itzá, partly for work reasons.  I'm not going to be able to post all of them because I simply don't have room on my photo site. We had a great time on this cruise.  It was short, but sweet, and the first cruise I've been ...

We have to leave a little earlier than planned.  We're leaving first thing Wednesday morning.  We have to stop on the way for a funeral.  Good timing, eh?  Actually, I suppose it was.  We're not making a special 5-hour drive for this funeral.  We are passing close enough on our drive to New Orleans that we ...

[quote user="lwolfson"] [quote user="CruisinPenguin"] I would like to know how others feel about this.  I can't stand those two nights getting all dressed up only to have someone refuse to dress right and ruining atmosphere in the room when it's suppose to be suit and tie only.  You have a choice, don't ...

That just affirms my belief that October is the best month to get married.  Nature makes the decorations for you.  Unless you live in a place that always has drought.  But it still beats nylons, hairspray, and special makeup that melts in 100-degree heat!

Who wouldn't be excited?  An inside cabin on the oldest and smallest ship in the Carnival fleet...with the threat of the possibility of brown water awaiting...is STILL A CRUISE in my book!  Dern-skippy he's excited and so am I!  Woo-hoo!

Finally had to tell DH last night about the cruise.  He signed up for something that required a weekly presence on Mondays.  I had to tell him so he could reschedule.  Otherwise, he would going to have to miss the second Monday and that was going to throw everything off.  Dang.  He forced my hand!    But he was ...

[quote user="Julie"]Our school has a week off in the fall.  Other schools do that to.  I am hoping for some kids.  I would prefer kids to partyers any day!!!![/quote]  I'm am with you on that - kids are way better than partyers!  But I was under the impression that only colleges had fall break.  I guess ...