Radiance 9-14-07 Polar Bear Express "Special"!

Dramaqueen wrote:

Kathy congrats on the booking. That is one nice itinerary. If things don't work out for Oasis we may be tempted. I know that nancy and Ken as well as our friends in Ft Myers will be delighted if Radiance stays in Tampa.

as all of us Floridians would be......... we can only hope........

PH8 wrote:

cruiseforme wrote:

I'm BAAAAAAAAACCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKk

Not awake.......but back home.....

Had a nice dinner with Chris and Martha and yes, Chris stayed AWAKE but I wasn't!!!....I think we were dead aslleep before they got back to the car!!!

Course, Wed night we stayed up til 530am .....

Gk's are here demanding my attention......

I'll be back later to post more

j

Welcome Back,JUL.................5:30am?????? HOLY cow.........were you up gambling at that time??

Exairgoddess1 wrote:

Awwww...Kathy...I was hoping that you would book our 11 night Radiance out of San Diego to the Extended Mex. Riv. so I could meet you! Oh well, the Panama Canal is great too....done that a few times.

By the bye, Kath...you forgot to add in my Feb 21 Mariner in 2010. Whenever.

Everyone have a good weekend....we are supposed to get some more rain!

Mar~

Sorry,I missed it..........Im losing it.............that MR cruise sounds really nice.........someday...

cruisenfever wrote:

PH8 wrote:

cruisenfever wrote:

jillybabes wrote:

Patti: Shall we take bets when she cancels ????

Absolutely............we know her track record.............she changes cruises like the wind.

btw---when was the last one I changed??? its been awhile............I think.hahah

Now really..............you're the keeper of the lists...............how the heck are we gonna know if a cruise of yours gets deleted........silently.............by YOU.

BTW.....which aft cabin did you book?

1104(had that same one on the JW).....waitlisted for 9256(some TA probably has a hold on it)

If I dont add it,you wont know if I delete it..........heheheheh..........there is a method to my madness..........

Oh yea,btw-I called RCCL back to get 9256 waitlisted,...told the rep I LOVE afts........she said well,there is one on deck 11 !!!!!! ELEVEN????????? I told her it was deck 10 and my reserved one was on that deck.......

9256 is the most sought after corner aft.........I hope you get it. Though 1104 ain't bad either.
So, that's how you keep your list.............I must say, you are one clever bookkeeper!!

Would love to go on the Radiance thru the PC, price is high for a single though.

high for a double too!! Im hoping it comes down some......

Kathy, you can take off the 11/19/09 Radiance and add 4/23/10.

Radiance has been through the PC regularly (she just went in October). I think RCI has a strange pricing algorithm - they start high and then start having resident, military & senior discounts or have to drop the price altogether. Perhaps there aren't that many people outside of the cruising websites who know to ask for a price drop.

The transit is amazing. I want to do it again, but not for a few years - too many other places in the world are calling to me!

Hey, does anybody here know how (or if) you can do a search of posts by a particular user? I'm going to noodle around with it, but if somebody already knows, I can be lazy.

Kathy........YUP we were gambling til 530.....We went to bed every night by 430 am with the exception of Tues night when we went in by 130....then Wed night was 630 by the time we got to the room....

We were playing Tx Holdem from 11 pm til 6am......did pretty good at it.....(me doing the best and that's kinda funny considering that I DO NOT have a poker face)...

j

You are right Kathy I could book and see what happens it is a while off. I just have this I need to be in a Balcony, "SPOILED" .

PC is amazing, we did in 2006 on the Radiance. The added cost is the cost for the full transit...I want to think we were told $200,000 for the ship to go thru...must be wired to the canal coffiers prior to allowing the ship to enter for transit...

There were many ships moored in the entrance on both ends of the canal. Is a real treat to do.

cruiseforme wrote:

Kathy........YUP we were gambling til 530.....We went to bed every night by 430 am with the exception of Tues night when we went in by 130....then Wed night was 630 by the time we got to the room....

We were playing Tx Holdem from 11 pm til 6am......did pretty good at it.....(me doing the best and that's kinda funny considering that I DO NOT have a poker face)...

j

Glad to have ya home, sounds like you had a good time.

Welcome home Julie...............glad you were able to get together with Chris and Martha. BTW...did you all go topless??

PC cruises are always more expensive, because it costs so much for the ship to transit the canal. So of course they do pass the add expenses on to the pax on board.

Kathy, don't cancel it until the last minute.............as Jean says, with all the discounts that may become available.............the prices just might come down.

We saved $1000pp on our upcoming Radiance cruise thanks to Jim serving in the Military. Also got a residency rate and a senior rate a while back. The 3 day excursion to Machu Picchu is costing more than our total cruise which includes air.

So there is hope.

critterchick wrote:

Kathy, you can take off the 11/19/09 Radiance and add 4/23/10.

!

Thats the date we were gonna do till this PC cruise popped up.....

critterchick wrote:

Hey, does anybody here know how (or if) you can do a search of posts by a particular user? I'm going to noodle around with it, but if somebody already knows, I can be lazy.

on here or somewhere else???

cruiseforme wrote:

Kathy........YUP we were gambling til 530.....We went to bed every night by 430 am with the exception of Tues night when we went in by 130....then Wed night was 630 by the time we got to the room....

We were playing Tx Holdem from 11 pm til 6am......did pretty good at it.....(me doing the best and that's kinda funny considering that I DO NOT have a poker face)...

j

wow......that is late!! congrats on doing so well.....

vlscruiser wrote:

You are right Kathy I could book and see what happens it is a while off. I just have this I need to be in a Balcony, "SPOILED" .

Thats what Im doing.....booking it and hoping it drops......

barbeeAL wrote:

PC is amazing, we did in 2006 on the Radiance. The added cost is the cost for the full transit...I want to think we were told $200,000 for the ship to go thru...must be wired to the canal coffiers prior to allowing the ship to enter for transit...

There were many ships moored in the entrance on both ends of the canal. Is a real treat to do.

I can not wait........

Oh Patti.I am REALLY jealous now.....you're going to Machu??? Now that is a once in a lifetime trip..................

I'll be looking for any discounts coming my way.........for once Im glad Im gonna be 55 this Aug!!

critterchick wrote:

Kathy, you can take off the 11/19/09 Radiance and add 4/23/10.

jean-I dont have the 19th..I have the 16th and the 21st.............HELP!! I screwed up......

cruisenfever wrote:

Here's the aft cabins on Radiance.........................

Hey! Somebody is on my balcony! LOL!


I would love to do the pc on the rad!



Welcome back Jul! How was Vegas?

Well, Ms Patti of course I stayed awake last night!!! Won't talk about today though.

Jul - Glad to are home safe and sound. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit with you and David. Didn't realize how tired you were...you both looked great. Thanks for the evening and making time for us.

I really, really want to to the PC again someday, but I first have to win Megabucks, convince Nevada to let us have a lottery so I can win that too, and then retire because PTO is sooooooo hard to accumulate.



I see my favorite cabin in the picture....1602.

PH8 wrote:

Oh Patti.I am REALLY jealous now.....you're going to Machu??? Now that is a once in a lifetime trip..................

I'll be looking for any discounts coming my way.........for once Im glad Im gonna be 55 this Aug!!

No, no, no, no.............we are not doing MP. I was just saying that the 3 day excursion to MP is costing more than the cost of our cruise is now with all the discounts we have received.

I would love to go to MP...........but there is the problem with altitude sickness and I don't know if 3 days is really enough time to acclimate oneself to the change. But it is on my bucket list............along with a gazillion other places to visit.

Evening all you chatty Cathy's! Had a great evening with my gal cruise buddies. We exchanged pictures and CDs and enjoyed remembering the good time we had. And started thinking about when to go again, but that's as far as the planning got!

The PC is a must! We went on the Legend back in 1999. It ranks right up there with Alaska for me. Totally different experience than Alaska, but I really enjoyed it.

Welcome Home Jul!

geez y'all sure are chatty tonight

PH8 wrote:

high for a double too!! Im hoping it comes down some......

I was thinking that same thing as I read her "it's high for a single" ONe day I want to do a PC cruise, but gotta save up for Australia in April 2010.

cruiseforme wrote:

Kathy........YUP we were gambling til 530.....We went to bed every night by 430 am with the exception of Tues night when we went in by 130....then Wed night was 630 by the time we got to the room....

We were playing Tx Holdem from 11 pm til 6am......did pretty good at it.....(me doing the best and that's kinda funny considering that I DO NOT have a poker face)...

j

Welcome home. wow staying up several nights in a row--I am impressed. I used to be able to do that hahahah. what time would y'all get up then?

PH8 wrote:

I'll be looking for any discounts coming my way.........for once Im glad Im gonna be 55 this Aug!!

Me too, but in July.

critterchick wrote:

Hey, does anybody here know how (or if) you can do a search of posts by a particular user? I'm going to noodle around with it, but if somebody already knows, I can be lazy.

If you click on a users name either from a post or from the Members list, there is an option to view profile. From that screen choose Statistics. At the bottom of that page you have the option to view that posters topics they created or their posts. Happy searching!

PH8 wrote:

critterchick wrote:

Kathy, you can take off the 11/19/09 Radiance and add 4/23/10.

jean-I dont have the 19th..I have the 16th and the 21st.............HELP!! I screwed up......

And I can't type - I meant the 16th. And I'm talking about searching here.

Murphy wrote:

critterchick wrote:

Hey, does anybody here know how (or if) you can do a search of posts by a particular user? I'm going to noodle around with it, but if somebody already knows, I can be lazy.

If you click on a users name either from a post or from the Members list, there is an option to view profile. From that screen choose Statistics. At the bottom of that page you have the option to view that posters topics they created or their posts. Happy searching!

OK, I'll try that, thanks!

Good Morning SPB's: or should I say chatty Cathy's!!!

We did the PC partial transit on the Coral Princess in 2003 and it was fabulous...One day will do the full transit as we have not done the Mexican Riviera yet!
Another beautiful day in the neighborhood...L8R

Jill, you should really put the full transit on your list... I really enjoyed it!

Busy day today. BFF's 50th was last weekend and her hubby is having a surprise party for her tonight. We have been recruited to pick up the cake etc. I also need to get to the gym and am heading into work for a couple hours. Thankfully Ray offered to do the grocery shopping, so I don't have to do that!

Have a great day all!