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Hi Jacqui, Thank you for keeping this up, and for your infinite patience with changes (looking at myself!). Alas, we decided against Voyage of the Vikings, do my agreement but still disappointment. That was July 22 - August 25, 2023 on Zuiderdam. We have substituted a Nieuw Amsterdam, Ft Lauderdale - San Diego, April 9 - 26, 2023, 17 Day Panama Canal Thank you!

Hello everyone, Wishing all a safe and grateful Memorial Day. Today, I need to focus on the October cruise. Of course this is not work but pure joy! I have been most inattentive to our active roll call, and need to shape up! @Dismomx5, are you considering Nieuw Amsterdam Panama Canal Ft Lauderdale - San Diego next April? If so, there’s a Dailyite aboard. 😉 Cheers for all who are celebrating; heartfelt concern for those who are troubled.

@Cruzin Terri, you’ve been through so much with us - please keep posting. After all, we all need to know what else is out there. 😉

Thanks for asking!! 🙂 We had been to Cooperstown before, but no further north in NY, so our first glimpse of the Falls. And therefore, we relished much of the “tourist stuff”. The smartest thing we did, which contributed mightily to the entire two week trip, was our mid-May time frame. There were no frustrating crowds anywhere. I can’t take any credit for the fabulous weather we enjoyed. We were at the Falls Sunday - Wednesday, and stayed at the Marriott Fallsview. While we weren’t crazy about the front-of-the-house experience, our room experience could not have been better; we’d go back in a heartbeat. On Monday we had an all-day tour with Over the Falls, visiting the US and Canada sides. The group was small, only 15 in a van that holds 30, a good friendly group, and a knowledgeable and (very) lively guide. Would recommend. On Tuesday, we visited other Falls attractions. Our favorite things through the visit: Maid of the Mist, Cave of the Winds, Journey Behind the Falls, and just standing and gawking. A time or two, I commented that I felt like I was in a car wash without a car! Fantastic time!

Good Saturday to all, If I happen to be one of those who has been missed, I appreciate being missed! I have not been boycotting this group by any stretch of the imagination. We have been traveling, and busy, and occasionally lazy. In late March / early April, we enjoyed two weeks on the Koningsdam, B2B along the west coast. Thrilled to be back on a ship, and to visit wonderful places for the first time. We had a few weeks off to re-group, and have now just returned from a land trip. We spent 3 days on the Ontario side of Niagara Falls (unbelievable!!), then collected DS and DDIL for two days in Cooperstown, continuing to a week on the Maine coast. It was a perfect trip. Retirement is a beautiful thing, and we are enthusiastically planning another land trip in August, east coast cruise in October, and the Panama Canal in April. We are so fortunate to be able to do this. I was saddened to see the ruffled feathers appear in the last few days. Typing makes it a little too easy to snap at each other in ways we definitely would not face to face. I hope we’re able to get over that! @kazuyou are in my heart, and so many others’. I know the dark place may reach for you, and I hope you know you will be welcomed here with open arms anytime - whether posting happiness with flowers and memes, or the agony of grief. It’s good to reappear, I’ll try to throw in my 2 cents worth occasionally, and do my best not to offend! 😉