Stratford1950

We are currently on the Summit going thru the Panama Canal in a couple of days…heading to LA. Our cabin has been freshly decorated and the Solarium is in great shape. The staff is very accommodating especially helping us with the burial at sea of my BIL…we’d sail this ship again in a heartbeat.

We are sailing on April 20…this will be our 3rd time on the Summit. The last cruise was in February 2020 and then Covid shut everything down. In 2016 the ship had gone through some updates and we loved it but we could see some wear and tear. In 2020 it had been revolutionized and what a difference it made. So don’t know what to expect this time but it’s 14 nights and we’re cruising and you can’t beat that 😎

Yikes 🫣

Ok that looks fabulous 😎

Do you think you can do that 🧐

Because you look welcoming and experienced 😎

Sid…maybe make it an early night, you’ve been up a long time…just a thought🧐

I know somewhere it says this but what time do you fly home?

Exactly what I was thinking…early night coming up 🧐

Always play maximum coins 🤦‍♂️

Greg… For what it’s worth, we sailed out of Galveston with 23 people on our 45th anniversary cruise. On the last day of our cruise the captain made an announcement around noon to tell us about the fog. He said multiple ships had been unable to dock because of the dense fog so just a heads up we might be delayed. Since I was responsible for getting people home it wrecked my last day. He said they were going to drop the hammer and get in as early as they could but no guarantees. He said one ship had to wait a day to dock…yikes. Anyways it worked out but I resolved to never sail out of Galveston ever again…hope you don’t run into this problem 🧐

It was the school system it was extremely bad and we knew we had to get back to something better…but that was over 50 years ago I’m sure it’s much better now.

My parents lived there from 1967 to 1983… they built a hotel on St.Lawrence Gap in 1968 and another on the beach in the early 70s…I headed back to Canada to go to teacher’s college but finished gr.12&13 first in Stratford Ontario…my one brother followed me became an engineer the other hung around for a few years…our sister went to Bishop Strahan for HS…none of us wanted to live there except my youngest brother.

I think you’ll enjoy Barbados…my parents moved us to the island in 1967, 4 kids and a total culture shock. Saint Lawrence Gap is interesting but exploring Bridgetown can be fun…if you like rum. I could go on but there is not enough space to talk about living there. Have fun…

Without a doubt 1) Air Canada sucks and 2) Pearson is absolutely abysmal…I say that as someone who lives about 90 minutes away. If I could fly another airline and not leave from Toronto I would.