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Great start to your review @sid_9169. Following along.... Safe travels. 😊

@MeganGC1983 really great start to your live review! I am just getting to this now. Put me on the list of wannabees that have FOMO. It makes laugh just thinking at how much fun this will be for you all. 😊 Safe travels to the port....I will be following best I can.

Hello Everyone from Honolulu on board the Volendam! The cruise has been great fun with the Dailyites. 😊 Things are going well. Nothing much planned for HI as I have been here a few times. It is enjoyable just being warm and on a BHB! @Crazy For Cats, I am so sorry to hear about sweet baby girl Amelia. They shatter part of our hearts when they leave us. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your entire family who all are missing her, I am sure. Take care, all of those affected by that horrible Winter storm. Please be safe. My thanks to all contributors here. Take care all..😊😎 Caron

Welcome home. Safe travels to your own home. Thanks for the great review...😊

Happy New Years/Eve to all of the wonderful, wonderful people here. we're blessed to have you in our lives this past year, may the next year be the same blessings with a few extras because we deserve them. I arrived safely to San Diego, which completes the first leg of our journey cruise GVAUS/NZ. I was told lots of cruisers are at this hotel; I am thinking not all are CC people. Planning to meet up with a few RC people here for a HH. Very fun! CC is acting funny so I'll sign off. Take good care, Caron

Hi Susan, I am thinking we were posting at the same time..great minds and all that! So sorry your travels were not so good but glad you are safe and sound in your hotel. I like that they had your room ready! See you tomorrow, get some rest tonight so you are ready to take on this adventue...JK. I, myself am hoping for a low key enjoyable cruise. Caron

Good Saturday morning everyone! I too am packing and cleaning house before I leave for San Diego tomorrow for the GVAUS/NZ cruise. I am beyond excited! I am packed but it seems like there are hundreds (yes probably an exaggeration...lol) of little last minute things to do to ensure the house is safe while I am gone. Even though someone is watching it, you just never know, and how things will behave when not in use for 3 months. Trying to do most of it this AM as I am meeting friends for a Bon Voyage late lunch. @dfish, so glad your surgery went well; not glad that you are having such pain with it. I hope it gets better every day as you heal. @cruising sister, thanks to you and her parents for the beautiful picture of sweet baby Murphy! She is looking adorable, like a baby should. And that hair...how cute!! Glad she is progressing. My kitchen is closed too, I did all of the dishes so there will be no cooking etc. Safe travels tomorrow; see you in San Diego! 😊 😎 @Cruising-along, I cleaned my house too but was thinking it will just be dusty etc. when I return so....did I really need to do that? I was thinking that, when I was tired from cleaning and thinking if I move I will need a smaller house. Safe travels to you and hubbie on Tuesday. See you on the ship! 😊 @durangoscots, safe travels to you too, I am thinking you traveled yesterday to San Diego. Hope it went smoothly; see you also in San Diego. I have never been to India, have no plans to make any resolutions and so far no last minute changes today. Love bacon but usually limit it, too salty for me. My thanks to all of the contributors this past week; thoroughly enjoyable for my reading pleasure.😀 Prayers for us all especially those with health issues, so as to find relief and comfort. 🙏 Celebrate all of your joys, we all deserve them. Take good care everyone and have a good weekend! Caron

Oh yay, about the time! Best of luck tomorrow in your procedure; hope you are pain free and it goes by quick! Take care ☺ Caron

Hi Rich, Thanks for this review; it should very extensive being the long vacation you are on! Looking forward to it all. It won't be long before the GVAUS/NZ cruise starts and I will join you for a portion of your adventure. I will follow along here and post occaisionally if you don't mind. I may even have some questions for you as you have GV experience. 😊 So far your cruise looks relaxing and the ports beautiful. Safe travels; see you next week! 😎 Caron

@Haljo1935, a blessed Christmas Eve and a joyous and peaceful Christmas day to you. Christmas at sea is a wonderful time, enjoy. 😊🌴

Good morning everyone! Up early finishing up my baking; I made cranberry bread and chocolate chip mint cookies today. Also made a cheescake, with strawberry sauce, which I will bring to the celebration tomorrow. Celebrating Christmas Eve with some family. My sister is having an afternoon get together to watch the Vikings game with appetizers and some 'cheer'. 😊 My job is to bring a tray of cookies I baked. And wine. I love egg nog, will probably have some on Christmas day. Christmas day will be the big get together with family at my niece's house. She just bought a new home and is already having the big family Christmas...bless her! Everyone contributes food and drinks so that helps out. My wish for you all here is to have a very blessed Christmas Eve and a joyous and peaceful Christmas Day. Caron

@Haljo1935, so glad you made it on board safely! Our minds were going to places of concern....☺ I have a question about the dogs; if they aren't service dogs why are they on the ship? Does HAL allow just any dog on board? Can you complain about the barking especially when people walk by them? I would be concerned about that. I am relatively new to HAL so this is new territory for me. Continued safe travels and have lots of fun! 🕶🌞🥂🌴

Bon voyage @Nickelpenny!!! 😊🥂😎🌴

@cruising sister, she is adorable! How fun for both of you...😊

Oh my goodness, look at you girl, on a BHB again already! And to Hawaii no less...😊 Very jealous, Hawaii is one of my favorite cruises. I enjoyed your last review and will be following along here. Bon voyage, safe and smooth sailings...🍹🏄‍♀️🌞🕶👙🌴 So sorry it took a hurdle to get to SD, you are a patient person who well deserves a great cruise. 😎

I found the Dailyites meet info!!! Jan 5th, 2pm, Crows Nest....😉 Thx

Good morning everyone! Up early today to get caught up on Christmas and GV stuff which seems never ending... Still have lists for both events ongoing but they are getting smaller and less lists, thank goodness. Lots of very funny, LOL, memes so far this morning; had to be careful not to spit out the coffee on the computer! 😜 Big thanks to @kazu for just being you and all you do for us.... Thanks also to ALL contributors today. Question for the AUS/NZ GV fellow travelers, can you remind me when the Dailyites are meeting on the ship? I think it is Jan 5th, 2pm Crows Nest. I wrote it down but cannot find the notes...I may be losing it! I may need a Sunday Funday Bloody Mary...yum. Prayers for all especially those in need and in pain; we all deserve to live a comfortable and safe life. Have a good day everyone and take care.🙂 Caron

Hi Everyone! Time to get caught up here. My past week and weekend were busy with finalizing my GV luggage and getting that sent buy last Thursday (that was more of a struggle than I thought it would be) and then fitting in some Christmas social events. I was pretty tired on Monday; it shows how out of shape I am that I can no longer handle a rigorous social schedule! Sheesh! Thanks to all contributors here, any contributions are well worth reading and often enlightening to me. A big thanks to @StLouisCruisers and @kazu for taking up the baton from @richwmn while he is on his wonderful trip! Very jealous about that.🛳️ Bon voyage Rich, see you on the AUS/NZ GV. I LOL quite a bit at the Memes, especially the Christmas/Holiday ones! They are a daily enjoyment for me. I remember liking hard candy at Christmas; my favorite were the Raspberry round ones. We have evergreen trees in abundance here in MN so able to see them everywhere. Heros and heriones are common but often not recognized but we thank them with our hearts.💖 Prayers and thoughts for all going through health issues and procedures; healing well or currently being challenged. Prayers and thoughts for all in gratitude and concern for our world; we need lots of prayers IMHO. Bon Voyage to all starting their trips and continued safe travels to those traveling now. Happy to report (I know it is not a big deal), my luggage for the GV is in Vernon, CA at the UPS facility; at least they are in CA and not stuck here in MN. Progress is good. 🤣 A busy week ahead for me with the Holidays and more social events coming up, in-between baking, finishing shopping and all the other things needed for the Holidays. I wish everyone a safe and happy week. Take good care all, Caron

Thanks so much for the great review as I tagged along. Welcome home!! 🙂

Yay!!!! 😊

Good evening everyone, I dropped my LF luggage at the local UPS store without incident. I was notified it was on its way shortly after. Easy peasy. I was out for the day and did not want the luggage sitting on my front step for possibly 6 hours. Paranoid or being cautious not sure...... The funny part for me was that I was sure each piece of luggage was at least 50lbs but no, each was only 39lbs each. I could have packed more!!!! 😁 Glad everyone else getting their luggage picked up went well so far. I met with friends for a Christmas cheer and lunch today, great fun as I had not seen them for a bit. They are all good, we are blessed indeed. Hope everyone had a good day and has a good sleep tonight. 😴 Caron

@Cruising-along and @durangoscots, my luggage goes out tomorrow too. Very exciting to me that I finally got that part done! I clicked on the link that said I will bring my luggage to my local UPS store. That way I don't have to wait all day for them. I will be out during the times and with all of the porch pirates now, I felt it was the best decision for me. We have not had issues in my neighborhood but don't want to be the first! My horror would be getting to San Diego with no luggage! My pick up times were from 1-5pm. I only have 2 pieces of luggage for PU, so no issues for the drop off. Our weather is supposed to be good to. Have a good evening all. Hope all sleep well tonight. 😴 Caron

Bon voyage! Also new follower here. Looking forward to it, your good review reputation precedes you...lol.😎 Relax and enjoy. 😊

+1 🎂🥂😊

I second this.....😊😎 Safe travels, relax and enjoy! 🥂🍹🌞