BettyPC

I'm only on page 5 - but LOVING this review - fabulous to see people in love and appreciating each other. Thanks for sharing and taking us with you!

Betty

What a fabulous review - we are doing the "other itinerary" on the Liberty & I am really looking forward to it. The "Taste Bar" looks yummy. Congrats on your anniversary. I loved your sunrise photos also.

Thanks for the picture of the Carnival check in at baggage claim #26!!! OMG - we are flying in the day of - and this should really help!

Betty

Great review thanks for sharing your perspective of the DCL vs RCCL. We did our first 2 cruises on Carnival and enjoyed them also!

Betty

Great live report! Thanks for taking us with you!

Betty

Hi - just finished 52 pages of Gambee & now its time to start YOUR adventure LiVE!! There are 29 pages right now - hope to finish tonite. Thanks for taking the time to bring us with you.

Betty (who will then read your Oasis 2012 LIVE review)

That would be a fabulous idea! If you decide to do it - I think you would have hundreds of likes almost immediately!

Betty

I was thinking about opening a traveling page in facebook, but not sure yet. It just seems like a lot of work and that is not something that I should be getting into at this point.

So excited to find you - read your last review & loved it, your Mom & your partner! Looking forward to starting the journey!

Thanks for doing all this great work

Betty

Great review - Haven't gone on a Oasis class yet. Love reading about them though!

Betty

We had our anniversary on IOS in Feb & the waiters sang & brought us a slice of chocolate mint cake!

Might get the cabin decorated as a surprise for Mom - when we go to Alaska in May!! 85th B'day cruise - great idea - I know she will love it!

Betty

Hi Ahect! You are doing a fabulous job of documenting our cruise! Your pictures are fabulous & you hit a couple things that I missed entirely (where was I??) like the Captain's reception.

Thanks for posting all the great pictures! We had a great time & would love to do Indy again (with LOADs of the people we met from the Roll Call!!) I will subscribe so I get to see the rest of our trip!

Betty & Bill

I am so excited to see this! Of course - I might not get through it before we leave on Sunday for IOS!! Subscribing of course!!

Just found this review - I'm on page 2 - I see 43 pages. Glad I don't have a lot of things to do today! I appreciate all the hard work this takes & can't wait to read it.

Going to subscribe & somehow I missed your review of the Dream - so I will keep myself busy with that! Looking forward to traveling w/you & Latanya!

Thanks so much for the great review & wonderful pictures! I loved the one of the tree with the crystal hummingbird. Fabulous.

This review is right up there - as one my favorites - there is a Carnival reviewer - MikeyA53 who does a great job also with pictures and descriptions!

I will be on the lookout for any future reviews you do! thanks again - also thanks to your Mom & BF for being part of this journey - I enjoyed getting to know all 3 of you!

Fun review - thanks for sharing with us!!

Betty

Great review! We tried RCCL for the first time this year also - after a couple Carnival cruises & I enjoyed them both!

The pictures were great and your advice is going to be very helpful for a lot of people!

Thanks again

Betty

Hi am on Labadee (in your review) - but I wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying this! I have nothing on my Kindle to read - so I was saving this for a few days!

We are on the Independence in Feb & will be stopping there! Thanks for all the great pictures and descriptions!

Betty

I just found your review & am LOVING IT. I had to comment on this - I was laughing... I do exactly the same thing - ginger gum, bonine, bracelet, the patch... Great job - I thank you for all your hard work on this! I especially loved the picture of the 5 ships in port - amazing the size of the RCCL ship!

Ok guys Like I promised let me just get this boring part out of the way, before I go to work. That way tomorrow I can start the fun part :-).

 

So that last week before boarding was a little hectic, bf with all those test and in addition to that I have a tendency of getting sick before every mayor trip I do, I think it's due to anxiety. So of course this trip was no exception, I was having some migraines and to combat them I took excetrin migraine(the only OTC pill that works). Well long story short I ended up messing up my stomach maybe from too much meds and stress, to the point that I had to call in sick from work on Thursday and just take care of myself. My neighbor made a huge chicken noodle soup that lasted for those days and that is all I ate during those days just to baby the stomach. But like every other trip I end up getting better the closer the travel day is.

 

On Friday I got a hair cut, I was in need of one for some time. But I was holding on for it to be closer to the cruise so I could look my best. Unfortunately the lady took way too much off, but what can you do, its not like I could glue it back on. Haven't you notice how gray your hair looks after a hair cut? Well unfortunately that's my case, but nothing that a little coloring can't fix, shhhhhhh that's my little secret ;). I also tried dieting that last week, but it ended up being a total bust, by the second day I failed to keep my strict diet. So yeah no pounds were lost prior picture madness, I think I actually put some on, oh well, lol.

 

Packing was done the day before the cruise and mostly by mom and bf. He usually takes care of all the packing, a few years ago we visited Europe for 2 weeks and I wanted to fit all my clothes in my backpack, this was during the end of November. Needless to say I did not accomplish this, the camera alone took 1/4 of the bag :D, in the end I was glad he packed, it was so cold in Paris and we needed the extra clothes. Funny note he ended getting us both sick, stubborn as he is, he refused to wear a jacked at the top of the Eiffel tower and yeah the rest is history.

 

Anyway back to the story, we all had our own packing list mom had one, he had one and I had one (he always has one prepared in case of an spontaneous trip, lol), so theoretically we would need 10 bags to fit everyones desires and wishes :rolleyes: (try putting 10 bags into that tinny cabin). I packed my back pack with my essentials, camera of course, cables, chargers, laptop, ect. I also took care of all the documentation and the anti nausea.

 

Here is my list;

 

Door decorations!

Print documents

bring empty sport bottle

Binocular*

all nausea medication

sun block

Hat

Bring highlighter pen

bring shamppo, soap and conditioner

tape for door decorations*

AAA batería for underwater cam

Bring 2 cameras with all lenses, chargers and cables.

tripod

Snorkel equipment

Small umbrellas

suit, sport coat and good cloths

shoes for rock climbing

sleeping pills

excetrin migrane

Anti-Acid meds

Lactose meds

 

 

This was our folder for documents.

 

I have mentioned before our anti nausea medication. Both mom and I are prone to get motion sickness, so we rather stock up with every possible option than have to experience a bad day at sea. We took Bonine(it works very good for us and does not make us sleepy at all), ginger pills, the pressure bracelets and also scopolamine patches (not in the picture). Obviously we don't take/use everything at the same time, but they are there just in case we need them. Some might call it overkill, but we don't think so, rather be safe than sorry.

 

The medicine bag. I ended using the medicine bag as my camera bag, I love how light this bag is, very easy to travel with. I think its over 15yrs old, she's not pretty, but she is very handy.

Great fun that you found the GANG!!! Enjoying the vacation!

This is great!! Really enjoying it and sorry you are on your last week!

Betty

Such a fabulous review! Thanks so much for sharing it with your fans :D Happy to hear about your Baby boy and sad about your Grandmother.

You have given such great detailed info on Labadee. We have booked a cabanna (I was calling it a hut until I saw the price) and am looking forward to it!

Thanks again for sharing your time with us!

I am so excited to see this! I was wondering about a month ago what Mike & Tracy were up to. I know I am going to enjoy reading all about your trip.:)

This is fabulous! I am enjoying it all. Great vacation so far..

Thanks for all the hard work it takes.

Betty

What a wonderful review & pictures! Sounds like you had a blast - I can't wait to cruise the Med! Thanks for sharing your vacation w/us!

Betty

Great report so far! Thanks for taking all the time it takes to do this. I have got to get to Europe!