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Oh Ernie, what a great review of your voyage and the pictures.... WOW, but of course the Olympus takes excellent photographs, I have three cameras of this brand, have been very pleased with my pictures and we are presently looking at the SP-600UZ.

Agree with your comment on the dining room being too red, at least from looking at your photographs. Will be able to see for myself as we will be boarding the ship in three weeks' time for a fourteen day voyage. Also booked an aft cabin but on a lower deck, hopefully it will not be too noisy from the engines, but perhaps steadier in rough seas.

From your description of Half Moon Cay, I would hate to miss it, which we have done on previous sailings. I have some mobility problems, is it easy to move about there??

With regard to the Mariner Benefits, it has been a long time coming. We are four star and this will be only the second time that we will benefit from the perks. Our status on Princess is Elite and I must say that their program is far superior, especially the internet minutes and dry cleaning on our month long sailings.

Would you happen to know who the Hotel Manager is on the N.A., was hoping for Stan Kuppens, but read somewhere that he is on the Eurodam.

Anyway, thank you so much for giving me a little "preview" of the ship. Hope you will enjoy smoother seas on your next cruise.

So glad you continue to have such great weather and then all the wildlife you saw...WOW. We sure missed out on this trip, should never have canceled!!! A few years ago we drove about 2,000 miles in Alaska, all we saw was one bald eagle, but the scenery was great.

Just read we are going to be shipmates next October on the Sapphire, very nice.

Looking forward to your next posting and hope the weather holds .................................

Wonderful reporting Pia THANK YOU and to think we canceled this adventure and the cruise. Oh well, maybe next year. Hope you continue to have great weather and lots of fun.

I'll wish you luck.........Have a great cruise, good to see you on the board. Talked to Jean earlier this week.................................

P.S. We were in Seattle in May and also had a long wait for a taxi, so don't cut it too close.

There have been problems in the past with disembarkation, the Brazilian authorities have not been too speedy in handling this. Things may have improved, but I believe your flight time is too tight. In good traffic, the drive to the airport is about 45-50 minutes, but it may take you a while to get a taxi as the area around the cruise terminal does not have much parking. Better try and change the flight.