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I’m excited for you!! You are going to have a wonderful time. Bon Voyage!!

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I love Hay Day!!!!

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That’s me. I booked a 2019 anniversary cruise for $50 deposit. We aren’t even married yet lol. My SO just shook his head at me.

 

I love cruises and good deals lol

 

 

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This made me laugh!! I love it!

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding and cruise! [emoji4]

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Will he have to put vacation time in?

He will. That’s my biggest obstacle at this point. Any suggestions?

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$100 says you squeal at the Thanksgiving table.

Nope! No. No. No. I can’t wait to get that $100 from you! [emoji3]

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This. I want to do this!!! Thanks for sharing.

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Update:

Last night I had friend over for some wine. Well, clearly I need to stay off the sauce cause I ALMOST just blurted it out. I stopped myself and got back under control but geez.

That was a close one!

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I mentioned to my husband that we should do a premier cruise again...so he said well see what you can find...I found and booked a spring break cruise ;) then I was waiting forever for the 2019 Alaska cruises to come out and I booked one on June 25th of 2019. Our 20th anniversary is August 27th but we have to go a bit early due to my being a teacher. But hubby is fine with leaving all booking up to me..he just goes where I tell him ROFL:')

Alaska will be amazing. [emoji846]

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&&&&& that's ME! This post/ headline literally cracked me up !

I booked a cruise 2 weeks ago for a girls trip. For my mother (as a surprise ), my sister, my cousin & myself. Totally didn't discuss it with my husband until after the fact! I couldn't pass up the 50$ deposit [emoji51] he's not too happy- but I did tell him he can plan a guys trip.. and I'm fine with that! [emoji1303][emoji23]

 

 

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Yay!!! You girls are going to have a great time!

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I remember reading a thread years ago about a girl who booked a surprise cruise for her boyfriend and her... even went so far as to get his boss (a friend of theirs and a fellow paramedic) in on it, booked his vacation time for him through the boss, packed his suitcase in secret, then lied to him about them driving their friends to the airport for a vacation... when they got to the airport, she said 'surprise- it's not them, it's us- and WE'RE GOING ON A CRUISE!'.

 

 

 

He was thrilled and the months of planning were well worth it - well at least up to the point that their flight was cancelled, they were re-routed and ALMOST missed their sailing!

 

 

 

It was a riveting story and I logged in every few days just to hear what she'd done as part of the surprise cruise... I wish I could find that thread again!

That sounds so fun (except the almost missing the cruise part) I wish I could pull off something like this.

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I book cruises all the time and don't tell my husband. He hates to plan ahead. I know that if I book as soon as deployments are announced that I get a better choice of cabins and usually a better price. I never book a cruise with a non-refundable deposit, so if the date turns out to be inconvenient, or something better comes along, it is easy to cancel before final payment is due.

 

He overheard me telling our DIL that we have 4 cruises booked. He only knew about 2 of them. When I discussed the rationale for booking the other 2, he was OK with it. One was a super deal and the other on a ship we want to try. As soon as they open deployments out even further, I will book some more and not tell him about those either, until the time is right.

 

Thankfully, I have my own money from when I worked and from an inheritance and I do not have to explain why I have $2500 out there in deposits.

You two sound like us, he’s not going to truly care that I booked the cruise, he’ll be happy! I also have my own money because I work full time outside the home so it’s all good in that aspect.

I just want to see how long I personally can go without telling him. It’s become a personal challenge. I wish that I could wait until we are in the car headed for the airport but that is unrealistic because of his job. [emoji20]

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OMG !! THIS situation sounds like ME, but reversed..:evilsmile:

 

 

 

My wife and I were married back in March '95 and for years, over ten, to be exact. I kept bringing up the idea of us taking a cruise. HOWEVER, she would not even discuss the idea, would not even hear of it, nope no way, case closed. I had taken a cruise before I met her back in 1986 to Nassau/Freeport on the CCL Mari Grai, and LOVED it, even though I was on the very bottom deck with just a porthole and had an 'assigned' roommate, a older man. I still loved the cruise.:D

 

 

 

Seemed ny wife had seen tooooo many episodes of that idiotic television show, 'Love Boat' and thought THAT was what passed for a cruise, snobbish RICH tuxedo-wearing morons who snubbed each other and ANYBODY who didn't fit in their world. So, ( And WHY I did this, I don't know) in July of 2006, I went online and looked at the cruises for the 3rd week in March 2007. Saw that there was a five cruise to Nassau/Freeport out of Mobile on the CCL Holiday. I booked it !! And thought, well it's done. Well, right after Xmas/2006 I was siting here on my computer playing a game, my wife walks in, standing in the door, looking at me. I said, 'Hi', she hesitates and says,' Well, we have an anniversary coming up, in a few months'. I said, 'yeah, the 17th of March'. She said, I guess we won't do anything special, we really haven't planned anything..' I thought, 'Uh-Ohhhhh, I forgot to tell her !!:eek: I stopped and said, 'Really?? Well, I BOOKED us on a five day cruise to Nassau/Freeport out of Mobile for that week..' Her mouth almost hit the floor !! First time I've EVER seen a woman speechless;p She finally stammered, 'Y-You did ??? I quietly said, 'Yeah, I though we'd try it, BUT if you don't like it, we won't do another.. WELL ! That has been TEN years ago and (15) cruises later, I've got too say it WAS one of my smarter ideas ! She IS, and has been for those ten years, a true 'cruise addict'. She ,ever since has made ALL the preperations for EVERY cruise, booking, packing, etc. And on the last night of every cruise visibly suffers just thinking about having to actually LEAVE the ship. Some change, huh ??:hearteyes: Just how funny things can turn out !

 

 

 

Mac

I love this story!!! Congrats on your many years and cruises together.

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Put me down for $20 on Halloween;p

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I love this! I can’t wait to see what happens. Sorry I didn’t have a suggestion.

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LOL Good for you. You will have a blast.

Sh*t would hit the fan at my house if I did that.

Thanks! I really don’t think he’ll care (I have too much respect for him and his hard work to do anything I think he wouldn’t like) I just think that now I want to turn this into a “thing” and surprise him. Not sure what will happen though.

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Did you tell the four adult kids?

I did tell them- they are in on it. There is a bet as to how long I can keep my mouth shut.

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So during the $50 deposit sale I booked an 8 day cruise on the Sunshine for 8 people (we have 4 adult kids, 2 with serious significant others) and I may have not mentioned it to my husband.

No real reason other than I just didn’t. I still haven’t. He’s not going to be mad or upset. He usually leaves all the booking up to me anyway. But I admit that we hadn’t even talked about going on a cruise. We didn’t even cruise at all in 2017. That sale just got me.

Im terrible at keeping something like this a secret. Horrible. I just get so excited and I wanna talk about it all the time!

I’m so shocked that I haven’t yet told him. That now I’m thinking that I won’t tell him at all until a few weeks before we leave and turn this thing into a big surprise for him. However- we aren’t going until almost a year from now (Aug.31, 2018) and I cant be trusted.

To be continued....

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340... it’s never gonna get here.

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Thank you for writing this review. I leave on her in 8 days.

Happy to hear you had a great cruise.

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Can I bring my Shakeology on board?

If you have brought it, did you just use a blender bottle to mix it? Any suggestions that you can give me?

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I've been waiting for today since January!

There is just something fun about getting on this board and proclaiming that you have reached the single digits.

I guess it's cause you guys are the only people who truly understand the excitement.

I'm dancing away this morning!!

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Guys burgers are delicious. Kind remind me of Five Guys burgers.

You do realize that they are included in your cruise price, right?!? Not sure why you were comparing costs?

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Awesome! Yay!! Thanks!! I leave the 26th.

How's the food? Can you get menu pics?

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My husband and I were both part of a singles Christian group that cruised 4 years ago. We didn't know each other, we were just part of the same group. We actually met on the dance floor of the Jekyl & Hyde nightclub on Carnival's Elation. There was an 80's dance party and we both evidentially like 80's music. There were little talking, mainly just dancing. The next night we met back there for a Michael Jackson's dance party. Our conversation led to the upper deck and after we got caught in a rain storm, we ended our night at about 3am talking by the lido deck buffet sitting area.

 

 

 

We met for breakfast the next day and then for dinner and a comedy show that night. We exchanged numbers before disembarking. I didn't think I'd hear from him again.

 

 

 

He waited 2 days to text me, but once he did, it's been on! :) We were married just 4 days short of 1 year of first meeting each other. My husbands groom cake was actually in the shape of a Carnival Cruise Ship. We honeymooned, and have taken an anniversary cruise each year since. Cruising is in our blood now.

I love this story!

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My favorite thing!

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