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Wow! That is one impressive system of photo organization!

I don't come home with anywhere near as many photos as you do. I think I've maxed out at about 1000, which is a bit overwhelming for me. I think I'm going to need a whole lot more folders-and sub folders before I can even come close to being as organized as you are. I can only imagine how much time all that organization takes. Makes me appreciate your reviews even more than I already do! Thanks again for doing them.

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us. I'm one of those people who devour everything they can read on Oasis while waiting for our own chance to sail on her. I got a lot of good tips that I've added to my list from your review. :D

I am really enjoying your review. The newsletter and time schedule you did are amazing! While it will just be DH and I when we finally get to:sail, I am still finding plenty of information that I know we will put to good use.

Thanks for a great review, ADPMOM! I have been very busy taking notes on your tips. We aren't sailing for a while, so I am trying to learn as much as I can about the ship before we sail. We will be sailing in 10327, so a slightly different cabin location but still similar enough that your cabin pictures gave me a good feel for what I can expect our view to be. I think we are going to love it! :D

Wow! The food presentation in Qsine is incredible! I would go there just for the experience!

I am anxious to see the Azores. :D

I loved your review, Kim, as usual. I will have to keep checking up on you to see what you decide to do next, because I'm sure I'll want to follow along wherever you decide to go. As for your decision about sailing again on the Dawn, I think if you give yourself some time and then go back and re-read what you've written, you will find you've already answered your question as to what you really want to do. The good thing about you is that no matter what you decide, you'll have a great time doing it, and that's the best part of all.

I'm totally enjoying the food pics! :D

Great review, Kim! As you usually do, you have me wanting to sail on a ship I had no plans to sail on and to a destination that wasn't on the top of my list of places I wanted to go. Well, Bermuda was somewhere on my radar, but certainly not at the top of my list. Now, I'm going to be looking at cruises that stop in Bermuda, preferably for several days!

I'll be back tomorrow to read your recap. :D

Ok, next up is our final full day on the ship. I have to get the pictures together for that and I will return some time tomorrow. Don't worry...it's almost over and you can go back to your regularly scheduled programming. :p :D

I don't want to go back to my regularly scheduled programming! I'm having way more fun following along on your cruise! :D

I loved the pictures from your jet ski and motorboat day in Bermuda. I am glad everything worked out for you in spite of the problems you encountered at the start of your day.

Looking forward to your final day on the ship. :cool:

It sounds like getting to the jetski place was more exciting than the jetski ride will be! I hope not, because we have ridden jetskis a few times and they really were a lot of fun!

Glad to hear you've been to the Dr and have medicine that will help you get better.

Your video of the ship's wake made me feel so nostalgic. Ihave such a long wait for our next cruise, and we just have too much else that has to be taken care of before I can even think about booking another cruise to fill the void.

The show pictures are amazing! It looks like a show we would both enjoy.

Beautiful pictures of the beaches and the unfinished church! I think when I do get around to going to Bermuda, I will have some research of my own to do - the beaches and the transportation system! Hope you manage to get that camera battery charged. I mean, don't those camera shop employees know who you are?!:eek:

It's too bad your first day in Bermuda didn't go exactly as planned, but you did find yourself on a beautiful beach and it looked like everyone had fun. I really loved your sunset pictures!

Hope you are feeling better soon.

The Fabrege eggs are beautiful!

Looks like the Chef's table was a wonderful experience.

I'm enjoying the journey! :D

Another member of the OCD planners group checking in here. The fact that we plan so much alike is one of the things that got me hooked on the first one of your reviews that I read. I've followed you ever since because you have helped me refine my planning style, and I have benefitted a great deal from the research you've done bu settinng me up with the right information to do my own research. I'll be back tomorrow for the next installment. :D

Thanks for sharing. I thought you pass by the statue of liberty on this cruise. :confused: I don't think I seen it in the video or did I miss

Kim, have you watched the BA on the NY webcams? There are two of them. Portny webcam is located across the river from where the NCL ships dock, and ny harbor webcam is located where you will see the ships pass the Statue of Liberty. The views are amazing!

I am looking forward to Bermuda tomorrow! :D

Thanks again, Kim! I am all caught up and feel like I have been exploring the ship with you. :D

I loved the small drawbridge! Also the Bermuda sailaway. It would be easy to forget about dinner for a while with a view like that. Sure hope there isn't much current running, either while trying to sail through the drawbridge, or while sailing through that narrow channel.

Thanks for the tour of the Dawn. She is a pretty ship. I liked seeing the setup of the sideways cabins.

I have no idea how you manage to get such detailed reviews done. I have all I can do to keep up with reading what you have written and write one quick reply. As for pictures, well, I'm still trying to organize mine from our Disney cruise this past Sept. :eek: I am so impresed with how quickly you get this done.

Well then my camera just must be crap. LOL It's a fuji and I bought it for solely using underwater, but everything is always pretty greenish, even with the underwater setting.

 

I am a huge Disney geek and hope you do write a report about your trip there. I visit the board Nancy mentioned but I also like passporters. There is less people there (Dis has a LOT of people) and nicer. On Dis some people are kind of nasty at times, but not on the TR boards usually.

Jen, my first UW camera was a fuji, too. It shorted out the first time I used it - in 3 feet of water in my neighbor's pool. Ended up getting a refund because they couldn't fix it. I have an Olympus Tough T3 now and I like it very much. I do still get some color distortion sometimes, but overall it is pretty good and I think with proper underwater lighting the pictures would be even better.

Kim, there is so much to do in Orlando you really can't do it all in one trip. You have to find what works best for you and your family, then fit it into the time frame you have. Either that, or do what we did and move here. :eek::D We have been here for 11 years now and are still finding things to do that we haven't tried yet. We have gotten some pretty amazing deals through Groupon.

Aww, I'm so sorry to hear about your hip surgery. I hope you have a speedy recovery and please take it easy. At least I may be able to keep you entertained some. :D

 

We have been to Disney (and the Orlando area) so many times and loved it. We just haven't done it since Sakari was born. I know she'd have a blast. We normally hit up Disney World, Animal Kingdom, Islands of Adventure (<---my absolute favorite. We were there right before it was opened to the public, had special tickets, and all the movie stars were there...Ron Howard, Eddie Murphy, Patrick Swayze, all the cast from the movie Jurassic Park, the popular boy band back then...98 degrees, Rosie O'Donnell, Whitney Houston and her kid(s) and a bunch more...it was an amazing time to have the park to yourself with all of them riding rides and walking around), the other Universal Studios and MGM (which I think it's called something else now?). Those are the ones we have always went to every time we are there. We will probably have to go to Sea World as well since Sakari is an animal freak. :p When my other kids were little, we use to have a Sea World here in Ohio and would just go there. But since they got rid of it, Sakari has never been.

 

It will be a great time. :D Wait, what Disney board? I didn't realize there was one. I've always said I wanted to move to Florida and if I do, I want it to be the Orlando area.

Yes, you're already keeping me well entertained with your Dawn review. However, I'm not going to call it a novel because it is most definitely not fiction! Write as much as you like, I'm in for the long haul. BTW, I do like the font/size/color you've chosen for this one. Much easier for my aging eyes to read.

The hip is doing much better now that it is fixed. 2 hips down, 2 knees to go. Then I will be the bionic women. I am taking it easy because I know I need to heal. I do not want to risk damaging the great work my surgeon has done and have to go through what I understand is a very painful process to repair the damages if I cause it to pop.

With all there is to see and do here in Orlando, you may need more than one trip to get it all in. I know Sakari will love Sea World. I have been to the one you had in Ohio and I think you will find this one here to be a big step up. You may also want to check out their water park, Aquatica, and Discovery Cove. Don't forget about the Disney water parks, Typhoon Lagoon, and Blizzard Beach. Oh, Universal is building a water park, and there is a new aquarium open on International Drive that I haven't checked out yet due to my hip issues.

I don't want to break any rules here about posting links, but yes, there's a disney board. I will separate the info here, just take out the spaces and go research away. It's dis boards dot com. Just don't let it slow you down in writing your Dawn review. :eek::D

I'm excited to read this review! I have Bermuda pretty high up on my list of places I'd like to go, and a lot of the activities you choose to do are ones I'd like as well.

That's quite the burn you got on your arm from trying to catch that iron. I sure wish you'd stop getting hurt every time you go on a cruise! This coming from a woman who ripped a toenail off on her last cruise. :rolleyes:

I hope that camera charger turns up somewhere. :eek: I cannot imagine you on a cruise with out a working camera. Besides, it seems like you are always so well organized, I can't imagine you would ever forget something as important as a camera charger.

I am one of those who has had problems with the color/font on previous reviews. I couldn't read for more than a few minutes at a time. I think this time you've got it right! I have had no problems at all with this one. :D

I am really looking forward to following along as this story unfolds! :cool:

I loved all the views of Bermuda harbor. Thanks for including the one showing the dive boat. :D

How great is it to sit on your balcony and watch other ships entering and leaving the port? I spent far more time than usual doing exactly that on our last cruise, and vowed to do it more in the future. :cool:

Yep, we just got off the Dawn today and definitely had a blast. I can't wait to go back to Bermuda.

 

No, I do not use the flash under water. I have tried that a few times and the flash will pick up every water bubble, micro organism (well, probably not but it sure does look like it in the pictures) and every other thing you can think of. It doesn't work out well for me, so I leave the flash off.

 

We loved Blue Lagoon and would definitely go back just to hang out. We really enjoyed the ride over and back and we thought the time went quickly.

 

The Disney cruises look wonderful, but I doubt we will ever take one. They are just too darn expensive for my taste. We will probably be eliminating a cruise next year and just going to Disney World (and all the other places I love down there like Animal Kingdom and Universal) just to take our little one there (she has never been yet). :)

I thought it was about time for you to be back from your Dawn cruise so I was hoping you would be doing a review. I'm in no rush, I am recovering from hip surgery, I am in cruise withdrawal, and your reviews are always such a great read. I am going to have plenty of time to enjoy this one! :D

Looks like you may be in our area next year if you do an Orlando parks trip. It will be really interesting to see what you plan to do here. Oh wait,, that's not a cruise, so you probably won't be posting here. Disney board maybe? Who knows, we may even run into you in the parks, as we get down there every chance we get. I can tell you for sure that Sakari will love it. :cool:

JackieJ, thank you for sharing your story. I am so glad your husband is OK, but appalled by how you were treated. I'm thinking your taxi driver should have been the port agent and the port agent, well I haven't thought of an appropriate job for him/her yet....

Kudos to you for handling the whole situation so well.