Sun Princess 5/14/04 Pacific Coast Repo

[Brucemcdou]

Hi -

I'll be on this 3-day repo from San Francisco to Vancouver over a weekend, unfortunately without my partner this time. I'll be doing lots of knitting by the window, of course!

I don't see any other roll call for this cruise; would love to meet some others on this board to have some friends on board and perhaps dinner table companions. I'll just be sailing up and then flying back to SFO on Monday the 17th. We've taken advantage of these short repo cruises before; normally the price drops significantly as it gets closer.

There are never enough days at sea!

[Tedson]

Hi Bruce,

I'm glad you posted on the Princess roll call thread; otherwise I probably wouldn't have seen this. My partner Ralph and I will be on this "quickie" along with couple of friends. Maybe we can pull you away from your knitting long enough to meet up. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Ralph's never been to Victoria and wants to see the Bouchart Gardens, which I've seen but way back in the '70s.

Ted

November 2004-Sapphire Princess?
May 2004-Sun Princess
March 2004-Brilliance OTS
October 2003-Mercury
April 2003-Grandeur OTS
September 2002-Grand Princess
May 2002-Star Princess

Work is just something I do between Cruises....

[Brucemcdou]

Hi, Ted -

I knew there had to be family on this cruise. I'd love to meet up with you and Ralph and your friends. I'm still hoping that my partner Dan will be able to join me (we've got the reservation in his name), but it will depend on his work schedule at the last minute.

I'm also looking forward to visiting Victoria - I've been in and out of Vancouver several times on these short hops and on Alaska cruises, but have never seen Victoria. It sounds lovely. I'm thinking of the bicycle excursion or just renting some bikes on my own.

There are never enough days at sea!

[spav01]

Bruce -
Too bad I can't make it out there for that cruise. I think we sang together many years ago at Penn [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Michael

[Brucemcdou]

Hi, Michael -

Go Quakers! I'm sure we'll be together on some other cruise. My partner and I will on the 13-day Canada/New England cruise on Celebrity Constellation in October. This quick weekend cruise is just to satisfy our "cruise bug" - and it's really convenient from San Francisco.

You must be able to take cruises on short notice from Florida, as well?

There are never enough days at sea!

[spav01]

We certanly can...seeing how we're in between Port Everglades and Port of Miami. Trying to get my partner to do Caribbean itineraries is the challenge. He was raised in Guatemala and Puerto Rico, so for him it's "been there, done that".
And he likes more active vacations. We're doing a gay bike tour in Europe next Spring or Fall, and last summer we were in Southern Germany rushing from site to site so he could see it all before my exchange program reunion in Munich.

Hopefully he'll love the RSVP cruise we're doing starting Sunday and he'll be hooked on cruising.

Michael

[Tedson]

Hi Bruce,

Any word on whether Dan will be able to make it?

Ted

November 2004-Sapphire Princess?
May 2004-Sun Princess
March 2004-Brilliance OTS
October 2003-Mercury
April 2003-Grandeur OTS
September 2002-Grand Princess
May 2002-Star Princess

Work is just something I do between Cruises....

[Brucemcdou]

Hi, Ted -

Not definite, but looking better. He works in a hotel (whose initials are "RC") and, well, someone's got to be working all the time 7 days a week. I have a "normal" schedule of Monday to Friday, which is why this long weekend cruise caught my eye in the first place.

Right now we're also planning a cruise in June, on the Caribbean Princess. We're not normally Princess cruisers, but they have a program on their Caribbean cruises where you can get SCUBA certified during the cruise. So we'll combine a vacation with some classroom work, pool diving, and open-water dives. I was certified a long time ago but Dan isn't. We went on an "intro to SCUBA" dive in Hawaii in March and he really loved it. So we're hoping to get our C-cards!

There are never enough days at sea!

[Tedson]

We had brunch yesterday with a couple of friends who will be on this cruise, and they were suggesting trying to contact the CD or purser's desk ahead of time (via email) to request an F.O.D. party. From everything I've read here on the G/L board, this doesn't seem to work and people respond that it's better to contact the CD immediately after boarding. Being just a 3-day cruise, this might be hard to schedule.

[Brucemcdou]

Hi, Ted -

I've been told that you really can't contact the CD ahead of time. A CD told me that - otherwise they'd be swamped with e-mail from past and future passengers. So good idea to ask on board. We've certainly never had trouble identifying and meeting the other gay and lesbian passengers on a cruise, but an organized meeting is always nice.

It looks as if Dan will be able to go on the 5/14 cruise (knocking wood, crossing fingers and toes) so we look forward to meeting you and your friends. I know there's an unofficial CC meeting in the Wheelhouse Bar following the muster drill - I hope we'll see you there?

ten days - can't wait - I'm looking at the Coral Princess out my office window right now; it's docked at Pier 32 by the Bay Bridge today.

There are never enough days at sea!

[Tedson]

Bruce, glad to hear Dan will be able to go. Looking forward to meeting you and maybe talking about the Stagecoach [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Ted

November 2004-Sapphire Princess?
May 2004-Sun Princess
March 2004-Brilliance OTS
October 2003-Mercury
April 2003-Grandeur OTS
September 2002-Grand Princess
May 2002-Star Princess

Work is just something I do between Cruises....

[Blazerboy]

Just found this thread- Along with my partner and I, there are two other couples, and three other singles that I know about- and a rumor that there are a group of bears going! (As long as they don't "paw" my partner) I also know a lesbian couple, so there'll definitely be a presence! See you all on board.

Blazer Boy

[Guest]

Hi folks - while I won't be on the trip, darn it, I believe the Cruise Director coming on in San Francisco is Dan Gibbons. You should have no issues with getting a FOD party scheduled, but do put the request in early so they can schedule it. Only three days doesn't leave much room.

If Dan isn't coming on, Janet Edwards should still be there - same thing with her. If neither of them are there, they changed the schedule [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

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