rabidstoat Posted March 12, 2018 Author #26 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I hesitate to nitpick, but your peacock diva is actually a "he." And quite gorgeous. Loving the journal! Oh dear! I gender-assumed a peacock. :( So noted, hee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C cruise Posted March 12, 2018 #27 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Oh you got me with the hook -- what ever happened with the bananas!! LOL - I am loving your report - such a good read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E@syPe@zy Posted March 12, 2018 #28 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Really enjoying your narrative! The she/he peacock was a show stopper....beautiful and I don't even like peacocks. Well they are beautiful, but the noise they make is horrible. I guess even birds can't be great at all "tings". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldgoat61 Posted March 13, 2018 #29 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Just like cruising, you got me hooked! I enjoy your humor as much as your writing style.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanBlueWaters Posted March 13, 2018 #30 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Loving review! So following... Peacocks: Funny story... On my travels to work every day I pass the local "Zoo" which also takes in rescue animals. I slammed on my brakes going down this isolated road one morning due to PEACOCKS everywhere! Somehow they escaped from their confines. It is 6:15 a.m. (dark). Peacocks in middle of the road! Oh my! Get out of my way little fellas, I have to get to work! But don't you all look so darling! I did not hit any of them, and coffee did not spill on me slamming on brakes and navigating around them. Whew! I am positive zoo keepers scooped them up during the day and returned them to "zoo" habitat. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trivimp Posted March 13, 2018 #31 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Peacocks are just about the stupidest birds out there. Seriously, they give domestic turkeys a run for their money. I have a friend who tells a story about six peacocks sitting on a branch out in the country somewhere during hunting season, and her husband shot one of them (apparently thinking it was a turkey) (!) and the other five birds just SAT THERE looking like they were thinking "Oi! What's happened to Fred, then, he just fell off the branch" Peahens, on the other hand, are a lot more wily. They also don't have the showy tail. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcssmom Posted March 15, 2018 #32 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Loving your review. You had me hooked at missing bananas. I am in it until the end. Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaton Posted March 15, 2018 #33 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Also following along. What a great and engaging read! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efinand Posted March 16, 2018 #34 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Great review! Keep it coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassrobinson Posted March 16, 2018 #35 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Love this review! Hoping for a speedy recovery for you and more writing. Your writing skills are sensational! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C cruise Posted March 16, 2018 #36 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Love this review! Hoping for a speedy recovery for you and more writing. Your writing skills are sensational! I agree with you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MaryBethV Posted March 16, 2018 #37 Share Posted March 16, 2018 LOVING your trip report. Your cat trying to stow away is too cute! Looking forward to new installments as you have time. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HolySpearit Posted March 16, 2018 #38 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Loving this review, anybody who drops a left shark reference is a friend of mine! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingPiper Posted March 17, 2018 #39 Share Posted March 17, 2018 More please!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E@syPe@zy Posted March 17, 2018 #40 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Rabidstoat......where did you go????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicAUS Posted March 17, 2018 #41 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Loving the review. Greet effort! I have a few questions if I don’t mind? I’m doing a TA cruise that will end in Port Canaveral, the porters you mentioned that skip the long lines, where are these people? Are they asking people if they need assistance? Also I’m getting a private car transfer, is there an area where they wait? Is it easy it to find? I’m On a tight time line and any info would be awesome. Thanks heaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trivimp Posted March 17, 2018 #42 Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) I can answer the porter question... when you get off the ship, you'll walk down a long-azz ramp to the luggage claim area, a big open area with long tables where they stack the bags. Find your bags & then start looking for the porters with their carts coming through the big doors on the right. Flag one down by hollering "Porter" at him (it helps to hoist a bill above your head & wave it at him.) He'll load up your luggage on his cart & then start leading you past the lines of people. Follow him to the customs agent, the porter will wait while customs does their thing, and then the porter will continue to take you & your bags right out to curbside. Tell him you're doing the private car transfer & he'll show you where that is. They work for tips. I tipped him $5/bag for this service; I don't know what the consensus is on whether I was high or low. But it was worth it three times over to go past that huge line. Edited March 17, 2018 by trivimp typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakman58 Posted March 17, 2018 #43 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I’m sorry trivimp but I had to chuckle when you wrote they work for tips. Yes, they expect tips but they are well-paid hourly workers. At some ports they can make as much as a 6 figure annual wage. When I cruise I do tip the porters but I hate doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trivimp Posted March 17, 2018 #44 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I’m sorry trivimp but I had to chuckle when you wrote they work for tips. Yes, they expect tips but they are well-paid hourly workers. At some ports they can make as much as a 6 figure annual wage. When I cruise I do tip the porters but I hate doing so. Ah, well, I didn't say it very clearly. I knew they got an hourly wage but they expect a tip on top of it. I didn't know they made quite so much, though! Maybe I should retire from office work & be a porter :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicAUS Posted March 18, 2018 #45 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I can answer the porter question... when you get off the ship, you'll walk down a long-azz ramp to the luggage claim area, a big open area with long tables where they stack the bags. Find your bags & then start looking for the porters with their carts coming through the big doors on the right. Flag one down by hollering "Porter" at him (it helps to hoist a bill above your head & wave it at him.) He'll load up your luggage on his cart & then start leading you past the lines of people. Follow him to the customs agent, the porter will wait while customs does their thing, and then the porter will continue to take you & your bags right out to curbside. Tell him you're doing the private car transfer & he'll show you where that is. They work for tips. I tipped him $5/bag for this service; I don't know what the consensus is on whether I was high or low. But it was worth it three times over to go past that huge line. Thanks, this is perfect. Really appreciate it. I’ll certainly be shouting PORTER with some bills in my hand and watch them flock to me. Haha! Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisco Posted March 18, 2018 #46 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Following. I was on this cruise also. Perfect weather. And me and my boyfriend both got the plague on the way home. Still coughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amby8 Posted March 19, 2018 #47 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Following. I was on this cruise also. Perfect weather. And me and my boyfriend both got the plague on the way home. Still coughing. My gosh, y'all. I was on the Epic over Thanksgiving, and was one of many on the ship who caught the upper respiratory crud onboard that week. It took me 5 weeks to lose the cough. I can't help wondering if that same virus is still circulating through the ship's air. :( I feel for you and hope everyone feels better soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleally Posted March 20, 2018 #48 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Where'd she go????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA1968 Posted March 20, 2018 #49 Share Posted March 20, 2018 What happened to the bananas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E@syPe@zy Posted March 20, 2018 #50 Share Posted March 20, 2018 OP hasn't posted on this thread since March 12th. Maybe she found a last minute cruise she couldn't resist!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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