Help - Find a brief acquaintance I made on Royal Princess

[haggiskiwi]

I recently disembarked the Royal from the last short leg from Auckland to Sydney (after the multi-stop cross Pacific voyage from Vancouver).

 

On the final night (Sun 22nd Oct) I was queuing up for Guest Services (with around 15 others) when a lady sped through the queue with an "excuse me" & broad southern accent. I made a passing quip which turned into an extended conversation, where I learned more about here than me.

Turns out this lady is, from Alabama, is rather adventurous having jumped off the Auckland Sky Tower, was planning shark cage diving, but was off to the pajama party to cap off this voyage.

She was trying to encourage me to come "dancing" but I told her I was too old for that. When she insisted I come I told her another reason & we parted on a hug. Minor regret that I didn't go dancing, but that's what life is all about.

 

In amongst it all I didn't hear her name. So I've got very little to go on other than what she shared with me. All I've got I want to share here is she's early 40s, a shade over 5ft, with a delightful open attitude. She told me more about herself, but I'll not publish that here.

 

Apologies if this may seem inappropriate. I'm truly not wanting to find this person for anything other than friendship. Just wanting to find out how the rest of her travels went, and make sure she came back with all limbs from her under water experience.

If anyone knows this lady I'd really appreciate letting her know I'm reaching out & leave it with her to contact me.

 

To keep it real short,

Hi Miss Alabama from Mr New Zealand. Your delightful self managed to steal a piece in my heart with your personality & story. Hope you're doing well and keep on living your new life to the full.

And here's a couple of pics from the voyage

[Rick&Jeannie]

I think you need to contract with Thomas Magnum, P.I. to track this lady down...maybe Frank Columbo.

[PacnGoNow]

You might find the roll call from your voyage and ask there, in case she was part of the roll call or had friends on there, who might know her.

Good luck.

[haggiskiwi]

2 hours ago, PacnGoNow said:

You might find the roll call from your voyage and ask there, in case she was part of the roll call or had friends on there, who might know her.

Good luck.

I found the rollcall here and a FB group for the cruise, popped a message on both, but without a name it's near impossible to guess who the mystery lass is.

I guess I'll just put it down to my own stupidity for not listening hard enough, and hope she's carrying on being her vivacious self.

[dockman]

The shoulda coulda woulda blues....been there done that.

[haggiskiwi]

2 hours ago, dockman said:

The shoulda coulda woulda blues....been there done that.

Shoulda gone dancing. Coulda gone "dancing". Woulda gone "dancing" if I was 30 years younger.

Honestly more interested in how her travels went and browsing global friendbase.

[New2cruise2022]

While cruises are wildly popular, they are still a small accumulation of the world’s population, so while the needle remains singular and small, the haystack is not as large as it may initially seem. 
 

You need a little luck, to be sure. Ultimately, you need her to be fanatical enough about cruising to populate cruise critic (you might try a general post outside one particular cruise line), the FB group, or any other cruise related site (have you looked for any subreddits that might apply?) 

 

If she is on any of those subreddits platforms, the odds are considerably higher given the details you have provided. 
 

Good luck! If I met a Kiwi on a ship, they would be a friend for life. New Zealand is my favorite place in the world. 

[SeaHunt]

Here's wishing you good luck in your search!

Your post reminded me of this song 😊

 

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance... I hope you dance...