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Re: Hello from SAND! #204484 12/16/06 03:06 PM
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Everyone,thanks so much for your posts and continue to enjoy your wonderful cruise.

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Re: Hello from SAND! #204485 12/17/06 01:46 AM
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Sandees....I know you're enjoying your last few wonderful days. Hope the smooth seas continue!

We'll look forward to your return and lots of photos.


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Re: Hello from SAND! #204486 12/17/06 03:49 AM
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Well, it's our last full day onboard, dang did time ever go fast! I just checked the weather for Nassau, it doesn't look too good so maybe I will skip my tanning today and go over to Atlantis.

We were due to pull in at 3pm but the Captain said we will be several hours early so that is a bonus!

Our dinner last night with Betty, Larry, Don and Dianna was a blast. Of course Arnold had us all special order 2 nights before so most of us had surf and turf for dinner and I had my favorite desert, Baklava!!!! They sent up the leftovers to my room and I will be having that with breakfast this morning smiles

Arnold combined with Franco really does create the perfect duo in the dining room. I am glad that Ngaire passed on that hint for us.

I have pictures to post of the dynamic duo but all my pix will have to wait till I get home sad

I think I will go get another latte and go sit on my balcony to watch us sail into port.

I will check back in later with an update of the day.

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Re: Hello from SAND! #204487 12/17/06 05:36 AM
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Marcie, yes Wendy and Claudia are here. Last night we had pre-dinner cocktails with Wendy, David, Karen, and Mark in Frank and Kathys room. We were by the pool yesterday and saw Claudia working on her tan.

The dinner last night was fabulous with Mark and Karen and Larry and Betty. Arnold was great and ooooh the food. What a day yesterday. Today is a little yuch, but it is early and maybe this stuff will burn off by the time we hit Nassau. If it does, I think Diana and I are going to head to the beach.

Hard to believe it is almost over, it has gone by way too fast.

More later...


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As others have said, it is very cloudy today!

Last night dinner was so fun, with Karen & Mark and Don & Diana! The food was yummy. We had pre-ordered lobster and lamb chops. Thanks to Arnold!!! Just wait 'til you see the photos! :)

My dear Joanna, I wish you were here, now! I can't wait for that cruise we will do together, hopefully sooner than later.
You too Nancy, Mia and Denise!!

Our cruise is drawing to an end. :( With this one, we will take away some very special memories. Having met handsome Mark and beautiful Karen and spending time with them, and all the other fun LCTers on this cruise!

It was great to meet Clay and Brooke. What a nice, good looking couple!!

And a real pleasure to cruise with Debbie and Russ!

So much more to tell, but later!!!
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Re: Hello from SAND! #204489 12/17/06 06:32 AM
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Betty, enjoy your last day!! You all have been missed and we look forward to seeing all the pictures when you return!

Don & Dianna, glad your first RSSC cruise won't be your last!!

So many people that are on SAND are people we've never cruised with before....hopefully this all will change one of these days soon!


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I was thinking that too Marcie. So many on SAND I have not cruised with before either. Wish I could have been on board. Looking forward to pictures WITH names attached so we can figure out who is who.

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I can tell you that those of you who haven't met Betty and Larry before are in for a BIG treat!! I now have a new sister and I just adore her from head to toe!!

Everyone I had never met before on this cruise are really super people and I feel lucky to have had the chance to get to know them! My list of "have to meets" is getting shorter and shorted but there are still many I am dying to meet one day!

Mark and Russ went tequilaing last night in the lounge, it is 10;30 and Mark is still laying in bed, lol! We are a few hours from Nassau, I think we are going over to Atlantis with Kathy and Frank. It is overcast but I don't think it is raining, I am going now to check the radar.

More later on tonight!

OHHHHH, I forgot to mention this!!! After 10 cruises, we finally had a picture taken that we didn't hide on the wall of shame!!! We actually bought this one!!! They had a huge bouquet of roses on one of the stair landings and the pictures that the ships photog took were really nice!!!


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Re: Hello from SAND! #204492 12/17/06 06:53 AM
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I'm sooo glad that you are all enjoying Sand. Please clear up the weather for us, we will be boarding the Voyager as you are disembarking the Navigator. Hope your last day is great.... and everyone wins big in the casino this evening :app: :app: If anyone will be at the port around noon, please stop by and say hello to us


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Re: Hello from SAND! #204493 12/17/06 06:54 AM
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Can't wait to meet Betty and Larry too Karen!!!

Have such a fun time at Atlantis today! We went as a family trip there with the kids about 12 years ago, lots of fun!!


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Sounds like you are having a wonderful time in each other's company, Karen, Betty, Don (and spouses)! Comes as no surprise. We've yet to cruise with all of you, but hope to do so very, very soon. Don, looking forward to cruising CROSS with you and Diana, of course! Surely your fantastic first time experiences with SAND/RSSC have convinced you to book the entire CROSSing by now!

Have a great day!


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Re: Hello from SAND! #204495 12/17/06 07:30 AM
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Don is such a hoot on LCT and Betty adds so much with her great posts and wit so not surprised this group clicked!!!! (and of course Betty is a Gator she gets high marks from me :app: :app: ) and cruising with Mark and Karen very "special" - you have been missed but loved hearing about your fun times and dinners!


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Wow - we just took on the pilot and we're on sail into Nassau. How pretty it is. I can see the shore from the computer here. Those pesky luggage tags were on our doors yesterday.

We had a great evening lastn ight - Cocktails as Don told you in our room with Shrimp cocktails/Cosmo's and cheese platter follwed by dinner with our WAVE/PIP friends, Wendy and David followed by a donation to the Casino and then Stars lounge where Jerry played guitar. We had drinks with Debbie, Russ, Julie and Chester, John and Lyndsay Barron; Off to the top deck to watch the sail in! And it's partly Sunny and Partly rain clouds!?!?!?


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MC/Dover 6/06
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Alaska 2001|2006
Panama Canal 2003
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Re: Hello from SAND! #204497 12/17/06 08:23 AM
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Everyone's reports make this trip sound like a really special one. Kathy, I'm envisioning your sail in to Nassau right now. Bittersweet since the cruise is ending soon, but so many happy memories ....


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Hi, Betty - Your Saturday dinner sounded absolutely wonderful ... lamb, lobster and lots of good friends! :) Mark and I sure wish we could have joined You, Larry, Karen, Mark and the rest of the LCT gang ... but, hopefully, there are many future RSSC sailings on the horizon! By the way - South Florida is balmy and bright today, so the rest of the trip home should be smooth sailing! cheer Mia


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We walked around Atlantis with Betty and Larry, Mark and Karen and then we came back to the ship. Frank and I headed to Bay Street for a walk around and a little shopping. Off to trivia and tea before packing and getting ready for the AMEX Party and Dinner with Betty and Larry, Karen and Mark - in Arnold's station, of course! Beautiful weather hear. Ship is VERY quiet! Sad to be leaving.


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MC/Dover 6/06
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Alaska 2001|2006
Panama Canal 2003
NAV
Caribbean 11/06
Bermuda|New Eng/Canada 6/04
PG 5/05
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Regatta|Baltics 6/08
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You sure lucked out with John and Lyndsay on your cruise Sandies!! - they do such an incredible job of mingling with everyone!!! Tony and I would love to have monopolized their time but impossible as they have so many guests they cater to in such a charming way!!! A few of us stole away with them for a most memorable land dinner in Buenos Aires!


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Hello all and sorry to hear your cruise is winding down. Enjoyed all the seamail and nostalgia for the Navigator and her staff is with me. Betty, you must remember to tell all when we have lunch in 3 weeks! ;)


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All good things must come to an end...at least till the next cruise.....

This cruise was wonderful and we met so many wonderful folks. Really nice community and we can't wait to cruise again.

Navigator will go wireless as of tomorrow!!!!!

Tina

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We will sure miss hearing from you all and so HAPPY you had a wonderful time on SANDS.

Since the next sailing is "nameless" I'm adding a photo taken tonight from our LCT dinner to send Andrea & Jerel off tomorrow on the Mariner! We had a delicious dinner at a Long Beach restaurant picked by Denise.

Andrea, Jerel, Dena & Grant, Denise & Alan, Tom and me. I don't know what is the matter but I can't seem to get this any larger!! I like the larger photos too!(sorry this is the best I could get it) Everyone is sitting across from their spouse.
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/marciematassa/LCTLongBeachdinner-1-1.jpg?t=1166418639[/img]


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Hoping the SANDees made some fantastic memories. Seems like we were just saying "Bon Voyage" to you all.

Marcie,

You sure posted our group photo quickly!

It was a wonderful LCT dinner tonight, welcoming Andrea and Jerel to SOCAL and toasting several glasses of wine, wishing Bon Voyage to Andrea and Jerel, as they embark on the Mariner tomorrow. Great food, conversation, and, most of all, fantastic company!

As one cruise disembarks, another embarks. Hopefully, lots of seamail and pics from Andrea and Jerel.

Andrea and Jerel,

It was a pleasure to finally meet you both! Alan and I hope to cruise with you someday soon!

Safe travels home to the SANDees!


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I'm adding that we would have loved having Mary Ellen and Jim join us tonight too (if they flew in one day early) but none of us heard from you!! Please don't be shy!


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Marcie,

Forgot to add - Your photo came over very clear and large enough for these old (and very tired from too much wine) eyes!

I will post the photo from my camera tomorrow, hopefully.


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Just thought I would jump in here before we disembark today. We had a great time and it will be hard getting off the ship and leaving all our friends. So much to talk about and so much fun.


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Looks like a fun group had dinner last night = love the picture!


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Welcome home SANDee's!

Loved the picture from the LCT dinner with Andrea and Jerel yesterday.

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It was great fun to welcome Andrea and Jerel to the LCT Orange County chapter. A good time was had by all!

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Well, this party is over - another cruise on the horizon. We had an inpromptu party in Don and Diana's room last night with Russ and Debbie and Wendy and David as well. Much more fun than the AMEX Party - we laughed so hard and we had a bird's eye view of everyone returning to the ship from Nassau. Then Dinner with Larry and Betty, Karen and Mark of course in Arnold's section.

Hard to believe that we're aren't booked to sail on Regent until CROSS; The Barrons will be boarding when we get off and Jamie and Dana will be on Voyager when we are cruising.

The Cruise was really near perfect - only too short is my only complaint!

Well, off to get a bite to eat before we board our flight. The Airport is very busy with holiday travellers. We were able to get on a flight much earlier than originally scheduled thanks to a great curbside rep - 4 hours earlier and still in First - yippee. We really lucked out - our bags were overweight since we shopped before the cruise.


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MC/Dover 6/06
MARINER:
BCN / Ven 10/11
Alaska 2001|2006
Panama Canal 2003
NAV
Caribbean 11/06
Bermuda|New Eng/Canada 6/04
PG 5/05
OCEANIA
Nautica |Ist/Athens 6/07
Regatta|Baltics 6/08
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Where was the Andrea and Jerel WABVD (now THERE's a catchy acronym :rolleyes: ) dinner held? What were your favorite courses?

Welcome back to all the SANDees and a special Bon Voyage to Andrea and Jerel, honorary members of the LCT Orange County tribe. It's a LOC! LOL!

Cheers, Anne

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Anne, it was at a very good restaurant that Denise selected in Long Beach called La Crêperie Café (French but most things on the menu had an Italian flair).

Now tell me what WABVD stands for?


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Hey, BP!

Curious about that acronym, too.

Alan and I had French onion soup. entree of Jambalaya crepes and bananas flambe crepes with vanilla ice cream for dessert. The food was really good. Very lively place with a piano player, which added to the festivities.

Sure would have loved for you and Gary to have been there! It was another perfect LCT gathering to welcome out-of-town LCTers to SOCAL!

BTW, Andrea looks beautiful!

Just about time to say "Welcome Home, SANDees!"


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Welcome home SANDees!!


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Welcome back, SANDees, from what sounds like an almost perfect cruise.

And thanks for posting the photo from the Southern California dinner. A great group, some of whom I hope to meet in person before too long!


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Been back home for just a couple of hours. Bags are all unpacked and Diana is doing the laundry as we speak.

We rode to the airport with Frank and Kathy. They invited us to come with them to the Delta Lounge to hang out with them, but it was in a different terminal and Diana was still having a few stomach issues, so we decided to stay put and wait for our flight. I started working on our cruise review on my laptop at the airport, but didn't get too far. We bumped into Debbie, Russ, and her parents at the next gate waiting for their flight home, so we sat and chatted for quite awhile before we boarded sharing all the memories of the cruise. We plan on getting together with them after the holidays for dinner and reminscing over the pictures.

I can't say enough about all the fun us LCT'rs had on this cruise. What a great group of people to sail with. So many good memories.


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Welcome home SANDEES! Sounds like a great cruise despite the rocky start!

Would love more pix of the OC dinner also!


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Welcome home, Texas Don and Diana! You've been missed around here! Time to start planning for CROSS!

Sounds like a fantastic time was had by all!


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Diana and Don: A big welcome home - you have been missed on LCT!!!


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Where is the most wonderful Betty???? You and Larry were beloved on this cruise - NO surprise to me -


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Glad all the Sandee's had a good time and are sorry to see their cruise end.

Well, phooey, Alan and I flew home tonight from Irvine after a short Christmas visit with his mom. We could have "almost" made it to the LCT send off for Andrea and Jeryl. Have a good time guys!


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So glad you guys had a great time.

The following is too late for the Sandies,(I apologise for only reading the mail last night as I was finishing up a chapter) but hopefully will help someone else.

Last year on the Navigator, we too had alot of pitching and rolling. The solution if you could make it was to go into CR since in CR it felt like the ship wasn't even moving. One night Gil hadn't felt well. I went alone to CR and as I was sitting there, I realized it was very calm. I ran back to the cabin and insisted Gil get dressed and come down to CR. Paige, Anthony, Gordon and Rebecca were with us, and Anthony commented how Gil came into CR green and left looking normal. He had rice that night, but CR cured his seasickness.

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