I just talked to Marcie at the St. Regis, she is having a great time! They met Paul, Betty and Mr. Betty last night at the RSSC shindig and said they all had a great time. She reports everything is first class, from the Mercedes that picked them up at home to the preboarding experience. They did the check-in at the St. Regis so all they have to do is walk on the ship.

She is so elated that it is infectious! I can't wait to hear her updates from the ship. She said to say hi to everyone and she should be on the ship in about 2 hours from now!

Sounds wonderful! I can't wait to hear more! Thanks for reporting in Marcie, and for passing it along Karen!

I'm so excited for her!!! And all the others, too. My husband, Tom, is a building inspector, working on a high rise condo in downtown San Diego right across from the cruise ship terminal with a great view of the cruise ships. He keeps me posted. I was so excited when he told me the Voyager was in port yesterday (Tues). I thought immediately of Marcie and knew it would be on it's way up to LA to pick her & Tom up!!!!

Cyndi

I am JEALOUS!

Just think, no cooking, cleaning and taking out the trash for months!

When I came back from the Navigator (only 15 days) and went to the grocery store, the meat guy was helping me select some steak. He asked if there was anything else he could do for me and I said "Yes, you can cook the steak and serve it to me" Of course I explained I just got back from a cruise.

I was so spoiled. Marcie may be spoiled for life!!

Cyndi

Marcie just called again from her stretch limo on the way to the ship. I think it's time for me to get into my stretch Pontiac and go to the grocery store :)
Maybe she will change places with me?

Or with any/all of us????? Thanks for being the "middle woman" for us, Karen! If I wasn't leaving in one week...I, too would be jealous..........
.......ah, okay, I'm still jealous!!!!!!

Karen,

Thanks for the reports from Marcie. Oh My Gosh!! It all sounds so wonderful already!

Betty

It's so much fun to live vicariously through Marcie and Tom. Thanks, Karen.

MarnaLou

About two hours since your post, Karen, so Marcie and the others should be onboard by now. What a day! Can you even imagine?

WOW !!!!!
What a great start to a GREAT vacation! ! !

Bob

Yee Ha! They're off! Thanks for the updates, Karen.

I guess they needed the stretch version to hold all the family she is bringing on! It sounds like such fun. How I wish the next 2 weeks will fly by.

This is so neat. I'm so excited for them. What an amazing trip of a lifetime this will be.

Thanks for checking in, Marcie. And to Karen for passing along the updates. I'm with you, Karen. Stretch Pontiac, huh? :)

Wonder if they remembered to ring the bell on the way out? That sounded like such a neat idea. What a classy pre-cruise gift that was.

Looking forward to the next installment,

Kathy

Another Marcie update: I just got home after being out all day and a message came in at 10:30 am my time 7:30 am LA time from Marcie and Tom. They said last night at the hotel was outstanding. Their room was on the 28th floor, meeting lots of people, all very nice, and one woman has been on 16 World Cruises! She enjoyed meeting Paul and many others. I'd say they are off to a great beginning. Can't wait to see them 2/7 - Joanna

I have heard that the party the night before is wonderful. I cannot even imagine the excitement of boarding and knowing you wont get off until APRIL. Can you imagine. That is LIVING.

I am sure RSSC will give those full WC'ers the party they are entitled to! Just glad I am lucky enough to get on my "leg"!

What excitment...it sounds wonderful...envy abounds here. Bon Voyage World Cruisers!

Please keep sharing the fun!

I think her words were "this is over the top" meaning the party at the hotel - what a way to begin a trip!! Joanna

I've only been home 3.5 days from the Seabourn Legend holiday cruise and I am SO JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!

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Claudia

WOW I can't even imagine a World Cruise - we were just talking about it today and wondered if we'd ever do that -- sounds so incredible, hmmm well maybe someday.

While at work this morning, I called to check my home answering machine. One message - from Marcie! Yes, they are living large and having a great time.

I then got back to my work, wishing I were Marcie!

I have had so much fun reading Marcie's updates (through all of you)today. Alan and I share a home office and I keep turning my head and saying, "Marcie said they had a great dinner last night. Marcie met a woman who has been on 16 World Cruises. Marcie's in the stretch limmo on her way to the pier. " Alan just shakes his head at my enthusiasm for Marcie. All night long he has gone around the house saying, "16 World Cruises? 16 World Cruises?"

Marcie, keep the posts coming. I feel like I'm on the World Cruise with you.

The best of two worlds....all the comforts and all the adventure of so many places to explore. And they've only just begun!

Donna: Tony and I share an office where we have our computers - his office not mine - so often I share LCT info with him as I am reading it hot off the LCT press - 75% of the time he just shakes his head - joanna

Joanna, does Tony think you spend too much time on this board? Alan, will say, "Are you on there again?" I tell Alan he doesn't know what he's missing that maybe he should check us out. But, I'm glad he doesn't. This is my territory!!

Hi all.

Just got off the phone with Marcie. What a great surprise, once again.

She is having such a great time meeting everyone. Marcie is ecstatic! From the sound of her voice, it appears it has finally set in that this trip is REAL and happening RIGHT NOW! They are anxiously awaiting their departure out of LA, which should be very soon now. She was trying to make as many calls as she could before her cell phone cut out.

She shared a very funny story about their transport from St. Regis to the ship. They were waiting their turn to get into a limo, when a stretch limo pulled up. They were asked to please get inside. Marcie got in and moved over, to allow Tom and several others, whom she assumed would be joining both her and Tom, in the car. After they both got in, the driver told them they were now going to go to the ship. It was just the two of them in that stretch limo. She said that 10 others could have easily joined them!

So glad that they are having the times of their lives on this trip!

Alan made her promise that she was going to call us at every port they docked in! Yeah, right!

I am now going to get my ruby slippers on, click my heels three times and say, "I wish I were Marcie, I wish I were Marcie, I wish I were Marcie!"

Well, on their behalf, the weather here certainly has cooperated for them. First it cleared up yesterday and hasn't rained all day today. They will be out of range of the rain for tomorrows major storm. I guess RSSC really pulled out all the stops for this one.

I wish I were there with Marcie!!!!

Betty

Update Update - they just called from the sailing away - I think a Crystal ship was next to them - they are soooo happy and sounds like a fun group of people - as Tony said it is always fun talking to Tom and Marcie - Joanna

Yes, a Crystal ship was next to them. Both ships were sounding their "horns" back and forth to each other prior to sailing away.

So glad that our LA weather cooperated with their send-off!

Donna: Tony thinks I belong to a cult - LCT - Joanna

You do!

It's ok, Joanna. Alan thinks the same thing. He says LCT is the reason I haven't written my million dollar novel which will allow us to go on the World Cruise :)

Donna, a happy medium would be to write your million dollar novel on the board! We promise not to steal your novel and publish it before you do!

Denise, the only problem...I write non-fiction. Alan is such a supporter of mine that he is convinced I can write a novel. Maybe he is right. I know there is a story in me just waiting to be told, perhaps a seafaring novel or one about cruise crazed people or then again, it could be a love story about a southernlady who meets her westernman!

Both sound wonderful! You couldn't loose with either. However, the cruise crazed people novel would be outrageous. I sense a movie deal on that one after the novel makes millions!

Donna: keep all options open in your creative mind - (where in the west?? santa fe??? I'd love to go there) - Joanna

No, Joanna, not that picturesque (I want to go to Santa Fe too). Alan grew up in LA and eventually moved to Eugene, Oregon while I grew up in Atlanta and eventually ended up in Roanoke, Va. Now we live in Tucson. By the way, in my former life, we were considering Ponte Vedra for retirement. I think you live in a beautiful area of Fla. Alan still hasn't seen an Atlantic coast "southern" beach. It's on my list to show him.

Denise - a book with a movie deal. Now we're talking. I like the cruise crazed people novel idea. Must get to work on it tomorrow!