So many LCTers are on MINT! Loading of LCT is dramatically faster now that so many are off having a great time on MINT and not hanging out on the boards!

I feel like the Maytag repair woman!!

Next week I get to spend a few days in Santa Monica with my Daughter. Ships will not be involved. But I do have a suite booked on the top floor of the Fairmount with balcony. So all is not lost. Sure wish I was going on Mint.

Nice place Chip. No all is not lost. Take your camera - what a great place to take photos!

Sounds like a very nice trip to me, Chip!

Claudia

I realize that I am new here, but what is MINT please? Where are these lucky people cruising?

Have a wonderful visit with your daughter in Santa Monica, Chip!

Welcome, Sage!
MINT is a Mexican Riviera cruise on the Mariner that many of our LCT friends are sailing on today. The cruise begins and ends in LA. When a large group forms for a particular cruise, all of us try to come up with a name for the cruise - an acronym. It's become a beloved ritual here.

We're so envious that they are all enjoying themselves while we, unfortunately, are left behind. So, we are getting a little mischevious (as you can read on another thread)!

Sorry for the confusion to our new members, such as yourself, Sage. A warm welcome, once again. We hope to hear from you a lot on LCT!

Chip, next week I get to fly across the country to spend a few days with MY daughter too!! She's at University in Vancouver, and I miss her. So, we'll be staying on English Bay in the Sylvia Hotel, and I'm looking forward to that just about as much as I look forward to my cruises. My baby girl.....almost all grown up.

So, all is not a loss!

Charlene

Have a fun visit with your daughter, Chip. Are you driving to Santa Monica or flying?

We leave the next week for a Thanksgiving visit to Atlanta.

Hi Charlene - Hope you have a wonderful visit with your daughter!

Hi Donna - Wishing you a great time in Atlanta!

Hope all of you have great visits with your sons/daughters - and Donna especially in "Hotlanta", our daughter use to live there, so we went down there several times (its not far from Tuscaloosa for those Bama games either).

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving, we are excited that our son, daugther in law and 2 oldest Granddaughters will be joining us, oh and my 92 year old Father too. The day after, out oldest daughter, son in law and youngest Granddaugter will come for a couple of nights, so I am anticipating with great excitement a house full of chaos!!!
Sage - welcome to the LCT boards - I'm sure you will enjoy all the fun and informative people, not to mention some of the crazy subjects that get going.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!! (even though I'm a little early)

Thanks, JoAnn. Actually, we're flying into Birmingham and driving to Atlanta. I avoid Hartsfield Airport at all costs during Thanksgiving! Plus, we can fly Southwest into Birmingham and save money!!

Sounds like you will have a crowd at your house. Have a good time and enjoy your family. Will you be doing ALL the cooking? Have fun!

With Chip, driving is flying!! :D

Bon voyage Mintsters! Do us proud! lol
Have a great one. Denise you are right..page sure loaded fast this am..
well it may be so quiet around here I may have to go clean a closet or something..

Posted some premint pics on www.ofoto.com use sign in cruise@yahoo.com and passwowrd cc

Thanks for posting the pics, T!!

Keep 'em coming!

Have fun everybody!

R

GREAT photos!!! It looks like fun was had by all.

Definitely quiet - we're all depressed that we're at work, not on MINT! <img border="0" alt="[bang]" title="" src="graemlins/banghead.gif" />

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Safe travels to those of you on the road!

Kathy

Todd, great shots, we want a group cosmos mint shot pls..r/wes

Great pics, hopefully you can post a few from the ship. When I'm in Santa Monica maybe I rent a helioopter and have them find the ship. I imagine they would have to pick me up if I jumped in right besides as they went by. Do they take credit cards?

Donna I'm driving. I-8 to San Diego. My favorite road to see if the electronic speed limiter still works.

Great Pics and thanks for sharing! Bon voyage and safe travels to everyone coming and going - sounds like it might get even quieter around here!

Ah, I-8. We know it well, Chip. Alan and I travel quite often to Irvine to check on his parents and other things. Of course we don't have a hot car like yours :mecry: . I'm sure you get there a little quicker than we do :) .

Great pics Todd, saw Kathy and Frank Rappaport in there - looked like they wish they were actually going!! have a grea trip!

Hey Denise, can you meet me at Pier 92 in the next 10 minutes? We can change the signs at the pier! The Carnival and Royal Carribean are docked next door. We can send the MINTERS on the Carnival Elation instead of the Mariner! Ha Ha. That would fool them (not) <img border="0" alt="[c]" title="" src="graemlins/c.gif" />

Thanks for posting early pictures, Todd. It is great to see the fun begin.

George and MarnaLou look great as do all of the others.

Enjoy!
Pat

You would think a port as busy as LA would have a web cam!

R

Thanks for the great photos, Todd! Looks like the fun has begun.

Kathy, wish I could have met you at the Pier. Work was wild today, so, no way!

Darn, I hear the Ship's horn. I guess they all made it on the Mariner. That LA Traffic!!! I just missed getting to the pier to change those signs around. Bon Voyage, Minter's.

We better think up some new things to do for the week, now! How about changing all the posts here into Pig-latin this week?

Now we're alking-tay!! Cheers, Anne

Thanks Todd! saw your " drink" in the backround of one of the pix.