We’ve just been informed by our TA at B&K that our docs will be arriving on Wednesday (Yippee!) so I guess we’ve been lurking long enough and it’s time to finally introduce ourselves and thank everyone who has been so kind to share with us as we have planned our upcoming PG cruise. We’ve enjoyed getting to know each of you over the past few months via your posts so here goes on us…..
We are relatively new to cruising (but not to travel which is our passion!). Our first cruise was with Disney in ’01 and we took our two nieces who were 10 and 11 at the time and had a wonderful time. It was all about the kids (both young and old!). Our next cruise was in ‘04/’05 (it was over xmas and new years) and was on the Celebrity Xpedition in the Galapagos in celebration of our 10th anniversary. This was a fabulous trip! It was our first introduction to all-inclusive cruising and boy are we hooked! If anyone is interested in details on this particular cruise – please ask! Our biggest complaint on the Disney cruise was the nickel and dime-ing we experienced every time we turned around. On the Galapagos cruise everything was included – all the excursions, food, alcohol – everything. It’s a small, intimate ship – approx. 100 pax. And the accommodations and the staff were super. The only negative was with some of the food as at the time we cruised (it may have changed by now) they were required to get most of their food supplies directly from the Galapagos and the variety and quality was just not available. On this cruise is where we heard people mention a special ship called the Paul Gauguin which we then researched when we got home and are now booked to sail on September 23rd. We are so excited!
As for other personal details – we are both 50, live and work outside Washington, DC in Northern Virginia – my husband in the IT field and myself in residential property management. We work to afford to travel and travel to live.
Thank you again for all of your help in planning our upcoming cruise. It truly has added something special to our expectations and anticipation. And a special thank you to Marcie (petlover) for pointing us in the direction of B&K.
We hope to meet you all somewhere soon on the high seas!
