OK, I'll try this a second time!

We are Betty (mid-50s) and Al (mid-60s). We've been married something over 14 years and between us have 4 kids and 9 grandkids. We live in a Seattle suburb ... or at least we did until a couple of years ago when the Impulse Buy of the Century took us to a Florida condo on the beach just north of Naples. It's a l.o..n...g story! So now we're in Florida for most of the winter, in Seattle for the summer, and travelling whenever we can.

We both work in the mainframe database area -- I do training as an independent contractor. Contrary to most observation, Al still technically has a full time job.

After 15 cruises, we've pretty well figured out what we like. We love small, long, well-done cruises to interesting destinations. There are probably three favorites for three different reasons -- a week on The World of Residensea in an apartment -- What's not to like??!! 17 days down the Amazon from Iquitos, Peru to Belem, Brazil -- only an 84 sqft cabin but a fascinating trip and very nicely done. 62 days circumnavigating South America on the (now defunct) Renaissance 8 (700 pax). We really loved the old Ren ships of 114 passengers. Worst cruise was Princess through the Panama canal -- our first and last Princess experience.

We love to travel. We've taken three 1-month land trips to Australia and New Zealand and would return at any opportunity. Also several land trips to Europe, China, and a safari in Kenya. We started cruising because I travelled so much for work that I wanted to avoid hotel-to-hotel-to-hotel when we were vacationing.

We want to see EVERYwhere! There's no such thing as seeing too many new places. The only down side of so much travel is missing the grandkids! Of course there's that $$ issue, but we choose to ignore that ...

We've talked about a World Cruise for years, and now it's actually on the table -- SUCH a big decision!

I appreciate all the insight I can get here -- RSSC is new for us though we've been eyeing it for quite some time.

Betty