Thanks Joanna & Karen for pulling for me. I guess that now is as good a time as any to start with the questions. I was actually going to try and phone Ngaire about this before but I didn’t have a definite cruise date to reference so I didn’t want to bother her. If I were to go on the wait list for “any” cruise, would I be obligated to go on that cruise if space became available or would I just be saying that I might be interested? If it were the former, how much of a monetary commitment would I have to make at the time that I became wait-listed or would that be contingent on me actually being booked? I hope this makes sense??? My problem being that I won’t know until around April as to what my work schedule will be. I could go back to work anytime from the middle of April until the middle of May. If it’s the middle of May I wouldn’t be back in time to make the cruise but the closer it is to the middle of April, the better my chances are. I really couldn’t make a financial commitment to this until I’d know for sure.

Is this appropriate to be asking these questions here on the “Introduction” forum or should I move any further inquires over to another forum and leave room for someone else who might want to come out of the “Lurk Cold” ?
Ralph