JoAnn, you are absolutely right. I'm laughing at my over-exaggeration, "worst experiences of my life". Hey, our first cruise was on the old Mardi Gras, where you had to do down the hall to blow dry your hair, the toilet was inside of the shower, and we had and inside cabin (a coffin would have been larger) with a folding upper berth. Shoot we thought we were in heaven. It was what got us hooked on cruising.

Well, the good news is SS released some silver sailing discounts yesterday and we did find a 55% off (with our Venetian Club discount) cruise for next May on the Silver Wind going Barcelona to Rome, so we have emailed Linda to book it.