I think both groups, TAP, and CROSS are great! I would have happily settled into either, and if the choice were the crossing before or after land trip, would have chosen CROSS, and crammed in exhaustive touring beforehand! And like Kathy has said, you all are going to enjoy picking up an extra 5 hours or so during the cruise, and we on TAP will be setting our clocks back. Not a problem for me, since I have nothing better to do than sleep an extra hour at sea! For me, it was a scheduling thing, trying to pace my cruises and not bunching them! CROSS was too close to PANDA for me! And....how could I miss another group cruise with Ngaire and Ken?

Now Andi, just how much planning did we have to do for ROAR I? What shade of beige? What style safari hat? I thought it was effortless!