Welcome to LCT, Liz, from a fellow "desert rat." With all of your business travel, you must have great advice for us. Please don't be shy about sharing it!

You will love this board. It is somewhat like being in a candy store when reading about all the cruises and fun, more than anyone's travel budget can handle (unless you are Bill Gates or Warren Buffet)! Have fun in Alaska.

Awww!!! You guys are too sweet! I am very lucky to travel a lot for business to cool places (and some not so cool ones!) - which is one reason we haven't taken a "real" (read, we pick the location and time - not work!) vacation in a while. But for our 5th anniversary this summer we decided to just go ahead and plan a vacation for the 2 of us.

Our vacation time is eaten up for the next couple of years after this cruise unfortunately. Next year we'll probably be going to Slovenia to visit my dad who will be working there, and then in '09 to Ireland (for Guiness' 250 anniversary and a friend's 40th b-day). I guess it's not too early to plan for our 10th anniversary cruise though huh? When is the 2012 RSSC schedule released? ;)

Off to ask my questions!

Liz

Hello everybody - My name is Nini (but I've occasionally posted using the name of my dear dead sheltie, Ollie). I have decided to come out of the closet after lurking around for a long time. My husband and I are semi-retired (he is an accocuntant and I am a tax attorney).

We live in Hollywood, FL and also have a home in Banff, Canada, where we spend the summer months (and, occasionally, several weeks in winter, too).

Our first cruise was on the Navigator 2 years ago. We loved it so much that, this past Christmas, we took all of our children and grand children on it and had the most amazing time.

Now, we are scheduled to be on CROSS and are nearly counting the days. This past November, we were at a charity dinner and auction and bid on and got, one-way passage on the QM2, so on October 19, we are sailing to Southampton with friends. There, we will be met, driven to Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral and on to Dover, where we will take the ferry to Calais. Then we will spend 9 days with our friends, ending in Nice, where they will fly back to FL and we will go to Monte Carlo to board the Voyager. We almost feel disloyal to the Navigator, because we both are truly in love with that ship.

Our daughter, Melinda B. is an occcasional poster on this board and has encouraged me to out myself to all of you guys.

Looking forward to meeting everyone in November - we leave for NY and the QM2 6 months from tomorrow.

Nini

Nini...welcome to LCT! We're glad to hear from you. You have some wonderful travel ahead of you. Enjoy!

Nini: Welcome!!! You will LOVE the Voyager - we have been on V, Mariner and Diamond but never Navigator but toured it in St Kitts - hope to experience Navigator in the future! You have a wonderful bunch on Cross - have fun - Joanna

Hi Mom...tee hee!

Nini, Welcome. As a fairly new member, it will not take long until you feel like family. This is a great board. If you liked the Navigator, you will love the Voyager also. It is my favorite ship of the Regent line.
Lynn

Hi Nini,

Welcome to LCT. Glad you've come out of hiding. We have an Accounting, Business Mgmt and Tax Practice too and we're on Cross as well. My husband is a CPA and I am a licensed tax practioner. So if you want to talk tax code on board (not!), or about dogs, and crusing we will understand you. I leave for near Hollywood, (Boca Raton) Florida tomorrow from near Hollywood, California for a loooonnnngg weekend!.

Welcome Nini!

Masaki

Everyone - thanks for your warm welcome - Kathy - I would much rather talk dogs (even though we no longer have one because we are away toomuch) and travel than tax code. I am a former IRS auditor.

Nini

Hi Nini!! I am glad that Melinda "outed" you!! Welcome to the board.

Welcome to LCT Nini! :cool:

Hello, Nini. Welcome to LCT. I'm glad you came out of lurkdom!

Hi and a very warm welcome, Nini! So glad you have made your presence known. Hope you will participate very often here on LCT.

My husband, Alan, and I will be on CROSS with you and your husband in November. Looking forward to meeting you both!

Have a great time on your QM2 cruise and see you in November!

Welcome to LCT, Nini!

Welcome aboard Nini
Glad you posted.

Love to see a lurker turn into a poster. Welcome.

Nini and Liz, I have not visited this thread in awhile, and want to welcome both of you to our lct "family" Hope you will enjoy your future cruises with some of us!

Hello everybody:

Bonnie and I are brand new to the board and to Luxury crusiing. We will be taking our first Regent cruise on June 20th aboard the Mariner.

We live in Orlando. Bob is a CPA/financial advisor and Bonnie owns a floorcovering distribution company. We are 55 years young and have two daughters, the youngest of which is in law school.

We are very much looking forward to our cruise and adding more such adventures in the near future.

Welcome to both of you! I was hoping to see you post when I saw your registration earlier!

When is your next cruise?

Bonnie & Bob,

Hi there, almost neighbors! We live in Central Fl. also, Indialantic (Melbourne area). Welcome to LCT!!!!!!

You are going to love the Mariner!!

Please disregard my question about which cruise you are taking next, I missed that part in your first post!

Welcome B&B!! We are, sort of, neighbors outside of Jacksonville at the beach - you will love Regent and the Mariner - Joanna :3smile:

Welcome to LCT Bonnie & Bob.
I am sure you will enjoy it here. :lct:

Welcome to LCT, Bonnie and Bob!

Masaki

Hi Bonnie & Bob; welcome to LCT! Tom and I took our first Regent cruise aboard the Mariner last June and we loved it as I know you will!

Welcome to LCT, Bonnie and Bob. You'll learn a lot here. Have fun cruising.

Hi Everyone:

When our cruise docs for Fjords arrived yesterday, I decided it was time to stop lurking and introduce myself.

My name is Kathy. I grew up in Cleveland, OH and my husband, Pete, in Syracuse, NY. We have 2 children and 2 Sheltie/Aussie Shepherd/Border Collie mix rescue dogs. Pete and I will celebrate our 29th anniversary while on Fjords. We lived in Dallas, TX for 21 years. When our youngest child entered college, we decided it was time for a change. The job search began and 3 years ago we moved to Boston. We love the city and the area. One of the perks of living here is that we are less than 4 hours away from NYC by train and less than 6 hours from London by plane. Life is good!

While we are not new to cruising, Regent or B&K, Fjords will be our first escorted B&K cruise. I look forward to meeting many of you in just a little over 3 weeks!

Kathy

Premier Cruiseline "Big Red Boat" - Bahamas 3/93
Crown Princess - Alaska 6/96
Saroche - Barge trip in Burgundy 7/98
Paul Gauguin - Tahiti 6/2001
Diamond - Panama Canal 2/2002
Grand Princess - Western Carib 3/2002
SS Voyager - Baltics 7/2003
Swan Hellenic Minerva II - Dover - Naples 9/2004
Diamond - Carib 1/2005
SS Voyager - MC - Rome 9/2005
Seadream II - Carib 1/2006
SS Navigator - Western Carib 2/2007

SS Voyager - Fjords 6/2007
SS Navigator - Carib 2/2008
SS Navigator - Caviar 7/2008

Welcome Kathy...look forward to meeting you and Pete on FJORDS!!

Thanks for the introduction, Kathy. I'm also looking forward to meeting you and Pete on FJORDS. What a great way to celebrate your anniversary.

A warm welcome to you, Kathy! Hope you have a wonderful time celebrating your anniversary on FJORDS!

I did not know Kathy had posted. THis is a lovely couple and she has been reading LCT for a long time. So glad you posted Kathy look forward to seeing you on Fjords.

Welcome, Kathy.

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! I look forward to meeting many of you aboard the Voyager in just one week.

Kathy

Hello,

I have been secretly reading this forum for a few days and researching many cruise lines and thought I would join and be able to talk to all the wonderful and informative EXPERTS that are here.

WOW what a collective group, I bet traveling with you folks would be fantastic.

I was born in South Africa and then moved to the USA and have lived all over the place from Texas to Utah to California. I work in Panama and we are developing a condo resort in the wonderful small village of Santa Catalina.

Anyways that's enough rambling.

I hope you guys don't get sick of my questions I will have in the next few months.

Thanks for the great outlet.

PM.

Welcome PM! What cruise line have you been looking at?

PM - Welcome! I have only cruised Regent but many others are wealth of info on other lines and, yes, a very collective group which makes the whole traveling adventure very rewarding- however, try Regent you'll love it -

Welcome to LCT PM - you have come to the right place for some great cruise information! :)

Hi,

Is Regent the same as R.S.S.C?? I looked at them before on the world cruise...or part of it.

Thanks for the help.

PM.

Yes Sir - one and the same Regent Seven Seas Cruises -