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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call #216478 05/27/10 07:01 AM
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I'm making a payment on TUT today - good excuse to pop in here and say hi!!!

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What a coincidence, Andrea! I literally just emailed Susan W to do the exact same thing. Makes it feel more REAL, doesn't it?


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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call #216480 05/27/10 07:27 AM
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It certainly does!

Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call #216481 06/04/10 05:40 PM
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Just spoke with Delta about TUT change (NOT available) ......are you ready???? change is now $150PP vs $100PP - I just dropped 2 Delta credit cards I had after hearing this - as if they care :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :mad: :mad:


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UGH!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: So sorry, Joanna. Bottom line is, you and Tony MUST BE THERE no matter what!


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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call #216483 06/05/10 03:10 AM
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I'm the last person to defend Delta--getting award tickets is a royal pain--but they did eliminate award fees as of this week.

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sorry Joanna. AA is bad enough, although Ihave to admit that our FF tickets for TUT were fairly easy to get, but Delta really sounds bad.


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Joanna: They are really beautiful.. There are awards are bad enough.. there 3 tier system is a joke... I believe this week they eliminated award fees, but I thought that was only for Diamond and Plat members... but maybe thats just change fees only...

They still have a lot of work to do to revamp there system..

FV

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Does anyone know what kind of currency we will need in Egypt, Israel and places like Limasol? Can we use euros? What about at places like the pyramids for going into the tombs (not me!!!) or the solar boat or things like that?

Some of these Countries are new to us, so any experienced help will be appreciated. :)


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Yes Frank I got their email about all the new wonderful things they are doing - we are lowly gold so no perks for us just higher fees for redepositing and rebooking

Kristin we'll be there just trying to get out of VCE on the 17th


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Of course you and Tony will be there Joanna! No brainer.


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Anyone else going out the 18th???? Too lazy to go back and read all posts!!!!


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Hello....
Steve and I just booked this cruise. Cabin 909.
We are from Fort Myers, FL...
looking forward to meeting everyone!!
Now to begin reading all of your posts!

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Hi Kathy--welcome to LCT! Looking forward to seeing you and Steve again.


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Hi Kathy - welcome to LCT. Glad you are joining this awesome group and will look forward to meeting you and Steve onboard.


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My oh my....I just read all ten pages of postings.....you LCT TUT cruisers are one big, fun-lovin', wild group!!!!
Hope we can keep up with you all!
It's going to be a fun time...I can tell.

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Kathy somehow you just get swept into the fun-lovin' group and find stamina you never knew you had.....welcome! This group does not go to bed early but it is port intensive so guess many will be forced to behave ;) ;) ;)


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Thanks Peggy, Joanna and JoAnn.
We're calling this cruise a "job." Every day we have to go to "work" and we'll relax when we get back home!!

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Kathy - are you coming into Athens early? If you are going to be there on Saturday, would you like to join the group dinner? Just let me know so I can have Spiros increse the reservation. Also, if you would like be part of the group transfer on Sunday let me know.

Joanna is sooooo right, you just get caught up in the fun and it just keeps going on and on.

Joanna - just waiting for the day you and Tony behave, not to mention Frank and me, among many others. LOLOLOL.


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JoAnn we hadn't even thought about getting to Athens early until we read everyone's posts...we'll call B & K tomorrow and see what we can do. It would be nice to see a little of Athens and catch up on the jet-lag before the cruise.
Will let you know and thanks for the invites!

Kathy

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Welcome to LCT, Kathy! :hello1:


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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call #216499 06/06/10 03:21 PM
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Welcome Kathy, so happy you and Steve will be joining us on TUT. I think we're a fun loving, easy to get to know group....kind of a "behaving" group in training! cheer


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Welcome, Kathy and Steve! I see you are from Fort Myers. We used to live in Cape Coral and LOVED it, despite all the hurricanes we went through!

Looking forward to meeting you!


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Paul Gauguin's Tere Moana-12/14
Voyager-10/08, 11/10
Navigator-05/07, 5/09, 10/11
Paul Gauguin-6/06, 12/07
Silver Shadow-12/06
Silver Whisper-11/05, 12/04
Silver Wind-4/04
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Not to worry, I'm sure Steve and Kathy can keep up--we had a great time with them when we sailed from Auckland to Los Angeles last fall. Not so sure about me and Jerry, though. I don't know if we'll hold up with all those port days--we may have to turn some of them into sea days to rest up. The problem is--all the ports are great, so which ones do you pick to miss??????


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Welcome, Kathy and Steve! Peggy, I agree. We may be dragging with all the port days, but nothing stands out as the day to miss by turning it into a sea day. What a problem to have!


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We're already planning to "take it easy" on certain port days...it becomes all too exhausting. I agree, Priscilla, what a problem to have! ;)

Now Peggy, if I remember correctly, you & Jerry are on for the following leg as well...so you can "rest up" on the way back to Athens, right?
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Kristin

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Voyager-10/08, 11/10
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Paul Gauguin-6/06, 12/07
Silver Shadow-12/06
Silver Whisper-11/05, 12/04
Silver Wind-4/04
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The problem is, there's good ports on that cruise also. One good thing is that a couple of the ports are repeats (Dubrovnik, Kusadasi)--but I like both of those ports and could visit over and over. Problems, problems :(


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Kristin I'm with you - T and I will chill with you and Greg (pool bar?) - for me, no longer becomes vacation getting up at 7 am or earlier for port days - we'll make it work!!!!


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Kristin I'm with you - T and I will chill with you and Greg (pool bar?) - for me, no longer becomes vacation getting up at 7 am or earlier for port days - we'll make it work!!!!
Funny you should say that, Joanna! We are a fixture at the pool bar when we are on the ship after visiting port (or skipping altogether). There's something about being outdoors and having the (almost) panoramic view of the port around you.

Can this cruise get here soon enough????!!!!


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Voyager-10/08, 11/10
Navigator-05/07, 5/09, 10/11
Paul Gauguin-6/06, 12/07
Silver Shadow-12/06
Silver Whisper-11/05, 12/04
Silver Wind-4/04
Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call #216507 06/08/10 03:00 AM
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Ahh the pool bar, Frank's favorite all time spot on any cruise. We will be there too Kristin and Joanna. On some days we just booked a short 1/2 day excursion, others none at all and may not, might just wander around on our own and head back to the ship and pool bar!! LOL. cheer cheer See you guys there.


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Huge thanks to all for welcoming us to this fabulous group!
Steve and I are excited and can't wait for the trip to begin!!
We've been on the Mariner three times and loved that ship. Hoping the Voyager will be as nice. Our favorite bar.....besides the pool bar.....was the Horizon bar.
Steve likes to hang out in the Connoisseur Club and the Horizon bar was just outside. It's gonna be great getting to find our way around a "new" ship!!!

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OHHH the Voyager is a wonderful ship - we have been on both V and M and love them - you'll have NO problem finding us (bars bars and more bars and CC) look forward to a great trip - Joanna and Tony


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We love the Horizon lounge, too, but I have to say our favorite evening bar is the Observation Lounge. I have SO missed having one of those on the other ships we've sailed. And now there's Prime 7........

Oh, this cruise is going to be so amazing for so many different reasons!
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Kristin

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Voyager-10/08, 11/10
Navigator-05/07, 5/09, 10/11
Paul Gauguin-6/06, 12/07
Silver Shadow-12/06
Silver Whisper-11/05, 12/04
Silver Wind-4/04
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Oh my the pool bar, on Fjords I think our name was engraved on the stools, and it was less than 50 degrees F most days! We Love the pool bar! I can't recall the name of the lobby bar on the Navigator, but we all made a great showing! J remember?


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I remember!!!!!! The party people seem to find those great hang out places - how I discovered a lemon drop some bar stool huggers suggestion - Just one please (OK 2) or else I'll DROP :lct: :hug: :hug:


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Oh those memories....... the bartender at the navigtor was Australian I think, he had all our drinks memorized by day 2. actually kind of sad? cheer cheer cheer
We had so much fun......


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He was a cutie!!!!! Can't beat walking up and your drinks are poured - surrounded by the best cruise buddies ever!!!!!!!


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That sure was fun !! Wasn't SAMBA Navigator bartender's name Rick?? He was great!


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That was Ricky, from Darwin, Australia. He's had several promotions since Samba. He was the assistant F&B director on the Mariner for the South America cruise. Not sure if he's still on the Mariner, or if he's gone back to the Navigator with Florian.


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We loved Ricky too! When we met him, he had just gotten back from some time off and had just been promoted to bar manager, so he wasn't pouring drinks but was always making sure everything was ship-shape at the bars. He was a delight to talk to.

I wonder who'll be on TUT pouring our libations? Someone ought to warn them about us! :D cheer


Kristin

Paul Gauguin's Tere Moana-12/14
Voyager-10/08, 11/10
Navigator-05/07, 5/09, 10/11
Paul Gauguin-6/06, 12/07
Silver Shadow-12/06
Silver Whisper-11/05, 12/04
Silver Wind-4/04
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