Posted on 02/23/2010 8:19:55 AM PST by Kartographer
You know what Spock found in that bathroom? The captains log.
I’m dying to see what picture you posted.... it didn’t come through for some reason. Until then, I guess I stay with oatmeal :-)
sounds disgusting.
I have been on double digit cruises across four cruise lines and never had a problem. But at least one of the ships did have a reasonably significant norovirus outbreak.
The big ships are like a huge adult daycare facility with lots of potential for sharing infectious agents.
Couldn’t agree with you more. I’m a Southerner in Yankeeland and people look at me like I’m crazy when I say how wonderful grits are. I miss the horse-drawn ground grits I used to get at Mabry’s Mill when I was a kid.
Did they have the chicken or the fish?
They both circle Uranus searching for Klingons.
I always wondered where the sow bellies that our local farmers sell went. :)
Adult day care? On a cruise, I usually try to avoid the kids who run wild because their parents are "on vacation" and drunk by the pool all day.
My wife almost talked me into a cruise this year. Until I showed her that we could go to Hawaii for about the same cost due to the economy being so bad.
In the distance, a lone drummer
plays a rim shot. :)
Cooking crew, happy as larks, down below in the lower deck!
Not only claustrophobia & a fair chance of drowning, but at dusk—fabulous technicolor yawns!
Yankees don’t understand grits...................ref: My Cousin Vinnie movie......
Multiple use of serving spoons at the buffet? Lots of finger foods = fast spread of illness. Wash your hands if you are going to eat at the buffet.
Makes sense for a cruise, makes sense for an office luncheon, makes sense for ANY buffet.
The past 2 summers, we’ve taken our family on cruises to Alaska. We’ve had a great time.
Our 2 pre-teen daughters and our teenage son still keep in contact with the kids they met on the last cruise. The one this past summer was the most fun trip they’ve ever had. I barely saw my son, except for port days.
My husband and I got to have lots of romantic dinners without worrying about kids.
I never had to think about cooking or picking our restaurants.
Then the views in Alaska are spectacular. I could sit on my balcony all day long and watch the mountains go by. There are tons of waterfalls and wildlife. Absolutely breath-taking.
(We were very diligent about washing our hands, and none of us has gotten sick on a cruise. My kids are the type that always pick up illnesses at school, but they haven’t on a cruise.)
The food staff are from around the world.
On our Holland-American cruise to Alaska we never ate from the buffet. To avoid temptation we had sensible breakfasts (oatmeal/yogurt/fruit/coffee) delivered to our stateroom.
We love cruising and we love RVing. What we do not love is flying anywhere by commercial airline.
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