Comments on: Carnival Emotion http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/01/carnival-emotion/ The official blog of Carnival Cruise Line's Sr. cruise director, John Heald Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:46:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: LINDA NORTHERN http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/01/carnival-emotion/#comment-31542 LINDA NORTHERN Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:25:30 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2382#comment-31542 DEAR JOHN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS YOU. AS YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE, PER JEFF'S LETTER TO YOU WE HAD A VERY TRYING, STRESSFUL YEAR WITH MUCH MORE THAT JEFF DIDN'T PUT IN THE LETTER. THIS CRUISE WAS JUST WHAT THE DR. ORDERED. MORE THAN WE COULD EVER HAD EXPECTED. FROM THE AWSOME, PERSONABLE, FRIENDLY STEWARDS, WAITER, AND WAITRESSES TO THE ONE OF KIND FULL OF HUMOR AND LAUGHTER CRUISE DIRECTOR, YOU. LET ME SAY I AM SO SORRY ABOUT THE BELPALSY BUT YOU DID A PHENOMONAL JOB IN INCORPORATING IT IN TO YOUR COMDEY. LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE FOR EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE COMPLETELY SOLD ON CRUISES NOW AND WILL BE ABSOUTELY TAKING MORE WITH CARNIVAL. WE HAVE SUNG THE PRAISES OF YOU, CARNIVAL FREEDOM AND THE STAFF. JEFF AS YOU KNOW IS A RN AND I HAVE SUGGESTD STRONGLY THAT HE LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH CARNIVAL, I WILL BE YOUR ASSISTANT IN TRAINNING AS I LOVE TO LAUGH AND MAKE OTHERS LAUGH. WE HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR 4 CHILDREN AND 1 GRANDDAUGHTER WILL DO BUT I'M SURE WE CAN FIND SOMETHING!!!!!!!! WE DID ARRIVE HOME SAFELY BUT I MUST SHARE THIS FUNNY WITH YOU. WHEN DECIDING TO TAKE THIS TRIP JEFF REMEMBERD THAT HE HAD A GREAT AUNT WHO LIVED IN FT LAUDERDALE. SO WE FLEW IN ON 2-29-08 AND STAYED OVERNIGHT WITH HER. WHEN WE EXITED THE SHIP ON 3-8-08 I SUDDENLY REMEBERED THAT I HAD FORGOTTEN TO BOOK A HOTEL ROOM AS HIS AUNT WAS UNABLE TO HAVE US BACK DUE TO HER SCHEDULE. JEFF AND I QUICKLY STATED OH FT LUADERDALE IT WILL BE EASY TO FIND A HOTEL NOT REALIZING THAT THERE WAS A BLIZZARD GOING ON IN THE EAST-NORTH EAST. AS WE ARRIVED BACK AT THE FT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT VI THE SHUTTLE WE WERE MET WITH VAST NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ALL TRYING TO GET HOTELS AND FLIGHTS STILL BEING CANCELED. SO MY SEARCH BEGAN WITH EACH CALL BEING TOLD THEY WERE FULL OR THEY WERE SO FAR OUT OF OUR PRICE RANGE LIKE 429.00 A NIGHT. I COULD GO ON ANOTHR CRUISE WITH THAT PRICE. THE VERY LAST ONE I CALLED WAS A ECONO LODGE WITH THE PERSON SAYING SHE HAD 1 ROOM LEFT, DOUBLE BEDS, SMOKING, JEFF SMOKES SO I SAID WILL TAKE IT, A STEAL OF 145.00 DOLLARS. WHE WE ARRIVED JEFF AND I SLOWLY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND JUST STARTED LAUGHING. HERE WE HAD BEEN SPOLIED ON THIS LUXURIOUS SHIP AND WHAT A REALITY CHECK AT THE ECONO LODGE. WHEN WE WALKED INTO OUR ROOM WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT JEFF SAID OK HONEY I GET THE BED THAT DOEN'T HAVE THE CHALK MARK AROUND IT. AFTER GETTING SOMETHING TO EAT WE WENT BACK TO THE ROOM, AGAIN LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID WE WANT OAKLEY OUR STEWARD, WE WATCHED A LIITLE TV AND DECIDED TO TURN IN AS WE HAD TO BE BACK AT THE AIRPORT AT 6:00 AM. AROUND 3:00 AM I WOKE TO A KNOCKING NOISE, QUICKLY REALIZING WHAT IT WAS I LAID THERE THINKING OH MY GOD!!!!! WHEN SUDDENLY JEFF WOKE UP RAN TO THE DOOR, LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, AND SAID WHO IS IT. I SAID JEFF DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR, HE SAID I'M NOT BUT SOMEONE KEEPS KNOCKING ON IT, DON'T YOU HEAR IT. I SAID IT'S NOT THE DOOR IT'S THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR WHO HAVE BEEN HAVING SEX FOR THE LAST 20 MINUTES AND THEIR HEADBOARD IS HITTING OUR WALL!!!! JEFF AND I BOTH LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID WELL THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS HAVE A CIG. IN THEIR HONOR. I DON'T SMOKE BUT JEFF LIT ONE UP. ONLY COULD HAPPEN TO US. THANKS FOR A WONDERFUL CRUISE, A WONDERFUL TIME AND WONDERFUL MEMORIES. AND JUST REMEBER REALLY WHEN AND IF YOU NEED AN ASST. I WILL BE THERE I'LL GIVE UP WORKING WITH AT RISK KIDS JUST THINK OF THE STORIES I HAVE TO OFFER AND YOUR JAMES SAID AS I WAS LIVING THE SHIP THAT I COULD STAY WITH HIM!!!! ACTUALLY HE SAID CALL HIM SOME TIME!!!!!! OH YEAH AND ADEL CALLED ME BY NAME WHEN I WAS EXITING THE BOAT 3000 PEOPLE AND SHE CALLED ME BY NAME AND I WAS EVEN IN ANY OF YOUR SHOWS WITH AUDIANCE PARTICIPATION, WHICH WE DISCUSS LATER AS TO WHY I WASN'T!!!!! BUT FOR HER TO REMEBER MY NAME WHAT GREAT MARKETING!!!!!! THANKS TO ALL LINDA NORTHERN GALVESTON, INDIANA DEAR JOHN,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS YOU. AS YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE, PER JEFF’S LETTER TO YOU WE HAD A VERY TRYING, STRESSFUL YEAR WITH MUCH MORE THAT JEFF DIDN’T PUT IN THE LETTER. THIS CRUISE WAS JUST WHAT THE DR. ORDERED. MORE THAN WE COULD EVER HAD EXPECTED. FROM THE AWSOME, PERSONABLE, FRIENDLY STEWARDS, WAITER, AND WAITRESSES TO THE ONE OF KIND FULL OF HUMOR AND LAUGHTER CRUISE DIRECTOR, YOU. LET ME SAY I AM SO SORRY ABOUT THE BELPALSY BUT YOU DID A PHENOMONAL JOB IN INCORPORATING IT IN TO YOUR COMDEY. LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE FOR EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE COMPLETELY SOLD ON CRUISES NOW AND WILL BE ABSOUTELY TAKING MORE WITH CARNIVAL. WE HAVE SUNG THE PRAISES OF YOU, CARNIVAL FREEDOM AND THE STAFF. JEFF AS YOU KNOW IS A RN AND I HAVE SUGGESTD STRONGLY THAT HE LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH CARNIVAL, I WILL BE YOUR ASSISTANT IN TRAINNING AS I LOVE TO LAUGH AND MAKE OTHERS LAUGH. WE HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR 4 CHILDREN AND 1 GRANDDAUGHTER WILL DO BUT I’M SURE WE CAN FIND SOMETHING!!!!!!!! WE DID ARRIVE HOME SAFELY BUT I MUST SHARE THIS FUNNY WITH YOU. WHEN DECIDING TO TAKE THIS TRIP JEFF REMEMBERD THAT HE HAD A GREAT AUNT WHO LIVED IN FT LAUDERDALE. SO WE FLEW IN ON 2-29-08 AND STAYED OVERNIGHT WITH HER. WHEN WE EXITED THE SHIP ON 3-8-08 I SUDDENLY REMEBERED THAT I HAD FORGOTTEN TO BOOK A HOTEL ROOM AS HIS AUNT WAS UNABLE TO HAVE US BACK DUE TO HER SCHEDULE. JEFF AND I QUICKLY STATED OH FT LUADERDALE IT WILL BE EASY TO FIND A HOTEL NOT REALIZING THAT THERE WAS A BLIZZARD GOING ON IN THE EAST-NORTH EAST. AS WE ARRIVED BACK AT THE FT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT VI THE SHUTTLE WE WERE MET WITH VAST NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ALL TRYING TO GET HOTELS AND FLIGHTS STILL BEING CANCELED. SO MY SEARCH BEGAN WITH EACH CALL BEING TOLD THEY WERE FULL OR THEY WERE SO FAR OUT OF OUR PRICE RANGE LIKE 429.00 A NIGHT. I COULD GO ON ANOTHR CRUISE WITH THAT PRICE. THE VERY LAST ONE I CALLED WAS A ECONO LODGE WITH THE PERSON SAYING SHE HAD 1 ROOM LEFT, DOUBLE BEDS, SMOKING, JEFF SMOKES SO I SAID WILL TAKE IT, A STEAL OF 145.00 DOLLARS. WHE WE ARRIVED JEFF AND I SLOWLY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND JUST STARTED LAUGHING. HERE WE HAD BEEN SPOLIED ON THIS LUXURIOUS SHIP AND WHAT A REALITY CHECK AT THE ECONO LODGE. WHEN WE WALKED INTO OUR ROOM WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT JEFF SAID OK HONEY I GET THE BED THAT DOEN’T HAVE THE CHALK MARK AROUND IT. AFTER GETTING SOMETHING TO EAT WE WENT BACK TO THE ROOM, AGAIN LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID WE WANT OAKLEY OUR STEWARD, WE WATCHED A LIITLE TV AND DECIDED TO TURN IN AS WE HAD TO BE BACK AT THE AIRPORT AT 6:00 AM. AROUND 3:00 AM I WOKE TO A KNOCKING NOISE, QUICKLY REALIZING WHAT IT WAS I LAID THERE THINKING OH MY GOD!!!!! WHEN SUDDENLY JEFF WOKE UP RAN TO THE DOOR, LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, AND SAID WHO IS IT. I SAID JEFF DON’T OPEN THAT DOOR, HE SAID I’M NOT BUT SOMEONE KEEPS KNOCKING ON IT, DON’T YOU HEAR IT. I SAID IT’S NOT THE DOOR IT’S THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR WHO HAVE BEEN HAVING SEX FOR THE LAST 20 MINUTES AND THEIR HEADBOARD IS HITTING OUR WALL!!!! JEFF AND I BOTH LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID WELL THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS HAVE A CIG. IN THEIR HONOR. I DON’T SMOKE BUT JEFF LIT ONE UP. ONLY COULD HAPPEN TO US. THANKS FOR A WONDERFUL CRUISE, A WONDERFUL TIME AND WONDERFUL MEMORIES. AND JUST REMEBER REALLY WHEN AND IF YOU NEED AN ASST. I WILL BE THERE I’LL GIVE UP WORKING WITH AT RISK KIDS JUST THINK OF THE STORIES I HAVE TO OFFER AND YOUR JAMES SAID AS I WAS LIVING THE SHIP THAT I COULD STAY WITH HIM!!!! ACTUALLY HE SAID CALL HIM SOME TIME!!!!!! OH YEAH AND ADEL CALLED ME BY NAME WHEN I WAS EXITING THE BOAT 3000 PEOPLE AND SHE CALLED ME BY NAME AND I WAS EVEN IN ANY OF YOUR SHOWS WITH AUDIANCE PARTICIPATION, WHICH WE DISCUSS LATER AS TO WHY I WASN’T!!!!! BUT FOR HER TO REMEBER MY NAME WHAT GREAT MARKETING!!!!!!
THANKS TO ALL
LINDA NORTHERN
GALVESTON, INDIANA

]]> By: Lee Rayburn http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/01/carnival-emotion/#comment-31316 Lee Rayburn Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:00:15 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2382#comment-31316 Hello John, Didn't want to start with the old "Dear John" letter. My wife and I brought my in-laws and our 2 1/2 year old daughter on the Feb 23-Mar 1 sailing. We had previously brought my mother in law, my 2 boys (12-15) and our daughter as well as 2 nieces (11-15) on the July 4 sailing of the Glory (all of us were 1st time cruisers). My father in law did not go then. We had scheduled the Freedom trip prior to sailing on the Glory but after that trip we couldn't wait to go again. We rubbed it in so bad to him how wonderful the cruise was, the food, the shore trips, the shows, life on the ship in general. He was so excited that I got calls daily from both him and my mother in law asking questions about our upcoming Freedom sailing. I'm sure you don't know, but you had alot to live up to even before we boarded and you out did yourself. I mean at the sailing party 2 guys in G string thongs and they came to the muster station drill like that. That was outstanding, it set the fun tone. I wish I had the guts to do that. It was halarious. The cruise only got better. Your shows especially the Dick Little show and "And Mary screamed" show were the riot. I hurt for 3 days from laughing so hard. Even being the stud you are, I'm sure after you were rode by Mary you were hurting too. My father in law tells everyone he knows about the cruise and your shows. It takes him 30 min to tell the Mary story and he can't do it with a straight face, he breaks down laughing every time. We are going in Oct on the Glory again (only because that's the sailing with ports we haven't been to), this time with 24 people from both my wifes and my family. The only bad thing about sailing on the Glory is that you won't be the cruise director. I have told my wife we will sail with you again even if it is the same ports we'd already seen. Thank you so much for an outstanding "setting the bar very high" cruise, not for my self but for my 2 1/2 year old daughter who cried and threw a fit to watch you on stage and my father in law who had one of those unforgetable life memories that he will be laughing at and telling everyone he knows for hopefully years to come. Lee Rayburn Knoxville, Tn Hello John,
Didn’t want to start with the old “Dear John” letter.
My wife and I brought my in-laws and our 2 1/2 year old daughter on the Feb 23-Mar 1 sailing. We had previously brought my mother in law, my 2 boys (12-15) and our daughter as well as 2 nieces (11-15) on the July 4 sailing of the Glory (all of us were 1st time cruisers). My father in law did not go then. We had scheduled the Freedom trip prior to sailing on the Glory but after that trip we couldn’t wait to go again. We rubbed it in so bad to him how wonderful the cruise was, the food, the shore trips, the shows, life on the ship in general. He was so excited that I got calls daily from both him and my mother in law asking questions about our upcoming Freedom sailing. I’m sure you don’t know, but you had alot to live up to even before we boarded and you out did yourself. I mean at the sailing party 2 guys in G string thongs and they came to the muster station drill like that. That was outstanding, it set the fun tone. I wish I had the guts to do that. It was halarious. The cruise only got better. Your shows especially the Dick Little show and “And Mary screamed” show were the riot. I hurt for 3 days from laughing so hard. Even being the stud you are, I’m sure after you were rode by Mary you were hurting too.
My father in law tells everyone he knows about the cruise and your shows. It takes him 30 min to tell the Mary story and he can’t do it with a straight face, he breaks down laughing every time.
We are going in Oct on the Glory again (only because that’s the sailing with ports we haven’t been to), this time with 24 people from both my wifes and my family. The only bad thing about sailing on the Glory is that you won’t be the cruise director. I have told my wife we will sail with you again even if it is the same ports we’d already seen.
Thank you so much for an outstanding “setting the bar very high” cruise, not for my self but for my 2 1/2 year old daughter who cried and threw a fit to watch you on stage and my father in law who had one of those unforgetable life memories that he will be laughing at and telling everyone he knows for hopefully years to come.

Lee Rayburn
Knoxville, Tn

]]> By: jeanette http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/01/carnival-emotion/#comment-31256 jeanette Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:32:55 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2382#comment-31256 Well John,,,,,,,,,here we come. The "Bucket List" ladies ride again. We'll see you next February (like it or not) when Kathleen and I set sail for Cozumel and Pregreso leaving from New Orleans. We can't wait. Hope we get to talk with you in person and possibly get a picture or two. Remember, we are retired cake decorators and we know how to use a spatula. We are currently trying to talk another friend into joining us,,,,,,,she is as nutzzzz as we are so we'll leave everything to your imagination. Get my drift???? Do they have any high cliffs in Cozumel? Remember you said jumping off a cliff into the water was on YOUR "bucket list"? Looking forward to seeing you again,,,,,,,,take care of yourself. If your not on that ship when we board, I'll hunt you down like a DOG!!!!! Jeanette Bucket List Lady Well John,,,,,,,,,here we come. The “Bucket List” ladies ride again. We’ll see you next February (like it or not) when Kathleen and I set sail for Cozumel and Pregreso leaving from New Orleans. We can’t wait. Hope we get to talk with you in person and possibly get a picture or two. Remember, we are retired cake decorators and we know how to use a spatula. We are currently trying to talk another friend into joining us,,,,,,,she is as nutzzzz as we are so we’ll leave everything to your imagination. Get my drift????

Do they have any high cliffs in Cozumel? Remember you said jumping off a cliff into the water was on YOUR “bucket list”?

Looking forward to seeing you again,,,,,,,,take care of yourself. If your not on that ship when we board, I’ll hunt you down like a DOG!!!!!

Jeanette
Bucket List Lady

]]> By: John D. http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/01/carnival-emotion/#comment-31037 John D. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:00:17 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2382#comment-31037 John - You need to know you broke "Man Law" when you threw the rest of us guys under the not remembering our vows bus. When you get busted just suck it up and take your lumps. Don't go asking all our wives to check to see if we remember or not. Now I'm in the dog house with you.... Cheers.... Keep up the great stuff.... John – You need to know you broke “Man Law” when you threw the rest of us guys under the not remembering our vows bus. When you get busted just suck it up and take your lumps. Don’t go asking all our wives to check to see if we remember or not. Now I’m in the dog house with you….

Cheers….

Keep up the great stuff….

]]> By: Jill Andress http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/01/carnival-emotion/#comment-30951 Jill Andress Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:02:59 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2382#comment-30951 Dear John, I apologize for not sending you a proper thank you note on the ship. I wanted to let you know how wonderful you & your crew made our honeymoon do-over. David & I can not say enough kind words about you. You go out of your way to make everyone feel as though they are special in a sea of thousands of people. You embrace life and love and it makes everyone around you want to do the same. We enjoyed everything on the Freedom from the bathrooms to the shows!! This was my parents first 7 day cruise and they are ready to book another one. It was a wonderful week with life lasting memories. We thank you for that!!! (and the champange!) Oh, is there a way we can still get the DVD from that week (Feb. 23). We forgot to get it, having to much fun I guess. If possible, can you let us know how the people who had to leave the ship are doing? David & I were very sad to hear about that...we know what they are going through and our thoughts & prayers are with them. Thank you again for everything and it was a highlight meeting you in person!! Love, Jill & David Andress Dear John,
I apologize for not sending you a proper thank you note on the ship. I wanted to let you know how wonderful you & your crew made our honeymoon do-over. David & I can not say enough kind words about you. You go out of your way to make everyone feel as though they are special in a sea of thousands of people. You embrace life and love and it makes everyone around you want to do the same. We enjoyed everything on the Freedom from the bathrooms to the shows!! This was my parents first 7 day cruise and they are ready to book another one. It was a wonderful week with life lasting memories. We thank you for that!!!
(and the champange!)
Oh, is there a way we can still get the DVD from that week (Feb. 23). We forgot to get it, having to much fun I guess.

If possible, can you let us know how the people who had to leave the ship are doing? David & I were very sad to hear about that…we know what they are going through and our thoughts & prayers are with them.

Thank you again for everything and it was a highlight meeting you in person!!

Love,
Jill & David Andress

]]> By: mike from new york http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/01/carnival-emotion/#comment-30769 mike from new york Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:54:08 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2382#comment-30769 John & Heidi Just wanted to say what a great time we had cruising w/ you. This was our 4th and best thanks for making me the star of the week. John & Heidi

Just wanted to say what a great time we had cruising w/ you. This was our 4th and best thanks for making me the star of the week.

]]> By: DC in SD http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/01/carnival-emotion/#comment-30764 DC in SD Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:15:14 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2382#comment-30764 What a touching and uplifting blog. John, Heidi, and every crew member of every ship that is out there, you do not know the effect you have on our lives. We (my friends and I) joke about "being Queen" for a week or longer, but it is such a special thing to be a passenger on a cruise ship and have all of the hard working members of the crew, from first to last, providing a special time for us. This blog demonstrates the many ways this is done. No need to reply, am enjoying reading the blog, have dones so since our cruise on the 2nd voyage of the Carnival Freedom in February, 2007. You are very much appreciated! What a touching and uplifting blog. John, Heidi, and every crew member of every ship that is out there, you do not know the effect you have on our lives. We (my friends and I) joke about “being Queen” for a week or longer, but it is such a special thing to be a passenger on a cruise ship and have all of the hard working members of the crew, from first to last, providing a special time for us. This blog demonstrates the many ways this is done. No need to reply, am enjoying reading the blog, have dones so since our cruise on the 2nd voyage of the Carnival Freedom in February, 2007.
You are very much appreciated!

]]> By: dwa76 http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/01/carnival-emotion/#comment-30748 dwa76 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:36:38 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2382#comment-30748 Hi John/Heidi: Great blog today... Your job truly covers the wide range of emotions but its nice to see that there are much more positive ones than negative ones. I hope the passengers that have had to return to port so soon are doing ok. Hope this week has started out better for you. Very wet and cold in Dallas, so enjoy that warm Caribbean sun for us cold folk. Great hearing from you! David Hi John/Heidi:
Great blog today…
Your job truly covers the wide range of emotions but its nice to see that there are much more positive ones than negative ones.
I hope the passengers that have had to return to port so soon are doing ok.
Hope this week has started out better for you.
Very wet and cold in Dallas, so enjoy that warm Caribbean sun for us cold folk.
Great hearing from you!
David

]]> By: InMN253 http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/01/carnival-emotion/#comment-30737 InMN253 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:15:59 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2382#comment-30737 Hi, John. If it makes you feel any better, I can't remember my wedding vows, either. Maybe it's better that way. :) Pat Hi, John.

If it makes you feel any better, I can’t remember my wedding vows, either. Maybe it’s better that way. :)

Pat

]]> By: Mark Twain and a Half http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/01/carnival-emotion/#comment-30733 Mark Twain and a Half Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:12:36 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2382#comment-30733 Hey John, Would you please resume listing which blog holds the comments you are answering? Thanks! You asked what a trailer park is. Well, I think you would call it a caravan park, but I also think there is a difference. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think caravan parks in the UK are mostly occupied by people taking vacations (holidays). We have those too, but they are usually called recreational vehicle campgrounds. A famous company that runs a lot of these is called Kampgrounds of America, or KOA. Generally, when somone says "trailer park" they mean a place where people live in their trailers permanently. In fact, a lot of the trailers never move once they are installed in the park. People move in and out of them just as if they were regular houses. Some of them are as large as regular houses. There are trailers called double-wides that are so large that when they are moved they are split down the middle and each half is towed separately. It's a funny sight to see half a house moving down the interstate. Trailer parks are usually cheaper to live in than regular houses, so people who live in them are often looked down on, sometimes they are even called "trailer trash", although there are just as many good people in trailer parks as in regular homes and just as many trashy people in regular homes as in trailers. One unfortunate feature of trailers (or "mobile homes") is that they are more easily destroyed by tornadoes and hurricanes. News reports of tornadoes so often refer to damaged trailer parks that it has become a joke that the trailers actually attract tornadoes like a magnet. Hey John,
Would you please resume listing which blog holds the comments you are answering? Thanks!

You asked what a trailer park is. Well, I think you would call it a caravan park, but I also think there is a difference. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think caravan parks in the UK are mostly occupied by people taking vacations (holidays). We have those too, but they are usually called recreational vehicle campgrounds. A famous company that runs a lot of these is called Kampgrounds of America, or KOA.
Generally, when somone says “trailer park” they mean a place where people live in their trailers permanently. In fact, a lot of the trailers never move once they are installed in the park. People move in and out of them just as if they were regular houses. Some of them are as large as regular houses. There are trailers called double-wides that are so large that when they are moved they are split down the middle and each half is towed separately. It’s a funny sight to see half a house moving down the interstate.
Trailer parks are usually cheaper to live in than regular houses, so people who live in them are often looked down on, sometimes they are even called “trailer trash”, although there are just as many good people in trailer parks as in regular homes and just as many trashy people in regular homes as in trailers.
One unfortunate feature of trailers (or “mobile homes”) is that they are more easily destroyed by tornadoes and hurricanes. News reports of tornadoes so often refer to damaged trailer parks that it has become a joke that the trailers actually attract tornadoes like a magnet.

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