Comments on: Heidi- Princess for a day http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/29/heidi-princess-for-a-day/ Tue, 22 May 2012 03:49:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joko Joanhttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/29/heidi-princess-for-a-day/#comment-15271 Joko Joan Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:10:45 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2679#comment-15271 Hi John: Just a quick question: Was there a pool in the Sanctuary area? Inquiring minds want to know . . . Hi John:
Just a quick question: Was there a pool in the Sanctuary area? Inquiring minds want to know . . .

]]> By: dwa76http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/29/heidi-princess-for-a-day/#comment-15270 dwa76 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:40:04 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2679#comment-15270 Hi John/Heidi: Great pictures in the blog today and it sounds like your Emerald voyage was very enjoyable. I am glad you guys had a nice chance to relax and recover a bit from a hectic season. I look forward to hearing from you as your make your way across the pond. Thanks for a great blog and hope everything else is going well. Take care, David Hi John/Heidi:
Great pictures in the blog today and it sounds like your Emerald voyage was very enjoyable.
I am glad you guys had a nice chance to relax and recover a bit from a hectic season.
I look forward to hearing from you as your make your way across the pond.
Thanks for a great blog and hope everything else is going well.
Take care,
David

]]> By: Melissahttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/29/heidi-princess-for-a-day/#comment-15269 Melissa Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:27:11 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2679#comment-15269 How nice of you to let Heidi be the Princess for a day... now if i can only get my hubby to do the same...The rainbow was just beautiful! Hope you guys have a safe trip back! How nice of you to let Heidi be the Princess for a day… now if i can only get my hubby to do the same…

The rainbow was just beautiful! Hope you guys have a safe trip back!

]]> By: Michellehttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/29/heidi-princess-for-a-day/#comment-15268 Michelle Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:51:22 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2679#comment-15268 Hi John & Heidi,It was so nice to see you on the Freedom. We had a wonderful cruise, just not the same without you. Only one problem with the cruise when we arrived back in Miami somehow our luggage dissapeared :-(.Sounds like you are having a great cruise. I am glad you and Heidi are getting the rest you both deserve.Have a safe trip home.Tom & Michelle Hi John & Heidi,

It was so nice to see you on the Freedom. We had a wonderful cruise, just not the same without you. Only one problem with the cruise when we arrived back in Miami somehow our luggage dissapeared :-( .

Sounds like you are having a great cruise. I am glad you and Heidi are getting the rest you both deserve.

Have a safe trip home.

Tom & Michelle

]]> By: bettyb00p1bigkahunahttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/29/heidi-princess-for-a-day/#comment-15267 bettyb00p1bigkahuna Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:53:33 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2679#comment-15267 Dear John What a perfect ending to a wondrful cruise, it is what all of us bloggers and land lubbers face at the end of our cruises. The pictures were beautiful, the sunset truely magnificant. Thank you for sharing. Have a safe trip back to Europe The Tuckers Arnold & Elizabeth Dear John
What a perfect ending to a wondrful cruise, it is what all of us bloggers and land lubbers face at the end of our cruises. The pictures were beautiful, the sunset truely magnificant. Thank you for sharing. Have a safe trip back to Europe
The Tuckers
Arnold & Elizabeth

]]> By: LambKnuckleshttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/29/heidi-princess-for-a-day/#comment-15266 LambKnuckles Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:58:29 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2679#comment-15266 John...Balcony dining... how wonderful... What a great way to have an intimate and delicious meal... and such can make a female melt... But YOU could SEE on to it... hummmm... possibly, in room service would be fine!! :-)As your time on board the Emerald comes to an end... ours does, too. I look forward to your next experience and our next voyage with you!! Keep 'em coming, or you'll find many of us going through withdrawls!!Heidi your toes are worth it and so are you!!! I can just see you wiggling them in John's face!!All my best to you, Heidi, and Stephanie behind the scenes!! Lambie John…

Balcony dining… how wonderful… What a great way to have an intimate and delicious meal… and such can make a female melt… But YOU could SEE on to it… hummmm… possibly, in room service would be fine!! :-)

As your time on board the Emerald comes to an end… ours does, too. I look forward to your next experience and our next voyage with you!! Keep ‘em coming, or you’ll find many of us going through withdrawls!!

Heidi your toes are worth it and so are you!!! I can just see you wiggling them in John’s face!!

All my best to you, Heidi, and Stephanie behind the scenes!!
Lambie

]]> By: Peggyhttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/29/heidi-princess-for-a-day/#comment-15265 Peggy Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:13:48 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2679#comment-15265 Hi John, We just returned from the 3/22 Freedom sailing (it's 1st week without you). You sure left it in good hands. We had such a great week. James and Mel are a great team and Carnival is so lucky to have Ron Pass. I had too many fun ship specials the last night and I filled out my comment card too quickly. After filling in "exceeded expectations" for all categories, I quickly wrote down just Mel & James for outstanding people. I was in such a hurry, but I wanted to say something about the cruise director, Noortja (sp?). She was awesome! Our 12 yr old son was sure that a "girl" could not be a good cruise director. Well, after seeing her do the cha cha slide at the deck party, he was in love. Anyway, she was such a beautiful and classy lady, and very friendly and approachable. It was obvious that she got along well with the jr. cruise directors and we all really liked her. Please send this to her since we forgot to write it on our comment cards. She was so sweet to my 9 yr old son when he called her during her afternoon show to tell her that he liked French Toast! They just loved her. Tell her Reed Christensen (not Reece) says "hello". Where is she going after Todd takes over the Freedom? I didn't see her name on your CD list. Thanks John, Peggy Hi John,
We just returned from the 3/22 Freedom sailing (it’s 1st week without you). You sure left it in good hands. We had such a great week. James and Mel are a great team and Carnival is so lucky to have Ron Pass. I had too many fun ship specials the last night and I filled out my comment card too quickly. After filling in “exceeded expectations” for all categories, I quickly wrote down just Mel & James for outstanding people. I was in such a hurry, but I wanted to say something about the cruise director, Noortja (sp?). She was awesome! Our 12 yr old son was sure that a “girl” could not be a good cruise director. Well, after seeing her do the cha cha slide at the deck party, he was in love. Anyway, she was such a beautiful and classy lady, and very friendly and approachable. It was obvious that she got along well with the jr. cruise directors and we all really liked her. Please send this to her since we forgot to write it on our comment cards. She was so sweet to my 9 yr old son when he called her during her afternoon show to tell her that he liked French Toast! They just loved her. Tell her Reed Christensen (not Reece) says “hello”. Where is she going after Todd takes over the Freedom? I didn’t see her name on your CD list. Thanks John,
Peggy

]]> By: Linda (Mom of DJ)http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/29/heidi-princess-for-a-day/#comment-15264 Linda (Mom of DJ) Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:23:27 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2679#comment-15264 John:I know you have missed my postings (ha ha).We have been on vacation/business meeting in Destin, Florida (a land vacation) and just returned.David and DJ had a great time deep sea fishing; however, I must say that every time we take a land vacation....it only confirms how much better a cruise vacation is.We stayed at "The Grand Sandestin". And it was a nice hotel suite. There was a full kitchen (complete with a garbage disposal, dishwasher and a washer and dryer). Now as you can tell from my title....I don't do housework at home. I certainly am not going to do it on vacation.There are all kinds of restaurants and shops there at the hotel in Baytown Village that cost an arm, a leg and part of your thigh (wear the wallet sits). I am sure they are wonderful, but DJ is very picky about what he will eat.. He will eat pizza, which was $6.00 a slice. But most times we had to leave "the complex" to get him the every day food he will eat. And every time you left the "complex" to go to a McDonald's or putt putt golf or drive go carts, you had to fight 3 lanes of bumper to bumper traffic .... and this wasn't even the busy season.Even staying inside "the complex", if you want to go golfing, go play tennis, go to the spa or to karaoke...you either have to wait on the shuttle to take you there and bring you back OR you have to take your car and hope you can find a parking place.They place one "package of coffee" and two "packets of sugar and creamer" in your suite.So if you want any more coffee than that, you have to buy it.To top it all off, the room alone costs more per person per day than an OV on a Carnival ship. Then you pay extra for any food, coffee and snacks. Then you pay extra for putt putt. Then you pay extra (cover charge) to go to many of the entertainment spots they have.We won't even go into details about the lack of service.This is our 4th time there (because this is where the meeting is held) but that is the only reason we go back. If we had our choice about the matter, the next meeting would be on a Carnival Cruise Ship!Linda (Lady In Waiting) The Domestically Challenged Goddess of Big Ed's Evil Krewe John:

I know you have missed my postings (ha ha).

We have been on vacation/business meeting in Destin, Florida (a land vacation) and just returned.

David and DJ had a great time deep sea fishing; however, I must say that every time we take a land vacation….it only confirms how much better a cruise vacation is.

We stayed at “The Grand Sandestin”. And it was a nice hotel suite. There was a full kitchen (complete with a garbage disposal, dishwasher and a washer and dryer). Now as you can tell from my title….I don’t do housework at home. I certainly am not going to do it on vacation.

There are all kinds of restaurants and shops there at the hotel in Baytown Village that cost an arm, a leg and part of your thigh (wear the wallet sits). I am sure they are wonderful, but DJ is very picky about what he will eat.. He will eat pizza, which was $6.00 a slice. But most times we had to leave “the complex” to get him the every day food he will eat. And every time you left the “complex” to go to a McDonald’s or putt putt golf or drive go carts, you had to fight 3 lanes of bumper to bumper traffic …. and this wasn’t even the busy season.

Even staying inside “the complex”, if you want to go golfing, go play tennis, go to the spa or to karaoke…you either have to wait on the shuttle to take you there and bring you back OR you have to take your car and hope you can find a parking place.

They place one “package of coffee” and two “packets of sugar and creamer” in your suite.

So if you want any more coffee than that, you have to buy it.

To top it all off, the room alone costs more per person per day than an OV on a Carnival ship. Then you pay extra for any food, coffee and snacks. Then you pay extra for putt putt. Then you pay extra (cover charge) to go to many of the entertainment spots they have.

We won’t even go into details about the lack of service.

This is our 4th time there (because this is where the meeting is held) but that is the only reason we go back. If we had our choice about the matter, the next meeting would be on a Carnival Cruise Ship!

Linda (Lady In Waiting)
The Domestically Challenged Goddess of Big Ed’s Evil Krewe

]]> By: Paula Bakerhttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/29/heidi-princess-for-a-day/#comment-15263 Paula Baker Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:30:46 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2679#comment-15263 John and Heidi,Have a safe trip back to London and thank you again for sharing your most wonderful week with us and all the great pcitures.A bit of sad news: Just wanted to let you know Nelson's Mum passed away last night and we were with her and it was peaceful.Love Paula and Nelson Baker John and Heidi,

Have a safe trip back to London and thank you again for sharing your most wonderful week with us and all the great pcitures.

A bit of sad news: Just wanted to let you know Nelson’s Mum passed away last night and we were with her and it was peaceful.

Love Paula and Nelson Baker

]]> By: Betty Mileshttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/03/29/heidi-princess-for-a-day/#comment-15262 Betty Miles Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:54:17 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=2679#comment-15262 HI John & Heidi,Just wanted to let you know how much we enjoy cruising with you. We sailed with you for the 3rd time a few weeks ago on the Freedom. What a wonerful ship. Spring breakers were a bit "energetic", but fun, none the less. Your bout with Mr. Bells did not distract from the quality and fun we always have had with you and your staff. The Beatles show was probably the best show we have seen in all of our 10 Carnival and 1 Princess cruises. It absolutley amazing. We just wanted to drop you a line to say thanks and god bless. We read your blog everyday, and are happy things are working out for you.We will look for you on our next cruise.Again, Thank you!!Betty and Rick HI John & Heidi,

Just wanted to let you know how much we enjoy cruising with you. We
sailed with you for the 3rd time a few weeks ago on the Freedom. What a wonerful ship. Spring breakers were a bit “energetic”, but fun, none the less.
Your bout with Mr. Bells did not distract from the quality and fun we always have had with you and your staff. The Beatles show was probably the best show we have
seen in all of our 10 Carnival and 1 Princess cruises. It absolutley amazing.
We just wanted to drop you a line to say thanks and god bless. We read your blog everyday, and are happy things are working out for you.

We will look for you on our next cruise.

Again, Thank you!!

Betty and Rick

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