David & I are getting ready to get on the Dream 4/3. I was looking at cruise director’s locations and was sorry to see you got off the ship on the 20th.. I wanted to touch base with you, to make sure that Todd Wittmer would be able to help us with Moms’ scattering. You had said to leave you a note when we got on the ship, is that still what I should be doing?? We are all packed and ready to go!!
Can”t wait to see this New ship! Always look forward to reading your posts. So sorry to here that you left the Dream and we won”t get to meet you in person.
Thank you so much for all the help.
Sandi

I just wanted to let you know that I really think what you do for families who want to spread the ashes of a loved one is amazing. What a wonderful idea and a great thing that you do. Being, someone who lost there Mother just over a year ago I understand the confusion of dealing with the paperwork and all the legal things, but at the time of loss it is so hard to deal with at times. I think that what you suggested is a nice idea and I think those who love the carribean Islands and cruising should have an organized way of being layed to rest in a place or enviroment that they enjoyed in life. May God always bless you and your family. Great job you are doing. Take care and if you have time I would love to hear back from you.

Jan & Larry

I have a question for you. On my cruises’ roll call a friend of mine was looking into buying a day pass to the spa on our new Carnival Dream and found out that due to so many people booking a day pass for $20 that they would now only be offering full week passes because the spa cabin guests (legitimate) complaint of overcrowding. I think it would be a shame if this wasn’t offered as a day pass anymore. Could you look into the facts of this and let us know something? I can see that only offering weekly passes would surely greatly reduce the overcrowding problem, but I’m sure alot of folks couldn’t see spending the additional bucks if they were only planning to use it once or twice on a cruise.

Maybe the people with beards would consider simply raising the price for a day pass or maybe only offering a limited amount of passes as is done with the Behind the Fun Tour. And you could also keep it a secret and only let the bloggers in on it. Just a thought.

Thanks ahead of time for looking into this and I hope you had a wonderful turkey day.

I’m sorry you can’t blog in your underwear anymore. Was the techie guy able to install Wifi in your cabin yet? You could always type it up in your cabin and then post it from a hotspot later. Even better, did you know that on WordPress you can write several blogs ahead of time and then set them to post on times that you specify? Just a tip, but I’m sure one of the 343 Stefanies have already clued you into this.

Oh, and have they decided to have FaceSpace pages created for all of the Cruise Directors yet? It would be so awsome to be able to contact them directly instead of having to put all of the burden on you when folks have a specific question for their CD. I’m sure it takes alot of time out of your busy day to have to contact the CDs…..wait for a response…….then post the answer here, which may or may not be seen by the person with the question, unless they are a daily reader (like me). If they answered the question directly through the MyFace thingy then the requestor would get a notification and would be able to tell when their question was answered.

I do agree that they should have a separate account if they want to post personal stuff only meant for family or friends.

If it proved to be to much of a burden on each CD, you could remind them about how much you seem to get done in a day! Just kidding! LOL.

P.S. Give my love to Heidi and Kye and thanks again for all you do!

Your friend,
Rob

I spent at least over 11 hours this past week preparing our Thanksgiving meal. I did prep work Monday through Wednesday and then yesterday on Thanksgiving it took me 3 hours to get everything ready. Our table was set with my good china and crystal and it took my family 1/2 hour to eat the food that took me 14 hours to prepare. I wish I had not figured out how long it took me LOL. But they they get to eat everything that was left over on Saturday. We are also celebrating our Christmas on Saturday as Mike and I leave for Texas next month to spend the winter down on the Texas Gulf Coast. So looking forward to our cruise in January leaving from Galveston.

Keep smiling John, you truly are one of the good guys.

My best to Heidi and Kye.

I don’t know where my other email went to but I never saw an answer to it so maybe it’s still out in cyberspace. As I had mentioned I’ve booked the Valor for January 17th going to Belize, Isla Roatan, Cozumel and Grand Cayman. It is Harold’s 70th birthday and i’m surprising him with bringing his sister and daughters on the trip (unknownst to him of course). I have two cabins booked 7221, 7211. His daughter, Michelle is travelling from England to join us and I had to really convince her to take a cruise since she’s afraid of getting seasick. I’ll have my package of Gravol with me just in case!!

I have a couple of questions for you. I’d like to surprise him with a renewal of vows on board with his family around. What do I need to do to try to make this happen? It’s only the six of us but I thought it would be nice to do when we are all together on the cruise. I’d appreciate any insight on this thanks.

Would you be able to arrange for a nice table for all of us at dinner time. I’ve asked for an early sitting.

What suggestions would you have for tours in Belize and Isla Roatan. I’m sure Danielle will do the Scuba diving (like she normally does) but we need something for the older ones!!! not too much walking if possible.

Who’s the CD on this cruise? Would you happen to be on board at the time? That would be the icing on the cake if you were. What are the shows on board? What’s the Valor like? we’ve been on the Splendor, Freedom, Liberty, Miracle and Victory so what should we be expecting? (besides the obvious excellent service….)

John any suggestions you can give me to make this a memorable time for Harold would be greatly appreciated. I really want him to remember this cruise for a while to come. Also is Carnival returning to Europe in 2011??? Is the Magic still being built for 2012?

Thanks John and best to you, Heidi and Kye. Have a blast on the Dream bloggers cruise (wish i could have made it). Take care of yourself and no more hot sauce please.

Regards
Eva

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