Dearest DF,
Thank you for all your hard work and efforts. I thoroughly enjoyed this!! I actually looked forward to the updates. I am going to go through withdrawals like I did when the Tour de France ended!
I will be on the Magic this Thanksgiving, and have an Eastern booked for next Aug that I may switch to this one. You've inspired me!
Best Regards from your friend in the NYC 'burbs (An American but a Londoner forever at heart)
Donna
Donna thank you, I not sure if I posted this before but I met so many people on the cruise who either read here or post, or in other places.
(1) The CEO of Anastasia in Russia saw me four times when I was there, she said this year that so many of her business had come from people recommended by me. I said it was a win / win as they get good business but I knew the people booking would have excellent tours. So many people told me it was fantastic and made their trip. I am pleased to have helped all. There has been debate on these boards if you can book private tours I said you could, on the ship port adventurers were still saying you couldn't but the CD Natalie corrected this on her announcements. So at points I was going against
DCL advice, but proven correct. I recall a poster here said of a DCL tour in St Petersburg, it was 11 hours of looking at the inside of a bus, the people who followed my advice all didn't have that but had a fabulous time.
(2) Two couples joined our private tour in Helsinki and had a fabulous time, at the end we all discussed St Petes, one said they reluctantly booked a DCL tour as they didn't have a visa and had to, and the other said, they booked Anastasia. The first said they wished they knew that and hadnt seen it here and the others said they saw my twenty odd posts here. I am just pleased to help
(3) Cruise magnets, we changed our door daily, every time I came back from something there was someone at my door, some taking photos, I could even see people through my eyehole and would wait till they went. Over painting has made them not stick. But its nice to know it added enjoyment to some.
Glad its working.