April 29, 2012 ~ Aloha! ~ Wonder to Hawaii- who is with me?

[MrsMork]

Well managed to read to page 47. So many faces old and new.

Wearing our Geezer pins with pride and charging up the camera batteries.

HEY!! Is that MY old face you are referring to?

Can't wait to get the Geezer pins shined up and ready to sail!

 

[dylan'smom]

You guys might want to take a look at the Cruise Critic boards. They have it broken down into the different ports and some people review the various tours that they took or were available for them. Here is the link if anyone is interested : http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=62
Dale

Thanks very much - love it! Great to get good planning advice.

 

[granmaz]

Well managed to read to page 47. So many faces old and new.


John I am depending upon you, otherwise I will wear out my Kindle when the CG's are playing and there will be empty seats in Cove Cafe before bedtime.




Wearing our Geezer pins with pride and charging up the camera batteries.

Albert, I think John is coming round nicely. He was asking today what I was thinking of doing either side!!!!!!!!! In our house it usually goes with me making all the suggestions and John throwing out most if not all of them. Big decision. Do we fly over to Orlando for a couple of weeks prior and fly over to LA a couple of days before the cruise or do we miss Orlando out altogether! Do we stay around LA, go up to SF or go to Arizona? Do we go to DL for any time at all? Oh dear.

Will polish our pins before we go!!!

 

[birkner]

Albert, I think John is coming round nicely. He was asking today what I was thinking of doing either side!!!!!!!!! In our house it usually goes with me making all the suggestions and John throwing out most if not all of them. Big decision. Do we fly over to Orlando for a couple of weeks prior and fly over a couple of days before the cruise or do we miss Orlando out altogether! Do we stay around LA, go up to SF or go to Arizona? Do we go to DL for any time at all? Oh dear.

It would be lovely to see you guys either in the Los Angeles or in the San Francisco area.

 

[socababy]

I love hearing about all of you who are planning on doing vow renewals. Sp sweet! I say do it...take it from me, we are not always guaranteed tomorrow with the love of our lives. I only got 14 years with mine, married for 7 1/2 of those. I miss my Dh terribly.

I love HAWAII and cannot wait for this cruise. I have been to Maui twice and Kauai once, both with small children. Dh and I went to Oahu about 15 years ago. We stayed about 5 days in Waikiki and then stayed another 5 days in North Shore. I loved shopping in the outdoor shopping areas near Waikiki. I look forward to exploring here and seeing how different it is from 15years ago. LOL Once I booked this trip I had to go back and look through my Hawaii pics. I don't have any from Ohau on this cpu, but here are some from Kauai in 2007 and Maui just last August. Since we have always had our kids with us (with the excpetion of Oahu,) we never got out to do the more adventurous activities. I will be doing the more adventurous ones (hopefully) on the cruise for both me and Dh.

Just a couple pics from the sugar cane train. Just a short train ride up the coast. My kids love it! We always end it with some yummy shaved ice with the syrup of your choice!

 

[granmaz]

It would be lovely to see you guys either in the Los Angeles or in the San Francisco area.

We might just make it to SF Noel. We had a couple of days there in 1996 or thereabouts and have always wanted to go back. We would also love to do the drive from LA again. We drove down last time which I know is the best direction, but it was foggy just about all the way, as it could be again of course!

We will just have to see the flight prices and how we make our decisions, money, John's thoughts etc.

 

[birkner]

We might just make it to SF Noel. We had a couple of days there in 1996 or thereabouts and have always wanted to go back. We would also love to do the drive from LA again. We drove down last time which I know is the best direction, but it was foggy just about all the way, as it could be again of course!

We will just have to see the flight prices and how we make our decisions, money, John's thoughts etc.

Keep us posted!!

 

[granmaz]

I love hearing about all of you who are planning on doing vow renewals. Sp sweet! I say do it...take it from me, we are not always guaranteed tomorrow with the love of our lives. I only got 14 years with mine, married for 7 1/2 of those. I miss my Dh terribly.

I love HAWAII and cannot wait for this cruise. I have been to Maui twice and Kauai once, both with small children. Dh and I went to Oahu about 15 years ago. We stayed about 5 days in Waikiki and then stayed another 5 days in North Shore. I loved shopping in the outdoor shopping areas near Waikiki. I look forward to exploring here and seeing how different it is from 15years ago. LOL Once I booked this trip I had to go back and look through my Hawaii pics. I don't have any from Ohau on this cpu, but here are some from Kauai in 2007 and Maui just last August. Since we have always had our kids with us (with the excpetion of Oahu,) we never got out to do the more adventurous activities. I will be doing the more adventurous ones (hopefully) on the cruise for both me and Dh.

Just a couple pics from the sugar cane train. Just a short train ride up the coast. My kids love it! We always end it with some yummy shaved ice with the syrup of your choice!

Thank you for sharing your very special photographs. I am so sorry to read about your husband. He looks a lovely lovely man.

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Can you say small world afterall ? I am literally up the road. Gydell on this cruise lives in Atlanta and visits Myrtle Beach every June. We are having a mini-meet Sat. June 11th at Dick's Last Resort. I have never been but heard lots about it. we could tell them to tone down for kids or maybe just pick a new place. It's fun to meet new people and talk about the cruise.

I wish I had known a neighbor was cruising before I booked. I have one extra kid and due to that I am having to buy an entire extra room we will not even use! Still cheaper than the family suite though! I just needed him stuck on someones paper work. Do you all plan to fly out? At this time we are even considering a drive out to L.A. Whatever we can do for less $ works for us. Believe it or not I've never been to Dick's Last Resort.

Do you mind if I ask who you booked through and what kind of kickback they offered? I booked myself through Disney but plan to switch it to the TA who has the best $ back offer. I read that AAA is giving up to $300 per cabin.

 

[UKANGEL]

I love hearing about all of you who are planning on doing vow renewals. Sp sweet! I say do it...take it from me, we are not always guaranteed tomorrow with the love of our lives. I only got 14 years with mine, married for 7 1/2 of those. I miss my Dh terribly.

You are so right! Just wanted to send you a hug from the heart, for your sad story, your photos are wonderful. I'm glad you have some lovely memories at least






.

 

[Janis]

We will have to get off the ship at Ensenada to replenish my Mexican Vanilla supply

I need some vanilla too!!

 

[jessrose18]

check out dreams unlimited for obc $300-$400 depending on what cabin you booked...easy transfer process too..just a suggestion

 

[Janis]

I love hearing about all of you who are planning on doing vow renewals. Sp sweet! I say do it...take it from me, we are not always guaranteed tomorrow with the love of our lives. I only got 14 years with mine, married for 7 1/2 of those. I miss my Dh terribly.

So sorry about your husband. I lost mine this past August. We would have been married 34 years in October. We were supposed to go to Hawaii for our 30th anniversary, but his mom had a serious stroke and passed away so we had to cancel. I am traveling solo on this trip and so it will be bittersweet since he won't be here to enjoy it with me. But I have some good friends on this cruise and hope to make many more. Looking forward to meeting you on the ship.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Socababy, . I'm so sorry about your dear husband.

Did I miss anything over night? Good grief, it's so hard to keep up and then catch up is twice as hard.

Welcome newbies!

I, too, am already planning the FE gifts and having fun doing so!

 

[jiminyC_fan]

We stayed at the Marriott years ago with the twins were in sixth grade so we have seen that part of the island really grow. .

We have twin 30 year old girls. One will be on this cruise with us.
She is PoohFriend#1 if you have seen her around.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

I looked at the itinerary map, and we're sailing the wrong way from Hilo to Maui, so there is no possible way for us to sail Kilauea at night. If you look at the map posted by birkner here (click arrow next to birkner),we sail up from Hilo directly to Kahalui, instead of down around towards Kailua-Kona by Kilauea! I'm so sad, that was the most beautiful and awesome sight watching the lava flow into the ocean.

That's the first thing I check out when we booked. BUMMER!

 

[birkner]

So sorry about your husband. I lost mine this past August. We would have been married 34 years in October. We were supposed to go to Hawaii for our 30th anniversary, but his mom had a serious stroke and passed away so we had to cancel. I am traveling solo on this trip and so it will be bittersweet since he won't be here to enjoy it with me. But I have some good friends on this cruise and hope to make many more. Looking forward to meeting you on the ship.

My condolences on the loss of your husband. When I was only 29 I lost a spouse but was fortunate enough to meet another wonderful man to whom I have been married for almost 26 years. I will also be traveling solo on this trip and look forward to meeting you as well.

 

[aan1701]

That's the first thing I check out when we booked. BUMMER!

I wouldn't put to much stock in the map on the web site. That's just my opinion. I am sure the Nav officer on the Wonder has not even thought about our course around the islands. I would think they are to busy charting the courses through Alaska.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

I wouldn't put to much stock in the map on the web site. That's just my opinion. I am sure the Nav officer on the Wonder has not even thought about our course around the islands. I would think they are to busy charting the courses through Alaska.

That is so true. We were on the EB 2005 PC cruise and they kept switching things up so I can see them doing this on this first sailing as well.

 

[aan1701]

That is so true. We were on the EB 2005 PC cruise and they kept switching things up so I can see them doing this on this first sailing as well.

I have always thought what they show on the web in terms of route is not a fair representation of what course the ship really sets.