Fri Oct 11, 2013, 05:20 PM

Ooooh, happy, happy, joy, joy...

I just went and paid for my New Year's cruise.

As I gloated a few weeks ago, I'm taking a seven day cruise to Cozumel, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica(yeah mon), and Labadee island near Haiti. Gonna spend Jan 01 on Grand Cayman Island in the Caribbean. And for what is normally a $1,400.00 stateroom, I am paying, or should I say have paid, the criminally low price of, wait for it...

$320.00!

Before it was a "maybe" or "can I get my vacation pay" kind of thing, but now it's a lock. I needed a break and this is just what is called for.
And I have the stateroom all to myself so maybe love is in the air. I leave from here in Fort Lauderdale so maybe I'll meet some local hunny bunny who's as crazy as me and we can do the zip line together.
Life is good.

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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
Ooooh, happy, happy, joy, joy... (Original post)	Callmecrazy	Oct 2013	OP
Have a GREAT time, my dear Callmecrazy!	CaliforniaPeggy	Oct 2013	#1
Yeah I deserve this...	Callmecrazy	Oct 2013	#2
How did you swing such a deal????????	dixiegrrrrl	Oct 2013	#3
Congrats! enjoy	darkangel218	Oct 2013	#4
My BIL sets up gambling junkets ...	Callmecrazy	Oct 2013	#5
Hehehehe!! you did good!!	darkangel218	Oct 2013	#6
Yep...	Callmecrazy	Oct 2013	#7
Fantastic. You will love it.	RebelOne	Oct 2013	#8
I know what you mean...	Callmecrazy	Oct 2013	#9
Congratulations!	IrishEyes	Oct 2013	#10
Cool deal!	OriginalGeek	Oct 2013	#11
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Oct 2013	#12

Response to Callmecrazy (Original post)

Fri Oct 11, 2013, 05:23 PM

CaliforniaPeggy (144,998 posts)

1. Have a GREAT time, my dear Callmecrazy!

Sounds like you really needed this vacation!

I'm thrilled for you, and what a DEAL on the price!

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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 05:29 PM

Callmecrazy (3,063 posts)

2. Yeah I deserve this...

I've been a good boy. And yes, the price is incredible. I would have quit my job for this trip, but I got the okey dokey from the boss, so I'm on my way.
Now I need to go clothes shopping. All I have to wear is work clothes.

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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 06:14 PM

dixiegrrrrl (60,003 posts)

3. How did you swing such a deal????????

Tis not a Carnival line, is it?

Hope your vacation lives up to all expectations.

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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 06:23 PM

darkangel218 (13,985 posts)

4. Congrats! enjoy

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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 06:24 PM

Callmecrazy (3,063 posts)

5. My BIL sets up gambling junkets ...

For high rollers. They get free rooms at hotels and cabins on cruise ships if they gamble big. He had an extra room and offered it to me if I just paid the taxes on the stateroom. How could I say no?
I'm crazy, not stupid.

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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 06:30 PM

darkangel218 (13,985 posts)

6. Hehehehe!! you did good!!

You'll have a blast!!

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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 06:33 PM

Callmecrazy (3,063 posts)

7. Yep...

The Celebrity Silhouette departs on Dec. 29 @4:30 pm and I will be on it.

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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 07:51 PM

RebelOne (30,947 posts)

8. Fantastic. You will love it.

I have been on a few Caribbean cruises. But they are very fattening. There are meals and snacks served around the clock. I gained 7 pounds on a week-long cruise to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 08:07 PM

Callmecrazy (3,063 posts)

9. I know what you mean...

This'll be my second cruise. In 2007 I took the Norwegian Pearl during Thanksgiving all the way to Barbados and gained eight pounds.
IMHO cruises are the funnest way to do absolutely nothing at all. Walk around the ship, relax at the pool while listening to live music, go to the shows after dinner and maybe hit the casino and try your luck. You can be catered to or left the hell alone to read and doze. And you never hear the phrase, "Are we there yet?" And it's warm in winter.
Oh, but you live in So. Fla. too, don't you? So you know that a Florida winter is about four days and 40ish degrees.

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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 09:44 PM

IrishEyes (3,273 posts)

10. Congratulations!

I hope you have a wonderful time.

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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 11:43 PM

OriginalGeek (12,132 posts)

11. Cool deal!

I've only been on one cruise and it wasn't even a real cruise but all I ever want to do is go on cruises now lol.

Have fun!

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