So glad to see this thread. I am on the "other" cruising board more and haven't been here for a while. I've started Meet on Board threads here before and never got any response.
DH and I booked this cruise last Jan. while on Mercury to Aust/NZ. We also booked Summit to the Med. for next June. Unfortunately, DH passed away last Aug. My TA told me to wait and not cancel right away in case I could find someone else to go. DH's sister is going with me and we are both excited about the cruise. It's her first so I get to be her cruise mentor. My TA said I would probably need a cruise by then and she is soooo right. Looking forward to it is helping SIL and me get through the holidays. She lost another brother 5 yrs ago in Aug. and her mom just last year.
I am hoping my SIL gets hooked on cruising and wants to go in June, too. I do have a friend who says she will go if no one in the family can.
The lesson to everyone is--don't put off the fun stuff. We had 8 cruises in 6 yrs. plus 12 yrs of weekends at our weekend lake home.
We are flying in a day early and staying at the Condado on the beach near the pier. DH and I stayed there in '04 before our 7-night cruise on Adventure of the Seas.
I'm looking forward to meeting everyone. Check out the roll call thread on CC--lots more posters.
1/02 Explorer E. Carib. 1/03 Explorer W. Carib. 8/03 Summit Alaska c/t
2/04 Adventure S. Carib. 2/05 Galaxy Panama Canal
6/06 Jewel Brit. Isles/Nor. Fjords + 3 nights in London
1/07 Mercury Mexican Riviera 1/08 Mercury Aust/NZ
1/09 Galaxy S. Carib. 6/09 Summit Classical Mediterranean
OOOPS! Sorry, I misread the date. I don't know how to delete this. When I saw the topic page again I saw my own attempt to get the roll call going and it still has no posts. So I checked and found that I had totally misread the date on this one. We are going Jan 19th. Hmmm, the eye dr said my glasses didn't need changing.
[/i][/b][i]We will be on board the Galaxy on 12/29. This is a very "port intensive" cruise, with only a couple of sea days. Have you planned your port activities or are you going to wing it? Celebrity will host a party if 25 people sign up (Cruise Critic BB), but only have 14 so far. Good itinerary and Celebrity does a nice New year's cruise! We sailed with them to ring in 2004!