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11 hours ago, rattattoo4u said:
Hey everyone we are 2 weeks out from are cruise on the Anthem of the Sea ship. The wife asked if the room will have a iron or not. If not can we ask to have one brought to us.
Vr,
Joe
Hey Joe, my wife says use Downey Wrinkle Release?? spray, pack it up in the suitcase. She says spray it on then take the garment in both hands by the bottom and pop it (I guess she means like popping the sand off a beach towel
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You're in for a great wrinkle free cruise!!
pops
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Hey Dina, we love the Libby, crew, activities, coffee, dining, atmosphere, mall, music, drinks, plus some. If you are driving in from the east, in May, I-10 was a grease fire (hwy construction) from Beaumont to Lake Charles (maybe the fire will be out by Feb). If your cruise is even half as good as ours was, you're in for a great time.
Pops
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8 hours ago, milkyway said:
Would you tell us the words of song of "Wash your hand"? I want sing the song but I can't here well English.
Your mama would probably want to here your choir cut their teeth on this tune instead:
JOHNNY HORTON
Go And Wash Your Dirty Feet LyricsWhen I was a little boy, bare-footed, I'd like to go
In the spring or summertime, there was no ice or snow
When I was tired and nearly dead, these are the words that Mamma said
Go and wash those dirty feet before you go to bed
When I would get out off school, I could hardly wait
I'd have my brogans in my hand before I'd hit the gate
I'd wrought them plain till nearly dead, that same old line, Mamma always said
Go and wash those dirty feet before you go to bed
-Solo-
When winter's passed and the violets bloom and the springtime rose around
My tiny feet got to itchin' so to touch the cool cool ground
But I remember what Mamma said, those words still echo through my head
Go and wash those dirty feet before you go to bed
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I draw the water from the well and grab the Old Ma's teeth
Just a-fussin' and a-fumin' like any ordinary man
But if I'm brushin' off instead, Mamma would make my bottom red
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7 hours ago, FManke said:
Am I over thinking this? It wouldn't be my first time!
As long as the little "THE PLUMBING IS BACKED UP" box in the Cruise Compass doesn't have a a check in it, don't worry about how long it will take to the next port and their time zone. I guess I shouldn't break the news but the last lifeboat on the port side is a jury rigged outhouse.
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23 minutes ago, Cari said:
I appreciate all of your comments. Just FYI this is not my first cruise but this is the first one that the itinerary has been changed. I appreciate all the recommendations for things to do in each of the ports. This is the first cruise for my 2 children and their family. I booked this particular cruise because of the ports. Thus my disappointment for Hati. You can't fault me for this and my feeling that I could have spent a lot less and still visited a beach. As I mentioned I appreciate all your comments and recommendations of activities. Thank you Cari
I'd bet the ranch you and family will still have a very good time together and I'm pulling for you!
pops
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2 hours ago, dkirksmith said:
We sail on the Liberty of the Seas out of Galveston on September 24th -- all systems go! I may be in the minority here, but I think it would be darn pretty cool to be stranded on the ship a few extra days waiting for a storm to blow thru. What better excuse to get out of work and take a few extra vacation days!
Hey, good luck on those extra vacation days. Purt near impossible to run out of things to do on the Libby ... have a great time!!
pops
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12 hours ago, tiny260 said:
Great recap, glad you are home safe.
Well said and ditto. Thought I heard a news clip this am that RC was sending a cruise ship to one of the damaged islands to help in some way.
pops
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On 9/2/2017 at 5:47 PM, rjac said:
Hey Pops,
Hope you are high and dry! By the way you had recommended Seattle's Best "Henry's Blend" to me way earlier this year. I finally found some at a local retail grocery shop. Great blend, just as I remember from on board the Serenade back in March..
These wireless led lights look great, but how bright are they? Are they light the typical night light you put in the hall or bathroom? Or are they like an overhead that lights up the room?
Hey RJ, this particular led has NEBO on the face, about the size of a single light switch, only deeper to accommodate batteries and leds, etc:
you can probably find them a bit cheaper locally ... pops
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On 8/29/2017 at 0:38 PM, Steve L said:
I really wonder when Liberty of the Seas will be permitted to sail out of Galveston. My family is due to take a cruise on her in mid Oct. but I'd be worried for those who have any Sept. sail dates. This could take a long while to get back to any semblance of normal after looking at the footage from that area.
Liberty is underway now ... in the wake of Carnival Breeze moving toward the sea buoy:
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-94.7/centery:29.2/zoom:11
pops
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3 hours ago, Gears said:
We bring one of those LED lights you push to turn on. We leave it on the bathroom counter and when we get up in the middle of the night we just push the light to turn it on. Much less bright than the bathroom light in a stateroom, it's small and runs on a couple of AA batteries. They typically look like this and are about $5 +/-.
Yep, I used to have one of those in the tool closet in the garage, the newer ones out are way brighter than the old one I bump with the heel of my hand. pops
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2 hours ago, rjac said:
Hey Pops,
Hope you are high and dry! By the way you had recommended Seattle's Best "Henry's Blend" to me way earlier this year. I finally found some at a local retail grocery shop. Great blend, just as I remember from on board the Serenade back in March..
These wireless led lights look great, but how bright are they? Are they light the typical night light you put in the hall or bathroom? Or are they like an overhead that lights up the room?
Hey RJ, thanks ... yep we're 50 minutes from Arkansas so just 2'" of rain but not enough wind to blow it sideways. Glad you could find Henry's too, Walmart only stocks it around here and sometimes it may not get restocked for a few weeks so we keep a few bags at home as a back up. My wife's taste buds said 4 heaping scoops/32 oz h2o was pretty close to what the "Liberty" was cooking in May.
I originally bought a few of those lights for mom at an assisted living for power outages plus a closet that had no lighting (I velcrosed it on a wall where she could flip the switch). The facility won't allow any hardwired or extension corded 110v lighting. The place was built in the 90s, must have been a code violation for assisted living then. They are way brighter than those receptacle hallway night lights but they come in several different led configurations, just get the 5000 temperature kelvin/color correct ones with the most led bulbs inside and has the standard light switch on the face.
We're down in Biloxi for the holidays, I'll let you know more about ours in a few days. I don't believe the AAA batteries will power it up at the ceiling for an entire room allowing you to read a newspaper but at lamp height you could read.
pops
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These wireless led lights w/switch are fantastic even for power outage lighting at home or car emergency ... pretty much better than a lantern:
We bought them locally and saved. Get the brightest you can put your hands on.
pops
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12 hours ago, Boston Babe said:
HI All, for those of you leaving this weekend, from NYC or Baltimore, hoping the seas calm down. Friends aboard the Oceania Insignia have been emailing me the last half hour, 40MPH winds and 25 ft swells on their way back from Bermuda to NYC. I think someone posted earlier they could still be rough this coming Labor Day weekend, but I'm hoping not for those of you heading out!
If you start feeling queasy. find the horizon and keep your eyes on it .. tends to level that inner gyroscope. Good luck all ... pops
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4 hours ago, DKTexas said:
I am looking for reviews, photos or videos of the accessible staterooms on Liberty of the Seas deck 9. We have booked 9553 for a cruise this November, and this is where my 3 kids & babysitter will be staying. My oldest child uses a wheelchair and we're trying to get an idea of what the set up is for 4 beds & what the bathroom looks like so we can figure out what equipment to bring.
Thanks!
Diane
Hey Diane, we had a balcony cabin on deck 9/Liberty starboard side ... your youngsters' stateroom is bigger and ours was fine for my wife/me. I'm 6'3 210 and probably outweigh the three of them. This site might help:
http://www.royalcaribbeanincentives.com/ship/liberty-of-the-seas/deck-plan/
You all are in for a great time ... pops
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It must be a very well orchestrated machine.
I watched refueling barges pull up alongside the Liberty very early in Galveston ... the Carnival ship at our bow was already refueling from a barge. Forklifts all over the place were moving dollies of bags to the claim area while refrigeration trucks were already unloading chow by the pallet and forking them aboard. Balconies, etc. were prepared for a good scrubbing of the ship ahead of departure. The crews looked like they had done this a few times ... or to put it another way "a well oiled machine".
pops
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Great report Sandy ... I remember the ship being a bit crowded the 2nd week in May too. Our group of six really had a great time, visited with many nice folks (never ran into so many engineers on a vacation), some who'd cruised on that ship many times.
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On 8/5/2017 at 5:16 PM, CruisingSoulmates said:
For the very first time we have booked a "'guarantee inside cabin" and been allocated a cabin on deck 6 on Voyager which is above the dining room towards the back of the ship. Can anyone please tell me if we are going to hear the noise from the dining room at night after 10pm or very early mornings? We are seniors and I'm a very light sleeper, so I'm hoping there is no noise from below us. We have always chosen our cabins on previous cruises and always had cabins below and above, so this is a new experience for us. The cruise is quite a while away as it is for next Feb 2018, but we have already been given a cabin number. Hope someone can help?
We ate the last shift ... I'd say at 10pm the lights are out in the MDR. The smell of bacon and coffee in the mornings on deck 6 will remind you of grandma's house and that old wood burning stove.
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11 hours ago, Chris besanson said:
Well I love coffee but what was served on the empress of the seas was the worst and that's when you could get it. What a horrible ship!
Sorry about the Empress, I'd say give them some feedback and see what happens. You'd think you could get a cup easily because few people would be drinking the stuff on that cruise, which would send up a red flag. If people quit booking the ship, that might send up a red flag too.
pops
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Fighting the 6 hrs of traffic to and from the nearest ports seems like something worthy to hate.
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Hey Iman1, we'd go in a heartbeat if the schedule wasn't so busy. Don't know if you sailed on the Libby before, but you're in for a treat!
Have a great time! pops
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On 7/5/2017 at 8:52 AM, Madelyn D said:
He said it was quicker for him to organize where they go. The numbers mean something and the colors mean something as well.
Seems our lifeboat number matched the number/letter, may have something to do with side and position on the ship (Libby). pops
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We had a Chinese girl, Jing Jing, on her first contract serving us in the MDR, great smile, laugh, grace. Our steward from the Philippines was on his 6th contract, started out in the engine room. Very personable, kept our quarters perfect. Hope we get both of them again. pops
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7 hours ago, RCVoyager said:
The best thing I've seen on a ship is my favorite band. Great music on the High Seas.
They had several reggae bands by the pool on the Libby in early May. pops
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For $50 it oughta float ... just below the plimsol mark ... and by golly no listing either!!