Here I am!
*Picture Lori Waving her hands wildly*

We fly out of Salt Lake to Anchorage on July 21, train and cruise our way down the inside passage to Vancouver and fly home on August 29th. We are booked on the Diamond Princess.

I am so excited.
I finished swathing hay today so my role in that process is complete. Tomorrow I start getting ready for 'the cruise'.

I just figured out this trip is costing us $189 per day per person. *Cripes!* You can't go to Las Vegas for $189 a day!

What cruise line is your Mom on Magic?

Lori

She is doing the same thing, going to Anchorage and flying home from Vancouver. She is on Royal Carribean though.

She just told me tonight and I instantly thought of you and how funny it would be if you were on the same ship. She leaves on September 5th.

Have a good time. We can't go this year like we planned but maybe we will get to go in the next year or two.

Hey, I just figured it out and that's a durn good price. A lot less than I thought it would be.

Lori, the Diamond Princess is the same ship we took on the Mexican Riviera. It's a beautiful ship. We had an outside balcony. The food is really good. This picture isn't the best, and a little off center, in Mazatlan.

Leslie

Oh wow!
'Real pictures of my ship!
It looks bigger here than it does in the brochure.

*gasp*
This sooooo real now.

So tell me, what do we have to pay for on the ship?
I know we have to pay for any alcholic beverages but what about softdrinks, coffee, bottled water, cappacino, etc?

Also, are all the restaurants on the ship no charge or just the buffet?

Is the entertainment free?

I have a list of questions to ask the travel agent (and these are on that list) but I'd like to hear from real people.

Custer listens to Sirius radio at work and tuned into a travel channel. The host said cruise rates were at an all time low and recommended buying insurance. That way if your financial circumstance changes you can cancel the trip and get most of your money back.

Like I said, this is really a cheap trip.

We had some costly repair bills on our haying equipment which cuts into our off shore money but that's okay.
Custer and I do best on our own. We really don't do well
with 'leaders'.
LOL

Lori

You pay for drinks from the bar, and tips for everyone that made your life easy. ;)

Food and entertainment is included in the price, on Royal Caribbean... unless things changed since I cruised with them for my 40th.

Moni

I think all the meals are included. Alcoholic type drinks are extra. You just put them on your card or give them your cabin #. Not sure about the soft drinks though. I forget about the tipping too. I think it's all included in your price. But we all (there were about 8 of us gals/relatives) pitched in and gave an extra tip to our head waiter. He had a new baby, and had to be spending a lot of precious time on the ship, to support it and his wife. They were all such a nice bunch of guys. And so entertaining. Here is a picture of them too.

This is on mom's birthday. Our main waiter is on the left in mom's picture.
This was 3 years ago, and I've kind of forgotten how it went.