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Didn't particularly want to sail on another Vista ship as I find them too large and with 2 cruises booked to the Caribbean this year, I wanted to go somewhere else....... I'm getting tired of the Carib - been there, done that sort of thing.
I am sure you will enjoy sailing out of NY - have done it a few times and if the weather is good, it's interesting sailing past the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Have a great cruise.
By the time April comes round after all the snow and freezing temperatures of the winter a little bit of Caribbean sunshine is most appealing! Can understand your feelings though - but not Alaska!!
New York, the Manhattan skyline, Statue of Liberty does have great appeal have to admit even if we are spending 5 days in the city prior to the cruise and wil no doubt take in a harbour cruise and a visit to Liberty and Ellis.
We are not lovers of large ships (although Vista class is not as large as some of the momsters) - but at the time we are sailing - and having had to re-arrange a cruise to suit the booked and pre paid flight - there was not much choice available.
[ 10-02-2005: Message edited by: Czechmate ]
Obviously you have never been to Alaska. You should try it sometime. I understand that sometimes May can be very warm and lovely. Actually at that time of year you see more iceflows and calving at the Glaciers. The last time I was there was in August 2003 and we saw very little of both.
I guess being a hearty Canadian. I am used to the cold weather. After the extremely hot summer we had here in Ontario, Canada, I am looking forward to winter.
Where I now live during the past year we had minus 25c in Winter and plus 40c in summer so I guess you could say that I too am used to extremes in the seasons.
What I was really interested in on this thread was encountering people who do visit message boards and were cruising on Noordam 5th April, 2006.
[ 10-07-2005: Message edited by: Czechmate ]
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