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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 10-19-2006 02:01 PM

This cruise would be 180^ opposite of my 2 previous cruises on Cunard and Oceania.

Me thinks total culture shock and I certainly be out of place

Mobile Alabama to Cozumel 5 days

Ballroom dancing replaced with square dancing.

24 hour TV marathons of Hee Haw and the Beverly Hillbillies

On board lecture on the history of Colt, Smith and Wesson.

Tobacco chewing lounge

Jack Daniels specials

Grand lounge to be Evangelical megachurch

Gift shop stocked with Bola ties and big belt buckles

Special menu of with possum innards, chitlins, and racoon livers

Formal night dress is a 10 gallon cowboy hat instead of Braves baseball cap. collared plaid shirt, bola tie with the overalls

Cruise director gets confused when the passengers call the family reunion the singles dance

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joe at travelpage
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Member # 622

posted 10-19-2006 02:15 PM

Nice to see you don't buy into that whole stereotype thing...

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 10-19-2006 02:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by joe at travelpage:
Nice to see you don't buy into that whole stereotype thing...

I am being tongue in cheek

On my Rembrandt cruise my table had a couple from North Carolina who were retired college professors, and a mother/daughter from Alabama who were a hoot Mom was retired legal secretary, daughter a pharmacologist.

In reality their manners, hospitality and ettiquette rivaled an European noble family.

PS: on formal night I forgot the seersucker suit

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 10-19-2006 03:19 PM

Sounds somehow familiar to me.....

I bet it will be fun.

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 10-20-2006 12:40 AM

That suit would look mighty fine worn by 'Big Daddy' Hollingworth on the Golden Girls.

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geno-er
First Class Passenger
Member # 4202

posted 02-15-2007 12:27 PM

desirod, your a riot. I wish you were going we'd have a great laugh. I'm a little used to dealing with the grits crowd as we went on the Norweigan Majesty twice out of Charleston and had a great time. Chose this one because we couldn't resist the last minute price LOL. The cruise price is less then the port charges.

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 02-20-2007 02:10 PM

You should rent My Cousin Vinny to whet your appetite.

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Frank X. Prudent
First Class Passenger
Member # 1723

posted 09-01-2011 03:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by desirod7:
on formal night I forgot the seersucker suit
[ 10-19-2006: Message edited by: desirod7 ]

What's wrong with seersucker?

I wore my seersucker suit on Cunard once, during January. Of course it was not a formal night. It was however the evening that we crossed the Equator from Winter into Summer on our way to Sydney.

I've also worn the suit a few nights over the years on the DELTA QUEEN boats, but only during late May, June, July, and August.

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