[MinuteGal]

We've had four more freep cruisers sign up. Welcome to our New York couple and our South Carolina couple! Can't wait to meet you on board, friends.

Folks, time is growing short. Phone Wanda tomorrow for your registration. The economy is looking up, you deserve rack of lamb and lobster tails for a diet upgrade, and your epidermis is lookin' mighty pasty. You need a vacation anyway, so why not take it with freeper buddies and have the time of your life?

You're only a phone call away from the Magic Elixer of Sunshine, Repose, Romance, and a possible $5000 in the ship's Snowball Bingo.

Leni

[BreitbartSentMe]

Adding my 2 cents here, Wanda. We are almost vibrating, we're so excited, and counting the days down. Almost every day my hubby will call me up at work and say "5-and-a-half weeks" or "five weeks" and then hang up. We're going to be SO ready for this!

The Comfort Inn looks great, and a great price also. I think we'll have to pass, though. We're coming in on Thursday morning, but I think we are going to rent a car and drive to my parents' place in Barefoot Bay and stay with them for a few days. We'll miss y'all, but will hook up with you at the sail-away party.

Don't miss the boat everyone, it's going to be a blast!

[DoughtyOne]

  

Left: Facing forward in the midships section of the Lido Restaurant.  Right: Facing forward from the aft/starboard portion of the Lido Restaurant.

The expanded 130 seat Lido Restaurant follows with some of the ship's more vibrant color schemes. The carpet pattern, which is repeated throughout the public areas, is rather wildly evocative with stripes, spots, and obtuse shapes in shades of blue, purple, and black. The wood-framed chairs are upholstered in bright fuchsia, pink, turquoise, orange, and lavender and the lamps feature pliable rubber shades in contrasting colors. The Lido is one of the public areas that drew comparisons to Carnival and NCL in theme and feel, although its layout is an expanded version of that found on the earlier HAL ships. An added feature is the number of different stations (Continental, Italian, Asian, deli, salad bar, desserts) which is similar to what one would find on Carnival.