St Thomas was the best. It's green mountains, great people, and a laid back attitude, all combine to make it immensely appealing. Jamaica was lacking the same cordiality, and the poverty was appalling to us not-so-rich 'Mericans...
My wife, 15 yo daughter, and I had no reason to go, but just felt like the warmth would be good. EVERYONE needs to cruise these days. It is the best way for us to vacation, and get pampered (Celebrity does that well!).
Next year, we will travel on the Galaxy from civitavecchia (rome), italy - malaga, spain - funchal (madeira), portugal - nassau, bahamas - key west, florida - galveston, texas, on a 14 day jaunt.
If anyone cares to join us, go to the Celebrity website, and look at the transatlantic bargains! From $925 pp up (for the ship only, air is extra)(for insides, but you can even get a suite with your own butler for a little over 2 grand each)... $450 each will reserve a spot, and they will allow you up until 70 days out to pay the balance... they can include air for you, as well...
Maybe we can get a FR cruise to fill the ship! It holds 2000 folk, and has great entertainment, food, and ambiance. Surely there are enough speakers to fill our heads with conservative thought, and then use the chocolate on our pillows to sweeten the dreams of a truly Free Republic!
What about it, Jim?
Well, you must have missed all the FReeps Ahoy cruise threads. This past may we had our third FReeper cruise, here's url of the after-cruise thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1144309/posts
We had a blast, and will probably start talking about what we're doing next year pretty soon.