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Announcing "Freeps Ahoy", a Free Republic Network Caribbean Cruise
Free Republic Network
| 11/01/2002
| MinuteGal
Posted on 11/01/2002 3:02:58 PM PST by DoughtyOne
Edited on 11/19/2002 12:16:00 AM PST by Admin Moderator.
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Free Republic Network
Proudly Presents
FREEPS AHOY!
a Freeper Cruise to the Caribbean
A sunset photo of Carnival's cruise ship Triumph.
Cruise Line: Carnival
Ship: Triumph
Length: Seven Nights
Departure Date: Saturday, May 31, 2003, 4:00 p.m.
Return Date: Saturday, June 7, 2003, 8:00 a.m.
Port: Miami Port Terminal
Ports of Call: Cozumel, Mexico - Grand Cayman Islands - Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Cabin Rates: Start at only $660 per person plus tax, port fees and tips for entire week
Includes: All meals and entertainment
In Addition: There will be FRN Activism meetings aboard ship
Stateroom Availability is Limited
Don't delay! Register today!
Presented to you by the FRN Cruise Committee
MinuteGal, Chairman
BobJ
Diotima
Dittomom
DoughtyOne
Seeking the Truth
Strela
More Crew to come...
Carnival's cruise ship Triumph docked at St. Thomas.
Ahoy, Freepers! Why not make your next year's vacation a FREEPER CRUISE? Can't think of a better idea!
United we stand for conservative activism AND some good old-fashioned fun, too!
This cruise thread will be running right up until embarkation day. It'll be packed with lots of information.
Post your enthusiastic comments here. Links are provided below for stateroom/fares information, registration form and
the Bahama Mama Q&A thread devoted solely to answers for all your cruise questions and to provide you with smooth sailing.
We strongly urge you to register ASAP. We need a certain number of registrations by a mid-January cutoff date
to ensure our reserved block of cabins with Carnival. From many communications we've received since last year's terrific cruise,
we're certain the interest is out there. We don't want to have to deep-six this event if we don't get enough registrations in a timely manner.
PLEASE NOTE to hold off on making your air tickets reservations until we give you the go-ahead.
We have more than ample lead-time for this cruise and you'll be able to get good air-fare bargains in plenty of time!
Since some air-transportation tickets are non-refundable, we don't want anyone to be left holding the ditty-bag.
As an incentive for early registration, the first 20 Freepers to get their reservations into the travel agency
will win their choice of five (5) sheets of Ocents.com stamp sheets (go to that website for Seeking the Truth's array of terrific stamps!)
They will also receive a usflagballoon.com pin courtesy of Abner (check out Abner's usflagballoon website
to view the colorful pin and some excellent pictures of the US Flag Balloon!) Registrations will be dated and time-stamped by the agency.
Winners will be notified and they'll receive their gift stamps and pins via mail.
We've got a great contest planned for later. A lucky winner will receive a FREE cabin for two!
Last year, the contest was won by our Freeper pal, Taxman. This time it may be you!
Bookmark this thread. We'll keep you posted as plans evolve. Register now for this fun-filled getaway in the sun!
Informal FRN meetings will be held on board which will be full of information and idea-sharing for effective conservative activism.
Rock the boat with your fellow Freepers! Climb aboard today!
This page is for about the cruise.
If you have questions, do not post them here.
Use the Bahama Mama link and ask them there.
Thank you!
Freeps Ahoy Links
Ask Bahama Mama - Please, questions only here
Cruise Staterooms, Categories and Rates
Registration Form
The Carnival ship Triumph
More about Cruise Staterooms
Deck Floor Plans
Cruise Map
Destinations
More about Triumph
TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Announcements; Anthrax Scare; Breaking News; Extended News; Free Republic; Political Humor/Cartoons; Technical; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: announcement; cruise; freepsahoy; freerepublic; network; northcarolina; oldnorthstate
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To: lodwick; strela
Years ago, I was on a Holland/America cruise and they had skeet shooting off the deck. In today's PC world, the cruise lines may have deep-sixed this sport.
I'm gonna try to find out if they have skeet aboard the Triumph. I'd love to see some of our Freeper sharpshooters doin' their thang!
Bahama Mama
To: DoughtyOne
LOL My pleasure, D1. ;)
To: dalereed
Congratulations!
My wife & I are doing the same thing for our 20th!
Our anniversary is 6/18/02 but that's close enough for us too.
To: Seeking the truth; dalereed
Hey, hey, two anniversaries already going to be celebrated aboard on this cruise! What a nice anniversary gift to each other! I'll be celebrating my birthday on June 3 and maybe some more Geminis will be, also.
Come to think of it, a freeper cruise would be a terrific mutual Christmas gift for couples. Solves the always-knotty problem of what to get the better half for Christmas!
Bahama Mama
To: hoosiermama
I like the cheap rooms at the bottom of the boat - they're always nice and dark so you can sneak in a good nap anytime that you wish. Also, if the ship gets caught in a storm, you can rest easy, sleep well, and be good to go the next day whilst the topside guys are mostly green around the gills and sea sick.
The nice thing about the "upstairs" rooms, if you're an exhibitionist, is the idea that you can awake in the morning with a painter peering in upon you in bed - wonderful!
Bon Voyage.
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posted on
11/10/2002 9:05:42 AM PST
by
lodwick
To: MinuteGal
"a freeper cruise would be a terrific mutual Christmas gift for couples"
Maybe I could call the cross country airfare the Christmas present, naw, I better not even think it!
To: All
Today's modern ships have stabilizers which insure a smooth ride. I can't recall any complaints of seasickness on the last cruise. You might as well be strolling around in a hotel. During the time our cruise is scheduled, the Caribbean is smooth as glass.
Unwarranted fears of seasickness hampers many people from enjoying a wonderful type of vacation. Millions of people cruise every year across the world with no problems. Sure, a statistically negligible segment of the populace is susceptible to seasickness, carsickness, trainsickness, rollercoastersickness, whatever, and they should not travel by these means.
The worst thing about a cruise is sleeping too late in the morning and missing the fabulous breakfast buffet!
Leni
To: MinuteGal
The worst thing about a cruise is sleeping too late in the morning and missing the fabulous breakfast buffet!
Too true. One thing that I really enjoy is all the fresh cut fruit, bread stuffs, and crispy bacon washed down with good hot coffee.
About the storms, sea sickness, etc - the one time out of all our ventures at sea that we had a rough ride: it was a "freak" storm that was not forecast, anticipated, or otherwise predicted according to the Captain. Just like the rest of stuff in our world - things happen, but we can't let that fact stop us from living as we wish.
Molon labe and bon voyage.
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posted on
11/10/2002 10:39:35 AM PST
by
lodwick
To: All
Our second port of call on this cruise will be George Town, Grand Cayman Island. Grand Cayman Island is world-renowned for its clear water and coral reefs. For snorklers, the water teems with tropical fish, sponges and coral so vivid it takes your breath away.
Snorkling, scuba, parasailing, jet skis, swimming, submarine rides, glass bottom boats, an amazing turtle farm, shopping and dining are among the great options in Grand Cayman.
The famed Seven Mile Beach is one of the Caribbean's most beautiful shore lines with marvelous sand. There are eating huts scattered along the beach with exceptionally good hamburgers and other interesting beach food and cold beverages.
I just love to piddle in warm water and ride the gentle waves off shore. So, Seven Mile Beach is the place for me, yesiree! I've swum, swammed, swimmed there till they had to drag me out. You can find small, but lovely pieces of white coral with your toes in the shallow water off the beach. I took a few pieces home for decorations in my baths. It was so much fun being on that beach. I also really worked up a great appetite for the steamed crab legs I selected for dinner back aboard that evening.
We're hoping to have a FReeper Day on the beach where we can frolic en masse for a great day.
Folks, get your reservations in now if you're planning to go. As we explained at the top of this thread, the reality is that if there's no interest, there's no cruise. The good news is that some reservations are coming in. Election week was a distraction (a happy distraction) but now we have to get down to some serious registratin' out der!
Leni
To: MinuteGal
"get your reservations in now if you're planning to go"
Count us as going and we will get our reservations in before the November deadline but at this point Sheryle is still trying to decide which class of cabin we want and there is also a question of a friend of hers that might want to go with us.
The friend creates a problem as she is alergic to smoke and we both smoke and are trying to think of some arrangement to accomodate her.
If there are any single women that don't smoke that would like to share, it would sure solve a problem!
To: dalereed
Utah girl would be a good guess. Good luck with it.
Smoke'em if you've got'em. ;-)
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posted on
11/10/2002 4:36:33 PM PST
by
lodwick
To: dalereed
You have freepmail which may be helpful to you.
Leni
To: dalereed
So, can one smoke in ones own room aboard ship?
To: Conservababe
Absolutely, be sure to request a smoking cabin!
To: MinuteGal
You can find small, but lovely pieces of white coral with your toes in the shallow water off the beach. I took a few pieces home for decorations in my baths. It was so much fun being on that beach. You want to be careful trying to bring back the black variety, though. There are customs restrictions on its importation.
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posted on
11/10/2002 5:47:11 PM PST
by
strela
Comment #316 Removed by Moderator
To: lodwick
I like the cheap rooms at the bottom of the boat - they're always nice and dark so you can sneak in a good nap anytime that you wish. At least there will be no steam catapults on this "bucket." There's nothing like trying to get some shuteye between watches while air ops are underway, when your berthing area is 30 feet below the catapults.
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posted on
11/10/2002 6:05:16 PM PST
by
strela
To: strela
Never saw any black coral on Grand Cayman beaches. Would have loved to. Fascinating (and rare) stuff. Black coral polishes up to breathtaking beauty.
However, black coral is mainly indigenous to Hawaii, off the Yucatan Peninsula annd a few other places. Storm-broken pieces wash ashore in those areas and this is what jewelers purchase to produce fine rings and other jewelry.
Divers have to dive up to 120 feet down to collect whole pieces. Hawaii and other ocean regions are taking steps to regulate and protect black coral from commercial divers stripping live reefs where the coral grows. Reputable jewelers and artisans will not purchase whole black coral obtained from protected living reefs. There are stores in downtown Grand Cayman where you can view black coral jewelry in magnificent settings.
Too bad I can't afford any of the black coral jewelry on display in Georgetown. Nice to look at, though.
Leni
To: MinuteGal
Too bad I can't afford any of the black coral jewelry on display in Georgetown. Get in line (re not being able to afford the stuff). I do intend to find and bring back a djembe drum in Ocho Rios while we're there. You can get them here in the states, but they're expensive and you can't test them for good tone if you order off the Internet. I'm thinking they're much cheaper in Jamaica, especially at the "off-the-beaten-path" places I'll be exploring during our port call.
I look forward to checking our real Jamaican jerk pork as well - Jamaica is home to a good deal of Scotch Bonnet pepper, just a hair or two cooler than habanero. And, I wouldn't be entirely surprised if I managed to consume a real Cuban cigar or two during our visit ;)
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posted on
11/10/2002 6:27:52 PM PST
by
strela
To: strela
Strela, you sure know the good stuff!
And I have special instructions to buy some Jamaica Island Lyme men's cologne for the guys in my family. It's distributed by a firm in Montego Bay and you can find it in a number of shops in downtown Ocho Rios.
"Jamaica Island Lyme" is the brand name. Be careful not to get confused with other brands with names close to this one. This is the one and only. It's marvelous stuff without that asthma-attack-inducing odor associated with a lot of men's toiletries.
The cologne comes in a great bottle suitable for an impressive gift. The green liquid shows of course, and a south-seas-looking net covers the bottle. The aroma is fantastic but subtle and masculine. My two grown nephews rave about it and will crucify me if I don't bring some home for them.
Jamica Lyme, a little dab'll do ya
Jamaica Lyme, you'll love it on your skin
Jamaica Lyme, the gals will pursue ya
Just dab a little on your chin!
How am I doin', mon?
:-)
Leni
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