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Posted on 01/06/2003 7:42:13 PM PST by DoughtyOne
Being rather gnome like or dwarf like whatever your predilictions are I would love to contribute to such a gift bag! Just let me know, how many!
Regards,
TS
Sorry... I'll try to play better this time.
Someone sent me a picture of you and Dio cutting a rug on the last cruise!
"Hokay, theese time make with the careful! No Marxists on board the Freeper cruise! Eef I see one, I'll take one banana off my head and I will make heem the flat pancake!"
Groucho Marx:
"Look, if you don't like my politics, you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff. If you can't find a huff, you can leave in a taxi".
Leni
Just imagine keeping a bunch of FReepers away from the Internet for a week. They would have to carry them all of the ship at the end of the week in straight jackets. :-)
There's an Internet Cafe aboard our ship, the Triumph. Details can be found on the Bahama Mama Q & A thread, reply #31. Link is at the top of this thread.
Passengers are never info-deprived on a cruise. In addition to the availibility of computers, there's a daily wire-service newsletter delivered to your cabin every morning with all the latest news, sports, stocks, weather in the States, etc. Also, there's round-the-clock international news on the TV in your cabin.
I can't imagine anything more fun, interesting and informative than discussing and dissecting breaking news with fellow freeper passengers. Wow!
Many thanks for your comment.
Leni/Bahama Mama
The important thing is whether or not Internet connectivity is available in the cabins. On the cruise lines that I usually travel, the per minute charge for use of the Internet Cafe will pay your whole daily In-Cabin Internet Access charge in the first 5 or 6 minutes of use. I don't know about you, but I would go into severe withdrawal if I only had 5 or 6 minutes a day on the Net.
I seem to recall that where it is available, In-Cabin Internet Access only costs about $10 per day. The Internet Cafes charge something more like $1.00 to $2.00 per minute. For people who use the Net a lot, that's a big difference. I know that all of the higher end cruise lines provide In-Cabin Ineternet Access. My question concerns whether or not Carnival provides In-Cabin Ineternet Access.
Even if only a few FReepers brought laptops, I'm sure that they would let other FReepers come by their cabins to use them for more than just a few short minutes at a time. Everybody would benefit. But, those with laptops need to know if it's even going to be worth their effort to pack a laptop. If In-Cabin Internet Access is not available, then a laptop only means extra weight in your suitcase.
We didn't have cabin computer hookups in cabins on last year's cruise aboard the Royal Caribbean ship, either. It had a computer cafe like the Triumph has and as most other cruise ships have. Perhaps we could have booked this year's cruise on an upscale cruise line which might have this cabin hookup availibility. But keeping fares low so that as many freepers as possible could afford this vacation was our first priority.
Most people on vacation cruises utilize the cafes to briefly check their emails or whatever, and the cost is much cheaper than the rates you say are charged if there were hookups in cabins.
As I pointed out before, there is an over-abundance of breaking news on every cruise ship.
An alternative would be heading for libraries or similar facilities in the Island port towns for access when the ship docks. They are available. The cruise director will be able to help you on this.
It's up to each passenger how he/she wishes to utilize extra spending money on a cruise. Certainly, if sitting at the computer on vacation is a priority, we're happy to say that this option is available if someone so chooses.
We're all addicted to FR (including myself), but I don't recall any freepers throwing themselves in the sea because they couldn't be at a computer 24/7 while aboard. We were having too much fun OUTSIDE our cabins!
Plus, what could be more interesting than freeping LIVE with our FR fellow passengers day and night? We don't get many opportunities to do this!
Leni
Leni
If any Freeper's vacation plans had been focused on Europe for the summer they may want to rethink them and join us on this cruise!
Why eat frog legs and brats when the former is disgusting and the latter is better enjoyed in the fall watching American Football on Saturday afternoons! So, from both tourist and a culinary not to mention patriotic perspective this cruise is a deal!
Regards,
TS
Just got back from a Celebrity S. Carribbean cruise. They charged $.50 per minute.
I think that Celebrity has come down on that price. Although I always use their in-cabin Internet access, I did use their Internet Cafe once, to print something for someone else and I thought that it was closer to $1.00/min. But that was at least 7 or 8 months ago and the cruise lines have been adjusting prices across the board, in order to entice more post-911 travelers.
I know that Royal Caribbean offers in-cabin Internet access in their suites on some of their ships, but I am not aware of any of their ships that have in-cabin Internet access in their standard staterooms. Though it has been many years since I cruised on RCCL, I did go on an RCCL FAM a few months back and that was where I got that info.
Personally, my favorite cruise line was Renaissance Cruises, so I am really saddened that they filed Chapter 11. They were certainly the classiest of the superliners. But at least, Celebrity is not that far behind, especially if you book a suite (lots of extra perks). Also, their alternative gourmet restaurants are fabulous and they have one of the best wine and port lists that I have seen at sea.
My other favorite is Windstar Cruises. Ultra high class and ultra laid back. Their goal is "casual elegance" - no Tuxes. I think that it's assumed that if you can afford to be on board, then you don't have to put on airs by wearing a Tux. The only problem is that they are truly an escape cruise and did not have Internet access the last time that we were on board and at least for the next year, I can't afford to be incommunicado for a week or two.
At one point, we considered buying an apartment on the World of ResidenSea, but it's beginning to look like they may not be able to keep that concept going, either. They still have a lot of unsold apartments. What a bummer. That really sounded like a great idea. With all of the communications facilities that they have on board, you could easily run a business from on board.
I'm really glad that FR is doing 7 day cruises now. Those 3 and 4 day jaunts are for the birds. You come back more tired than when you left. I will probably be out of the country on business when this FReeper cruise is underway, but if the next cruise is also a 7 day or longer cruise, I will certainly try my best to make it. In fact, the opportunity to go on a FReeper cruise is probably the only reason that we will ever go on a commercial cruise again, since we are now in the early planning stages of building a yacht. But make no mistake; I would gladly leave the yacht behind to join a bunch of FReepers for a week on a cruise ship. This cruise just comes at a bad time for us.
So, have one of those little drinks with the umbrella in it for me and I hope that I'll be able to join you next time.
Enjoy!
Leni
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