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Wonderful photos from around the ship! Oh how I miss cruising. DH wasn't a huge fan of it, and now with a family of 5, it's pretty darn expensive!
Oh my goodness, yes, I can imagine that would get crazy expensive!
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We will go again though..... some day!
I hope it works out and you're able to set sail again... soon!
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I didn't know you could see France from the ground! I remember flying over the channel and getting a panoramic photo with both countries, but didn't know it was possible to see both from the ground. Very cool!
You can only see it on a very clear day in fairness....
Such lovely photos...I'm in love with the lighthouse...I adore lighthouses and love to photograph them That is a fantastic, and very different than I've seen.
I love getting photos on the ship while everyone is busy getting ready for dinner, unpacking, whatever they all do!
Fell behind the last couple of days as the forums were down! This is occurring so often now and probably a couple times of week now and on two consecutive days this week!
Glad Mari and Raleigh will go up to the next level as Castaway Members next time, which should be easier for your next cruise together!
Some nice photos of the ship before sailing and you covered it well! It brings back so many great and vivid memories of my cruise as it looks just as I remember! Love those of Dover and the French coastline.
So great to be sailing now and I'm sure you skipped the sailaway extravaganza! I went to that on my first one but not something you need to do often as so over the top and with the crowds!
One thing I noticed about your room and Mark decorating your door with the magnets is we were both on deck 7. It's a good location to be be in close to deck 9 for Cabanas and Cove Cafe and not too far from other things on decks 3-5.
I was checking my TR from my April, 2015 cruise and how we are practically neighbors! Our rooms look quite identical but my bed was on left and yours on right. I checked my room number and it's......#7556! Right next to my room. How crazy is that?
Here you go from my TR!
"Well, after this, I decided to go down to deck 7 and check out my room for the first time. I took the stairs, as it was only three decks down. I am located midship and in Room #7556. It was a bit crowded in the corridors as many passengers were going to their rooms for the first time as well as the stateroom hosts (porters) were checking in on everyone. Shortly, after getting to my room, I met my host Edwin for the first time, whom I think is from Spain. He was very nice and polite and told me not to hesitate to ask for anything."
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Such lovely photos...I'm in love with the lighthouse...I adore lighthouses and love to photograph them That is a fantastic, and very different than I've seen.
I love them as well.
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I love getting photos on the ship while everyone is busy getting ready for dinner, unpacking, whatever they all do!
It's always great to be able to explore the ship on our own and get photos with no-one in them and I had the opportunity to do a lot of that on this cruise...
Fell behind the last couple of days as the forums were down! This is occurring so often now and probably a couple times of week now and on two consecutive days this week!
It is and it's becoming very frustrating. I have got to the stage where I've now set up a private Facebook group where I'm dual posting my trip report. It's a lot of work, but I'm getting to the stage where the outages are becoming so annoying, I feel I need to do something. I know it won't help you, as I don't think you're on Facebook, but if anyone wants to join over there, just message me and I'll send you an invite.
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Glad Mari and Raleigh will go up to the next level as Castaway Members next time, which should be easier for your next cruise together!
It certainly will!
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Some nice photos of the ship before sailing and you covered it well!
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It brings back so many great and vivid memories of my cruise as it looks just as I remember! Love those of Dover and the French coastline.
So great to be sailing now and I'm sure you skipped the sailaway extravaganza! I went to that on my first one but not something you need to do often as so over the top and with the crowds!
I don't remember the last time we did it, to be honest! We prefer to enjoy sailing away from our own cabin, although occasionally we do head up to deck 10 just to get a few photos from a different perspective and from the other side of the ship...
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One thing I noticed about your room and Mark decorating your door with the magnets is we were both on deck 7. It's a good location to be be in close to deck 9 for Cabanas and Cove Cafe and not too far from other things on decks 3-5.
That's why I always pick it - not too many sets of steps to get anywhere...
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I was checking my TR from my April, 2015 cruise and how we are practically neighbors! Our rooms look quite identical but my bed was on left and yours on right. I checked my room number and it's......#7556! Right next to my room. How crazy is that?
Here you go from my TR!
"Well, after this, I decided to go down to deck 7 and check out my room for the first time. I took the stairs, as it was only three decks down. I am located midship and in Room #7556. It was a bit crowded in the corridors as many passengers were going to their rooms for the first time as well as the stateroom hosts (porters) were checking in on everyone. Shortly, after getting to my room, I met my host Edwin for the first time, whom I think is from Spain. He was very nice and polite and told me not to hesitate to ask for anything."
We got some lovely views as we headed out of Dover…
…. And once again, you could see the French coast about 30 miles away!
We did wonder whether the holes you can see on this were from battle… I suspect they were probably some form of defence, maybe from the Second World War.
We turned enough to get some views of Dover…
… but decided that we’d head out on deck to see the white cliffs… they looked amazing in the sunlight.
Now do you see what I mean when I said in my pre-trip report about this being such a beautiful sight to all those who returned from World War II?
We also saw South Foreland lighthouse…
Now we’ve walked there from Dover before. It’s about a 40 minute walk each way and we did it with friends and it was a lovey day. We were saying that and a couple overheard us and we got talking to them. It turned out she was from the Facebook group, although she didn’t have a button, but when she said her name, I recognised it from some of her posts. Cool! We got chatting about all sorts of things. They were from DC and they were saying they don’t bother doing the tourist sights any longer, as they’ve seen them so many times.
After we finished chatting with them, we wandered around deck 10, getting some photos in the blustery conditions…
Although I say it was blustery, it was enough to blow my hair around, but thankfully not much more than that.
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Beautiful day to sail away - makes for some great photos! Sunshine makes such a difference!
I can't wait to hear more about your FB group gatherings later as it sounds like a good couple of people thus far.
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Beautiful photos of the famed White Cliffs! I was curious, so I googled what it is that makes them white. Even though they look like chalk, I was surprised to learn that's actually what it is, as I think of chalk as being rather soft. Cool!
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This is occurring so often now and probably a couple times of week now and on two consecutive days this week! 
It brings back so many great and vivid memories of my cruise as it looks just as I remember! 
Love those of Dover and the French coastline.
I took the stairs, as it was only three decks down. I am located midship and in Room #7556. It was a bit crowded in the corridors as many passengers were going to their rooms for the first time as well as the stateroom hosts (porters) were checking in on everyone. Shortly, after getting to my room, I met my host Edwin for the first time, whom I think is from Spain. 
He was very nice and polite and told me not to hesitate to ask for anything." 
I suspect they were probably some form of defence, maybe from the Second World War. 
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