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"Jr." wrote:
When we sailed on Princess this past January we were advised that there were less than 70 people on the ship (of 3155) that were under the age of 18. If you want to go Princess with a youngster the best time is during Christmas recess. They said there were about 785 under the age of 18 on that cruise. I doubt that she cares if there are others in her grand daughters age group on board. And that was not her question. But if you think about it, not likely she will be taking the grand daughter out of school, so whatever time she takes her will be when school is out which means other young people on board. -- Charles |
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On 6/13/2011 1:58 AM, peter wrote:
And that was not her question. But if you think about it, not likely she will be taking the grand daughter out of school, so whatever time she takes her will be when school is out which means other young people on board. That conclusion is based on the assumption that all schools are out at the same time. That assumption is wrong. Really? How many schools have classes in July? |
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On 6/13/2011 9:09 AM, Bill wrote:
On 6/13/2011 1:58 AM, peter wrote: And that was not her question. But if you think about it, not likely she will be taking the grand daughter out of school, so whatever time she takes her will be when school is out which means other young people on board. That conclusion is based on the assumption that all schools are out at the same time. That assumption is wrong. Really? How many schools have classes in July? There are places with 12 month school years and longer breaks. It's not that common, but it happens. -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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On 13 Jun 2011 00:53:16 GMT, Charles
wrote: "Jr." wrote: When we sailed on Princess this past January we were advised that there were less than 70 people on the ship (of 3155) that were under the age of 18. If you want to go Princess with a youngster the best time is during Christmas recess. They said there were about 785 under the age of 18 on that cruise. I doubt that she cares if there are others in her grand daughters age group on board. And that was not her question. But if you think about it, not likely she will be taking the grand daughter out of school, so whatever time she takes her will be when school is out which means other young people on board. I did already consider the factor of what the age group of the passengers would be. That's because the first trip I took a grandchild on was a bus trip in early June an there were only two other children on the tour. He was almost 14, and the other two children were 9 and 10. He had a good time, but both of us would have liked some other children for him to interact with. That's when I switched to cruises because with a larger group of people there would be more chance of other kids their age. The cruise I have booked is on the Dawn Princess in July. That is a cruise in Australia My granddaughter (who will be almost 13) is from Miami and will be out of school. The Australian schools will be having a short vacation in July but the time depends on the school district. Their long vacation is around Jan. which is their summer. So far, none of the ship's children's programs have particularly engaged my grandchildren. The second one (a boy almost 14) was very shy and it was an NCL cruise at spring break. While there were girls his age on the ship (which his cousin would have really liked), he was either too shy or not interested in them and he thought the boys were geeky. So he just shot some hoops and played some video games. The third one (a girl almost 13) wasn't interested in the little boys in the program for her age and did not even go to the kids area. This was a June cruise to the Baltic on HAL. The fourth one (a boy almost 13) was June on NCL in Hawaii, and he did participate in some of the sports activities, but as a kind of independent person. He wasn't signed up for the children's program. |
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On 6/14/2011 8:33 AM, wrote:
The cruise I have booked is on the Dawn Princess in July. That is a cruise in Australia My granddaughter (who will be almost 13) is from Miami and will be out of school. The Australian schools will be having a short vacation in July but the time depends on the school district. Their long vacation is around Jan. which is their summer. I hope you bring a lot of stuff on the plane to entertaine her. That's a really, really long flight to Australia. BTDT. If you can check Seat Expert http://seatexpert.com/ or Seat Guru http://www.seatguru.com/ and try to get seats with an electric socket so she can charge up her electronic toys. I don't know many teens her age that don't travel with a bunch of them. Heck, I'm an old lady about to go on Medicare and I don't travel without a Nook, a Nintendo and an MP3 player :-) -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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The cruise I have booked is on the Dawn Princess in July. That is a cruise in Australia My granddaughter (who will be almost 13) is from Miami and will be out of school. The Australian schools will be having a short vacation in July but the time depends on the school district. Their long vacation is around Jan. which is their summer. That sounds like neat itinerary to take her on. Since that is cruise for the Australian market their school vacation time would have an impact on the number of kids onboard. Have to mention something in light of some previous discussions. That is the oldest class of Princess ships. They have some fairly small inside cabins. I recall on one of that class of ships there was not enough room on either side of the bed to get off on the side when made into a queen bed. -- Charles |
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I agree with Janet - take a lot of entertainment stuff with you, it is a
veeery long flight. (a sleeping pill might help.) On our Quantas flight in November of 2009 it was a late night (11:15 PM) takeoff from LAX, 14 hours in the air and an early morning landing in Sydney. We had gotten up early morning in Central Texas, driven to Austin, flew AUS-DFW-LAX, had about a four hour layover and launched from LAX. By the time we arrived at our Sydney we had been on the move for something like 30 hours. For a couple in their 70's that's a long stretch. I can sleep soundly on an airplane but my wife can't -she catnaps. It took her a little longer to recover from jet lag than it did me. Would we do it again? You betcha! (to quote Sarah Palin) Our cruise on the RSSC Mariner was the trip of a lifetime. |
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:56:59 -0500, Kenn Smith wrote:
You betcha! (to quote Sarah Palin) Don't. US politics are insufferably absurd and embarrassing enough to have them invade a cruise newsgruppe. -- http://www.scroogle.org/gifs/evo16.gif |
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On 6/15/2011 12:56 PM, Kenn Smith wrote:
I agree with Janet - take a lot of entertainment stuff with you, it is a veeery long flight. (a sleeping pill might help.) On our Quantas flight in November of 2009 it was a late night (11:15 PM) takeoff from LAX, 14 hours in the air and an early morning landing in Sydney. We had gotten up early morning in Central Texas, driven to Austin, flew AUS-DFW-LAX, had about a four hour layover and launched from LAX. By the time we arrived at our Sydney we had been on the move for something like 30 hours. For a couple in their 70's that's a long stretch. I can sleep soundly on an airplane but my wife can't -she catnaps. It took her a little longer to recover from jet lag than it did me. Would we do it again? You betcha! (to quote Sarah Palin) Our cruise on the RSSC Mariner was the trip of a lifetime. I remember how tired you both were from those flights. I travel with Valium which I wash down with a little bottle of airplane wine. Knocks me right out. I am a much better sleeper than I am a flier. g -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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Janet Wilder wrote On 6/15/2011 9:08 PM:
On 6/15/2011 12:56 PM, Kenn Smith wrote: I agree with Janet - take a lot of entertainment stuff with you, it is a veeery long flight. (a sleeping pill might help.) On our Quantas flight in November of 2009 it was a late night (11:15 PM) takeoff from LAX, 14 hours in the air and an early morning landing in Sydney. We had gotten up early morning in Central Texas, driven to Austin, flew AUS-DFW-LAX, had about a four hour layover and launched from LAX. By the time we arrived at our Sydney we had been on the move for something like 30 hours. For a couple in their 70's that's a long stretch. I can sleep soundly on an airplane but my wife can't -she catnaps. It took her a little longer to recover from jet lag than it did me. Would we do it again? You betcha! (to quote Sarah Palin) Our cruise on the RSSC Mariner was the trip of a lifetime. I remember how tired you both were from those flights. I travel with Valium which I wash down with a little bottle of airplane wine. Knocks me right out. I am a much better sleeper than I am a flier. g FYI Valium is physically addictive. You can get the same results with over-the-counter Benedryl and wake up with clear sinus to boot. Just my 2-cents. Brian -- ________ To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "The poor dog is the firmest of friends, the first to welcome the foremost to defend" - Lord Byron My Shutterfly Page http://photosbybrianmk.shutterfly.com/ My Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/brian.kochera1 |
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