Rhapsody of the Sea 9 Nov 03

Who all's going on Rhapsody of the Sea 9 Nov 03 out of Galveston? We've been
on several Carnival cruises thought it was time to try Royal Caribbean. Any
past cruisers on the 7 day what did you think. Best of luck to ya'll. Thnaks

We did Rhapsody in September. It was a great cruise and a very friendly
ship. It was very different sailing out of Texas compared to Florida or San
Juan. We even bought a country and western CD from one of the bands playing
on the ship that week. We have done Carnival cruises in the past. We now
prefer Royal Caribbean. I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself.

--
Tom

"d" wrote in message
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Who all's going on Rhapsody of the Sea 9 Nov 03 out of Galveston? We've
been
on several Carnival cruises thought it was time to try Royal Caribbean.
Any
past cruisers on the 7 day what did you think. Best of luck to ya'll.
Thnaks

"Patricia Martin Steward" wrote in message
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I'm taking the Rhapsody later in November.
One of the comments about the cruise was that there are lots of Texans
on the ships out of Galveston. I plan to enjoy myself anyway. ?;^)

LOL Patricia! It is because of all those Texans, your cruise will be most
enjoyable!! You will find Texans as one of the most friendliest people
anywhere! This coming from a Pennsylvania born adopted Texan! The Norwegian
Sea was our first cruise out of Galveston. Most of the passengers were from
Texas and we had a ball. Be sure to try some Shiner Bock beer brewed here in
Texas! I don't care for beer, but I do like it with pizza! Will be trying
out the Rhapsody in February with Lori's Mardi Gras Group and am really
looking forward to it. Be sure to post how it all went.
Happy Cruising and welcome to Texas!

--Jean

Jean O'Boyle wrote:

"Patricia Martin Steward" wrote in message
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I'm taking the Rhapsody later in November.

One of the comments about the cruise was that there are lots of Texans
on the ships out of Galveston. I plan to enjoy myself anyway. ?;^)


LOL Patricia! It is because of all those Texans, your cruise will be most
enjoyable!! You will find Texans as one of the most friendliest people
anywhere! This coming from a Pennsylvania born adopted Texan!

Jean,

I second your remark about Texans. I love Texans; and they are truly
friendly people. Eileen and I lived in Texas for 14 years.

Let me tell you a funny story cruise story about Texans. On one of our
early cruises (I forget which ship), there was an international night in
the dining room. Each table of people from various countries stood up
to sing their national anthem. All of a sudden, a table of Texans stood
up and sang "the eyes of Texas are upon you."

Howard

You will find Texans as one of the most friendliest people
anywhere! This coming from a Pennsylvania born adopted Texan!

People from Texas are friendly, that is for sure. The only problem
here are the 4-way stops when driving.... "You go", "No, you go", "No,
you go"....

Jean, you may not be a native born Texan, but you got here as soon as
you could.g

Becca -----has enjoyed cruising with Jean and Ed...

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"Howard Garland" wrote in message
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Jean,

I second your remark about Texans. I love Texans; and they are truly
friendly people. Eileen and I lived in Texas for 14 years.

Let me tell you a funny story cruise story about Texans. On one of our
early cruises (I forget which ship), there was an international night in
the dining room. Each table of people from various countries stood up
to sing their national anthem. All of a sudden, a table of Texans stood
up and sang "the eyes of Texas are upon you."

LOL! Howard, that sounds just like what a bunch of Texans would do!
--Jean

"Becca" wrote in message
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Jean, you may not be a native born Texan, but you got here as soon as
you could.g

Becca -----has enjoyed cruising with Jean and Ed...

Right, Becca, and once I immigrated here, I knew Texas was my country! ;-)
We are looking forward to seeing you again on the GGC2004 !
Jean

Jean O'Boyle wrote:

"Becca" wrote in message
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Jean, you may not be a native born Texan, but you got here as soon as
you could.g

Becca -----has enjoyed cruising with Jean and Ed...


Right, Becca, and once I immigrated here, I knew Texas was my country! ;-)
We are looking forward to seeing you again on the GGC2004 !
Jean

We have some great friends in Texas, and used to travel back there
often, just to visit. After adopting a cruise intensive lifestyle, we
abandoned our regular trips to Dallas. With all this Texas talk, I'm
feeling a real need to visit again.

Howard - who greatly misses going into a nightclub full of strangers and
leaving with a bunch of new friends.

Becca wrote:

People from Texas are friendly, that is for sure. The only problem
here are the 4-way stops when driving.... "You go", "No, you go", "No,
you go"....

You're right about that Becca.

One of my fondest memories of Texas is how tolerant people were about
whatever anyone else did, as long as he did it on his own property.

I was 26 year old, long-haired New Yorker, when Eileen and I moved to
Texas. A year later, we bought our first house in a nice, middle class
suburban community. Being city kids, it was actually the first house
either of us had ever lived in. While the house was being built, we
also built a beautiful in-ground pool in the backyard, with the typical,
Texas 6' cedar fence around the yard. At first, I used my new found
privacy, to swim nude. In fact, during the 13 years we lived in that
house, I probably wore a swimsuit no more than a dozen times.

One of the things I learned to do in Texas was mow a lawn. Given the
Texas heat, I found it very refreshing to jump in the pool repeatedly
while I was mowing. It didn't take me very long to figure out that
there was no point mowing in a swimsuit. So I began to mow in the nude.

As time passed, I passed more and more time naked (or should I say
nekid) in my own back yard. The great thing is that while most of our
neighbors were aware of this (our next door neighbor was 6' 6" tall),
not one of them ever said a single unkind word.

I love Texas.

Howard

"Howard Garland" wrote in message
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We have some great friends in Texas, and used to travel back there
often, just to visit. After adopting a cruise intensive lifestyle, we
abandoned our regular trips to Dallas. With all this Texas talk, I'm
feeling a real need to visit again.

Howard - who greatly misses going into a nightclub full of strangers and
leaving with a bunch of new friends.

Ain't it the truth, Howard. And they are sincere~that is why we can't
leave~too many very good friends who will go out of their way to do anything
for you when you need them!
You will have to come back to Texas for a visit. April is our best month-not
too hot and a lot of fiestas going strong!

--Jean