Cruising TUGgers--It's that time again! [merge]

[LynnW]

Thanks for the vote Jean! It's great to see to see that Kathleen (The Briber) and I have some more support. it would be fun to cruise again with some of the original Tug cruisers.

Lynn

 

[Kathleen]

Hi Jean,

Add a thanks from me. Thanks to Mas for his assistance.

The Gnomes and I have been doing high fives.

Kathleen(The Briber)

 

[Jaybee]

Ohboy! Now I have a picture of that in my head...and I think my coffee came out of my nose. ROTFLOL!

Hi Jean,

Add a thanks from me. Thanks to Mas for his assistance.

The Gnomes and I have been doing high fives.

Kathleen(The Briber)

 

[beejaybeeohio]

Decision

Once a decision is made , could you please start a new thread with the cruise & dates in the header?

I haven't waded thru all the posts but wonder if a Canada/New England cruise on Celebrity has been suggested for next Sept/Oct?

 

[Kathleen]

Hello BJB,

I believe that there will be more than one cruise group. If you have an interest in a particular cruise and date, you might think about trying to round up other like minded TUGgers.

Sandy has posted some of the Danube prices and options. We are narrowing down members who will be onboard.

I think that the prices for the other cruises will be posted soon.

Speak up. Maybe you'll find others who will want to join you.

Kathleen

 

[Sandy VDH]

There are two current groups that I have posted on the crusing Tuggers Group site.

Group 1) A 7 day Danube River Cruise from Budapest to Nuremberg Monday Sept 26/2011, on Avalon Waterways. Couple of people are interested for sure, about 2-3 cabins, but we have not yet got the 5 cabins committed to get the free TC space. Is anyone else interested.

Group 2) a 12 day Greece/Aegean Princess Cruise departing Nov 2/2011 from Civitavechhia (Rome), then visits Naples (yes these two ports
were already visited in the last cruise, but they were ports that I got the most positive feedback about), cruises the Med for a day, then visits Santorini, then Rhodes Greece, then Kusadai, Turkey (for Ephesus), Mykonos, Athens, Katakolon (for Olympia), Corfu Greece, then Dubrovnik, Croatia and then Venice Italy were you actually overnight. I just posted this today.

Pricing for both are available on the cruising tuggers website. Click to join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CruisingTUGgers/join

Sandy

 

[Sandy VDH]

Wanted: Pied Piper

It may be that appetite for another European cruise is less than the desire for another European cruise, once people looked at the impacts on their wallets.

Is anyone considering going a cruise, or has something booked already and might some tuggers to join in the fun?

Tell us when and where you are going and I will create a poll to see if other might be interested, and maybe we can make a group out of it.

Cheers
Sandy

p.S. I post this on the cruising tugger group too.

 

[Passepartout]

Is anyone considering going a cruise.....
Tell us when and where you are going and I will create a poll to see if other might be interested, and maybe we can make a group out of it.

Cheers
Sandy

Here's what we're doing next spring.

I guess we didn't get our fill of Barcelona last June, and we've never gone on a cruise just for the 'boat ride'. So just for the halibut and to party and play adult dress-up a little- we booked a transatlantic, Ft. Lauderdale to Barcelona next May 1-13 on Celebrity Solstice. Here's the Vacations To Go link, though Sandy may be able to do better: http://www.vacationstogo.com/fastdeal.cfm?deal=18080 The co-travelers look like a fun bunch who do trans-Atlantics often. The Cruise Critic roll call on this cruise is already over 250 posts with 9 months before departure. As has been said, 13 days with the first 6 'at sea', is a lot of ice cubes. We've never done one like this but it looks like fun.

Jim Ricks

 

[beejaybeeohio]

LOVED our Celeb cruise on the Eclipse to the Baltics in June. Looking at doing Canada/NE fall '11 and Western Med (itinerary that Tuggers had on NCL) in spring '12 on Celebrity.

 

[Sandy VDH]

What options do we have so far for 2011 and 2012

Ok everyone, too many options where out there,
So just to keep everyone straight.


Confirmed Groups (someone has committed to placing a deposit)
Caribbean, Feb 6,2011 Celebrity Solstice - Jim King and friends
AU/NZ Jan 23, 2012, Diamond Princess - Pat G, Pat H, Lynn & Lyman, Jim & Paula


Groups Requested but not yet formed (Do you want me to quote on)
Baltic Date??
Canada NE US Date??
Summertime 2011 Corrine???

Groups that I set up but no one had yet signed up for. ANYONE Interested!!
Caribbean Mar 12, 2011, Crown Princess
Aegean July 5, 2011, Star Princess
Aegean Nov 2, 2011, Star Princess

Groups that may be happening, but I did not set up (but could price you a cabin if you wanted.)
Transatlantic, May 7, 2011 , Celebrity Solstice - Jim & Paula and friends

Prices for all these groups are found in the posts on cruising tuggers. If you can not find something than please ask me to copy the post again.


**REDUCED DEPOSIT SALE - PRINCESS CRUISE LINE - Week of SEPT 20th**
Just a reminder that the Princess Reduced Deposit Sale that I am having from
Sept 20 - 26th, 2010, applies to ANY PRINCESS BOOKING. ANYTHING. Not just the groups that we have here. If you are considering a Princess booking and want to take advantage of the reduced deposit requirements, please contact me in the next few weeks to price a trip and I can then process any deposits the week of Sept 20th.

Happy Sailing
Sandy (and of course my happy helper, Kathy Q)

 

[Sandy VDH]

LOVED our Celeb cruise on the Eclipse to the Baltics in June. Looking at doing Canada/NE fall '11 and Western Med (itinerary that Tuggers had on NCL) in spring '12 on Celebrity.

Do you want to me to quote you something, and get you own group started beejay? Perhaps some other people will join you.

Sandy

 

[Pat H]

I'm in for the AU/NZ cruise. I think we are up to 4 cabins already. How many more days until we sail?

 

[GrayFal]

I'm in for the AU/NZ cruise. I think we are up to 4 cabins already. How many more days until we sail?

You will need to get yourself a count down clock.

 

[mas]

I'm in for the AU/NZ cruise...How many more days until we sail?

I think it's 504 days (as of Sunday 9/5). Good thing my passport doesn't expire until 2019. Roll Call

 

[Sandy VDH]

When we do set sail on the Au/NZ trip it will 7 years to the day of our first group trip which was Jan 23, 2005.

 

[Passepartout]

When we do set sail on the Au/NZ trip it will 7 years to the day of our first group trip which was Jan 23, 2005.

Whee!! Let's throw a 7-year-itch party!

There's already a CC Roll Call here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1236985

Jim Ricks

 

[LynnW]

When we do set sail on the Au/NZ trip it will 7 years to the day of our first group trip which was Jan 23, 2005.

You know Sandy I just thought of that the other day!

Lynn

 

[LisaH]

I have booked a cabin for the NZ/AUS cruise. This will be our first TUG Cruise and I look forward to meeting you all!

 

[Passepartout]

Sandy has secured more balcony cabins for the 1/23/12 NZ/AUS cruise. We're up to 8 so far. Reduced deposits of $100 pp the week of 9/20 for any Princess cruise including the TUG one. It's gonna be fun.

Jim Ricks

 

[mpizza]

Testing my new avatar and countdown clock!

Maria

 

[mas]

For those that are interested I posted a link to the CC Roll call for the Jan 23rd, 2012 Aus/NZ cruise on the yahoo Cruising TUGgers group web page.

 

[LynnW]

For those that are interested I posted a link to the CC Roll call for the Jan 23rd, 2012 Aus/NZ cruise on the yahoo Cruising TUGgers group web page.

I noticed that you have decided to join us. It will be great to see you again!

Lynn

 

[Sandy VDH]

We have 14 cabins booked so far. Today is the last day of my reduced deposit sale. If you are interested in joining us then email me to get the $100 per person deposit special that Princess is having for my agency.

Sandy Lovell
sandylovell@runbox.com

 

[Pat H]

We have 14 cabins booked so far. Today is the last day of my reduced deposit sale. If you are interested in joining us then email me to get the $100 per person deposit special that Princess is having for my agency.

Sandy Lovell
sandylovell@runbox.com

We're up to 14 cabins already? Fantastic!

 

[chriskre]

Just found this thread. I'm going too.