[Blindtlk] how many of you have been on cruises and what was your experience?

[Chasity Jackson]

Sheryl...How do they know what cabin to bring your bag to? Are you supposed 
to mark your bags with your cabin number? Do they mark them at check in, 
kind of like an airport would tag them for what flight you were boarding, or 
are you supposed to do this in advance?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] how many of you have been on cruises and what was 
your experience?


> My wife and I have done two, and getting ready for a third. I had 
> absolutely no problems. Waiters are more than willing to read menus. You 
> may want to have someone read the daily paper that comes out giving 
> information about activities. The contests, like trivia dealing with 
> sports etc. were not accessible, but I found people more than willing to 
> read them if asked. As Cheryl said, shore excursions are expensive. We did 
> them on the first cruise (Caribbean) and not on the second (Mexico.) We 
> had just as much fun grabbing a bus or a cab from the peer and going down 
> town and exploring. Forget carnival rides, a bus in Porta Viarta is an 
> experience.
>
> The last one we went on was a Carnival cruise, as is the next one. They 
> were very relaxed, always something going on, great activities for 
> children. Just remember that tourists are merely mobile devices for 
> dispensing money to locals, and enjoy.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Chasity Jackson
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 4:27 PM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Blindtlk] how many of you have been on cruises and what was your 
> experience?
>
> Hi listers. I was just wondering how many of you have been on cruises, and 
> what your experience has been in general when on board and ashore? My 
> friend Terry and I are going on a cruise next April 7 through the 11, with 
> rock star Kid Rock, who I have been following from state to state for the 
> last 9 years. It is a four day cruise that leaves from New Orleans and 
> goes to Cozumel. Cozumel is our only port of call. The cruise is put on 
> through Sixthman but the ship is provided by Carnival. The ship name is 
> the Triumph. It is their largest ship. I was just wondering if others have 
> been on that particular ship for other cruises in the past. If so, did you 
> have trouble navigating it or did you find it relatively easy? When you 
> disembarked from the ship and went sightseeing at your port of call, did 
> you choose to take one of the excursions they offered and go with a group, 
> or did you make other plans? How did you find your experiences traveling 
> in another country? I have never been on a cruise, let alone overseas 
> period. So I'm just taking these 8 months before the cruise and doing 
> research, getting all my ducks in a row, so to speak. And I just thought 
> it would be nice to get as many experiences and perspectives as possible. 
> I asked about cruises on the guide dog list, but that was simply to get 
> the perspective of a guide dog owner, to see if there were any 
> difficulties, etc. So now I am asking in general how many of you have been 
> on cruises and what your experiences were, just to get a general idea, to 
> hear others' viewpoints and to perhaps learn things I have not yet thought 
> about.
>
> I recently received a 90 something page booklet from Carnival detailing 
> things that sailors should know before they cruise, which I found very 
> helpful. So I just thought I'd pose this question and see what other 
> people have experienced.
>
> Thanks.
> Chasity
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