Out of 66 it looks like 57 showed up for the picture. At least by my count.
It is always interesting to hear the reasons people did not show up for the
group picture.
Cal
In article , George Leppla says...
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> The GGC2008 is over... but the memories linger on.
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>For starters, here is the group picture:
>http://cruisemaster.com/adventure.htm
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>We had 66 people board the Adventure of the Seas.
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>Odds and ends.....
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>San Juan... the day before the cruise started there was a festival (San
>Sebastian) and traffic in the Old Coty was horrible. We tried to take a bus
>but when one finally arrived after waiting an hour, it was full. A cab took
>over an hour to make the 5 mile trip. It has been over ten years since I
>was in the San Juan airport and it is vastly improved since then.
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>The weather was perfect all week. There might have been a passing sprinkle
>one of the days and I know it rained one night but this was the best 7 day
>weather I can remember in a long time.
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>The Adventure of the Seas is a chip off the old Voyager block. It remains
>one of the best designed cruise ships in the business.
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>Food... typical Royal Caribbean... good but not anywhere near the best of
>the mass market lines. They trashed the Caribbean Night menu and replaced
>it. Gone was the favorite Jerked Chicken to be replaced by breaded Turkey
>medallions ( hard to tell the difference between these and chicken strips).
>Some of the old favorites are still there... lamb shank, Prime Rib, lobster,
>etc. Just what you would expect and done well... but nothing to brag about.
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>One note... I have recently discovered that I am gluten intolerant and the
>Maitre 'd and waiter made sure I had special gluten free rolls with my
>dinner every night. OK... they re a far cry from crusty bread rolls, but
>they were better than nothing and I appreciated the extra attention.
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>Buffet... was a typical buffet. Yes, there was plenty to eat. It was all
>good but nothing that was really special enough to stand out as exceptional.
>One thing I enjoyed was Rice Pudding that was available twice during the
>week. Maybe Rice Pudding will replace the old standard bread pudding that
>I'm pretty tired of.
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>Entertainment - for the first time in a long time, I wasn't vary happy with
>the ship's production shows. Turns out this was the cast's last week and
>maybe they were phoning it in. After the first show in the week, they
>announced one of the principle singers was leaving the next day. For the
>second show, his "role" was done by someone who was lip-synching to a
>recorded track. Baloney.
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>The Ice Show still makes me feel like an 8 year old. I liked this so much
>that we saw it twice.
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>Two comedians... one a juggler and the other more slap-stick-silly. Special
>"concert" one night by a group named "Abracadabra" doing Abba songs. I'm
>not a big Abba fan but these guys were pretty good and the crowd was really
>into it.
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>Service - This ship has a friendly crew. May be the friendliest large ship
>I have ever been on. Friendly to the point that when crew members saw us in
>port, they made of point of saying Hi and passing the time a bit. There are
>a lot of smiles on this ship and not just on the passengers.
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>Good times..... played Blackjack for a couple of hours in St. Martin at a
>table with 5 cabins stewards from China. Hard to tell if I was more
>interested in their job of if they were more interested in mine. Lots of
>laughs... a genuine good time.
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>Cook book construction.... Many people in the group composed a page for a
>group cookbook, printed off 50 copies and brought them on the cruise. We
>collected and collated the pages and put them in binders one morning and the
>result was a great souvenir for the group members. This was a lot of fun!
>More good times.
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>Once again, we did not check any luggage. Two roll-aboards, one carry bag
>and one small backpack. Coming home, I had two shirts that I hadn't worn
>during the week.
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>It was a great cruise and I had a ball. Thanks to everyone who made this a
>special week!
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>George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com
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>Feb. 8, 2009 Solstice Valentine http://www.cruisemaster.com/solstice.htm
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