The Love Boat, TAM4

[Hutch]

OK, did some checking, and here is the possibilities, at least in cruising in conjunction with the TAM4.

Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruises both offer 3 and 4 night cruises from Los Angeles. The 4-night cruise leaves on Monday evening at 5:30PM and returns Friday at 8:00am. The 3 night cruises leave Friday afternoon and return on Monday morning. The destinations are pretty much the same, Catalina Island and Ensenda, Mexico, with the 4-night cruises giving you an extra day at sea. Both are large cruiseships, about 70,000 Tons and carry about 2,000+ passengers, so getting 50 or so Forumites there shouldn't be a great problem (OTOH, it might not be a big enough crowd to help with getting the rates lower).

Costs on Expedia.com is from $209-$279 per person, depending on date and ship. Given that a lot of cruise lines charge between 150%to 200% for single cruisers, finding a roommate is of paramount importance.

So the way I figure it, we'd have to decide:
(1) If we are going before or after TAM. I would vote after, but that can be discussed.
(2) Get to and from LA to Vegas (either car caravan or air flight, estimated ticket cost is $95-$114 R/T LA to Vegas)
(3) Get to the Port of LA. Again, car caravan or other means (if this actually happens, I may have an idea on that)

I encourage everybody who is actually thinking along these lines to check out both the Carnival and Royal Caribbean sites.

If the decision is a trip sometime else in the year and from another port, I'm willing to do some checking there, but it will probably be more costly and lose us our foreign contingent.

So, what do you think?

 

[rebecca]

So, what do you think?

I think you all have more time and money than you know what to do with.

That being said, I think you should all know that my affections can be bought.

 

[Mercutio]

I think you all have more time and money than you know what to do with.

That being said, I think you should all know that my affections can be bought.

Mine cannot be.














They can, however, be rented, reasonably.

 

[exarch]

Originally posted by rebecca
That being said, I think you should all know that my affections can be bought.

This hasn't got quite the impact it could have had if people hadn't already said that the cabins will probably hardly be used at all, except for actual sleeping ...

 

[Hutch]

I think you all have more time and money than you know what to do with.

Never enough time, dear lady, never enough time. Money, well, I will admit a good job + 4 years working overseas have left me in pretty good financial shape.

That being said, I think you should all know that my affections can be bought.

However, I would have you know that I would never insult a lady by offering to buy her affections......leasing them, on the other hand.....(ducks flying crockery).

 

[DanishDynamite]

OK, did some checking, and here is the possibilities, at least in cruising in conjunction with the TAM4.

Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruises both offer 3 and 4 night cruises from Los Angeles. The 4-night cruise leaves on Monday evening at 5:30PM and returns Friday at 8:00am. The 3 night cruises leave Friday afternoon and return on Monday morning. The destinations are pretty much the same, Catalina Island and Ensenda, Mexico, with the 4-night cruises giving you an extra day at sea. Both are large cruiseships, about 70,000 Tons and carry about 2,000+ passengers, so getting 50 or so Forumites there shouldn't be a great problem (OTOH, it might not be a big enough crowd to help with getting the rates lower).

Costs on Expedia.com is from $209-$279 per person, depending on date and ship. Given that a lot of cruise lines charge between 150%to 200% for single cruisers, finding a roommate is of paramount importance.

So the way I figure it, we'd have to decide:
(1) If we are going before or after TAM. I would vote after, but that can be discussed.
(2) Get to and from LA to Vegas (either car caravan or air flight, estimated ticket cost is $95-$114 R/T LA to Vegas)
(3) Get to the Port of LA. Again, car caravan or other means (if this actually happens, I may have an idea on that)

I encourage everybody who is actually thinking along these lines to check out both the Carnival and Royal Caribbean sites.

If the decision is a trip sometime else in the year and from another port, I'm willing to do some checking there, but it will probably be more costly and lose us our foreign contingent.

So, what do you think?

Nice research, Hutch!

Personally, I'm for taking the cruise, after TAM3. If we did it before, we'd all be too exhuasted for TAM.

 

[DanishDynamite]

I think you all have more time and money than you know what to do with.

Its a great feeling, let me tell you!

(Actually, I wish what you said was true).

That being said, I think you should all know that my affections can be bought.

Nevermind your affections, is the use of your bod up for sale?

 

[Eos of the Eons]

Okay, just posting to keep an eye on developments here. *snoop*

 

[DanishDynamite]

Okay, just posting to keep an eye on developments here. *snoop*

I suspect there won't be much development for quite some time. The sad fact is that there's more than 11 months until the next TAM.

 

[Luciana]

I vote for "before the Conference" also. Hutch, thanks for looking it up. I know I'm interested, I've never been on a cruise, and if I can couple that with the good company of friends, it can't get any better.