Im back from vacation [LONG]

OH Cathy I'm so sorry you had such a horrible time. So, glad you're back safe and at RCS.

Lynne

"chatty cathy" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@storefull-3271.bay.webtv.net... so happy to be home and not driving no more..i hate my car right now....hahhaa

our trip was HORRIBLE. not worth the effort at all..we were stuck in the hurrincae out at sea for 3 extra days so we didnt get to come back to land until the 4th of sept.. No rain but lots of rocky waters and panic... Had to stay at sea and wait it out and man that was so scary for us all..panic was all over the ship and i did get lucky to get a phone call out from the ship to my daughter to pass it out to the family....many didnt get that.. wow i was so ready..i cant do another cruise...i was hurting so bad..the darn scooter was just too hard to manuver around the elevators that i just ended up walking which caused me so much pain..i was miserable..the elvis cruise didnt do what they said and we didnt get shit...cheap cheap.. lots of empty promises...The people who went on the first elvis cruise were so angry that they didnt do half of what they did the first time..even Jerry Schilling who organized this whole thing acted dumb to what happened... many passengers were so upset with the whole outcome of the cruise it self..Carnival did what they said but the cruise was mainly for the ELVIS FANS...just totally disapointing to the max.. Will never go on another one of them thats for sure.. we didnt get off the ship until 8:30pm that 3rd night and not only was that a pain but another set of 2,000 people were boarding at the same time which made it a mess...their trip was being cut short to 3 days only instead of 4 cause of the lateness of the arrival of the ship.. i was so mad and so was jim..no one mingled and it was dead unless you were a drunk.. people didnt really come out like we expected..most stayed in bars or came out only for the shows late late at n ight.. The few shows we did see were good but they werent organized...they forgot some of the shows that they were suppose to mingle with the guests cause of bad organizing and canceled them for a later ttime which never happened...some of the shows were stretched out for later times also when we found out we were remaining at sea another 3 days..The artists did a great job but as for the cordinator of the whole cruise it was un just to us fans who paid good money to get nothing in return.. the ship rocked alot cause the the huricane..man i was scared to death...i wanted to go home.. then i didnt get to go to new orleans cause that was closed down..i did stop and meet my online friend for the first time at her home for a few hours but that was a bummer..we didnt get to spend no time at all..she had company and her electric was out and it was a big wet mess there..some vacation huh? had car trouble on the way back and then stoped in houston tx. to get that fixed..it was one thing after another. we both are so disapointed about the whole thing and wished we never even went..yea that bad.. spent all this money to only regret even going..i was so mad and angry and sad and so was jim.. we had so much trouble finding hotels cause they were all filled with people who evacuated and then the travel time was double cause of the traffic...my god what else could go wrong...??? im happy to be home but my daughter did a lousy job at taking care of my animals..she finally put my dylan into the boarding 3 days before i came home cause she was busy moving which she told me she wasnt going to do till next week..oh well that went out the window. my paco is really sick from his stroke..his eyeball is bad..think they will have to remove it..caused by the stroke he had before we left..my daughter was to take care of him but she didnt..i came home to find him outside all dirty and not able to walk..i was so mad and sad at the same time.. i bathed him and cleaned up what i could.. then jim is sick cause he was out of meds during the trip and i cant get to the vet till he goes to the docs today and gets his meds..so hopefully tomorrow. we used up so much money and it wasnt even worth leaving home..we both said that to each other last night..i am so bummed about the whole thing.. No new orleans cause of the hurricane and then getting stuck in it was no fun..i was scared to death.. then ran into so man little dramas that we just wanted to be home..now hows that for a VACATION.... i dont even want to scrap book this yet i know i need to .. i did keep a journal and its on a day to day basis which im glad i did... just got home on the 8th so i have lots to do before i can come online and start playing or replying to you all..just wanted to post to you and let you know im home and a little of what my trip was like.. hope all is well with you and i sure did miss my emails..hahaha ok lots to get busy with.. will write when i can.. hugs....cathy

Oh Cathy. That stinks. I am sorry to hear your vacation didn't go so well. Glad to have you back here safe and sound. We will never disapoint =D

Crystal

Cathy I am so sorry your vacation wasnt what you wanted it to be. That really sucks! I was wondering how these hurricanes were going to affect the cruising! I have friends who left for a cruise on Sunday, and I dont know what route they were going to have to take, because they were going on a western carribbean cruise. Glad you are home safe...Home Sweet Home means so much more now, doesn't it? :-) Linda

Oh Cathy,

I am so sorry to hear that you had such a horrible time. Glad to hear you made it home safe though.

Chrissy

What a nightmare!!! So glad it's over and you are home. I remember you were so looking forward to this trip and to be able to stop in New Orleans. Were you even able to get very many pictures with the weather like it was?

Hugs, Sandy

"chatty cathy" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@storefull-3271.bay.webtv.net... so happy to be home and not driving no more..i hate my car right now....hahhaa

our trip was HORRIBLE. not worth the effort at all..we were stuck in the hurrincae out at sea for 3 extra days so we didnt get to come back to land until the 4th of sept.. No rain but lots of rocky waters and panic... Had to stay at sea and wait it out and man that was so scary for us all..panic was all over the ship and i did get lucky to get a phone call out from the ship to my daughter to pass it out to the family....many didnt get that.. wow i was so ready..i cant do another cruise...i was hurting so bad..the darn scooter was just too hard to manuver around the elevators that i just ended up walking which caused me so much pain..i was miserable..the elvis cruise didnt do what they said and we didnt get shit...cheap cheap.. lots of empty promises...The people who went on the first elvis cruise were so angry that they didnt do half of what they did the first time..even Jerry Schilling who organized this whole thing acted dumb to what happened... many passengers were so upset with the whole outcome of the cruise it self..Carnival did what they said but the cruise was mainly for the ELVIS FANS...just totally disapointing to the max.. Will never go on another one of them thats for sure.. we didnt get off the ship until 8:30pm that 3rd night and not only was that a pain but another set of 2,000 people were boarding at the same time which made it a mess...their trip was being cut short to 3 days only instead of 4 cause of the lateness of the arrival of the ship.. i was so mad and so was jim..no one mingled and it was dead unless you were a drunk.. people didnt really come out like we expected..most stayed in bars or came out only for the shows late late at n ight.. The few shows we did see were good but they werent organized...they forgot some of the shows that they were suppose to mingle with the guests cause of bad organizing and canceled them for a later ttime which never happened...some of the shows were stretched out for later times also when we found out we were remaining at sea another 3 days..The artists did a great job but as for the cordinator of the whole cruise it was un just to us fans who paid good money to get nothing in return.. the ship rocked alot cause the the huricane..man i was scared to death...i wanted to go home.. then i didnt get to go to new orleans cause that was closed down..i did stop and meet my online friend for the first time at her home for a few hours but that was a bummer..we didnt get to spend no time at all..she had company and her electric was out and it was a big wet mess there..some vacation huh? had car trouble on the way back and then stoped in houston tx. to get that fixed..it was one thing after another. we both are so disapointed about the whole thing and wished we never even went..yea that bad.. spent all this money to only regret even going..i was so mad and angry and sad and so was jim.. we had so much trouble finding hotels cause they were all filled with people who evacuated and then the travel time was double cause of the traffic...my god what else could go wrong...??? im happy to be home but my daughter did a lousy job at taking care of my animals..she finally put my dylan into the boarding 3 days before i came home cause she was busy moving which she told me she wasnt going to do till next week..oh well that went out the window. my paco is really sick from his stroke..his eyeball is bad..think they will have to remove it..caused by the stroke he had before we left..my daughter was to take care of him but she didnt..i came home to find him outside all dirty and not able to walk..i was so mad and sad at the same time.. i bathed him and cleaned up what i could.. then jim is sick cause he was out of meds during the trip and i cant get to the vet till he goes to the docs today and gets his meds..so hopefully tomorrow. we used up so much money and it wasnt even worth leaving home..we both said that to each other last night..i am so bummed about the whole thing.. No new orleans cause of the hurricane and then getting stuck in it was no fun..i was scared to death.. then ran into so man little dramas that we just wanted to be home..now hows that for a VACATION.... i dont even want to scrap book this yet i know i need to .. i did keep a journal and its on a day to day basis which im glad i did... just got home on the 8th so i have lots to do before i can come online and start playing or replying to you all..just wanted to post to you and let you know im home and a little of what my trip was like.. hope all is well with you and i sure did miss my emails..hahaha ok lots to get busy with.. will write when i can.. hugs....cathy

It sounds like a nightmare all round... and all I can say is, complain complain complain - write angry letters to the cruise company, the organisers and whoever was supposed to be in charge of the whole debacle and tell them EXACTLY what you think of their services, their poor planning, and their lack of disabled access on the ship... you might be able to get some kind of compensation.

Oh wow - that really sounds like a horrible trip. The timing with the hurricane and all made everything worse. Sorry you did not enjoy your holiday :( Hope your furbabies are doing better too.

"chatty cathy" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@storefull-3271.bay.webtv.net... so happy to be home and not driving no more..i hate my car right now....hahhaa

our trip was HORRIBLE. not worth the effort at all..we were stuck in the hurrincae out at sea for 3 extra days so we didnt get to come back to land until the 4th of sept.. No rain but lots of rocky waters and panic... Had to stay at sea and wait it out and man that was so scary for us all..panic was all over the ship and i did get lucky to get a phone call out from the ship to my daughter to pass it out to the family....many didnt get that.. wow i was so ready..i cant do another cruise...i was hurting so bad..the darn scooter was just too hard to manuver around the elevators that i just ended up walking which caused me so much pain..i was miserable..the elvis cruise didnt do what they said and we didnt get shit...cheap cheap.. lots of empty promises...The people who went on the first elvis cruise were so angry that they didnt do half of what they did the first time..even Jerry Schilling who organized this whole thing acted dumb to what happened... many passengers were so upset with the whole outcome of the cruise it self..Carnival did what they said but the cruise was mainly for the ELVIS FANS...just totally disapointing to the max.. Will never go on another one of them thats for sure.. we didnt get off the ship until 8:30pm that 3rd night and not only was that a pain but another set of 2,000 people were boarding at the same time which made it a mess...their trip was being cut short to 3 days only instead of 4 cause of the lateness of the arrival of the ship.. i was so mad and so was jim..no one mingled and it was dead unless you were a drunk.. people didnt really come out like we expected..most stayed in bars or came out only for the shows late late at n ight.. The few shows we did see were good but they werent organized...they forgot some of the shows that they were suppose to mingle with the guests cause of bad organizing and canceled them for a later ttime which never happened...some of the shows were stretched out for later times also when we found out we were remaining at sea another 3 days..The artists did a great job but as for the cordinator of the whole cruise it was un just to us fans who paid good money to get nothing in return.. the ship rocked alot cause the the huricane..man i was scared to death...i wanted to go home.. then i didnt get to go to new orleans cause that was closed down..i did stop and meet my online friend for the first time at her home for a few hours but that was a bummer..we didnt get to spend no time at all..she had company and her electric was out and it was a big wet mess there..some vacation huh? had car trouble on the way back and then stoped in houston tx. to get that fixed..it was one thing after another. we both are so disapointed about the whole thing and wished we never even went..yea that bad.. spent all this money to only regret even going..i was so mad and angry and sad and so was jim.. we had so much trouble finding hotels cause they were all filled with people who evacuated and then the travel time was double cause of the traffic...my god what else could go wrong...??? im happy to be home but my daughter did a lousy job at taking care of my animals..she finally put my dylan into the boarding 3 days before i came home cause she was busy moving which she told me she wasnt going to do till next week..oh well that went out the window. my paco is really sick from his stroke..his eyeball is bad..think they will have to remove it..caused by the stroke he had before we left..my daughter was to take care of him but she didnt..i came home to find him outside all dirty and not able to walk..i was so mad and sad at the same time.. i bathed him and cleaned up what i could.. then jim is sick cause he was out of meds during the trip and i cant get to the vet till he goes to the docs today and gets his meds..so hopefully tomorrow. we used up so much money and it wasnt even worth leaving home..we both said that to each other last night..i am so bummed about the whole thing.. No new orleans cause of the hurricane and then getting stuck in it was no fun..i was scared to death.. then ran into so man little dramas that we just wanted to be home..now hows that for a VACATION.... i dont even want to scrap book this yet i know i need to .. i did keep a journal and its on a day to day basis which im glad i did... just got home on the 8th so i have lots to do before i can come online and start playing or replying to you all..just wanted to post to you and let you know im home and a little of what my trip was like.. hope all is well with you and i sure did miss my emails..hahaha ok lots to get busy with.. will write when i can.. hugs....cathy