Loved the poem scarlet, and so very true!!!!
And Buster, a delight to read your review 
, You did indeed thank me for the cabin party, which can l say was a delight to hold, had to limit numbers to the HT, but managed to make the bubbly and bucks fizz last. 
My cabin steward was so attentive,
said to him what l was planning and left it in his capable hands to work with 
, his nuts l could have munched on for ages along with the crackers, and the size of the plates!!! could have fed the 5000!! of course like ship board routine l did press something into his hand 
before and that did pave the way for 5 star service, room service no matter where i go will never quite be the same again, to be gently woken with the tap tap on the door and to be delivered on a plate something hot n warm was a delight!! (but l do wish they would provide a plate for the used t bags)Really was quite easy to take onboard the drink, it had accompanied me all the way from home, was very tempted to open it on the alitalia flight and get drunk after their attempt at an inflight meal!! next time l shall take a pot of something sweet n sticky and smear it over the box, lm sure it will taste better than the contents.... honest i aint joking !!!!!
Did finally arrive back home on Wed evening, and was dragged kicking and screaming from the 1st class section of the train, and now the PCD has set in remember i said in an earlier posting about being like a fish out of water and left to the mercy of the wind and tide, well know you know how it feels... my land legs have returned and can now walk unaided as opposed to tottering all over the place like a drunken lush, its not easy being in the bathroom on land to find it sways all over the place !!!
Welcome onboard to Cindyr, just think now you can respond to all the messages that have been posted, didnt realise that the group had built up such a fan base, do hope that we all lived up to what you thought we would be like....
as for the review, well, rather thought l had used up all the good lines before we sailed!!!! but will see what l can do.....
Scarlet... err who do make the cheque payable to.... :bow.... l have one or two myself, possibly it might be safer if we called it quits and the money we could have made lm sure it would have taken us round the world on QE2!!!!
cheers xx
I've just remembered that you too have photos 
It has certainly been a long haul for many but I really do feel things are moving in the right direction now. Those still waiting must keep pushing and not settle for anything less than a cruise (unless they really really want the wonderful books of vouchers). 
