Thread: Hello Newbie here.

Hello everyone, my name is Mike.
I am about to take voluntary redundancy / retirement at the end of August after 40 years in the railway industry.

Since we married almost 22 years ago I had been trying to get my wife to take a cruising holiday but apart from a Nile cruise in 1998 she steadfastly refused until 2008. Now I can’t keep her away from cruising.

We started on the Independence of the Seas in October 2008 to the Canaries, Portugal and Spain, followed by a Western Mediterranean cruise last June on the Grand Princess.
This year we are booked on the Baltic cruise from Harwich on board Jewel of the Seas sailing on the 24th June. I am aware of the Norovirus outbreak onboard the Jewel, but suspect there is little we can do apart from the obvious with hand gels and remedies from the chemist. Any tips would be welcome however.

As my retirement present we are booked on the Red Sea cruise from Dover in October 2011 onboard the Black Watch.

Currently I am looking at the possibility of a cruise to the Fjords onboard the Queen Elizabeth next spring.

You are going to like it here at CLF.

Hi - a warm welcome to CLF!

Welcome aboard.

PE

Hey Mikey! Welcome to our friendly cruise community!

I'll bet your wife wonders why she waited so long to take that first cruise! The first of many to come.

I do hope the Jewel of the Seas will be sailing without incident when June 24th rolls around.....wishing you a marvelous cruise!

Check around cruiselinefans and make yourself at home here....holler if you need any help.

Since there's a couple of weeks until your cruise, most likely it'll be a cleaned up and spiffy ship for your sailing.

Hey Mike welcome aboard! Hope you enjoy it here.

Hi Mike. we have a few real lovers of Cunard (myself included). Any questions, just ask and I will get Stephen (Lanky Lad) to give you a reply. He is the real expert.

Thanks everybody for your warm welcome, I'm sure I will enjoy myself once I get used to how it works.