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Our Guests Tell a Story About Their Cruise Vacations
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COMMENTS, REVIEWS AND PICTURES FROM OUR GUESTS: .JPG "Wayne and Joan at St. Marks Square on their Azamara Cruise. They have a wonderful time and Azamara was so good!") Wayne and Joan at St. Marks Square on their Azamara Cruise. They told Mary they had a wonderful time and Azamara was so good if they go on another cruise they are going to look at Azamara first! Great cruise! New Friends! Great memories! Thanks for your help! Marilyn To Gayle and First Choice Travel and Cruise,
I have just returned from my first cruise on Royal Caribbean on the "Adventure of the Seas"!
Everything was perfect. Our Junior suite was much larger than I thought and very comfortable.
I so appreciate your service and would definately recommend you and First Choice Travel and Cruise to my friends.
You are great. My heartfelt thanks.
Darlene Mills CARNIVAL CRUISE 50th Anniversary Celebration - with the whole family
The cruise was delightful. We went on two excursions and they were both on boats snorkeling and island hopping, it was great.
Food was great, service also great. We thought the shows were better on this ship than others we've been on. A younger vibe, more fun! Singing piano bar, kareoke, spa lessons, etc.
Thanks for all the help coordinating our group once again!
Shelly Basso
The cruise was awesome, we did two snorkeling excursions. Our favorite stop was Aruba and Caurcel. The ship had great entertainment, we took in a show every night And enjoyed the piano bar. I would recommend the cruise, we now have a lot of good memories. Donna A Fun Class Reunion Cruise on the Sky Princess
Family Cruisers on NCL Gayle,
We had an awesome time. Kids were totally surprised by the cruise. They want to make it a yearly event around this time of year. Of course the food was plentiful and awesome. But any time I don't have to cook and food is ready for us any time we want, it is awesome.
Thank you for helping us surprise the kids with a wonderful family vacation. I am happy to say we will be cruising again with them some time in the future.
Sarah
Mary,
We really enjoyed sailing with Royal Caribbean. We received A-1 service. It was wonderful to be able to relax and rest when we wanted to and also enjoy everything the ship had to offer and excursions on our schedule. We returned home very satisfied and rested. We are looking forward to sailing with Royal Caribbean again and again.
Robert and Theretha
Hi Lisa, We had a wonderful cruise. The service and food were both excellent. We did not try any of the specialty restaurants because the dinners in the main dining room were so good. We also enjoyed the fact that, even though we had Select Dining and ate at different times each night, they still kept us in the same area, with the same wait staff each night. We also had good breakfasts in the MDR, the buffet, and at the Aqua Spa Cafe. We both liked the pizza in the buffet as well.
All of the excursions were great. Weather was cold in Fort Lauderdale but 80 and sunny at each of our ports.
Thanks for your help. We are happy we chose Celebrity. Very relaxing.
Judy and John
Special Cruises! THE STARCLIPPER CRUISE
Hi Gayle,
Royal Caribbean Mediteranean Cruise for this Anniversary trip! Gayle,
We had a great time! Would definitely cruise with RC again!
The Rome in a Day excursion was a great way to see the best of Rome! We would definitely recommend for those who have a great interest in seeing all that this city is known for!
Thanks so much Gayle to you and your fabulous team for helping us plan a trip of a lifetime!
Jenna and Brett
HURTIGRUTEN NORWEGIAN COASTAL CRUISE
Gayle and Mary, What a great trip - everything worked out fine. We arrived in London and went to the Downton Abbey for our tour. No pictures were allowed. They film the show in a studio about an hour and a half away. Our hotel was just around the corner from Selfridges, a fantastic store which was revolutionary with sales that shook up the rather stodgy London crowd. Got the train to see Harry Potter's Platform for the Hogwart's Express and Kathy got her picture taken as if she was entering the brick wall. Edinburough was quite a surprise as their Festival was held that week. Aside from the melee, it was fun! In Bergen, Norway the weather was great. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves especially the food. They had tents at the wharf with seafood including salmon, lobster, king crabs, local fish and Spanish favorites. Anyone taking the Hurtigruten should certainly go a day early to take a couple of tours, enjoy the eats and sites.
Our Hurtigruten ship (pronounced Sheep) was a surprise in that it was much larger than expected. We had a beautiful suite with a large bay window that proved to be the best seat for watching port activities and the beautiful scenery. The food was outstanding and the service tops. Most significant to us were: Trondheim - the Ringve Museum of Musical History A great trip - very relaxing - would absolutely recommend it. The four hotels we also very good and conveniently located. K&K
1ST TIME CRUISERS...Royal Caribbean Oh. My. Gosh.....did we get lucky or what? We outran Rafael and got home before Sandy. It's like it was meant to be.... Thanks so, so much, Gayle. So nice to have a cruise-expert helping us out.
Sister Cruisers
Gayle,
Our cruise was awesome!!!! Or cabin was tops. We had plenty of room for everything. On Honduras we took a tour of the island and danced with some of the Mayan people. Loved it! Our excursion on Belize was canceled due to not enough signed up for the rafting. We shopped instead.
On Costa Maya we toured the Mayan ruins and loved every minute of it. The site was beautiful. We had to walk through about 2 blocks thru a beautiful forest. No mosquitoes in sight. In Cozumel we went snorkeling and that was a new experience for me. I loved it. The water was clear and there were lots of fish on the reef. We saw a barracuda, a jellyfish, a stingray, a moray eel, and numerous other beautiful fish. Our ship was smaller than the last time but our suite was awesome. We had a double balcony and Sue fell asleep outside one night.
We had gold cards and got lots of special attention. That's for your help Gayle. We had an awesome time. We drank every night and laughed until our bellies hurt more than a few times. Can't wait for the next one! Next time we will take our hubbies with us! At the end of the day we loved everything about the ship and our time on it!!!!!!!! Oh- it only rained lightly one morning but it didn't ruin any of our plans.
Kathy
1st Time Cruisers Rave over their Disney Magic Cruise We had so much fun on the cruise - the kids talk about it constantly. We talked to so many people both on our cruise and other cruises at the ports and everyone claims no one does it like Disney. I don't have anything to compare to since this was our first cruise but I have to say I was very impressed. I am glad we did the room with the verandah as that was well worth the extra money. It also made the room feel so much larger. The kids couldn't wait to get back to the room after the show to see what character the towels would be on the bed! The food was fabulous and I think we all gained 5 lbs. and the entertainment was incredible. Thank you so much for walking us through our very first cruise and we are so glad we did the Disney one. Carrie
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CELEBRATE YOUR HONEYMOON ON A CRUISE!!
Thank You for making our honeymoon cruise an event to remember. John and I traveled on the Dawn Princess for a 7 night Southern Caribbean cruise.
The vessle was absolutley beautiful. We toured 5 different islands in 7
days and loved St. Marteen. The crew, staff, and other patrons on the
ship were so genuine and helpful all throughtout our travel time. We
were able to get on and off the ship as we pleased at each island, and
the itenaraies that were delivered each night were so helpful in us
planning the days events ahead of time.
To First Choice Travel and Cruise - We appreciate all your
recommendations for cruising and our travel package suited us just
perferctly. We can't wait to cruise again!
John and Heidi Pietenpol
Milwaukee
Sydney was very nice. Ridiculously expensive!!!! I have never seen so many high end designer stores in my life!!! We enjoyed our location and did the hop on hop off Captain Cook ferry for the 3 days we were there. We went to the Sydney Zoo, Manly island, and the BEST part- the Fish market!!! We at fresh sushi, and it was WAY cool!!!!! The sushi in Sydney was FANTASTIC!!!!
The best part of the trip for me was going to Bonorong wildlife sanctuary. Feeding the kangaroos! That was soooo cool! I felt like a little kid! The Geothermal pools in Tauranga was really neat also. We saw mud pools boiling and geyser going off. In Auckland we did the glow worm grotto which was really neat too. Great recommendation on that! The lunch at a private farm home was SPECTACULAR also! Great food and so pretty! The best lunch I have ever had on an excursion by Princess.
The food on the ship was fantastic! The shows were really good.
Great experience, checked it off my list.
Thanks for all your help!!! I did enjoy it ! LOL
Cheers!
Karen
Good Morning Tana,
Ok - here are some pics from the wedding cruise!
I want to tell you how much we appreciate all your hard work Tana - no
matter what we ask you to do - you were only a phone call away! Even too
the last min when when Jay decided to add a person - I know we had lots of
changes with that many people - but you never once complained - always took care of it! A job well done! You make First Choice Travel our
number one choice!
We appreciate you!
Lana Barch and Krista Jones (Barch)
Hello Tana,
Our Cruise and vacation was GREAT! We went during a perfect week with the freezing cold weather around here! We visited the
Looks like they had some quality alone time without the kids too on this great family vacation! See our Family Vacations page for more pictures.
Cruising is one of the best vacations for women!!! See so many places to visit in one week or longer. No driving, unpacking or packing and being pampered the whole week! Shopping, sightseeing and fun with the GIRLS! What could be better?
One of the GIRL GETAWAY cruises!
I just wanted to let you know that Gan and I loved the cruise. We had an awesome time--everything went smoothly and I did not get sea sick.
Thank you for all your help arranging the cruise and airfare, as well as answering all my questions!
I will keep you mind for our next vacation!
Thanks again.
Nikki
RIVER CRUISING IS AMAZING!
Our Avalon River Cruise was so exciting! Prague, Vienna, Linz, Germany, Budapest were just some of the unique destinations we visited!!! Happy to say our whole group was amazing and a lot of fun. Imagine old friends + new friends + this outstanding itinerary = way too much fun + awesome memories for all of us!!
For more pictures and quotes on our Danube River Cruise!
AVALON RIVER CRUISE
Gayle,
I remember that you wanted some feedback on the river cruise you arranged for my wife and myself on the Avalon Luminary. We went from Budapest to Amsterdam, and then a stop over in Dublin.
On the whole everything went very well.
The boat was modern and clean, with the wait staff being friendly and helpful. The room, though compact, was comfortable. As a warning for future bookings, be careful booking people into rooms near the rear of the boat, where the engine room is. The engines were quite noisy, even on the third level. We were about 6 rooms forward and the noise was not too bad. I think this could be the situation for most of the boats since they seem to all be constructed the same way.
We had a chance to compare notes with some passengers on the Viking Njord, who seemed to be on a similar schedule. We had lunch with these passengers at Regensberg, and found that our Avalon boat had special entertainment most nights, where the Njord had virtually none.
To see most of the towns that we stopped at required walking. You tended to walk almost every day. Avalon had some easy walking groups, but these also required walking. The extra side trips were easy to sign up for on the ship. We took one to Salzburg. Sometimes the schedule had to be altered (generally due to delays at the locks), but the cruise director made the adjustments almost seamless. In one instance, while we were on a trip to a town, the captain decided to go through the next lock and then meet us down stream. To get us aboard, he had to build us a bridge from the shore.
We had a good time on the trip. I'm glad you switched us to Avalon, the better choice. I hope this helps you in advising future clients. We appreciate your efforts in making our trip a successful one.
Alan Thompson
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