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Tell us something about mothering that gave you gray hair.

We were on the Wonder several years ago when a helicopter landed on deck and evacuated a patient -- an elderly gentleman. That seemed a lot less harrowing than the rescue basket the Coast Guard used to evacuate the pregnant woman from the Fantasy. I wonder if the Coast Guard helicopter was too...

FWIW we didn't have anything for pirate night but found cute Mickey Pirate t-shirts in one of the gift shops. I think it was either on the Fantasy or the Wonder -- long time ago.

So how come Gibbs never got arrested on NCIS for all the times he gave someone a Gibbs slap?

Grateful to still have hair.

S.W.A.T. was canceled then renewed for a final season so they've been phasing out some of the characters. Jim Street was transferred to San Diego. Luca was shot and his injured shoulder forced him into retirement. Deacon has been making noises about retiring so he can spend more time with the...

We love dogs but our current labrador has cancer and could go any time, and we won't replace him. Even small dogs are a tripping hazard in our old age and we just aren't active enough to keep up with a fun-loving hound.

The "kid factor" or lack of kids on a cruise has a lot to do with the length of the cruise. The longer the cruise, the more expensive, and with kids, that adds up in a hurry. When we did the Panama Canal cruise on the Wonder, the cruise director commented on how few kids were onboard. It was...

Thunderstorms? How about a hurricane? If I'm still alive I'll be too old to handle the humidity in August in Florida. (Actually I'm already too old to enjoy a summer eclipse now.)

Hey, if you're old enough to retire, you're old enough to not care what other people think about whether or not you choose to travel.

I just wish DCL sold the bread baskets from the Fantasy's Royal Palace restaurant. Can't help wondering how many baskets would have sold instead of being stolen. (picture from Pinterest)

It depends on where you're from. If you live in cold country, the Caribbean will seem a lot warmer than it would for someone in a warm(ish) climate.

How long have scientists been predicting "the big one" along the San Andreas Fault line? They just don't know when (or if) it's coming. How many years ago was the song written: "Where we gonna go when there's no San Francisco? Better get ready to tie up the boats in Idaho." It's been at...

I think the crew member stationed outside the elevator would rather have you show up for the drill than to skip it (and reschedule it for the no-shows and yes, they do take roll), and they'd rather turn on the elevator temporarily than have the crew carry your DD to the drill. We just found it...

DMIL cruised DCL when she was disabled and couldn't handle stairs. Obviously her wheelchair couldn't handle stairs either and during the muster drill the elevators were off-limits, as they would be during an actual emergency. We showed up at the drill early (while the elevators were still...

I'm wondering how the wheel chair passenger got into the NCL tender to get off the ship in the first place. Most cruise lines "discourage" disabled passengers from tendering. Years ago DH and I were on an NCL cruise which was docked in a port and the gangway slipped. The crew quickly put it...

I read in a different article that the 21-day cruise started in So. Africa and will end up in Spain. Norwegian's official statement to a news agency said NCL left the passengers' passports with the local port authority for the passengers to retrieve. FWIW an elderly woman had a bad fall on an...

I just felt bad that they had to jump through so many hoops to get back on board. DH and I were in Mexico (I got back to the ship in plenty of time but he wanted to make a quick shopping trip. And we were docked just across the street from the shopping center.) If the DCL ship had left, he...