Alright, let me get you nicely oriented with my group: Me- 46, pediatrician Wife- 40, small business owner Older son- 16 younger son- 13 We live in Richmond, VA, USA

We have been on two previous cruises: Carnival, Celebrity.

Before the cruise we spent 3 days in York, and a week on this fabulous canal boat, followed with two days in London. EMBARKATION: We hired a driver to take us to Harvich, a leisurely 1 1/2 hour drive, made go by quicker with my nose in the latest Harry Potter book. We got there and had trouble unloading our luggage, and the assistants were not helpful at all. My motto for this: if you can't carry it by yourself, leave it at home. But once we got in the terminal, it was a different story. We were on board 40 minutes after we got in the terminal, not bad for us but the Celebrity line was about 1/2 a minute, so it took a minute to realize that we were going to have to wait. We got on the ship and got lunch at the Windjammer. It was alright, but what annoyed me was that a nice man was handing out complementary glasses of wine, or so we thought. My wife and I asked for one, and after we took it, he asked for our SeaPass cards. The ship was mostly British, with a lot of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Gibraltereans, Americans were the minority. Read more