The next Cruises.

It is quite difficult to organize a re-union cruise or plan a new group cruise adventure. The best way I have found has been to book the cruies wayyyyyyy far in advance so it gives prospective cruisers time to think about it and book it. So when you don't do it that way, the group will be smaller. So if you do something with really short time, well...... it will be what it will be.

I did plan for the inaugural cruise of Freedom. There was quite a group gathered on the Cruise Critic boards even earlier than me. What was different about this ensemble of cruisers was that for the most part they were veteran cruisers who were remaining un-affiliated with a group. As the months were winding down we finally were able to get a school schedule we were loooking for. And of course it showed that son Brian had finals on the week of the inaugural Freedom of the Seas cruise. We moved our booking to cruise number four instead.