28 more days...

Unfortunately the bad news is there in the results of the survery. There are two people who will not be wearing underwear on the dress up nights.

Perhaps I need a follow-up question for the other days. If anyone wants to know who the possible streakers are I am looking for a bribe.

What are you most looking forward to? Everyone is looking forward to sightseeing (so sightseeing we shall). 4 out of 7 of us are looking forward to stuffing ourselves with food.  Half of us will be people watching while the other half are relaxing.  Wonder if the people watchers will be watch the relaxers - would not think that is too exciting.  One nerd wants to see Italian art and 1 romantic wants to spend time with hubby. 

What is the one thing you will not leave home without? Most of us will not leave home without their significant other but Ken would apparently leave me behind in favor of his pants.  Yes pants. 

Please rate your fluency with the Italian/French langage. We're screwed.  Need I say more? On the average we know a smidge more Italian (thanks for the language lessons Karen) than French but we pretty much rated ourselves as Poor.

Now onto the questions involving excursions... None of us have booked any excursions yet (I hope you are looking at the RC site - they have an updated list of excursions they are offereing with descriptions, prices and sometimes videos [link below].  I recommend doing some research quickly and booking some.)  What type excursions are you more likely to participate in? Cindy, Ken, Mom and Dad (by default I'm adding Karen) are considering particiapating in the excursions offerered by the cruiseline.  Please note if you go off on your own you need to get back before the ship leaves, if you are on a cruise sponsored excursion and you don't get back on time, the ship [supposedly] waits for you.  EVERYONE says that they are open to participating in excursions with the family.  A couple of people said that they would be open to using a hired driver.  I've done some research on this (I looked on the RC site to be precise) and it is a little expensive but could be very cool.  Please note prices on site is not per person but per vehicle. 

Anyone dining in Portofino (on board fancy shmancy reservation only restaraunt for a 20-25 dollar upcharge per person)?  Ken and Cindy hope to book reservations for the second night.  Our [read my] logic is: first night we would like to share in the experience with everyone, dinners on the third night and forward may be filled with stories on what everyone did at the port.  Everyone else by and large said that they Dunno if they are going to Portofino. 

What will you be wearing on the dress up dinner nights?  Based on our answers we will be dressed to the nines.  Michael, I am sorry no baseball caps allowed in the main dining room.  I believe you could be seated in the crew's galley kitchen though. Mo, cool gown huh.  Do tell.  I have some gowns (not sure they fit but I belive they still look good enuf). 

What if anything do you want to add? Everyone but me answered this question with a chorus of 'good job'.  This is not for a compliment, this is for you to share anything I may have missed or if you have a question you want in a subsequent survey.  Freel free to use the comments section at the very end of the blog to compliment me.

Coming next week (actually in a day or two or theree - I better check) a survey on what we plan on doing in Naples our first stop.  As part of the survey is a question specific to the excursions offered by the cruise ship - so you may want to prep.