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JoelC · Senior Member

My Cruise Pictures

KarenK · Guru

Joel, GREAT pictures! They could be promo shots for your cruise line. What is the animal preserve you went to?

ruffles · Guru

KK is right. Your shots could be used as promo images. They are very good. You were obviously thinking about all of the wonderful features your ship has to offer. It is very impressive.

What I am delighted about is that we now have seen some photos of YOU !!!! This is a first!

LOVE your pictures!!!!!!!!!!!

meggie · Senior Member

What an amazing ship, Joel! It has features I can't believe are on a ship--a water slide, climbing wall, aqua park, ice bar, pool dance floor, and that LED chandelier--WOW! It is rightly named-EPIC.

I'm curious to know how you got so many of the photos with no people in them. Did you have a special tour? I can't remember a time of day or night with no one around on a ship, especially in the buffet or lounge areas.

You looked like you were enjoying every minute. How did the concept of single cruising work out? Are there any plans to expand it?

Do you know if cruise lines would sell a single cabin without the supplement if the ship wasn't sold out? Just curious?

JoelC · Senior Member

KK, the place with all the animals is called "St Maarten Park". Its basically like a US zoo, but on a smaller scale.

Meggie, I'm an early riser, so I took most pictures early in the morning while most were still asleep & some while the ship was docked in St Thomas as I only left the ship for about an hour. It would have been very hard to get as good of a picture had I tried to do it with so many people arounnd. The studio concept is fantastic, everyone loved the rooms & the living room concept and no, cruise lines don't tend to give singles a break at any time, so this is a unique new way for singles to cruise and not be price gouged as badly.

ruffles · Guru

Another issue with having people in the photos is that, if you want to use or publish the photos in anyway such as in a brochure or on the web, a model's permission is legally required. ........ There's a difference between casual use, such as friends posting snapshots of friends as opposed to professional use for some kind of gain.

-- Edited by ruffles on Sunday 1st of August 2010 11:28:50 AM

KarenK · Guru

Joel, which one are you? Are you in the group shots?

ruffles · Guru

How early of a riser are you? There are other early risers also. You seem to have beaten all of them!

JoelC · Senior Member

KK, I'm in a couple of the group shots.....I'm the big guy wearing glasses! LOL

Ruff, I was at breakfast every morning by 7AM.....most of the pictures were taken anytime between 6:30AM and 9AM.

ruffles · Guru

That's not extremely early. Everyone must sleep in when they're on a cruise.

KK, Joel is in 2 images on page one and then one more on either the last page or the 2'd to the last page.

KarenK · Guru

I watched the "slideshow" last night and there are no captions with the slideshow. This time I looked at the individual pictures and READ the CAPTIONS! Amazing how that helps, LOL!!! Joel looks like a blast; I'm so glad you had a wonderful time!

Amanda · Senior Member

I just got a chance to look through these! Wow! I've never been on a cruise before, and whenever anyone else goes and shows me pictures, I'm amazed at how many different things they can fit on a BOAT. Looks like you had a wonderful time, Joel! I'm thrilled for you! Don't let too much time pass before you take another vacation!! Live it up! I definitely would have had to hit up that martini bar! I bet they had some fun flavors!