Comments on: Genealogy Cruising – Why I Am A Fan!

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By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:51:00 +0000

Just wanted to let Shauna know she wasnt the only one who had that view of Aimee’s blogs. I saw the attempt at humour but in general thought they were overly negative and I was left wondering why someone not interested in genealogy was reviewing a genealogy cruise.
I think Aimee meant well but I wouldn’t want to go on the cruise she described. I am further perplexed by her final blog (link in her post above) as I wouldn’t have expected a positive conclusion from reading the previous ones.

By: Diana Johnson

Diana Johnson — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 06:39:03 +0000

Thanks Shauna for all your contributions, the presentations and the blog. My non-genie husband even attended your first talk on the different sailing conditions, then and now and he enjoyed it.
Working from a home office where I rarely get to talk to people face to face I had a wonderfully social week and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Even tho some of the venues and arrangements available to the conference were not always ideal, I thought Alan and his team did an amazing job to surmount so many obstacles.
The first week back at work was something of a rude shock and I’ve only just had some time to look back over all my notes and read the blogs. Like Shauna I decided to stay off the Internet when I saw the prices! it neve hurts to give my “mouse”arm a little rest

By: Hazel Labka

Hazel Labka — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:59:09 +0000

Thank you Shauna for a great read with your blog it encapsulated the cruise brilliantly – My friend Deb and I thoroughly enjoyed the conference, although we were a bit brain dead at the end – and having to leave the ship at 6.35am on Saturday morning was a bit traumatic – we spent 5 more nights in Brisbane, before returning to Sydney – all in all had a wonderful time, and didn’t gain any weight either.

By: Alan Phillips

Alan Phillips — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:10:25 +0000

The dilemma with tables was that often more than 10 wanted to be in on the discussion. They varied on the recent cruise, depending on location and participants. Also between lunch and evening. All I attended (each with 10 seats) were OK. Smaller tables are clearly better, but we had to cut off many at 10 and in a couple of instances chose to repeat the topic. The November cruise will be entirely different program wise. I expect the Vollendam’s “table topics” to often occur outside meal times in smaller breakout rooms – with the program pretty well fixed before the cruise.

By: Judy Webster

Judy Webster — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:15:22 +0000

Thanks for putting your presentations on your Web site – and thanks for visiting my blog and adding a comment to my report of the cruise. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who preferred eating at smaller tables!

By: Jenny Joyce

Jenny Joyce — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:54:47 +0000

I have also written a blog of the cruise – available at http://jennyalogy.blogspot.com/

There was one person who actually LOST weight on the cruise. My husband, who is not interested in genealogy, and who religiously ate only fruit and dry toast for breakfast, salad for lunch, and usually salad for dinner. He also walked around the ship purposefully each day for at least 45 minutes. He’s lost 1.3kg. Not bad going!

By: Merle Grinly

Merle Grinly — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:08:09 +0000

I am not a twitter nor facebook person but couldn’t resist reading yours Shauna. I thought it was a great cruise and thoroughly enjoyed myself the whole time, ashore and aboard. I couldn’t resist visiting Aimee’s site after reading yours! It was great to catch up with you again and hope to see you later today at the Kedron-Wavell Services Club. Bring on the next Cruise…

By: Sally SHINE

Sally SHINE — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:34:42 +0000

Loved reading about the cruise )) Wish I could have joined you but have not figured out how to be in 2 places at the same time.

By: Alan Phillips

Alan Phillips — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:16:04 +0000

Yes Shauna I do intend to put up the full program for the record when I get back to Adelaide. Also links to talk notes online and maybe some testimonials we have received. I have just caught up with the blogs after driving to Coffs Harbour and back to further planning for the NSW Expo 2011 Coffs Harbour (a great venue and great local support).