Santa Monica, CA- My Pier Group

Nice to be back with My Piers! in the People's Republic
 of Santa Monica staying at The Hotel California

The View From Pacific Plaza 

16th floor

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Beachy Head, U.K.

The Empire Strikes Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack- Last November, in the Middle East
chasing sheep and today

Same Day Different Year Sailing On Board Disney Wonder in 2011
and Holland America Noordam in 2012

The View from the Crystal Serenity after 110 Days at Sea 2011 World Cruise

The Other side of the cliff- You could easily loose your footing, and the chalk erodes constantly with rainfall-

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SO'TON-Queen Mary 2

Keep Calm Cause Ship Happens.

I always get an amazing feeling when I walk past a ship I have "lived" and worked on. The QM2 is no miraculous exception.  This is not your typical cruise ship. In fact, it is the last of the great oceanliners- passage ships designed for 12 months brutal Atlantic crossings NY to SO'TON. Her keel sits higher above  the water line, 7 decks instead of 5, which makes it cut water better and makes for a smoother ride.

I Remember.....

QM2 @sea July 2014

After 6 sea days, we took a voyage, not a cruise onboard the Queen Mary2. This is the shortest bridge between New York and Europe. Airplanes, afterall, are like diets - I don't like being on them.

The QM2 allows dogs onboard-cute!

The Queen Mary 2 comes to Hamburg every year.
 For her tenth jubilee she got a special celebration.

I took lots of videos, and posted them for my my friends on Facebook, but this one pretty much sums up the crowds enthusiastic response  as the flagship sails away down The Elbe River to open waters in the North Atlantic...

Sailing across The Pond to NY

Here  Are Some Of  Other  Ships I lived and Worked On

Pacific Pearl P&O Australia 

Crystal Serenity- Why Pay Less?

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth
when it is quite clearly Ocean.Celebrity Solstice- That's Greek To Me

Costa Atlantica-
 Va Veni-

Azamara Journey-Check Please

Golden Princess- Nature is More Cruise Ship Less

Princess Cruises-Alaska The GR8 Land

Royal Caribbean-Oasis of The Seas-
An Embarrassment of Coconuts

Coral Princess Panama Canal Xing The Dude Abides

Carnival Splendor- Smoke on The Water

Disney Magic- As John DeLorean said "I'm going to Disneyland."

On The Disney Wonder looking at last years ship
that I was on, The Carnival Splendor that caught fire,

MSC Poesia- The  YOUniverse

Disney Dream @ Sea Picture Perfect

Holland America- NoorDAM Ships

Navigator of the Seas AmeriCAN

Serenade of the Seas  Vitamin SEA

Pride of Aloha LOST and Found

Pride of America- Aloha Spirit

My first extended stay In  Paradise was on America Hawaii Cruises. I just wanted a different experience, and I took the first job I could get, which was a deck hand. We sailed for seven  days and each day we had a port of call

SS Independence   Aloha, Mahalo and Hanging Loose in Hawaii

1994-My First Ship -
A Rust Bucket- SS Constitution(a glorified ferry) with a lot of heart 
known  as "American Hawaii Cruises"

Shoveling Sunshine

The definition of ecstasy is that you are not doing your ordinary everyday ho-hum existence. Shoveling sunshine in Hawaii beats a day at the office

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SOMEDAY is the busiest day of the week-Get Busy!

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9 Cruises I had To Go On Before I Died

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Southampton, UK-St. Mary's Stadium

All Saint's Day is Halloween and Here I am at St Mary's Stadium where the Southampton Saints play  - that's real grass and those big things on the field are not only sprinklers but Grow Lights.

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