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Cruising? Looking for laid back shore excursions? I love going to a resort and chilling! Click the link to check out one...
08/06/2024

Cruising? Looking for laid back shore excursions? I love going to a resort and chilling! Click the link to check out one of my favorites!

Escape the crowds of the cruise ship & spend your day in port with a Resort for a Day pass!

08/03/2024

COME CRUISE with ME!

Finally have the information together for my birthday cruise on January 17 2025 for 14 nights on Norwegian Prima out of Galveston. There are other cabin categories available. Just contact me for a quote.

NCL Prima – January 17, 2025 – 14 Days from Galveston TX

Friday – 17 Jan - 5:30 pm Ship Departs Galveston TX
Saturday – 18 Jan – at Sea Mary Ann’s 75th Birthday!
Sunday – 19 Jan – at Sea
Monday – 20 Jan 7:00 am – 3:30 pm Tender - Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas
Tuesday – 21 Jan – at Sea
Wednesday – 22 Jan 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tortola, BVI
Thursday – 23 Jan 8:00 am – 5:30 pm St Johns, Antigua
Friday – 24 Jan 8:00 am – 5:30 pm Philipsburg, St Maarten, Netherland Antilles
Saturday – 25 Jan 8:00 am – 5:00 pm San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sunday – 26 Jan 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Monday – 27 Jan – at Sea
Tuesday – 28 Jan 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tender – George Town, Cayman Islands
Wednesday – 29 Jan 10:15 am – 6:00 pm Cozumel, Mexico
Thursday – 30 Jan – at Sea
Friday - 31 Jan - 8:00 am Ship arrives at Galveston TX

Cruise rate for BA /BB BALCONY $2631.10 and INCLUDES gratuities, 3 specialty dinners, beverage package, 300 minutes internet and $50.00 onboard credit
Cruise rate for IB (Inside GTY) $1551.18 and INCLUDES gratuities, 2 specialty dinners, beverage package, 300 minutes internet and $50.00 onboard credit
All rates are per person based upon double occupancy.
Other categories are available. Call for a quote.
Call Mary Ann Sharp at Fountain Head Tours at 417-331-0707 for questions and reservations.

07/23/2024

Christine.

How many new ships full of Fun do we have on order?

🛳🛳🛳🛳🛳❤️

05/22/2024
05/16/2024

The perfect Texan owned small business ride share out there! If you’re cruising or just needing a ride to and from Galveston… book them!
Lori was so kind, offered great local places to eat, and had amazing communication about pick up/drop off!
We’d 100% support a small local business like this next trip! Thanks again!

05/02/2024

‼️I love a good history lesson.
❤️KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UK, ENGLAND, GREAT BRITAIN.

Some people all over the world, including well travelled, often confuse England, United Kingdom, and Great Britain.

England is a country just like Ghana and its capital is London just like Accra is the capital of Ghana.

Great Britain is a collection of 3 countries which came together as one country, and has its capital as London.
Those 3 countries are:

1. England,
2. Scotland
3. Wales.

When you include Northern Ireland to these 3 countries, they become United Kingdom (Union of four nations).

1. England,
2. Scotland,
3. Wales, and
4. Northern Ireland.

That is why it is referred to as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Collectively, the four are taken as one country. And when this is the case, London is it’s capital.

Note however that these four individual nations all have their own respective capitals.

Accordingly, the capital of

Scotland is Edinburgh,
Wales is Cardiff;
Northern Ireland is Belfast.

(Photo from my own collection). 🙂❤️🙌

05/01/2024

At Seattle Airport for flight home to Las Vegas! Ready to be home AND wish the cruise was longer! Ahhh the sorry side of travel. New service called Port Valet that means put my “checked bags” outside my cabin last night and will pick them up in Las Vegas. How lovely is that?
I plan to be home most of the balance of this year so hit me up to book cruises or order your Arbonne.
Call me for lunch dates in Las Vegas!

03/15/2024

Thank you for your patience! Finally have the information together for my birthday cruise on January 17 2025 for 14 nights on Norwegian Prima out of Galveston. There are other cabin categories available. Just contact me for a quote.

NCL Prima – January 17, 2025 – 14 Days from Galveston TX

Friday – 17 Jan - 5:30 pm Ship Departs Galveston TX
Saturday – 18 Jan – at Sea Mary Ann’s 75th Birthday!
Sunday – 19 Jan – at Sea
Monday – 20 Jan 7:00 am – 3:30 pm Tender - Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas
Tuesday – 21 Jan – at Sea
Wednesday – 22 Jan 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tortola, BVI
Thursday – 23 Jan 8:00 am – 5:30 pm St Johns, Antigua
Friday – 24 Jan 8:00 am – 5:30 pm Philipsburg, St Maarten, Netherland Antilles
Saturday – 25 Jan 8:00 am – 5:00 pm San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sunday – 26 Jan 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Monday – 27 Jan – at Sea
Tuesday – 28 Jan 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tender – George Town, Cayman Islands
Wednesday – 29 Jan 10:15 am – 6:00 pm Cozumel, Mexico
Thursday – 30 Jan – at Sea
Friday - 31 Jan - 8:00 am Ship arrives at Galveston TX

Cruise rate for BA /BB BALCONY $2631.10 and INCLUDES gratuities, 3 specialty dinners, beverage package, 300 minutes internet and $50.00 onboard credit
Cruise rate for IB (Inside GTY) $1551.18 and INCLUDES gratuities, 2 specialty dinners, beverage package, 300 minutes internet and $50.00 onboard credit
All rates are per person based upon double occupancy.
Other categories are available. Call for a quote.
Call Mary Ann Sharp at Fountain Head Tours at 417-331-0707 for questions and reservations.

11/02/2023

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10/24/2023

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04/08/2023

Drumroll please 🥁🥁🥁 Congratulations to Austin Thomas for his winning design in our 150th Anniversary Poster Contest! The blend of past and present brought back so many memories and made us even more excited for what’s next. Read more about all the thought and care that went into this poster design in our blog >> https://www.hollandamerica.com/blog/whats-new/150th-anniversary-poster-contest-winner

Enjoy your FREE cruise, Austin!

03/20/2023

Today we announced that our President and CEO Frank Del Rio has decided to retire effective June 30th, culminating a remarkable 30-year career in the cruise industry including eight years at the helm of NCLH. Frank has left an indelible mark on both our company and the broader industry as a champion of innovation, and we can’t thank him enough for his leadership.

Frank will pass the baton to Harry Sommer, a long-standing Company and industry veteran who currently serves as President and CEO of our largest brand Norwegian Cruise Line. Over the next few months, they will continue to work together to ensure a seamless transition. We look forward to heading into the next chapter for NCLH with Harry at the helm.

Congratulations to both Frank and Harry!

Learn more here: https://www.nclhltd.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/535/norwegian-cruise-line-holdings-ltd-announces-ceo

02/10/2023

Day 1.5 - Galveston
Enjoyed an excellent dinner last night with my group. BLVD is highly recommended! Happy Hour drinks! I tried a Coconut Margarita whic was so good. Had scallops for my dinner that were outstanding. Stole a coconut shrimp which I will order in the future! The chowder looks and sounds and apparently is fantastic. The trio of brûlée - yum! I got to eat the coconut brûlée. I’m sold. My dessert was a mud slide. Put this restaurant on your don’t miss list. Closed on Fridays so grateful we went last night.
Early to bed for a good nights sleep for tomorrows Mardi Gras. Windy and colder then.

02/09/2023

Day 1 of Galveston for cruising
If prior arrangements have not been made when you fly in to Houston Hobby, Lyft was excellent and very reasonable.
Checked in to Hilton Galveston Island Resort. What a lovely hotel. My room even has a little balcony with 2 chairs and a table. My view is of the parking lot but today, I don’t care! The ocean is literally across the street! my toes may be cold but they are getting sandy tomorrow. Lovely property with a nice pool, lobby and “long term” parking for a cruise for $50. Bargain time. Shuttle to the cruise port is $10 per person. Also a bargain. A Landrys is literally next door but headed to BLVD Seafood for seafood tonight. Will review later. Anyway, I would recommend this hotel. Nice employees albeit a little disorganized and seriously understaffed at front desk. Still on post covid protocols of housekeeping on demand. Since all I ever want are towels exchangd, this is easy for me. Pina colada has been consumed. Off to dinner.

12/29/2022

Voices From The Line: Larry Lonero
What happened to Southwest Airlines?

I’ve been a pilot for Southwest Airlines for over 35 years. I’ve given my heart and soul to Southwest Airlines during those years. And quite honestly Southwest Airlines has given its heart and soul to me and my family.
Many of you have asked what caused this epic meltdown. Unfortunately, the frontline employees have been watching this meltdown coming like a slow motion train wreck for sometime. And we’ve been begging our leadership to make much needed changes in order to avoid it. What happened yesterday started two decades ago.
Herb Kelleher was the brilliant CEO of SWA until 2004. He was a very operationally oriented leader. Herb spent lots of time on the front line. He always had his pulse on the day to day operation and the people who ran it. That philosophy flowed down through the ranks of leadership to the front line managers. We were a tight operation from top to bottom. We had tools, leadership and employee buy in. Everything that was needed to run a first class operation. When Herb retired in 2004 Gary Kelly became the new CEO.
Gary was an accountant by education and his style leading Southwest Airlines became more focused on finances and less on operations. He did not spend much time on the front lines. He didn’t engage front line employees much. When the CEO doesn’t get out in the trenches the neither do the lower levels of leadership.
Gary named another accountant to be Chief Operating Officer (the person responsible for day to day operations). The new COO had little or no operational background. This trickled down through the lower levels of leadership, as well.
They all disengaged the operation, disengaged the employees and focused more on Return on Investment, stock buybacks and Wall Street. This approach worked for Gary’s first 8 years because we were still riding the strong wave that Herb had built.
But as time went on the operation began to deteriorate. There was little investment in upgrading technology (after all, how do you measure the return on investing in infrastructure?) or the tools we needed to operate efficiently and consistently. As the frontline employees began to see the deterioration in our operation we began to warn our leadership. We educated them, we informed them and we made suggestions to them. But to no avail. The focus was on finances not operations. As we saw more and more deterioration in our operation our asks turned to pleas. Our pleas turned to dire warnings. But they went unheeded. After all, the stock price was up so what could be wrong?
We were a motivated, willing and proud employee group wanting to serve our customers and uphold the tradition of our beloved airline, the airline we built and the airline that the traveling public grew to cheer for and luv. But we were watching in frustration and disbelief as our once amazing airline was becoming a house of cards.
A half dozen small scale meltdowns occurred during the mid to late 2010’s. With each mini meltdown Leadership continued to ignore the pleas and warnings of the employees in the trenches. We were still operating with 1990’s technology. We didn’t have the tools we needed on the line to operate the sophisticated and large airline we had become. We could see that the wheels were about ready to fall off the bus. But no one in leadership would heed our pleas.
When COVID happened SWA scaled back considerably (as did all of the airlines) for about two years. This helped conceal the serious problems in technology, infrastructure and staffing that were occurring and being ignored. But as we ramped back up the lack of attention to the operation was waiting to show its ugly head.
Gary Kelly retired as CEO in early 2022. Bob Jordan was named CEO. He was a more operationally oriented leader. He replaced our Chief Operating Officer with a very smart man and they announced their priority would be to upgrade our airline’s technology and provide the frontline employees the operational tools we needed to care for our customers and employees. Finally, someone acknowledged the elephant in the room.
But two decades of neglect takes several years to overcome. And, unfortunately to our horror, our house of cards came tumbling down this week as a routine winter storm broke our 1990’s operating system.
The frontline employees were ready and on station. We were properly staffed. We were at the airports. Hell, we were ON the airplanes. But our antiquated software systems failed coupled with a decades old system of having to manage 20,000 frontline employees by phone calls. No automation had been developed to run this sophisticated machine.
We had a routine winter storm across the Midwest last Thursday. A larger than normal number flights were cancelled as a result. But what should have been one minor inconvenient day of travel turned into this nightmare. After all, American, United, Delta and the other airlines operated with only minor flight disruptions.
The two decades of neglect by SWA leadership caused the airline to lose track of all its crews. ALL of us. We were there. With our customers. At the jet. Ready to go. But there was no way to assign us. To confirm us. To release us to fly the flight. And we watched as our customers got stranded without their luggage missing their Christmas holiday.
I believe that our new CEO Bob Jordan inherited a MESS. This meltdown was not his failure but the failure of those before him. I believe he has the right priorities. But it will take time to right this ship. A few years at a minimum. Old leaders need to be replaced. Operationally oriented managers need to be brought in. I hope and pray Bob can execute on his promises to fix our once proud airline. Time will tell.
It’s been a punch in the gut for us frontline employees. We care for the traveling public. We have spent our entire careers serving you. Safely. Efficiently. With luv and pride. We are horrified. We are sorry. We are sorry for the chaos, inconvenience and frustration our airline caused you. We are angry. We are embarrassed. We are sad. Like you, the traveling public, we have been let down by our own leaders.
Herb once said the the biggest threat to Southwest Airlines will come from within. Not from other airlines. What a visionary he was. I miss Herb now more than ever.

Happy Fall!
09/25/2022

Happy Fall!

09/07/2022

American Queen Voyages is offering fall cruises around the U.S. and Canada through 2024.

09/07/2022

Hey Friends!
As most of you know, I cruise whenever possible! I would love to have someone to share my cabins with. Contact me if any of the following appeal to you:
October 11 - Rome to Rome - 10 day balcony - carnival Pride
October 21 - Rome to Lisbon 9 day balcony - Carnival Pride
October 30 - Lisbon to Tampa transatlantic 13 days - inside Carnival Pride
February 11 - Galveston 8 days - Carnival Dream - Key West, Nassau etc
It really is more fun to share cruising with someone! Contact me via phone, text, pm, carrier pigeon, email, shout out if you have interest. These have all been booked long enough ago that prices hadn't jumped yet.
May 27 - Charleston SC 5 days - Carnival Sunshine - Half Moon Cay, Nassau - all categories
September 21 - Norwegian Sky - all categories - Baltimore to Quebec City - 11 Days.

Have another one in mind? You know I can do it :)u

09/05/2022

Carnival Celebration is set to debut at PortMiami in November, but Carnival Cruise Line is giving a taste of some of the special cocktails created on board the ship with a homage to the cruise line&rs

09/01/2022

✨🤝Are you a Coca-Cola fan? Norwegian Prima will be the first vessel in NCL’s 18-ship fleet to carry Coca-Cola® as its official soft drink, with the remaining NCL ships to carry it by the end of December 2022! Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3cyvE7f

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08/25/2022

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08/22/2022

DOT threatens tough new rules

08/19/2022

The U.S. State Department updated a travel advisory for Mexico, with warnings on ‘kidnapping risk.’ in several states

08/17/2022

Universal Orlando Resort reveals more gruesome details about the impending terror that awaits guests brave enough to face Halloween Horror Nights 2022 – including the six horrifying original concepts that complete this year’s lineup of 10 haunted houses, five sinister scare zones and two live sh...

08/17/2022

Cartel violence fears forced cancelled calls

08/15/2022

August 15, 1248

The Cologne Cathedral
On August 15, 1248, the cornerstone of the Cologne Cathedral was laid. Construction was completed in 1880, a period of over 600 years.

Originally, the Cathedral was conceived as a home for religious relics of the Three Kings which had come into the possession of the Archbishop of Cologne.

Until the construction of the Washington Monument, the Cologne Cathedral was the tallest structure in the world.

During World War II, the Cathedral suffered direct hits from aerial bombardment, but survived.

Today it stands as one of the finest examples of medieval construction in existence.

08/15/2022

Carnival Cruise Line, like its sister lines in Carnival Corporation, announced protocol updates that meet public health goals, but recognizing the evolving nature of COVID-19. With these changes, Carn

08/15/2022

Princess Cruises, like sister lines in Carnival Corporation, announced updated COVID-19 protocols and guidelines, removing the vaccine requirement for most voyages of less than 16 days so that anyone

08/11/2022

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