A big Hallow to all the good time cruisers!

It has been a long time since Terry & I have sent out a newsletter. Well, here it is November 2006 and we want to update you on what has happened in the past and will be coming up in the future.

In this letter:

Our newly updated Web Site.            Oceansaweigh.com
 

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What is a Good Time Cruiser?
 

Help us please!
 

How our website works.
 

Many thanks to my brother John for building such a great web-site. Check us out on the Internet under oceansaweigh.com  You will find many new trips for the future.  At our website you can keep up with travel Terry & I have taken and will take.  Pictures will be posted on places we and other Good Time Cruisers have visited around the world.  We will be posting updates to new places where you can join us.  Find the trip you want OAW to book for you so you can travel on your own with your loved ones.
 Keep up with travel requirements & trip cancellation insurance.
 

Yes I turn 60 on April 22 of next year! And what better place to do it, then on an 11 night cruise.
 Check out the flier enclosed for the pricing and details. Party time is next year.  Party time is 2007!!
 

May (06) see item 11 below.  River Boat Cruising on a small boat is something to be tried by every cruise lover. It’s intimate sailing along the river banks open you up to views of the working world of European villages and miles of wine vineyards.  The scenery is completely different than what is experienced from the large cruise ships.   Just to see the shore on both sides of the boat with its beautiful sites is nice, but to make 1 or 2 stops in different villages along the way is super.
Disembarking for a tour is fun and going on tours of the towns day and night is even better. You meet interesting people on board and off.  At night you can get on and off all you want because you are docked all night. This gives you extra time to shop, have local food and of course drink the local wines and beers in the pubs and street cafes.  By the end of the cruise you know the names of shipmates.
It’s a must do.
 

 OCEANS AWEIGH INC has been selected by SANDALS & BEACHES RESORTS to be part of a special group of travel professionals, referred to as “PREFERED SANDALS & BEACHES AGENCY”.  So what does that mean?  It means that out of the 36,000 travel agencies in the U.S. only 500 will hold this title.  It was our vast knowledge of their fabulous resorts, by going to ALL the resorts and inspecting as well as trying out all aspects of the resorts that earned us this great honor. We had to sleep in the 4 post King beds, enjoy sitting on the balconies which are in most of the rooms, drink at the swim-up pool bar and other bars too, see the shows, enjoy the steam-rooms & sauna and even get a massage at the Red Lane Spas.  It was a hard job but Terry & I were up to the challenge!  You should take the challenge; you’ll love it as much as we did.  Sandals is the Ultra All-Inclusive Resorts for Couples only, Beaches is the Family & friends resort with the same high quality service, but geared to adults and children.
 

New E-Mail listing and updates on line.  As we all know the internet is a fast way to get and give information.  So we have jumped into the information highway.  In the future we will be sending out newsletters, updates, and conformations on trips through the internet.  We are asking you to send us back the information form with your E-mail address and other information to help us make your next vacation even better.

THIS INFORMATION IS ONLY FOR US, IT WILL NOT BE GIVEN TO ANYONE WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION!
 

Weddings & Honeymoons are one of our specialties. Find out how to get your wedding free, Yes I said FREE!  Terry & I just completed a wedding in the Bahamas with over 75 guests. We did air, all-inclusive resort and transfer for one low rate.  Check us out.   Vacations of all lengths, long & short getaways, combine your business trip with a vacation to Europe, & the good old U.S.A.  Cruises from NYC year round, or bus trips within the U.S. or across the seas.  We do it all!  Call Terry & Eddie at 718 714 4789, 7 days a week, from 10 am till 10 pm. If we are away, then our daughter Christine will help you. We are here to please you!  7 1 8  -  7 1 4  -  4 7 8 9
 

Want to stop those annoying phone calls you get all day and through dinner?  We all get them, but there is a way to stop or reduce greatly the call you get to your cell & house phones. You must register with the “Do not call registration list” the Government has set up. It works!!  Most calls have been reduced to us, the few that call I report and they do not call again. Go to our website oceansaweigh.com
 

 If you DO NOT have internet service, you can still get future newsletters & updates from us. Just mark the appropriate box on the information sheet and we will continue to mail you the newsletter and scheduled upcoming trips
 

Sharing our last few trips with you is always a pleasure for us.

2006:   
     October was Sandals Grande St Lucian.  There are three Sandals Resorts on St Lucia to play at, even as you stay at one, and we did. The eight of us spent most of our time at the main swim up pool bar enjoying the sun, talk, fun, and lots of drink.  Wine with dinner or a mud slide if you want it.  I went scuba diving 3 times this trip.  Yes, I am a certified PADI INTERNATIONAL SCUBA DIVER.  If I can do it then so can you!  I got My certification at Sandals Whitehouse a year ago April. I love to dive.  So far I am up to 13 dives in the last 4 years of doing it.  At Sandals all the drinks, food, fun, Diving ($70 fee for resort certification is extra) non-motorized water sports, shows and more are included.

     September was a cruise to celebrate Mary’s Retirement.  An 8 night cruise on the NCL Spirit r/t
NYC. Freestyle Cruising is the best way to Sail.  You pick from 10 different restaurants each night and
eat at the time YOU feel like.  No set dining room, table or time to eat.  At the end of the cruise you
may stay in your cabin until time to disembark.  No going to a public space to wait 2 hours for your
disembark time.  Try it and we are sure you will like it.  Mikey did.

     June was a 5 night trip to Jamaica with my daughter Christine.  It was business.  We stayed at
Sandals Nigril for 3 nights and inspected Beaches Sandy Bay & Beaches Nigril.  Did 2 dives here.
Then changed Resorts to Sandals Montego Bay which is close to the airport.  Here we took a trip over
to Sandals Royal Caribbean for dinner on their private island, food was great.  Did 1 dive at Mo Bay.

     May was the trip to Egypt.  Non-stop air from JFK into Cairo.  Four and five star hotels, inter
Egypt flights and tours were all done by Egypt tours.  It was breathtaking.  Not only did we see and touch the pyramids but we went inside them.  Into the pharos tombs and experienced the thrill of being there 5000 years ago. 

     February was a 12 night cruise on NCL’s Norwegian Dawn (been on the Dawn 3 times and can’t
wait to go in April for my birthday).  No diving but I did buy my wife a 5-caret bracelet in St Thomas,
which almost sunk me. She is worth it!  The Dawn was the first ship to sail year-round from NYC,
that’s what I call commitment on the part of NCL to us.  NCL will be adding a second ship year-round
for even better destination and lengths of sailings. Call us for your next NO AIR cruise.

What is a Good Time Cruiser (GTC)?  YOU ARE!  GTC’s was started when Terry & I put together
a cruise for a bunch of friends to Bermuda, back in the seventies.  We called ourselves the “Bermuda
Cruisers”.   The name changed to the Good Time Cruisers after we started traveling to other places and
doing some land trips.  This is how OCEANS AWEIGH INC got our motto Good Time Cruisers
Cruising “The Land” And “The Sea”.  When anybody travels with us or on a trip booked through
OAW, you become a part of this Great Group of people who enjoy traveling and having fun doing it.
If you never were on a trip with us as a group, you are missing out on a lot.  Most times it’s much
better to travel with friends then alone.  Join one of our groups and see what I am talking about.
Check out my 60^th Birthday Cruise and/or The Holland, Germany, France, & Switzerland, combination
Riverboat and Land Tour.  Go to our website  oceansaweigh.com /collette
 

HELP US PLEASE!
A worm or virus destroyed our database in our computers main & backup hard drive.

For us to send this newsletter out to you, we had to pull every file for the past 10 years and hand write
most of the envelopes, you are worth it!  We wish to rebuild our list and start an E-Mail listing of all
our clients.  Please Help Us to update your information in our computer (with external backup hard
drive this time) and a good old fashion card file.
You can help by filling in our information sheet and returning it to us.  If you no longer wish to receive
information from us, just mark the appropriate box and return the form.  We will respect your wishes.
Please return our form no matter which you prefer.  Thank You.

Click here for the Information Form in PDF format.  Print it out, fill it out & mail it to us.
You will need the Adobe Reader to view.  If you don't have it you can get it free here>
(Hint:  Uncheck the boxes under "Also Download" if you do not want them.  They are not needed).

How our website works.
The 1^st page will give you general choices like a Cruise: Feel like a cruise?  Look here to find
one.
Sandals or Beaches:  You can go here to see the different resorts and get rates and availability.
You can even book your vacation with air.
Travel Impressions:  This is for land-based resorts worldwide. You can see pictures and descriptions
of the hotels and maps of different destinations.
Pack and Go:  This will be last minute travel deals.  We hope to keep this updated monthly if not
weekly.
Featured Special:  These could be such exceptionally good deals that we have reserved group
space.  There are deadlines to these, usually 3 to 4 months prior to departure.
Weddings:  Your wedding could be posted on our website for all to read and booking information.
We even put up follow-up pictures for your guest to enjoy.
Other valuable information will help you keep up with the constantly changes of travel requirements.
From each icon you can travel to your hearts content.  Look it over, have fun, and let us know what
you think of it, or would like to see on it.  Oceansaweigh.com.
 

Started in 1918, Collette Vacations has earned the distinction of being the oldest vacation tour operator in the United States. Under the leadership of the Sullivan family since 1962, Collette has seen its presence expand from that of a regional motorcoach operator to a global vacation company that travels to all 7 continents, with offices in 3 countries (United States, Canada and the United Kingdom).

Collette Today

See the 3 page flier in PDF format.  Once open you may save a copy to your computer and view it off line.

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About the ship you should be on for my 60^th birthday
 

NCL’s Norwegian Dawn is truly a beauty - you'll recognize her by the Statue of Liberty adorning the hull - & she's been New
York's favorite ship since she began sailing from the Big Apple in 2003. Norwegian Dawn is built for Freestyle Cruising with
11 different restaurants, 9 bars and lounges, fitness center and spa, Broadway Theater, casino, 3 pools and more - making
sure you never run out of things to see and do on your trip. Take a break from the big city and head aboard Norwegian Dawn
 to the Bahamas, Caribbean or Canada & New England
 

Last minuet groups added
 

August 12, 2007               7 night Carnival Destiny from San Juan, PR
 

September 29, 2007         15 night NCL Pearl, repositioning cruise, LA, Mexican Riviera, Panama Cannel, Caribbean & Florida
 

April 17, 2008               Back to Bermuda, 6 nights, NY r/t Carnival Miracle, Balcony $879.Total P/P