Originally Posted By KatieKate123 I would love to go on Disney Wonder is there any parents with just children. Like single parents. Though I am not single I will be there along my husband won't take off that long and I rather have him at WDW with us, and I hate to be looked on.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<...tell her to quit smoking! With all the money you'll save you can keep the veranda!>> Ann knows (as everyone who smokes does) that she should quit. To be successful SHE needs to want to; my nagging her would not be effective. I started smoking again after my wife died... I've now cut back to just 4-5 a day and hope to stop completely. We each will quit when the time is right for us. As for health... I watched a wife die of cancer who did not smoke and rarely drank. There are no guarantees in life. Besides, the long cruises will probably have to wait until Ann retires anyway. She gets two weeks of vacation a year at work and I doubt she would want to use the entire two weeks at once.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey Further encouragement to quit: my brother-in-law, who smoked for 30-plus years, just spent several days in the hospital with pneumonia. He has late-stage COPD and can't walk 25 feet without losing his breath. They're considering him for a lung transplant. His doctor told him that if he'd stopped five years sooner, he wouldn't be suffering like he is now.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I would LOVE to do a transatlantic cruise, but to do it with one year's allotment of DVC points we would have to book an inside stateroom. Would we go totally stir-crazy spending 14 days with an inside stateroom?>> At the prices DCL has been offering, I'd tell ya to bank your points and book the cruise for cash (yes, staying inside). I usually prefer outside cabins (although I had portholes ... either verandah or inside for me). But the only way you'd go stir-crazy inside would be if you spent 18 hours a day in the cabin. There's so much to do onboard (and obviously the ports) that I just can't imagine it being an issue. Trippy, you know I can be hard on Disney ... ***BUT ALWAYS FAIR*** ... but my Magic cruise was one of my best vacations of my life (and I am not talking about Disney trips or cruises, I am talking period.) I can't say enough good things about my cruise, which is likely why I never did a trip report because it would have been War and Peace length! <<I would probably have a tough time selling Ann on it since she likes to have the Verandah so she can smoke without going to a smoking area on deck.>> I don't even know if they allow smoking on the balconies. Since I don't do it, never paid attention.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<...tell her to quit smoking! With all the money you'll save you can keep the veranda! What's more important? Butts or Disney! JEEZ! >> Well, she did say 'I do' to Trippy so obviously she is in to butts! ;-)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip FYI smoking is allowed on the verandahs... they even have a metal ash tray attached to the privacy wall.
Originally Posted By Disney Joy Spirit of 74 ~ Yep Hooked Line & ALL So Hook ~ thinking about moving back south to be closer to the ports ) need more sunshine and cruises. I haven't told the kids yet shhhhhhhh
Originally Posted By Indigo On the smoking now, it is possible to quit. My father who had been smoking since he was 19 and in the Navy, had quit and started 33 times before he turned 68, but the 34th time has been the success. Just took having a grandson around that he wants to spend more time with for the final impulse.
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 I agree this is my third time quiting. I have been smoke free now for 2 months and three days. There are days I want a cig really bad mostly due to stress then I look at my two little girls and say nahh.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 one has to get to the point where they really want to-- I quit 3 times befoire finally giving it up almost 25 years ago today. now here's the rub however- I avoid certain situations where I was comfortable with a cigarette - like a late night poker game. The issue is once you quit..you are really only stopping. You never really quit if you get my drift. I am sure I could start today if I had even one-- which is why I don't. I am a recovering cigarette smoker..for life. oh yeah, and that pipe or cigar cutting back stuff-- denial is what it was for me.. and a bridge right back to 2 packs a day
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 If you want to quit, you do. It is that simple. My grandfather smoked from his teens on ... one day at age 71 he just decided to stop (I dunno if he spit up blood or a lung etc) ... but he went cold turkey. And lived almost another quarter of a century in good health. So when I hear folks in their 20s or 30s or 40s bitch about how hard it is, I just think they don't have the real desire.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I quite cold turkey 21 years ago. After smoking for five years. Yes I know that five years is not long. My boyfriend (now DH) told me that I tasted like an ashtray, and would not kiss me anymore. At 18 that is a big deal. I never touch one again. Now the smell of cigerette smoke makes me sick.
