Fred - I cruised on the Winchester Castle from Cape Town, South Africa to Southampton, England in the 50&#39;s - does that count?  So glad to have you here, we too are all nuts about cruising, the biggest problem is when you have the money you don&#39;t have the time.... now that we have time we don&#39;t have the money  <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />   We try to cruise twice a year... a couple of years we managed 3 cruises a year.