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Dream Cruise
Submitted by: Helen Stelitano
Near London EnglandI'm a vibrant attractive 50 yrs old, divorced, mother of two young men, my pride and joy. I was a dental nurse for 33years until a recent change of career. I'm now a cruise consultant for Royal Caribbean International.
A year ago I was still a dental nurse,as I had been for 33yrs, dreaming of travelling one day. Last October I took my boys on what I thought might be our last family holiday, as they were growing up fast and probably wouldn’t want to go with Mum anymore. We went to Florida and the parks and then on a mini cruise around the Bahamas, on paper it sounded amazing. My boys had never cruised before but as my youngest son caught sight of our ship he turned and said ‘Its a ferry’! It was the most pitiful little cruise ship I’d ever seen. The cabin was tiny and my 6’5″ son could barely fit in it. To make things worse when we came into Nassau we were along side Navigator of the Seas one of the largest ships afloat and absolutely magnificent to look at. To try to make light of the situation I said “Don’t worry next time we’ll be on that ship”. We enjoyed the rest of our holiday and came home.
A few months later I was offered a job with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. I made some good friends there and after a while I decided to go on a cruise together with some work mates we would have 2 large family sized cabins next to each other, I needed to find some extra friends to fill my cabin but couldn’t so, I thought I would ask my boys and their girlfriends to join me and my friends instead. I went ahead and confirmed my booking but the other girls forgot to do theirs and lost their reservation in the cabin nextdoor. So now I would only be going with my boys and their girl, so have you guessed the name of the ship yet? Yes, we will be on The Navigator of The Seas. I didn’t even know the name of the ship when I first agreed to go with my friends. It was only when I saw The Secret a few weeks ago that I realised what the universe had done to achieve my wish. I’m a complete believer now and show gratitude every day.