OCSC Mike

48 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said:

I cruise much differently solo than I do with my mother..I also am a creature of habit and working a little so the days are rinse and repeat.

I can relate to most of that.

We like our mostly rinse and repeat routine. We made a few little tweaks to it on Wonder last month since it was our first time on her not freeloading in a GS but it was mostly the same. I expect our next 2 to be very similar and without @GatorCruiser to chime in I really may not have a ton to share besides the food and drinks, lol. We'll have one new excursion per cruise so there's that... Oh, and I can take pics of our shiny new D+ pins that will never see the light of day.

Maybe I'll call it "WONDERING how I can use 10 vouchers when my wife barely uses 2."

59 minutes ago, jbrinkm said:

I agree that it felt like a significant improvement! We loved that the door swung out. 

The 6:10 mark shows the bathroom (I realized it was easier to find a random video than bug my wife).

5 minutes ago, jbrinkm said:

Do you have any pictures of this door? We had a door that swung open on Symphony rather than the slide open (moldy) on Allure and I really liked it - but it still felt like a space tube when you were inside.

My wife might, I'll get back to you. It was only a little bigger than the tube but the combo of the actual clear glass and door that swung out made it seem far less tube-like.

Symphony is the one Oasis class ship I missed so it could be the same type or similar.

5 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

I know what you mean about missing the shower door.  It’s the main thing I disliked about our Radiance cruise.  That shower curtain is gross !

The new basic showers on Wonder have me spoiled. Never had a problem with that phone booth, space tube, whatever... but the actual glass doors that swing open are certainly an upgrade.

1 minute ago, AshleyDillo said:

I'm at a two-top tonight and the neighboring tables are no shows, so it may be a much tamer cruise socially this time around.

So more time for food and drink porn, got it!

Just now, WAAAYTOOO said:

I thought about doing a blog but these are going to be pretty boring cruises.  Maybe I will just do a comments blog…but I guess that’s all a blog is, anyway !  We’ll see…

I've come to realize a blog can be whatever you want it to be. A boring cruise beats my boring daily routine (which is why I need more blogs to read, lol).

33 minutes ago, CanHardlyWait said:

what are the odds that will become something?

Pretty darn good. That's usually a sign that you won that bid.

42 minutes ago, dustfsu said:

Looking at it quickly 7200 would be a nice cabin since it is on the hump of the ship. Gives you a better view when looking over the side.  That would be a you best bet in my opinion.

I'd agree (also after a very brief look). I know you may want higher but I'd take the hump balcony and avoid the connecting cabins.

10 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

for tomorrow’s EX

23N B3B? Have a great time! Now THAT would definitely require use of the free laundry.

Hopefully you'll share some stuff. I think we're down to @AshleyDillo's blog and she keeps getting caught up in casino and tablemate shenanigans in between tagging me for food and drink porn.

1 minute ago, smokeybandit said:

Looks like things are back to normal

Yep, all good now... until the next glitch.

Just now, Fastfaller said:

App is working for me, but the website not so much.

Opposite for me, lol.

4 minutes ago, Mturk said:

What I've been doing for the last few cruises we've taken is to download the Set Sail pass to my Apple Wallet and instead of printing the full Guest Ticket Booklet, I'll just print the first few pages indicating the cruise guests and sailing date. No need for all the rules and regulations.

You can cut and paste just the set sail pass from the website (and I'm sure there are lots of ways). It's where the luggage tags are.  I don't even open that super long guest booklet file.

Just now, Mturk said:

Same for me but the website isn't working for me either. I get the "It's not you. It's us" message on the website and "Sorry, we hit a snag" on the app.

Yeah, both down now.

49 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said:

I printed mine

I still do too.

1 hour ago, AshleyDillo said:

@OCSC Mike knows.

One of my favs!

I love that the bar attached to ELF on Wonder has the same marg; they just don't call it a Goalpost and it comes in the pool-friendly plastic hurricane cup. It's so much more convenient for me than going all the way down to Playmakers since I'm at ELF everyday and we at least spend a little time on the pool deck/solarium most days.

EDIT: And it's never too spicy, lol. Sabor has/had a spicier one.

Just now, RCIfan1912 said:

Yup, got the "we have your info but unable to log you in" or something like that. Did you try a uninstall reinstall as I am about to do?

Nah, I don't usually bother unless I actually want/need it for something ASAP. It usually works itself out after a little while. I'll just try later.

Hope the reinstall works for ya.

My turn to have issues. App kicked me out and I get the "we hit a snag, try later" message when I try to login. Website still working fine.

9 minutes ago, Neesa said:

Oh, there's additional cost, you saw the inaugural pricing right? We just pre paid for the spread & experience!

Fair point... nothing additional to the additional then. Mason Jar costs additional on top of the additional.

You know I saw it, I had an interior on hold for myself and a highly desirable GS on hold in the hopes of freeloading... now someone else has that GS.

3 minutes ago, HeWhoWaits said:

But then there isn't the motion of the ship and the vast expanse of nothingness (our favorite view on board).

Everything's a trade-off.

9 minutes ago, HeWhoWaits said:

I disagree. Another sea day>>>Nassau.

Disagree b/c some people will get off in Nassau and leave the ship a bit emptier when you stay on.

16 minutes ago, Sweety said:

Mason Jar brunch is only on Day 1. I am going to the Windjammer for that awesome seafood brunch.

So jealous of that inaugural WJ spread.   Hope you all enjoy!

You know I love the Mason Jar brunch but not as much as steak and lobster and everything else at no additional cost.

Between the larger group and kids and itinerary, totally makes sense.

I really am looking forward to your review but my post was mostly for humor's sake. My CocoCay/Nassau cruises are 3/4 B2B's on Utopia and we're totally fine going to CocoCay twice and not getting off in Nassau.

I had a similar scenario to yours last October. We had a 5N CocoCay/Labadee itinerary but Labadee was changed to Cozumel due to weather so we wound up going to Nachi Cocom instead of spending nothing at Labadee. To make matters worse, we didn't love Nachi, but that's OK. It gave me an excuse to try Paradise Beach in Cozumel this summer.

40 minutes ago, HeWhoWaits said:

We're a perfect example - I enjoy D+ benefits rather than my "mere" Diamond because I'm tied to my wife's history.

Same deal here. Although we earned most of our points after marriage, she sailed with her parents several times as a kid while our honeymoon was my first cruise.

17 minutes ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said:

I’ll be there May 21st…stay tuned!  

Great, something else to potentially tempt me away from just staying on the ship and using my vouchers and eating the already included food (especially when I justified my CocoCay/Nassau cruises with the logic that we would be spending zero on excursions).

Looking forward to the review.