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For the record, I also went to Park Cafe but didn’t get anything. And I had a ranger cookie on my way out of WJ. Cabins were ready at exactly 1:00 and our luggage was waiting for us! We also met our cabin attendant within minutes. He quickly introduced himself & said he’d be back at 3:00. We told him no rush but asked if he could bring us extra hangers when he returned. He knocked on our door 5 mins later with a dozen hangers. Great first impression!

Last snack for now. Cabin should be ready soon. Still think it’s better than it used to be.

St. Patrick’s Day decorations & themed balloon drop at midnight tonight (we’ll likely be asleep).

Quesadilla from ELF was so much better this time. Hot & melty.

1st drink, Mississippi Moonlight from Mason Jar bar. More moonshine, less lemonade this time, still good.

My experience too. Thanks for the Indian food tip.

That’s what the poors eat in WJ & MDR, sorry there’s no Indian specialty restaurant.

See ya during the week @GatorCruiser! First meal from empty WJ as it just opened. Beef curry that was actually spicy & fried rice. Went back for more curry. Not sure why the Indian food in the MDR is so mild compared to WJ.

Easy drive (aside from the car fire we passed, hope everyone was ok). Through check-in in less than 10 minutes as usual. Just waiting for boarding to begin.

My wife approves. But don't actually be that guy, lol. See ya onboard!

Same here and boarding usually starts even earlier than that. We hope to be parked in the garage sometime before 10am. We both slept awful so about to gulp down some coffee myself and get on the road in a little while. I could say we'll be the ones wearing St. Patrick's Day gear (well I have a t-shirt, my wife has an entire ensemble complete with a fedora and socks, lol) but that's probably not going to make us stand out. She might... I'm the wallflower.

CRUISE DAY!!!

#jealous

I’m too hungry to sleep. I overdid the pre-cruise diet. Nah, no idea, my sleep pattern is all over the place. Hopefully I get some sleep. We have double shows planned for tomorrow night and we’re not exactly the stay up late doing Irish car bomb types.

5pm update... Wife - Basically done packing Me - I have piles of stuff that just need to be put in my suitcase and my shirts hanging up to be folded tomorrow morning before we leave. I consider that basically done.

That's a new one to me. I love the original version.

Definitely not... but I can take you to El Patron for dinner and tequila shots.

I think I've had it everywhere EXCEPT Chops, lol. It's been very good for us at GT, CK, and the CocoCay Beach Club.

I loathe packing anything extra... let alone spending money on something they will give me for free, lol, but I get it. We did see our cabin attendant on day 1 on Allure in October and I got my hangers even with the once/day service so I'm not too concerned.

We would try it either way but thanks for chiming in! I figured it would be similar to GT but ya never know.

We had no issues the one time we had once/day service so far and I don't expect any going forward unless we happen to get a subpar attendant (which, knock on wood, we've never have). Morning service for us as well for pretty much the same reasons. One of the only requests I ever make is for more hangers (I'm just OCD about hanging up stuff rather than using drawers/shelves) so I do like to meet our attendant on day one. We'll see what happens tomorrow. I can always call or just make do. It's certainly not going to ruin my cruise if I don't get extra hangers on day one.

If @Matt was considering saying hi I think you just scared him off for good.

GT has always been our one go to specialty and we've never tried Chops b/c the filet was always good at GT and I like that I can get a steak plus a pasta dish (usually carbonara). You know we're waiting to try Kitchen on Wonder but for whatever reason I've never seen anyone mention the filet there.

I have an upstairs with 2 guest rooms that never get used. It's an hour from PC though and there's no breakfast buffet.

Maybe I'm missing something. If you're not purchasing a dining package, you should book everything pre-cruise in your cruise planner to save 10% and pick your day/time.