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    ellcee reacted to Fuzzywuzzy in Incredible Entitled Chair Hog Stunt.   
    Meanwhile....at Celebrity......pouring gas on your own flames.

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    ellcee reacted to Xaa in Incredible Entitled Chair Hog Stunt.   
    I hope they really are taking a dip.  If this is just about hogging the chair when they are away, it's really shameful.  
    Us humans are a strange breed.  One of the first things we teach our children is how to share, but as we age into adulthood, as a society, it becomes clear we were only faking it the entire time.
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    ellcee reacted to Fuzzywuzzy in Incredible Entitled Chair Hog Stunt.   
    According to others following this at other sites, the "woman" doing this showed up early in the morning while still dark, threw some worthless crap on the chair and affixed  the sign to the back every morning. Must be someone of known identity or status as crew members did nothing. Remember, this was  A 15 DAY CRUISE. And they did nothing. I honestly hope this is not true. If so, shame on everybody.
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    ellcee reacted to Lovetocruise2002 in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    This perfectly sums up all of the negatives with Star lately! Very well articulated. I am curious if they responded to you after that?
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    ellcee reacted to OCSC Mike in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    Sure. I bring 8 t-shirts for 8 days (although I'd be wearing one) and then I bring an extra 2-3 because of the above. I also have a couple rash guards for both sun protection (like when on CocoCay or a beach/boat excursion) or just lying around in the Solarium since they won't get wrinkled to death like a cotton t-shirt.
    I do not have an algebraic underwear formula though. 🤣
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    ellcee reacted to FireFishII in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    I have always packed 1 or 2 extra of everything.  This is just in case something gets wet or dirty early in the day. (And I am not talking about #1 or #2).  I guess I picked it up from camping, where you are exposed to all weather and extremely active.   But 2xN + 1 - WOW!  
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    ellcee got a reaction from Jax in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    I need to know why this is a thing. My mom certainly never taught me this yet i have always packed extra on every trip since I can remember packing. 
     
    I call it the "in case I s*** my pants" but I haven't s*** my pants since diapers so I dunno.
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    ellcee got a reaction from Lovetocruise2002 in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    I need to know why this is a thing. My mom certainly never taught me this yet i have always packed extra on every trip since I can remember packing. 
     
    I call it the "in case I s*** my pants" but I haven't s*** my pants since diapers so I dunno.
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    ellcee got a reaction from FireFishII in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    I need to know why this is a thing. My mom certainly never taught me this yet i have always packed extra on every trip since I can remember packing. 
     
    I call it the "in case I s*** my pants" but I haven't s*** my pants since diapers so I dunno.
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    ellcee got a reaction from SweetPea in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    I need to know why this is a thing. My mom certainly never taught me this yet i have always packed extra on every trip since I can remember packing. 
     
    I call it the "in case I s*** my pants" but I haven't s*** my pants since diapers so I dunno.
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    ellcee got a reaction from WAAAYTOOO in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    I need to know why this is a thing. My mom certainly never taught me this yet i have always packed extra on every trip since I can remember packing. 
     
    I call it the "in case I s*** my pants" but I haven't s*** my pants since diapers so I dunno.
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    ellcee got a reaction from Ampurp85 in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    I need to know why this is a thing. My mom certainly never taught me this yet i have always packed extra on every trip since I can remember packing. 
     
    I call it the "in case I s*** my pants" but I haven't s*** my pants since diapers so I dunno.
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    ellcee got a reaction from OCSC Mike in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    I need to know why this is a thing. My mom certainly never taught me this yet i have always packed extra on every trip since I can remember packing. 
     
    I call it the "in case I s*** my pants" but I haven't s*** my pants since diapers so I dunno.
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    ellcee reacted to SweetPea in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    Fixed it.  I blew past 5 in my 30s .... 
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    ellcee reacted to Ampurp85 in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    Also, it is okay to be delightfully unfrugal around 5 times in life. 
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    ellcee reacted to SweetPea in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    I think we cruise together and do a joint blog with a Tale of Two Cities vibe... 
    "it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness".... 😆
     
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    ellcee reacted to SweetPea in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    But we're Delightfully unfrugal ... 
     
    We're also idiots. So there's that too ....
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    ellcee reacted to SweetPea in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    There is a mathematical formula for everything in the S&B house. Start date of blog = length of cruise divided by pi .... 
    Ok, that math doesn't check. But stay tuned for packing advice where the # of underpants to pack = 2XN+1, where N is the number of nights .....
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    ellcee reacted to SweetPea in Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)   
    Is our White Whale of Moby Dick proportions? IDK .. are you counting our financial well-being? Who cares! YOLO!!   Who: SweetPea and Batman, two crazy mutual enablers who found ❤️ about 23 (24, 25?) years ago. Married for most of those. Don't ask me our anniversary. I once proudly told Batman my new ATM PIN, proclaiming, "Get it?!  It's our anniversary backwards!"   Spoiler: it wasn't.    I've not heard the end of it since.    What: Our White Whale. Why, you ask? We had 3,462.7 cruises in the Owner's Panoramic canceled during the Covid. Seriously. By March 578th, 2020, I'd had enough, just like the rest of the world. This was bound to happen sooner or later. I made sure of it.    When: September 24-October 1, 2023. Too short and will be over too quick, but the ship is our destination so who cares?! (Our itinerary is mundane and boring. We'll only be getting off the ship for PDCC.)   Where: Oasis of the Seas (C'mon now. There are only 2 OPs in the entire fleet, so there's a very good chance you'd win that coin toss.)   Why: Why not?!! Besides, flying sucks and we can drive to the port! And by drive, i mean be driven. Because who drives on vacation? Is that even a thing?!   How: Selling one pickled middle-aged kidney on the dark web. Let's face it, there's a difference between a kidney from a 20-year old athlete and one from a 50-something whose kidney is going to be (a-hem) grape-flavored. Clearly what I'm trying to say is that you could probably book two Star Class rooms with the 20-year-old kidney. Our cost wasn't *that* bad, but should still leave you questioning whether you'd consider us sound financial advisors.    Crown&Anchor Level: Brown.    I briefly considered making a parody pin that said "Not Pinnacle" with the "not" in very, very small font. I think it'd have been an excellent conversation starter.    Pre-cruise Diet: Poor. I planned to lose 30 pounds. I only have 33 to go. Forget that noise.   So here we go on our 3.5-year-in-the-making adventure. If you know us, I'm taking a very liberal definition of the term "adventure" here. As in, you shouldn't expect FlowRider reviews from us. That would only happen if they privacy-tented the entire wave pool and literally no one else could see us. I've seen this new TikTok thing all the cool kids are talking about, and going viral for all the wrong reasons would send me into a Brendan Fraser Whale-spin without the need of a fat suit.    (Perhaps i should tell you about the time i managed to ATV my way into the middle of a sugar cane field in St. Kitts where the excursion leader pulled me aside and quietly asked if I'd consider a private lesson before allowing the group to continue. That was 20 years and 30 pounds ago and my grace and agility has not aged like the fine wine I enjoy so much. --- That was for the kids in the back who didn't get my grape- flavored kidney joke earlier.)   This is our first cruise post-shutdown. We wanted to feel like we were going on vacation, not checking in for a clinical procedure. So we sat out all mandates. We both found them too stressful and opted to wait until the craziness was well on its way to over before we even remotely considered cruising again. This is one of the reasons we're going to the poorhouse post-cruise. I booked this pretty late and didn't partake in opening day prices. However, i got worried this was Oasis's last season in NJ so i bit the bullet and made several payments Batman wouldn't notice so our final bill was more in line with what I thought he could stomach. I can't be the only benevolently devious spouse to do so. If you've done something like this yourself, blink twice.   (And, Mindy, if you're reading: You're a SAINT!)   For the record, i caught Batman in a good mood one night and asked him the max he'd pay for a week-long cruise in Star Class. Unsurprisingly, it was a *bit* less than the cost of this one. So this is just between us RC Blog family, right? Good thing he thinks this website is Royal.blog.Carribean.me.live.com/reports which he always forgets to find later ....    And to any dudes reading, please remember: there is no such idiom as "Bros before blogs." That does not and will never exist.... if i can help it.    So, as long as Batman never does find this blog ... Continue to follow along to learn the riveting answers to such burning questions as: how will Anthem Star Class compare to Oasis Star Class? Will we prefer O Class to Q Class in general? Is this Deck 17 we keep reading about an actual Nirvana? What else has the pandemic stolen from us in pre v post shutdown changes? Will we ever want to return to Norwegian Haven? And ultimately, will selling a functioning kidney be worth the experience?   Come with us! We'll find out together!
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    ellcee reacted to OCSC Mike in Healthy Cruising   
    I diet pre-cruise to help mitigate some of the weight I gain... which is more than 5 lbs. per 7-night cruise.
    I have no interest in being healthy when I cruise; I eat healthy at home. Different strokes...
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    ellcee reacted to twangster in The Evolution of Cruising. Silver Origin to the Galapagos Islands   
    Guayaquil airport was smooth and frictionless.  Short line at immigration and outside in 15 minutes. 

    Complimentary hotel shuttle. 

     
     
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    ellcee reacted to twangster in The Evolution of Cruising. Silver Origin to the Galapagos Islands   
    Always nice knowing your luggage made it.
    Airtag to the rescue. 

     
     
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    ellcee reacted to twangster in The Evolution of Cruising. Silver Origin to the Galapagos Islands   
    It's Fly Day!  
    First time flying Copa Airlines. 
    Connecting in Panama to Guayaquil.    I'm hoping to see the Panama Canal from the air but it depends which way they are landing. 
    Airport gate announcements were only in Spanish while so far on board they are in Spanish and English. 
    If all goes well I'll be in Guayaquil, Ecuador mid-afternoon.
    The hotel stay was included in the cruise cost.  
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    ellcee reacted to Rags1 in The Cruise I Said Wouldn’t Happen - Allure Star Class, September 10-17   
    A few pics of 1740 for @Lovetocruise2002.  
















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    ellcee reacted to Rags1 in The Cruise I Said Wouldn’t Happen - Allure Star Class, September 10-17   
    Interesting tidbit from here. One of the big hurricanes long ago snapped many of the huge beautiful oak trees that line the old town streets. Instead of removing the stumps some folks had them carved into masterpieces.



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