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Keep in mind stuff like this is happening in other places without any awareness or discovery by random cruiseaholic house hunters there to catch it.  
Just because we don't see it posted to social media doesn't mean they aren't getting stuff done in the effort to restart.

Came across this just now...

I resemble that remark !  I hardly consider myself random....
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Keep in mind stuff like this is happening in other places without any awareness or discovery by random cruiseaholic house hunters there to catch it.  
Just because we don't see it posted to social media doesn't mean they aren't getting stuff done in the effort to restart.

I've always assumed they unplugged a database server somewhere to plug in a toaster.  Once their toast is done, the server comes back online.  

So I was frustrated that you could not read the sign so I snuck back over there to take a couple more pix.
 

As you all know, Dan and I are in FL doing some house biz.  We have finished all of that for now and are flying home tomorrow morning.  We are staying at the Miami Airport Marriott tonite for a very early morning flight.
While walking over to the bar at the Courtyard (so weird that everything at the Marriott is closed but the restaurant and bar at the adjacent Courtyard are open !) we happened upon a “registration” table for Royal Caribbean. Being the naturally curious (not to mention, nosy) person that I am, I stopped and chatted with the guy manning the table.  He said that he was registering new staff that were signing on with NAV.  He said they are just part of rotating maintenance crew and said he has no insight regarding cruise re-start, but it was still exciting to learn that new staff is allowed to come in and most notably, they are flying in.  I tried not to stare at the paperwork but I could see that the list of names looked to be fairly lengthy.  Can’t say that there is any smoking gun or intel that provides any real information but at least I did find out that they were headed to NAV.

On the way back, the table was unmanned so I snapped a quick pic of the table and sign.
Maybe ?  Maybe ?

? this is too funny!  But we love you @WAAAYTOOO! 

Keep in mind stuff like this is happening in other places without any awareness or discovery by random cruiseaholic house hunters there to catch it.  
Just because we don't see it posted to social media doesn't mean they aren't getting stuff done in the effort to restart.

Keep in mind stuff like this is happening in other places without any awareness or discovery by random cruiseaholic house hunters there to catch it.  
Just because we don't see it posted to social media doesn't mean they aren't getting stuff done in the effort to restart.

I've always assumed they unplugged a database server somewhere to plug in a toaster.  Once their toast is done, the server comes back online.  

Riley Tench is a Royal Caribbean crew member who has a Youtube channel.  Before and throughout this pandemic he has been vlogging on his channel with various updates.
His latest update has him heading back to Quantum from his home in Alaska for the December Singapore start.
 
 

Riley Tench is a Royal Caribbean crew member who has a Youtube channel.  Before and throughout this pandemic he has been vlogging on his channel with various updates.
His latest update has him heading back to Quantum from his home in Alaska for the December Singapore start.
 
 

Riley Tench is a Royal Caribbean crew member who has a Youtube channel.  Before and throughout this pandemic he has been vlogging on his channel with various updates.
His latest update has him heading back to Quantum from his home in Alaska for the December Singapore start.
 
 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2626223/Dinner-Sky-The-164ft-high-dining-table-suspended-worlds-sights.html
This is a dinner table suspended by a crane.  But the balloon is cooler.

Pretty cool.  Thought it was unique to CocoCay.  The donut gondola is true to the company's French heritage.

I think their "Aerobar" looks pretty cool.  

I think they are made by a company called Aerophile.  There is one at Disney Springs that holds 29 plus the pilot.  Not sure if there are different models.
https://www.aerophile.com/en/tethered-balloon/
Given that the North Star has announced capacity reductions it's logical that the CocoCay ballon will as well although North Star is encloded versus the open air gondola with the balloon.  
 

Once on board he has to quarantine and stay away from his girlfriend for 14 days while she is also quarantining on board upon her return.  Talk about 'so close but yet so far'.  That's gotta be tough after spending months apart.  

They were careful to phrase it as a joint decision.  
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/03/20/joint-statement-us-canada-joint-initiative-temporary-restriction-travelers-crossing
https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2020/03/20/prime-minister-announces-temporary-border-agreement-united-states
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced on March 18 that Canada and the United States have agreed to temporarily restrict all non-essential travel across the Canada-U.S. border, which will take effect at midnight tonight.

Once on board he has to quarantine and stay away from his girlfriend for 14 days while she is also quarantining on board upon her return.  Talk about 'so close but yet so far'.  That's gotta be tough after spending months apart.  

Once on board he has to quarantine and stay away from his girlfriend for 14 days while she is also quarantining on board upon her return.  Talk about 'so close but yet so far'.  That's gotta be tough after spending months apart.  

Riley Tench is a Royal Caribbean crew member who has a Youtube channel.  Before and throughout this pandemic he has been vlogging on his channel with various updates.
His latest update has him heading back to Quantum from his home in Alaska for the December Singapore start.
 
 

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