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Congrats on the turning D+

I’ve had no problem leaving them at home 😂😂. We take them on many, they are going on Icon in August, but sometimes it’s nice to get away with just the wife. We are actually lucky that we are both on our 2nd marriage but everyone gets along really well. If we vacation without the kids my wife’s ex takes his 2 kids as well as the youngest that my wife and I had together. And my 2 are now both over 18 so they are self sufficient and I don’t have to worry about them 

Agreed. My wife and I usually try to do one per year ourselves. We just did one in December on jewel out of PR. Kids would have hated jewel and we knew that. So they stayed home with the grands (God bless them) 

I’ve had no problem leaving them at home 😂😂. We take them on many, they are going on Icon in August, but sometimes it’s nice to get away with just the wife. We are actually lucky that we are both on our 2nd marriage but everyone gets along really well. If we vacation without the kids my wife’s ex takes his 2 kids as well as the youngest that my wife and I had together. And my 2 are now both over 18 so they are self sufficient and I don’t have to worry about them 

There’s nothing better than getting on early. It’s like free vacation time!  I love getting on early to take care of things like dinner reservations and such, and then grab and early lunch(usually in WJ) like @OCSC Mike to beat the crowds. That was I can be enjoying things like the flowrider by noon when everyone else is still getting on and getting lunch. 

…and Sorrentos.  SMH

I found the luggage drop off and parking to be very easy at PC. 

Yours truly…me lol
I already had a long sleeve on this morning and I was planning to throw it into my bag for the plane and for when we get back to Detroit. But I totally forgot about it and realized once we were waiting for Lyft that I had left it. I messaged Shane right away and he located it. We’ll see how this return process goes. First time for everything 😉

Exactly. Now my comment just makes me look like a jerk 😂

There’s nothing better than getting on early. It’s like free vacation time!  I love getting on early to take care of things like dinner reservations and such, and then grab and early lunch(usually in WJ) like @OCSC Mike to beat the crowds. That was I can be enjoying things like the flowrider by noon when everyone else is still getting on and getting lunch. 

I found the luggage drop off and parking to be very easy at PC. 

Question, so besides the elevators being a noticeable difference, after sailing Icon is sailing Oasis a let down compared to Icon?  On our icon cruise coming up in August we have some people going on it that will be their first cruise. I’m afraid it will ruin it to go on anything smaller and older after 

That’s a wrap for us. The end of an era for our family and our March Break sailings as 4. 🥹 I will leave you all with a few pics. 
Our very first March Break sailing on Anthem of the seas. 

Our very first star class March break sailing back in 2019.

Our last March break sailing this week as a family of 4. 


 
 

No, I was perfectly happy on Oasis this week and did not miss Icon at any point other than the elevators. Every time I used the elevator, I thought of Icon lol

Final thoughts on the Royal Loft Suite:
I don’t know how I am going to come back from this cabin. But I will have to find a way to. We cherished our time in our room this week.

The hot tub was used every day, we spent time on the balcony every day. It was so awesome to have all the space, most times I would shout something to the kids and they would not even hear me. There was almost too much space in that room, but that is not a complaint lol 

I loved everything about that suite, but if I was to point out two things that I did not like, it would be the noise from the back sports area, and the master shower. You can hear everything from the basketball area, FlowRider, even Aqua80 if you are out on the balcony. This room has pretty much helped us decide that that we would never want a crown loft that faces the aft. Way too much noise. The master shower area is not that private. When we were parked next to Carnival Mardi Gras in Nassau, I really felt like I had to duck because the upper decks of that ship are almost as high as oasis. Next to Freedom in PDCC I did not feel as visible. However, if one is in the shower at night, and someone else is in the hot tub, well let’s just say they will most definitely get a very well lit shadow puppet show if you are using the shower closest to the window. 🙈

Back to real life.  We left our room at 6:30.  7:15 gangway was open.  Very easy as they had 4 lines open.  In Uber by 7:30, at FLL by 8am, time for food for kids and about to board our 9:25 am flight.  I know it’s not what’s recommended but we’ll take the chance to be home by 1 pm and have the afternoon to get ready for the week.   We’ve done it this way several times and so far so good. 
 
Great blog as always!  We missed you in the pub last night. 
 
 Our countdown is 71 days and I can’t wait! 
 
 

Have a great cruise! 

Have a great cruise! 

Make sure you let us all know when that happens!!  😜 

As soon as I win the powerball I am definitely getting one 😂

One day it will happen!  And that is a beautiful backyard.  I think someone told me when sailing out of Miami there is a flowrider in the backyard of one of the houses there. You have to have stupid money to be able to do that. I looked into them thinking maybe I could put a couple in an old warehouse or something and make a business out of it. They are at minimum like $500K a piece. And I was told the electrical cost to run the pumps on them were outrageous 

The filet at GK is awesome. Way better than Chops. 

I think @recogneyes is excited about you liking the pub 😂😂

Omg it glitched then  posted so many times. Thanks for fixing Sabrina … I don’t want to be banned from the pub 

I think @recogneyes is excited about you liking the pub 😂😂