Pooch

UGH @Pooch.  I'm beginning to think your brother IS cursed (as far as flights go).  Fingers and toes crossed that everyone makes it safely to their destination tomorrow.

Ok my brother (or perhaps my nephew) has the worst luck in the world.  After last years flight catastrophe, I was confident all would be well this time.  Well, they made it all the way to the runway this time.  Then returned to the gate with mechanical problems.  Flight cancelled, nothing else available today 😡😡😡😡.  So now tomorrow we are flying separately from Boston (them) and Hartford (us) and meeting in Baltimore for the flight to FLL.  Am I a terrible sister to worry about them jinxing our flight?!?!!

Ok my brother (or perhaps my nephew) has the worst luck in the world.  After last years flight catastrophe, I was confident all would be well this time.  Well, they made it all the way to the runway this time.  Then returned to the gate with mechanical problems.  Flight cancelled, nothing else available today 😡😡😡😡.  So now tomorrow we are flying separately from Boston (them) and Hartford (us) and meeting in Baltimore for the flight to FLL.  Am I a terrible sister to worry about them jinxing our flight?!?!!

Ok my brother (or perhaps my nephew) has the worst luck in the world.  After last years flight catastrophe, I was confident all would be well this time.  Well, they made it all the way to the runway this time.  Then returned to the gate with mechanical problems.  Flight cancelled, nothing else available today 😡😡😡😡.  So now tomorrow we are flying separately from Boston (them) and Hartford (us) and meeting in Baltimore for the flight to FLL.  Am I a terrible sister to worry about them jinxing our flight?!?!!

as a palate cleanser, please enjoy this lovely rainbow from st. maarten…
actually it’s just going to be a st maarten appreciation post 😂 to shake off any lingering effects from The Fall. 



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omg @Pooch!!
it sounds like you guys are experiencing the thursday curse. 
i purposely HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THIS on the forum. mostly because every time i explain this to someone, they are suddenly inflicted with it/realize it is very real indeed. 
basically for me, thursdays are worse than mondays. everything terrible happens on a thursday. every thing that can go wrong — DOES. and there is never any rhyme or reason to it. 
anyone who has ever read the hitchhikers guide to galaxy, knows this all too well. there’s a scene where his friend comes to tell him that earth is about to be destroyed - and the guy goes, “it must be thursday. i could never get the hang of thursdays.”
it’s like the universe wants to punish us for friday to come!!!
…also, i am now sorry. because you’ve all been made aware of the curse. 
stay woke, fam. 💚

Ok my brother (or perhaps my nephew) has the worst luck in the world.  After last years flight catastrophe, I was confident all would be well this time.  Well, they made it all the way to the runway this time.  Then returned to the gate with mechanical problems.  Flight cancelled, nothing else available today 😡😡😡😡.  So now tomorrow we are flying separately from Boston (them) and Hartford (us) and meeting in Baltimore for the flight to FLL.  Am I a terrible sister to worry about them jinxing our flight?!?!!

Oh I love fish tacos! And we loved St Maarten last year.  Walked from the ship to the beach area, grabbed loungers & umbrellas & chilled.  Then the woman in the chair next to hubby decided to take her top off and sunbathe ON HER BACK!!!  I thought the nude beaches were on the French side 😳

How do meals at Sabor work?  There are several different categories.  Do you get one from each?  Is it a $ amount credit like Izumi?

It was only maybe a 10 minute walk from the ship & I take every opportunity to walk off cruise calories!  
M brother & nephew are flying out tomorrow.  Some of you will remember they missed the cruise last year because of bad weather.  Crossing my fingers & praying to God they (and we!) make it this time.

Oh I love fish tacos! And we loved St Maarten last year.  Walked from the ship to the beach area, grabbed loungers & umbrellas & chilled.  Then the woman in the chair next to hubby decided to take her top off and sunbathe ON HER BACK!!!  I thought the nude beaches were on the French side 😳

we paid i think $24.99 pp prior to boarding — you get to order as much as you want (as far as i could tell). i had gone on oasis (i THINK??) before her amplification and found it so much fun to share all the plates and sides with our party of five. 
J and i are not over eaters/tend to be aware of when we reach our limits instead of blowing past them 😅😂 so i think sometimes the servers on board are bummed that we don’t clear our plate or that there are leftovers involved. our server tried to give us each a churro dessert and we had to beg him to let us share ONE between the two of us 😂
i would happily eat this!! 
we have a good place in jersey that makes excellent queso fundido as well, called the red cadillac. everything is phenomenal there!!
https://www.theredcadillacnj.com
 

+1 for never had pancakes from McDonald’s before. I have also never had a McDonald’s Big Mac either, or Quarter Pounder. 

It was only maybe a 10 minute walk from the ship & I take every opportunity to walk off cruise calories!  
M brother & nephew are flying out tomorrow.  Some of you will remember they missed the cruise last year because of bad weather.  Crossing my fingers & praying to God they (and we!) make it this time.

it’s 7:43pm and i am gratefully laying flat in my bed. 
we finished at sabor — had a very friendly and welcoming server — and walked over to the picture center. in an attempt NOT to recreate the chaos of the last time when we ordered the pics on the final night, we decided to ~consciously think about our picture selection and pickup. 
we will probably take pictures tomorrow night for formal night, but otherwise stick with the ones we got from outside the ship in st maarten. 💚
from there, we wandered down to deck 5 to follow up on my water package refund and to grab a spoon for tomorrow’s cold brew stirring.
and THEN we went to jamie’s for water.  the maitre d asked “are you here for dinner or for water?” 😅😂
i had only used one diamond voucher for the margarita (which i did not finish), so we were able to redeem for THREE acqua panna bottles. 
also i’ve failed you all; it’s ACQUA panna. not aqua, like aqua theater suite. 
and here i fancy myself writing a novel someday… good grief. 
some small backtracking; dinner was quite good — sabor was delicious and the guac was phenomenal. we actually filled up quite a bit on guac, which led to less room for actual food. J and i both got the fish tacos; the remoulade sauce was very good indeed and they gave you little dishes of cabbage/salad to put on top as well. we asked for extra limes to squeeze over and i incorporated more guac into mine. 
halfway through my first one, i realized i should have asked for corn tortillas, as i much prefer them. they are thinner and lighter; so if you prefer a corn tortilla, don’t be shy!! ask!!
the only miss for us was the queso fundido; it was heavier than we wanted and the flavor was just not quite to our liking. we made up for it with other delicious bites. 😎
of course we had to get the churros for dessert 💚
now, i am very sore all over and feeling pretty wiped out. 24 hours since the fall and i’m feeling it. i should probably ice my finger again too. 
they are doing jazz in the park til 10 — LOUDLY — so we will likely just be having a peaceful time until then.
 

McDonalds and I are the same age.  I didn’t go to one until I was in high school as mom would never let us go.  Don’t think I’ve ever had their pancakes either.  It’s been many years since I’ve been to one.  God knows I eat plenty of unhealthy things but fast food is not one of them.

So you guys are giving permission to get rid of my dressy shoes?!?!? And the middle one is a kitten heel.

I find I can still do the height but not a stiletto.  Hard to see in the picture but they have a gold sparkle to them too.  I can actually wear these for hours without pain.

Ok what you were wearing was not a kitten heel!!  Much too high to be considered kitten IMHO.  The second picture probably but no higher!!  A heel is considered “kitten” with a height of 1-2”.

It was only maybe a 10 minute walk from the ship & I take every opportunity to walk off cruise calories!  
M brother & nephew are flying out tomorrow.  Some of you will remember they missed the cruise last year because of bad weather.  Crossing my fingers & praying to God they (and we!) make it this time.

It was only maybe a 10 minute walk from the ship & I take every opportunity to walk off cruise calories!  
M brother & nephew are flying out tomorrow.  Some of you will remember they missed the cruise last year because of bad weather.  Crossing my fingers & praying to God they (and we!) make it this time.

It was only maybe a 10 minute walk from the ship & I take every opportunity to walk off cruise calories!  
M brother & nephew are flying out tomorrow.  Some of you will remember they missed the cruise last year because of bad weather.  Crossing my fingers & praying to God they (and we!) make it this time.

Oh I love fish tacos! And we loved St Maarten last year.  Walked from the ship to the beach area, grabbed loungers & umbrellas & chilled.  Then the woman in the chair next to hubby decided to take her top off and sunbathe ON HER BACK!!!  I thought the nude beaches were on the French side 😳

Oh I love fish tacos! And we loved St Maarten last year.  Walked from the ship to the beach area, grabbed loungers & umbrellas & chilled.  Then the woman in the chair next to hubby decided to take her top off and sunbathe ON HER BACK!!!  I thought the nude beaches were on the French side 😳

It was only maybe a 10 minute walk from the ship & I take every opportunity to walk off cruise calories!  
M brother & nephew are flying out tomorrow.  Some of you will remember they missed the cruise last year because of bad weather.  Crossing my fingers & praying to God they (and we!) make it this time.