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Ok...totally hijacking the post lol.  I really wanted to do harmony as my first oasis, but allure was cheaper and worked for timing.  Have you been on before?  Are you doing wonderland?  Jane

Did anthem have red velvet cake? ??.     Jane

We need to form a winter need a cruise support group.  The snow was pretty today but only because I have a cruise in March to look forward to!  Jane

Ok...my name is Jane and my cruise can’t come soon enough!  Yes...they are all my posts!  Jane

In my case my teens (they are older now) varied.  One was mature for her age and more inclined to fit in with a more refined crowd, reveling in the modern luxury over the need for a pack of teens to bond with.  
There will likely be some other teens just not the numbers typically found on RCI.  You know your teen best, as I know mine, or as well as I thought I could know them at the time.  Mine wasn't one to bond into a teen group on any cruise.  
When faced with this question it dawned on me I was the one paying for it, so I approached her, explained the differences and suggested I could find someone to watch her or she could come with me knowing it would tend to run an older, more refined crowd.  She accepted that and decided she wanted to cruise.  I was after all paying for it so while I took her position into account, it weighed less than my own feelings and why I chose Celebrity on that occasion.   
By establishing her expectations it mitigated the concerns, at least to a large degree.  

Ok...my name is Jane and my cruise can’t come soon enough!  Yes...they are all my posts!  Jane

I have Broadwalk on Harmony in April. 

You'll have plenty of deck chair time on those small ships ?

I just came back from Anthem and looking forward to Harmony in April.

Thanks!   I am really trying to make sure we hit the oasis class specific stuff since we won’t be on a big one again for awhile (we have vision and rhapsody booked for summer and next spring break).   I’m already telling myself that I will have to drag myself out of my deck chair and explore lol!  Jane

Thanks!   I am really trying to make sure we hit the oasis class specific stuff since we won’t be on a big one again for awhile (we have vision and rhapsody booked for summer and next spring break).   I’m already telling myself that I will have to drag myself out of my deck chair and explore lol!  Jane

If it gets cancelled, can you book it again, or do you have to do standby line?  Just wondering...we are booked night one on allure.  @Lovetocruise2002 I'm thinking up more and more Oasis class questions to ask you lol...   Jane

Anything you post is great and appreciated.  I will always be LIVEish as I deliberately don’t get Voom...it’s relaxation time!   Welcome home to the snow!  Jane

We need to form a winter need a cruise support group.  The snow was pretty today but only because I have a cruise in March to look forward to!  Jane

So, lesson learned. If cruising with first time cruisers and also wanting to get a little relaxation in for yourself, don’t try a live blog. Instead this will end up as a liveish blog. Sorry for not keeping up, but just had so much going on. Have tons of photos and will be going through over the next few days and putting a day by day blog together. 

One of the infamous last day of cruise signs...

 

Red Velvet Cake woohoo.

That's really sad.  How horrible for the family.  Every cruise, I give my kids the balcony/railing lecture that results in a lot of eye rolls.  I think I'll continue giving my lecture.  

I have now been informed by a reliable source that the incident involved a minor who attempted to go around the balcony partition via the safety rail and ended up slipping and falling onto the concrete pier @ Labadee. The incident should be news once the Harmony returns to Fort Lauderdale on Sunday. 

Yes... Atlantic Time Zone = San Juan Time = Ship Time = Port Time, which just happens to also be my favourite time ... MIMOSA TIME !!??

Thought I'd share ... 

Awesome!   I’m currently living through others cruises!  We won’t get to Alaska til at least 2021 or 22 at the earliest.  I can’t complain though since I will do Greek/med on vision this summer!  Jane

It does my heart good to see all these people breaking out their spreadsheets. 

So far on this ship it pays to read your Compass. Bare minimum, do your own recon once Windjammer opens. 
 
Subject of Compasses, yes they will get scanned and sent to @Matt for publishing.

So it is the end of day 7. Such a great feeling knowing Day 8 has started!