Blondie511

What no dessert? (Like I don’t get enough all day every day on a cruise!)

Sailing on the Anthem this Sunday, so I did my Binax Now home test today.  Everything is going fine, and then the lady who is proctoring tells me to put six drops in the card hole.  The bottle is BONE DRY!  Only air squeaked out!  She told me the test is over and I needed to get another test.  (That was not cheap by the way.). Test #2 did not go any better.  The dropper was stuck inside the lid!  There is no way to measure exactly six drops!  There goes another test.  Box #3 worked great!  The moral of the story is have a few extra tests for your trip, just in case there is a problem.  Customer service was great though.  They are overnighting me replacement tests and they will be at my house at noon tomorrow.

Sailing on the Anthem this Sunday, so I did my Binax Now home test today.  Everything is going fine, and then the lady who is proctoring tells me to put six drops in the card hole.  The bottle is BONE DRY!  Only air squeaked out!  She told me the test is over and I needed to get another test.  (That was not cheap by the way.). Test #2 did not go any better.  The dropper was stuck inside the lid!  There is no way to measure exactly six drops!  There goes another test.  Box #3 worked great!  The moral of the story is have a few extra tests for your trip, just in case there is a problem.  Customer service was great though.  They are overnighting me replacement tests and they will be at my house at noon tomorrow.

Sailing on the Anthem this Sunday, so I did my Binax Now home test today.  Everything is going fine, and then the lady who is proctoring tells me to put six drops in the card hole.  The bottle is BONE DRY!  Only air squeaked out!  She told me the test is over and I needed to get another test.  (That was not cheap by the way.). Test #2 did not go any better.  The dropper was stuck inside the lid!  There is no way to measure exactly six drops!  There goes another test.  Box #3 worked great!  The moral of the story is have a few extra tests for your trip, just in case there is a problem.  Customer service was great though.  They are overnighting me replacement tests and they will be at my house at noon tomorrow.

Sailing on the Anthem this Sunday, so I did my Binax Now home test today.  Everything is going fine, and then the lady who is proctoring tells me to put six drops in the card hole.  The bottle is BONE DRY!  Only air squeaked out!  She told me the test is over and I needed to get another test.  (That was not cheap by the way.). Test #2 did not go any better.  The dropper was stuck inside the lid!  There is no way to measure exactly six drops!  There goes another test.  Box #3 worked great!  The moral of the story is have a few extra tests for your trip, just in case there is a problem.  Customer service was great though.  They are overnighting me replacement tests and they will be at my house at noon tomorrow.

Sailing on the Anthem this Sunday, so I did my Binax Now home test today.  Everything is going fine, and then the lady who is proctoring tells me to put six drops in the card hole.  The bottle is BONE DRY!  Only air squeaked out!  She told me the test is over and I needed to get another test.  (That was not cheap by the way.). Test #2 did not go any better.  The dropper was stuck inside the lid!  There is no way to measure exactly six drops!  There goes another test.  Box #3 worked great!  The moral of the story is have a few extra tests for your trip, just in case there is a problem.  Customer service was great though.  They are overnighting me replacement tests and they will be at my house at noon tomorrow.

Sailing on the Anthem this Sunday, so I did my Binax Now home test today.  Everything is going fine, and then the lady who is proctoring tells me to put six drops in the card hole.  The bottle is BONE DRY!  Only air squeaked out!  She told me the test is over and I needed to get another test.  (That was not cheap by the way.). Test #2 did not go any better.  The dropper was stuck inside the lid!  There is no way to measure exactly six drops!  There goes another test.  Box #3 worked great!  The moral of the story is have a few extra tests for your trip, just in case there is a problem.  Customer service was great though.  They are overnighting me replacement tests and they will be at my house at noon tomorrow.

Sailing on the Anthem this Sunday, so I did my Binax Now home test today.  Everything is going fine, and then the lady who is proctoring tells me to put six drops in the card hole.  The bottle is BONE DRY!  Only air squeaked out!  She told me the test is over and I needed to get another test.  (That was not cheap by the way.). Test #2 did not go any better.  The dropper was stuck inside the lid!  There is no way to measure exactly six drops!  There goes another test.  Box #3 worked great!  The moral of the story is have a few extra tests for your trip, just in case there is a problem.  Customer service was great though.  They are overnighting me replacement tests and they will be at my house at noon tomorrow.

Sailing on the Anthem this Sunday, so I did my Binax Now home test today.  Everything is going fine, and then the lady who is proctoring tells me to put six drops in the card hole.  The bottle is BONE DRY!  Only air squeaked out!  She told me the test is over and I needed to get another test.  (That was not cheap by the way.). Test #2 did not go any better.  The dropper was stuck inside the lid!  There is no way to measure exactly six drops!  There goes another test.  Box #3 worked great!  The moral of the story is have a few extra tests for your trip, just in case there is a problem.  Customer service was great though.  They are overnighting me replacement tests and they will be at my house at noon tomorrow.

Sailing on the Anthem this Sunday, so I did my Binax Now home test today.  Everything is going fine, and then the lady who is proctoring tells me to put six drops in the card hole.  The bottle is BONE DRY!  Only air squeaked out!  She told me the test is over and I needed to get another test.  (That was not cheap by the way.). Test #2 did not go any better.  The dropper was stuck inside the lid!  There is no way to measure exactly six drops!  There goes another test.  Box #3 worked great!  The moral of the story is have a few extra tests for your trip, just in case there is a problem.  Customer service was great though.  They are overnighting me replacement tests and they will be at my house at noon tomorrow.

Hello!  Today is Sunday and I thought that I would buy my Binax Now tests for my upcoming cruise in November.  The site says that they are sold out?  Has anyone seen this before?  Should I just keep stalking the page for when they re stock?  Should I relax or freak out?  

When I was a younger man, getting a six pack had a whole different meaning.  
However I am happy to report my eMed six pack has arrived.  Probably the only six pack I'll get at my age.

I think Royal just needs to say forget it to Florida and come up here to NJ for test cruises.  Our Governor isn't banning anything at the moment.  ? 

110% Agree!!!

I agree.. but the media doesn’t care about that - nor does a public wanting to resume life as normal and “cruise ship covid outbreak) is the leading and trending stories.. saying nothing.. about the CDC saying.. I told you so. One case or 1000.. doesn’t matter when it comes to cruise lines unfortunately. I don’t like it, and I don’t think it’s fair but it’s what we have - I would be ecstatic if I’m wrong.  

This was me every time!

I am on the fence about booking a cruise and it has nothing to do with corona.  YEAH!  I want to book a room for my family of three and let my son include his girlfriend in our room as well.  If they breakup, is it EASY to swap out her name with someone else?  Has anyone done this before?  Do I have to pay a fee to change the name in our room?    (We are driving to the port, so no worries about airfare. ).   Please let me know soon!  (Thank God for this forum!)

I am here now on Adventure of the Seas.  Left out of Port Bayonne/Cape Liberty yesterday.  When they scanned our carry ons at security, they saw our three cases of soda and told us that only one was permitted per stateroom, and they took two away.  Bummer!  Yes, we knew the policy, but a lot of others on the boards said to give it a try, so we did.  (Please do not judge?). The ship is ROCKING like crazy!  We are heading now to Bermuda and it has been nonstop back and forth.  Never needed Dramamine in our lives, and everyone that we know is taking it!  CONSTANT MOTION!  Thank God we packed it!  Food is great,  easy to find lots of great food!  Great mix of people here,  all ages.  We were told there are currently 200 children on board.  My son is 15 and went to the teen meet and greet last night and already has a pack of friends now to run around with.  We have a dry erase board on our stateroom door and someone keeps drawing naked genitalia on it??????  My hubby is mad about that, but it is kind of funny to me?????  I  am open to any questions anyone has about the Adventure of the Seas.  May take me a day or two to reply, since I am having so much fun!

I am here now on Adventure of the Seas.  Left out of Port Bayonne/Cape Liberty yesterday.  When they scanned our carry ons at security, they saw our three cases of soda and told us that only one was permitted per stateroom, and they took two away.  Bummer!  Yes, we knew the policy, but a lot of others on the boards said to give it a try, so we did.  (Please do not judge?). The ship is ROCKING like crazy!  We are heading now to Bermuda and it has been nonstop back and forth.  Never needed Dramamine in our lives, and everyone that we know is taking it!  CONSTANT MOTION!  Thank God we packed it!  Food is great,  easy to find lots of great food!  Great mix of people here,  all ages.  We were told there are currently 200 children on board.  My son is 15 and went to the teen meet and greet last night and already has a pack of friends now to run around with.  We have a dry erase board on our stateroom door and someone keeps drawing naked genitalia on it??????  My hubby is mad about that, but it is kind of funny to me?????  I  am open to any questions anyone has about the Adventure of the Seas.  May take me a day or two to reply, since I am having so much fun!

Onto Coco Cay!  At 8:00 am sharp we left the ship and I must say that it DOES meet ALL expectations!  It is so amazing there!  Flawless sand, HUGE pool, attentive bartenders, GREAT food, tons of chairs.  I could start a fan club for the Snack Shack’s chicken sandwich, mozzarella sticks, and funnel cake.  They actually make the funnel cake on the spot only when you order it, so it is fresh fresh fresh!   We were the only ship in port that day.  We snorkeled, hung out on the beach, hit the pool, and the buffet/ snacks.  It was the perfect day!  Every employee was eager to give directions, ask us how we were doing, they seemed pretty happy to be there.  My number one piece of advice is this :  check out the map and find the lockers.  The lockers are FREE, despite the fact that the map says that you pay for them.  The lockers are first come, first served, and there are NOT very many.  They were gone by the second hour of our day!  We did not feel comfortable leaving our cash and other stuff out on a chair while we swam and snorkeled, so the lockers were great!  
      I know that kids under age 18 must have an adult with them to enter the water park...... but we only bought a ticket for the water park for my 15 year old and waited to see if they would enforce that rule.  (I had asked at the Excursion desk the day before, and she told me that they will not allow a child under age 18 in without an adult.  I told her that kids my son’s age can go to local water parks and even Disney world water parks without a parent, but she was pretty firm on that.).   They did not enforce the rule at all, group’s of teens went in and they did not even ask where their parents were.  We stood off to the side, Seapass in hand, ready to pay for my hubby to join my son, but since they didn’t care....... (please do not judge me here???)
     I can answer any questions about Coco Cay that anyone has.  On a side note, people said at the end of the day that there was a four hour wait to see the doctor on board?  So either there were a ton of severely sunburned people that day, or something else????
 
          

Just got back today, VOOM internet prevented me from posting anything else!  Slowest internet at sea.  The line to complain at the internet table was long the entire week.  Think twice before buying internet on Adventure of the Seas!  Here are some things I hope you all find interesting about my week.  
     Theme nights in the Windjammer, in order:  American, Italian, Asian, Mediterranean, Tex Mex with Chocolate Sensation, Caribbean, Indian, and Seafood Extravaganza.  If you are considering the soda package, be aware you can only find a Freestyle machine in the Royal Promenade and the Windjammer only, and they were “down” quite a few times.  Movies this week are Captain Marvel, Creed 2, Five Feet Apart, and the Upside.  The shower has body/hair wash dispenser in it.  The water went from very very hot to scalding mid shower  - we each hollered a few times and got burned a bit.  No pen and paper in the room, as usual, so be sure to bring your own.  be sure to decorate your door!  All the rooms look the same when you are walking down that hallway!  
     You can not make reservations on this ship, it is first come, first served.  We showed up a few times 5-10 minutes before show times and were turned away since they were full.  Other than Royal Caribbean TV channels and sports channels, there are about four other options for channels to watch on tv.  (No ABC, NBC, CBS, Etc.).  My cruise was the eight day out of Bayonne to Bermuda, CocoCay, and Nassau.  If anyone wants me to post the cruise compasses, just let me know.  

One last paragraph for ya’.  We arrived at Port Bayonne way early, since there was not much traffic.  We pulled into the parking garage across the street at 9:00 am.  It is about $22 per day with tax to park there, and it made things so easy and convenient for us.  I was surprised at how many people were arriving early like us!  We did sail past the Statue of Liberty, which was pretty cool and even sailed under a bridge!  
     Today we did self dis embarking.  We were told that we could do this from 6:30 am-7:30am.  We wanted to avoid city traffic as much as possible, so we decided to be at the Lyric Theatre at 6:30 am sharp, thinking that we would be first off the boat and avoid the lines.  WRONG!  At 6:30 am the line wrapped almost the entire length of the ship!!!!  We were off the boat at 7:10 and in our car at 7:15am, which was pretty good.  Not only did the line move fast, but we basically just stood for a quick picture and left.  No bag searching, no passports even looked at, no forms to fill out, no bags even placed on a scanner.  I should have put some of those cookies from the buffet in my bag to eat later.  (Just kidding!)  hope I helped some of you out!  
 

One last paragraph for ya’.  We arrived at Port Bayonne way early, since there was not much traffic.  We pulled into the parking garage across the street at 9:00 am.  It is about $22 per day with tax to park there, and it made things so easy and convenient for us.  I was surprised at how many people were arriving early like us!  We did sail past the Statue of Liberty, which was pretty cool and even sailed under a bridge!  
     Today we did self dis embarking.  We were told that we could do this from 6:30 am-7:30am.  We wanted to avoid city traffic as much as possible, so we decided to be at the Lyric Theatre at 6:30 am sharp, thinking that we would be first off the boat and avoid the lines.  WRONG!  At 6:30 am the line wrapped almost the entire length of the ship!!!!  We were off the boat at 7:10 and in our car at 7:15am, which was pretty good.  Not only did the line move fast, but we basically just stood for a quick picture and left.  No bag searching, no passports even looked at, no forms to fill out, no bags even placed on a scanner.  I should have put some of those cookies from the buffet in my bag to eat later.  (Just kidding!)  hope I helped some of you out!  
 

I am here now on Adventure of the Seas.  Left out of Port Bayonne/Cape Liberty yesterday.  When they scanned our carry ons at security, they saw our three cases of soda and told us that only one was permitted per stateroom, and they took two away.  Bummer!  Yes, we knew the policy, but a lot of others on the boards said to give it a try, so we did.  (Please do not judge?). The ship is ROCKING like crazy!  We are heading now to Bermuda and it has been nonstop back and forth.  Never needed Dramamine in our lives, and everyone that we know is taking it!  CONSTANT MOTION!  Thank God we packed it!  Food is great,  easy to find lots of great food!  Great mix of people here,  all ages.  We were told there are currently 200 children on board.  My son is 15 and went to the teen meet and greet last night and already has a pack of friends now to run around with.  We have a dry erase board on our stateroom door and someone keeps drawing naked genitalia on it??????  My hubby is mad about that, but it is kind of funny to me?????  I  am open to any questions anyone has about the Adventure of the Seas.  May take me a day or two to reply, since I am having so much fun!