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yesssssss!!! i wish they would leave the abyss off all future ships tbh. it’s such an eyesore and what a view to block.

now i’m choking

omggggggggggg i’m swooning first of all… that schedule is insane. truly. THIS IS LIKE A PLOT IN A BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and so it BEGINS [throwing popcorn in the air in excitement] SMOOTH. never let the moment pass you by!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM YELLING TO THE HIGH HEAVENS!!!!!!!!! ahahahahahahahahhaha the lasagne saved you i am convinced THIS IS INCREDIBLE. ALL I EVER WANTED!!!!!! man, what a ride!!!! i am sure it was somewhat shortened for brevity but i think we should make this into a book/movie. and maybe add some pranks/shenanigans as you get to know each other. fun fact: my mom hired my dad so i love stories like this!!!!!!

OMG. pineapple shirts. this poor man!!!!!! the boss is clearly the voice of reason here (also i feel the same; the cabin space and the rest of it is a huge part of the trip for me as well) welp. this is sure to be a wild ride!!!!! johnny and i will just be on the sidelines with our shared feelings and observations

cures what ails ya!!!! especially good for digesting heavier foods like steak

this is what deterred us also. i find miami accommodations to be somewhat on the pricier side if you want to stay in miami proper. going south, near brickell, we don’t personally feel safe in. but everyone is different.

thank you!!! sadly i fear it has turned into some mutant sinus infection at least i am sleeping in my own bed i feel like that always helps i know i was so grateful any time there was champagne involved in your liveblogs YOU CANNOT LEAVE ME HANGING HERE. my writer soul needs this story!!!!

johnny gets me. aqua 80 ride or die!!!!!!

dan!!!! please give him our love miss you both!!

YESSSSSS we loved our double balcony in CP!

YOU'RE WELCOME. it was all i COULD see.

wait I LOVE THIS. this is so cute

oh no, the socks were not the issue at all!! the socked feet propped up on the chair in front like at the OB/GYN was my call out. i, too, wear socks on the plane on longer haul flights. haha that would have been funny but alas. it was the night we FINALLY sailed away from cococay and the closet doors sounded like they were coming down on us. between the constant breaking noise and the howling from the balcony door (the weather stripping needed replacing), i was awake from 3am on. legit couldn’t sleep and also because i had to follow up three days later a few other issues that had been lodged that sleepless night morning. i think they felt bad. coincidentally, that was the night i started feeling a twinge in my throat that later manifested in who knows what now

oh my gosh can you imagine!?! while somewhat similar, this pizza was leftover from my favorite local place. it was my bribe to myself to finish unpacking after i'd eaten. and i will tell you all... i did, in fact, FULLY unpack everything and put it all away last night, even though i was dragging. and i am very grateful i did. how can we ever live without knowing if batman has packed enough underwear for the rest of his cruising days???? a cautionary tale AND entertainment all at the same time!

i am unsure the specifics about casino bookings - i know @Ampurp85 and @WAAAYTOOO have had some experience with them, though!! tagging in for visibility

home safe; second load of laundry in and i’m devouring a leftover pizza. i should probably turn on the TV at some point for kickoff but i’m staring at my bags and wondering if i have enough left in the tank to fully unpack. i am looking forward to sleeping in my own bed …it will be a bit weird not to hear “power of love” or “purple rain” muffled in the background as i drift off, though…

is it bad that i was thinking this also??! the sock person…. i truly had no words. a lawless country, INDEED!!! i do feel like this is a polarized subject tbh. but it makes me think of ELF vs sabor. i personally love sabor more; it has better guac, it’s a great dinner option that doesn’t break the bank, and it’s sit down so it’s slightly more civilized. HOWEVER. even i cannot deny the convenience of ELF and how it fast became my lunch go-to. my issue with gio’s kitchen is that we have some REALLY kickass italian food in NJ. so the “traditional” dishes at GK do not appeal to me. whereas jamie’s has some options i would not readily have available at home. very similar to @JohnK6404’s thoughts about hooked. we have REALLY good seafood at the shore. so my expectations were properly set and i got what i couldn’t get here at home — a massive lobster that nearly took me down same!!! my favorite section

omg thank you so much

i would sometimes feel bad when i was catching up on some posts at dinner — but very grateful it was just J and i for this reason i found catching a peaceful time in the crown lounge, or taking advantage of our pre-vintage bed time was often when i got most up to date, so to speak. this was something i learned to do to break it up for my own process; although i feel like it somewhat falls under the category of — each blogger is different (and of course, we love it because of that fact!) also i feel that we all cover different topics, which i personally love. not just because we can see what each person is most interested in, but also to get a feel for each other’s likes/dislikes and personalities. i am sure if any of you met me in real life, you would not be surprised that i gesture wildly like the italian i am, wear red lipstick, and love to laugh. i am dramatic and fascinated by humans (when i can watch from a safe distance) and have my own internal order to keep (usually by way of my caravan of luggage) to keep my Type A personality in check. live-blogging and having that back and forth with everyone is like having a dinner party and getting to know your new friends (who LOVE CRUISING) better i like understanding each of you a little better when we all engage in each other’s blogs.

it is really the coolest thing i hope you guys get the turnaround too!!

i jinxed myself. we have a service dog aboard that i am 99.99% certain IS NOT a service dog; an insane lack of overhead space due to emergency equipment??? and under seat storage that you can’t fit anything under. also…… there’s this……

for @Va4fam ; this was our CP balcony on harmony. we also snagged one of the extended balconies which made it feel so much bigger! last pic is all our luggage to scale…. which was hysterical when compared to last night, while i was parkour-ing my way through the cabin to try to pack.

funnily enough, we do a last video of the door closing!!! which i will post later. we typically say - “it’s over” in a dejected tone when we do this. so i am of mixed feelings here; and i will go into more detail in my final thoughts — but TL;DR: you will have a marvelous time on harmony. the cabins are newer, with a better layout for storage and the bathrooms are better equipped (space tube bigger, sink area wider). there are outlets and USB spots available as well. also jamie’s is on board, which we far prefer to giovanni’s kitchen! we would have definitely had dinner there at least once, if not more, while on board.

not sure how i wound up with the horrifically tragic end of the stick here, but… i think i would just prefer people being trifling tbh

there are so many vintages here in the club — TRUE vintages — with loud phone alerts, ringing and full on conversations with no airpods.