AshleyDillo
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How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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So much passing. Smaller ship, way less variety. It's super hard to just find protein and veggies that aren't deep fried or covered in a questionable sauce, so I've just been sticking to the salad bar and the Indian dishes. -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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She gave us some story about how she's has a friend onboard and she's gonna toss them into her cabin so the steward will see them..not quite sure what the game is but makes me want to make sure I make dinner every evening -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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Gotta get it all out of my system before my return to the sweet (suite) life on Icon in June -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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But you wouldn't drive anywhere but PC anyways -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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Time for activities. First I have to swing by the room to put on my casino clothes. Pro tip: Pack one outfit to wear in the casino. Change into it every night before going to the casino. This way you only have one smoky set of clothes. same black shirt and black pants every night. -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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I think I'm driving over it next week on my turnaround day as I trek from Tampa to Miami. -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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But back to dinner...my "healthy choices". Watered down spaghetti sauce..menu said it was tomato soup, and I guess technically that was not a lie. Prime rib, medium rare Cheese plate which was a ball of blue cheese (my favorite! ), orange cheese (tastes like plastic), and Swiss (). There was also a ball of something that felt sticky and smelled sweet that I vetoed putting my mouth. -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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This is my third time cruising out of Tampa. I always mean to catch going under the bridge, and I always miss it. This time I was close! Getting an Centrum elevator is rough on this class of ship but I didn't have the time to run all the way to the forward elevators nor do I have the knees to climb from deck 4 to 11. Enjoy my elevator ride with me -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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I have early dinner in the MDR at 5:15. I'm at a table for 8. Tonight 3 other solo travelers showed up. One of them hasn't gotten her luggage yet. She is concerned because she was able to get handcuffs on in her carry-on, so she doesn't know what could have been flagged in her suitcase. Speaking of suitcases..this is a reasonable amount of luggage for 11 nights on a cruise. -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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I haven't sampled any of them this evening. Only thing I've put in my face up here was some fancy coffee machine drink called a milk-less latte. It tried really, really hard too. -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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It's been amazing so far everywhere I've tried it. This is from the Crown Lounge. And since I'm here..snacks for @OCSC Mike -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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Instead I slum it in the WJ. And I'm attempting to eat healthy since I have 20 days of this coming. Tempting..but I passed this time! -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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I think this is Radiance's first sailing after a drydock. It was a check under the hood kinda thing I assume. They still kept Samba Grill! I will not be springing for the meat sweats this sailing. -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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This is an interior for 4. Last time I was in an interior cabin with 4 people I was tempted to Oscar, Oscar, Oscar one of my cabin mates. For just me it's more than adequate. Storage would definitely be tight for more than 2. There's beds in the ceiling. -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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This Radiance 7-night cruise is my Prime tier cruise that had to be sailed by March 31, 2024. I cut it close. They gave me room 4033 which is a great location on a Radiance class ship. I'm about halfway down the hallway from the Centrum. And halfway down the hall from the forward elevators. Pretty much everywhere I would spend time is a couple flights of stairs at most. And when I want to go to the Windjammer or Solarium/Pool Deck or Crown Lounge I'm starting closer to the bottom so there's better chance of grabbing an empty elevator to the top. -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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Parking at the garage at Port of Tampa was affordable for a week. I think it was $110.25. They swiped my card and warned me that if I wasn't out of the garage by 11am on debarkation day I would be charged more. -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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I got up super early this morning to make the 4 hour drive to Tampa from Tallahassee. No need for a hotel the night before this way. Not the best driving conditions..but the rain cleared up once I arrived. -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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One S2S and 10 days later a B2B. -
How Much Independence is Too Much? (with a Radiance prelude)
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Royal Caribbean Bank of America Card
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I would never I would also never use a brand new credit card with a sign-up bonus (spend X in the first 90 days and get a Y bonus!) I save all my $1 and $5 bills but keep all other cash in the bank and get it at the casino rather than travel there with it. Of course you have to travel back with your winnings. I think there's a $5K/day limit at the casino and they will freeze your account for 24 hours from making room charges if you don't play through some of it at the slots. That stuff is still coded as a travel purchase and a 3% cash back card is still a better choice. Every so often the Royal Caribbean card will have a bonus offer...I think I saw one for 8X points when using the card onboard Wonder of the Seas which is great if you were sailing on Wonder during that period of time.