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I skipped MDR on the last night..Caribbean night is not my fave and I had ruined my dinner with a late snack from Fish & Ships.
Did some damage in the casino and ended up with an instant certificate...it was all 10-hand video poker.  I am definitely qualified for Prime now despite my prior 2 sailings this month not showing points on the Club Royale site. I decided to hit up 3-card poker on the way out and hit a 4 of a kind so that was a nice little payout.
Packed up for turnaround day...and set an early alarm and woke up before the sun had burned off the yuck. 

I was able to stay in my cabin and work until 9:30 and then I met up in the Star Lounge with about 50 others.  They will have a lunch for us in the dining room at 11:30.
Now we are waiting to be called to get our new SeaPass cards.

Oscar has been killing it with the mini menagerie..

Matches the theme of the little choking hazard I found yesterday..remote for scale.

And got my B2B letter!
 

I have done Miami to Port Canaveral with no issue. I used a one-way car rental and drove myself.  I wouldn't consider flying and the Brightline is too out of the way and could be subject to delays.

Consecutive cruiser lunch menu...only about 15 of us are here and they sat me solo 😂

I skipped MDR on the last night..Caribbean night is not my fave and I had ruined my dinner with a late snack from Fish & Ships.
Did some damage in the casino and ended up with an instant certificate...it was all 10-hand video poker.  I am definitely qualified for Prime now despite my prior 2 sailings this month not showing points on the Club Royale site. I decided to hit up 3-card poker on the way out and hit a 4 of a kind so that was a nice little payout.
Packed up for turnaround day...and set an early alarm and woke up before the sun had burned off the yuck. 

I was able to stay in my cabin and work until 9:30 and then I met up in the Star Lounge with about 50 others.  They will have a lunch for us in the dining room at 11:30.
Now we are waiting to be called to get our new SeaPass cards.

Consecutive cruiser lunch menu...only about 15 of us are here and they sat me solo 😂

I skipped MDR on the last night..Caribbean night is not my fave and I had ruined my dinner with a late snack from Fish & Ships.
Did some damage in the casino and ended up with an instant certificate...it was all 10-hand video poker.  I am definitely qualified for Prime now despite my prior 2 sailings this month not showing points on the Club Royale site. I decided to hit up 3-card poker on the way out and hit a 4 of a kind so that was a nice little payout.
Packed up for turnaround day...and set an early alarm and woke up before the sun had burned off the yuck. 

I was able to stay in my cabin and work until 9:30 and then I met up in the Star Lounge with about 50 others.  They will have a lunch for us in the dining room at 11:30.
Now we are waiting to be called to get our new SeaPass cards.

I have done Miami to Port Canaveral with no issue. I used a one-way car rental and drove myself.  I wouldn't consider flying and the Brightline is too out of the way and could be subject to delays.

Yes...avoid taking tequila shots with @mashley1021 😂

Congrats !  I have sucked the past few nights in the casino.  Back to my old ways 🥲

I skipped MDR on the last night..Caribbean night is not my fave and I had ruined my dinner with a late snack from Fish & Ships.
Did some damage in the casino and ended up with an instant certificate...it was all 10-hand video poker.  I am definitely qualified for Prime now despite my prior 2 sailings this month not showing points on the Club Royale site. I decided to hit up 3-card poker on the way out and hit a 4 of a kind so that was a nice little payout.
Packed up for turnaround day...and set an early alarm and woke up before the sun had burned off the yuck. 

I was able to stay in my cabin and work until 9:30 and then I met up in the Star Lounge with about 50 others.  They will have a lunch for us in the dining room at 11:30.
Now we are waiting to be called to get our new SeaPass cards.

I skipped MDR on the last night..Caribbean night is not my fave and I had ruined my dinner with a late snack from Fish & Ships.
Did some damage in the casino and ended up with an instant certificate...it was all 10-hand video poker.  I am definitely qualified for Prime now despite my prior 2 sailings this month not showing points on the Club Royale site. I decided to hit up 3-card poker on the way out and hit a 4 of a kind so that was a nice little payout.
Packed up for turnaround day...and set an early alarm and woke up before the sun had burned off the yuck. 

I was able to stay in my cabin and work until 9:30 and then I met up in the Star Lounge with about 50 others.  They will have a lunch for us in the dining room at 11:30.
Now we are waiting to be called to get our new SeaPass cards.

I skipped MDR on the last night..Caribbean night is not my fave and I had ruined my dinner with a late snack from Fish & Ships.
Did some damage in the casino and ended up with an instant certificate...it was all 10-hand video poker.  I am definitely qualified for Prime now despite my prior 2 sailings this month not showing points on the Club Royale site. I decided to hit up 3-card poker on the way out and hit a 4 of a kind so that was a nice little payout.
Packed up for turnaround day...and set an early alarm and woke up before the sun had burned off the yuck. 

I was able to stay in my cabin and work until 9:30 and then I met up in the Star Lounge with about 50 others.  They will have a lunch for us in the dining room at 11:30.
Now we are waiting to be called to get our new SeaPass cards.

I skipped MDR on the last night..Caribbean night is not my fave and I had ruined my dinner with a late snack from Fish & Ships.
Did some damage in the casino and ended up with an instant certificate...it was all 10-hand video poker.  I am definitely qualified for Prime now despite my prior 2 sailings this month not showing points on the Club Royale site. I decided to hit up 3-card poker on the way out and hit a 4 of a kind so that was a nice little payout.
Packed up for turnaround day...and set an early alarm and woke up before the sun had burned off the yuck. 

I was able to stay in my cabin and work until 9:30 and then I met up in the Star Lounge with about 50 others.  They will have a lunch for us in the dining room at 11:30.
Now we are waiting to be called to get our new SeaPass cards.

Halifax is extremely walkable right out of the port area. I would suggest walking around until you see something interesting. If you're looking for "local" maybe check out Smokes for poutine. Also check if the BeaverTails is open at the waterfront..I think their summer season ends October so you may be in luck. It's effectively Canada's answer to the funnel cake.

Oscar has been killing it with the mini menagerie..

Matches the theme of the little choking hazard I found yesterday..remote for scale.

And got my B2B letter!
 

Today was Puerto Plata and we did the Ocean World Sea Lion Encounter & Snorkeling with sharks and Lunch.  This is one of the best excursions we have ever taken.  I have lots of pix but of course, they are not yet on my iPad so I will have to post them later.
We had soooo much fun and saw so many awesome critters.
Ocean World is a Dominican Sea World -an Aqua park with shows and exhibitions.  I was very surprised to find it was very well maintained and well organized.  I have been to aqua parks before in other countries that were…well….sad.  But this one is not.  It was thoroughly enjoyable.
There were dolphin and sea lion shows as well as the shark encounter and multiple snorkeling/swimming aquariums.  There were aviary enclosures (small but fun).  There was a beachfront swimming area as well as fresh water pools.  Some of the interactions were additional $$ (dolphins, in our case since we paid for the sea lions and shark interactions) but we did not pay for anything more than our original excursion included and we had a blast !   Lunch was a pretty typical Caribbean buffet….nothing to write home about, but it wasn’t bad….but was very busy !
Transportation from the port was in a big, comfortable, air conditioned bus….may 15 minutes from the port,  fast, efficient and well organized.  I will definitely recommend this excursion or the one like it that included the dolphin interaction.
This excursion wasn’t cheap.  It was nearly $200 PP but you got a lot for your money and I think it was worth the cost.  We go on VERY few excursions.
We were exhausted by the time we got back to the ship.  The bus left the port area at 8:30 and we got back at 2:00 so it’s a very full day and there’s lots to do.

This is the case for every customer service situation...shoreside customer service is terrible compared to your experience on board. I see this time and time again with all kinds of situations people post about. It's a shame that excellent customer service doesn't continue off the ship  😐
One could hope bringing this up to anyone high up in the company will actually make a difference, but it hasn't made much change in the past.
Your ask is a huge one, especially considering how terrible Royal's IT is. But if no one asks, it's nearly a guarantee nothing will ever change 

The Pan American pier doesn't have a lot nearby. If you take a taxi/Uber down to Old San Juan, Barrachina Restaurant (claims the Pina colada) stores luggage. 

Oscar has been killing it with the mini menagerie..

Matches the theme of the little choking hazard I found yesterday..remote for scale.

And got my B2B letter!
 

Proof I got off the ship today!

Then got right back on😂

My first visit to Grand Turk... I guess it's convenient to have the beach *right* there at the pier, but you have to want to do the beach. There's also a pool at Margaritaville.  They offered some tour the island and snorkel trips and rum tasting excursions but I didn't venture out of the port area so I couldn't tell you what the rest of the place is like.
The water was very pretty and you could see lots of colorful fish by the pier and an occasional ray swim by. I'd imagine snorkeling here would be decent.
This was a replacement stop for Labadee which does not have Effy, Harley Davidson, Ron Jon, or Pirhana Joe's so it's up to you to decide if it's a worthy substitution.

Any other Prime or above casino folks just order a drink from every roaming waiter that walks by to up the chances of actually receiving said drink and then ends up accidentally double fisting or is it just me?

There were these two ladies a couple tables down from me who were alllllll about it. Everyone else scurried away.

It was the Macarena. Didn't want to leave you hanging.

Despite dining solo..I can't manage to make it out of the MDR before they start the singing and dancing. Coming 15 mins early doesn't help anything..ughhhh.  I didn't even order an entree this time!