Cathy Drew

Looks great so far. Awesome photos. 

Pre Cruise Day

Travelled from Brisbane to Sydney by plane. 1 1/2 hour trip. Went by train from the airport to the hotel. 

If you ever get on a cruise in Sydney, the Holiday Inn Old Sydney is a great place to stay. Close to the port, the city  and  a very comfortable sleep.

We were upgraded to a Harbour View room, so got a view of Ovation coming into the port this morning.

Day before vacation 

was a busy day cleaning, finalising packing and taking the animals to their holiday resort. Trying to get the cats into their cage for transportation was fraught with danger. We have the scratches to prove it.

On 3/6/2019 at 9:45 AM, SpeedNoodles said:

Yay! I'll be on Ovation in June, so I'm looking forward to reading about your adventure! 

You will love Ovation. This will be our second time on her.

Pre Cruise

I'll try and keep this up to date as possible...... but I may be having way too much fun when I get on Ovation.

It's two days before we board the beautiful Ovation of the Seas. We're all really excited. I'm travelling with my husband and two twenty-something kids. We have a Junior Suite, so looking forward to that. 

It's off to Sydney, Australia tomorrow (Thursday 10:05am Brisbane Australia time flight) for us. Our dogs and cats go to their holiday home today. 

Stay tuned for more fun adventures.

Cathy D

On 1/1/2019 at 6:14 AM, twangster said:

Fourteen cruises marks the most I've cruised in any single year so I thought I take a second to put it down in a post.

I started 2018 as a relatively new Diamond member in the Crown and Anchor Society and finished just over the halfway mark to Pinnacle.

Anthem -> Liberty -> Serenade -> Adventure -> Explorer -> Empress -> Radiance -> Mariner -> Enchantment -> Adventure -> Symphony -> Serenade -> Oasis -> Navigator

The scary part is I missed a cruise when my daughter graduated from the Air Force or it would have been fifteen.  Oh well, well worth it.

Of all these cruises I think Navigator to the ABC islands was my best cruise, in no small part due to the ABC islands and my cruise mate (step daughter and scuba diving buddy).

Other notable 2018 cruise events for me

• First Transatlantic (Symphony)
• First Canada/New England (Adventure)
• First ABC island cruise
• First visit/cruise to Cuba
• First Diamond Plus cruise (Adventure repositioning San Juan to Bayonne)
• First Radiance class experience
• First Voyager class experience
• Completed the Oasis class challenge (sailing all Oasis Class)
• Completed the Freedom class challenge (sailing all Freedom class)
• Completed the Empress class challenge (easy one here)
• My longest single cruise (Adventure 13 night Snowbird Migration)
• Paid for a cruise in full and didn't show up (cruise #15 above)
• Sailed six different classes of ship in a single year (would have been seven classes if not for the missed cruise)
• First time on a FlowRider
• Five Crystal Blocks
• First year not sailing in a full suite
• Sailed on a ship every month of the year
• First RoyalCaribbeanBlog Group Cruise!!!!

What was your most notable cruise moment of 2018?

Wow! What an awesome year. Love your block collection.