MamaShark

Afternoon report:
With lunch done, I headed to Starbucks for my daily Strawberry refresher. Then Hubby said he was going back to the FlowRider, D17 is reading on the suite sundeck, D15 is chilling with her books in the cabin. 
I had to go to the suite sundeck to grab the sunscreen from D17 to bring to Hubby at the FlowRider (see, still playing home genie) so I grabbed some pics of the crowds on the suite sundeck. Not bad. Perhaps it got too hot for everyone . I will try to go again earlier over the next two days. 

I sure hope so! We need someone to take care of us when we grow old! And she already knows my cruising style. 😂
Thank you @Neesa! And congratulations to you too with your graduate! ❤️

Shane is amazing! There is no doubt about that! We had lunch and it was awesome having the opportunity to chat with Shane and Stephen. A fun way to spend an unexpected sea day! 

I think we definitely got the “genie special” this afternoon! I have to say, I am not easily surprised but I did not see this one coming! 
When getting drinks with @recogneyes, she asked me if we had been to the pub. I said no and that we are not huge fans of the pub in general. She said we have to at least pop by for a  visit to see the pub signer because he is really good.
Later then evening, we ran into @recogneyes again at playmakers, and Stephen, the pub signer was there. She introduced us and we said will try to find time to see him. If you are wondering where I am going with this, keep reading…
Today is a sea day, and Shane overheard us saying last night that we might do El Loco today. He suggested that we do a delivery because it might be busy and our kids never get anywhere early. When we came back to our room to eat, this is what we found. 
 

So great getting caught up in person…love our conversations. We cover a lot of topics in a short period of time. Lavender martini in the schooner bar can be our tradition when we meet up again…hopefully not too far in the future. 

He was on last week.  I think he's been on OA for quite a while.
If anyone cares (and I'm sure they don't), Mario has to eat breakfast in Chops just like the rest of the non-Suite Pinns.  😅

Also, alpha, alpha, alpha deck 7 stateroom 😕

That is what we could not figure out! We don’t know what the original beef was. As the two guys were putting their behinds in the chairs, the guy behind was already yelling something. That part we did not hear. But then the two guys sat and turned around and started yelling back that they asked and it was fine for them to sit there. That was the part we started to hear. Then it started escalating after that .

Current situation:

Pretty lazy morning so far. Ever since I woke up at 8am, we have just been coasting off the coast of Cuba. Barely moving. I was adopted for breakfast by Andrew and family. Hubby is up now and hitting the FlowRider. Freeloaders have yet to be scene. 
I might wander to the suite sundeck to grab some photos of the crowds. I have heard that the chair hogs are out in full force out there this sailing. Like someone is up there before 7:30am and saving a ton of chairs. No one is policing up there like they are on Deck 15. 

Sorry @Lovetocruise2002  Adding on to your wonderful blog with my observations!  This Aqua80 show was incredible.  We were on Oasis last year and thought it was fine but not great.  The divers seemed much more talented than last year and did much harder dives.  
The water situation stinks!  Yesterday we all had taken showers before it went down.  The first time, my hubby was stuck with suds.
Did Frozen in Time have skaters in duck costumes at one point.  We thought it did and we didn’t really like the show so we skipped it.
Today’s agenda: work out, breakfast in WJ (hate it but it’s easy), sit under pink slide, at some point go to next cruise, dinner at CK, early to bed.  Tomorrow we are going to Blue Hole so need to wake up early.
We are really seeing more cost cutting measures from a year ago.  
Off to work out!

P.S. Thank you. I've had a really CRAP day. I appreciate the Escape you're providing!

We used to get this insurance policy before we moved over to Chase Sapphire. It covers shorex reimbursement for missed port stops so this letter would be helpful to make claims. 
 
Universal Cruise
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ITINERARY CHANGE – PRE-PAID EXCURSION
 
In the event a cruise line makes a Change in Your Trip itinerary, after Your actual departure date that prevents You from participating in an event/activity that was pre-paid prior to departure and scheduled on Your Trip itinerary, Your nonrefundable pre-paid event/activity expenses will be reimbursed up to the Maximum Benefit shown on the Schedule of Benefits, subject to any applicable sub-limits.
 
Benefits will not be paid if the event/activity is rescheduled during the course of the Trip.
 
Verification by the cruise line of the change in the scheduled Trip itinerary will be necessary for claim payment.
 

After dinner we went to see Frozen in Time. I got a good laugh at myself here because I now know that I spoke too soon when I said we don’t encounter shenanigans.
Shane had reserve two seats beside D17 and whoever it was for did not end up showing. Towards show start time, Shane removes the SC banners. Like hawks, two guys swoop in and ask Shane if they can have the seats. Shane tells them go ahead. D17 later pointed out that these are the same guys who did this at Aqua 80 try #1 a few nights ago.
Anyhow, this is where it got crazy. So the two guys sit down and another guy behind them starts yelling at them. The two guys start yelling back saying they have every right to sit there because they asked (which they did). Then all sorts of swearing and name calling begin. We told D17 to get ready to duck down lol.
These 3 guys caused such a commotion and neither would back down. Everyone was now watching. They basically did not stop swearing and name calling until the show began. So extra and such an overreaction on both parts.

Dinner was at Chops tonight. I love Chops. I think about the mushroom soup and lobster all the time. My soup was delicious! Something was slightly off with the lobster. I am not sure what? Almost tasted like it had sat out on a warmer? It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t great either. Dessert was delicious as always, but my Bavarian coffee was odd too. This is a hot drink. It is always served in a glass mug with a spoon. Mine came in a plastic cup with a straw. Very odd. Freeloaders loved their plate of croutons though! 

Where did I leave off? Oh yes, just before dinner they made the announcement about Labadee being a no go. Then while Hubby was getting ready for dinner, we lose water again. I cannot remember if I told you guys that part already? I have no clue what is going on with the water system on this ship, but 2 days in a row now where the water is just gone at a time when all sorts of people are trying to get ready for dinner 😬

I am 99% sure I will never get a chance to sail in this suite again either. Trying to soak up all our moments. 

No worries! lol
Me too! 
For me yes, for the freeloaders, not so much. 
It doesn’t affect me as I was not going to get off the ship anyway. The kids are a bit disappointed because they got rained out the last Labadee day when we sailed OY for NYE. Hubby is somewhat relieved as he is a bit tired and sunburnt from PDCC and flowriding. So a day of rest is good for him. I am sure he will be back on the FlowRider tomorrow. Regardless, safety is most important. However, does anyone know if we get our port fees back? 

Sea day in place of Labadee sounds like a win! 

Captain just made an announcement. I did not hear it, but Shane texted. Labadee is cancelled tomorrow. Safety/security. Day at sea instead. 

After the SC session, I met up with Shane for another coffee at Starbucks. Then we headed off to Izumi for lunch. Izumi was yummy, a bit slow, but not a big deal cause it’s not like we have anywhere to go.


SC food coma has finally set it. Everyone is stuffed, and napping 😂

Star class flowriding worked to our advantage this morning. You never know how these sessions turn out. Always unpredictable. Sometimes a ton of people show up and you only get one run. Sometimes no one shows up. Today, only Andrew, Owen, and Justin showed up at the start. They got some good runs in for the first 30mins until another family arrived. All together 5 riders for the last 30 mins. That is pretty decent.
Hubby is working on better “carving” this sailing. I don’t even know if I spelt that correctly lol

One thing I found interesting this morning is that no Genies showed up to this session. When I think back to all the SC sessions we have had since the restart, a genie has always met their guests at the FlowRider to get them set up etc. Now, for us it doesn’t really matter because Shane likely knows that Andrew, Owen, and Justin all have waivers signed and know their way around the FlowRider. But the other family that arrived around 9:30am, they probably could have used some assistance. We ended up having to help them out a bit. When I mentioned this to Shane later, he said that on Oasis, the sports staff runs the session. But the sports staff also wasn’t giving this family guidance either so….🤷🏻‍♀️

Star class looks simply incredible. I’m sensing some serious grease for Shane at the completion of the sailing.

@Jax it’s vanilla 

The crew on board are still talking about that sailing you were on a few weeks ago…the crazy day at PDCC.