MorganMichelle2001

One thing to do with the kids, for a sail away, go to deck 14 forward, port side, in the hallway by the rooms, walk as far forward as you can, there will be a door on your left, you can watch sail away from the bridge wing, there is also a small wrap around deck, but you can only get in and out from the port side.
 
Edit, missed the photo above, looks like you have already been on deck 14 forward.

loving this blog...following along and great so far for your first blog btw!

Sorry for the delayed post, we had some issues getting our internet access. I figured we’d get instructions with our Key information, but nada. Had to go to customer service to get help.
What a beautiful day! Early access on the ship thanks to The Key (and lunch at Chops was superb.) Pool, unpacking, muster drill, dinner, and Mama Mia! Here are some pics from a Day 1! I’ll fill in the details later!
 
Beautiful Terminal A! 


 
First thing we did after dropping our carry ons at the theatre: Carousel! My kids also found a fun little jungle gym/play thing in the Boardwalk. 

 
Chops lunch w/ The Key. Apparently they were serving the exact same menu at Giovanni’s but also w the option of a pasta. Our waiter at Chops, Elvis, was outstanding! 

 
Kiddos got got to eat off the exact same menu, even my 5 year old who we didn’t have to pay for The Key!

 
Birthday boy boy and his sister got surprised with cute stuffed animal/blanket and cupcakes, thanks to Royal’s Social Media Team (told you they were great!)  

 
Pools were not super busy at all!

 
Sail away on Deck 14 Sun Deck

 


 
 
 

Morning fun on the Boardwalk! Are breakfast at Windjammer, now exploring the ship! 
 
My son is begging to go Rock Climbing! Soon!!

 
Jungle Gym


 
Bean Bag toss game!

Sorry for the delayed post, we had some issues getting our internet access. I figured we’d get instructions with our Key information, but nada. Had to go to customer service to get help.
What a beautiful day! Early access on the ship thanks to The Key (and lunch at Chops was superb.) Pool, unpacking, muster drill, dinner, and Mama Mia! Here are some pics from a Day 1! I’ll fill in the details later!
 
Beautiful Terminal A! 


 
First thing we did after dropping our carry ons at the theatre: Carousel! My kids also found a fun little jungle gym/play thing in the Boardwalk. 

 
Chops lunch w/ The Key. Apparently they were serving the exact same menu at Giovanni’s but also w the option of a pasta. Our waiter at Chops, Elvis, was outstanding! 

 
Kiddos got got to eat off the exact same menu, even my 5 year old who we didn’t have to pay for The Key!

 
Birthday boy boy and his sister got surprised with cute stuffed animal/blanket and cupcakes, thanks to Royal’s Social Media Team (told you they were great!)  

 
Pools were not super busy at all!

 
Sail away on Deck 14 Sun Deck

 


 
 
 

We’re in Miami! Our newly booked flight out at 8:45 am went without a hitch. Funny enough, they were overbooked by 4 and were offering $ to volunteers willing to take the 12:50 flight (what we were originally booked on before I moved it because of the winter storm advisory, we were supposed to get dumped on around noon.) They got all the way to $1200/ticket! Dang, we could have made some major moula had we been willing to go back to our original plan. Oh well, we are here now and ready for fun!
Some pics below from the airport and hotel. Of course, the kids HAD to go swimming first thing, though the pool is SUPER cold, so that didn’t last long. We are staying at Windgate by Windom Airport...I’d say it’s only meh ? Nice clean rooms, pool small and very cold, nothing around the hotel...I got it cheap on Priceline so I’m not upset, but since we arrived earlier than planned I wish we were closer to the action by the Pier or Miami Beach. Oh well, we’ll be off to bed early and onto the ship early! Daylight savings tomorrow only means an hour closer to the fun! 


Our hotel is very nice and clean...just too far away from the action. Next time I’ll get closer to the pier! 


And we are super close to the airport...it’s like a mini preview for our Maho Beach excursion ?

Let the vacation begin! Heading over to spend the night at my folks’ place. Grandpa is driving us to the airport, bright and early, and they are watching our doggie all week. 
 

 
Oh, and daddy JUST said he forgot to pack the goggles...guess we will be making a pit stop at Target! (the guy in the blue shirt is my husband, doing the ‘daddy walk of shame’ into Target... how could he forget something so pivotal ?)

Sorry for the delayed post, we had some issues getting our internet access. I figured we’d get instructions with our Key information, but nada. Had to go to customer service to get help.
What a beautiful day! Early access on the ship thanks to The Key (and lunch at Chops was superb.) Pool, unpacking, muster drill, dinner, and Mama Mia! Here are some pics from a Day 1! I’ll fill in the details later!
 
Beautiful Terminal A! 


 
First thing we did after dropping our carry ons at the theatre: Carousel! My kids also found a fun little jungle gym/play thing in the Boardwalk. 

 
Chops lunch w/ The Key. Apparently they were serving the exact same menu at Giovanni’s but also w the option of a pasta. Our waiter at Chops, Elvis, was outstanding! 

 
Kiddos got got to eat off the exact same menu, even my 5 year old who we didn’t have to pay for The Key!

 
Birthday boy boy and his sister got surprised with cute stuffed animal/blanket and cupcakes, thanks to Royal’s Social Media Team (told you they were great!)  

 
Pools were not super busy at all!

 
Sail away on Deck 14 Sun Deck

 


 
 
 

Sorry for the delayed post, we had some issues getting our internet access. I figured we’d get instructions with our Key information, but nada. Had to go to customer service to get help.
What a beautiful day! Early access on the ship thanks to The Key (and lunch at Chops was superb.) Pool, unpacking, muster drill, dinner, and Mama Mia! Here are some pics from a Day 1! I’ll fill in the details later!
 
Beautiful Terminal A! 


 
First thing we did after dropping our carry ons at the theatre: Carousel! My kids also found a fun little jungle gym/play thing in the Boardwalk. 

 
Chops lunch w/ The Key. Apparently they were serving the exact same menu at Giovanni’s but also w the option of a pasta. Our waiter at Chops, Elvis, was outstanding! 

 
Kiddos got got to eat off the exact same menu, even my 5 year old who we didn’t have to pay for The Key!

 
Birthday boy boy and his sister got surprised with cute stuffed animal/blanket and cupcakes, thanks to Royal’s Social Media Team (told you they were great!)  

 
Pools were not super busy at all!

 
Sail away on Deck 14 Sun Deck

 


 
 
 

Sorry for the delayed post, we had some issues getting our internet access. I figured we’d get instructions with our Key information, but nada. Had to go to customer service to get help.
What a beautiful day! Early access on the ship thanks to The Key (and lunch at Chops was superb.) Pool, unpacking, muster drill, dinner, and Mama Mia! Here are some pics from a Day 1! I’ll fill in the details later!
 
Beautiful Terminal A! 


 
First thing we did after dropping our carry ons at the theatre: Carousel! My kids also found a fun little jungle gym/play thing in the Boardwalk. 

 
Chops lunch w/ The Key. Apparently they were serving the exact same menu at Giovanni’s but also w the option of a pasta. Our waiter at Chops, Elvis, was outstanding! 

 
Kiddos got got to eat off the exact same menu, even my 5 year old who we didn’t have to pay for The Key!

 
Birthday boy boy and his sister got surprised with cute stuffed animal/blanket and cupcakes, thanks to Royal’s Social Media Team (told you they were great!)  

 
Pools were not super busy at all!

 
Sail away on Deck 14 Sun Deck

 


 
 
 

We’re in Miami! Our newly booked flight out at 8:45 am went without a hitch. Funny enough, they were overbooked by 4 and were offering $ to volunteers willing to take the 12:50 flight (what we were originally booked on before I moved it because of the winter storm advisory, we were supposed to get dumped on around noon.) They got all the way to $1200/ticket! Dang, we could have made some major moula had we been willing to go back to our original plan. Oh well, we are here now and ready for fun!
Some pics below from the airport and hotel. Of course, the kids HAD to go swimming first thing, though the pool is SUPER cold, so that didn’t last long. We are staying at Windgate by Windom Airport...I’d say it’s only meh ? Nice clean rooms, pool small and very cold, nothing around the hotel...I got it cheap on Priceline so I’m not upset, but since we arrived earlier than planned I wish we were closer to the action by the Pier or Miami Beach. Oh well, we’ll be off to bed early and onto the ship early! Daylight savings tomorrow only means an hour closer to the fun! 


Our hotel is very nice and clean...just too far away from the action. Next time I’ll get closer to the pier! 


And we are super close to the airport...it’s like a mini preview for our Maho Beach excursion ?

Let the vacation begin! Heading over to spend the night at my folks’ place. Grandpa is driving us to the airport, bright and early, and they are watching our doggie all week. 
 

 
Oh, and daddy JUST said he forgot to pack the goggles...guess we will be making a pit stop at Target! (the guy in the blue shirt is my husband, doing the ‘daddy walk of shame’ into Target... how could he forget something so pivotal ?)

We are in the single digits!! T-minus 9 days until we leave for Miami!! Luckily, we are so busy the next few days that I’m hoping time will fly by: Kindergarten Orientation, basketball and dance lessons, early birthday parties and celebrations for my son, and of course last minute shopping and packing!
Speaking of packing, I started about a week ago, pulled out all the kids’ summer clothes, made them try stuff on to see how many new outfits I need to buy, set aside my kids’ formal night wear, started folding and organizing my clothes, and organized all the little “extras” we need for the cabin:
 


 
And here is my husband’s packing progress:

It just remind me of this funny meme ? How true it is!!! 

Testing how to add photos from my phone. This was me and the hubby on Reflection in Aug 2018!

We’re in Miami! Our newly booked flight out at 8:45 am went without a hitch. Funny enough, they were overbooked by 4 and were offering $ to volunteers willing to take the 12:50 flight (what we were originally booked on before I moved it because of the winter storm advisory, we were supposed to get dumped on around noon.) They got all the way to $1200/ticket! Dang, we could have made some major moula had we been willing to go back to our original plan. Oh well, we are here now and ready for fun!
Some pics below from the airport and hotel. Of course, the kids HAD to go swimming first thing, though the pool is SUPER cold, so that didn’t last long. We are staying at Windgate by Windom Airport...I’d say it’s only meh ? Nice clean rooms, pool small and very cold, nothing around the hotel...I got it cheap on Priceline so I’m not upset, but since we arrived earlier than planned I wish we were closer to the action by the Pier or Miami Beach. Oh well, we’ll be off to bed early and onto the ship early! Daylight savings tomorrow only means an hour closer to the fun! 


Our hotel is very nice and clean...just too far away from the action. Next time I’ll get closer to the pier! 


And we are super close to the airport...it’s like a mini preview for our Maho Beach excursion ?

We’re in Miami! Our newly booked flight out at 8:45 am went without a hitch. Funny enough, they were overbooked by 4 and were offering $ to volunteers willing to take the 12:50 flight (what we were originally booked on before I moved it because of the winter storm advisory, we were supposed to get dumped on around noon.) They got all the way to $1200/ticket! Dang, we could have made some major moula had we been willing to go back to our original plan. Oh well, we are here now and ready for fun!
Some pics below from the airport and hotel. Of course, the kids HAD to go swimming first thing, though the pool is SUPER cold, so that didn’t last long. We are staying at Windgate by Windom Airport...I’d say it’s only meh ? Nice clean rooms, pool small and very cold, nothing around the hotel...I got it cheap on Priceline so I’m not upset, but since we arrived earlier than planned I wish we were closer to the action by the Pier or Miami Beach. Oh well, we’ll be off to bed early and onto the ship early! Daylight savings tomorrow only means an hour closer to the fun! 


Our hotel is very nice and clean...just too far away from the action. Next time I’ll get closer to the pier! 


And we are super close to the airport...it’s like a mini preview for our Maho Beach excursion ?

We’re in Miami! Our newly booked flight out at 8:45 am went without a hitch. Funny enough, they were overbooked by 4 and were offering $ to volunteers willing to take the 12:50 flight (what we were originally booked on before I moved it because of the winter storm advisory, we were supposed to get dumped on around noon.) They got all the way to $1200/ticket! Dang, we could have made some major moula had we been willing to go back to our original plan. Oh well, we are here now and ready for fun!
Some pics below from the airport and hotel. Of course, the kids HAD to go swimming first thing, though the pool is SUPER cold, so that didn’t last long. We are staying at Windgate by Windom Airport...I’d say it’s only meh ? Nice clean rooms, pool small and very cold, nothing around the hotel...I got it cheap on Priceline so I’m not upset, but since we arrived earlier than planned I wish we were closer to the action by the Pier or Miami Beach. Oh well, we’ll be off to bed early and onto the ship early! Daylight savings tomorrow only means an hour closer to the fun! 


Our hotel is very nice and clean...just too far away from the action. Next time I’ll get closer to the pier! 


And we are super close to the airport...it’s like a mini preview for our Maho Beach excursion ?

Love Allure. Will be boarding Harmony in April. Will be following.

Let the vacation begin! Heading over to spend the night at my folks’ place. Grandpa is driving us to the airport, bright and early, and they are watching our doggie all week. 
 

 
Oh, and daddy JUST said he forgot to pack the goggles...guess we will be making a pit stop at Target! (the guy in the blue shirt is my husband, doing the ‘daddy walk of shame’ into Target... how could he forget something so pivotal ?)

We’re in Miami! Our newly booked flight out at 8:45 am went without a hitch. Funny enough, they were overbooked by 4 and were offering $ to volunteers willing to take the 12:50 flight (what we were originally booked on before I moved it because of the winter storm advisory, we were supposed to get dumped on around noon.) They got all the way to $1200/ticket! Dang, we could have made some major moula had we been willing to go back to our original plan. Oh well, we are here now and ready for fun!
Some pics below from the airport and hotel. Of course, the kids HAD to go swimming first thing, though the pool is SUPER cold, so that didn’t last long. We are staying at Windgate by Windom Airport...I’d say it’s only meh ? Nice clean rooms, pool small and very cold, nothing around the hotel...I got it cheap on Priceline so I’m not upset, but since we arrived earlier than planned I wish we were closer to the action by the Pier or Miami Beach. Oh well, we’ll be off to bed early and onto the ship early! Daylight savings tomorrow only means an hour closer to the fun! 


Our hotel is very nice and clean...just too far away from the action. Next time I’ll get closer to the pier! 


And we are super close to the airport...it’s like a mini preview for our Maho Beach excursion ?

LOL, darn it! Missed out on the $$!! Good on those who took the offer (it ended up being two separate adult-only couples, great for them to start vacation that much richer!!)

We’re in Miami! Our newly booked flight out at 8:45 am went without a hitch. Funny enough, they were overbooked by 4 and were offering $ to volunteers willing to take the 12:50 flight (what we were originally booked on before I moved it because of the winter storm advisory, we were supposed to get dumped on around noon.) They got all the way to $1200/ticket! Dang, we could have made some major moula had we been willing to go back to our original plan. Oh well, we are here now and ready for fun!
Some pics below from the airport and hotel. Of course, the kids HAD to go swimming first thing, though the pool is SUPER cold, so that didn’t last long. We are staying at Windgate by Windom Airport...I’d say it’s only meh ? Nice clean rooms, pool small and very cold, nothing around the hotel...I got it cheap on Priceline so I’m not upset, but since we arrived earlier than planned I wish we were closer to the action by the Pier or Miami Beach. Oh well, we’ll be off to bed early and onto the ship early! Daylight savings tomorrow only means an hour closer to the fun! 


Our hotel is very nice and clean...just too far away from the action. Next time I’ll get closer to the pier! 


And we are super close to the airport...it’s like a mini preview for our Maho Beach excursion ?

Will be following! Have an amazing time! On Allure May 19th this year!

I am boarding Allure 3/17 so I will be following you! Have a wonderful cruise!

I'll be thinking of you, boarding the ship, enjoying the warm weather and everything, while I'm woefully shoveling tomorrow and Sunday!  Enjoy!