SweetPea

How is this even a legit question?!

Here i was, all ready to follow along, and then i thought Sweet 16?! And then i look at the date ... Sorry for being about 18 months late!

I agree! Your pics are great!! Here's the Joy itinerary ... of course we are doing something similar on Odyssey Jan 2025 so Day 1: New York City, Ny Sun Aug 18, 2024 | Depart 03:00 PM Day 2: At Sea Mon Aug 19, 2024 Day 3: At Sea Tue Aug 20, 2024 Day 4: San Juan, Pr Wed Aug 21, 2024 | 03:30 PM To 10:00 PM Day 5: Philipsburg St Maarten, Netherland Antilles Thu Aug 22, 2024 | 10:00 AM To 07:00 PM Day 6: St Thomas, Vi Fri Aug 23, 2024 | 07:00 AM To 04:00 PM Day 7: Tortola, British Virgin Islands Sat Aug 24, 2024 | 07:00 AM To 01:30 PM Day 8: Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Sun Aug 25, 2024 | 09:00 AM To 03:00 PM Day 9: At Sea Mon Aug 26, 2024 Day 10: At Sea Tue Aug 27, 2024 Day 11: New York City, Ny Wed Aug 28, 2024 | Arrive 07:00 AM

Yeah! I spy with my little eye the Norwegian Getaway. We are just off her for her Thanksgiving cruise this year. Oh no, wait, that's the Joy, isn't it? Hard to tell from the aft only, but I'm thinking that's the Joy instead. She's got a nice 10-day intinerary we are spying in August. Still

You cannot let me down! You know I'm waiting for a VERY important piece of info to assuage Batman

I believe hell is personalized for everyone. That would be one part of mine ....

Question: i know when climbers reach the top, they ring a bell. It sounds like a pretty busy day on the wall. Can you hear constant dinging? Is it bothersome at all?

Haha! Great idea! Keep a running list! (We actually use the Paper app and label it GITCC!) And i was going to say, I'm with @OCSC Mike! Playmakers burgers are awesome, but i totally agree with you .... Johnny Rockets is just meh. Shame Harmony doesn't have PM. I can say we were generally freezing on OA in September so this may be a new thing or maybe a sailings from the South thing? Too bad Reyd and Lyndsay didn't try rock climbing at 12:59 .

I think at this point, you should just have one long continuous blog .... You and @Lovetocruise2002. It can be 3k pages long with 24.2M views.

Congrats on Diamond Plus!! You've started your blog for February already? I feel like you're showing restraint here!

Merry Christmas ! Royal's dining packages especially the BOGO in your scenario, makes my head spin. I read your sitch twice, and i still don't get it.

Ugh, one of the things i am NOT looking forward to on our next cruise. I'm getting the impression that there is no special training for Star Class stateroom attendants that do not serve Deck 17. I feel like Loft attendants are excellent, but maybe not so much for other Star Class suites that aren't in the Loft area. That's what i seem to be gathering anyway. I let Batman pick our next room on Symphony and we're in 8734. We could have had a Star Loft, but Batman ix-nayed that in favor of the 2BRATS balcony. I already know I'm going to be so disappointed in the bathrooms. Royal was smart to make deposits N/R. I honestly think I'd cancel if left to me. Nonetheless, I'm still anxious to read more about your experience!

Yeah, it's cruise day! I agree with the new F&B manager. The usual welcome edibles are underwhelming. What they delivered looked awesome. Maybe it's a holiday cruise thing? But it would be nice fleet wide. That would definitely GITCC as a positive! And Berty is very resourceful!

I it!!!

I don't get the connection, but Carnival is now sponsoring/partnering with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, and the Jubilee includes a huge star of Texas,i believe at her bow? Maybe Royal will don a Giant Jersey Tomato decal for ships ported in NJ someday ....

As we would say ... GITCC! That's G-I-T-Double C Going in the Comment Card!

That's my friend! Says the chick who thinks 7:45am is an ungodly hour on vacation..... Seriously, if you recall, i did send them post cruise feedback that the 8:30a SC session was a copout. Good to know my feedback was not taken seriously. I mean, why would it?! Anyway, Batman and I are both working Christmas Eve and Day, and so I'll be blowing off work where possible to read your blog, and i can't wait to meet Berty!

my first thought was that Lyndsay and Reyd talked you into buying an RV for the trip home.

Yeah! I hope you're blogging this one!

Can you go to CK that night, and will they have a special dinner? The Haven restaurant has lobster tails every night and they always have something special for the holidays, like they added carved turkey on Thanksgiving, etc. Curious how CK handles it. Sorry for the hijack; I'm honestly shocked at the way Royal handles this.

This is leaving a sour taste, and it doesn't even affect me. I thought NCL had the lead in nickel & diming, but this is a gross and blatant $$ grab. We've not done a Christmas cruise, but have done Thanksgiving and NYE, and there is nothing like this on NCL. C'mon Royal. Holiday cruises are at an extreme premium to begin with. Upcharging an existing upcharge to eat a celebratory meal on the actual holiday is predatory.

I'm still wrapping my head around the upcharge for a holiday meal. Is this specific to Christmas & NYE? What about Thanksgiving?

On, i don't know how i missed this, but I'm here for the shenanigans, even though there doesn't seem as much as last time! So many bloggers here cruise way too much! I feel like the lot of you cruise 3x the amount we cruise one! Though Mariner gives me PTSD. HATE, hate, hate that ship, though I'm still looking looking forward to your take! xx

Amen

We probably need to merge Lyndsay and Batman for a nice, happy vacation medium. I'm getting the feeling he's a go, go, go? If I'm reading that wrong, ignore the short blonde behind the curtain and discontinue reading! Batman's favorite saying is "i don't NEED to..." He never "needs" to do anything. I have to say, " i know you don't 'need' to, but I'd like to. Can you please come with me?" And that's how i won an 11-night Odyssey cruise in his last favorite stateroom (on HIS birthday, no less). That, and Genie Leticia helped after the fact.