bossdog421

I got another great pic last night of the skyline. I went on a fathers day ride on the quads with the guys.
 
 

Just shy of my 9/20/20. If oasis still sails I'll be the first on her once things resume. 
 
Not going to cancel or shift. I'll test out new procedures for everyone. 

Would suck if they did but ill wait for the official announcement.
 
Some other vacation source will be glad to take my money im sure.

Just shy of my 9/20/20. If oasis still sails I'll be the first on her once things resume. 
 
Not going to cancel or shift. I'll test out new procedures for everyone. 

While I'm not one to grab a pitchfork and make a ton of noise... I did send a message in the contact us section of their site. I asked for updates and threw in a couple lines about things opening up etc.
 
https://www.royalcaribbean.com/resources/contact-us

Double digit day! 99 days to go. Feeling good and worried about the date at the same time. A random post from someone in the FB group saying they called the port and said they will be good to go out of jersey in August gave me a bit of confidence. But still... the world has gone mad, and all that grouping together is likely to drum up more cases. We are on the cusp of reopening and don't think anyone is going to be willing to shut down again. 
 
I've always been a gambling man. My bet is still on things will go!!!
 
Diet update down about 14 pound overall. Had a pretty big plateau for about a week that I finally got passed. Another 16 or so to go.
 
Beautiful day in Jesery. Got out for a hike with the family.
 
 

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-jersey/wildcat-ridge-hawkwatch-trail
 
Hawkwatch. 5 minute drive from my house then about a 30 minute hike. 
 
Lots of cool stuff on that trail if you are willing to do some more serious hiking.

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-jersey/wildcat-ridge-hawkwatch-trail
 
Hawkwatch. 5 minute drive from my house then about a 30 minute hike. 
 
Lots of cool stuff on that trail if you are willing to do some more serious hiking.

That shot of the skyline is insane.  Where is this?

Double digit day! 99 days to go. Feeling good and worried about the date at the same time. A random post from someone in the FB group saying they called the port and said they will be good to go out of jersey in August gave me a bit of confidence. But still... the world has gone mad, and all that grouping together is likely to drum up more cases. We are on the cusp of reopening and don't think anyone is going to be willing to shut down again. 
 
I've always been a gambling man. My bet is still on things will go!!!
 
Diet update down about 14 pound overall. Had a pretty big plateau for about a week that I finally got passed. Another 16 or so to go.
 
Beautiful day in Jesery. Got out for a hike with the family.
 
 

Double digit day! 99 days to go. Feeling good and worried about the date at the same time. A random post from someone in the FB group saying they called the port and said they will be good to go out of jersey in August gave me a bit of confidence. But still... the world has gone mad, and all that grouping together is likely to drum up more cases. We are on the cusp of reopening and don't think anyone is going to be willing to shut down again. 
 
I've always been a gambling man. My bet is still on things will go!!!
 
Diet update down about 14 pound overall. Had a pretty big plateau for about a week that I finally got passed. Another 16 or so to go.
 
Beautiful day in Jesery. Got out for a hike with the family.
 
 

With all this dieting all i can think about is food. I know i'll have a genie and they can do all of the meal planning but i'm a bit of a plan freak. I have the entire cruise mapped out for where / when i want to eat already. We enjoy going to the venues so i doubt there will be much in room dining except for breakfast. We'll play that by ear once we see how much room there is for dining in the suite.
 
Food plan -
Day 1 - Leaving Jersey
Lunch - Special Star Class lunch? Chops?
Dinner - CK Filet night? Will move if its a different night
 
Day 2 Sea Day -
Breakfast - CK
Lunch - Playmakers
Dinner - Giovanni's
 
Day 3 - Port Canaveral
Breakfast - In room
Lunch - With inlaws somewhere in FL. Cuban sandwich??? For those that read my last blog i like me a cuban sandwich. lol
Dinner - Izumi Hibachi
 
Day 4 - Coco Cay
Breakfast - Johnny Rockets
Lunch - Snack shack Chicken Sandwich. Maybe Captain Jacks for some wings. Is that included with star class?
Dinner - Chops
 
Day 5 - Nassau
Breakfast - In room or CK
Lunch - Something at Atlantis - Maybe Playmakers
Dinner - 150 Central Park. This is the only one i'm not sure of. The menu doesn't seem great to the 3 of us. Might skip this one and just go to CK.
 
Day 6 - Sea day
Breakfast - CK
Lunch - Johnny Rockets
Dinner - Port Side BBQ (maybe in room)
 
Day 7 ?
Breakfast in room
 
Lets see how well i stick to this in a couple months.
 
Great now i'm hungry.  

Double digit day! 99 days to go. Feeling good and worried about the date at the same time. A random post from someone in the FB group saying they called the port and said they will be good to go out of jersey in August gave me a bit of confidence. But still... the world has gone mad, and all that grouping together is likely to drum up more cases. We are on the cusp of reopening and don't think anyone is going to be willing to shut down again. 
 
I've always been a gambling man. My bet is still on things will go!!!
 
Diet update down about 14 pound overall. Had a pretty big plateau for about a week that I finally got passed. Another 16 or so to go.
 
Beautiful day in Jesery. Got out for a hike with the family.
 
 

Double digit day! 99 days to go. Feeling good and worried about the date at the same time. A random post from someone in the FB group saying they called the port and said they will be good to go out of jersey in August gave me a bit of confidence. But still... the world has gone mad, and all that grouping together is likely to drum up more cases. We are on the cusp of reopening and don't think anyone is going to be willing to shut down again. 
 
I've always been a gambling man. My bet is still on things will go!!!
 
Diet update down about 14 pound overall. Had a pretty big plateau for about a week that I finally got passed. Another 16 or so to go.
 
Beautiful day in Jesery. Got out for a hike with the family.
 
 

I loath seafood. So I typically avoid places that have names with anything sea related as the entire place usually smells of fish. There was a place in Coco Beach that I was going to try earlier this year but I inlaws brought me a sandwich from one of my favorite places in the Tampa area so we skipped it. I'll probably try and get us to go there this time.
 
The Florida plans are still up in the  air. Not sure if we are just hitting the beach or driving up to the space center just yet. Its probably going to depend how much is open. I'm a huge Disney fan but we already decided we were not going there, just not enough time at the port for us. We like to have a full week when we go to Disney. I do miss the days of having annual passes and just going for a couple hours whenever we wanted.

I never had any issues walking out with drinks. I would routinely go in by myself and walk out with 2 drinks for me and my wife for a nightcap.

Very true. I am a suite cruiser, got my first star class booked got a feeling I'm going to have issues knocking it down.

Today is my quarantined 40th birthday...
 
Looking back it was 2 years ago on my birthday that we went on our first cruise. It was on Disney Dream. I have to say that vacation was the best vacation i ever had. Everything was perfect. Now I'm hooked on cruising.
 
I'm not going to blast this blog with pics from a different cruise but there is one picture from my birthday 2 years ago on the ship that stands out. My wife ordered one of those special ice cream things that had like 100 scopes and the concierge brought it up to the lounge.  It was great. here's a pic with our concierge and suite lounge bartender
 

For a regular cabana that price is a pretty steep. I paid only like 100 more than that and was in the overwater cabana.  That said, i really liked the beach club area and the food was great.
 
God willing I'll be back there in September. I will not be doing beach club this time.  I just didnt get to see a lot of the other areas as there was no real reason to leave my cabana.

For a regular cabana that price is a pretty steep. I paid only like 100 more than that and was in the overwater cabana.  That said, i really liked the beach club area and the food was great.
 
God willing I'll be back there in September. I will not be doing beach club this time.  I just didnt get to see a lot of the other areas as there was no real reason to leave my cabana.

Yeah in confident it could be done with out much hassle it just wouldnt be enough and i want to focus on the cruise.
 
I'm pretty sad i havent been to disney in like 4 years. There was a point were we were going at least once a month (before we even had kids lol). Then we moved to jersey and we going once a year for a while... then we started cruising.  I have magic kingdom down to a science. I draw up map routes based off of fast pass times I can do the entire park before 2pm as long as you are there for the rope drop and that's with stops for food and characters.
 
A lot has changed and there is a ton of other new stuff happening so i can't want to get back. Now I need a good 5 days at a resort (poly please!) to fully enjoy myself there. 3-4 park days a resort day and some time at disney springs. Still havent seen the avatar or star wars areas. We are going to need to go in the next year or 2 because a lot of the "magic" is going to fade when our daughter hits teen years. I know she'd still have fun, its just not the same as they get older. I mean look at this... Sword in the Stone. I have been to Disney HUNDREDS of times. This is something i will never forget... Watching the act, I getting called up,  the sword doesn't budge... Oh i tried... I was gonna break that damn latch holding it in for all i cared. Then my daughter gets called up. I about shat myself. The look on her face and how she felt after pulling it out was just pure magic... i cant describe the feeling any other way.

 

 
I view my vacations as a time to build unforgettable memories for my daughter. Disney did a great job of that but cruising seems to be a good transition into less kiddie trips. Hard to give up that stage... but its coming whether i like it or not.

With all this dieting all i can think about is food. I know i'll have a genie and they can do all of the meal planning but i'm a bit of a plan freak. I have the entire cruise mapped out for where / when i want to eat already. We enjoy going to the venues so i doubt there will be much in room dining except for breakfast. We'll play that by ear once we see how much room there is for dining in the suite.
 
Food plan -
Day 1 - Leaving Jersey
Lunch - Special Star Class lunch? Chops?
Dinner - CK Filet night? Will move if its a different night
 
Day 2 Sea Day -
Breakfast - CK
Lunch - Playmakers
Dinner - Giovanni's
 
Day 3 - Port Canaveral
Breakfast - In room
Lunch - With inlaws somewhere in FL. Cuban sandwich??? For those that read my last blog i like me a cuban sandwich. lol
Dinner - Izumi Hibachi
 
Day 4 - Coco Cay
Breakfast - Johnny Rockets
Lunch - Snack shack Chicken Sandwich. Maybe Captain Jacks for some wings. Is that included with star class?
Dinner - Chops
 
Day 5 - Nassau
Breakfast - In room or CK
Lunch - Something at Atlantis - Maybe Playmakers
Dinner - 150 Central Park. This is the only one i'm not sure of. The menu doesn't seem great to the 3 of us. Might skip this one and just go to CK.
 
Day 6 - Sea day
Breakfast - CK
Lunch - Johnny Rockets
Dinner - Port Side BBQ (maybe in room)
 
Day 7 ?
Breakfast in room
 
Lets see how well i stick to this in a couple months.
 
Great now i'm hungry.  

Week 1 of my diet is complete. Down 8 pounds already! First week is the easiest and hardest part of this diet. The weight loss is going to slow down now as i reintroduce small amounts of carbs.  Time to start working out to keep up the fat burning!
 
Is it cruise time yet???  Nope 125 days to go!
 
 
 

It's mostly all inclusive. Captain Jacks (Wings and fires), beach club and the big water park are the only things not included outside of excursion activities / items (things like water skis, cabanas, & day beds, etc)
 
There are a few snack shacks around the island to grab a bite at and the main dining venue that are included. Both have a pretty good selection depending on what you are looking for (the chicken sandwich at the snack shack is as good as people make it out to be, try it!). Drink package works the same as it does on the ship. Plenty of loungers around the island both by the pool and the beach that are free. Kids water attractions included, of beach type games and events are around too.
 
I can't wait to go back and explore more than just the beach club!