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I'd love to say I'd come up with a great question but I'd likely go full caveman and just say "Need vacation. When cruise?"

I'd love to say I'd come up with a great question but I'd likely go full caveman and just say "Need vacation. When cruise?"

I'd love to say I'd come up with a great question but I'd likely go full caveman and just say "Need vacation. When cruise?"

I'd love to say I'd come up with a great question but I'd likely go full caveman and just say "Need vacation. When cruise?"

I'd love to say I'd come up with a great question but I'd likely go full caveman and just say "Need vacation. When cruise?"

I'd love to say I'd come up with a great question but I'd likely go full caveman and just say "Need vacation. When cruise?"

"Dear Guest,

We hope that amidst this situation, you have remained healthy, safe, and optimistic that each day that passes, is another day closer to a more regular day-to-day. While this is like nothing any of us have ever experienced, we continue to evaluate how it impacts our upcoming sailings and our return to service.

The most recent plan was to resume operation on June 12th, 2020. However, after consulting with our partners at Cruise Lines International Association and in conjunction with the CDC, our global suspension has been extended through July 31st, 2020, and with a plan to resume operation on August 1st, 2020. As a result, your sailing will unfortunately be cancelled.

While we all wish we were cruising, health and safety are our top priorities as we focus on our comeback. In the meantime, below are some options for you, including one that has been very well received by our guests, as it provides a little something extra to use when we all start cruising again!

Yeah, you're like me, we both know the area well enough that, even though we're not locals, tourists we are not.  We really know how far Disney is, how much it costs, etc..... and considering the time we're in port, is it really worth the effort? ..... no matter how bad I want to ride Soarin over in Epcot (still kills me that Illuminations, Reflections of the Earth is gone).
The fact that they refer to the port as Orlando, can be really misleading, plus people have no idea travel time, and what a nightmare I-4 and Fl 417 can be.  One wrong turn and you're on the turnpike headed south, lol.

Remember...it is unlikely that Chops will be open on Oasis on boarding day.  When we were in a Star Class last December, we had to choose a different restaurant for embarkation lunch b/c Chops was closed.  It worked out fine though as I didn’t want filet twice in 1 day anyway.  I certainly realize there are other menu choices besides the filet at Chops but that’s usually what we order.  Since the CK filet is better (IMO) than at Chops, we just waited and had the CK filet on the first night.  I think we ended up eating lunch at Giovannis on embarkation day.

As someone that was born and raised in NJ and eaten a lot of pizza I can say Sorento's pizza is ok for a quick bite. Its not the great pizza you can get in NJ or NYC. We usually have it a few times on a cruise. Our 7 year old son likes it as a treat on Anthem. But yeah its not quite as good land based mom and pop pizza shop pizza. 

I'm  one of those odd people that hated pizza for decades, then i moved to jersey now i love it. Don't think putting the cure in sorrentos would change my mind on me eating that. Tried it once on the last cruise and I wont ever again. If the wife and daughter went to get some i would go elsewhere.
 
Put it in a lava flow and now we are talking.

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.  

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.  

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.  

I'm already booked in September and have no plans on changing it unless they cancel it. If i could go earlier i would.
 
As for the discussion of masks. I wouldn't say it's a deal breaker at all but i wouldn't be happy if they were required everywhere. It just doesnt work. Dining? Pool / spa? Open air decks? Kids club? I think a compromise would be requiring them when attending shows where its much closer quarters for long periods of time. If there is any mask requirement good luck enforcing it, half the people that are wearing them now aren't wearing them properly which defeats a lot of the purpose.
 
Temp checks are fine. If they have some sort of rapid testing i'd be fine with getting that done too (multiple times if needed). Spacing chairs out a bit inside and out would help too. Little things like that would at least provide some peace of mind. I'd feel comfortable without any of that too.
 
I'm around this virus a lot, and the first month or so was without the "proper" ppe. Proper hygiene and common sense go a long way (yeah i know more is needed but my point remains).  Unfortunately both of those seem to be hard to come by when you are dealing with the masses. There will always be a risk.
 
Edit: Didn't realize i already posted in this thread. I need a vacation lol... Oh well, the first post wasn't this detailed.

I'm  one of those odd people that hated pizza for decades, then i moved to jersey now i love it. Don't think putting the cure in sorrentos would change my mind on me eating that. Tried it once on the last cruise and I wont ever again. If the wife and daughter went to get some i would go elsewhere.
 
Put it in a lava flow and now we are talking.

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.  

I'm already booked in September and have no plans on changing it unless they cancel it. If i could go earlier i would.
 
As for the discussion of masks. I wouldn't say it's a deal breaker at all but i wouldn't be happy if they were required everywhere. It just doesnt work. Dining? Pool / spa? Open air decks? Kids club? I think a compromise would be requiring them when attending shows where its much closer quarters for long periods of time. If there is any mask requirement good luck enforcing it, half the people that are wearing them now aren't wearing them properly which defeats a lot of the purpose.
 
Temp checks are fine. If they have some sort of rapid testing i'd be fine with getting that done too (multiple times if needed). Spacing chairs out a bit inside and out would help too. Little things like that would at least provide some peace of mind. I'd feel comfortable without any of that too.
 
I'm around this virus a lot, and the first month or so was without the "proper" ppe. Proper hygiene and common sense go a long way (yeah i know more is needed but my point remains).  Unfortunately both of those seem to be hard to come by when you are dealing with the masses. There will always be a risk.
 
Edit: Didn't realize i already posted in this thread. I need a vacation lol... Oh well, the first post wasn't this detailed.

I'm  one of those odd people that hated pizza for decades, then i moved to jersey now i love it. Don't think putting the cure in sorrentos would change my mind on me eating that. Tried it once on the last cruise and I wont ever again. If the wife and daughter went to get some i would go elsewhere.
 
Put it in a lava flow and now we are talking.

I'm  one of those odd people that hated pizza for decades, then i moved to jersey now i love it. Don't think putting the cure in sorrentos would change my mind on me eating that. Tried it once on the last cruise and I wont ever again. If the wife and daughter went to get some i would go elsewhere.
 
Put it in a lava flow and now we are talking.

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!
 
 
 

Yeah yeah, my wife says that too ?
It just drops quick because I was getting really chunky lol... That and this diet is pretty strict. Only thing that really sucks is the weight can come back really fast once you eat "normally" again. Much easier to gain the weight... especially on a cruise.

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!
 
 
 

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!
 
 
 

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!