GregD

It's too bad my cousin is getting married next weekend. We totally would have made a trip to Boston to say hi!!. Have a great time. We loved our 2br suite on Liberty. We never thought the aft superstructure was that much of a big deal. If you are in 9708, Johnny apologizes for the stain in the carpet, and hopefully they go the smell out.......

1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Going to spend the rest of the afternoon chilling out on our balcony. Trying to soak it up the best we can. I adore this view from the back of the ship. I can totally see why people love these Aqua Theatre suites now…

Shhhhhh, don’t let our secrets out!!

The same perks as any other suite on the ship except, an officer is supposed to escort you onto the ship, and you get a welcome bottle of champagne.

Here is a link to the different perks.

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/what-are-the-benefits-of-the-suites-program

That being said, the room is huge, with a nice big balcony so if that's your thing go for it. I'll be in that room for a B2B in April.

1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Hubby has returned his watches lol. He came back and realize he can get all of them cheaper on the retailer website. Like way cheaper. So off he went back to Deck 5. The dumb things that people get themselves into on a sea day

It's like he is on his first cruise ever such a noob. (a habs fan wouldn't make that mistake)

you guys look great BTW!!

3 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Omg…we are seasoned cruisers and are getting sucked in at the watch stand! We’ve been stuck here forever…..
 

You all know why right? 

I can see why. I'm a big watch guy too, but so far have managed to avoid the Invictas. I do drool over the fancy ones in regalia, and other shops. I blame my brother. He has quite a few watches that cost more than our Star Class cruises. 

12 minutes ago, Neesa said:

I went to the Mason Jar on the Oasis I believe...

You might be thinking of Portside BBQ

2 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Because we are in St. Maarten today, our options for lunch were: WJ, Park Cafe, Sorrento’s, CK, or room service. We ended up in CK because we like their lunch menu today. Like many of you already know, CK varies between several lunch menus, it is not the same from day to day. 
 

Today we had Spinach Salad, Mushroom soup (same as Chops, I love this soup!), Royal Chicken Sandwich, and the Seafood Linguine Alfredo. 
 

Now I'm really hungry.....these look so good!

20 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

 I am starting to miss my girls though. The house is still in one piece, my plants are still alive, and the pool doesn’t look green, but as much as I love my alone time, I miss them. 
 

 

 

I don't think I will know how "to cruise" when we go without our kids in April.....I'm so used to planning the day around them that It will be such a change to not have them there......What am I going to do with all my free time?

1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

@Neesa

Red Sangria CK

 

mmmmmmm, I love me some sangria on hot summer days!

8 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

@GregD you know what this is right?

hmmmmm, lets do some deduction here......its a sea day........you were a flowrider widow, which means you were unsupervised for a bit......do I need to get my calendar out, or is this one we already discussed? because that looks like a next cruise envelope to me.....

YouTube footage has been found

39 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

It’s 3:03pm. All aboard was 3pm. No sign of Hubby. 
 

I can't stop laughing at this exchange

Happy Cruise Day!!!

I'm not a Disney/Star Wars fan as well, but like you said, I can see they did an impressive job there. I'm glad you guys had a good time. Will I ever go? Probably not, thankfully my kids aren't big Star Wars fans either. Keeping The Boss out of Magic Kingdom....thats a different battle.....That I lose...

Its funny how this topic got resurrected, especially since I participated in the end result!

I am so late to this party. Life has been so crazy I have not had time to peruse the blogs for weeks, and this is what I come back to!! 

@Lovetocruise2002 first off, Happy Anniversary, I'm sorry that it started out with such a stressful journey to Florida. At least you will have a nice week on the ship to recover!

Reading all the pre-cruise stuff on packing had me laughing so hard. I'm like Justin, I can pack the day before we leave in about 15 minutes. It take The Boss much longer. She loves her new Beis luggage BTW, thanks for the suggestion. 

I really look forward to reading along for the rest of your trip. 

Another vote for Maya Chan here.

For Roatan we always use Bodden Tours. They offer fully customizable excursions and their prices are very affordable. 

7 hours ago, Jkaczano said:

 

Genie would not send food to the room (snacks) unless specifically requested. 

 

We were on Oasis in February and this was the same for us. We were told, and I actually prefer it this way, that this was to cut down on food waste. On our previous star class cruises a lot of the snacks got wasted. We did arrange to have a standing order of fresh fruit and some cookies delivered each day, none of which went to waste. 

7 hours ago, Jkaczano said:

Room was not ready when we boarded and bags were not directly delivered to room - genie actually had to track down a missing bag which was halfway down the hall and no where near star class grand lofts.  

This seems to be hit or miss, and will probably always be inconsistent based on staffing, previous guest departure times and your arrival time. We've had two star class cruises where the room was not ready when we boarded. The most recent one, the room was ready when we got on the ship. We also had inconsistencies with the luggage. 

I will second what @AshleyDillo said as far as other expectations. I will add that on my most recent star class cruise, I booked Izumi in the CP beforehand so I could guarantee the time that I wanted, but inadvertently booked the wrong day. By the time I realized it, all the slots were filled. In the pre cruise communication I got the "I can't guarantee" response from the Genie about moving to the time I did want. As soon as we were on board, and we were shown our schedule, Izumi was moved to what I had requested. 

Our bridge tour was run by the Genie, but we did have the opportunity to talk to the bridge team after. We were only allowed access to just one bridge wing. 

The galley tour was about 5 minutes long

3/9/25!

Hoverboards and "sports gear" are listed in the prohibited items. It probably wouldn't be a stretch for them to deny the E-Bike based on that, especially with the numerous battery fires that have been linked to them. 

25 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said:

@Lovetocruise2002 I am booked on Jan 26th 2025 sailing, but it is refundable and subject to change. I just know I will do Symphony either Jan or Feb 2025. I know as a teacher you go during spring break in March, but I shy away from those sailings, no summer sailings either. Also, it may be a yolo moment and I do show my face one day. 

You know you want to, all the cool kids will be there!

23 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

I still want to try the ATS, but only on SY or WN because it has a more open layout. 

15 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

I forget why you didn’t like it? We have liked Jamie’s on Harmony and Anthem. 

I think we were turned off by the mayo with the calamari, and I believe that Heather got the lasagna and did not like it one bit. I did get the lamb chops and those were good. I think we here hitting coma status too so that probably didn't help. 

17 hours ago, asquared17 said:

THATS IT. 

WE ARE GOING TO JAMIES. 

My first impression of Jamies while on Anthem was not good. I may have to give it another try when I'm on Harmony next February. @Lovetocruise2002pictures and descriptions are giving me second thoughts. I will still refuse to to eat the  calamari with whatever sauce that Jamies serves with it though.....

14 hours ago, SweetPea said:

 

But seriously, you know you're from NJ when, not only do you have a honed fascination with all things truffle, but... you order your favorite pizza from one place, your favorite pasta from another, and your favorite appies or salad from a third to share family style all in one night (not because any one place is bad but because you can and that's your preference). However, everyone still wants YOU to make the Stromboli because you've mastered the art of getting the meats and cheeses all the way to each end without any wasted dough-only sections, even though you're Irish ...

We do the same thing. Must be a NJ/NY thing......Friday is pizza night in our house. We order the wings from one place, salad from another, and Pizza from a third. Thankfully we are in a small village and they are all on the way home from Johnny's TKD studio where he has a class Friday evenings. I now make the wings myself though too

15 minutes ago, Pooch said:

Chops lobster, is that a warm water bug?  Or did you already eat the claws?

My last visit to Chops it was a Maine lobster. They removed the claws, took the meat out, and put said meat in the body cavity for you. 

1 hour ago, SweetPea said:

Life is SOOOO hard for them!

I was going to say the same thing

It time time to knock them down a peg or two!