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Following!

Thanks again for the info! I actually canceled my rentals with Enterprise and reserved cars with them. It was half the cost. New plan will be pick first car up at FLL and return to their 5th location embarkation day. I’ll take an Uber back to the port after dropping the wife/kids/luggage off early. After the cruise I will pick up rental #2 at 5th st and head to Orlando and return at MCO. There were no “one way rental” fees for either of them.

Me leaving work this morning since I am now on vacation!! Wheels up tomorrow, I'll start packing soon I guess..

Odyssey of the Seas pricing

Thanks for the tip!! I just looked at their prices and they are 1/2 the cost of my rental from enterprise. Do you know if they have a shuttle from the port to MIA, or do you Uber/Lyft?

Yup, we have seen that one, but have not done it. Maybe this time we will do it since Coco Cay is down

Can’t wait to follow along!!

Yup, with the Odyssey “sale price” of $82, that means 102.50 per day on boats prices.

Yup, I will post them in my live blog for you.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you as well!!

Crisis most likely avoided. I checked James Van Fleets twitter and other weather related computer models and it actually looks like this storm will actually track east of the Bahamas. Now I can go back to procrastinating about packing, and more importantly, the two islands hit hard by the previous hurricane get a reprieve again.

@spiralqueen, this one

Here we go again. I'll be watching this one closely........Hopefully our Monday embarkation happens!

That's really funny. We are looking forward to the Halloween Party.

We are getting closer. We got our Suite Concierge email today

4 days 5 hours 52 minutes until wheels up!

That’s about how it’s going to go!

At this point, I usually verify that I have everything purchased in the cruise planner I could possibly want. Then I start setting aside travel documents in a set place, passports etc, you know moving them from the “I won’t lose them if I put them here spot” to another “I won’t lose them if I put them here” I make sure I am checked in online and have set sail passes/luggage tags done too. I start thinking about a packing list and taking stock of little things you may need. Sunscreen, small bottles of Tylenol/Advil other OTC meds etc etc I usually don’t start actually packing until a few days prior. For instance we are leaving Friday afternoon this week for our cruise that starts next Monday and I have not packed a thing. You have time still. Relax and get excited. Set sail date will be here before you know it!

@AshleyDillo, as much as I would love to fill those gaps.....sadly my bank account will be keeping my in dry dock for those periods?

I am taking YOLO up a notch

Great blog so far. I cant wait to do an Alskan cruise.

Like @JLMoran mentioned look for outside areas too. The windjammer can also get very crowed on embarkation day so make sure you bring a lot of patience that day. On our Anthem cruise I know I got a lot of inappropriate things yelled at me as I went ahead of the enormous line to go into Coastal Kitchen, which has its entrance just outside the entrance to the Windjammer. Other prime times it can get a little crowded. We used the strategy of sending one person to secure a table while the other got some food, then swapped.

My thoughts exactly!

Yes Coco Cay is open. No all activites are fully operatonal yet. We will be there nexr week and were advised by Royal that our booked Up Up and Away Helium ride will not happen. I am not sure about everything else though.

Perfect Day at Coco Cay changes Got an email from Royal Dear Guest, We’re happy to have you onboard Royal Caribbean International and wanted to let you know that Perfect Day at CocoCay officially re-opened last week. While CocoCay was somewhat spared from Hurricane Dorian's destruction and we did not have any major damage, the storm left behind debris, washed away some of our sand and bricks, and took down many of our trees. As a result, your pre-booked Helium Balloon unfortunately needs to be cancelled. You can except to receive a refund to your credit card used to pay for your tour in about 3 - 5 business days. If you are interested in booking a different tour, here are some of our recommendations. Thrill Waterpark Zipline Thank you for understanding. Sincerely, Royal Caribbean International I can completely understand this. They had to empty the ballon to keep it safe. I believe I remember reading that it takes a long time to refill the baloon, and costs a lot of money for the helium. Hopefully they built in a recapture system to store the helium so they dont have to purchase a new supply each time.