USCG Teacher

Unlimited Dining Package and Deluxe Beverage Package. 

Coming in a few days early with this one.....
July 2025
3 - smokeybandit (Vision)
11 - OCSC Mike (Utopia)
11 - Hoppy2BHere (Utopia)
13 - USCG Teacher (Symphony)
14 - dustfsu (Utopia)
14 - OCSC Mike (Utopia)
18 - LandstromCruise (Radiance)
19 - JustinandBrooke (Adventure)
27 - lovetocruise2002 (Symphony)
27 - Jollyrogers (Wonder)
27 - Snotarni (Wonder)

Nothing for me because I sail during all the excluded holiday dates...#teacherlife

I may be lucky, but I had several booked and got double points on every single one.

You'd be shocked how many policies can be danced around simply by being genuinely nice to people.

I totally get it & agree there’s a place for more concise ship reviews.
BTW, I dunno about “epic” but thanks. They usually wind up pretty long with a lot of “stuff” at the very least… how much of that stuff is either helpful or entertaining is hard to say & likely a matter of opinion. All I can guarantee in advance is that there will be food porn. I also enjoy reading my own blogs before my next cruise. Not sure if that’s weird or not but it puts me in cruise mode.

Mike- you write some epic live blogs! I’m just looking for a simple format to relay some random thoughts on each ship. 

Epic. I read them from start to finish and it gets me in cruise mode. Keep up the good work!

This is exactly what I did.  I had a few rough notes and used my photos to prompt my narrative.

This is exactly what I did.  I had a few rough notes and used my photos to prompt my narrative.

You could just do it in the live blog thread and just title it, my cruise review and name the ship you were on. I love reading along live with peoples cruise, but I know that is a lot of work while on your vacation. Just write down notes on your phone or whatever and come back and tell us how great it was (or wasn’t).

Live blogs do tend to end up being ship reviews.

Every Royal ship should have a playmakers

Some of us live up here and are not spoiled by year-round nice weather.
I guess only a Northwesterner would understand watching a storm from the warmth of a cruise ship.😍

Okay, I totally read this as "Hilton Molino Sucky" and thought, "Wow!  @tonyfsu21 is normally much more eloquent than that, even when he's criticizing something.  This place must have been awful!"  🤦‍♂️

i had a few parts go on a one of my suitcases and they sent a new one to replace it as well!! love their customer service. 
happy to hear the softside also is holding up strong -- i probably should invest in a soft suitcase given the weight limits these days... 🤔🤣

Haha! Interesting name (named after the factory that once occupied the space. Can’t say enough great things about this hotel. 

Okay, I totally read this as "Hilton Molino Sucky" and thought, "Wow!  @tonyfsu21 is normally much more eloquent than that, even when he's criticizing something.  This place must have been awful!"  🤦‍♂️

I have the Away expandable soft side large bag and the soft side larger carry-on.  Have loved them both for years.  I've never had an issue, but a co-worker of mine had a zipper go while on vacation, and they ended up sending a replacement bag to her hotel.  That was several years ago, so who knows if customer service is still that good, but it definitely impressed me at the time.

Okay, I totally read this as "Hilton Molino Sucky" and thought, "Wow!  @tonyfsu21 is normally much more eloquent than that, even when he's criticizing something.  This place must have been awful!"  🤦‍♂️

I have the Away expandable soft side large bag and the soft side larger carry-on.  Have loved them both for years.  I've never had an issue, but a co-worker of mine had a zipper go while on vacation, and they ended up sending a replacement bag to her hotel.  That was several years ago, so who knows if customer service is still that good, but it definitely impressed me at the time.

I just got my WS GTY assignment for August on Enchantment of The Seas. We got a Sunset Jr Suite on the 7th floor. Absolutely tickled with our assignment. 

That is one of my favorite things I loved when I first started to cruise was trying new things that I wouldn’t want to spend at home at a restaurant or store to buy

Also make sure you have MTD. I think they have officially rolled out the 3 traditional times and I was originally wondering why my sailing hadn't opened up. I looked at my invoice and I had been assigned the second traditional seating. 

We have our first Suite guarantee for September and the suspense is both fun and killing me. 🤣 I figure a suite guarantee could never be bad in a bad location though.