SteveinSC

The waterpark pass is just that, the ability to enter the waterpark.
The waterpark has a wave pool, several slides and a kids play area (as best as i can recall).
I certainly would not pay $131 for it.

Another great day. Well almost..  We went walking around San Juan, I forgot to take my morning meds so I had to reboard the ship and told my group I'd meet back up with them. On my way back right at the spot I was supposed to meet with them I saw someone get punched in the face and mugged. It pretty much ruined the port and I didnt feel comfortable having my wife and kid out there. So I had us leave early. Mother in law and sister in law stayed, dont think they were happy about me taking them back to the ship. Too bad.

We did get an invite to the helipad sail away for suite guests with the ship officers and they let me bring my whole party. So everyone had a great treat. I thought it was amazing, Mohamed saw me taking a picture of the bridge and told me to come see him later. I also saw one of the fine line performers out there. I didnt want to impede in his time but I did tell him I recognized him and told him he was great. He seemed surprised I recognized him, but he was actually memorable. 



 
Started to rain so we had to leave otherwise I would stayed for the sunset. Headed back to the suite and waited for the sunset from our balcony.  
 
We agreed that we needed a coastal kitchen night. I really wish we had gone earlier in the cruise. My wife got the mushroom consomme and short ribs, I got french onion soup and the shortribs. Daughter got steak again (steak every single dinner service... that's my girl!). The food was amazing. @Lovetocruise2002  I am #teamCK now. (Not sure I'm tagging people right) Too bad we will still need to have group meals otherwise I wouldnt go anywhere else. Dessert we had ricotta cheesecake, coconut custard and the chocolate cake. Very happy the lounge bar had port wine, because I forgot to being on a bottle. I researched didnt looke like the venue's had any. Got that that car CK has some, I'll try a few other bars tomorrow. It really tied in the desserts for me. Delicious!



 
Went to Mohamed to see what he wanted to see me for. He noticed me taking pics of the bridge and worked together a tour for me, my wife and daughter. This is something I really wanted to do. Both of concierge have been amazing. Such a great treat for tomorrow!
 
We went to see Columbus the Musical. I really wasnt sure about this when I read about it, but it was great. Every show has been amazing.

Not able to convince family to watch the kid for another night, guess my initial post about having plenty of childcare was wrong. Just means more time with my 2 favorite people though ( as long as I actually get them both during the day) But since they had to go in early for bed and I have insomnia, I met up with a buddy that is with us and we hit a couple bars, saw the 90s party and went to love and marriage. Really wish my wife could have been there, we would have been picked for sure. Still it was really funny.
 
Tomorrow last sea day. Then coco cay overwater cabanas on saturday!!! Where the hell did this week go. Wish it wasnt ending so soon!

We are having a blast and the weather is amazing!
Daughter was too short for flow rider. After some convincing I got her to go down the water slides. She loved them, i got 4 rotations in the bowl too. Tips from the lifeguard helped!
 
Daughter won the jackpot in the ticket machine too.
 

Multi part post because I can't  sleep. Rain, lots of it,   is called for our coco cay day as of right now. Pray to the sun gods for me!!!
 
What an amazing day.
 
The other 9 did a catamaran excursion. Me and the wife got the day to ourselves. We did the St Maarten bus tour. Very interesting but odd at the same time. St Maarten is hard to explain,  beautiful and sad at the same time. The last hurricane did a number and parts of it seem too poor to rebound. There were also 6 ships docked so or was jamming everywhere. 
We were the biggest but a couple of these werent small.


Iguanas of the seas.

Yeah... mountain goats visible from the port exit!


 
After that we rushed back to do our vow renewal. I had to sit in the suite deck while they all got ready. I reread my vows, and madE a few last minute adjustments at the bar with vodka on the rocks. The  loft attendants and concierge helped out with some decor and a cheese plate. It was amazing! My sister in law did an amazing job officiating the vow renewal in the suite. Most of those pics will have to wait as we used a better camera than my phone. Our daughter was the flower girl and my wife came down the loft stairs in a beautiful dress and we had a beautiful ceremony. We were about 15 minutes to late for a sunset back ground. we made up for it with pics around the ship! We even got a pic with the cruise director Mark right when they finished taping a show.




 

I dont mind waiting too much I just add the pics and walk away. Aside from Taking pics and posting every once and a while I'm not using my phone
Didnt get in much suite deck area time before the kid got bored. Might need to get grandma to watch her
 

Lots of swaying on this cruise. Started feeling kinda nauseous. Of course it happened right in the middle of our lunch at Jamie's Italian. I stayed for the pics of dessert but didnt eat any of them.  The waiter was great and wrapped up some brand new ones for us to take back. 
 
Attempting a nap with some dramamine. So far unsuccessful, but the nausea is going away.
 

Got a few pics of Fine Line.  Those will have to wait until after I'm back home so I can sort through them better.
 
After the show some of the group wanted pizza. I'm sorry sorrento's just isnt good. I hated pizza until I moved to jersey though.
 
I went and got a Kraken Lava Flow. Oh man it was good. Then I rode up and down the elevator with the guy and his piano... it was a blast.
 
 

 

Still not CK pics. But got pics before we ate this time. Formal night!
MDR has been conistantly adequately satisfactory.
 
Our 8 year old had her first meltdown after dinner. Had to take her up to the room for a stern talking to. We got things sorted out just in time for Fine Line

I cant nap. Got 10 mins kid free so we took a walk to the suite deck and solarium. Wife was so happy to stand were seth was in the movie "like father". Guess I'm lucky she likes overweight middle aged guys lol.
 
The voom hasn't gotten any better. 3 pics takes a couple mins
 

That's identical to what my pricing is. Overwaters Cabanas were 1499 when I scored mine and then  jumped up to 1649.
 
Very excited to be one of the first in one. Cabanas are well worth it to me when it comes to how I enjoy a beach day!
 
Current cruise status report: nap on the balcony before formal night
 
 

Fell asleep posting last night.
 
Here is an insomniac view of harmony 
 
 

Then off to Izumi Habichi. And oh my god. The food, the entertainment, and sake were all top notch. I was seriously blown away... and completely stuffed! I highly recommend Izumi! Best hibachi for the experience hands down. They let us do Sake Bombs but we had to drop them in, that was disappointing but I can understand the rule. 



 
Grandma was gracious enough to watch the kid for the night. So Off to rising tide, a few chocolate martinis for the wife and a few espresso martinis for me (no wonder I cant sleep) was a perfect night cap! We went back to the room for a bit ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) then closed down the suite deck jacuzzi. 

Jackie was beat but I cant sleep so I explored the ship with noone on it. And got some amazing pics.
 
I'll attempt to organize the next set of pics better. For now here is the port say at st maartin and the room decorations.

It is my understanding that when there is a sale it is already factored in. Meaning since all rooms are based on 2 person occupancy the average cost is that price.

We went to LFK on a cruise about 3 years ago. The water was gorgeous and the boat ride over was beautiful. We (hubby and I) enjoyed our day but probably would not go back for these reasons:
 - lines for included food and drinks was LONG -  didn't seem to matter if it was a coke or a blended drink. All of it took forever
- pretty limited snorkeling right at the island. they do offer a boat ride out to the reef for extra
- pricey for the offerings
- line for boat ride back in the afternoon was insane which added stress
We have teenagers and I would not spend the $$ to take them there. I don't think there is enough to keep them happy for the whole day. If you have littles, they might enjoy the slower pace and calm water. If you just want to chill in a chair and dip your toes in beautiful ocean, you'll love it. If you're looking for more, you might be disappointed. If you decide to do it, go through shore excursioneer. We got to skip the entire line heading over in the morning. That part was awesome!
 

The Apollo 18 Escape room is awesome!  We enjoyed it much more than the Rubicon on Harmony. 
 

Mission Accomplished!  

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I’m old and don’t remember anything anymore. The ladies know that one of the handsome studs is leaving in 118 days but they don’t know if it’s Marco or Djuro. I’ll find out for sure later but I think he’ll still be here. You’ll love him @Lovetocruise2002  

Cupcake Class. Our task was to make a frog. This is not the the first time in my life that I have failed?
The little cutie came in just as we were finishing so Kaitlyn invited her to join in the fun!
Next up: The Escape Room. Seriously hope there’s no frogs involved. 

We decided to stop by Playmakers to visit with one of our absolute favorite people on this ship! If you’re cruising on Oasis don’t miss the opportunity to meet Djuro. 

he lives on cruise ships....correlation? ?
 

It definitely wasn't a long ride for us..very quick and easy.  They used the ship's lifeboats to tender.

Roatan is doing a major expansion of their port. Construction next to the pier could be the reason for the tender. When we were there in July, they were working on the foundations from the pier to the shore. 

Surprised you are tendering in Roatan. I've always docked there.

Nope. Causation! ?