lisa6191

OMG, I am not usually a big fan of animals in captivity, but my son would give his right arm to hold a sloth someday. I'll have to keep that place in mind if we ever get there.
Also, the fish therapy thing does feel weird, but it does make your feet super soft...

It's the gold coin amount and sadly 66k is not very much. He does have a ton of coins that he could play with and earn more gold though.

I’m on Enchantment of the Seas right now as well. I have a different perspective.
Tuesday afternoon a 600 foot tanker ran into an 80 foot fishing boat at the entrance to the Houston-Galveston Ship Channel. 1 person confirmed dead, 1 person in the hospital. The Coast Guard abandoned the search for two other missing crew members today and they are presumed dead. The crew of the Pappy’s Pride fishing boat and their families are having a horrible week, much worse than I ever hope you or I have. I’m happy to be enjoying time on a cruise ship with my family this week.
Due to this tragedy there has been NO ship traffic in or out of the ports of Houston, Galveston, or Texas City since Tuesday afternoon.  The economic impact of shutting down tanker and other ship traffic in this area is staggering. 
After Enchantment waited offshore all day, the Coast Guard was gracious enough to allow her into port Wednesday afternoon as she passed within yards of the wreckage site at a very slow speed while the responders were still securing the wrecked vessel, controlling the environmental damage, and searching for two missing human beings.
After waiting all last night and all day today, Enchantment was escorted out of port this afternoon in heavy fog with two pilot boats off our bow to ensure we safely traversed the fog. I was deeply moved as we passed the crash site at a very slow speed so as not to disturb the small fleet of boats and the crane platform that were continuing the recovery operation in the channel. 
Enchantment of the Seas was the ONLY ship allowed to come in or out of the area since Tuesday afternoon. Then Carnival Dream was finally allowed in this evening after she waited offshore all day. As of this moment the area remains closed to all other ship traffic. Only a few small service boats have been allowed in the area.
Royal Caribbean provided text and email updates about every two hours yesterday as we waited to learn when we could board. Enchantment’s captain provided several updates last night after we boarded, and several more updates throughout the day today. There was little information that they could provide because they had no control over the weather or the tragic situation in the Galveston Jetties, but they checked in with us regularly to let us know they were communicating with authorities and trying to get us underway. They also did not offer false hope or speculation  because they knew the situation was fluid and telling us one thing and then changing their story would have drawn much criticism.
We’re now underway to Cozumel and I’ve been having a great time, all things considered. I’ve used my cell phone as a tool to find out as much as I could about what was happening with our situation, much of which is spelled out above.
May God bless the crew of Pappy’s Pride and their families. May those who perished Rest In Peace. 

In an attempt to pack as little as possible, I have no major hacks...but I will say having a white noise app on your phone does wonders. Turn that bad boy on when it's time to sleep, and let the world drift away. 

We flew in the morning of our cruise and it was totally fine, but I was such a basket case about it from reading the horror stories on message boards that I would never do it again. Fortunately, our next cruise is from somewhere we can drive to, and the one after that is in Europe and we are going several days early.

I'm sure there will be many who disagree with this being a mistake, but my biggest mistake was not getting the internet package on my cruise and thinking I could just unplug. I later realized that I value being able to text or message the other people in my party too much and that I felt as if not being able to do so limited me in what I could do. For example, if I was hanging out by the pool and wanted to go to trivia, I felt like I couldn't because I had no way of telling the others where I was going and didn't want to worry them that they lost me. I also undervalued how much I rely on looking things up during a conversation to either illustrate a point or check something. (ie: "where do I know that actor from? It's going to bug me so much!" "See! I'm not crazy. Folding the cold butter between layers of dough is called lamination and that's how they can get the puff pastry"). I now get the internet every time.

The waterpark is $24.99 for a day pass? It's been running between $79 and $94 for our cruise!

That Mega Food episode is fascinating. Kind of makes you wonder how they ever get everyone fed!

I was able to do it successfully. 

On our cruise in November it went down to $16.99! That's the lowest price I've seen.

On our cruise in November it went down to $16.99! That's the lowest price I've seen.

God I love these apps - I haven't played any of them in a few months because I had plenty of coins and we aren't going to Vegas any time soon. I had around 675K gold. I signed on to each of the apps again, and they each gave me bonus gold! I had heard of that happening but I guess I never had a long enough hiatus LOL.  I now have 994K gold. So I will definitely be able to hit the million for the cruise if it is offered, yay!
So if you haven't played in a while, try signing on and see if they give you any free gold. ?

God I love these apps - I haven't played any of them in a few months because I had plenty of coins and we aren't going to Vegas any time soon. I had around 675K gold. I signed on to each of the apps again, and they each gave me bonus gold! I had heard of that happening but I guess I never had a long enough hiatus LOL.  I now have 994K gold. So I will definitely be able to hit the million for the cruise if it is offered, yay!
So if you haven't played in a while, try signing on and see if they give you any free gold. ?

On our cruise in November it went down to $16.99! That's the lowest price I've seen.

On our cruise in November it went down to $16.99! That's the lowest price I've seen.

Explorer, 11/19. I think someone else posted the same price on another ship too.

On our cruise in November it went down to $16.99! That's the lowest price I've seen.

It has to be within 30 days of booking, which I was. It also has to be for a sail date within a year of redemption (mine is this November). I booked the cruise online at the RCI site, then I purchased the reward. When you purchase a reward they send you an e-mail with instructions. I just e-mailed the address they gave me (which was the Club Royale address) and gave them my cruise reservation number and the reward number and asked them to apply it. When I got back the confirmation e-mail that it had been applied, my husband purchased the same reward and we did the same thing. I figured if they said no I could just return the reward, but they just applied that one too which I was very psyched about. $200 for playing a silly online game, I'll take it!

It has to be within 30 days of booking, which I was. It also has to be for a sail date within a year of redemption (mine is this November). I booked the cruise online at the RCI site, then I purchased the reward. When you purchase a reward they send you an e-mail with instructions. I just e-mailed the address they gave me (which was the Club Royale address) and gave them my cruise reservation number and the reward number and asked them to apply it. When I got back the confirmation e-mail that it had been applied, my husband purchased the same reward and we did the same thing. I figured if they said no I could just return the reward, but they just applied that one too which I was very psyched about. $200 for playing a silly online game, I'll take it!

Unfortunately, all four of us have the Thrill passes, so there is nobody to reserve the beach bed under. I did think of that though, it's a good solution. ?

When I went back to see if it worked, this is what I got. So apparently I was successful.
 

Thank you!