Jax

Got my first sea day T-shirt ready for action. 
 

During our 8 day cruise in December 2023, Between my parents and us we had 18 vouchers per day. we got our cabin steward water and pop of his choice. He was very grateful. Every two day he had a case plus.

Freedom and oasis at coco cay today. Man we got lucky with just us in port yesterday. Everything was much more chill. For us, may have been best coco day yet. 

Crisis averted. @GatorCruiser was kind enough to offer to grab my wife some chocolate croissants from the SL but they were out in the CL today.

Me too. It’s currently sunny and 17 and winter returns tomorrow. Ugh 

Me too. It’s currently sunny and 17 and winter returns tomorrow. Ugh 

For anyone wondering, I completed the process for the return of my Vuori hoodie today. We decided to ship it to our U.S. mailbox for several reasons. The main one was that the link Royal sent me only accepts US addresses. If I want it shipped internationally, I would have to wait for another email from Royal, and who knows how long that will take.
So with that in mind, domestic shipping for a single hoodie came to $47.86. Lesson learned. I need to do a better final sweep next time, or book a smaller cabin so that things don’t hide as well 😉

Me too. It’s currently sunny and 17 and winter returns tomorrow. Ugh 

Might have been heat stroke. I have no  explanation.
MDR Italian night was unexpectedly good. Arancini (forgot a pic) was crispy & tasty, lasagna actually had meat & wasn’t mushy, & even my wife loved the chocolate hazelnut cake. Neither of us tasted any hazelnut. It was very similar to the molten chocolate cake which she loved on Allure. Thanks for the recommendation @FionaMG !

Apologies for the missing bites.
Waiting for Name That Tune: 80’s and trying a “Metalliquor”

Hooked tonight. 
apps: oysters Rockefeller and raw oysters 

me: blackened captains platter 
Wife: surf 🏄‍♂️ and turf 
interestingly the filet here was better than Chops 
 

Me too. It’s currently sunny and 17 and winter returns tomorrow. Ugh 

Has hell frozen over and i just don't know it?

Serious lack of eating today. Heat is one thing that kills my appetite & I was too hot to stuff myself at CocoCay. I didn’t even have a funnel cake. That’s unheard of for me.
We got back on the ship, showered, cooled off (the a/c is insanely strong in our cabin), & destroyed a small crowd at cartoon theme song trivia (it was nearly all 80s/90s stuff). We gave away one of the highlighters we won to a young boy & went back to the cabin to relax. I planned to hit up ELF but dozed off instead. I needed it but now I’ll be making up for lack of food with CL snacks, MDR Italian night, WJ & Sorrentos… I’d rather have ELF tbh but we’ll see what I find.
Nothing really planned after dinner. Still have plenty of vouchers to use.

Hit up water park with kids then hideaway which we got for $20. Place is incredible. Amazing. 

Umm...something doesn't sound right here...
Shouldn't you be eating a pre-breakfast, before the breakfast/brunch? 

Will do my best since @GatorCruiseronly mentioned like 2 items. Methinks he cared more about the bourbon than the food. 🤣 No judgment of course.
I liked it better here when it was cool in October. Feels hotter than it was supposed to be. Think I’ve had 8 cups of mango water so far. 🥵 

Little from column A, little from column B? 🤷‍♂️🤣 Nah, I don’t think so. I’m not a big drinker but 4 spread out over the whole day shouldn’t be a problem.
We were going to finish the night with mudslides at the headliner show but there was no server nearby so I have a fridge full of strawberry lemonade Trulys now (couldn’t let my wife’s vouchers go to waste). She had a strawberry daiquiri here at CocoCay at least. Beginning to wonder what the heck we’re going to do with 10 after this but we’ll figure something out.

No food/drink pics from CocoCay, sorry. Too hot & fighting a headache from lack of sleep. It’s very warm & sunny. 
@asquared17 You have converted me from Tobasco Chipotle to Cholula. You’re right, it is a tiny bit thicker.

@OCSC Mike I see that you brought your wife one of those fruit-covered danish.  I do love those....not so much for the fruit or the danish but for the yummy custard.  LOL  I'll betcha if you ask the CL Concierge that they will get your some chocolate croissant for later in the week.  They're usually pretty good about that kind of thing.  Good luck !

I’m sorry to report chocolate croissants in the suite  lounge @OCSC Mike you can meet me somewhere and I can get you some 😜
view of hideaway beach from balcony 
 

He welcomed us to the island.

Off the ship not long after the gangway opened & it’s empty by the Oasis pool. This is not an early morning crowd & we’re the only ship here. Will use my Bezos holder for something frozen later.

Starting to feel awake & better. Crown Lounge may be in the basement but love that there are two coffee machines & this model can fill my cappuccino to the very top of the to-go cups.
One huge negative… no chocolate croissants for my wife, one of her favorite things in the food world. Grabbed her a plain with my Danish & 2 large cappuccinos. Currently drinking them from my Bezos cup holder in the cabin b/c there’s no coffee table on Wonder. Waiting to see how wife feels before we make plans. Normally we get off the ship ASAP. Stay tuned…

Can’t sleep for a change.
MDR started off rough. Took a good 45 mins to get our appetizers after sitting down but the rest of the meal moved quickly so hopefully it was a one-off. Escargot wasn’t hot (took so long, not surprising) but rest of the meal was fine. Wife’s grilled chicken was dry but rest of her meal was fine too. You guys know we’re not big MDR fans so it’s not super important to us. My key lime pie was much better than expected & my wife tried Boston cream pie instead of resorting to her usual ice cream & liked it. We went to WJ after to find half the MDR menu & nothing overly exciting.
After dinner we saw InTENse for the 2nd time. Same opinion… it’s good but we prefer less dancing & more diving.
Headliner after that… Pete Matthews, comedic juggler. Some of his jokes were funny & clearly he can juggle but not great.
CocoCay in the morning so hopefully we get some sleep.

That is my assumption too. Thank goodness it's not a shady math booking lmao
Problem is, I was actually told I had to leave the ship! 😂 thank you for following along!