Jax

Christmas Cake 
Another cake ❤️❤️ Even if we don’t eat them all, I always enjoy trying a slice. 

I always forget a beach bag, so it will come in handy on our beach excursions.  The hats are another story. lol 

Private Flowrider Session
This ended up being a great gift/surprise for the guys on Christmas morning. They loved it and would definitely do it again.  I got it on sale for $445 and when split 4 ways it isn’t too bad. They start them off on their stomachs, then knees and then standing.  3 out of the 4 guys all played lots of hockey and ski’d so they were standing up quickly.  Lindsay prefers to boogie board on his knees and try to master the tricks. He did a 360 his first try.  🙌🏻🙌🏻 Videos posted over on my IG stories. 
Tomorrow morning is the star class session from 8:30-10am. 
 
 

Merry Christmas from somewhere in the Gulf 🎅🎄
We woke to a beautiful morning. Sunny and no wind. I’ll post more about our private flower session in a bit. Just sharing our morning view. 🌞

I agree. Don’t get me wrong, our SRA is a nice man, eager to please. I sense he is new to servicing star class suites.  I am routing all stateroom attendant type requests through Berty. Although I am sympathetic to their cabin load I am not willing to let it diminish our star class perks.  
If not for Berty our pressed items and laundry situation would have ended much differently.  SRA reported no pressed items at 4. After a text to Berty pressed items arrived within 15 minutes.  It’s the genie magic 🧞‍♂️🧞‍♂️

This was totally my wife and I after our last cruise. We had never tried the standup until this cruise and are already pumped to get on it next cruise and try for our blue bands. My wife even got a balance board for Christmas to help get practice at home 😂

Yup, pre cruise Lindsay “our private session will be enough, I don’t care about the star class session”. Post flowrider Lindsay “I think I will be there early tomorrow” 🤣

Clown hat is a great description! I think mine will be “the gift that keeps on giving” to next weeks  guests. 😆

Clown hat is a great description! I think mine will be “the gift that keeps on giving” to next weeks  guests. 😆

The hats aren’t too bad until you turn them over.  If they had used the same navy blue fabric for the underside, it would have been ok….but the underside looks like a clown hat !  Really ugly.  I’m with you.  Not sure those will ever see the outside of a closet !

Supper at CK 
It was filet night and the service and food was outstanding. One thing I really like about CK is their portion sizes. You leave feeling comfortable, not stuffed.  Everyone had the filet and we all loved it. 😋

No, sorry I will clarify. Berty used his genie powers and had our stateroom attendant do it. I was getting some pushback from the attendant on getting more star class laundry bags and having a few items pressed for tonight. Berty took care of it without me even knowing. I came back from lunch to a clean floor. 

Yup, pre cruise Lindsay “our private session will be enough, I don’t care about the star class session”. Post flowrider Lindsay “I think I will be there early tomorrow” 🤣

Lunch Jaime’s 
Because the weather was overcast we opted to dine in at Jaime’s. We tried a sampling of appetizers, Caesar salad, the chicken sandwich and penne pancetta Alfredo pasta. It was nice to see some familiar crew faces from last year. Food was good as always.  
 

Suite Decorations 🎉🎓
Berty decorated the suite with a variety of pictures of us. It took us a moment to ask him “how did you find these”. Well, he was resourceful and pulled them from Facebook. 🥰
 

Thermal Suite 
Lindsay and I used our complimentary star class pass this morning.  Everything was fine because we know the routine. Otherwise it would be underwhelming.  No tour, no information on the lockers, no water offered. I remembered water was available in the treatment waiting area. Disappointing service seems to be a pattern with the vitality spa on all the ships we have sailed on.  

Christmas Cake 
Another cake ❤️❤️ Even if we don’t eat them all, I always enjoy trying a slice. 

I always forget a beach bag, so it will come in handy on our beach excursions.  The hats are another story. lol 

Yup, pre cruise Lindsay “our private session will be enough, I don’t care about the star class session”. Post flowrider Lindsay “I think I will be there early tomorrow” 🤣

@Jax i am slightly disappointed in you.... there is no truffle pasta here....
my heart is breaking 💔🤣

We are in for the night. We had a pretty quiet day; walked through the shops downtown, drove to NASA and went for a drive along the coast. We’ve packed what we can. Berty will see us in the terminal at 10:15am. Lindsay will drop Reyd and I and the luggage at the terminal early, drop the rental and meet us back at the terminal. Berty confirmed Reyd and I can get ourselves and the luggage checked in and they will have Lindsay join us in the suite lounge. Weather has remained good in Galveston but the forecast calls for rain throughout the night, morning and afternoon. So we will see what happens.  Berty said it has been raining today. 
I’ll checkin with you all tomorrow!! 

Merry Christmas @Jax to you and the family! 🎄❤️

Careful…next thing you know they are on that thing every chance they get and you will only see them for dinner 
Been there, done that 😂

Best view ever! 

And then there’s me, who’s like don’t forget to pack the wrinkle release 😂😂