Jax

We are onboard! 
We woke to a partly overcast day but no rain! Lindsay dropped us off at 9:15 and was back by about 9:45am after dropping off the car rental.  The terminal could not be accessed until 10am but thankfully it wasn’t raining. The terminal genie met us just before 10am and we were through security and in the terminal lounge in minutes.   Berty met us around 10:15am, took us to the suite lounge for about 5-10 minutes before he brought us to our suite.  More on the suite later.  Luggage arrived by 11am. 🙌🏻 This is the first time we have had a repeat genie and we feel so lucky we get to spend the week with him.  
📸 Pano from our deck. It’s a flurry of activity below us as truck after truck unloads supplies.   

Happening now 

Yeah, it's cruise day! I agree with the new F&B manager. The usual welcome edibles are underwhelming. What they delivered looked awesome. Maybe it's a holiday cruise thing? But it would be nice fleet wide. That would definitely GITCC as a positive!
 
And Berty is very resourceful! ❤️

I'm a simple guy, what can I say?
On a selfish note, can't wait to see and read about Paradise Beach based on your food porn thus far. Keep it coming!

In my defense there were truffles in the fries.🤣All this talk of truffles on your blog has inspired me …..what are the must have truffle dishes. 

You are too easy! lol In my alternate universe I would have a live in genie. 😆

Forgot to mention Berty said there are 6697 guests onboard this week. 😳 

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.  
 

Laundry 
Before 
After mentioning this mess to Berty, we come back from lunch to this. The items to be pressed were taken along with all the dirty laundry.  I told him he has no idea how much I appreciate his genie magic. 🥰

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. 🥰
 

Room Arrival Snacks 
Apparently there is a new F&B director who felt the embarkation snacks were underwhelming so they have been replaced with these. Lindsay enjoyed.   

ATS #9730 
We were in #8730 last year so the set up of the room is essentially the same. A slightly smaller eating area, different closet configuration in the master bedroom and access to the deck via 1 door instead of 2. The large deck is definitely a highlight of the room. 

We are onboard! 
We woke to a partly overcast day but no rain! Lindsay dropped us off at 9:15 and was back by about 9:45am after dropping off the car rental.  The terminal could not be accessed until 10am but thankfully it wasn’t raining. The terminal genie met us just before 10am and we were through security and in the terminal lounge in minutes.   Berty met us around 10:15am, took us to the suite lounge for about 5-10 minutes before he brought us to our suite.  More on the suite later.  Luggage arrived by 11am. 🙌🏻 This is the first time we have had a repeat genie and we feel so lucky we get to spend the week with him.  
📸 Pano from our deck. It’s a flurry of activity below us as truck after truck unloads supplies.   

Happening now 

In my defense there were truffles in the fries.🤣All this talk of truffles on your blog has inspired me …..what are the must have truffle dishes. 

You are too easy! lol In my alternate universe I would have a live in genie. 😆

Looks great to me! I still miss WJ sushi from back in the day, lol. In an alternate universe, my genie would bring me sushi multiple times/day. 🍣
Enjoy night one CK filet! That's what my MIL makes for Xmas dinner. The ambiance is a little different but the price is right! 😁
Happy holidays!

Laundry 
Before 
After mentioning this mess to Berty, we come back from lunch to this. The items to be pressed were taken along with all the dirty laundry.  I told him he has no idea how much I appreciate his genie magic. 🥰

Forgot to mention Berty said there are 6697 guests onboard this week. 😳 

ITS CRUISE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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. 🥰
 

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.  
 

Laundry 
Before 
After mentioning this mess to Berty, we come back from lunch to this. The items to be pressed were taken along with all the dirty laundry.  I told him he has no idea how much I appreciate his genie magic. 🥰

Room Arrival Snacks 
Apparently there is a new F&B director who felt the embarkation snacks were underwhelming so they have been replaced with these. Lindsay enjoyed.   

ATS #9730 
We were in #8730 last year so the set up of the room is essentially the same. A slightly smaller eating area, different closet configuration in the master bedroom and access to the deck via 1 door instead of 2. The large deck is definitely a highlight of the room.