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If we do not receive first class, they will refund. However, what a pain in the keister. I vow never to fly Delta again. Maybe I’m expecting to much, but as expensive as it is to fly first class, I think they should have fixed the issue automatically. It was only because of my detailed nature of checking to make sure all was in order that I discovered they had rescheduled flights and we actually didn’t have enough time to get from one flight to another...

Flying to Miami on the way to cruise is first class. On the way home, we are in the second to last row to Detroit and then Two is have seat assignments on the last leg and one of us will be assigned at the gate. She put in a request for first class and told me to watch for openings. If we do not get first class, we will receive a refund.

We are into single digit days! I booked our flights quite some time ago. Not sure why I bothered, because there have been two schedule changes made by the airline, which now prevents us from the first world problem of not having first class (booked because my hubster is 6’6” and is not fond of being folded accordion style). I am actually all packed already, except for last minute items! This is unprecedented. I don’t know what to do with myself now...

Packing cubes are awesome for the most part and you can squeeze a ton of stuff in them...the pic below with the cubes/ suitcase weighed in as is at 52.7 lbs. Darn it, even bare bones wardrobe weighs a lot. My husband is 6’ 6” with a size 14 foot. His shoes alone could fill a small carry on?

@Rags1 You have a bevy of beauties!

I so wanted to reserve 1740 for our cruise in two weeks, but some super lucky person already had it ? we will still be happy bringing up the rear, but we are definitely Team 17...?

@Sun and Fun Awesome! I currently following @Rags1 live blog. They are boarding Oasis this morning.

Waiting for @Rags1 (insert Jeopardy do do do, do do do here) to post... Details! We want details! Well, you can leave out the bathroom routine details...but all other details are welcome!

We will all be waiting with bated breath! Very excited to see your pics and dialog. No pressure that we will all be living vicariously through you...? Safe travels!

I have literally been watching the weather forecast myself and our cruise is Two weeks away...and of course while I’m doing this one of the owners comes in person to ask me a question!?. And I’m checking already because I had the bad judgement to book a cruise when it’s a full moon for the flight in...??? do they not have Pretzel M&Ms where you live? ?

OMG! You just made me cry laugh! BAHAHAHAHA

And all this talk of not getting our way with M & Ms, makes me want to ask for absurd stuff like this?:

Hope you stay at the Intercontinental and requested bay side. I’m one of those weirdos that can’t sleep the night before and love watching the ships come in and witness the sunrise. In fact, that’s why I’m awake now, checking out the port cam. ?

Raisins are disgusting. Waste of a perfectly good grape that could have been made into wine?

I hope it changes too. The hubster is not impressed so far.

Omg. No. I didn’t know it was made by Coca Cola! Lol. I will definitely mention it!

Yes, same timing on the initial email for us. We are pretty self sufficient and the two things out of the ordinary that I requested were pretzel m&ms (hubster)and Fresca (daughter). The answer was there is a candy store on board and Royal only carries Coke products. So it surprises me that other people are asking for unusual boozes, etc., and their requests are being granted. Apparently there are a lot of variations between in Genies and ships.

Excited to read your live blog, not just for the star class info, but also the insider trading info on Allan?. He’s our wish grantor on Feb 9th...

Safe travels! Pace yourself!?

On our last cruise, we had an owners suite and took our son and his girlfriend. I had an almost fatal accident in not realizing that they are not neat and tidy with their belongings as my hubster and me. They were situated in the “living room” which was between us and the balcony. One of the things I love to do is rise super early to see the sunrise/enjoy the balcony while it is quiet. Just a me and the sea sort of thing. The first morning I popped out of bed and went to the go out on the balcony and in the complete darkness, tripped over a pair of shoes, pirouetted and took out a side chair with a whole bunch of clothing that actually ended up cushioning my fall, got back up, snagged my foot in more clothing and went down again. I think a somersault was involved, but was too shocked and laughing too hard to be fully sure. Needless to say, I didn’t try to do that again for the rest of the trip. While they are not cruising with us this time, I bought battery tea lights to help traverse nighttime wanderings anyway ?

From past experience, in addition to the food coma, we have also experienced the booze coma. One thing we find distasteful is watered down drinks because the ice melts when we’re not swilling them fast enough. In an effort to slow the process down, I requested of our Genie that any drinks brought/ordered to our stateroom have no ice and to also keep us stocked in ice. AND I purchased these:

Good question on what to tip. I’m sure one of the main considerations would be If you run them ragged, bigger tip, if you never see them, smaller tip?

So to keep the information flowing smoothly, I will mention again (since I apparently posted it in the other thread) that we received our Genie letter last night! It arrived 34 days out. I can now quit obsessively checking my email every 3 minutes? WE HAVE ALLAN! Over the past month, since turning in our questionnaire, we have been compiling an outline of possibilities, wants and even a couple of leave off the lists. For all that, it was not a very big list...Allan did thank us in this initial email for turning in our questionnaire. We emailed the list we made tonight. Hopefully it doesn’t make his eyes cross and will help make his job easier... From what we’ve read about him, we have hit the Genie Jackpot. I’d love to hear your favorite memories of Allan!

@Lovetocruise2002 Could you please move this to the Live Blog section? I thought that was where I started this, but apparently I was wrong! And somehow I started two threads...what a colossal newbie! Thank you!

Received our Genie letter this morning!!! We sail February 9th and we have Allan! can I hear everyone’s thoughts and experiences with him? it’s going to be hard to concentrate at work today!