JVPIII

BTW, I have to share this one. My favorite auntie gets me scratch offs for my birthday. I still need to cash it in. But the pork roll v. Ham debate is real!
 

My list of RC bloggers i need to cruise with at some point keeps growing. 

Made the 3 hour drive north to Orlando today for our weekend in Universal. Here is a picture Rick took in the car on the way up.

He is always making a face in pictures so I’m sure you will see more when we get to the actual cruise portion of this blog.
We decided to spend some time in Disney springs this afternoon and at the recommendation of @OCSC Mike we went to dinner at Chef Art Smith’s Homecoming. 10 out of 10 would recommend.
Here is the current menu if you are interested.


Rick had Country fried steak with mash potatoes and macaroni and cheese and I had fried chicken with green beans. Both were very good!

 
Also for those who were not aware Disney Springs does have an Up, Up and Away so you can pretend it is PDCC. 

Here's the current status.
Our house looks like a war zone and I've still not found my back-up pair of blue aviator sunglasses. Do i have 8 other pairs i could take? Of course. But they are my favorite stand-by pair. 
Batman made me pack my Dyson hair dryer tonight, meaning i have to use my old ionic hair dryer tomorrow on embarkation day.
Totally my fault.
I made fun of the classy garbage bag waterproofing.
He's called my bluff, and our bags are now waterproofed from the inside with a giant painter's tarp, cut strategically in multiple pieces.  Packing the checked luggage is apparently a delicate operation only he can manage.
I watched him pack my prized hair dryer. He was right.  I may change his name to MacGuyver.
My sister failed to clear her own vacation with us (the horror!) so i fully expect another comedy of errors tomorrow morning.
Our 2 cats, Brat 1 (16) and Brat 2 (turning 8 while we're away) have fully earned their names. The brats go my sister's whenever we're away. They like it there and since Sissy works from home, they get the attention they demand. Only problem is that Sissy comes back from her vacation at about 10pm tmw.  
My thoughts: lets drop them off tonight anyway. Then we'll just check on them in the morning for food and litter. They'll survive one night alone. 
Batman's thoughts: 👎 Solid no. 
The compromise? We ran over to Sissy's today to set everything up in advance, but left the Brats at home. 
Batman insists, no problem. He's going to get both brats in their respective carriers and run them to Sissy's by himself circa 9am. 
Just for this, I'm staying in bed till 9:30.
Carryalls are a two-person operation in this house. We've had to reschedule vet appointments because we couldn't get them there in time.  Both brats scream bloody murder for the entire 1.4 mile drive between our house and my sister's. If we don't make the single light, the SPCA gets put on high alert,  suspecting us of animal cruelty. 
I sorta want to be right yet equally want to be wrong at the same time. How this plays out in the morning will be anyone's guess. 
But if we're not ready for our car service at 11am, Batman has to see Cats. Solo. And stay for the whole thing. I'm pretty sure i can get Sweet Leticia and/or Derick to collude with me on this.
After last night's 2:30am v. 2:30pm debacle, Batman has no less than 12 alarms set around the house and is convinced he should stay awake all night so he doesn't miss the ship. 
Because of course i would sail without him. Of course. Makes perfect sense. 
I'm currently being reminded of our wedding vows from 47 years ago: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DIVORCE. 🥰

Made the 3 hour drive north to Orlando today for our weekend in Universal. Here is a picture Rick took in the car on the way up.

He is always making a face in pictures so I’m sure you will see more when we get to the actual cruise portion of this blog.
We decided to spend some time in Disney springs this afternoon and at the recommendation of @OCSC Mike we went to dinner at Chef Art Smith’s Homecoming. 10 out of 10 would recommend.
Here is the current menu if you are interested.


Rick had Country fried steak with mash potatoes and macaroni and cheese and I had fried chicken with green beans. Both were very good!

 
Also for those who were not aware Disney Springs does have an Up, Up and Away so you can pretend it is PDCC. 

@SweetPea Thank for translating. @FireFishII sorry about the jargon it is a nasty side effect of working for 911. That is just the universal jargon and not the non universal codes and shorthand each agency uses to speak. It is a language all its own

rest assured, this is always what i mean when i use “rip” in my liveblogs and comments 😂

Please excuse the work jargon! But I've filled it in when quoting your post! 😁 Stop me now because i could go on and on. And on....

UPDATE 9.5 DAYS TO GO
I said before that I own and operate my own travel agency and that is true but I also work as a 911 dispatcher for our local Sheriffs Office. Tonight is my last night of work for the next 17 days!!! Universal Halloween Horror nights this weekend and a cruise in just over a week! YAY!!!

So many things to do and so little time. Short weekend trip to Orlando, then shopping and packing. Stay tuned!!

Life is boring otherwise

UPDATE 9.5 DAYS TO GO
I said before that I own and operate my own travel agency and that is true but I also work as a 911 dispatcher for our local Sheriffs Office. Tonight is my last night of work for the next 17 days!!! Universal Halloween Horror nights this weekend and a cruise in just over a week! YAY!!!

So many things to do and so little time. Short weekend trip to Orlando, then shopping and packing. Stay tuned!!

We started our journey on Tuesday evening saying good bye and took train to the airport.

12 hour later  we landed  in Newark for a challenging 1.5 hour connection,  immigration went very fast although there were some lines but one of the suitcases took it time to arrive which push us to the not do comfortable zone. Lucky for us there were zero lines at security and our flight to Seattle was from the same terminal. We arrived the gate just when they started to board . Flight to Seattle took another 5 hours but it went smooth. When we landed the luggage came very quick and we walked to the train. The train  departures every 10 minutes and has enough space for luggage.  It cost 3 $ per person. It took us 6 more minutes to walk to the hotel , although it was uphill. Around 12 PM we arrived to the hotel to find that our room already ready which was nice.


We quickly got refreshed and went to catch something to eat in Pike market which is 10 minutes from the hotel. We went to the market grill , I got the Salmon sandwich which was very good.

We checked some other places in the market before going to the nearby Target to stock up.

We went back yo the hotel and decided to take some rest which we all know  with the Jetlag meaning sleep until the middle if the night 🙂
 

Ooh, wait… beach club cabana is ONLY $2499 for my June cruise. My bad.

Yup, sounds about right. Our next up is Symphony in May where BC Cabanas are $3499 and Floating/OTW is $4099.

Yes. OTW are $3899, lol.

Perfect plan! We let our APs expire in the second year of lockdown.  We paid for 2021 and never went so we didn't renew in 2022 for the first time since 2003. 😪 

That is some crazy prices for the UDP and Beach club beach cabana. 

Obligatory helpful post of the day here. 
I got a warning email that CP reservations close at midnight tonight, so we had better book now to maximize savings. 
For others who are curious what CP prices look like, immediately prior to the deadline, and 3 days before your cruise, here are some screenshots.
Of these, i think only the Thrill Water Cabana price dropped significantly. I no longer see the unlimited dining package, but i could be missing it. 
If you'd like to see something specific that i didn't list, lmk in the next hour 😁
 


 

Update, Dining package is available, just not on the app

 

We are annual pass holders so we do have a day pass. The plan is to go a little early and get into one of the holding areas so we are released early.

People love CBR! Rebecca was a bartender at HRH before she went to Cabana Bay, but I'm not sure she's been back since she had baby London!
Do you have a park ticket for the day also? If so, take advantage of that. They'll have a holding area and some houses open before HHN only ticket holders are allowed in (at least this is the way it usually works). Hard to say what crowds will be like with things back to normal, but i absolutely have my fingers crossed for you guys!! 

UPDATE 9.5 DAYS TO GO
I said before that I own and operate my own travel agency and that is true but I also work as a 911 dispatcher for our local Sheriffs Office. Tonight is my last night of work for the next 17 days!!! Universal Halloween Horror nights this weekend and a cruise in just over a week! YAY!!!

So many things to do and so little time. Short weekend trip to Orlando, then shopping and packing. Stay tuned!!

Life is boring otherwise

YES ELDERBERRY!! 😍
this liveblog has already run the gamut; from elderberry to porkroll!! we are a study in contradictions 😂

UPDATE 9.5 DAYS TO GO
I said before that I own and operate my own travel agency and that is true but I also work as a 911 dispatcher for our local Sheriffs Office. Tonight is my last night of work for the next 17 days!!! Universal Halloween Horror nights this weekend and a cruise in just over a week! YAY!!!

So many things to do and so little time. Short weekend trip to Orlando, then shopping and packing. Stay tuned!!