WAAAYTOOO

@Bowen I am so VERY happy that it all went smoothly for you and that you had a fun cruise ! I can’t tell you how grateful I am that you came back with a good report on the embarkation process, being unvaxxed. It sounds like it was painless ! Yippee ! Were you aware of any unvaxxed doing a B2B ? I’m wondering how the turnaround process went for testing for cruise #2. I was told by 2 different CSR on the phone (for which I generally have a very low confidence level) that they will simply allow you to do another unproctored self-test in your room the last night (or so) before the turnaround and then present that at check-in #2. I would love to have that intel confirmed by someone who actually did it… Anyway, welcome back and congratulations on getting through all of this and remaining unvaxxed ! That is quite an accomplishment.

@MaryCS62, so very sorry to hear of your daughter’s passing. I recall many wonderful blog postings that included her. Truly very sorry to hear this.

Holy samoly ! What day ! So glad your mom is ok. That would have scared me half to death ! Just glad she’s “back”.

There’s a slightly better than -0- chance that your 2 GTY rooms will even be on the same deck, much less near one another. Your best chance would be to upgrade your bookings to at least regular inside rooms where you can choose the rooms/locations.

Oasis Feb 5, 2023 goes to both.

The suites’ breakfast on the ships w/o a Coastal Kitchen is one of my favorite suite perks.

This is what I live for !

It just keeps taking me back to the sign-in page. Obviously down for whatever reason.

Hmmmm....I checked the CruisingPower website and it is showing all categories as "closed". I can't really guess what that means, but it is reminiscent of the way the cruises used to look whenever they were being COVID-cancelled. I'm not trying to alarm anyone. It might just be that the cruise truly IS completely booked but this kind of ship-wide status has, in the past, been an omen. I sure hope everything is ok....this would be super late to be cancelling a cruise. Perhaps they're just updating something with the cruise database and have temporarily closed it. That has happened in the past as well.

It’ll be interesting to try the infinite veranda concept on Icon. Not sure how I will like it but won’t know until I try ! Frankly, I don’t really get that much use out of a balcony anyway so the extra room will be a bonus. I like having a balcony but don’t really sit out there, much.

There definitely appears to be a stage there.

Interesting. This is the first instance I have ever heard of where you could not get any number of lobster tails in the MDR on lobster night. Hopefully it was just a one-time shortage.

It depends on the ship class. Oasis class ships will generally have beverages (including bottled water) available from 11-11 but none of the other ship class offer this service. You will be able to get water and other beverages on the other ship classes during their nightly happy hour (~5:30 - 8:00).

I don't recall ever getting any luggage tags. If we did, we lost them !

Yippee !!

@Jkaczano, so very sorry to hear of your MIL's passing.

How do you get a full photograph ? All I can see is a little compressed sliver.

I sure hope you told 'em to go pound sand...or pound something else..

So you got your bag back ? YIPPEE !!

@Traveling MikeI was just thinking about you this morning. So glad to hear from you. I figured that there had been comm issues...but glad to know everything is good. So many beautiful and unusual places to see and go. Very glad that you were able to go and to tell us all about it. Sad that we weren't able to make this trip, which we had been planning for so long....another time...

The ice cream is only included for Star Class....but the candy is not included....even for SC

I would choose Roatan b/c it is easy to do Coz and CM on your own. Roatan, never, ever.

Don't worry. If you truly want to dine alone (and I completely understand that) just ask them to seat you at a small table. They will.

Beware. TA can also mean TransAtlantic

I've never been much of a shopper but now I am a shopping recluse. I haven't been inside a department store in....well, a very, very long time. I too am technology-spoiled. I don't even go to the grocery store anymore. Between Amazon Prime, Instacart and teleworking, I am a total hermit...and I LIKE it !