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  1. We have enjoyed our sailings out of Galveston.  The ships are pretty much the same so not much of a choice to make there.

    Given the facts that the LIB is 2 days longer and it’s overall cheaper, it would be a no-brainer for me.  

    The time of year could be a factor.  Knowing that with summer storms, Galveston offers far more alternative routes for outmaneuvering storms than NJ would could be a factor.  Of course, it is going to be blazing hot in south Texas in August !

    I would choose LIB just for the extra days and price difference.

  2. 28 minutes ago, heffy2 said:

    All of the main sewer lines on the NCL ship I worked on went above our version of I-95, the main crew walkway. When they broke, which happened from time to time, it was like an environmental hazard. My first contract I was in housekeeping, so guess who got to help clean it up...?. I hope they get the pluming fixed quickly! Loving your review @WAAAYTOOO

    Thank you !

  3. We decided to check out Park Cafe for a kummelweck. When Dan spotted the gravy (vs au jus) he opted for an egg salad sammie. I was brave and went for the kummelweck anyway, just sans the gravy.  It wasn’t the best I’ve ever had but it certainly wasn’t the worst.  It was passable. The beef was not tough which is the worst situation.  Afterwards I decided to look for a bit of ice cream.  Dan got a scoop of tiramisu ice cream from the ice cream side of Sugar Beach.  No charge.  I went over to Johnny Rockets and got a vanilla shake. Also no charge. 
    I collapsed 2 of those damned paper straws in the process.  Remember the pack of plastic straws I brought with me ?  Yep..,.still unused. Good idea but completely impractical. 
     

    While sitting at JR Dan looked down and saw that his white shorts were riddled with black spots.  We quickly realized that it was engine soot.  Looking around, you could see it everywhere.  I remember ruining clothes from the soot on a couple of our ATS stays. It’s a definite problem in the aft areas of the ship 

     

  4. Just in case any of you thought I might be embellishing my story, I provide photographic evidence of the seriousness of the plumbing debacle. They are working both inside 

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    and, out in the hallway and overhead in the crawl space

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    Sorry for the quality of the hallway photo  I was trying to be unobtrusive and take a quick shot.  Didn’t want the worker(s) to think I was spying on them !

    Our water is on but we didn’t dare try and use the other toilet.  Dan dashed gown to 15 to find an available public toilet.  It was funny for a while.  Now it’s becoming a real nuisance  

     

     

     

     

  5. 8 minutes ago, ellcee said:

    Surely, it's not your fault. Unless you're throwing out full bottles and garbage this shouldn't be an issue you caused.

    I agree. We know “the rules”. I feel like it’s something in the “main line” but since we are the top of the stem, we are the logical place to start “pushing” whatever it is <down> through the system. Sounds good. I’m goin’ with that...

     

  6. It seems we are having maintenance issues AGAIN.  When we returned after b’fast at JR we found our suite attendant (Cami (Camelia)) overseeing a delicate plumbing procedure in the “guest” bathroom.  I haven’t yet expounded on the virtues of our excellent cabin attendant. She is, hands down, the best we’ve ever had. But this topic deserves its own post, so I will get back to the issue-at-hand. 

    It seems the toilet(s) is clogged again. <hands up and backpedaling> I DIDN’T DO IT !  I have been red-faced guilty of said crime many, many times (Dan claims I am a world class toilet paper abuser and I admit that I am) but not this time !  Whatever happened, it is serious. They had the whole freakin’ toilet bowl removed and untold lengths of plumbing snakes deployed.  I’m sure they think I’m guilty of some unspeakable toilet violation.  I could tell by the look on their face when we walked in. How do you defend yourself against this kind of bias ?  Perhaps it’s just deflection on my part b/c I know I have been guilty of similar sins in the past.  Oh well....Best to just let them work their magic and carry on as if nothing happened.  If I get a scolding from Cami I will know that we were unmasked by the workers.  Such an injustice !

    Dan has gone to investigate.  I’m waiting out on the balcony to minimize the chance of being confronted directly.  He’s braver than I am. 

  7. We have arrived in Falmouth.  This is among my least favorite ports of call but I will say that it is among my favorites in regards to the ease of disembarking and proximity to the port compound.  It is RIGHT there as soon as you get off the ship. No pier to walk down at all. BOOM- you’re right there at the compound. 

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    Ugh. You got the finger (on the lens).  Sorry about that.  Twangbot would never let that happen !

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    Mere moments later, something happened that I don’t recall Seeing at Falmouth before...

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    We were joined by another ship !  And even more unusual, it was the NCL Dawn.  I didn't think NCL used the port at Falmouth.  The Dawn is often our companion when docked in Bermuda.  We sailed on the Dawn many years ago. It was our one and only casino comp through NCL

  8. Breakfast this morning at Johnny Rockets. We had missed doing this on our last few Oasis class ships and decided NOT to miss it this time.  It was unremarkable but we did it !

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    Dan had some kind of breakfast sandwich and I had <cold> pancakes.  As Dan’s grandfather used to say, “it’ll make a turd”.  

    Beautiful morning to eat outside at JR though.  No sun and no wind.  Glad we did it.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  9. 1 hour ago, Booscruize said:

    Thank you so so much! We always wanted to get married on the ships deck but they don’t allow it anymore so we decided that since our number of guests is small and we know that many people throw parties/cabin crawls in their suites that the genie could help us with a few platters and some bubbly! Praying this all goes off without a hitch LOL Love your blogs btw! I am catching up on everyone’s SC adventures! 

    Thanks so much. I will help in any way I can

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