WAAAYTOOO

Great strategy. It seems to be working, too !

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

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...

Thanks, Dan. We plan on staying right on the ship. I know it will be a great day. I see an lovely nap coming my way ! ??

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.

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. Ugh. You got the finger (on the lens). Sorry about that. Twangbot would never let that happen ! Mere moments later, something happened that I don’t recall Seeing at Falmouth before... 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

Just to prove that we DO leave our fortress from time-to-time, I managed to get some shots of the newly decorated Promenade.

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 ! 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.

Wow. That was a very direct letter. I’m surprised that Royal made something like this public. I’m not saying I disagree. I’m just surprised

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

Congratulations !

Yep. Happens a lot

Christmas decorations update : there aren’t any. Nothin’, nada, nunca. Joyce said that she’s never seen a ship not start decorating by this time. Not sure what’s going on. Maybe they have all new amplified Christmas decorations that will be on boarded when we debark #disappointed

I didn’t though. I was a chicken to prebet pocket 3’s. I know.....you’re supposed to but I was a clucker ?

Yes, pocket 3’s with 2 3’s on the flop. It doesn’t get any sweeter

At the UTH table game. I also have the same problem in a cash game. If I have a big hand and bet it, everyone folds. If I slow play it, I get no big payoff. ???

Yep. You’re absolutely right. I couldn’t remember. Guess it’s been too long a “dry” spell for us !

I’m on this cruise, too !

I would strongly recommend NOT doing any Mayan ruins tour on the mainland through a 3rd party. Not because it wouldn’t be a good tour, but because it is such a great distance away. If you are delayed for any reason and do not make it back and miss the ship, it’s a very big deal. I’m sure there will be those who have had excellent 3rd party excursions to the mainland Mayan ruins, but the risk, to me, is just too great. There are plenty of times that I have used 3rd parties for excursions but this is one situation where I would never do it.

I need to go back and confirm this. If I’m not mistaken, these drinks are available all day (11-11) and not just 4:30-8 to person eligible for the suites lounge.

For those of you who might care, I took photos of the bar menu in the Suites Lounge. This is the Happy Hour menu available daily from 4:40-8 PM I have the full service menu as well but need to clarify some info on this one and will publish it later

Hey, Steph- Truthfully, we have not been back to the casino since the first night. We walked through there yesterday morning but it was already so crowded plus I couldn’t tell which tables were open do we just kept moving. I have not felt the need to hang out in the casino this trip. I I imagine a great deal of that had to do with our beautiful suite. I just love being there !

....and it still is. That is still my favorite beach on Oki. So much fun

Thanks, Sweety ! I don’t know if I even mentioned it, but our meal at 150 (beef tenderloin for 2) was very marginal. The beef was chewy and tasteless. I have come to the conclusion that I am just “steaked out”. I have never been a huge beef fan to begin with and in the past 9 days I have eaten more steak than I would normally consume in a year. I think I just need to steer clear of steak for a while. Maybe they will be more palatable if I keep them as a special treat.

Yes, Kadena is a nice base. Waaay better than anything the Marine Corps has over there. We used to take MAC hops out of Kadena over to South Korea to shop. There was also a once-a-week Navy flight to Hong Kong that was a favorite I’m sure those are long gone. In a rather weird twist of fate, I ended up going back to Oki many years later for business. I ended up having sites at Ft Buckner and Torii Station and made many trips back over there, the past 16 years.