WAAAYTOOO

We breezed through boarding & walked right on the ship before 10am again. It’s crazy empty so far.
Stopped in Mason Jar for my wife to drop off some gifts (her manager friend was all smiles & gave us each a hug).
Going to get my usual Moonlight first drink & wait for WJ to open.

They are...curious about our departure on Sat 2/7 next year as we're on Freedom but Icon will occupy the Royal Terminal A.  There are also 2 NCL, 2 Carnival, 2 MSC and VV ship in port that day.  9 ships, should be interesting minus Terminal G...

Its cruise day 🎊😍.
It rained and thundered hard here and now it's muggy. I only enjoy that weather on a cruise ship 🤣🤣🤣

Heading out today working our way to the cruise port...see ya soon!

It's happened to me -- twice. 
This is important.  Call Club Royale back and INSIST that they call the Revenue Department and have your room assigned.  This is the ONLY way that you can guarantee that it won't "fall off" (their terminology) again.  There are 2 advantages to doing this.  #1, you have the correct room category and it cannot fall back to an interior guarantee again.  #2.  If you have a room assignment, you are able to move to a different room, within the same category, if you are not happy with what they assigned you and obviously, IF there is another room available to move to.
Good luck.  I would NOT trust them when they say "don't worry".  Worry....

It's happened to me -- twice. 
This is important.  Call Club Royale back and INSIST that they call the Revenue Department and have your room assigned.  This is the ONLY way that you can guarantee that it won't "fall off" (their terminology) again.  There are 2 advantages to doing this.  #1, you have the correct room category and it cannot fall back to an interior guarantee again.  #2.  If you have a room assignment, you are able to move to a different room, within the same category, if you are not happy with what they assigned you and obviously, IF there is another room available to move to.
Good luck.  I would NOT trust them when they say "don't worry".  Worry....

Haha. I agree, the new leadership under Liberty would burn this guy in a second but it would be such a bad look for the company. This guy is the # 1 and literally is the living definition of Royal Caribbean loyalty. Tossing Mario to the curb has some consequences attached to it. Could the company ever have the audacity to hold another loyalty tier party? All that crap the captain, hotel and cruise director (including the orchestra) spew out to the crown and anchor members would all be set ablaze. 

Happy Cruise Day! Looks like a good day for a cruise. Sunrise was pretty red this AM, but think we’ll be okay on the big boat…😀
Tidbit… This weekend red snapper are allowed to be caught/harvested. Watched the drove of fishermen head out this am on the webcam (still some heading out now) We will probably get to see the hoard coming back in once onboard… Many will get there bag limit in a few hours if they know where to go…

Yep, I'm with ya on all counts... though I manage to get my boxers on right side in, lol. As long as my wife sleeps better (which is more important), we get up together and just head in different directions. If not... it's back to getting dressed in the dark and sneaking away.
It's kinda backwards on cruises since I need to get dressed in order to go get my coffee across the ship. I've certainly seen bath robes in the CL, but that's not my style, lol, and I also wouldn't want to cross the length of the ship in one. Maybe when the CL was below us on deck 4 (nah, not even then).

Family cruise is next March (also a Utopia B2B and they got everyone the UDP for all 7 days). This is a test run of the UDP with just the two of us (not really, it was the 55% off sale, happy accident).

Cruise day!!!
Stayed up a little later last night & still woke up early but that’s OK. 5 hours sleep isn’t optimal but we should be up later on the ship. I did want to get up early to go to the CL more often & my wife wants to walk more if she sleeps better.
Weather looks OK for today & nothing too ominous for the Bahamas right now. Can’t trust any forecast though so not worried about it. Supposed to be rainy here in FL early next week (sorry @dustfsu) but rain on turnaround day isn’t a big deal, especially when you chill in the Solarium.
Just made coffee, need to finish packing, then will get on the road sometime after 8an.

Have fun tomorrow amigo, code brown is also used in the Hospital for when a patient has crapped themselves and the odor wafts into the hallway. 

Also you know.. When the cruise planner closes… Let the games begin!
 

Whooo hooooo

My cruise companion will be my 11 year old grandson who wants to know:
 
Will there be any other cruisers in the Voyagers Adventure  Ocean group (9-11)?
Is anyone planning to hide ducks?
TIA

Pasties? 
As in delicious handheld pies full of meat and veggies? 
Or, you know, pasties? 
 

This is true. Since they decided to do the Oasis class 3/4 voyages it’s been Perfect Day and Nassau overload for us. 

last year RCL had a special on their gift cards and I purchased $4000 worth of them.  I was able to sign on and finish paying my cruise with them then use them to purchase internet and drink packages.  I still had some left so I called RCL and placed the balance on my onboard account.  All of it was real easy.

For my 18 night April Transpacific on Anthem, it's $40 pp pn...50% off for Diamond and above:

...Still not worth my taking.  As D+. we get 10 free drinks between us, so it's like paying up front for drinks 11 through 16 or 18...My wife can't drink more than about three per night, so the rest are mine.  I'll save the extra $1700 (with gratuities) and cope with just the freebies...If I go over, I'll pay by the drink.

Did not know that. Thanks for that. 
Update: I did convince him to go, it didn't took too much 😜 He needed a little push. But now, I'll mention this to him, so he doesn't try to cancel on us again.
Thank you for all that information 

This consistency is the reason we cruised on Odyssey for the last 7 days of our 15 day vacation. After a week of planes, trains and automobiles it was really enjoyable to be able to be in a place that felt familiar. The kids were relieved to be back on Odyssey after all the walking (Rome was hot!) and they love the sports plex. We are 100% doing this again next year.

Another random observation... I'm good at those! 😆
While playing around on the RC site, I see Utopia has ONE 7-night sailing... X-Mas 2026 cruise... 
A little pricey due to the holiday of course!

Definitely call. It should only take a couple of days for the Club Royale points to post (maybe a little longer if there's a weekend involved).

Yes, and in my case, it was an indication that something was awry.  If it were me, I would call them ASAP...could be that you have somehow, mysteriously, gained a new C&A account.  That's what happened in my case.  😪