Summer Bee Sweet

We just returned from Adventure of the Seas on Saturday, August 27, 2022.  We have discussed our trip and both agree salt air makes clothing shrink!
Bill

We got a deal in January on Oasis. Booked room was a junior suite with a lift and shift from Empress. RoyalUped to a Crown Loft for a smidge under $600 total

We got a deal in January on Oasis. Booked room was a junior suite with a lift and shift from Empress. RoyalUped to a Crown Loft for a smidge under $600 total

Back in 2017 I went to the Loyalty Ambassador on a ship and asked about a cruise on Majesty from 1992. I had no documentation with me, just the dates and port info. They gave me credit for the cruise and my crown and anchor number starts with 100, not 3-something like my husband.
It may have helped that I have an uncommon name and listed the others in our group. 
This was also the cruise where I showed my Sams card as a photo ID to board the ship 🤣

Is it because "everyone" is on Jewel to Greenland at pretty much the same time?
😉
Curt from Canada

Thanks for the info. I sail on the 21, will be on the lookout 14th and 15th

My favorite is the Courtyard Dania Beach. It has absolutely nothing close by but has cheap parking and SAS will transport me too and from. 

Back in 2017 I went to the Loyalty Ambassador on a ship and asked about a cruise on Majesty from 1992. I had no documentation with me, just the dates and port info. They gave me credit for the cruise and my crown and anchor number starts with 100, not 3-something like my husband.
It may have helped that I have an uncommon name and listed the others in our group. 
This was also the cruise where I showed my Sams card as a photo ID to board the ship 🤣

Back in 2017 I went to the Loyalty Ambassador on a ship and asked about a cruise on Majesty from 1992. I had no documentation with me, just the dates and port info. They gave me credit for the cruise and my crown and anchor number starts with 100, not 3-something like my husband.
It may have helped that I have an uncommon name and listed the others in our group. 
This was also the cruise where I showed my Sams card as a photo ID to board the ship 🤣

Also sailing Mariner on 8/21. I hope you love her as much as I do. The solarium is very different, no roof! Haven’t been on Anthem but have done Odyssey. Tried to enjoy the solarium one afternoon in Roatan and it was waaaaay too cold in there for me

Should be fun cruises. Will be my first time on Serenade. Not sure if I'm solo or not. W knows about the 1 December Brilliance, but not sure she is tracking the Serenade. lol I do give her access to the cruise spreadsheet.
I do mainly Club Royale cruises, so I always try to add on friends and family, but people actually work and stuff. ugh

@JDHucks thanks for the dates! I’m debarking on 8-29 and I’ve never seen a daytime launch. Our condo is 1.5 hours north of PC and I’ve seen a night launch and could even witness the separation phase. 
 
@twangsteras always thanks for the photos and detailed information 

@SwarI’m also on Serenade October 15 solo. Sailing Brilliance Dec 1 too with a group for my 50th. We are doing the Cozumel Bar Hop
@WackyCactus I always find myself to be more sociable when I have an interior. If my cabin is too nice I tend to stay in the room more and socially isolate on the balcony with a good book

Yikes! I haven’t had that experience yet. For some reason I tend to discover cruise friends who aren’t interested in my gender 

Awesome pictures and detailed information. Thank you for sharing. I guess we will need to wait on the direction of the rocket to know if departures could be delayed. We are setting sail on Independence of the Seas on 9/5/22 at 4pm. Would love to see the launch if the first two dates are scrubbed. Even if we leave port at 4pm, we should still be able to see the launch from sea at 5:13pm. 

Ships tend to leave after 4pm, sometimes closer to 5pm.  
USCG will establish marine exclusion zones based on the direction a spacecraft goes as it launches.  Basically they don't want ships downrange in the area where debris could fall if something goes wrong.  Usually for Port Canaveral there is an area between land and the marine exclusion zones where large ships can safely enter port.  If that isn't possible then USCG will close the port for arriving or departing traffic just before and through the launch window.  Once the launch has occurred and the rocket is far enough away the marine exclusion zones are cleared to reflect that.  
I can't find the projected track of Artemis yet so it's not clear to me if the port will be closed or impacted at all.  The port and the launch pads are far enough away that a failed launch resulting in the rocket not leaving the ground doesn't impact the safety of any vessels or people in the port.  
The worst case scenario for a cruise ship schedule is the port is closed to departing ships 45 minutes before launch on Monday.  Once the launch is away or scrubbed then USCG will reopen the port IF they have to close the port at all.  Most of the time so far, the port has not been closed to arriving or departing ships during launches, ships just have to sail southerly hugging the coast before turning towards the sea, but that only applies when the track of the spacecraft requires it.  Worst case for a cruise ship is likely a 7pm departure roughly 2 hours late.
The size of Artemis while impressive has little bearing on the potential for a port closure.  The track that it will fly over the first ~30 seconds will determine any marine exclusion areas and/or port closures that might be put in place.   The city of Titusville is closer to most launchpads at the Cape compared to Port Canaveral.  They won't be evacuating the city for the launch so Port Canaveral won't be impacted either although it could see a lot of vehicle traffic.  Hotels in the area are already sold out.  The Port has plans for dealing with events like this.  
I was recently boarding Mariner during a SpaceX launch a few weeks ago.   These pics were taken from the terminal parking garage just before I walked into the cruise terminal to check in.  The launch pad was about 15 miles away so I used a telephoto lens through the rain to capture it.
Granted this was just the "little" falcon 9 rocket that SpaceX uses compared to SLS.  

I hoping it will happen to me. That would take another awesome opportunity off of my bucket list. Lol

Ugh it happens to me a lot. I am a little slow on the take, so I have made it to cabins, thinking I am just checking them out only to be solicited. 

Let me chime in on this.

I had the biggest social anxiety fears when I went solo back in January.  I was asking everyone on here for advice, and they were quite helpful.
As a side note, I also went solo in March.
But, to get to your question.  I had the best cruises of my life going solo.  I answered to NO ONE.  If I wanted to do something, I did it when I wanted to.  I've always been coupled up on a cruise and beholden to the other persons whims.  Let's go do this instead of what I wanted to, etc.
I climbed the rock wall, that was a new adventure for me, and I LOVED IT!!  I went to the ice skating show on my own, AND LOVED IT!!!  I saw Grease in the theater and, ohhh... I LOVED IT!!!  I went to every specialty restaurant on the ship on my own.  I LOVED IT!!  I think the only one I didn't enjoy was Izumi, that's because they sat me in the back corner by the kitchen and it was noisy, and HOT as a mug!
I did excursions on my own.  I was a CocoCay on my own, and I enjoy water slides, and I did all those with me, myself, and I.  I LOVED IT!!!!  There was an excursion on speed boats in Cozumel.  I got to drive the boat, with no one else in there.  JUST ME!!!  It was by far the best excursion I have been on.
If I had known how much fun I have doing things with just me, I would have done this a long time ago.
Like I said, I have a fair bought of social anxiety.  Solo cruising kicked that to the curb.  It makes you meet and chat with people.  Anyone and everyone.
I would also recommend joining the Facebook related to your ship and cruising date.  This is a MUST do.  I met several people that way 😛 
You'll have a blast, just have the expectation that you WILL be comfortable with yourself, and that you are an amazing person and kick ass!!  You'll have a blast!!!!
 
As a side note.  I forgot to put this in here... Get a balcony room.  I loved hanging out on the balcony.

The most terrible, horrible, overcrowded cruise experience hasn’t returned. The mass exodus from muster drills on Vision, Radiance, Voyager & Freedom class ships.I would always hang outside for a good 30 minutes and let the crowds disperse 

I cruised out of Fort Lauderdale in February and stayed at an Air BnB that I really liked.  The host Rosemary are retired and have worked for the cruise lines in the past, so they know the system.  For a little extra Rosemary will pick you up at the airport and bring you to her home.  The morning of the cruise she took me to the ship.  Other than that, it was a nice quiet place on the river.  You can see her listings at   Rosemary's Profile - Airbnb

My favorite is the Courtyard Dania Beach. It has absolutely nothing close by but has cheap parking and SAS will transport me too and from. 

Apparently we Vision class fans are 1%’ers, I am good with that 😂 We need a club and a special handshake.

I put down Oasis-class and I'll stand by it if forced to pick just one.
That said, after many years of solely Oasis-class (ignoring Radiance in Alaska b/c that was a very special 18-day land/cruise vacation and I didn't care what ship I was on), we just spent 7 nights on Indy for various reasons, one of which was to see how we'd feel about Freedom class after all these years. We certainly loved Voyager/Freedom class before there was an Oasis.
The experiment was largely successful as for every venue/aspect that was missing on Indy, something else was offered that can't be found on most Oasis-class ships.

The most terrible, horrible, overcrowded cruise experience hasn’t returned. The mass exodus from muster drills on Vision, Radiance, Voyager & Freedom class ships.I would always hang outside for a good 30 minutes and let the crowds disperse