Yesiamthere6

This has been just like a normal cruise,except for staff wearing a mask!

Yesterday we had breakfast on our outside balcony. Lunch at Park Cafe and dinner at Hibachi. Everyone should do breakfast on the balcony. Weather was perfect though it did rain a little later. Hit the casino. I lost again. Hubby won. I’ll write later about that. 
Have to get ready for another breakfast on our balcony. 

Snacks before dinner. I understand the love of Star Class now. I’m hooked. 

One thing for sure casino didn’t like me last night, but I’m not one to give up that easy!  We ate in the suite lounge last night for steak night. Of my gosh, it was absolutely wonderful. Our genie, Nicol, said the best steak was at the Italian restaurant. Will test that out. 

Speaking about our Genie. He is a kick ass one. He really is making star class!  He spent some time at breakfast on our balcony talking with us.  Room service guy is really good too. He said he would be taking care of our breakfast all week. Let him know of any special treats we would like. 

Our Genie is on his second “tour’ as there was no replacement for him. His break starts in April. He has four rooms this week. 
We love our two bedroom Aqua suite on deck eight. I would recommend it!  We don’t mind the walk to the room as we are walkers.  
Im hosting our slot tournament at 11 this morning. Got to go get ready. Also, very few people are wearing a mask. The cruise is back to normal standards. I’ll find out how many people are on the ship!  

We made the rookie mistake of ordering too much food at lunch, but didn’t stop us from having ice cream!  Tonight is steak night in the suite lounge. 

our Genie, so far, is awesome!  We happy, happy, happy!

Here’s was our surprise;  the master bathroom bathtub/shower isn’t equipped to have someone over 5’9 take a shower standing straight up. Here’s our six ft one son standing in the tub. 

Star class check in was unreal. We were escorted through the whole process. Genie is here. Waiting for boarding to start. 

First leg of the trip. Trying to figure out how to post pictures from my phone.
Next stop to put mascara on!  Fix my hair. I’m not a morning person. 

What the heck!  We have no entertainment listed and we board on Sunday.  Is this a first?

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Your rehash was so funny but got me to thinking that not once has someone tried to pick me up during a cruise. Maybe, my hubby hangs a little too close to me….or, maybe I need to kick up my “swag” a bit. Lol

This blog is just wonderful.  I love your “happy” attitude, even when the theme of the ice show was not your favorite, you still found the positives.  You rock!!

Make memories!

Wonderful blog and pictures!

I’m the planner in our family too. Even if I do all the planning and paying my kids still veto my desires while on the ship.  That’s why God put casinos on cruise ships……to keep me from smacking them upside the head. I get a drink, sit at a machine, and all my worries disappear.    
 

You do you. 
 

That said, you are wonderful for planning all this for them.  Next time they gang up on you, tell them Yesiamthere thinks you are awesome!

On 10/24/2021 at 8:16 PM, CravingaCruise said:

We spent the afternoon making our thank you cards for the crew.  Tim was so happy that Kenzie volunteered to help so he didn't have to.  Shout out to my mom for spending an afternoon playing with her Cricut die cutting machine to cut out a million red anchors.  Lol!

So cute and creative!  

On 10/29/2021 at 5:22 PM, WAAAYTOOO said:

Congratulations !!  Did you call Club Royale before making your RU bid to find out how much they would have charged you for a straight upgrade ?  Sometimes those casino comp upgrades can be very cheap.

Shoot!  I didn’t even think about doing that. It could of been cheaper. Next time I’m calling. Thank you. 

I had a “free” casino balcony room booked on Symphony of the Seas Oct 2nd (port charges and taxes).  Around a month before cruise I was offered RoyalUp for spacious balcony, junior suite, grande suite and owner suite.  I didn’t bid on the spacious balcony room.  A week or so before my junior and owner said expired, and grande still showed pending.  I did mock booking for a grande suite and saw there were six six available.  At that point, I was pretty sure I was awarded the grande suite.  Four days out I got the e-mail for a successful bid for the grande suite.  Ten hours after that my credit card was charged.  Just the opposite of most people.  I cancelled my internet since it came with the grande suite.  All in all, I got the grande suite for less than $2200..  My bid was $975 a person.  Remember I started the process paying only port charges and taxes for my original room.  I’m a grande suite woman now.  The bathroom was truly a “wow.”  

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