Yesiamthere6

I’ve had no problem leaving them at home 😂😂. We take them on many, they are going on Icon in August, but sometimes it’s nice to get away with just the wife. We are actually lucky that we are both on our 2nd marriage but everyone gets along really well. If we vacation without the kids my wife’s ex takes his 2 kids as well as the youngest that my wife and I had together. And my 2 are now both over 18 so they are self sufficient and I don’t have to worry about them 

this is so exciting!! we are going in our first grand suite ever in december. 😍
i have done a CLS with my parents but the GS is just for me and J. we are very excited. 
i love your close proximity to CK too! 

It’s a mere grand suite. I can’t keep up with the star class ballers on here like @Lovetocruise2002. It’s cabin 1714 a few steps from SL/CK. We booked it back in December 2022 at next cruise. The balcony is quite large actually. The room is gorgeous. My kids don’t deserve this but you can’t leave them at home, I guess. 🤪

You’ve already been to the WJ AND ELF ?  OMG….youre going to explode before the ship leaves the dock !  😱😵😂

Lunch at Mason jar. Was very good. Had the Nashville hot fried chick Sammy and Cajun fries washed down with Bourbon mule. Wife had salmon avocado toast. 

There’s nothing better than getting on early. It’s like free vacation time!  I love getting on early to take care of things like dinner reservations and such, and then grab and early lunch(usually in WJ) like @OCSC Mike to beat the crowds. That was I can be enjoying things like the flowrider by noon when everyone else is still getting on and getting lunch. 

As soon as I win the powerball I am definitely getting one 😂

https://www.flowrider.com/markets/residential/    Look at how much fun this family is having ! 

On the way back to the room, we stopped by the pub to hear Stephen in his element. @recogneyes told me I had to do that lol. We ran into @recogneyes and her Hubby and Andrew & Lisa were there too. This was already way better than Cats! 
I was invited to do car bombs and politely declined because I never touch beer. I hate it. The guys talked Hubby into it instead. This is what Canadians in the wild look like. 😂🇨🇦



Apologies for the bad quality photos. I am taking them off videos. Go check out Andrew’s blog for the video. 

The pub was fun tonight! I will try to see what I can do with the other request 😉
Well if you would book a sailing with us, we could probably arrange that lol
Umm…Canadian summers where we are, only last from June to September (if we are lucky). Also, there is zero space for a FlowRider in our backyard lol, we don’t even have grass 😂

Dinner was at Hibachi tonight. Great food, excellent company, good laughs. Shane had all his families there tonight and we all know each other. Fun times had by all. My whole family had success in catching the egg. I had success in catching it down my shirt 😂 

You guys are so kind! Thank you for following along. I'll post randomly as I remember things, but I wanted to put my thoughts here before I forget.
I got picked up by The Key crew member promptly at 7:45am to debark the ship. Almost no line at that point, so I was off the ship within 5 minutes. Luggage was a bit wonky to get - you enter the luggage area with the last numbers there. You have to go aaaaalll the way through to get to the lowest numbers. The Key luggage was way up near the passport/birth certificate area in the section with suite baggage. Grabbed my bags, got scanned in 5 seconds (if that) because there was no line, and then was out the door of the terminal at 7:57am. 

What is UP with the aggressive shuttle people right at the exit doors?!? I was a bit taken aback to step out and have 4-5 of them suddenly start shouting at me about going to the airport. Looked for a RC employee, asked him about my RC airport transfer to MIA, and he pointed me into the middle island where two green buses were. Both were for the airport. The luggage is divided up into American Airlines and then Everyone Else. 🤣 Since I was doing Southwest, I put my luggage there and got on the bus. It was now promptly 8:00, which is when the bus/transfer had its meeting time. Once the bus filled, we were off to the airport at 8:20. Dropped off the AA people, then dropped me (and everyone else there) off at 8:50. We would probably have been there at 8:40 without the extra stop, but it still worked just fine for my 10:50 flight. The RC recommendation was to only do this transfer if you have a flight after 12pm.

So, there you have it. The $24 I spent to have a 100% assured, no-cancelling-my-request ride provided by RC was fast, efficient, and worth it. I would 100% do the transfer this way again. They also offered other times to MIA (8:30, 9:00, 9:30, maybe a 10:00?), and then transfers to FLL. I remember the FLL one says flights no earlier than 1:30pm for some reason. That one was $30. 
Did airport stuff, flew, transferred to my conference hotel (that's a whole other story), and am now safely ensconced in my room for a few days. Wishing I was still on a cruise ship though. 😉

I think we definitely got the “genie special” this afternoon! I have to say, I am not easily surprised but I did not see this one coming! 
When getting drinks with @recogneyes, she asked me if we had been to the pub. I said no and that we are not huge fans of the pub in general. She said we have to at least pop by for a  visit to see the pub signer because he is really good.
Later then evening, we ran into @recogneyes again at playmakers, and Stephen, the pub signer was there. She introduced us and we said will try to find time to see him. If you are wondering where I am going with this, keep reading…
Today is a sea day, and Shane overheard us saying last night that we might do El Loco today. He suggested that we do a delivery because it might be busy and our kids never get anywhere early. When we came back to our room to eat, this is what we found. 
 

I thought about it, but I didn't want to be posting photos of half naked college girls I didn't know. It feels like a line I don't want to cross. 🤔

Genie's Special = VIP Table in WJ

Dinner night 1
The chicken (pie) - I didn't eat the pastry - was good.... but it just looked so sad with the one single broccoli.
The spag bol was nice I suppose, a little bit salty for my liking. 
I've got a little observation I wanted to point out - the waiters in the MDR were extremely friendly, however, they were also a little bit ... I don't know the word - they'd come up to you every 5 seconds and ask you how the food was  or the service or if you'd like anything else. Like don't get me wrong. I know they're just being friendly, and I personally don't mind, but other people would be very bothered by this. 





Day 2 soon.

Alas.. the Windjammer closed right when we got onboard. Oh well. Lucky Fish and Ships is right outside.. 
Oceanview Room... 

Boarding Day!
2 hours until we board! Just waiting for a lift to the station now then catching the train to Circular Quay to get to the Overseas Passenger Terminal.

While Hubby and the kids were gone, Shane was working his genie magic. 
 

I knew it was just Sorrento's pizza. So if Hideaway was like $15 or less I would go. Paying anything over that is a waste of money......I mean I don't get off at PDCC often either so paying anything is a waste of my money.
@Yesiamthere6 Wow that is a great deal. I got offered something similar on Mardi gras but I didn't have the time. I was told they give back what you pay in Casino credits when you book a comped offer, so I will see how the sailing goes in Jan and make a decision. 

I just booked a carnival offer.  I’ve only cruised with them a couple of times, so surprised to get a casino offer from them.  It was too good to past up.  It’s tied to some famous casino guy. I got a free balcony, free drinks in casino for two people, and a $1,000 free play in casino.  We own carnival stock, so $100 to spend onboard. It’s on the Carnival Celebration ship.  I’m not a fan of carnival or their food.  

I just booked a carnival offer.  I’ve only cruised with them a couple of times, so surprised to get a casino offer from them.  It was too good to past up.  It’s tied to some famous casino guy. I got a free balcony, free drinks in casino for two people, and a $1,000 free play in casino.  We own carnival stock, so $100 to spend onboard. It’s on the Carnival Celebration ship.  I’m not a fan of carnival or their food.  

I just booked a carnival offer.  I’ve only cruised with them a couple of times, so surprised to get a casino offer from them.  It was too good to past up.  It’s tied to some famous casino guy. I got a free balcony, free drinks in casino for two people, and a $1,000 free play in casino.  We own carnival stock, so $100 to spend onboard. It’s on the Carnival Celebration ship.  I’m not a fan of carnival or their food.  

I just booked a carnival offer.  I’ve only cruised with them a couple of times, so surprised to get a casino offer from them.  It was too good to past up.  It’s tied to some famous casino guy. I got a free balcony, free drinks in casino for two people, and a $1,000 free play in casino.  We own carnival stock, so $100 to spend onboard. It’s on the Carnival Celebration ship.  I’m not a fan of carnival or their food.  

I just booked a carnival offer.  I’ve only cruised with them a couple of times, so surprised to get a casino offer from them.  It was too good to past up.  It’s tied to some famous casino guy. I got a free balcony, free drinks in casino for two people, and a $1,000 free play in casino.  We own carnival stock, so $100 to spend onboard. It’s on the Carnival Celebration ship.  I’m not a fan of carnival or their food.