CravingaCruise

AMEN!!!! Our daughter lives in Clearwater and it would make our lives so much easier if we could visit her and sail away from a nearby port at the same time! We won’t sail the small ships though. Not until there are new ones that size.

Same! Just got all caught up. I know you will cherish the memories from this trip even even though you’re minus one. It’s a tough transition. We now dream of the days when we’ll all be back on a ship together. Our last full family cruise was 2013! I don’t think I caught what cabin type you’re in on this one. I’ll admit, I haven’t explored this ship yet like I have others. UO and Star hitting the scene relatively close to one another through me off my groove. I keep getting them mixed up. Have a fabulous time with the family!

Thank you!

EXACTLY! My hubby for years has tried to get me to do a duet with him of some sort because he thinks it would be fun. He loves to sing and so do I but we both sound like cats being tortured. I’m sure nobody wants to endure that nonsense! We had our girls over one night and after several drinks decided it would be fun to do (at home). One daughter recorded our attempt at singing and still holds it ransom with the threat to post it to get her way. Hubby thought it was great. He has to be tone deaf.

I feel old when I read the blogs with slang that I don’t understand. What is “vintage”? Vintage indicates old but the Let it go ringtone indicates young. I’m so confused.

Happy cruise day!!

Merry Christmas all! sounds like you’ve had a great time already! The cruise will just be a fabulous bonus on top of everything else. Looking forward to hearing how the changes to Star Class have impacted the overall results. I know @Lovetocruise2002 is grandfathered into some of the more recent changes, but I couldn’t remember if @GregD was. If you could please provide your thoughts as you run across things that may feel different from past SC cruises, we’d appreciate your insight. What Royal has been doing lately has left a sour taste in our mouths, and even though I’m seriously ‘craving a cruise’, we’re evaluating other options for future vacations. Thank you in advance. Hope you all have a wonderful cruise!

Yes! That was it! Thank you. We lived in Winter Garden too and absolutely loved it! We were down in Florida last week for our daughter’s wedding and drove through our old neighborhood for old times’ sake. They still haven’t figured out how to keep cars from following other cars through the unmanned gate! . We loved the Saturday market in Winter Garden. We really miss the knife guy who was there - our knives were never sharper!! Before the pandemic, I drove by that house every day!! Loving this walk down memory lane! We miss Florida, but our aging moms are the priority in life right now.

Amen! The bathrooms are terrible! And aren’t SC cabins supposed to have the Dux mattress in the master? Pretty sure we didn’t have that on our ATS. After that cruise we decided it’s deck 17 from now on! We used to live down there in Windermere and one of our favorites was Emeril’s at Universal City Walk. There’s also a good British Pub at Downtown Disney, I mean Disney Springs. I just can’t remember what the name was. A lot of good that does you, right? Hubby mentioned a place some friends took us once. He thought the chicken and waffle dish was great. It’s called Hash House a Go Go. It’s up by the outlets. In Winter Park, there is Park Avenue where you’ll fine some fabulous little gems. Our favorite wine bar was there where they give you a wine glass and a card that you put money on, then walk around and buy different wines by the ounce with everything on tap! I miss that place. My hubby and I both went to school at Rollins for our graduate programs right up the street and would often go hang out in there after class. The building used to be a bank and downstairs is the old vault that they’ve made into a cozy relaxing spot. Looking forward to the dual blog! I can always count on this group for some great entertainment over the holidays! Safe travels to all of you!

Ah! We must be neighbors! How cool to see a post from our hometown! Love that this made it to the live blogs!!

YAY!!! Safe travels!

Agreed!

Those dishes look beautiful! We toyed with going while we were on Beyond but decided against it. The one thing Royal offers in Izumi is that yummy champagne sauce for the rolls. So good!

Your room looks lovely! Is that a square tub in your bathroom? One of the pics looked like it could be a 2 person tub! Do you ever use the deck hot tubs? Wondering if they live up to the hype? We haven’t done one yet - we’ve had them booked a few times but they’ve ended up rebooked for various reasons.

Happy cruise day again!!