CravingaCruise

#jealous
Wondering (no pun intended) how I’ll make it til March but then we do have 3 in 5 months which is a lot for us so there’s that.
Need my wife to get back out of the classroom so we can sneak in an extra cruise or two like we did last October.

I can't even ...  🥰😄  

We are actually of the same mindset there! If you're allllll the way aft, no stairs is a trade-off for that. It's like saying you can walk a mile -or- you can climb a set of stairs. I just struggle to see his logic.... wait till he finds out i booked us for 11 nights in a GL on Odyssey  ... for his birthday. THAT should be a fun trip report. We'll recreate Sabrina & Justin's hiking pic for that one ... Good thing our wedding vows included "there is no such thing as divorce." 😁

I presume the kids get to go along on this next one?  Enjoyed following along.  I had gotten out of the habit of checking the live blog boards and it was fun to get back into it.  Have a cruise on Odyssey Nov 25, 2023 so thinking of doing a blog for that.  

Landed. Car picked up. Driving back to our house now. Back to the real world. Next cruise in 24 days! That is such a great feeling! 

He was cozy in there lol
Thanks for following along!

Thank you for taking us along on this cruise. I caught myself checking up on your progress to the ship and your time on board for the last almost 10 days. Thank you! And hope you have a pleasant re-orientation back into the real world.

You made him sleep in the suitcase room? Cruel. 

Lunch. Not Playmakers, but it was better than it looks, and we are full. 

I know 😉

OMG I laughed out loud on this one.  IYKYK this is my #1 con 

Woohoo!! I don’t think we will need to drive down the I-75 back to Detroit lol

Thanks again for following along everyone ❤️

Sadly, the direction our species is heading, no respect, all about "me". It's not just Wonder (same bad behavior on Jewel Thanksgiving 2022 trip, just less of it), it's just more noticeable on Wonder. On our 7 day trip in April, never spent a minute at the main pool area. Too many people, too much dumped soft serve on the deck, too many drinks in the pool, generally not an enjoyable environment. I did go to the 'leper colony' a few nights around 9 or so to enjoy a cigar and a nightcap. That was relaxing.
Then there was the toddler roaming the pool deck one night, absolutely no parent in sight. A woman gathered her up and took her to a crew member. The parents?  At the pool bar. Told Security they told the girl who could not have been more than 3 to go to the Windjammer for ice cream & "knew where she was". Only problem, Windjammer was closed. Thankfully, the pool was being covered for the night at the time.
 

Thanks for taking us along on your anniversary trip!  I’ve been out of the cruise mindset for months with two daughters about to be married off and it was nice to reconnect with sea life again. The ocean brings me so much peace and pleasure!
We determined a few years back that I would be very happy with one cruise each quarter but since then we got caught up in the suite trap and it thwarted our plans (our vacation budget was being spent on star class instead of multiple cruises).  We do tend to lean toward quality over quantity, so I suppose that is fitting for our life choices.  I just wish that our vacation budget was a little bigger!  Don’t we all, right?
This was a nice gap filler for me since our next cruise isn’t until October. 
Safe and uneventful travels home!!

Thanks for taking us along on your anniversary trip!  I’ve been out of the cruise mindset for months with two daughters about to be married off and it was nice to reconnect with sea life again. The ocean brings me so much peace and pleasure!
We determined a few years back that I would be very happy with one cruise each quarter but since then we got caught up in the suite trap and it thwarted our plans (our vacation budget was being spent on star class instead of multiple cruises).  We do tend to lean toward quality over quantity, so I suppose that is fitting for our life choices.  I just wish that our vacation budget was a little bigger!  Don’t we all, right?
This was a nice gap filler for me since our next cruise isn’t until October. 
Safe and uneventful travels home!!

Thanks for taking us along on your anniversary trip!  I’ve been out of the cruise mindset for months with two daughters about to be married off and it was nice to reconnect with sea life again. The ocean brings me so much peace and pleasure!
We determined a few years back that I would be very happy with one cruise each quarter but since then we got caught up in the suite trap and it thwarted our plans (our vacation budget was being spent on star class instead of multiple cruises).  We do tend to lean toward quality over quantity, so I suppose that is fitting for our life choices.  I just wish that our vacation budget was a little bigger!  Don’t we all, right?
This was a nice gap filler for me since our next cruise isn’t until October. 
Safe and uneventful travels home!!

For me it was those trays in the hallway 😉

Sorry. You'll get no concurrence from me on this one.  I'm with Batman.  No stairs is heaven.  ...the long walk aft, however, diminishes the lack of stairs' utility.  UGH.

We are on board! That is a good sign. 

Thanks for sharing your amazing anniversary trip with us!  Safe travels home. 

If I ever get the pleasure of staying in one of these rooms this is what I will be doing a lot of. I love this view. So relaxing listening to the ocean and seeing nothing but the wake and horizon. 

😂😂 Hubby got booted too for that reason a few nights! 

I'm glad to hear your thoughts on the ATS. Batman (to my utter chagrin) is NOT a fan of the Lofts. Given the choice of an A1 or SL on Symphony next year, he immediately chose the A1. This was despite my efforts to replay videos of the bathrooms in both suites.  His arguments were for 1) a snoring room for those nights where we've eaten or drank a bit too much 2) no stairs 3) the perfect balcony 4) no stairs .....
The 'no stairs' makes no sense to me either so i do welcome any commiseration. 😀
Regardless, you had the perfect trip and it was so serendipitous that your RU came though. You made the most of it and i enjoyed following along. Thanks for letting us come along! 🥰

That's been our booking strategy since we've been 'infected' with the cruise virus. It paid dividends on Wonder, especially with the constant chaos of the elevators. Less than fatal stair climb going up, a breeze going down from Deck 9. We did the walkaround of the entire ship on Deck 5 on a sea day. Felt like we walked from St Maarten back to Port Canaveral, but it got me and my decrepit, surgically altered back in shape for shore excursions. 🤪

I think that sums it up. I cannot really think of anything else. Please chime in or ask away if there is something I have not answered, or said I would answer but forgot lol 
Thank you all for following our journey, it makes it way more fun to have you all with us. 

Leaving you with one final view of that beautiful balcony ❤️