CruisingKat(Kathy)

Announce to the world he's going to the Wind JA-MAIR instead of Windjammer, and Scope it while there 

This is more fun....

Guacamole at Sabor

Take a 1st stroll around the ship to look at everything or see what has changed.
 
Eric

Going to Windjammer as soon as you board the ship... PS this is a fun game!

Order honey stung chicken from room service
 
...and......GO!

Having a nap poolside

Lava flow on day 1 !

This is fun and scary that you all know me so well.  I'm honored!

Day 3 Live Review from Allure of the Seas.
 
Today we were in Labadee Haiti.
I tried to get up early enough to catch the Sunrise. No such luck, as by 6:45, the sun was very well up into the Sky. Considering that I am writing this review at 1:00am, pretty sure I won't be up early enough to catch it tomorrow either. I will shoot for Thursday Morning.
When I did get up, I made my way up to the Decks to Scope Our Approach into Labadee Haiti. It was extremely windy, so I decided to scope from the Solarium to help cut down on the Wind Noise.
I could See Mountains Haiti in the Distance with Clouds on the very top of the Mountain. I managed to catch the Ship's Horn Sound on the Scopes. The First one, scared the daylights out of me as I was not expecting that. The next short 3 blasts did not startle me as much.
I decided to have Breakfast, in the wind Jammer, as were meeting another Couple from our group in there.
After Breakfast, My Husband and I headed over to Haiti, at about 11:30.
It was Extremely Hot, I think at least 90 Degrees. For the Beaches in Haiti, I had Reserved a clamshell beach lounger for two, for the Price of $35 for my husband and myself, that was a great deal!!! I did have the Suggested Drink "The Labadoozie" it was YUMMY!!!!
We only ended up staying about 2 hours. We were back on board by 1:30.
My Husband and myself decided we wanted to spend the Rest of the Afternoon in the pools on the ship.
After we jumped into the pool for a few. We decided to then go to the hot Tup over the water, that is right outside of the Solarium, for Sail Away from Labadee Haiti. It was very nice experience, the water is not too hot!!!
For Dinner we decided to Skip the MDR dinner and do our own thing. We decided to eat at Johnny Rockets for Dinner. It is very reasonably priced, $6.95 per person. They bring you onion Rings, and Fries. They have a selection of Burgers, or Chicken sandwiches to choose from, and GREAT milk Shakes!!!
After Dinner, we had reservations to see the comedy Show. They had the opening comedian who was from Florida, and the Main Comedian. Unfortunately I do not remember their Names, but I can Definitely say, the opening Comedian was better, and made me laugh more!!!
After the Comedy show, we went into the Amber Theater, to watch the Love And Marriage Show.
There was a couple on their honeymoon, married 3 Days. A Couple that was Married for 29 Years. And then a Couple that was married for 60 years.
It was very Funny, as the couple that was married 29 years and, when asked about ex Girlfriends, the Wife asked Tim, the Cruise Director, what about Baby Mamma's? Let's just say poor Tim the CD had his hands full with that Couple.
The Couple that was married for 60 years took away first place, with matching the most correct answers.
After that is was almost midnight, and I am not a good night owl, I turned in for the night.
Tomorrow we are in Falmouth Jamica. We are planing on hanging out in Margaritaville, and doing some souvenir shopping.

Day 2 Allure of the Seas.
 
I had a great Day today. I woke up at 7:00 am. My first stop of the Day was Starbucks!!!! Next I headed up to the Sports deck to do some Periscoping, of the pools, and the Flow Rider. I absolutely loved watching the people on the flow rider, it's so fascinating to me, to see people learn how to surf, with the flow rider. I could scope that for many hours!!! 😉
At 9:30am, I attended the meet and mingle. We had 135 people signe up, and about 70 came, that was pretty good. At 11:00 was the Slot pull. Each person put in $15, and we each got three spins on a slot machine. Any winnings would be divided equally between all of the people that participated.
We ended up winning back half the amount that we put in which was not too bad, I did not expect when anything actually. I have not really ever had much luck in a casino, but I also do not have a lot of experience either.
I Finally got to meet Celisse who is my Fellow Roll Call Friend, and Periscoper.
After those two events, it was time for lunch. On previous periscopes I have heard all about the park café roast beef sandwich, so I knew that's what I wanted to try for lunch today. I think it was Michael Poole, that first recommended the roast beef sandwich to me, and I have to agree, that it was one of the best roast beef sandwiches I've ever had!!!
After lunch I do a little bit more Periscoping from Central Park, then it was time for the cabin crawl.
I thought this would be a good opportunity to periscope be cabin tour of the rooms of different types of cabins. It was a little challenging however for me to periscope, as I had a hard time being focused as far as what information I needed to say about the cabins, it was very distracting because there was a lot of people in the cabin crawl. The largest cabin on the tour was supposed to be a royal family suite, however the couple that signed up their cabin for the royal family suite decided to pull out and did not answer the door, or they were not in their Cabin. when we came to do the cabin tour. I think out of all of the cabins that were on the tour today, the most impressive was the Aqua Suite on the aft of the Ship, as Nick pointed out, it is a Sky Class Suite.
The last cabin on the tour, was a Junior suite, handicap accessible cabin. I unfortunately was having some technical issues with Periscope freezing and lagging with the location of that Cabin. I am hoping there was enough there see you could get an idea of what the room looked like.
This evening was Formal night. It was a lot of fun to see everyone dressed up, as I love dressing up as well when given the opportunity. After dinner, we previously reserved to see the oceanAria Show.
If you go on Allure, I would highly suggest you reserve, and see the show, it was wonderful!!!! Sorry that I could not Scope this show, there is regulations with the copyright laws that her prohibit any video recording of the show, even though I have seen some periscoper's scope the shows, from their aqua Suite balconies I did not want to break the rules, as there was a gentleman walking, around making sure anybody in the audience below was not video recording the show.
It was a couple that was sitting next to us that was pushing their luck with video recording the show.
Tomorrow we are in port at Labadee Haiti.
I plan on being up early to try to catch the sunrise, as well as Allure pulling into the port.
I will have to look at my data useage, to see if I can periscope from the beaches on Haiti. I will be bringing my snorkel gear, and I have reserved one of the clamshell loungers for myself my husband Dirk.
 
Thank you again everyone for following me along here, and periscope, as I appreciate the support very much. I enjoy sharing my experience on Allure, with all of you. 😊

Day 2 Allure of the Seas.
 
I had a great Day today. I woke up at 7:00 am. My first stop of the Day was Starbucks!!!! Next I headed up to the Sports deck to do some Periscoping, of the pools, and the Flow Rider. I absolutely loved watching the people on the flow rider, it's so fascinating to me, to see people learn how to surf, with the flow rider. I could scope that for many hours!!! 😉
At 9:30am, I attended the meet and mingle. We had 135 people signe up, and about 70 came, that was pretty good. At 11:00 was the Slot pull. Each person put in $15, and we each got three spins on a slot machine. Any winnings would be divided equally between all of the people that participated.
We ended up winning back half the amount that we put in which was not too bad, I did not expect when anything actually. I have not really ever had much luck in a casino, but I also do not have a lot of experience either.
I Finally got to meet Celisse who is my Fellow Roll Call Friend, and Periscoper.
After those two events, it was time for lunch. On previous periscopes I have heard all about the park café roast beef sandwich, so I knew that's what I wanted to try for lunch today. I think it was Michael Poole, that first recommended the roast beef sandwich to me, and I have to agree, that it was one of the best roast beef sandwiches I've ever had!!!
After lunch I do a little bit more Periscoping from Central Park, then it was time for the cabin crawl.
I thought this would be a good opportunity to periscope be cabin tour of the rooms of different types of cabins. It was a little challenging however for me to periscope, as I had a hard time being focused as far as what information I needed to say about the cabins, it was very distracting because there was a lot of people in the cabin crawl. The largest cabin on the tour was supposed to be a royal family suite, however the couple that signed up their cabin for the royal family suite decided to pull out and did not answer the door, or they were not in their Cabin. when we came to do the cabin tour. I think out of all of the cabins that were on the tour today, the most impressive was the Aqua Suite on the aft of the Ship, as Nick pointed out, it is a Sky Class Suite.
The last cabin on the tour, was a Junior suite, handicap accessible cabin. I unfortunately was having some technical issues with Periscope freezing and lagging with the location of that Cabin. I am hoping there was enough there see you could get an idea of what the room looked like.
This evening was Formal night. It was a lot of fun to see everyone dressed up, as I love dressing up as well when given the opportunity. After dinner, we previously reserved to see the oceanAria Show.
If you go on Allure, I would highly suggest you reserve, and see the show, it was wonderful!!!! Sorry that I could not Scope this show, there is regulations with the copyright laws that her prohibit any video recording of the show, even though I have seen some periscoper's scope the shows, from their aqua Suite balconies I did not want to break the rules, as there was a gentleman walking, around making sure anybody in the audience below was not video recording the show.
It was a couple that was sitting next to us that was pushing their luck with video recording the show.
Tomorrow we are in port at Labadee Haiti.
I plan on being up early to try to catch the sunrise, as well as Allure pulling into the port.
I will have to look at my data useage, to see if I can periscope from the beaches on Haiti. I will be bringing my snorkel gear, and I have reserved one of the clamshell loungers for myself my husband Dirk.
 
Thank you again everyone for following me along here, and periscope, as I appreciate the support very much. I enjoy sharing my experience on Allure, with all of you. 😊

Day 2 Allure of the Seas.
 
I had a great Day today. I woke up at 7:00 am. My first stop of the Day was Starbucks!!!! Next I headed up to the Sports deck to do some Periscoping, of the pools, and the Flow Rider. I absolutely loved watching the people on the flow rider, it's so fascinating to me, to see people learn how to surf, with the flow rider. I could scope that for many hours!!! 😉
At 9:30am, I attended the meet and mingle. We had 135 people signe up, and about 70 came, that was pretty good. At 11:00 was the Slot pull. Each person put in $15, and we each got three spins on a slot machine. Any winnings would be divided equally between all of the people that participated.
We ended up winning back half the amount that we put in which was not too bad, I did not expect when anything actually. I have not really ever had much luck in a casino, but I also do not have a lot of experience either.
I Finally got to meet Celisse who is my Fellow Roll Call Friend, and Periscoper.
After those two events, it was time for lunch. On previous periscopes I have heard all about the park café roast beef sandwich, so I knew that's what I wanted to try for lunch today. I think it was Michael Poole, that first recommended the roast beef sandwich to me, and I have to agree, that it was one of the best roast beef sandwiches I've ever had!!!
After lunch I do a little bit more Periscoping from Central Park, then it was time for the cabin crawl.
I thought this would be a good opportunity to periscope be cabin tour of the rooms of different types of cabins. It was a little challenging however for me to periscope, as I had a hard time being focused as far as what information I needed to say about the cabins, it was very distracting because there was a lot of people in the cabin crawl. The largest cabin on the tour was supposed to be a royal family suite, however the couple that signed up their cabin for the royal family suite decided to pull out and did not answer the door, or they were not in their Cabin. when we came to do the cabin tour. I think out of all of the cabins that were on the tour today, the most impressive was the Aqua Suite on the aft of the Ship, as Nick pointed out, it is a Sky Class Suite.
The last cabin on the tour, was a Junior suite, handicap accessible cabin. I unfortunately was having some technical issues with Periscope freezing and lagging with the location of that Cabin. I am hoping there was enough there see you could get an idea of what the room looked like.
This evening was Formal night. It was a lot of fun to see everyone dressed up, as I love dressing up as well when given the opportunity. After dinner, we previously reserved to see the oceanAria Show.
If you go on Allure, I would highly suggest you reserve, and see the show, it was wonderful!!!! Sorry that I could not Scope this show, there is regulations with the copyright laws that her prohibit any video recording of the show, even though I have seen some periscoper's scope the shows, from their aqua Suite balconies I did not want to break the rules, as there was a gentleman walking, around making sure anybody in the audience below was not video recording the show.
It was a couple that was sitting next to us that was pushing their luck with video recording the show.
Tomorrow we are in port at Labadee Haiti.
I plan on being up early to try to catch the sunrise, as well as Allure pulling into the port.
I will have to look at my data useage, to see if I can periscope from the beaches on Haiti. I will be bringing my snorkel gear, and I have reserved one of the clamshell loungers for myself my husband Dirk.
 
Thank you again everyone for following me along here, and periscope, as I appreciate the support very much. I enjoy sharing my experience on Allure, with all of you. 😊

Hi all,
 
Review of my First Day on Allure.
Started off with waking up in the Hotel, at 6am.
I had a wake up call set for 7am. We got breakfast
At the Hyatt. It was ok. I think I was not able to eat
Very much because of my Excitment about getting on
allure today.
We Board the Hotel Shuttle promptly at 9:45am, and
The Shuttle headed for the port, at 10:00am.
When we arrived at the port, around 10:15am, it was a
very smooth Process outside.
The Porters took our Checked Bags, and I tipped him
Accordingly for having 4 Checked bags. I think I gave
Him $7.00 I would like to think, because I did that, my
Baggage was taken care of. (If it actually was, I will never
Know, but nothing got smashed or broken in my Luggage)
and I did receive it in my Cabin before 4pm(more on that later)
We entered the Terminal we checked in, and got our Sea Pass
Card. We received a letter at check in. We were told. It would
Be 1:00 before we were allowed to board. Thankfully
We were able to board at 12:15.

Loving the Blog. Sounds like you had a great first day apart from the sailaway.

Thank you for blogging and sharing your first day Kat! Glad to see you are having a great time...and no more worries about the sail-away, you are going to have a fantastic time!

Last Part Three First Day on Allure of the seas.
 
It was about 5:30, so we started getting ready for dinner in the MDR.
Our Dinner seating time was 6:00pm.
It was very good, we have a female waitress, she is very nice. I forgot where she's from at the moment, but I will find out tomorrow. I chose for a starter, shrimp cocktail, for the main course, I really wanted a slow roasted prime rib. I also had a baked potato. For the desert, I had a blueberry and peach, crumbled dessert, with vanilla ice cream on top. After dinner, we headed to the boardwalk/promenade deck, where I proceeded to periscope some of that as a rising tide bar was just coming down. That is so cool to me,
that there's a bar that goes up-and-down, while you are there with your friends/Family having Cocktails!!!
 
I FINALLY... Had my first Drink on the Ship after Dinner. I took Matt's recommendation, and had the lava flow. It was very yummy!!!
I am now relaxing in my cabin, as I feel like I've had a long day since I did not sleep very well last night from the excitement of my cruise today.
I think my husband Dirk, is somewhere downstairs looking for his drinking buddy, that can be very dangerous, we shall see.
 
I look forward to a fun day at sea tomorrow many activities planned, the meet and mingle, a slot pull, and then a cabin crawl. I will look and see on the cruise compass, what other activities I can join in During the Day.
I do have a show booked tomorrow night, I will have to look at my schedule to see what it is.
 
Thank you again for following me, here and on periscope.

So I went to Duffy's here in Ft Lauderdale, and met with some Friends. I got to meet Emmy and Rick that just got off Oasis today!!!
They are a wonderful Couple!!! I was absolutely thrilled, as I love Emmys enthusiasm for Cruising!!
 
Make sure to watch the port Everglades Cam tomorrow, they will be zooming in on my Balcony. If someone can capture a screen shot, that would be Great as well.
 
I did a periscope, it was a little bit of a mess in my opinion, lol. I think I was really nervous!!! I will try to get better on the ship!!!
 
Thank You all for following.

That is Why I did pre- purchase, I got the Deal of pay for one device, get the 2nd half off.

😠I am HERE!!!!!!!!!!!! Hubby is getting the rest of his sleep, from working Graveyard Shift Friday night/this morning. I am relaxing from the Drive, so will scope later this afternoon/early evening.

If I was not already excited enough for my Cruise tomorrow!!!! Among the friends I will be Meeting at Duffy's here in Ft. Lauderdale tonight, I also get to meet, Mrs Pink Boa herself, Emmy, and her Husband Rick!!! They just got off Oasis of the Seas today, with BugsyCruiser(Chris)
 
Pictures to Follow!!!!!! â¤ï¸â˜ºï¸âš“ï¸

😠I am HERE!!!!!!!!!!!! Hubby is getting the rest of his sleep, from working Graveyard Shift Friday night/this morning. I am relaxing from the Drive, so will scope later this afternoon/early evening.

😠I am HERE!!!!!!!!!!!! Hubby is getting the rest of his sleep, from working Graveyard Shift Friday night/this morning. I am relaxing from the Drive, so will scope later this afternoon/early evening.

Ok Little Later than previously Stated, but We are on
Our way to Ft Lauderdale!!!!!
Thank You all for your Kind Worfs, and Support.
I am very excited for this Cruise, and very happy to share
My Adventure, and you will see my enthusiasm for my
Cruise. This will be the Largest Ship, I have ever been
On.

Ah Yes!!!!!!