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By around 4pm, everyone was shopped out, and tired, so we headed to La Bamba!!! Best part of the day. I tried something different tonight. I got the fish tacos and really liked it. Usually, the chimichanga is my go to, but I wasn’t feeling it today. Thank you to @LandstromCruise and @AGSLC5 for leading us this way. The family sends their thanks as well.

Recapping the day… In the words of D17, today was a good day. We spent most of our day at Sawgrass Mills. That mall is big! Hubby, and both kids all came back with something. I was “saving” Hubby money and got nothing Caption this:

I can safely say that I don’t need either. And Hubby would not be happy with me at all if we added those items in. See, @OCSC Mike, that’s another area that we are frugal. Not paying for more than one checked bag lol

That’s light!

I have to admit, when I was standing there yesterday at check in, arguing with the manager, I did secretly wish that Shane was there!

I am here for this one! Bring on those WJ pics!

I hope too for no surprises at check out tomorrow. At this point, we are all ready to just go see Shane!

Oh no! I have been seeing all day on the roll call group that people’s flights have been cancelled or delayed. There are so many people driving in. I was just saying to Hubby and the kids that I feel for all these people because I know what that feels like. Drive safe! I know. I feel for everyone big time! It’s terrible and stressful.

We are frugal in most other areas of life lol This hotel beautiful. I am not a fan of the Brickell area. I’ve pretty much written it off.

This made me laugh! We do have bookstores in Canada, but it’s way cheaper in the US.

We made it out with just 8 hardcovers. I asked them how they plan to carry these home?

They said to raise a reader. I raised two of them. We will be here for a long time lol

I think it was in @asquared17’s recent Oasis blog

Some good news to report. While we were waiting for the freeloaders to get ready, Hubby and I ventured down to the front desk again. A different manager was on duty so we asked to speak with him and hopefully get another perspective. Oh my, talk about night/day difference! This manager was awesome! After we explained the situation to him, he asked to see the voucher in my app, and that was it. He said he will remove the charge for the second night, no problem. We were stunned. Hubby and I were like, “This is exactly the way it should have played out yesterday!” Anyway, still won’t be totally relieved until we see the bill tomorrow, but I am pretty sure it’s resolved. But the manger this morning told us not to worry, it will not show up on the bill tomorrow.

I was trying, but they know my antics by now and they just ignore me. There will definitely be food! I cannot wait!

Some Club Lounge breakfast photos.

Some of us don’t have the luxury of driving to the port. I wish! Also, I love our RC Blog community too! Feels like family! There will be lots of Red Velvet cake photos coming!

Those of you who are looking for another live blog for entertainment, distraction, whatever, Andrew is blogging too. Sadly, it can never be a joint blog but Andrew is funnier than me so have a look over at that other place, if only for just this week. Also, no clue how boring this blog will be once I get on the ship since I don’t plan to leave my cabin https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2996522-oasis-of-the-seas-live-march-10th-17th-aint-no-better-place-aint-no-better-time-than-here-and-now/

Yes, that is sort of why Hubby and were frustrated with them last night. Hubby kept asking them why they couldn’t manually remove the one night. Anyhow, hopefully we get a resolution to that today. I don’t want that to cloud the good day it’s going to be! La Bamba!! First I need the rest of them to wake up and get moving. Shopping first, then La Bamba!

Up early like usual this morning. I decided to head up to the club lounge early while the rest were still sleeping. Last night, I checked my hotel charges and despite me telling them my kids don’t need club lounge access, they billed me $100. I just spoke to the concierge in the lounge now and she was wonderful! Probably the best staff member here so far. She apologized for the charge and she said she is waiving the charge for the kids for the rest of the stay. I told her not to worry about it as we have already bought breakfast items for them last night at Whole Foods. She said wants to see them here for breakfast when they wake up. Hopefully that means that today is off to a better start

No, they charge you the fee upon check in, not when you book. And yes, they monitor. I texted you earlier, I think this is a new change. In fact, I told them no thanks and they still charged us $100 for tonight for club access for the kids. I just checked my room charges. Back to deal with this, and others tomorrow.

I am still amazed at how you carry it all!

Also, I just realized that I took a page out of @OCSC Mike’s playbook and got super long winded with that post about our hotel troubles. Sorry, I went on a rant lol. I just need to go sleep. Lol

This was our dinner tonight. D15 grabbed a slice of pizza at Whole Foods and didn’t even make it to join us. She was too tired lol. We really loved the Lobster Mac & Cheese last time so we knew D17 would love it too. She did. And of course, there is no way we could pass up on truffle fries. We also got Crispy Prawns which was good, but a bit too much batter.

Oh, I love Wonder! I hope that you had a great time! And that the upcoming week settles a bit for you.