cruisekyle Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Howdy Y’all. I joined this board less than a month ago and in 10 days I will be on Liberty of The Seas. I’ve been reading all the live-blogs and I decided today that I am going to live blog my cruise---or at least try. So a little background on this cruise, it started out in late as a Father Son (me) cruise. At the time we were trying to decide between another western Caribbean (this would be my 4th of those) or to Cuba. After much deliberation we decided that we cared more about the ship than the destinations, so we booked the Western Caribbean (and boy did we get lucky with that decision…no more Cuba now) in an interior stateroom. Early July rolls around and we start watching some videos of our room, my Dad who has only cruised junior suites or higher was a little alarmed with the size and upgraded us to a Junior Suite. Then we get to mid July- my Mom asks to join the cruise. So we start to price it out and decide that we need to get an additional cabin. Well when looking at the cost for who to solo cruise vs. adding a 4th person was so small that we decided to add my girlfriend. So we add her and my Mom to a Balcony. Great everything is set in stone 1 month prior to the cruise. WRONG. We had one more big change. July 10th my father decides he wants a Grand Suite with my Mom. He calls to upgrade and they don’t have availability, so we get on the wait list. On the 15th we get a grand suite 1 bedroom. That brings us to today. Where we stand now. When: August 11, 2019 + 1 day before Where: Cozumel, Falmouth, George Town, a day at the Houston Space Center the day before Rooms: Junior Suite-with me (Kyle) and my girlfriend (Natalie)-we are still keeping our fingers crossed for a cancellation to upgrade to a grand suite or for the same to happen with our RoyalUp bid Grand Suite (1 bedroom)-with my Mom (Brenda) and Dad (Ross) Extras: The Key Deluxe Drink Package Unlimited Dining Package All Access Tour Galley Brunch Excursions: Atlantis Submarine Tour-Cozumel Trolley Roger-Grand Cayman About Us Me (Kyle) - I’m 21, and a Diamond status for the first time this cruise The Girlfriend (Natalie)- 22, first time cruiser, never been out of the country, got lucky with C&A and they matched her to Diamond Mom (Brenda) – Suite Lover, Diamond Dad (Ross)- Suite Lover, Diamond I am really excited for this vacation and can’t wait to share it with y’all. I’m very interested to see for myself how the Key works out for us and compare it to the suite perks and Diamond perks. Most of y’all have much more experience with cruising and live blogging but, if y’all have anything you would like me to look at/investigate/ ask I would be happy to! Thanks for reading. KathyC, JohnK6404, KristiZ and 6 others 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellcee Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Yay! Happy Cruising! cruisekyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLMoran Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Have a great cruise, and thanks in advance for deciding to take time out of your vacation to blog! cruisekyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Wow ! You came a long way from an inside room to looking at a Grand Suite. You won’t be disappointed if you get it. Very, very nice on Liberty. We will be on LIB on 8-25. cruisekyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekyle Posted August 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 9 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Wow ! You came a long way from an inside room to looking at a Grand Suite. You won’t be disappointed if you get it. Very, very nice on Liberty. We will be on LIB on 8-25. @WAAAYTOOO Yes, we did come a very long way--and spent way more time on the phone with Royal than I would like to admit working our way up. I hope you have a great cruise too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 5 minutes ago, cruisekyle said: @WAAAYTOOO Yes, we did come a very long way--and spent way more time on the phone with Royal than I would like to admit working our way up. I hope you have a great cruise too! Thank you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marti314 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Ill keep the Ship Clean and Tidy for your arrival on the 11th. Ill be on This coming week Aug 4 - 11. JLMoran and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekyle Posted August 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 9 minutes ago, marti314 said: Ill keep the Ship Clean and Tidy for your arrival on the 11th. Ill be on This coming week Aug 4 - 11. Well thank you very much. If you wouldn't mind sending the cruise compass my way once you get off I would really appreciate it. If not enjoy your cruise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marti314 Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 I always keep them and take pics of them so no problem at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekyle Posted August 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 @marti314 Fantastic! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruise Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Excited to follow along. Sounds like a great cruise. cruisekyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Horner Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 I'm following too! We're booked on the Liberty for March 2021, so it will be a while. cruisekyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekyle Posted August 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 @marti314 heard that your cruise wasn’t leaving Galveston until 11pm, everything okay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delerium98 Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 On 8/1/2019 at 11:59 AM, cruisekyle said: Howdy Y’all. I joined this board less than a month ago and in 10 days I will be on Liberty of The Seas. I’ve been reading all the live-blogs and I decided today that I am going to live blog my cruise---or at least try. Me and the family will be on the Liberty on the 11th as well. Man Sunday needs to hurry up and get here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekyle Posted August 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 @delerium98 hope we run into you! And agreed I’m definitely counting down the hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK6404 Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Hi @cruisekyle ! We were on Liberty back in 2015! We'll be following... have a great time! cruisekyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekyle Posted August 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Just an update for everyone, getting a little worried. Liberty didn’t leave Galveston until 3 am last night and I haven’t heard any explanations. It also sounds like she’s still not traveling at full speed. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 10 hours ago, cruisekyle said: Just an update for everyone, getting a little worried. Liberty didn’t leave Galveston until 3 am last night and I haven’t heard any explanations. It also sounds like she’s still not traveling at full speed. Ugh. We are on LIB in 2 weeks. Please let us know if you hear anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekyle Posted August 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 So good and bad news. I have figured out that Liberty arrived in Galveston early and apparently had divers waiting to start work of some sort. This makes me think that whatever is going on won’t actually change any future sailings as Liberty was able to be in port early, but Royal has yet to say anything official so this is all speculation. JLMoran 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cruisekyle Posted August 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 1 minute ago, WAAAYTOOO said: My feelings exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Whatever the issue, it was fixed, and she sailed out in the early hours of Monday morning. Someone on the 9/1 facebook group was posting about watching it on the Galveston port webcam. cruisekyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 On 8/1/2019 at 11:59 AM, cruisekyle said: When: August 11, 2019 + 1 day before Where: Cozumel, Falmouth, George Town, a day at the Houston Space Center the day before We're spending the day before at Space Center as well. I am interested to hear what you think. cruisekyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekyle Posted August 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Fair warning, I’m a space fanatic so it would be hard for me to not love the space center, but I’ll have my family give honest reviews @melmar02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 1 hour ago, cruisekyle said: Fair warning, I’m a space fanatic so it would be hard for me to not love the space center, but I’ll have my family give honest reviews @melmar02 Understood. We'll have our kids with us, and my daughter will be quoting space facts to us all the way from Dallas to Houston! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny260 Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 2 hours ago, cruisekyle said: So good and bad news. I have figured out that Liberty arrived in Galveston early and apparently had divers waiting to start work of some sort. This makes me think that whatever is going on won’t actually change any future sailings as Liberty was able to be in port early, but Royal has yet to say anything official so this is all speculation. On trying to keep up with everything Liberty, this is at least the 2nd time if not the 3rd time that they have had divers in the water when docked in Galveston either fixing something or inspecting something, it has always delayed the cruise leaving port but never anything drastic. And no, from the other post, Royal has never told exactly what they were doing. cruisekyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Maybe they’re hiding Easter eggs ?! cruisekyle, Lovetocruise2002 and JLMoran 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLMoran Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 25 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Maybe they’re hiding Easter eggs ?! Or duckies!! WAAAYTOOO and cruisekyle 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekyle Posted August 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 @tiny260 THANK YOU. That made me feel a lot better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekyle Posted August 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2019 This morning we got the email from the concierge explaining all of our perks, her name is Eliana. We emailed her back to make our dining reservations and she was very prompt in her response. Lovetocruise2002, JLMoran, melmar02 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 On 8/7/2019 at 6:55 PM, cruisekyle said: This morning we got the email from the concierge explaining all of our perks, her name is Eliana. We emailed her back to make our dining reservations and she was very prompt in her response. Do you know how long Eliana will be the concierge? Is MJ just on vacation, or moved to a different ship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekyle Posted August 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 @melmar02 as of right now I do not know the answer to your question, but I’ll ask on board. melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marti314 Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 Just returned from Liberty, the work on 08/04/2019 was work on the Hull which was supposed to be finished at 11:30 PM but didnt get wrapped up until 2:30 AM. We made it to Roatan right on time even with the 10 hour delay. Ship is operating at full speed (Was doing 22.7 yesterday coming back to Galveston). I prefer they fix things thoroughly before leaving port, I dont care how long it takes... :) Excellent Cruise, will do a writeup in the Blog section soon. JLMoran, melmar02, WAAAYTOOO and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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