Matt 8,236 Report post Posted August 19, 2019 @Big Dawg Ron: Matt! You've gotta come back with me! Matt: Where? @Big Dawg Ron Back to Perfect Day at CocoCay! Matt: Whoa, wait a minute, Ron. What are you talking about? What happens at Perfect Day at CocoCay? What, do we sign up for a cruise with @monorailmedic or something? @Big Dawg Ron No, no, no, no, no, Matt. You turn out fine. It's your weekend, Matt. Something gotta be done about your long weekend! ----- Friends, it's time to go back on board Mariner of the Seas over Labor Day weekend for a quick jaunt to Perfect Day at CocoCay, and a return to a live blog here on the forums! With an extra day off on Monday for the Labor Day holiday, I couldn't help myself but book a quick weekend cruise on Mariner. Originally I was on Navigator of the Seas this weekend until a certain person decided to hold a celebration of their final days of being single there and I was forced to change ships. Instead, we are headed back on Mariner of the Seas and down to Perfect Day at CocoCay. Another visit to Perfect Day at CocoCay is always welcome, and these weekend sailings line up quite well with my schedule. I can work until lunch on Friday, head over to the port and then wrap up my day while onboard the ship. Then the rest of the weekend is enjoyed onboard the ship! Not only am I looking forward to getting back to Perfect Day at CocoCay, I am looking forward to @mpoole3 not ruining the weather this time around. Cabin For this cruise, we have a category 2T Promenade View Interior room. As I recall, prices for a balcony were a bit out there and a Promenade room gives us a much better value. Plus, on a 3-night cruise without kids, how much time will I really spend in there? We will visit Nassau and Perfect Day at CocoCay. No plans booked for Nassau yet. Will wait and see what I feel like and then decide on something. For Perfect Day at CocoCay, I reserved an Oasis Lagoon cabana in the name of "science". I've stayed in the Thrill Waterpark and Chill Island cabanas, so now I need to try the Oasis Lagoon Cabanas to fill out the trifecta. The live blog kicks off on August 30. Until then, I will be counting down the days until we depart. 14 1 hayley_bopp, Ala_Paul, JohnK6404 and 12 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twangster 19,362 Report post Posted August 19, 2019 Did Sabrina put you up to starting this blog a full 11 days before your cruise? 7 1 hayley_bopp, SpeedNoodles, Lovetocruise2002 and 5 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Dawg Ron 79 Report post Posted August 19, 2019 I was trying to figure out why this was parked outside my condo today!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 5 twangster, Lovetocruise2002, Guy Gadwa and 4 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 8,236 Report post Posted August 19, 2019 58 minutes ago, twangster said: Did Sabrina put you up to starting this blog a full 11 days before your cruise? I promised I wasn't going to say anything! 2 JLMoran and Lovetocruise2002 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twangster 19,362 Report post Posted August 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, Big Dawg Ron said: I was trying to figure out why this was parked outside my condo today!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Perhaps to go back in time when you used to cruise? 4 1 Guy Gadwa, WAAAYTOOO, JLMoran and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jaymac Radio 929 Report post Posted August 19, 2019 @Matt I Will Be Following As Always. 1 Matt reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lovetocruise2002 8,258 Report post Posted August 19, 2019 1 hour ago, twangster said: Did Sabrina put you up to starting this blog a full 11 days before your cruise? 34 minutes ago, Matt said: I promised I wasn't going to say anything! Let us make note again here that this blog was started 11 days pre-cruise. Brilliance live blog was 6 weeks. We will come back to this for future reference. 😉😂 1 3 Guy Gadwa, JLMoran, ellcee and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 8,236 Report post Posted August 19, 2019 58 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Let us make note again here that this blog was started 11 days pre-cruise. Brilliance live blog was 6 weeks. We will come back to this for future reference. 😉😂 6 Lovetocruise2002, PRebecca, emsff02 and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 8,236 Report post Posted August 20, 2019 In terms of pre-cruise purchases, nothing terribly surprising for a short cruise, but this is what we've come up with so far.... Deluxe Beverage Package for me, Refreshment Package for my wife I think this is the first time I've called Royal Caribbean to get an exemption for the "two adults in a room" drink package rule. Usually my wife gets the DX package too, but as @mpoole3 can attest to, spouses breaking even on that ain't easy. I think with my Diamond Plus discount, it's probably a wash in terms of buying it onboard or online, but I prefer to buy it online and reduce that final cruise bill. Izumi Hibachi Thus far, we have decided to book Izumi Hibachi for one night (day one) and then figure out what to do the other two nights. Izumi Hibachi is one of my favorite dining venues on any Royal Caribbean ship. It's fun, filling and there's sake. Since we've been on Mariner extensively this year, I'm not hard pressed to hit up the other specialty restaurants. Plus, I enjoy the main dining room and I do not think we have eaten in the MDR on this ship this year. 7 1 Skigoofy, hayley_bopp, SpeedNoodles and 5 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firebuck 351 Report post Posted August 20, 2019 21 hours ago, Matt said: and these weekend sailings line up quite well with me schedule. I know it's just a typo, but now I can't help but to read this entire blog in the voice of Popeye 😂 6 Guy Gadwa, rjac, WAAAYTOOO and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 8,236 Report post Posted August 20, 2019 18 minutes ago, firebuck said: I know it's just a typo, but now I can't help but to read this entire blog in the voice of Popeye 😂 I ams who I ams. Err, I mean I fixed the typo. 3 Guy Gadwa, WAAAYTOOO and JLMoran reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guy Gadwa 118 Report post Posted August 20, 2019 Following! 😁 1 Matt reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tadebbie 0 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 Just came off Mariner on August 9th. Sailing again with my daughter this time on 8/30. See you then!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedNoodles 1,902 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 On 8/19/2019 at 1:27 PM, Matt said: For Perfect Day at CocoCay, I reserved an Oasis Lagoon cabana in the name of "science". I've stayed in the Thrill Waterpark and Chill Island cabanas, so now I need to try the Oasis Lagoon Cabanas to fill out the trifecta. I'm looking forward to your assessment of the Oasis Lagoon cabanas - We have one booked for our "girl's trip" in early December (yep, the one we snagged for $309 - hehe) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 8,236 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 9 hours ago, tadebbie said: Just came off Mariner on August 9th. Sailing again with my daughter this time on 8/30. See you then!! If you see me onboard, please come say hello! 5 hours ago, SpeedNoodles said: I'm looking forward to your assessment of the Oasis Lagoon cabanas - We have one booked for our "girl's trip" in early December (yep, the one we snagged for $309 - hehe) You got a much better deal than I did. I'll be curious how I like them, or more to the point, how different it is from the other cabanas. My working theory is they are all the same, it just happens to be a question of where you want to spend your time (beach, pool, or waterpark). 1 SpeedNoodles reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marc Van Niekerk 220 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 6 hours ago, SpeedNoodles said: I'm looking forward to your assessment of the Oasis Lagoon cabanas - We have one booked for our "girl's trip" in early December (yep, the one we snagged for $309 - hehe) 56 minutes ago, Matt said: You got a much better deal than I did. I'll be curious how I like them, or more to the point, how different it is from the other cabanas. My working theory is they are all the same, it just happens to be a question of where you want to spend your time (beach, pool, or waterpark). Similarly looking forward to @Matt's review. WE are booked for October in an Oasis Lagoon Cabana. Will be our first ever cabana and we managed to snag it for the bargain price of 299 which is close to what we have spent on beach bed or bungalow at Labadee. 1 Ala_Paul reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 8,236 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 15 minutes ago, Marc Van Niekerk said: Will be our first ever cabana and we managed to snag it for the bargain price of 299 which is close to what we have spent on beach bed or bungalow at Labadee. Spoiler alert: At that price, you're going to love it. 1 1 Marc Van Niekerk and Ala_Paul reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marc Van Niekerk 220 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 10 minutes ago, Matt said: Spoiler alert: At that price, you're going to love it. Pretty much agree considering that now that same cabana is going for $799 which is still a bargain compared to other prices I have seen reported. 1 JLMoran reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lovetocruise2002 8,258 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Marc Van Niekerk said: Pretty much agree considering that now that same cabana is going for $799 which is still a bargain compared to other prices I have seen reported. It's $899 for our December 2020 sailing on Harmony! 1 JLMoran reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 8,236 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Marc Van Niekerk said: Pretty much agree considering that now that same cabana is going for $799 which is still a bargain compared to other prices I have seen reported. That's a lot of baby seal dinners! 2 Marc Van Niekerk and SpeedNoodles reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLMoran 4,964 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Matt said: That's a lot of baby seal dinners! Ummm, I hope you mean dinners for baby seals and not dinners made from baby seals! 😅 3 Ala_Paul, Marc Van Niekerk and firebuck reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellcee 1,094 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, JLMoran said: Ummm, I hope you mean dinners for baby seals and not dinners made from baby seals! 😅 HEY! We don't judge here. 🤣 1 2 Lovetocruise2002, Marc Van Niekerk and JLMoran reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 8,236 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, JLMoran said: Ummm, I hope you mean dinners for baby seals and not dinners made from baby seals! 😅 Canadians love their delicacy of fresh clubbed baby seals 2 WAAAYTOOO and JLMoran reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twangster 19,362 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Marc Van Niekerk said: Pretty much agree considering that now that same cabana is going for $799 which is still a bargain compared to other prices I have seen reported. 3 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: It's $899 for our December 2020 sailing on Harmony! Is that $CAD or "real" money? 3 JLMoran, Matt and monctonguy reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lovetocruise2002 8,258 Report post Posted August 21, 2019 20 minutes ago, twangster said: Is that $CAD or "real" money? 😂 USD! Thrill Park Cabanas are $999 USD for our December 2020 sailing. I am a little annoyed at how Coco Cay cabana prices are not consistent like Barefoot Beach cabanas. While not everything is a money grab, the cabanas there definitely are. 1 1 JLMoran and Ala_Paul reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
