1978bucketlist Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 We are heading for Florida today. We will be in OS on 6 March. It will be my friend Lisa and me. When I was planning our last cruise, Lisa said she would love to go on a cruise. What could I do? I had a friend in need. I bit the bullet, made the ultimate sacrifice and told her I would go with her. It all started almost 3 years ago. My family and I were celebrating beating cancer the 1st time. Lisa has more seniority then me so I needed to make sure she didn’t want the same week. That’s when she mentioned she would love to go on a cruise. Her husband won’t go. He claims the sharks go for the heavy guys 1st. We booked for a February 2021 cruise on Empress of sea. Covid happened. With @michelle’s help we upgraded to OS and lifted and shifted to Harmony. That cruise was chartered so now we are going March 6, 2022. During Covid I beat cancer for 2nd and hopefully last time. I had to retire early and Lisa retired 2020. Yesiamthere, JohnK6404, MamaShark and 5 others 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 I’m anxiously waiting on concierge letter. We have UPD and refreshment package. I have a RU bid on 2 bed Aqua theater still pending. I would like to book CK 1st night. We are almost out of PA. No snow on ground. WAAAYTOOO, JohnK6404 and PPPJJ-GCVAB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fa-li Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 Excited to follow along as we will be on Harmony in April. Congratulations on beating cancer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted February 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 Thank you. We made it to Roanoke. We will be visiting my sister near Pensacola for a couple of days. Nice uneventful drive today. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK6404 Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 Have a great time! I'm sure you will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted February 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 Driving through Chattanooga. Much better weather then home. PPPJJ-GCVAB, WAAAYTOOO and MichelleB1234 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted February 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 I just received my letter from concierge. Now it seems real. Royal up’s are still pending. Now I only need to pass Covid test. I’m getting very excited. We will be at my sister’s within a couple hours. It’s so nice to shed my coat Yesiamthere, JohnK6404, WAAAYTOOO and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Concierge was able to get every dining reservation I requested. Now the only thing I have to stress about is Covid testing. Ron Rico 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 We received an upgrade from OS to CLS for $75 each. I bid the minimum because I liked our original room but figured it would be nice to try 17th floor. 5 more sleeps. DJsMrs, Ron Rico, KristiZ and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fa-li Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 That’s awesome! Minimum bid for us to go from GS to CLS the week we are on Harmony is $485 pp. What a difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 We are in Orlando. My Covid test is negative. Cue the confetti. 2 more sleeps before we board. We went to downtown Disney today. We are not going to the parks. I have a DIsney time share so it’s a convenient place to stay. I’m very excited to be in the gated community. I have my new luggage tags and set sail passes printed. I just need to try and print my negative Covid test and repack. JohnK6404, PRebecca, Anglea and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2022 We had breakfast at the Polynesian hotel at Disney World. We should have picked my friend up at airport at 6 pm. Here flight was postponed and now she doesn’t arrive until 8:30 tonight. I hope it isn’t postponed again. JohnK6404 and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted March 5, 2022 Report Share Posted March 5, 2022 Can I ask your room number? We are in an OS (10640) right after you! Also a lift & shift, from Rhapsody for us. The price was just ridiculous. I couldn’t believe they allowed the move!! Looking forward to your review. Safe sailing!! Oops just noticed you Royaled Up. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 We RU to 1750. I believe we were originally booked in your room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 We are all up and car is packed. 1st stop breakfast at Contemporary Resort and then off to Port Canaveral. We should have bought gas on Friday. It’s over $4 a gallon . WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 13 hours ago, Pooch said: Can I ask your room number? We are in an OS (10640) right after you! Also a lift & shift, from Rhapsody for us. The price was just ridiculous. I couldn’t believe they allowed the move!! Looking forward to your review. Safe sailing!! Oops just noticed you Royaled Up. Congrats! I checked. We were booked in same room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 15 minutes ago, 1978bucketlist said: We RU to 1750. I believe we were originally booked in your room. Oh “your room”! That sounds so nice! 22 months in the making, 7 very long days to go!! Have a wonderful trip. And forgive me, I know I’ll have lots of questions And are those macadamia nut pancakes from Kona’s??? One of my favorite breakfast stops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Pooch said: Oh “your room”! That sounds so nice! 22 months in the making, 7 very long days to go!! Have a wonderful trip. And forgive me, I know I’ll have lots of questions And are those macadamia nut pancakes from Kona’s??? One of my favorite breakfast stops! Yes, they were from Kona’s. They were delicious. We had breakfast at Steakhouse 71. No pictures but very good. We are on our way to the port now. All of our reservations have been made. That relieves one stress. Concierge reached out to me on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 I will be watching out for my email tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 Curious as to your experience with proof of vaccination checking in today. There have been such a wide variety of reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 IMG_1743.MOV 4 hours ago, Pooch said: Curious as to your experience with proof of vaccination checking in today. There have been such a wide variety of reports. We are onboard. No issues checking in. We made sure we had lot numbers on our cards. Check in probably took @ 15 minutes. We had the filet from CK. It was amazing. We are at the ice show now. We did need reservations for it. They are giving bottles of water. I haven’t seen a can of water yet. We went to Sabor’s for lunch. We had no problems getting in. It hasn’t seemed to crowded yet. KristiZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 Thank you. I am very worried about our vax cards although they look like they have everything necessary on them. Also planning CK for the filet on night one IF we can have my brother & nephew who are in a JS join us. Thanks for taking us along with you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 Beautiful morning in Nassau. We are getting off of the ship. This is my friend’s 1st time sailing. You can feel the waves. They had to cancel 1887 for safety reasons. They said something about a stabilizer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 View from the balcony this morning. JohnK6404, PPPJJ-GCVAB, Pooch and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 Today was Nassau. The ship was a little late docking. It was very windy. From CK we could see employees trying to rope the loungers. Our Sea and See excursion was cancelled because of the wind. Instead we booked a different just land sight seeing excursion. There were only adults on this excursion. It was good because most younger kids would have been bored. We did the 150 garden park for dinner. My friend loved the Lobster Thermadore. I found the tenderloin to be bland. Both of our desserts were very good. Friend had fried cheesecake and I had peanut butter tart. We had a problem with our dining reservations because of our RU. Lylie was able to replace them all. She had to do some of them at slightly different times and days. We had our steak at CK last night so we weren’t fussy about the rotation of the other restaurants. Lylie said most of the time the reservations get linked to your new room. I won $8.05 at casino tonight. My friend lost $3.35 but she earned 16 points. I hope everyone has a pleasant evening. JohnK6404, KristiZ, Pooch and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 We are at Coco Cay this morning. Sunny with temperatures going up to 79. We bought beach club pass when it was on sale for $100. Neither of us likes to bake in sun. Sunburns and my meds don’t mix. We will find a shady spot and relax. Put my toes in water to see if it’s warm enough for a northerner. WAAAYTOOO and JohnK6404 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 How far north? We are in Ct and the last couple days have been downright balmy. Today? Wind that will cut you like a knife and snow tomorrow . Is it Saturday yet???? WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 54 minutes ago, Pooch said: How far north? We are in Ct and the last couple days have been downright balmy. Today? Wind that will cut you like a knife and snow tomorrow . Is it Saturday yet???? Syracuse. We told our relatives that we were pushing up some warm weather Pooch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 Dinner last night. JohnK6404 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 The loungers at coco cay beach club. Pooch and JohnK6404 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 It looks as though only to of the beach club cabana’s are in use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 I had a tickle in my throat when I got up this morning. After taking a nap it hurt a little more and my temperature was 98.8. I called down to medical. They said come down. They said it would be $145 to see the Dr. I said no way. I just came down for a Covid test to be sure. The nurse came in and told the tech to mark it complimentary. I was swab into my brain and taken into a room to wait for the result. Yeah the result is negative. I have to isolate in the room for 24 hours. At 5 pm I need to go for another Covid test and with a negative result, I will be free to enjoy the rest of my trip. WAAAYTOOO and Pooch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 Glad you have a nice room!! Hope second test is negative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 My friend is allowed to go out and about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 58 minutes ago, 1978bucketlist said: I had a tickle in my throat when I got up this morning. After taking a nap it hurt a little more and my temperature was 98.8. I called down to medical. They said come down. They said it would be $145 to see the Dr. I said no way. I just came down for a Covid test to be sure. The nurse came in and told the tech to mark it complimentary. I was swab into my brain and taken into a room to wait for the result. Yeah the result is negative. I have to isolate in the room for 24 hours. At 5 pm I need to go for another Covid test and with a negative result, I will be free to enjoy the rest of my trip. Oh no ! Pray that you don’t feel any worse as the cruise progresses. So glad that the test(s) was negative for you-know-what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 12 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Oh no ! Pray that you don’t feel any worse as the cruise progresses. So glad that the test(s) was negative for you-know-what. Thank you. I really hope it’s just allergies and doesn’t develop into a cold. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 How are you feeling today? And when are they going to test you? Please don’t take this the wrong way but I’m glad you’re not in “our room”!! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 I’m great today. Throat is tickling but I figure it’s allergies. Negative Covid test and I’m free to roam. Lylie and Elaine are wonderful. They brought me dinner from CK last night. I spent most of the day on the balcony. We had Sabor’s for dinner tonight. I checked our onboard account this morning. Lisa had a $1000 charge. I called the girl’s and it showed up as an upgrade charge. I said I received a RU for the room and that was on my card. Elaine said she would fix it. She called back within 30 minutes and had it fixed. I’m doing better at this not live blog then I expected. I tried to do a live blog on the Adventure before shut down. My 5 year old granddaughter needed attention so that didn’t work out well. Plus the internet didn’t work well. Everyone have a pleasant night. Tomorrow is Jamaica. WAAAYTOOO and KristiZ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 Glad you tested negative. . Got my email from Elaine & Lyli on Monday. Very exciting!! Have a great rest of your cruise. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978bucketlist Posted March 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 We were in Jamaica today. We just shopped by the port. I bought 3 bottles of Grey Goose for $80. We are trying Wonderland for dinner tonight. I have $96 in OBC that I have to use or lose. I know I can get it from the casino somehow. I like to give extra tips in cash. Vee2525 and Pooch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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