Rochester Rich Posted January 18, 2023 Author Report Posted January 18, 2023 On 1/10/2023 at 8:10 PM, RyanM said: Hey everyone! My wife, 1 year old daughter and I will be coming down from Buffalo for this cruise. I’m a first timer and my wife hasn’t been on a cruise since she was a girl. We are very much looking forward to a break from the Buffalo winter. We are looking forward to meeting people and seeing all that Anthem of the Seas has to offer! Took a day trip to Buffalo yesterday. Visited the Botanical Gardens, stopped at Rich Highmark Stadium (Go Bills) and made an unscheduled stop at Vidler's 5 and 10 in East Aurora. Sorry about the snow. Looks like Buffalo will win the season snowfall count again this year! To date we've barely reached 10 inches. I guess my plan to escape the bitter winter cold and snow is a failure. I'll have to try again next winter season! Nonetheless still looking forward to the cruise. teddy, RyanM and fireclan 3 Quote
RyanM Posted January 18, 2023 Report Posted January 18, 2023 Thank you for the advice! We will make that a priority stop during boarding! jejojoju 1 Quote
KevinK Posted January 26, 2023 Report Posted January 26, 2023 more days to go... Can't wait.... WAAAYTOOO, Jenna Delvey, teddy and 1 other 3 1 Quote
jejojoju Posted January 26, 2023 Report Posted January 26, 2023 We are so excited! My daughter made a countdown calendar and there was a mini-celebration when we got down to single digits this morning! WAAAYTOOO and Jenna Delvey 2 Quote
RyanM Posted January 27, 2023 Report Posted January 27, 2023 This last week of waiting is going to feel like torture! The weather up in Buffalo sure isn’t helping! Quote
Roe Posted January 28, 2023 Report Posted January 28, 2023 I'm excited to be on this cruise. Love the Anthem.. Al Miller and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote
Rochester Rich Posted January 29, 2023 Author Report Posted January 29, 2023 On 12/14/2022 at 3:01 PM, KevinK said: 52 more days to go.. Seem very long... Can't wait... Make that 7 days and counting. teddy 1 Quote
KevinK Posted January 29, 2023 Report Posted January 29, 2023 14 hours ago, Rochester Rich said: Make that 7 days and counting. Make that 6 days to go.. Al Miller, WAAAYTOOO, fireclan and 1 other 4 Quote
teddy Posted January 30, 2023 Report Posted January 30, 2023 We changed our travel plans. With temps in the -20s predicted for our area early Saturday morning, we decided we didn't want to catch the 315a bus to Boston to catch the 605a train to New Jersey. We are now getting to Newark at 8p Friday night. We had enough Marriott points to get a room at the Element, which has the ever important free breakfast. I see Bayonne has a high of 20 forecast for Saturday. Should be plenty of chairs available around the outdoor pool. RyanM, WAAAYTOOO, BrianB and 2 others 4 1 Quote
RyanM Posted January 30, 2023 Report Posted January 30, 2023 Definitely sounds like a day for exploring the interior of the ship!! teddy 1 Quote
KevinK Posted February 2, 2023 Report Posted February 2, 2023 For those of you who's cursing this ship, you now can goto check in and answer the health status. Yup 2 more days to go..... teddy 1 Quote
teddy Posted February 2, 2023 Report Posted February 2, 2023 I told my wife I was going to bring my ice fishing gear so I can be up on the top deck for sail away. For some reason she isn’t as impressed with my idea as I hoped she’d be. RyanM and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote
KevinK Posted February 2, 2023 Report Posted February 2, 2023 New Menu is out for this cruise, but there's no lobster nite. RyanM and teddy 2 Quote
RyanM Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 I’m actually kind of glad that we can’t modify our reservations at this point. Now I can’t obsessively look for repricing! See you all in less than 48 hours! Quote
Rochester Rich Posted February 3, 2023 Author Report Posted February 3, 2023 9 hours ago, teddy said: I told my wife I was going to bring my ice fishing gear so I can be up on the top deck for sail away. For some reason she isn’t as impressed with my idea as I hoped she’d be. Made the drive from Rochester and arrived on Staten Island earlier. Now just a few miles from Cape Liberty. No ice fishing gear with me but good luck with that! If it helps any - I'm impressed. teddy 1 Quote
KevinK Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 Less than 24 hours to go.. Who packed their stuff and ready to board the ship... teddy and Al Miller 2 Quote
teddy Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 22 minutes ago, KevinK said: Less than 24 hours to go.. Who packed their stuff and ready to board the ship... I skipped out of work at 9. My wife is done at 11. 1230 bus to Boston then 320 train to Newark 1030-1100 check in time tomorrow morning I can’t wait for some warmth. WAAAYTOOO, RyanM and Al Miller 2 1 Quote
BrianB Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 Gonna be a wee bit brisk on the outer decks at sailaway. I wonder if they’ll be snowboarding on the FlowRider….. teddy, WAAAYTOOO and RyanM 1 1 1 Quote
teddy Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 I'm bound and determined to be up top for sail away. I've never seen the Statue of Liberty. While I'm not actually bringing ice fishing gear, I will have outerwear sufficient for the temperatures. RyanM 1 Quote
fireclan Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, teddy said: I'm bound and determined to be up top for sail away. I've never seen the Statue of Liberty. While I'm not actually bringing ice fishing gear, I will have outerwear sufficient for the temperatures. You look tall...you might need to duck going under the bridge. RyanM, Al Miller and teddy 3 Quote
teddy Posted February 4, 2023 Report Posted February 4, 2023 A steamy 6° here in Harrison, New Jersey, just northeast of Cape Liberty. I say steamy because it’s -27° up home…where power went out last night. Thankfully a coworker went to our house to keep the wood stove going to keep the pipes from freezing. My wife belongs to a Facebook group for the cruise, and said most of the members are from the northeast US and Canada. I think we’re all gonna love going south this week WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
teddy Posted February 4, 2023 Report Posted February 4, 2023 We had a 1030-1100 check in time. Got to the port at 1030. Onboard by 1050. No one was inspecting check in times as it really wasn’t necessary. A much nicer experience than boarding in Boston back in October. No one was yelling at people as they went through security The longest wait was actually in traffic leading up to the porters. Security wasn’t bad at all FloatyBoaty and Al Miller 2 Quote
teddy Posted February 4, 2023 Report Posted February 4, 2023 I brought a sealed quart of maple syrup from my hometown in my carry on as a gift for some friends in Miami and I had to show it at security. They wanted to know what the jug in my bag was. Al Miller 1 Quote
Al Miller Posted February 4, 2023 Report Posted February 4, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 11:02 AM, teddy said: We had a 1030-1100 check in time. Got to the port at 1030. Onboard by 1050. No one was inspecting check in times as it really wasn’t necessary. A much nicer experience than boarding in Boston back in October. No one was yelling at people as they went through security The longest wait was actually in traffic leading up to the porters. Security wasn’t bad at all Yeah, they did not have anyone directing cars to a specific unload spot this time. So some folks got to the end of the porters and they just stopped in the traffic lane and unloaded luggage. Only slightly irritating. Got there at my assigned check in time of 10am and was on board by 10:40. So even with knuckleheads stopping in the middle of the street in front of the terminal, it was pretty fast for me. I am 3 for 3 in having a good boarding process at Bayonne. Hope the streak continues . teddy 1 Quote
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