Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Cruiser4Life said: I just got the “your bid will be still reviewed onboard” for our nye sailing. I am debating just cancelling it… I like to unpack and door decorate asap… then there’s the guilt because since this sailing is obviously full, some poor family either had airline trouble or someone fell ill in order for the room to become available… and lastly @Neesa ‘s issues of important tickets and perks still being delivered to her old stateroom is fresh in my mind… this may be too much for this unfortunately neurotic type A to deal with. But I’m rooting for yours to come through! If it were any other category, I would cancel. But for star, I would gladly unpack and pack it up again to move Jax, KristiZ and WAAAYTOOO 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLH Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 On 12/24/2022 at 7:15 AM, Lovetocruise2002 said: A few nights ago, Hubby and the girls were discussing where we should eat on boarding day. Hubby: “We’ll just get on board, drop off our bags, and head to El Loco.” Me: “Umm..where are you planning to drop those bags off to? You know staterooms don’t open until after 1pm right?” Hubby: “But aren’t we staying on Deck 17?” Me: “Yes, but we are not in star this time. Usually the Genie opens the fire doors for us” Hubby: “I am sure we can just swing by and check. Maybe our room will be ready early.” SMH… Regarding bags, I travel with a shoe case (not suit case) that I never check or give to porters. Those are my valuable things.lol I normally just drop in off in the Suite Lounge until rooms open. Neesa and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 6 hours ago, MLH said: I normally just drop in off in the Suite Lounge until rooms open. That is likely where I will be on Saturday until 1pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Ugh! The “we will review your request onboard” email has arrived , 3 days out WAAAYTOOO, Neesa, Jax and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Royal Up report: For anyone wondering, I placed bids on the ATS, Star Loft, Villa, and RLS. Tonight I received the email (in the post above) for all 4 of those bids. There have been some people in the FB group reporting that they only received the email for some of their bids, not all. When I check my status online, they are all listed as “submitted” still. In our roll call FB group, reports of people winning bids have been very few. Just one person reported a win from a week ago, interior to boardwalk. SweetPea, WAAAYTOOO and Jax 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser4Life Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Interesting. My 2 bids were minimal. From a grand suite 1 bdrm to a grand suite 2 bdrm or the owners suite. I got two emails as well. I have my fingers crossed for you! Neesa and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 44 minutes ago, Cruiser4Life said: Interesting. My 2 bids were minimal. From a grand suite 1 bdrm to a grand suite 2 bdrm or the owners suite. I got two emails as well. I have my fingers crossed for you! Wishing you luck as well on the 30th! Cruiser4Life 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2mybugs Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 3 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Ugh! The “we will review your request onboard” email has arrived , 3 days out /cdn-cgi/mirage/cc03b447f4d49ce6486112719f9b807f0ccfdae90cc6fc9bb4212db5a71c95ac/1280/https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/uploads/monthly_2022_12/A4583EBA-8D64-4AE3-9AE6-04AD5C9D064D.thumb.jpeg.9f7ae08caec158e3911b43794984cdf0.jpeg I got mine today and decided to cancel. I think our location is pretty good and with having to spend too do something our last day, better not to spend an extra $500-700. Jane Lovetocruise2002, FireFishII and Neesa 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 2 days out: It’s 3pm and not bad at all… Checked in for flight All packed Luggage tags printed Checked in for hotel stay All that is left to do now is have an early dinner and head to bed. We plan to leave our house at 5:00 am tomorrow. Fingers crossed for no flight interruptions. I already told Hubby that next NYE sailing we need to go two days ahead. SweetPea, ellcee, Cruiser4Life and 10 others 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Safe travels tmw! Can't wait to follow along! Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 2 hours ago, SweetPea said: Safe travels tmw! Can't wait to follow along! Omg! Welcome back!!! It’s been a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Off to bed! Tomorrow we take off to warmer parts, thank goodness! Cannot wait to get back into my flip flops. Lol Neesa, JohnK6404, MaryS and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser4Life Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Off to bed! Tomorrow we take off to warmer parts, thank goodness! Cannot wait to get back into my flip flops. Lol Florida is ready for you! Welcome back! We just went through three days of winter and were counting the days till ft laud/Miami warmed up. Christmas Eve/Christmas day being 40-50 degrees was about all we could take JVPIII and Lovetocruise2002 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 4 hours ago, Cruiser4Life said: Christmas Eve/Christmas day being 40-50 degrees was about all we could take Absolutely agree! Too cold for this Florida man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 4 hours ago, Cruiser4Life said: Christmas Eve/Christmas day being 40-50 degrees was about all we could take 20 minutes ago, JVPIII said: Absolutely agree! Too cold for this Florida man. Umm…ok…no comment. Status: it’s about 2:30am, very tired; but about to leave this behind for 80° weather so it’s all good. Cruiser4Life, WAAAYTOOO, Neesa and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Health Status questions for anyone wondering what it looks like now. This is the last step of online check in. Have I mentioned how great it feels to not have to test? Love it. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweety Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 May peace be your journey Lovetocruise2002, Neesa, WAAAYTOOO and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Made really good time this morning. Not a single car at the border. Driveway to terminal in 45 minutes. Now all checked in. Need a coffee asap! Yesiamthere6, GregD, WAAAYTOOO and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweety Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 27 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Made really good time this morning. Not a single car at the border. Driveway to terminal in 45 minutes. Now all checked in. Need a coffee asap! Awesome. Thinking taking a NYE in 2024. We are taking a Christmas cruise next year. WAAAYTOOO and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 12 minutes ago, Sweety said: Awesome. Thinking taking a NYE in 2024. We are taking a Christmas cruise next year. Next year we are on Odyssey. NYE 2024 we wanted Wonder but not paying those prices. So now I am waiting for OA and SY to release their itineraries. Sweety, Neesa, bellemiche and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 So far, so good. MaryS, WannaCruise, Cruiser4Life and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Oversold flight here. They are now offering $600 Visa gift cards for people who want to take a later flight. Easy pass lol WAAAYTOOO, Yesiamthere6, Jax and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 6 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Was this picture from last summer? I don't see much snow so I'm guessing July? mom2mybugs, FireFishII, Lovetocruise2002 and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 12 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Omg! Welcome back!!! It’s been a while. It has! We've not sailed since 12/2019 in all the chaos but just made 2 bookings and told our mutual friend to tell you big hello! Until then, I'm living vicariously, Star Class or not! Have so much fun! Lovetocruise2002, FireFishII and Jax 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 30 minutes ago, twangster said: Was this picture from last summer? I don't see much snow so I'm guessing July? Few days ago 23 minutes ago, SweetPea said: It has! We've not sailed since 12/2019 in all the chaos but just made 2 bookings and told our mutual friend to tell you big hello! Until then, I'm living vicariously, Star Class or not! Have so much fun! She told me! I am glad you are back! SweetPea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 On the plane! Looking good. Ready for takeoff WAAAYTOOO, SweetPea, Jax and 5 others 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 15 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: On the plane! Looking good. Ready for takeoff Don't jinx it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellemiche Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: On the plane! Looking good. Ready for takeoff Yes!! So happy to hear that you didn't have to drive to Pittsburgh! Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFishII Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 @Lovetocruise2002- you may just get that win due to SW flights being canceled. There should be at least 1 person on one of those canceled flights that had a Star Class suite. @twangster- she should be ok as long as she is not on a SW flight. LOL! Since we have not heard from her in the past 2 hours, I am going to assume that the flight took off. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Just landed! What a relief! FireFishII, SweetPea, Neesa and 5 others 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 18 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Just landed! What a relief! Lovetocruise2002 and Neesa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFishII Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 20 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Just landed! What a relief! Run DON'T walk to the nearest exit. You never know when they will change their minds and shut the doors on you. After all, they may have just realized that they forgot to load the luggage and have to go back for it. LOL! Sorry, bad joke. ENJOY Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 44 minutes ago, FireFishII said: - you may just get that win due to SW flights being canceled. There should be at least 1 person on one of those canceled flights that had a Star Class suite. I feel like those on SW flights got enough notice for this one that they could drive if they had to. There are quite a few in the roll call group who are doing that. Neesa and FireFishII 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruise Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Glad to hear you landed safely and are there. Did you check in your luggage or try carry on? We did carry on in the summer (to Disney in Orlando) when things were a mess, but definitely more challenging when packing for a cruise. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Just landed! What a relief! how about the luggage?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 1 hour ago, WannaCruise said: Glad to hear you landed safely and are there. Did you check in your luggage or try carry on? We did carry on in the summer (to Disney in Orlando) when things were a mess, but definitely more challenging when packing for a cruise. We did our usual. Checked one large 29 inch one. Carry on four 21 inch ones. The majority is in the carryons. Only larger liquids and Hubby and kid shoes are in the checked luggage. And our evening wear. 52 minutes ago, GregD said: how about the luggage?? Safe! Neesa, bellemiche, WAAAYTOOO and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Well, it’s definitely not my beloved Intercontinental Miami, but it will do for one night. We booked a two bedroom suite with a shared bathroom. At check in, they asked if we wanted two separate king rooms (next to each other), that gives us 2 bathrooms. We took the 2 separate rooms. Same cost. Kids are beyond excited. The rooms are pretty much identical so pics of just one here. Atwell Suites-Miami Brickell FireFishII, GregD, bellemiche and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Off to ride the people mover (Hubby has always wanted to do this, not sure why) to Bayside Marketplace. asquared17, SweetPea, MaryS and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser4Life Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Love it! Onboard odyssey and we’re told not to unpack as upgrades could be coming. . There may be people not making it onboard so let’s all count our blessings that we can board a ship. That being said, I’m trying to be super positive but Odyssey does not seem like the ship for us. Lol SweetPea, Neesa, mom2mybugs and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 I'm so happy for you guys that everything has gone smoothly so far. Have a great trip!!! Lovetocruise2002 and Neesa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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