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My husband and I are on this one celebrating 44 yrs married!  I originally booked Oasis…then changed to Liberty…and last month switched to this one since we have been to Labadee just once and loved it!   I booked a JS to get double points which will bring me to Emerald!
My husband still doesn’t know about this… 😏🤫

Update (4/16/23)…hubby STILL doesn’t know 🤐 😂

Update again (5/30/23)…hubby STILL does not know!!  🤪

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25 minutes ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said:

My husband and I are on this one celebrating 44 yrs married!  I originally booked Oasis…then changed to Liberty…and last month switched to this one since we have been to Labadee just once and loved it!   I booked a JS to get double points which will bring me to Emerald!
My husband still doesn’t know about this… 😏🤫

Welcome to the husband doesn't know club. This is a great club to be in. I have booked many cruises in this club.

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  • 3 months later...

Great sale today on Spacious Balcony rooms.  I have a JS which has not gone below the great price I paid since I BOOKED!  However, I just booked a room for our friends who have become our cruise partners for $982.60!  He is a fireman and the deal was just too good to pass up.  Best thing is the Spacious Balcony right next to our JS was available so we will be opening our balconies and enjoying our vacation!

I still have not told my husband about this cruise.  The 3 of us who now know my secret are going to plan something to spring it on him.  Now that they are joining us I think my husband will have less of a chance to get 😡!     😂   I know he will be fine…he’s definitely mellowing in his “older age”!  
 

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32 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

We’re on this cruise, too.  It’s a casino comp for us.  Also on 11-26 and 11-30.  Looking forward to meeting everyone.

That’s awesome!  Yes…it would be great to meet you!  I’ve always enjoyed your posts…and you’ll be Pinnacle by then…WOW! Are you in a suite?

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51 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Really looking forward to meeting you as well.  Nope.  No suite.  Ocean view balcony on this one.

I would have loved to pay the price our friends paid today but when I booked this cruise earlier this year the JS was pretty reasonable and getting 8 points is going to put me at Emerald.  Long way to go for the next level but I have vowed that with or without my husband I will reach Diamond before I am too old to enjoy it!  Already am just a few years from 70 (!!!) so we’ll see!  Gotta stay healthy I guess! 🤷‍♀️

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Well, it’s 69 days until this cruise happens.  Good news is I have paid it off…hotel is booked…air travel all set…friends still coming with us.  Bad (?) news is I still haven’t told my hubby!  😳 😬. Oh, yeah…that’s happening tonight!  We are meeting our friends at one of our “good eats” places and intend to somehow let “Mr. No More Cruises this year” know that there is just one more left!  Hopefully I’ll still be celebrating my 44th wedding anniversary with him on this cruise!  😂 😆 ❤️ 

I’m also itching to book another family cruise but can’t even think about that until I finally get this one out in The Open!  No clue why I decided to not tell him except that at the beginning it seemed fun to keep him out of the loop so I could surprise him.  But as the months have passed not sure I’ll ever take this long again to let him in on my (our) plans!  Fingers crossed 🤞🏻!

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Hi All! I was curious to see who might be along for the IOC Nov 10-15, but it's not even listed in the roll call 😞 Anyone? LOL  I know someone is going because Atlantis sold out. But I got a great price on my excursions today for the Labor Day sale. FYI if you haven't checked prices lately!

@PPPJJ-GCVAB...I'm invested. Did you tell your husband?

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Lol yup!  It turned out great because our travel couple, Rich and Rhonda, were with us and they are joining us on this  cruise!  So our conversation kind of rolled around our cruise next year on Utopia and Rich kind of slipped in that he thought there was something on the books before that one.  I chimed in agreeing with him and we all at the same time told him we are going in November!  He was quite surprised at first but it turned into a huge laughing event with us all goofing on the fact that he just had no clue at all!   😂 😂  He did ask me what else I’m hiding from him…hahaha.  🤔 

The funniest part was when we were driving home he told me I need to put it in his phone calendar and I told him…it’s already there!  I had added it months ago!  We took a fit of laughing so I called Rich and Rhonda to give them one last laugh as they were driving home!  So I guess our anniversaries will continue to add up…and hopefully each one will coincide with yet another cruise!

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6 hours ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said:

Interesting.  I just checked in and got 11am.  I tried using my app on my iPad and it wouldn’t work.  So I opened app on my phone and check in was available!  Happy this part is all set.

same exact thing happened to me this morning.  App was useless.  I had to go to the website and use the “long” process.  11:00 was the earliest.  I hate the app so much.

 

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Received the email for Royal Up on this one.  Not bad minimum bids at all!  We are in a JS and minimum bid for GS is $110/pp.
But I don’t plan on trying because we are cruising with another couple and their room is right next to ours.  We’ve cruised with them a few times now but have never had rooms next door so we can open up the balcony divider this time.  Someday I’ll get the opportunity to maybe throw out a bid….

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2 hours ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said:

Received the email for Royal Up on this one.  Not bad minimum bids at all!  We are in a JS and minimum bid for GS is $110/pp.
But I don’t plan on trying because we are cruising with another couple and their room is right next to ours.  We’ve cruised with them a few times now but have never had rooms next door so we can open up the balcony divider this time.  Someday I’ll get the opportunity to maybe throw out a bid….

Agree.  We got the RU email yesterday too and the minimums aren't bad.  I will put some token bids in but don't expect any of them to happen.

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Anyone getting excited for this cruise?  
I wanted so badly to try Royal Up but am still happy with my JS.  @WAAAYTOOO did you hear anything on your bids?  Did anyone else bid?  Looks like there are only JS left as far as suite choices and at least a dozen of them!  Looks like anyone bidding from balcony or lower to JS just might have a shot?

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8 hours ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said:

Anyone getting excited for this cruise?  
I wanted so badly to try Royal Up but am still happy with my JS.  @WAAAYTOOO did you hear anything on your bids?  Did anyone else bid?  Looks like there are only JS left as far as suite choices and at least a dozen of them!  Looks like anyone bidding from balcony or lower to JS just might have a shot?

Nope.  Nuttin

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  • SpeedNoodles changed the title to Independence of the Seas: Nov 6 - 10, 2023 x 4 nights

9 days and counting to board

8 days and counting until we fly to FLL…take a Lyft to Miami and check in to Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown/Brickell for the night (hoping it’s decent…reviews look good).
Weather isn’t looking too promising for next Sunday when we were hoping to leisurely walk to Bayside Marketplace for the afternoon.

Here’s hoping AccuWeather changes its extended forecast!

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1 hour ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said:

Hey @WAAAYTOOO so…are you Pinnacle???   I believe the cruise you just got off from was THE ONE!

Can I send you my 🎉 CONGRATS 🍾🎈🎊?

YIPPEE !!!  Yes.  We "turned" on our 10-13-23 Mariner cruise and then last week (10-21-23) was our first Pinnacle cruise !!!  It was awesome.

Thank you for the congratulations !  See you in 10 days on Indy !

 

 

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  • 2 weeks later...
  • First night was Welcome Aboard menu.
  • Second night was French
  • Third was Caribbean 
  • Fourth was Italian.

It was our first time on Indy too!  Loved it.  Never had issues finding pool seating.  Went to WJ a couple of times and always found a table (there was 4 of us).  Visited Sorrento’s every night before crashing and it was delicious every time!   What a great midnight snack!  😛 🍕 

Grease was great…they had 2 shows the last night.  We went to the 10pm show and there were plenty of seats.  The Ice Show was on second night and no problem finding seats.  It was a very good show.
 I wasn’t really thrilled with the comedian on night one.  We went to the adult show…his language was a bit rough!  He hit on a few very funny topics here and there but at other times I struggled to chuckle.  The illusionist is awesome!  Very entertaining!  That was night three.

Our cruise went to Labadee with a sea day before and after it.  It was perfect…and the weather absolutely gorgeous!  Seas as smooth as glass.

 

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Thanks PPPJJ-GCVAB for the info!  I'm such a foodie, I can't wait to try everything!  I also don't enjoy a tonne of foul language during a comedy show.  I think you can get almost all humor across without much of it, but we may be a dying breed...

I will go see Grease, the ice show and illusionist for sure.  We have newbies to sailing with us, so hoping our sea is also smooth as glass!

Our cruise is going to Cozumel with a sea day pre and post, so interesting to see if Mexican will be the menu on our port day, while you had Caribbean.  I'll post back in early Dec with an update of our experiences!

Kind Regards!

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