melmar02 Posted April 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 Dogs are dropped off, and we're headed to Houston. We should be at the hotel around 7pm. SweetPea, JohnK6404, She Sails Away and 13 others 14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPPJJ-GCVAB Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 19 minutes ago, melmar02 said: Dogs are dropped off, and we're headed to Houston. We should be at the hotel around 7pm. Enjoy! BTW…your hair color looks great! FireFishII and melmar02 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCG Teacher Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 45 minutes ago, melmar02 said: Dogs are dropped off, and we're headed to Houston. We should be at the hotel around 7pm. Godspeed and safe travels. Looking forward to following along! melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweety Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 May peace be your journey. melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 yes!!!!! vacation begins NOW! ps: your hair looks great melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Your hair looks really good . I wonder if the dogs were little grumps. Enjoy your star class experience. melmar02 and asquared17 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She Sails Away Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 What a happy family!! Love that. Looking forward to hearing all about Star Class! I love Allure! melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 With traffic in Houston, we didn't make it to the hotel until almost 8pm. We got the luggage out of the car, and I ran nextdoor to Micky D's to pick up dinner. Spicy chicken sandwiches for me and DH and happy meals for the kids. I haven't had McDonald's in years, and it was surprisingly better than I expected. DH is currently opening our traditional night before the cruise bottle of wine. Time to settle in and finally start to feel like we are on vacation. I'm on my cell from here on out, so hopefully there won't be too many typos. I may post more pictures than words and then come back to fill in the details once I'm back to the real world with my laptop. Dinner and room photos. Living room and kitchen master and master bath 2nd bedroom and bath PPPJJ-GCVAB, Ampurp85, MaryS and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 so glad you made it safely to the hotel!! hoping you enjoy that much deserved wine and get a GREAT night's sleep. tomorrow is cruise day!!!!!! Ampurp85 and melmar02 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Thanks for the hair love . I just went back to purple a couple months ago. I was this color for a while pre-covid, and no way was I going to maintain that on my own when everything was shut down. I feel like me in this color. asquared17, Sweety, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLH Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Cruise DAY! Why are you still sleeping? jbrinkm and melmar02 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 ITS CRUISE DAY!!!!! melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 1 hour ago, MLH said: Cruise DAY! Why are you still sleeping? Ha! I was up by 5am. Showered and it's like the towels were brand new but had never been washed - little bits of fluff were flying all over the room like fuzzy snow. Breakfast was underwhelming but free. And the kids are all about a Texas shaped waffle. We got notification to complete the safety video a few minutes ago. Done. We're leaving the hotel in a few minutes. Forgot a belt for DS so we have to stop at Wally World on the way. There's one about 5 minutes from the hotel. We're going to be really early to the terminal, but that's OK. I'm hoping they have coconut ranger cookies waiting for us. DDaley, MaryS, WAAAYTOOO and 8 others 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexanTwoStep Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 19 minutes ago, melmar02 said: Ha! I was up by 5am. Showered and it's like the towels were brand new but had never been washed - little bits of fluff were flying all over the room like fuzzy snow. Breakfast was underwhelming but free. And the kids are all about a Texas shaped waffle. We got notification to complete the safety video a few minutes ago. Done. We're leaving the hotel in a few minutes. Forgot a belt for DS so we have to stop at Wally World on the way. There's one about 5 minutes from the hotel. We're going to be really early to the terminal, but that's OK. I'm hoping they have coconut ranger cookies waiting for us. Texas-shaped waffles taste better -- it is a known fact. Have fun! PPPJJ-GCVAB and melmar02 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 I LOVE THE SHIRTS!!!! melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Parked and on the shuttle to the terminal. asquared17, Jax, WAAAYTOOO and 6 others 6 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Lovetocruise2002, JohnK6404, asquared17 and 7 others 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 We're in terminal traffic. Tons of people still disembarking. The Facebook rumors are that someone had to be taken off the ship in handcuffs before anyone else could leave the ship. SweetPea, TexanTwoStep, FireFishII and 3 others 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 she's waiting for you!!!! melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 I was going to say the same, the shirt came out pretty good and look great. Apparently the same thing happened on my freedom sailing. A bipolar woman was escorted off in handcuffs that Monday and she was the previous passenger in my Lyft coming back to retrieve her luggage. I hope everyone is okay and boarding and everything after is smooth and awesome. SweetPea, asquared17 and melmar02 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Yeah! It's cruise day, finally!! Let's get this party started!! melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 There was definitely a delay in disembarkation. I was talking to one of the port staff outside the terminal and I told him the Facebook rumors were flying. He said he couldn't give details but that the arrest was accurate. They didn't let anyone in the building until 10:45, then it was only star class. The Key was let in about 11am and it started raining. We waited in the lobby until 11:10ish and were led up the elevator to the suite waiting area. Smitha said it would probably be another 15 minutes or so before we could board and rooms are not ready. We're the second family in line, and the port staff by the door just told the couple in front of us that a security officer died on the previous sailing. I hope it wasn't related to the arrest. Ampurp85, Lovetocruise2002, Jax and 5 others 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Not an auspicious start, but i hope things only look up from here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Made it! Smitha took us to the suite lounge, and we only had to wait about 10 or 15 minutes for the rooms to be ready. Food in the suite lounge - turkey wrap, three cheese sandwiches, mortadella sandwiches, and veggies. I snagged a coconut ranger cookie. They also had caramel pot de creme, carrot cake, chocolate chip cookies, and cream puffs. The food coma has begun! Lovetocruise2002, MaryS, Jax and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Our cabin was decorated for Caleb's birthday. Entry hall master bed and en suite bath second bedroom and hall bath InmyElement, Jax, FireFishII and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Living room our "mini" bar Ampurp85, MaryS, SweetPea and 9 others 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Balcony JohnK6404, Lovetocruise2002, MaryS and 7 others 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Food in thebroom when we arrived. We went to lunch at Sabor and because it was raining, our muster station had been moved up under the covered portion of the Boardwalk. We took care of that on the way. Service was quite slow, but the food was good. Queso fundido and bacon wrapped jalapeno chicken for appetizers. I had the pan seared branzino (supposed to be snapper but they substituted), DH had the carne asada, DD had cheese quesadillas, and DS had spicy chicken tacos. We were too stuffed for dessert. But we did have our first drink of the cruise - jalapeno cucumber margaritas. CrimsonCruiser, Lovetocruise2002, SweetPea and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 YESSSSSS IM LIVING FOR THESE PICS!!!!! cabin looks great!! the sabor food pics IM DROOLING. i’m looking most forward to that on harmony i think. melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 DH went back to the cabin and I took the kids to register for Adventure Ocean and check out the teen club. He texted me that luggage and more food were waiting in the room. We passed Wipeout Cafe on the waybto Fuel and looked at the El Loco Fresh items available there. After lunch, the kids were not impressed, but they did spot a soft serve machine, so they each got a cone. Yes, they were too full for dessert 10 minutes ago. Here's the nee food and drinks in the room. Smitha called to tell us Mamma Mia was canceled - some of the cast is sick. She asked if we wanted to see the ice show tonight instead, but the kids are going to AO and want to see that. We told her we'll just go dancing after dinner. Then she asked if we enjoyed everything and if Caleb liked his cake. I told her we didn't have one, and two minutes later there was one at our door. #officiallyspoiled Now DH is taking a quick nap and the kids are playing on the Switch. I think we'll hang out in the room for sailaway as it's still raining. We have dinner in about 2 hours. I think someone is going to have to roll me to CK! WAAAYTOOO, CrimsonCruiser, Robert M and 14 others 15 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 19 minutes ago, asquared17 said: YESSSSSS IM LIVING FOR THESE PICS!!!!! cabin looks great!! the sabor food pics IM DROOLING. i’m looking most forward to that on harmony i think. I had a couple bites of DH's queso, and it was OK. The bacon jalapeno chicken was delicious, and I ate my weight in guac. asquared17, FireFishII, SweetPea and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Eating your weight in guac is the best part! Looks like you are having a fab time, even if it's a rainy sailaway. Room looks great! It's that Deck 8 or 9? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 17 minutes ago, SweetPea said: Eating your weight in guac is the best part! Looks like you are having a fab time, even if it's a rainy sailaway. Room looks great! It's that Deck 8 or 9? We are having a great time. Deck 9. We just pushed away and spotted dolphins! Our first time to see them in Galveston. JohnK6404, Lovetocruise2002, WAAAYTOOO and 7 others 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 LOVE your pics, jealous that you saw the dolphins, and here is a thread from someone who got off Allure today: SweetPea and melmar02 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLH Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 So excited for your family. We are doing Sabor for lunch the first day for a quick lunch so I can get on the flowrider before the lines start. The food in the room looks fabulous! We are also doing coastal the first night for the filet! melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 Guess what? More food! We went to the suite lounge about 5pm for a drink before dinner. I had DS do food reconnaissance. There was no way I was going to be able to eat again before dinner. CrimsonCruiser, Ampurp85, JohnK6404 and 2 others 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted April 24, 2023 Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 The apps look decent ... except for the pigs. My family is a bastion of 'pigs in a blanket' connoisseurs, and i put those up to a vote. The consensus is the bread-to-pig ratio is off, and there is too much breading. The pigs should be sneaking out each side of the breading, according to my niece and nephews melmar02, MamaShark, asquared17 and 3 others 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted April 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 At CK, DS ordered the fruit from the kid's menu, and the rest of us ordered the Crispy Pork Belly. It was OK. I ordered the duck and everyone else ordered the filet mignon - DH and I were sharing. They were both good. I'm the only one who ordered dessert because everyone else was going to have cake back in the room. I don't really like cake so warm honey pear for me. It was pretty good as well. We went back to the room and found... more food! The clouds have parted, and we have a sun for the first time today. DS is at AO and DD is about to go to the teen club. It's the casino for us adults. The smoke free casino, formerly Jazz on Four, is open, so I'll see if I can get decent pictures. Robert M, JohnK6404, Sweety and 6 others 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted April 24, 2023 Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 Well, i don't recognize what I'm used to being pork belly. It sounds like you wouldn't get it again? But, I would totally have that after dinner plate in your suite for lunch and be in total Bliss! The antipasto looks awesome. I know you're probably too full to enjoy it though! Good luck in the Casino! No whammies, no whammies, no whammies! melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted April 24, 2023 Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 THOSE SUNSET PICS i can’t even contain myself — hence the all caps melmar02 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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