SweetPea Posted September 24, 2023 Report Share Posted September 24, 2023 I get this. I totally get this. #GirlMath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted September 24, 2023 Report Share Posted September 24, 2023 23 minutes ago, JVPIII said: Cabana Bay Beach resort My wife’s best friend from college stayed there with her family in July. We spent an afternoon/evening just hanging out with them there. Seemed nice. Decent food court with not completely ridiculous prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandstromCruise Posted September 24, 2023 Report Share Posted September 24, 2023 My wife totally uses that girl math . I stayed at this resort shortly after it first opened. We had tons of fun. Other than my wife allowing my 1 year old to fall into the pool JVPIII 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babsy47 Posted September 25, 2023 Report Share Posted September 25, 2023 As to the acronyms, I believe HRH = Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando! I love that place! SweetPea, JVPIII and FireFishII 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted September 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 Ok, so we last left off with us in Disney springs on Saturday night. After my masterful use of girl math and an excellent dinner we went back to the room and crashed after a day of travel. On Sunday during the day we spent the day hanging around the resort. Here are some of the Halloween decorations at the hotel: After an afternoon nap we took the resort bus to city walk. Here we go HHN 32 So I had 3 goals for this weekend trip. 1. Do everything to make Rick have a great first trip to Halloween horror nights. 2. See all 10 scare houses 3. See the Death Eaters roaming Diagon Alley. I was mostly successful. We did get to all 10 houses and I witnessed the awesomeness that was the death eaters but I could have done better on the Rick front. I forgot our neck fans and Tylenol. Essential things for Florida heat and walking miles around the park until 1:30 in the morning. We had a great time and Rick said he will definitely come back but we were both sore by the end of the night and definitely the next day. Here are some pics I was able to get through the night. Death Eaters coming out for the night. Pepperoni Pizza Skull Funnel cake Fries with apple pie filling and sour apple ice cream on top Skigoofy, MaryS, Ampurp85 and 4 others 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted September 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 Update 5 Days to go My living room looks like a bomb went off. Packing crazy has officially commenced. Jax, Dan Curtis, asquared17 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted September 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 Also here is most recent Royal Up offers (we did not partake) and PDCC cabana excursion status CruzOnBye, Lovetocruise2002 and SweetPea 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Awww, i mus HHN so much! I'm glad you two kids had fun and thanks for taking me along! JVPIII 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted September 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 Update 3 days to go. After a couple of changes we have our final schedule before boarding. Changes still may occur due pending show changes and chef table: Wendy did say that it was a no go for Dr. Pepper so we are bringing our own. Wendy said she would get some from crew canteen. We told her we would be appalled if she spent her money on us this way but we’re touched by her generosity and thoughtfulness. On an a more positive note special cake requests seem to be a go so they turn out. I am sure they will because I have seen some great cakes in the past. Who wants to help me pack? I feel like my living room is still a mess and I haven’t accomplished anything. It will come together in the end I think Jax, CruzOnBye, MaryS and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 I feel like that could be my meal schedule… if someone else was paying and I was sailing solo since my wife won’t eat at half those places, lol. Looks like you just about tried to hit everywhere once for lunch & dinner… exactly how my brain & stomach would do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 6 hours ago, JVPIII said: Who wants to help me pack i am down to clown — er, pack!!! also jamie’s on the final night is great; we did it last time on harmony and agreed it was a smart move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted September 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 6 hours ago, OCSC Mike said: I feel like that could be my meal schedule… if someone else was paying and I was sailing solo since my wife won’t eat at half those places, lol. Looks like you just about tried to hit everywhere once for lunch & dinner… exactly how my brain & stomach would do it. I think our stomachs speak the same language. We want to have a variety and try everything at least once. We may end up hating something but there is always going to food around in Star Class, so we won’t go hungry. 1 hour ago, asquared17 said: i am down to clown — er, pack!!! also jamie’s on the final night is great; we did it last time on harmony and agreed it was a smart move. I need all the help I can get when it comes to packing so come on I thing Jamie’s is going to be great also. We love Italian food so it will be a good meal to cry over as we are sad the cruise is over. OCSC Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, JVPIII said: there is always going to food around in Star Class, so we won’t go hungry I'm not picky enough to go hungry even in no class. JVPIII and AshleyDillo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 That seems like a very ambitious schedule JVPIII 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted September 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 11 hours ago, SweetPea said: That seems like a very ambitious schedule I agree. We very likely will not get to everything but who knows . We will probably find other things we will want to do also that we want to add once we get on board. SweetPea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 17 hours ago, SweetPea said: That seems like a very ambitious schedule Go big or go home! If you skip something or change plans, no biggie. SweetPea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 12 hours ago, JVPIII said: I agree. We very likely will not get to everything but who knows . We will probably find other things we will want to do also that we want to add once we get on board. That's the beauty of star class. You can add/drop whatever you feel like, usually it can be accommodated. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 I think this is pretty obvious advice by now, but if your house looks like a tornado went through it (ours did too), please double check you've all packed your underwear ... . WAAAYTOOO, Yesiamthere, FireFishII and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted September 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 2 hours ago, SweetPea said: I think this is pretty obvious advice by now, but if your house looks like a tornado went through it (ours did too), please double check you've all packed your underwear ... . Already checked. Poor Batman BobbieS, asquared17, SweetPea and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 First you guys are super lucky. We had tickets to HHN in 2021, right before our Halloween sailing on Allure in Sky class. It rained us out, so we missed out. We also had a reservation to Arts Homecoming and because it was in 2021 that was cancelled. I eventually got the biscuits and chicken and will get them again when we sail out of PC in January. But the best part is just one more day until you can cruise. I personally don't think you schedule is too ambitious, but I am a get-the-most-out-of an experience type of person. I loved Columbus. It is my favorite original production. WAAAYTOOO and JVPIII 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted September 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 4 hours ago, Ampurp85 said: First you guys are super lucky. We had tickets to HHN in 2021, right before our Halloween sailing on Allure in Sky class. It rained us out, so we missed out. We also had a reservation to Arts Homecoming and because it was in 2021 that was cancelled. I eventually got the biscuits and chicken and will get them again when we sail out of PC in January. But the best part is just one more day until you can cruise. I personally don't think you schedule is too ambitious, but I am a get-the-most-out-of an experience type of person. I loved Columbus. It is my favorite original production. We had a great time. I’m glad to say Rick said he will absolutely go again which was the goal of all the pre planning. I am almost done packing and we will be driving to Miami tomorrow. So excited to get this trip underway!!!! Ampurp85 and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted September 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Update 1 day to go: I am officially packed. Thanks to @SweetPea I have triple checked to make sure I have underwear safely secured. I definitely overpacked but I like to have choices even when I’m probably going to be wearing only a handful of what I brought. We will see. Rick wanted to get his vacation started early so instead of working today he worked overnight. I am currently letting him sleep. Parents are coming in about an hour to come pick us up and get this party started. So far this week I have secured the tickets for our 2 tours we are doing this cruise, I have been talking with Wendy to finalize arrival plans and instructions, and I got notification from Lyft to remind me of our 9:30 am pick up tomorrow to take us to the port. I also checked us into the hotel last night for tonight’s stay. I didn’t even know this was a thing until Hilton emailed me yesterday. It was useful because I was able to pick our rooms. We will be on the 12th floor so great vantage point for the bay. Did I mention I’m going on a cruise? SweetPea, CruzOnBye, asquared17 and 5 others 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted September 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Also for those wondering that is all mine. Rick has one suit case and thinks I am ridiculous. SweetPea, OCSC Mike, Skigoofy and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 i know i’m just relieved to know that the undies have made it. FireFishII, OCSC Mike, SweetPea and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted September 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 We Made it to the hotel. Had plans to go to bayside and eat and then come back to the hotel. No one felt like it so we went across the street for pub subs. Now we are headed to bed. Here are few pics from the hotel More tomorrow Ampurp85, Lovetocruise2002, FireFishII and 6 others 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 It's after midnight, so let me be among the first to say, It's cruise day! It's cruise day! Bon voyage!! FireFishII, JVPIII and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 1 minute ago, SweetPea said: It's after midnight, so let me be among the first to say, It's cruise day! It's cruise day! Bon voyage!! We just woke up and said the same thing. Lol SweetPea, FireFishII and WAAAYTOOO 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Happy cruise day! ️ JVPIII 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 ITS CRUISE DAY!!!!!!! JVPIII 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 It is indeed cruise day after over 750 day wait we are back in Star class!!! We have already been in contact with Wendy and I got notification that our Lyft driver will be on time to pick us up in 1 hour Jax, SweetPea, Lovetocruise2002 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Here is a view of the port from our room. You can see Harmony and two other ships in port today. FireFishII, Skigoofy, Jax and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 So far checkin has been a disaster. Got to the port at 10am and still waiting to board. Others have boarded so I don’t know what the hold up is. They keep telling us to wait someone will be right with you FireFishII, Jax, WAAAYTOOO and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Are you waiting in your Genie??? They don't allow star class to board without one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 I can’t remember if you are already on what’s app with Wendy. But if you are, send her a message to let her know you are there. She may offer a reason for the delay. It’s possible your room isn’t quite ready yet. Last year we arrived earlier than expected/ scheduled to the port and I messaged our genie and told him not to rush; we were fine waiting until he and our room was ready. Within half hour or so he met us and whisked us off to our suite. Hopefully it won’t be much longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 3 hours ago, JVPIII said: Here is a view of the port from our room. You can see Harmony and two other ships in port today. WOOHOO ! It's always such a relief to be able to see that your ship is in port as expected ! Have a great time !! SweetPea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Made it to the ship and it seems to be moving more smoothly now. I think the biggest issue I had was they had us waiting on the front sidewalk for 1/2 an hour before taking us to the lounge to wait for Wendy. Ricks Birthday celebration surprise went well. Me and mom were also able to get the first drink in hand. We are going to lunch at Sabor. FireFishII, Jax, Lovetocruise2002 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Aw, i miss that red cooler already! JVPIII 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVPIII Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Lunch was delicious. Guacamole and salsa. Queso Fudito Garlic Shrimp Red Snapper Steak of some kind Shrimp Tacos churro Flan Srp431, asquared17, OCSC Mike and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Red snapper is my fave fish. How was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Looking forward to Sabor on Allure if we don't change plans. Since the snapper question was taken... how was the steak? Only ate there once (Harmony 2022) and it was the guac, apps, and desserts I loved... I need an entree. Sweety 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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