Rags1 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 This just makes my day! I’m so happy that you’re finally achieving that goal! Although I’d love to be doing it this week, I at least have “family” to follow! I’m sure it will be all you’ve dreamed of and more. I’m so genuinely thrilled for you and your hubby and kids! May the loft retractable television Gods smile on you and it works as designed . And I believe that if before day 5 you can select the correct button to open/close one of the 6 draperies downstairs on the first try you win a bottle of wine! But seriously it’s the loft shower. There’s nothing else like it. You’ll see. And now I’m off to my 86th day in a row to open and close our restaurant. But I know this week I’ll be spending more time in the walk-in refrigerator catching up on this trip! Have the most awesome time my friend! I’m so happy! DDaley, SweetPea, Sweety and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 36 minutes ago, Rags1 said: May the loft retractable television Gods smile on you and it works as designed This leads me to believe there's a long running issue with retractable TV's? The only time I had one (freeloading in a GS on Wonder) it bounced its way out of the ceiling and made an awful noise, lol. PPPJJ-GCVAB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 25 minutes ago, Rags1 said: This just makes my day! I’m so happy that you’re finally achieving that goal! Although I’d love to be doing it this week, I at least have “family” to follow! I’m sure it will be all you’ve dreamed of and more. I’m so genuinely thrilled for you and your hubby and kids! May the loft retractable television Gods smile on you and it works as designed . And I believe that if before day 5 you can select the correct button to open/close one of the 6 draperies downstairs on the first try you win a bottle of wine! But seriously it’s the loft shower. There’s nothing else like it. You’ll see. And now I’m off to my 86th day in a row to open and close our restaurant. But I know this week I’ll be spending more time in the walk-in refrigerator catching up on this trip! Have the most awesome time my friend! I’m so happy! Thank you! I will be thinking of you, and your family lots this week! The loft shower has me worried though. Curious minds want to know, if you are docked next to a ship, are you giving others a shenanigans show? Lol PPPJJ-GCVAB, bellemiche, SweetPea and 4 others 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 Boarding doors now closed! Yay! Hubby has gotten the boot and is on his own. MaryS, PPPJJ-GCVAB, SweetPea and 8 others 5 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandstromCruise Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 That luggage will increase once hubby buys his own flowrider board and has to start taking it Jax, PPPJJ-GCVAB, Sweety and 5 others 1 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 19 minutes ago, LandstromCruise said: That luggage will increase once hubby buys his own flowrider board and has to start taking it That’s what I am afraid of! Those of you who follow Andrew’s blogs, over at that other place, know that he does bring his own boards. I am afraid that cruising with them will make Hubby consider too. He was already talking about it on Icon. He’s getting picky about the type of boards given. Apparently there are different ones WAAAYTOOO, Jax and PPPJJ-GCVAB 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 54 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Hubby has gotten the boot and is on his own. This made me laugh. If he is anything like Lindsay I understand why he drew the short straw. Reyd and I always sit together because Lindsay sits down, puts in AirPods and we don’t hear from him until we land. When we fly economy we put him in the middle seat and talk around him. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 15 minutes ago, Jax said: This made me laugh. If he is anything like Lindsay I understand why he drew the short straw. Reyd and I always sit together because Lindsay sits down, puts in AirPods and we don’t hear from him until we land. When we fly economy we put him in the middle seat and talk around him. That pretty much sounds like Hubby. It used to drive me nuts when the kids were little and he wasn’t doing anything to help them. So I always sat with them. That just sort of stuck. He’s in his own world with his noise cancelling headphones lol Jax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheBoss518 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 7 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Boarding doors now closed! Yay! Hubby has gotten the boot and is on his own. @GregD does the same thing! But he chooses to go by himself. So excited for this cruise and can’t wait to see pictures. This is also a dream for me to get to a RLS, one of these days! p.s. that is not enough luggage! I have too many things I need to take Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 11 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Status report: Left the house at 8:45am and now all checked and settled at DTW. @GregD and @asquared17, this is all of our luggage for 4 people I appreciate you giving me a pass on this one. asquared17 and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, TheBoss518 said: p.s. that is not enough luggage! I have too many things I need to take That’s why I am trying to “encourage” you guys to leave the weighted blanket at home 14 minutes ago, Jax said: I appreciate you giving me a pass on this one. Haha! I figured you might be a lost cause Jax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floski Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 YAYYYY! I love your blogs so much! We were on Wonder last week, and this week has annihilated me, so I haven't been here all week. Luckily I saw your post on Instagram so I had to run over here. So glad it's only page 3 and I can try to keep up. I hope the four of you have a fabulous sailing!!! WAAAYTOOO, Lovetocruise2002 and Sweety 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 Ok, where do I start here? It’s almost 10pm and I am exhausted. We got to Miami very smoothly. DTW was empty this morning, flight was smooth, even arrived slightly early into MIA. Luggage was not lost, and we got to the hotel all within an hour of landing. Not bad at all. That is pretty much where our good luck ran out. As many of you probably guessed, we are staying at the Intercontinental Miami, a hotel that I adore. Interestingly enough, our kids have never stayed here. The one time we tried to bring them was the dreaded March 2022 fiasco where we ended up driving to Pittsburgh, and almost missed our cruise. Anyway, we got to the hotel around 5pm. I had booked using my Ambassador free weekend night credit for this stay. I get one voucher each year. I get to the front desk and they said they don’t have my reservation. I told them that is impossible because it shows up in my app and I have been getting the emails from them all week about my upcoming stay. So they tried to access the reservation with the confirmation number instead and they said it shows that it’s been cancelled. I said that I definitely did not cancel it. And I said that if I did, why is it still showing as an active reservation on my app? They got the manager, and this went on for almost 45 minutes! They said they were truly puzzled but they also could not honour the free night, but they also can see that my voucher remains unredeemed, so basically they did not know what to do. Apparently, they also cannot manually override either because they said their system doesn’t allow it. By this point, I was getting a bit mad. It was almost 6pm. They said they need time to look into this further and they were going to put us into the room we originally booked. Hopefully, this gets worked out tomorrow. To make matters worse, we always book club level here at the Intercontinental Miami. It does not say anywhere in reservation confirmation when you book that club access only includes two adults. If we want the kids to access the lounge; they would be charged $50pp/night. Uh, no thanks. So then we had to make a trip to Whole Foods to get the freeloaders fruit and breakfast items for the next two mornings. By this point it was 7pm and everyone was hangry and tired. We had a 7:15pm reservation to eat a quick bite at Toro Toro. They gave us a food credit for all the trouble from earlier. I called housekeeping to get a couple of luggage racks delivered. They are usually super fast here. A guy comes with two racks and said he would come back with the 3rd and never did. So off we went to dinner. After dinner, there was still no 3rd rack. So we made another call to have the 3rd rack delivered, along with some mugs and a kettle for tea. After two of us showered, there was still no delivery of items. Hubby called back and they apologized for forgetting. Eventually , the 3rd rack shows up along with paper cups, no kettle. By this point, even D17 who is the most critical of my antics, said, “Ok, maybe it’s not you. Maybe this hotel is messed up today.” I said to Hubby and the kids, this whole thing with the hotel upsets me because I love this hotel. We have always had the best stays here. I tell everyone how much I love this hotel. I am not sure what happened this time but we are going to call it a day, and hope for better luck tomorrow. We still have no clue what is happening with our free night voucher… Our Bay View room PPPJJ-GCVAB, MaryS, Cactus527 and 4 others 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 24 minutes ago, Floski said: We were on Wonder last week, Oh, I love Wonder! I hope that you had a great time! And that the upcoming week settles a bit for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 This was our dinner tonight. D15 grabbed a slice of pizza at Whole Foods and didn’t even make it to join us. She was too tired lol. We really loved the Lobster Mac & Cheese last time so we knew D17 would love it too. She did. And of course, there is no way we could pass up on truffle fries. We also got Crispy Prawns which was good, but a bit too much batter. Jax, JohnK6404, Cactus527 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 Also, I just realized that I took a page out of @OCSC Mike’s playbook and got super long winded with that post about our hotel troubles. Sorry, I went on a rant lol. I just need to go sleep. Lol SweetPea, PPPJJ-GCVAB, Jax and 5 others 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 44 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: That’s why I am trying to “encourage” you guys to leave the weighted blanket at home NEVER!!!! Jax, Cactus527 and Lovetocruise2002 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 12 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Status report: Left the house at 8:45am and now all checked and settled at DTW. @GregD and @asquared17, this is all of our luggage for 4 people um… this is like the luggage for ONE PEOPLE. AKA ME!!! goodbYE FOREVER. Cactus527, SweetPea, Jax and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 8 minutes ago, asquared17 said: um… this is like the luggage for ONE PEOPLE. AKA ME!!! goodbYE FOREVER. I am still amazed at how you carry it all! asquared17 and Jax 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 22 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: If we want the kids to access the lounge; they would be charged $50pp/night. Uh, no thanks So annoying! I went back to check my reservation and I wasn’t charged the extra fee for Reyd. He was on the reservation but I always check us in when we arrive by myself so it’s possible we didn’t pay an upcharge because they didn’t see Reyd. Regardless, I don’t think they monitor who goes into the lounge so I would be tempted to let the girls enjoy it. Lol Interestingly enough I also saw my price I paid for club level bay view and it was under $300 per night in Dec 2021. It’s more than double that on our upcoming stay this December. WAAAYTOOO and PPPJJ-GCVAB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 3 minutes ago, Jax said: went back to check my reservation and I wasn’t charged the extra fee for Reyd. No, they charge you the fee upon check in, not when you book. And yes, they monitor. I texted you earlier, I think this is a new change. In fact, I told them no thanks and they still charged us $100 for tonight for club access for the kids. I just checked my room charges. Back to deal with this, and others tomorrow. MaryS, Cactus527, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 5 others 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 50 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Also, I just realized that I took a page out of @OCSC Mike’s playbook and got super long winded with that post about our hotel troubles. Sorry, I went on a rant lol. I just need to go sleep. Lol You had good reason. I can go on and on about nothing. I already promised to work on it for myself as much as anything but now that I’ve been publicly tag-shamed… Sorry about the hotel shenanigans. Things can only get better from here! Hope you get some sleep & everything is taken care of tomorrow. SweetPea, WAAAYTOOO, Floski and 3 others 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweety Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 2 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Also, I just realized that I took a page out of @OCSC Mike’s playbook and got super long winded with that post about our hotel troubles. Sorry, I went on a rant lol. I just need to go sleep. Lol It's out of your system. Have fun and create more memories. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 Up early like usual this morning. I decided to head up to the club lounge early while the rest were still sleeping. Last night, I checked my hotel charges and despite me telling them my kids don’t need club lounge access, they billed me $100. I just spoke to the concierge in the lounge now and she was wonderful! Probably the best staff member here so far. She apologized for the charge and she said she is waiving the charge for the kids for the rest of the stay. I told her not to worry about it as we have already bought breakfast items for them last night at Whole Foods. She said wants to see them here for breakfast when they wake up. Hopefully that means that today is off to a better start MaryS, Neesa, SweetPea and 8 others 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandstromCruise Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 I always love the responses of our system won’t allow it. That’s their BS response for we don’t want to do it and aren’t just going to say it. There’s always a way to take care of the customer. I’ve been in hospitality for 30 years. You should definitely get a free night and they should let you keep the voucher for another free night Cactus527, PPPJJ-GCVAB and Lovetocruise2002 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandstromCruise Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 7 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Up early like usual this morning. I decided to head up to the club lounge early while the rest were still sleeping. Last night, I checked my hotel charges and despite me telling them my kids don’t need club lounge access, they billed me $100. I just spoke to the concierge in the lounge now and she was wonderful! Probably the best staff member here so far. She apologized for the charge and she said she is waiving the charge for the kids for the rest of the stay. I told her not to worry about it as we have already bought breakfast items for them last night at Whole Foods. She said wants to see them here for breakfast when they wake up. Hopefully that means that today is off to a better start Now THAT is customer service. Glad you found the A person instead of whoever you were dealing with last night. Jax, WAAAYTOOO, OCSC Mike and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 9 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: I just spoke to the concierge in the lounge now and she was wonderful! Best feeling ever when someone takes care of your issues and does so in an exceptional way. Humans, IT, etc. will always make mistakes or have glitches... it's how the person you deal with takes care of the problems to me. Glad your day has started out so well! Cactus527, LandstromCruise, MaryS and 6 others 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 15 minutes ago, LandstromCruise said: I always love the responses of our system won’t allow it. That’s their BS response for we don’t want to do it and aren’t just going to say it. There’s always a way to take care of the customer. I’ve been in hospitality for 30 years. You should definitely get a free night and they should let you keep the voucher for another free night Yes, that is sort of why Hubby and were frustrated with them last night. Hubby kept asking them why they couldn’t manually remove the one night. Anyhow, hopefully we get a resolution to that today. I don’t want that to cloud the good day it’s going to be! La Bamba!! First I need the rest of them to wake up and get moving. Shopping first, then La Bamba! Jax, Cactus527, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 5 others 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 Those of you who are looking for another live blog for entertainment, distraction, whatever, Andrew is blogging too. Sadly, it can never be a joint blog but Andrew is funnier than me so have a look over at that other place, if only for just this week. Also, no clue how boring this blog will be once I get on the ship since I don’t plan to leave my cabin https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2996522-oasis-of-the-seas-live-march-10th-17th-aint-no-better-place-aint-no-better-time-than-here-and-now/ PPPJJ-GCVAB, Sweety, OCSC Mike and 2 others 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 12 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Shopping first, then La Bamba! I love how different our day before embarkations are. We sit around, pack (which I actually finish in the morning before we drive to the port), and make something healthy for dinner, lol. 2 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: so have a look over at that other place, if only for just this week. You know I browse and occasionally post over there but I enjoy the vibe here so much more and the regulars like yourself are a big part of it. I was cross-blogging in June (basically just cutting and pasting my long daily recaps in both forums) but I'm going RCB-exclusive this time. I may get less views but I know they'll be from good people. It will also be more relaxing and less of a chore this way. WAAAYTOOO, Neesa, Jax and 6 others 4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweety Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 I love your food blog. I can't wait until next year. I will be on Oasis. Portside here I come. Have a joyful cruise. asquared17, ScottD, Lovetocruise2002 and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 32 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: I love how different our day before embarkations are. We sit around, pack (which I actually finish in the morning before we drive to the port), and make something healthy for dinner, lol. You know I browse and occasionally post over there but I enjoy the vibe here so much more and the regulars like yourself are a big part of it. I was cross-blogging in June (basically just cutting and pasting my long daily recaps in both forums) but I'm going RCB-exclusive this time. I may get less views but I know they'll be from good people. It will also be more relaxing and less of a chore this way. Some of us don’t have the luxury of driving to the port. I wish! Also, I love our RC Blog community too! Feels like family! 32 minutes ago, Sweety said: I love your food blog. I can't wait until next year. I will be on Oasis. Portside here I come. Have a joyful cruise. There will be lots of Red Velvet cake photos coming! Neesa, PPPJJ-GCVAB, Jax and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 Some Club Lounge breakfast photos. Neesa, bellemiche, OCSC Mike and 7 others 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 9 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: I am still amazed at how you carry it all! i put my pure barre muscles to work Jax, MaryS, Ampurp85 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 Just now, Lovetocruise2002 said: Some of us don’t have the luxury of driving to the port. For sure, that's unavoidable... but my brain still can't handle the big dinner, lol. It's one step away from having a big breakfast before going to the port! Jax, Lovetocruise2002, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandstromCruise Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: First I need the rest of them to wake up and get moving. You are so patient. I would have been making as much noise as possible saying, oh I’m sorry did I wake you PPPJJ-GCVAB, OCSC Mike, Lovetocruise2002 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 46 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Also, no clue how boring this blog will be once I get on the ship since I don’t plan to leave my cabin Meant to respond to this part... I highly doubt it will be boring. The fam can relay what's going on in the "outside world" for you to share and there's always food porn. WAAAYTOOO and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 30 minutes ago, LandstromCruise said: You are so patient. I would have been making as much noise as possible saying, oh I’m sorry did I wake you I was trying, but they know my antics by now and they just ignore me. 28 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: Meant to respond to this part... I highly doubt it will be boring. The fam can relay what's going on in the "outside world" for you to share and there's always food porn. There will definitely be food! I cannot wait! Sweety, PPPJJ-GCVAB, WAAAYTOOO and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 Some good news to report. While we were waiting for the freeloaders to get ready, Hubby and I ventured down to the front desk again. A different manager was on duty so we asked to speak with him and hopefully get another perspective. Oh my, talk about night/day difference! This manager was awesome! After we explained the situation to him, he asked to see the voucher in my app, and that was it. He said he will remove the charge for the second night, no problem. We were stunned. Hubby and I were like, “This is exactly the way it should have played out yesterday!” Anyway, still won’t be totally relieved until we see the bill tomorrow, but I am pretty sure it’s resolved. But the manger this morning told us not to worry, it will not show up on the bill tomorrow. PPPJJ-GCVAB, OCSC Mike, jbrinkm and 13 others 10 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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