GatorCruiser Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 Pool deck is nucking futs. Out here cause kids want to do slides. Oh lawd help me! PPPJJ-GCVAB, Neesa, Ampurp85 and 9 others 8 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neesa Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 We had this week booked on the Symphony, booked on day 1. Board of Education changed the Spring Break week, now it's not until the last week of March, the 25th I believe. Kiddo in the IB program had a melt down, she doesn't miss school instruction. It would have been miserable so I canceled. I have to say hearing about so many kiddos on these sailings I'm happy now. Don't get me wrong kiddos are fine but sometimes the newbies think the ship is their baby sitter, not fun for the rest of us. Sending you positive vibes @GatorCruiser, I'm sure everyone will get settled.....soon. I hope you and @OCSC Mike have a blast on your sailing, looking forward to your adventures!! SweetPea, WAAAYTOOO, MaryS and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 @Neesa thanks. Even my 10 year old wanted no part of the pool deck. May be spending aLot of time on suite sun deck. Lines for slides long. Maybe things will shake out as we get further into the week. Newbs of course haul arse to the pool deck first thing WAAAYTOOO, SweetPea, Ampurp85 and 3 others 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 Onboard prices , lmao ! Robert M, JohnK6404, Lovetocruise2002 and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 52 minutes ago, GatorCruiser said: Onboard prices , lmao ! That tracks! SweetPea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweety Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, Neesa said: We had this week booked on the Symphony, booked on day 1. Board of Education changed the Spring Break week, now it's not until the last week of March, the 25th I believe. Kiddo in the IB program had a melt down, she doesn't miss school instruction. It would have been miserable so I canceled. I have to say hearing about so many kiddos on these sailings I'm happy now. Don't get me wrong kiddos are fine but sometimes the newbies think the ship is their baby sitter, not fun for the rest of us. Sending you positive vibes @GatorCruiser, I'm sure everyone will get settled.....soon. I hope you and @OCSC Mike have a blast on your sailing, looking forward to your adventures!! CPS did the same thing for the next two years. I had to change my cruises. Neesa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 32 minutes ago, jbrinkm said: That tracks! We got ours for $71 PPD unofficial pins count: 60 aboard. All may be in SL at present. Need to confirm. Neesa, ScottD and Ampurp85 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruise Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 2 hours ago, GatorCruiser said: Onboard prices , lmao ! Watch for the 10 Drink Card. We had it on the cruise before you....popped up around day 3, which is earlier than I remember in the past. PPPJJ-GCVAB, GatorCruiser, Neesa and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starrynight0154 Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 Try the peanut butter tropic at Schooner Bar. I don’t know if it’s just me, but that is drink is sooo good. GatorCruiser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Were the biscuits dry at Mason Jar? The honey butter biscuits in the WJ were better than the ones from MJ. Spring break is from the 25th in Chicago and several of my coworkers are going on Wonder, Icon and Oasis that week, so expect tons of children until at least mid-April. Sweety, SweetPea, WAAAYTOOO and 1 other 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Biscuits were good. dinner at chops. Place was dead. Awesome . Service and food great. Servers descended on our table to cut up my youngins’ steaks. Caught a couple mins of intense (seen it before) my goose is cooked for the day. Coco tomorrow. Thrill water park; will Check out hideaway beach. as always this website provides a service. Someone mentioned about asking room attendant for a fan. Didn’t know that was an option before. Asked, for a box fan for the room. Got one. Thanks y’all. . Seacrest out. Ampurp85, PPPJJ-GCVAB, Cactus527 and 5 others 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 6 hours ago, GatorCruiser said: Pool deck is nucking futs. Good for you! I had my very similar "feigned profanity" edited here once. Thanks for tagging on for a joint report! GatorCruiser, Neesa and Sweety 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 7 hours ago, asquared17 said: this is so exciting!! we are going in our first grand suite ever in december. Oh, I can't WAIT for this! Congrats!! Sweety, Neesa and asquared17 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 4 hours ago, Sweety said: CPS did the same thing for the next two years. I had to change my cruises. Ok, i had to look up where you're from because i was genuinely worried for you. I see in your case CPS stands for Chicago Public Schools (at least i hope!). In my neck of the woods ... CPS is Child Protective Services. Gilley, Ampurp85, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 1 hour ago, SweetPea said: Oh, I can't WAIT for this! Congrats!! thank you!!! we are so excited!!! 1 hour ago, SweetPea said: In my neck of the woods ... CPS is Child Protective Services. ah… yes. i was also alarmed at first — it’s that jersey skepticism in us Cactus527, SweetPea, Neesa and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 2 hours ago, SweetPea said: Ok, i had to look up where you're from because i was genuinely worried for you. I see in your case CPS stands for Chicago Public Schools (at least i hope!). In my neck of the woods ... CPS is Child Protective Services. I have to catch myself, as a Chicagoan from using our abbreviations. I used CPS/CPL in something to mention Libraries and it caught the person off-guard. Cactus527, SweetPea, Sweety and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 Can’t sleep for a change. MDR started off rough. Took a good 45 mins to get our appetizers after sitting down but the rest of the meal moved quickly so hopefully it was a one-off. Escargot wasn’t hot (took so long, not surprising) but rest of the meal was fine. Wife’s grilled chicken was dry but rest of her meal was fine too. You guys know we’re not big MDR fans so it’s not super important to us. My key lime pie was much better than expected & my wife tried Boston cream pie instead of resorting to her usual ice cream & liked it. We went to WJ after to find half the MDR menu & nothing overly exciting. After dinner we saw InTENse for the 2nd time. Same opinion… it’s good but we prefer less dancing & more diving. Headliner after that… Pete Matthews, comedic juggler. Some of his jokes were funny & clearly he can juggle but not great. CocoCay in the morning so hopefully we get some sleep. Jax, SweetPea, MaryS and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 Random food/drink pics… Chicken Saag (MDR) Key Lime Pie Desert Pear Margarita with black salt from Schooner Bar (Patron in @Lovetocruise2002’s honor) Goalpost Margarita from Playmakers (one of my go-to’s) Ranger Cookie stash for the cabin Robert M, Neesa, Lovetocruise2002 and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweety Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 6 hours ago, SweetPea said: Ok, i had to look up where you're from because i was genuinely worried for you. I see in your case CPS stands for Chicago Public Schools (at least i hope!). In my neck of the woods ... CPS is Child Protective Services. Correct. SweetPea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweety Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 4 hours ago, asquared17 said: thank you!!! we are so excited!!! ah… yes. i was also alarmed at first — it’s that jersey skepticism in us Chicago Public School. SweetPea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 Starting to feel awake & better. Crown Lounge may be in the basement but love that there are two coffee machines & this model can fill my cappuccino to the very top of the to-go cups. One huge negative… no chocolate croissants for my wife, one of her favorite things in the food world. Grabbed her a plain with my Danish & 2 large cappuccinos. Currently drinking them from my Bezos cup holder in the cabin b/c there’s no coffee table on Wonder. Waiting to see how wife feels before we make plans. Normally we get off the ship ASAP. Stay tuned… PPPJJ-GCVAB, SweetPea, Starrynight0154 and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 Off the ship not long after the gangway opened & it’s empty by the Oasis pool. This is not an early morning crowd & we’re the only ship here. Will use my Bezos holder for something frozen later. Jax, MaryS, Lovetocruise2002 and 8 others 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 He welcomed us to the island. SweetPea, jbrinkm, Cactus527 and 7 others 3 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 SMH at group of 8 adults in the pool talking about how Hideaway Beach is $70pp if you book it in person. It has been $19.99-$26.99pp in the planner for months. I get that there are tons of new cruisers but I don’t get how people do virtually zero research. Oh well. I’m sure they’ll have a good time regardless. Ampurp85, Cactus527, WAAAYTOOO and 8 others 2 1 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 29 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: SMH at group of 8 adults in the pool talking about how Hideaway Beach is $70pp if you book it in person. It has been $19.99-$26.99pp in the planner for months.. I get that there are tons of new cruisers but I don’t get how people do virtually zero research. Oh well. I’m sure they’ll have a good time regardless. Really true. This is not an early morning crowd: also really true. it’s great to have you back!! Neesa, OCSC Mike and Cactus527 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 5 minutes ago, GatorCruiser said: it’s great to have you back! Thanks. Hopefully no more bumps in the road (besides overeating which is a given). Enjoy the water park! Neesa and Cactus527 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 I’m sorry to report chocolate croissants in the suite lounge @OCSC Mike you can meet me somewhere and I can get you some view of hideaway beach from balcony MaryS, Cactus527, OCSC Mike and 8 others 7 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Chocolate croissants are my go-to breakfast food. I believe they were in the Crown Lounge everyday but one on Wonder, I had to get a chocolate donut instead. I am always shocked at how little people research their vacations. So many people wait until they board to buy things. Neesa, Cactus527, Gilley and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilley Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 6 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said: Chocolate croissants are my go-to breakfast food. I believe they were in the Crown Lounge everyday but one on Wonder, I had to get a chocolate donut instead. I am always shocked at how little people research their vacations. So many people wait until they board to buy things. Me too. Love those chocolate croissants and the bran muffins too. OCSC Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 @OCSC Mike I see that you brought your wife one of those fruit-covered danish. I do love those....not so much for the fruit or the danish but for the yummy custard. LOL I'll betcha if you ask the CL Concierge that they will get your some chocolate croissant for later in the week. They're usually pretty good about that kind of thing. Good luck ! Sweety, PPPJJ-GCVAB, Ampurp85 and 6 others 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 46 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: @OCSC Mike I see that you brought your wife one of those fruit-covered danish. I do love those....not so much for the fruit or the danish but for the yummy custard. LOL I'll betcha if you ask the CL Concierge that they will get your some chocolate croissant for later in the week. They're usually pretty good about that kind of thing. Good luck ! The fruit danish was mine. She got a plain croissant since there wasn’t chocolate. We usually do ask with mixed results. But I agree if there are any to be found they will get them. I’ll ask tomorrow if they’re still missing. We have Mason Jar brunch though so don’t think we’ll be eating breakfast. Sweety, WAAAYTOOO, Ampurp85 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 No food/drink pics from CocoCay, sorry. Too hot & fighting a headache from lack of sleep. It’s very warm & sunny. @asquared17 You have converted me from Tobasco Chipotle to Cholula. You’re right, it is a tiny bit thicker. asquared17, SweetPea, Lovetocruise2002 and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 4 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: fighting a headache from lack of sleep ...uh....you sure this doesn't have anything to do with the multitude of cocktails yesterday ? MaryS, SweetPea, Neesa and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 Just now, WAAAYTOOO said: ...uh....you sure this doesn't have anything to do with the multitude of cocktails yesterday ? Little from column A, little from column B? Nah, I don’t think so. I’m not a big drinker but 4 spread out over the whole day shouldn’t be a problem. We were going to finish the night with mudslides at the headliner show but there was no server nearby so I have a fridge full of strawberry lemonade Trulys now (couldn’t let my wife’s vouchers go to waste). She had a strawberry daiquiri here at CocoCay at least. Beginning to wonder what the heck we’re going to do with 10 after this but we’ll figure something out. PPPJJ-GCVAB, SweetPea, Neesa and 6 others 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweety Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 18 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: The fruit danish was mine. She got a plain croissant since there wasn’t chocolate. We usually do ask with mixed results. But I agree if there are any to be found they will get them. I’ll ask tomorrow if they’re still missing. We have Mason Jar brunch though so don’t think we’ll be eating breakfast. Please post pictures of Mason Jar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 19 minutes ago, Sweety said: Please post pictures of Mason Jar. Will do my best since @GatorCruiseronly mentioned like 2 items. Methinks he cared more about the bourbon than the food. No judgment of course. I liked it better here when it was cool in October. Feels hotter than it was supposed to be. Think I’ve had 8 cups of mango water so far. Ampurp85, Lovetocruise2002, WAAAYTOOO and 5 others 2 2 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 1 hour ago, OCSC Mike said: We have Mason Jar brunch though so don’t think we’ll be eating breakfast. Umm...something doesn't sound right here... Shouldn't you be eating a pre-breakfast, before the breakfast/brunch? WAAAYTOOO, Neesa, SweetPea and 3 others 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Send me the warm weather, it's like 27/30 degree here and it going to snow later in the week. PPPJJ-GCVAB, MaryS, Robert M and 4 others 2 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Just now, Ampurp85 said: Send me the warm weather, it's like 27/30 degree here and it going to snow later in the week. It's snowing lightly here where I am in Canada right now. I'll take the warm weather in a heartbeat. PPPJJ-GCVAB, Neesa and Ampurp85 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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