GatorCruiser Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Hit up water park with kids then hideaway which we got for $20. Place is incredible. Amazing. TessFromFlorida, DDaley, Jax and 9 others 10 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Pictures don’t do it justice in my opinion. SweetPea, Cactus527 and Neesa 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neesa Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 I'm happy to hear about Hide a Way. We HAD 20.00 entrance before the Utopia move. I'm not paying 70.00!! I will try to claw back my sail pricing but not holding my breath. Thank you so much for the photos, it does look amazing. OCSC Mike, SweetPea and Sweety 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 4 hours ago, GatorCruiser said: I’m sorry to report chocolate croissants in the suite lounge @OCSC Mike you can meet me somewhere and I can get you some Missed this earlier. Tell Kenny to send some down to the basement so Alan’s daughter can enjoy her cruise! GatorCruiser, SweetPea, Sweety and 3 others 2 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neesa Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 @OCSC Mike Kenny AND Norm were fantastic on our Wonder sailing. Norm was in the Crown lounge but was always coming to suite lounge to chat with Kenny. I think they would make an amazing team! Sending positive thoughts for the successful chocolate croissants caper!!! Sweety, SweetPea and OCSC Mike 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweety Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 29 minutes ago, Neesa said: I'm happy to hear about Hide a Way. We HAD 20.00 entrance before the Utopia move. I'm not paying 70.00!! I will try to claw back my sail pricing but not holding my breath. Thank you so much for the photos, it does look amazing. Can you purchase your dining options now on Utopia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 5 hours 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. Pricing has been crazy on our cruise. The lowest i saw them for was $34.99. They are $64.99 now in the Planner. PPPJJ-GCVAB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Honestly after seeing it in person my wife and I agreed we could justify $50-60 if you spend all day there. It’s a way bigger and nicer version of Cocoa Beach club. Sweety, SweetPea, Neesa and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neesa Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 @Sweety no, nothing yet. I had the Evian water, the Hideaway and was waiting to pounce on the Railroad with the rest of my OBC. Now I have zero OBC, just cruise planner cancelations and my cruise planner allows for just a few Coco Cay purchases, Hideaway is not even there. Hoping AT LEAST our OBC is back when I receive our new invoice. Fingers crossed. Sweety, OCSC Mike and SweetPea 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPPJJ-GCVAB Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 1 hour ago, SweetPea said: Pricing has been crazy on our cruise. The lowest i saw them for was $34.99. They are $64.99 now in the Planner. Same for my May cruise! Even higher for my Utopia cruise! SweetPea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 Serious lack of eating today. Heat is one thing that kills my appetite & I was too hot to stuff myself at CocoCay. I didn’t even have a funnel cake. That’s unheard of for me. We got back on the ship, showered, cooled off (the a/c is insanely strong in our cabin), & destroyed a small crowd at cartoon theme song trivia (it was nearly all 80s/90s stuff). We gave away one of the highlighters we won to a young boy & went back to the cabin to relax. I planned to hit up ELF but dozed off instead. I needed it but now I’ll be making up for lack of food with CL snacks, MDR Italian night, WJ & Sorrentos… I’d rather have ELF tbh but we’ll see what I find. Nothing really planned after dinner. Still have plenty of vouchers to use. Cactus527, SweetPea, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 7 others 6 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Hahah not to rub it in but coco was divine weather wise today, absolutely perfect PPPJJ-GCVAB, Neesa, MaryS and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 48 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: I didn’t even have a funnel cake. Has hell frozen over and i just don't know it? Cactus527, OCSC Mike, Neesa and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 4 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: It's snowing lightly here where I am in Canada right now. I'll take the warm weather in a heartbeat. Me too. It’s currently sunny and 17 and winter returns tomorrow. Ugh Lovetocruise2002, PPPJJ-GCVAB, WAAAYTOOO and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 18 Author Report Share Posted March 18 1 hour ago, SweetPea said: Has hell frozen over and i just don't know it? Might have been heat stroke. I have no explanation. MDR Italian night was unexpectedly good. Arancini (forgot a pic) was crispy & tasty, lasagna actually had meat & wasn’t mushy, & even my wife loved the chocolate hazelnut cake. Neither of us tasted any hazelnut. It was very similar to the molten chocolate cake which she loved on Allure. Thanks for the recommendation @FionaMG ! Apologies for the missing bites. Waiting for Name That Tune: 80’s and trying a “Metalliquor” TessFromFlorida, PPPJJ-GCVAB, SweetPea and 12 others 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Glad to see you've got your appetite back. But does this mean you didn't get and chocolate chip at Coco Cay??? OCSC Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Hooked tonight. apps: oysters Rockefeller and raw oysters me: blackened captains platter Wife: surf and turf interestingly the filet here was better than Chops Neesa, FionaMG, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 11 others 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 1 hour ago, FionaMG said: Glad to see you've got your appetite back. But does this mean you didn't get and chocolate chip at Coco Cay??? My wife did but the pic is on her phone. She added a piece of brownie too. SweetPea, GatorCruiser, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 10 others 7 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 The steak at Hooked is 10x better than the one at Chops. TBH every steak from everywhere is better than the one a Chops imho. Sweety, SweetPea and DDaley 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 3 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said: The steak at Hooked is 10x better than the one at Chops. TBH every steak from everywhere is better than the one a Chops imho. I’m fascinated to try the filet at Giovanni’s now that everyone speaks so highly of it. I have always just ordered Italian dishes in the past. service at hooked was excellent by the way. OCSC Mike, WAAAYTOOO, Sweety and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 18 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said: TBH every steak from everywhere is better than the one a Chops imho. So many people say this. It’s bizarre that the steakhouse would have the worst filet… especially since I’ve enjoyed filet from 3 other venues & I’m not even a huge filet fan… I prefer some fat in my steak like a ribeye. Ampurp85, Neesa, Sweety and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 12 hours ago, OCSC Mike said: @asquared17 You have converted me from Tobasco Chipotle to Cholula. You’re right, it is a tiny bit thicker. it’s honestly SO much better. tabasco is like watery pepper drops. like pepper water. blergh. standard cholula is delicious but the chipotle cholula is even better SweetPea, OCSC Mike and TessFromFlorida 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 Crisis averted. @GatorCruiser was kind enough to offer to grab my wife some chocolate croissants from the SL but they were out in the CL today. jbrinkm, Ampurp85, Gilley and 13 others 6 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Freedom and oasis at coco cay today. Man we got lucky with just us in port yesterday. Everything was much more chill. For us, may have been best coco day yet. Sweety, Lovetocruise2002, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 18 minutes ago, GatorCruiser said: Man we got lucky with just us in port yesterday. Doubly lucky with Labadee cancelled. Some ships who were supposed to be alone now have company later this week from re-routed Labadee itineries. That said, I was there 3X with Indy/Freedom & it wasn’t bad (neither Oasis class ofc). Hideaway also helps now too. That said, love being there alone & Wonder is actually alone quite a bit. Scheduling quirk in my favor. We’re alone again twice this summer (as of now). Neesa, MaryS, GatorCruiser and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweety Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 15 hours ago, OCSC Mike said: Serious lack of eating today. Heat is one thing that kills my appetite & I was too hot to stuff myself at CocoCay. I didn’t even have a funnel cake. That’s unheard of for me. We got back on the ship, showered, cooled off (the a/c is insanely strong in our cabin), & destroyed a small crowd at cartoon theme song trivia (it was nearly all 80s/90s stuff). We gave away one of the highlighters we won to a young boy & went back to the cabin to relax. I planned to hit up ELF but dozed off instead. I needed it but now I’ll be making up for lack of food with CL snacks, MDR Italian night, WJ & Sorrentos… I’d rather have ELF tbh but we’ll see what I find. Nothing really planned after dinner. Still have plenty of vouchers to use. During our 8 day cruise in December 2023, Between my parents and us we had 18 vouchers per day. we got our cabin steward water and pop of his choice. He was very grateful. Every two day he had a case plus. Jax, Neesa, SweetPea and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Got my first sea day T-shirt ready for action. Jax, FionaMG, B. Lomax and 16 others 1 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Breakfast this am. Windjammer special brought back to enjoy on balcony. Food was fine but view was sublime JohnK6404, Cactus527, WAAAYTOOO and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 1 hour ago, OCSC Mike said: Wonder is actually alone quite a bit Wonder was alone in July 2023 too when we went to PDCC PPPJJ-GCVAB, OCSC Mike and Sweety 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 Waiting for top tier event. We rarely bother going but had time to kill before Mason Jar. It’s in Studio B for some reason. Thought it was usually in the Aqua Theater. WAAAYTOOO, Neesa, Lovetocruise2002 and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 @OCSC Mike, I read somewhere that the DJ booth has been completely removed from the Oasis pool on PDCC. Is this true and how was the noise level at the pool when you were there (yesterday ?) ? I may actually consider going to the pool on PDCC if that ungodly noise has been eliminated. Thanks ! Neesa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Breakfast this am. Windjammer special brought back to enjoy on balcony. Food was fine but view was sublime Lovetocruise2002, JohnK6404, SweetPea and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 @GatorCruiser, do you have any idea if there are any access restrictions for the Pinns ion this sailing ? Thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 5 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: @OCSC Mike, I read somewhere that the DJ booth has been completely removed from the Oasis pool on PDCC. Is this true and how was the noise level at the pool when you were there (yesterday ?) ? I may actually consider going to the pool on PDCC if that ungodly noise has been eliminated. Thanks ! Ya know, I’m not sure if there was a live DJ or it was just an automated music track but the music was pretty much the same as far as volume. We don’t find it loud where we sit but that sorta thing is subjective. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 2nd time sailing with Captain Rob. SweetPea, JohnK6404, Neesa and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 1 minute ago, WAAAYTOOO said: @GatorCruiser, do you have any idea if there are any access restrictions for the Pinns ion this sailing ? Thanks ! I don’t know for sure but with only 65 pins aboard perhaps not? Also captain Rob is helming Wonder currently. Sweety and Neesa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Talk of developing beach clubs in St. Thomas and Mexico Neesa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 God bless these people. Just an insane amount of points WAAAYTOOO, Sweety, jbrinkm and 5 others 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Word on the street is 6700 pax this cruise. Just shy of 2k are children. Neesa, Sweety, MaryS and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 2 hours ago, GatorCruiser said: This never ceases to amaze me. Our last Norwegian cruise (which was over Thanksgiving) had 35 Diamond Plus equivalents (norwegian separates points, 175-349 is Sapphire and 350-699 is Diamond, so there were 29 Sapphires and 6 Diamonds) and a whopping 2 Ambassadors (700+ points) on a ship with nearly 4k pax. Sometimes i think Royal's loyalty program is a victim of its own success. I say this because for the most part, Norwegian's added tier benefits after Platinum (Royal's Diamond status equivalent) are negligible. I'm not sure of anyone who chases status after achieving Platinum. We're sitting at 290 points (Sapphire) and have no reason to get to Diamond. Heck, we had no reason to go from Platinum to Sapphire. GatorCruiser and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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