WAAAYTOOO Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 6 hours ago, OCSC Mike said: they just needed to be told 2-3 times before accepting that there was a difference between Sky & Star. Who did "the telling" ? Was the Genie there protecting the seats or did other helpful passengers deliver the bad news ? PPPJJ-GCVAB, Sweety and jbrinkm 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 8 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Who did "the telling" ? Was the Genie there protecting the seats or did other helpful passengers deliver the bad news ? A genie guarding the seats. SweetPea, Sweety and WAAAYTOOO 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 Wife’s favorite drink hack… asking a solarium bartender to add a banana from WJ/Park Cafe to her strawberry daiquiri. She usually winds up with a little extra b/c of it… Lovetocruise2002, Cactus527, JohnK6404 and 5 others 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, OCSC Mike said: She said she had 28 kids at one point and just “got down” to 25. No assistant teacher, just her. That's just nuts! I mean, normal class size for me is about 28 kids, but I teach 13 year olds. 28 little ones, crazy! 1 hour ago, GatorCruiser said: For some of these prices on suites you could charter a private yacht or private jet to Europe for a vacation. They’re getting dangerously close to jumping the shark with what’s a reasonable fare. Sadly, that is the general consensus among the star class cruisers group. Jax, WAAAYTOOO, Neesa and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPPJJ-GCVAB Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Neesa, MaryS, Sweety and 4 others 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Pulling into crown bay on st Thomas was fascinating. Wonder turns on a dime. Jax, Cactus527, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 9 others 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Needing to be told 2-3 times is shenanigans. Like once should have been enough, which is why I say we have different definitions, that to me is wildly perturb. Also 28 children is insane, like tiny humans that age require a lot of patience. MaryS, ScottD, Cactus527 and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recogneyes Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 14 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: @GatorCruiser and @OCSC Mike you guys are killing me here with these food & drink pics! Take me back to cruising! First Mason Jar brunch photos and now two of my drinks on board! @recogneyes and I just had these exact drinks last week! We sure did ..... and they were delicious. This is not helping with the cruise withdrawal we are going through now is it? Lovetocruise2002, OCSC Mike, Jax and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 22 minutes ago, recogneyes said: This is not helping with the cruise withdrawal we are going through now is it? Not at all!!! WAAAYTOOO and Jax 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandstromCruise Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Does Wonder only have 1 flow rider? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 1 minute ago, LandstromCruise said: Does Wonder only have 1 flow rider? Yes. The play scape is on the other side where the second flowrider would be. LandstromCruise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 15 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: @GatorCruiser and @OCSC Mike you guys are killing me here with these food & drink pics! Take me back to cruising! First Mason Jar brunch photos and now two of my drinks on board! @recogneyes and I just had these exact drinks last week! Are you not out of your food coma yet?! Lovetocruise2002 and Neesa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 8 hours ago, OCSC Mike said: they just needed to be told 2-3 times before accepting that there was a difference between Sky & Star. Hmm, that sounds borderline shenanigans to me! But inquiring minds want to know ... who had to tell them 2-3x? Please say you! Edit: nevermind! That's what i get for engaging before reading the whole thread! @WAAAYTOOO knows what's what! Neesa, Jax and WAAAYTOOO 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandstromCruise Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 38 minutes ago, GatorCruiser said: Yes. The play scape is on the other side where the second flowrider would be. That’s a bummer. I love their being 2 especially on the Oasis class with all the people. It allows more time for the stand up only instead of having so much mixed wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 Starting to slack on the food porn, sorry. Unless I want Indian food from WJ or we have plans, I think I’ll be eating ELF for lunch most days. Had 2 tacos & 2 quesadillas (with cholula chipotle of course). Wife went to special order picky person pizza at Sorrentos (sauceless & well done, it’s actually good, kinda like crispy cheesy bread). Sweety, JohnK6404, MaryS and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 18 minutes ago, SweetPea said: Hmm, that sounds borderline shenanigans to me! But inquiring minds want to know ... who had to tell them 2-3x? Please say you! Lol, no, us poors can’t be bothered with what the elite are doing… The genie guarding the seats dealt with it. I mostly only heard “but we’re in a suite!” Jax, SweetPea, JohnK6404 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: That's just nuts! I mean, normal class size for me is about 28 kids, but I teach 13 year olds. 28 little ones, crazy! Yeah, I won’t go on a rant about the FL education system but my wife is supposed to max out at 18 (she’s been a little over before but nowhere near 28). Pretty sure 28 in K violates state law. Jax, Lovetocruise2002, Neesa and 3 others 1 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 Picky person pizza… MaryS, Ampurp85, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 11 others 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, Ampurp85 said: Also 28 children is insane, like tiny humans that age require a lot of patience. 10 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: Yeah, I won’t go on a rant about the FL education system but my wife is supposed to max out at 18 (she’s been a little over before but nowhere near 28). Pretty sure 28 in K violates state law. When I taught Pre-K (mixed 3 & 4 y.o.), we were capped at 15 and THAT felt like a lot when my para was out. I can't imagine double that with all the neediness of the littles. There is a severe lack of teachers right now - I've been doing a little subbing this year and I'm constantly bombarded with multiple requests every day. Sweety, Neesa, OCSC Mike and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 2 hours ago, LandstromCruise said: Does Wonder only have 1 flow rider? Yes, only 1. 1 hour ago, SweetPea said: Are you not out of your food coma yet?! I am out of my food coma. We eat very light once we get home. Now I want to go back lol 1 hour ago, LandstromCruise said: That’s a bummer. I love their being 2 especially on the Oasis class with all the people. It allows more time for the stand up only instead of having so much mixed wave. An interesting observation that Hubby made last week on OA. He always thought that 2 flowriders would mean more stand up advance times. WN (July 2023) was when he really started to get into the flowrider. Since then we sailed OY, IC, and those only have one as well. He was pretty excited to go on OA with 2. Anyway, as it turns out, there is not much more advance riding time. He was rather disappointed. Most times, they ran one side boogie board, one side mixed wave. The lines were long on both sides. The only time they pretty much ran advance only was from 9-10:30am each day. So not a noticeable difference from ships with one wave. He actually said that his favourite wave so far is Icon, but we both realize that could have been due to reduced capacity on the inaugural. LandstromCruise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising Granny Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Always amazes me how we “normal” people get that 28 kindergartners is too many in a classroom but “the powers that be” don’t. My last year teaching in FL, 1996, I maxed out at 31 first graders with a part time assistant. Retired now, after teaching in GA. Miss the teaching part and the kiddos but not all the other you have to put up with now. To all you teachers, bless you! and retirement is wonderful! Just went on 10 day cruise and looking forward to 2 more this year. Only one during peak “kids time” since we’re taking grands and great grands! Neesa, Cactus527, SweetPea and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK6404 Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 2 hours ago, OCSC Mike said: Starting to slack on the food porn, sorry. NO cruise for YOU !!! 2 YEARS !!! Jax, Cactus527, MaryS and 8 others 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 Decided to call an audible & skip Mexican night in the MDR. I would have gotten butter chicken that I’m sure is in WJ & there was even less than usual for my wife. She’s napping & we’ll worry about dinner later. In the meantime I went back to ELF before they closed for more tacos (I still won’t eat the guac, aka green sludge). Then got a lime & coconut on the way back to the cabin minus the souvenir bucket. Still not sure if I like this drink or not. Cactus527, JohnK6404, MaryS and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandstromCruise Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 2 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: An interesting observation that Hubby made last week on OA. He always thought that 2 flowriders would mean more stand up advance times. WN (July 2023) was when he really started to get into the flowrider. Since then we sailed OY, IC, and those only have one as well. He was pretty excited to go on OA with 2. Anyway, as it turns out, there is not much more advance riding time. He was rather disappointed. Most times, they ran one side boogie board, one side mixed wave. The lines were long on both sides. The only time they pretty much ran advance only was from 9-10:30am each day. So not a noticeable difference from ships with one wave. He actually said that his favourite wave so far is Icon, but we both realize that could have been due to reduced capacity on the inaugural Yeah I noticed on Allure there wasn't really many advance only times, but when they did the mixed wave the boogie board people would be on 1 flow rider and standup on the other. they would not allow people to just do boogie on either flow rider. While you would get the chumps like me with the white bands trying to earn the blue band, that line would come and go. they would give people 2 chances(1 turn) and if they didn't get the blue band that couldn't try again until the employees switched out(so like once an hour). But the good news was it was open most of the day so gave plenty of ride time opportunity. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 30 minutes ago, LandstromCruise said: they would give people 2 chances(1 turn) and if they didn't get the blue band that couldn't try again until the employees switched out(so like once an hour). From what Hubby has told me, that seems to be the general rule they all follow. However, on OA last week, it was the white band for stand up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Breakfast was in CK. Had eggs Benedict. just got back from excursion on St Thomas. Turbocat swim and snorkel. Was fun. Dinner is also in CK. Ice show and many beverages later! MaryS, Lovetocruise2002, Neesa and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 15 minutes ago, GatorCruiser said: Ice show and many beverages later! We have reservations on night 6 but may go standby tonight. Neesa, Sweety, GatorCruiser and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 Grey Goose sour from WJ bar. Normally comes in a rocks glass. Who knew I should go to the WJ for drinks? My butter chicken pic won’t upload. @Neesa & @Lovetocruise2002, just saw Vinay again. Told him the butter chicken was a little better in CK but still good. Will try to upload dessert pics later. They look good. PPPJJ-GCVAB, SweetPea, JohnK6404 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 WJ is crazy busy. I’m thinking it’s b/c we were in port so late that people missed/skipped the MDR. Tons of managers in suits helping to bus tables. Lovetocruise2002, Neesa, Sweety and 5 others 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Dinner at CK was great as was service. Had crab cake and barramundi. Place was hopping. OCSC Mike, Sweety, Neesa and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 Churros They had warm freshly baked soft chocolate chip cookies in little dishes but can’t keep up with the demand, lol. Wife is patiently waiting to see if more are coming. This is as busy as I’ve ever seen a WJ & Wonder’s is large & well-designed so that’s really saying something. I’m sure many of you reading would want no parts of the chaos but we have no plans for a while & my wife wants her cookies, lol, so no biggie to us. Sweety, JohnK6404, Jax and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 21 Author Report Share Posted March 21 No cookies for us. Sitting in Studio B waiting for the ice show. We really liked it in June. They let us in 30 mins before the show without reservations. Lovetocruise2002, SweetPea, Cactus527 and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Always great to see @OCSC Mike and his lovely bride for 365 in studio b. Here’s a new one , 10 mins into show a triple alpha was called in hooked. Music stopped while announcement was being made but the skaters, the pros they are, kept going unfazed. Lovetocruise2002, Sweety, SweetPea and 6 others 3 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus527 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Re: kindergarten. My oldest had 30 in her kinder class, my youngest had 32. No assistants to help, half day, in Arizona. It's no wonder the (charter) school had such a high rate of turnover with kindergarten teachers! OCSC Mike, jbrinkm, Lovetocruise2002 and 5 others 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 21 Author Report Share Posted March 21 26 minutes ago, GatorCruiser said: Here’s a new one , 10 mins into show a triple alpha was called in hooked. Music stopped while announcement was being made but the skaters, the pros they are, kept going unfazed. They didn’t flinch or skip a beat. I’m sure they rehearse that but it was still incredibly impressive. We said that was our new favorite ice show the 1st time we saw it but after tonight I really think it’s on another level from the others I’ve seen. Neesa, Sweety, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 oh man. an ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottD Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 I was totally slacking on this and just spent the last 30 minutes catching up while sitting at my desk here at work (You don't think I do actual work at this time of day, do ya!?) Looking forward to the rest of it. Still in disbelief about the lack of funnel cake... OCSC Mike, Cactus527 and SweetPea 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 21 Author Report Share Posted March 21 Waiting for chocolate croissants in the CL. Almost 7am, no one here but me. Weather looks beautiful through the virtual window. We’ll be gone most of the day on Captain Bob’s speedboat snorkel excursion. MaryS, Neesa, Sweety and 7 others 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 21 Author Report Share Posted March 21 Western omelet & blueberry smoothie from Solarium Bistro. MaryS, Lovetocruise2002, Robert M and 7 others 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Hope you take some pics at Capt Bob's! Have fun! OCSC Mike, Neesa and Sweety 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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