AshleyDillo Posted July 18 Report Posted July 18 Someone requested a live blog...you know who you are. Someone requested a joint blog with promises of contributing....you know who you are. ... current situation ... Wouldn't be my first choice for a nap..but at least it's shady. MaryS, Ampurp85, Hoppy2BHere and 10 others 6 2 5 Quote
OCSC Mike Posted July 18 Report Posted July 18 11 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said: you know who you are PPPJJ-GCVAB, Debstr66 and CruzOnBye 2 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted July 18 Report Posted July 18 exciting!!!!!! (….the liveblog. not the… bird.) PPPJJ-GCVAB, OCSC Mike, Sweety and 2 others 2 3 Quote
Ampurp85 Posted July 18 Report Posted July 18 I hope that bird isn't dead. But I guess mom needed her Buccee Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 18 Author Report Posted July 18 1 hour ago, Ampurp85 said: I hope that bird isn't dead If only I had a teeny "Get Well Soon" balloon to leave with it. I swear it wasn't in the space when I pulled in! 1 hour ago, Ampurp85 said: But I guess mom needed her Buccee Always..my brother always gets stuck with the Buc-ees bill, though. Not sure we've ever made it out of there for less than $100 Jax, OCSC Mike, Hoppy2BHere and 6 others 6 3 Quote
Hoppy2BHere Posted July 18 Report Posted July 18 Okay. I’ll raise the other hand. First try as even a helper poster…There is so much out already on the ship, but maybe able to add some fun content. be gentle… We are about 25 minutes south of the port. So I tend to be last minute.. Wife is packed. I have a pair of shorts in the bag. Having a kraken and diet or 2… then will pack. Sometimes it’s fun to be surprised when you unpack onboard and say “hmmm. I packed that?” J&S CruzOnBye, MaryS, Ampurp85 and 6 others 2 5 1 1 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 18 Author Report Posted July 18 We made it to the hotel in Port Canaveral. Who recognizes where we are? Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
mashley1021 Posted July 18 Report Posted July 18 2 hours ago, AshleyDillo said: Someone requested a joint blog with promises of contributing....you know who you are. Yay, not me this time! Anyways, looking forward to following along while I catch up on work this weekend - Ashley AshleyDillo 1 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 18 Author Report Posted July 18 My first look was while I was driving...so here's my "safe" first look from the window of our room. The media sailing got back this morning so she's just hanging at the port all night I suppose. MaryS, WAAAYTOOO, Lovetocruise2002 and 6 others 7 2 Quote
Hoppy2BHere Posted July 18 Report Posted July 18 Packed… besides RC toiletry bag..Funny seeing the packed bags on the FB pages…We travel light.. Sweety, JohnK6404, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 1 other 4 Quote
Ampurp85 Posted July 18 Report Posted July 18 44 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said: We made it to the hotel in Port Canaveral. Who recognizes where we are? Considering you can see the ships, I want to say Home2Home by Hampton, but I could be wrong. Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 18 Author Report Posted July 18 21 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said: Considering you can see the ships, I want to say Home2Home by Hampton, but I could be wrong. Close! We are at the Homewood Suites. We lean to Hilton loyalty so always look there first. There are a cluster of 3 Hilton properties that are pretty much the closest hotels to the port on Astronaut Blvd. The Homewood Suites is the oldest. The Home2 and Hampton Inn & Suites share a building right behind the Homewood. Standard studio room That we quickly moved into. We have a pool view room with a bonus port view. Also there were shenanigans going on in the parking lot..we were not invited to the dunk tank party. WAAAYTOOO, DDaley, MaryS and 5 others 5 3 Quote
asquared17 Posted July 18 Report Posted July 18 1 hour ago, AshleyDillo said: The media sailing got back this morning so she's just hanging at the port all night I suppose i hope the crew all get a peaceful night sleep before the inaugural kicks off tomorrow!!! AshleyDillo and PPPJJ-GCVAB 2 Quote
Ampurp85 Posted July 18 Report Posted July 18 We almost stayed at Homewood in Jan for our Wonder cruise; we ended up at the Country Inn. But yes, that cluster of hotels makes it a breeze to get to the port. AshleyDillo 1 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 19 Author Report Posted July 19 She was still here when we got back from CVS. Soooo many coupons! CVS was an ordeal because I can't leave money on the table My mother wanted round Band-Aids because apparently they only make square ones now and those aren't the right kind. We found CVS had round CVS brand bandages so we went there and after 10 minutes of deliberation she decided the round ones weren't big enough and she didn't need that many and she would just use the regular bandages she has and cut them. She also needed mouthwash. It was $4.99. My AmEx card has a spend $5 at CVS get $5 back offer right now. Of course there's no taxes on mouthwash in Florida but... I checked the red CVS ExtraCare coupon machine and it spit out a trail of coupons longer than I am tall with a $2 off any $6 oral care coupon! So then we had to find something to get the total over $7 for that coupon plus my $5 kickback effectively making it all free. My mother refused to pick something she wouldn't use even though it was free and would result in her mouthwash being free. So minutes later she finally found the perfect toothbrush and the total after coupons ended up at $5.28..so net $0.28 and I got points for the purchase. Of course the CVS receipt came with a $3 off $3 purchase coupon I HAD to use (expired before we'd be back from the cruise). I went back in and worked some magic and ended up with 2 deodorants (with aluminum IYKYK) and 2 travel toothpastes that was $19 before coupons and I paid $5.36 and will get another $5 AmEx credit. Also got a $3 ExtraCare bucks that I have until August to use. OCSC Mike, Sweety, asquared17 and 10 others 7 2 4 Quote
mashley1021 Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 12 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said: My AmEx card Keep me employed Anyways, love the serious couponing and offers usage! AshleyDillo and Debstr66 2 Quote
smokeybandit Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 I can't say I've seen "CVS Highlights" as a shore excursion on any of my cruises. PPPJJ-GCVAB, WAAAYTOOO, MaryS and 2 others 5 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 19 Author Report Posted July 19 4 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: I can't say I've seen "CVS Highlights" as a shore excursion on any of my cruises. I could teach a master class for sure! No dinner tonight because Buc-ees. The beaver does it every time. My mother asked me if we can get to the port early and then ignored me when I asked her to define early. I have a feeling our definitions are quite different. PPPJJ-GCVAB, mashley1021, Jax and 7 others 1 8 1 Quote
smokeybandit Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 I've never been to a Buc-ees Robert M, AshleyDillo, Debstr66 and 2 others 1 2 2 Quote
Sweety Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 We are at Midway. We are on our way. Flight leaves at 5:30. Ampurp85, Jax, MaryS and 3 others 5 1 Quote
Hoppy2BHere Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 Good morning, Rise and shine… Starting to look like it may be a great day for a cruise! Oh wait, that’s any day.. twangster, Jax, CruzOnBye and 7 others 7 1 2 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 19 Author Report Posted July 19 1 hour ago, Sweety said: We are at Midway. We are on our way. Flight leaves at 5:30. Crossing my fingers for you! Woke up this morning to the world losing it's mind over the computer issues. We started hearing about all the flight delays yesterday. Debstr66, WAAAYTOOO, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 2 others 1 1 3 Quote
Hoppy2BHere Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 That was quite the CVS coupon haul. Can’t help thinking…they could print those on TP and you could just tear off the ones you need… AshleyDillo, Debstr66 and PPPJJ-GCVAB 2 1 Quote
Robert M Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 Happy Cruise Day ! AshleyDillo and Hoppy2BHere 1 1 Quote
FionaMG Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 8 hours ago, smokeybandit said: I've never been to a Buc-ees I don't even know what a Buc-ees is. MaryS and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 19 Author Report Posted July 19 3 minutes ago, FionaMG said: I don't even know what a Buc-ees is. Just a prime example of America being America Ampurp85, Debstr66 and FionaMG 3 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 19 Author Report Posted July 19 If you ever stay at the Homewood Suites before a Thursday embarkation, they have an evening social with food and drinks. Hotel may not be fancypants, but I can always appreciate more complimentary food options. Typical breakfast spread for this type of hotel... They had make your own breakfast tacos with eggs for Americans and not eggs for people who like flavor. Lovetocruise2002 and Ampurp85 1 1 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 19 Author Report Posted July 19 Wearing this now outdated shirt today. Number of times I've been told they need to update the shirt with Utopia so far: 2. Ampurp85, Jax, PRebecca and 7 others 4 5 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 ITS CRUISE DAY!!!!!!!!! Debstr66, CruzOnBye and AshleyDillo 2 1 Quote
CruzOnBye Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 Happy Cruise Day everyone!! Wishing you safe travels and lots of fun! AshleyDillo 1 Quote
PPPJJ-GCVAB Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 @AshleyDillo I can tell this is going to be a great Live Blog! Thanks for throwing in the humor…especially your Mom and CVS! Enjoy your cruise and keep us entertained so that we “non-inaugural” cruisers can look forward to ours! CruzOnBye and AshleyDillo 1 1 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 Have a GREAT cruise, everyone. PPPJJ-GCVAB and AshleyDillo 1 1 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 1 hour ago, AshleyDillo said: They had make your own breakfast tacos Dan and @OCSC Mike would be in heaven ! PPPJJ-GCVAB and AshleyDillo 1 1 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 19 Author Report Posted July 19 Current situation @ 9:23am. MaryS, PPPJJ-GCVAB, CruzOnBye and 2 others 2 1 2 Quote
Ampurp85 Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 So, the armadillo in your new blog avatar keeps throwing me off. I was like why does this armadillo captain know so much about everything???? But nonetheless, IT"S CRUISE DAY ON A NEW SHIP!!!! Your mom is a hoot, I mean not for you and Michael but for us. Also, I won't shop at CVS for literal years and then go to one on vacation and have a toilet roll of coupons. This happened in PR on Wonder in Jan. My brother was like we have to use the coupons and we ended up with like $40 worth of stuff for like $20. AshleyDillo, MaryS, Debstr66 and 3 others 1 4 1 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 19 Author Report Posted July 19 Poor guy was up with his laptop trying to get more lanes open to let people into the garage. They no longer have any staffed exit booths at this parking garage and they have cameras on all lanes aimed at licenses plates so they may be moving towards using that type of system for parking charges...potentially no more free parking for the second leg of a B2B. Now we are queued up outside the terminal. They have The Key suites and Pinnacles in one line and the earliest boarding time next to it, which is full. Behind us is more lineup. Terminal doors are not open yet at 9:45. No Express sign that I saw, but I came from the parking garage steps closest to the terminal entrance so what I saw was limited. WAAAYTOOO, PPPJJ-GCVAB, JohnK6404 and 3 others 1 5 Quote
asquared17 Posted July 19 Report Posted July 19 1 minute ago, Ampurp85 said: So, the armadillo in your new blog avatar keeps throwing me off. I was like why does this armadillo captain know so much about everything???? wait SAME though!!!! i hope check in goes smoothly!! AshleyDillo and Ampurp85 2 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 19 Author Report Posted July 19 Found the Express sign. Once you get upstairs to check-in there's an Express desk. Suites and Pinnacles have their seating area and they can check-in there in their holding pen. WAAAYTOOO, Jax, JohnK6404 and 4 others 6 1 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 19 Author Report Posted July 19 I can feel bass thumping in the waiting to board area MaryS, CruzOnBye, Ampurp85 and 1 other 2 2 Quote
AshleyDillo Posted July 19 Author Report Posted July 19 3 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said: I can feel bass thumping in the waiting to board area Found it. Nothing like a party at 10am. WAAAYTOOO, CruzOnBye, Robert M and 3 others 1 3 2 Quote
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