Jax Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 What a nightmare. I hope the pilots and crew don’t hour out while waiting on the part/repair. This happened to Lindsay not that long ago. Sending good vibes. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 departure pushed back to 10:45 but we all got off the plane so i have no idea if/how we will even hold that time. if we didn’t live so far from the airport and have a non refundable hotel room, i would have called it a while ago. SweetPea, Ampurp85, WAAAYTOOO and 2 others 3 2 Quote
SMOKEY0202 Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 Shenanigans already and who knows being late if even departs....what a mess Again another reason to have travel insurance and don't fly day of cruise. Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 UPDATE they have aborted mission on our plane. bless united and their text messages. picture it: j and i, sitting on bean bag sacks in terminal a, slumped against the wall and trying to determine if it’s worth fighting it all when we got a text that our gate had been changed. i JUMPED up and said, “let’s GO” and we sprinted away. like lights turning slowly on in a city, more and more of our fellow passengers received the message. but we were already sprinting away!!!!! now we have queued up again and wait to get back on the plane. at this point i just want to get DOWN there. WAAAYTOOO, Cactus527, Ampurp85 and 5 others 5 1 2 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 new departure estimated 11:15pm. PLEASE SEND GOOD VIBES. PPPJJ-GCVAB, Ampurp85, Cactus527 and 4 others 2 5 Quote
SweetPea Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 OMG, Batman and i are on the edge of our seats! Good vibes!! asquared17 and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 we are ON the new plane !! WAAAYTOOO, Cactus527, Jax and 2 others 5 Quote
SMOKEY0202 Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 Suspense waiting....LETS GO ... WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 …… the pilot just came on. something about the cargo door is broken. LTR, PPPJJ-GCVAB, Cactus527 and 3 others 6 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 you guys. this is such a cluster WAAAYTOOO, Cactus527, Jax and 1 other 2 2 Quote
SMOKEY0202 Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 Oh my another defective plane.... What in world, haven't you already been thru enough with falling and now this shenanigans I can't imagine sleeping in airport til flights start leaving in morning WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 we just pushed back from the jetway. i am afraid to get excited. arrival says after 3am. WAAAYTOOO, Jax and MaryS 3 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 Well….nothing new. No news is good news at this point. What a mess ! You can’t even make up this level of insanity and incompetence. Jax and Ampurp85 1 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 we landed. now we hope for luggage and a speedy arrival to the hotel. Jax, Lovetocruise2002, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 4 others 2 5 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 got all the bags, in a lyft that we waited 20 mins for because yours truly forgot to check uber too and are headed to the hotel. our driver is… something. InmyElement, WAAAYTOOO, Ampurp85 and 2 others 2 2 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 3:57am. we made it to our hotel. Ampurp85, WAAAYTOOO, Jax and 5 others 3 5 Quote
SweetPea Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 Thank you for letting me know you landed safely! I got your text just a bit ago and started texting you back, but was afraid I'd wake you. I'm sure you and J are crashing at this point! But yeah!!! Hope this is the last of your drama!! Cactus527, asquared17, Ampurp85 and 3 others 5 1 Quote
LandstromCruise Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 4 hours ago, asquared17 said: got all the bags, in a lyft that we waited 20 mins for because yours truly forgot to check uber too and are headed to the hotel. our driver is… something. I had all my money on there was no way your bags would show up the way this is going. Glad you got them. Cactus527, Ampurp85, asquared17 and 2 others 3 2 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 1 hour ago, SweetPea said: I got your text just a bit ago and started texting you back, but was afraid I'd wake you thank you for letting me text you!! everyone else was basically asleep when we were texting; and even though it’s just about 9, i’ve been up for a bit now. J is awake too but we’re both like right now because i don’t think we can go back to sleep. i think it will be an early night tonight, even by my standards. SweetPea, WAAAYTOOO and Ampurp85 2 1 Quote
GregD Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 Glad you made it. Since you got all the shenanigans in on the travel day, that just means the cruise will be shenanigan free, AKA BORING...... Ampurp85, MaryS, WAAAYTOOO and 2 others 3 2 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 okay time for some good news!!!! we had made two separate reservations but they couldn’t guarantee that we didn’t have to move until i spoke with the manager this morning. she graciously refunded the daily resort fee for us because we checked in at 3:50am i told her we would decline housekeeping to the room as long as we could get a bunch of fresh towels. (you guys know how i am about towels and showers ) the beds are SO NICE. i wish we were sleeping on these beds all week long!! i think we’ll try to get to the beach and snooze if we can. MaryS, Cactus527, Lovetocruise2002 and 5 others 6 2 Quote
OCSC Mike Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 Real life getting in the way of, well, everything. Just caught up with your ordeal. Glad it worked out in the end, all things considered. Hope you can spend the day recovering! Ampurp85 and asquared17 2 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 some food pics for @OCSC Mike (and others). our breakfast was all included in our room rate!! a quick note: sometimes when i book rooms and they have a breakfast included, i am underwhelmed by the spread so i usually pick the non-food rate. its not that it’s bad, but it typically winds up being that i’d rather take the 10-15 pp and put it into groceries from publix where i know we can get what we want and like. however, past-ali decided that since we were spending two nights, this night would have the breakfast included so we didn’t have to worry about it. my game plan was - late breakfast, snacks if needed, and early dinner and we would have our meals covered. tbh i think it was only an extra $10 pp with it included. and it was PHENOMENAL. by the way — maybe the best avocado toast i ever had. there is a nice rooftop pool but limited seats — and we didn’t make it up there til after 11 as we are moving SLOW today — so we trekked over to the beach. it’s windy but better than being at home. i have my inflatable pillow and my cold brew and my water and life is good. if we can catch a couple Z’s, i’d be thrilled. Cactus527, WAAAYTOOO, Jax and 6 others 5 3 1 Quote
GregD Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 20 minutes ago, asquared17 said: and it was PHENOMENAL. Current me is thanking past Ali for making that decision because those picture look absolutely delicious. Current me is also glad that I just ate my lunch before reading this because otherwise I would be starving right now and have to make all of those things to make my belly happy. Are those chopped pistachios on there? Damnit....now I want a pistachio latte...see what I mean! Ampurp85, MaryS, WAAAYTOOO and 2 others 4 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 3 minutes ago, GregD said: Are those chopped pistachios on there? Y E S !!!! they were SO PERFECT and they put them on the yogurt parfait too!! and radishes and balsamic they held the tomatoes though Ampurp85, MaryS, SweetPea and 2 others 5 Quote
GregD Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 Just now, asquared17 said: Y E S !!!! they were SO PERFECT and they put them on the yogurt parfait too!! Thought so! I love pistachios on things like that. Adds a nice crunch, and they taste so good. Now I'm definitely heading out to get a latte. Ampurp85 and asquared17 1 1 Quote
GregD Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 @asquared17 Even got a little something for @TheBoss518 Ampurp85, Cactus527, asquared17 and 2 others 3 2 Quote
Ampurp85 Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 I am so glad you and J are safely there and enjoying something after that ordeal. Those breakfast potatoes are calling to me hard. It is nice to see that the breakfast is a silver lining and that you at least got a little something based off the fact that the flight ruined one of your hotel stays. I hope the beach is beaching hard today. Plus, tomorrow is cruise day in a CLS. Also, you get to see Dan and Raye . asquared17 and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 1 hour ago, GregD said: Damnit....now I want a pistachio latte...see what I mean! 1 hour ago, GregD said: Now I'm definitely heading out to get a latte. 25 minutes ago, GregD said: @asquared17 Even got a little something for @TheBoss518 this was a compelling story from start to finish i am glad to have inspired your choices!!!! and @TheBoss518 also gets to benefit 13 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said: Those breakfast potatoes are calling to me hard they were DELICIOUS. 13 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said: It is nice to see that the breakfast is a silver lining and that you at least got a little something based off the fact that the flight ruined one of your hotel stays. agreed!! and the hotel is really nice. we are happy, it ticks all of our boxes. it has a lot of fun quirks and character and even though the AC is one of the wall units, its quiet and we never heard it go on or off in the night. Ampurp85, GregD, MaryS and 3 others 6 Quote
Cactus527 Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 I'm so glad you finally got there and are getting a chance to relax. I really hope this means the end of any issues that you run into going forward! Of course, I'm writing this while sitting here having lunch in Jamie's Italian. It's all relative. Your breakfast spread looked AMAZING. Ampurp85, MaryS, OCSC Mike and 2 others 4 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 around 12:45, we fled the beach after an hour and diverted to el vez to kill some time. my neck has been killing me since i woke up this morning so i thought, what the heck. let me throw some tequila at it and see if it eases up. (i'm not entirely sure that it did, but it certainly tasted great going down.) frozen blood orange margarita on tap. (i forgot to ask for salt ) we also tried their verde guacamole in my attempt to avoid onions. spoiler alert…. the onions were in the guac too, but because it took 20+ mins to get said guac, they comped it! we didn’t even ask! the crispy ribbons on top are crispy lemon rind!! so unusual and tasty after el vez, we headed back to the rooftop pool to see if we could find any seats with sun. we found a corner tucked away with a loud speaker playing hideaway beach esque music. i definitely caught at least 30-45 mins of sleep — not necessarily continuous, but certainly solid. i no longer feel like my head is going to roll off my body we got some NICE sun moments which made us happy. just made a dinner reservation for later and we’re firming up our plans for the morning. i think tonite will be a much better night Cactus527, InmyElement, Ampurp85 and 5 others 4 4 Quote
Ampurp85 Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 That guacamole and chips looks amazing. You know how I feel about onions but wow on crispy lemon rinds. I am so glad you got some rest and sun. @Cactus527 that chicken sandwich looks like the one I had on Mariner and hopefully will look the same on Symphony. It was bad, inedible for me on Quantum. asquared17, WAAAYTOOO and Cactus527 2 1 Quote
SweetPea Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 7 hours ago, asquared17 said: thank you for letting me text you!! You can ALWAYS text me! You know I'm a night owl! I was ready to come and get you from the airport. I swear i was sober when you said you forgot the E, and i assumed it was Ecstasy. OCSC Mike, asquared17, AshleyDillo and 2 others 1 2 2 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 I should know this, but…. We are at Terminal A tomorrow, yes ? asquared17 and InmyElement 1 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 9 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: I should know this, but…. We are at Terminal A tomorrow, yes ? yes ma’am!! see you bright and early (well. you know what i mean). then i started to second guess myself so i went and found the email. PPPJJ-GCVAB, WAAAYTOOO and Cactus527 1 2 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 I don’t think I got that email. asquared17 1 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 Were you able to do your health questions ? I can’t get it to work. It keeps telling me that check in is closed. Oh well…they will ask me tomorrow in person, I guess. See you in the Suites preboarding lounge ! asquared17 and Jax 2 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted December 7, 2024 Report Posted December 7, 2024 Actually, it tells me that check-in has checked out. SweetPea 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted December 7, 2024 Author Report Posted December 7, 2024 6 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Were you able to do your health questions ? I can’t get it to work. It keeps telling me that check in is closed. Oh well…they will ask me tomorrow in person, I guess. See you in the Suites preboarding lounge ! yes we did ours around 12 today - i completed mine and j’s. YES in the preboarding lounge!! 4 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Actually, it tells me that check-in has checked out. oh no!!!! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
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