OCSC Mike Posted August 22 Report Posted August 22 It's an awful suggestion logistically but you could always jump on the 2H of our July Utopia B2B, 7/13-7/17. Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted August 22 Report Posted August 22 Adventure sails out of Canaveral on July 10 - 8 nights so it would be a same-day trip from Canaveral to Miami. Not a very good option....but an option. PPPJJ-GCVAB, Sweety, Lovetocruise2002 and 1 other 4 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 22 Author Report Posted August 22 56 minutes ago, A and L_Ont said: You could remind him that there is a wave in your “backyard”. He could survive on Celebrity. I think zero waves on a ship are better than 1. Good point when I need to plead my case lol. Although he does not like the one in our “backyard”. 46 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: ...so there's a reason that you aren't considering Icon on 7-11 ? Cost WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 22 Author Report Posted August 22 41 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: It's an awful suggestion logistically but you could always jump on the 2H of our July Utopia B2B, 7/13-7/17. I looked at that one actually. But it’s way more expensive than WN for pretty much the same ship and sailing. Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 22 Author Report Posted August 22 New (at least for us) style of gratuity envelopes. Ogilthorpe, PPPJJ-GCVAB, Ampurp85 and 1 other 4 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 22 Author Report Posted August 22 Lunch at Playmakers today bellemiche, PPPJJ-GCVAB, Sweety and 8 others 3 8 Quote
OCSC Mike Posted August 22 Report Posted August 22 14 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: I looked at that one actually. But it’s way more expensive than WN for pretty much the same ship and sailing. Yeah, I did notice that the WN shorties are significantly less expensive than UT in general. 7 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Lunch at Playmakers today The food pics are always great but I'm loving the increased volume with the four of you, lol. So many more of my favorite items from our specialty holy trinity (MJ, GK, Playmakers) are appearing. PPPJJ-GCVAB, Ampurp85, Sweety and 2 others 3 2 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted August 22 Report Posted August 22 38 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Cost Very understandable. PPPJJ-GCVAB and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote
Ampurp85 Posted August 22 Report Posted August 22 Just 14 more days until I can enjoy my Playmaker's burger and wings I always get easy BBQ, never thought to get just plain wings with sauce on the side. Ogilthorpe and OCSC Mike 2 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 22 Author Report Posted August 22 8 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said: never thought to get just plain wings with sauce on the side. That’s how I always get it, sauce on the side. I am getting tired of Playmakers though. The rest of the family likes it but to me, it’s so greasy it’s getting hard to eat. Or maybe that is just food coma setting in. bellemiche, Ampurp85, OCSC Mike and 3 others 3 2 1 Quote
OCSC Mike Posted August 22 Report Posted August 22 11 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: I am getting tired of Playmakers Ogilthorpe, AshleyDillo, bellemiche and 8 others 11 Quote
recogneyes Posted August 22 Report Posted August 22 4 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: I walked by Next Cruise earlier on the way to Starbucks. Have not done anything yet. Basically, my situation is this. We are already booked on IC 7/18 and I am not willing to move that. I cannot tag anything after that because we need to get home to go to Iceland. So whatever I tag on has to be before that. I wanted Allure, but the dates do not line up. I pretty much opened my search to anything within Florida, willing to drive or take the bright line to get from one port to another, needs to have a flowrider, and dates have to get me back in time to get on IC 7/18. The best one I came up with was WN. But do I want to be on WN again? It will be our 4th time if I book it? Anyone with any other suggestions let me know before tomorrow Just getting all caught up on your current adventure Sabrina. Fantastic about your upgrade at Disney and your RU win!! Would Freedom on July 11th be an option? I know you just sailed it earlier this summer but since it sails out of Miami, you could spend 2 nights at the Intercontinental and then hop on Icon on the 18th? Otherwise, I think Reflection and Wonder are great options too. Enjoy the rest of you holiday. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 22 Author Report Posted August 22 32 minutes ago, recogneyes said: Would Freedom on July 11th be an option? It would…except I really dislike having to pay for VOOM, sort of the principle of it all lol. But yes, I did look at that one too Ampurp85 1 Quote
LandstromCruise Posted August 22 Report Posted August 22 2 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Cost So you have to push retirement back a year or two…YOLO! PPPJJ-GCVAB and Lovetocruise2002 1 1 Quote
LandstromCruise Posted August 22 Report Posted August 22 2 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: New (at least for us) style of gratuity envelopes Just got this on Harmony today as well Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted August 22 Report Posted August 22 6 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Anyone with any other suggestions let me know before tomorrow you know i want you to come to edge class on celebrity…. PPPJJ-GCVAB, bellemiche and Lovetocruise2002 1 2 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 22 Author Report Posted August 22 2 hours ago, LandstromCruise said: So you have to push retirement back a year or two That is a hard no. As much as I love cruising, I am unwilling to push back retirement. Retiring is what is going to give me opportunity to do our bucket list sailings. JohnK6404, Ogilthorpe, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 6 others 4 5 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 22 Author Report Posted August 22 Not much going on this afternoon. We passed on all the bridge and galley tours today. After lunch, Hubby went back to the wave, D17 did some trivia, all of us girls got some good reading time in. Now heading off to take family photos, as per Hubby’s request. MaryS, JohnK6404, bellemiche and 4 others 7 Quote
lovetheplaya Posted August 22 Report Posted August 22 8 hours ago, OCSC Mike said: She says like there's something wrong with that. I'm obviously the wrong person to ask so I'll leave it to others to come up with an alternative. 7 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: There is also a sailing on Celebrity Reflection. Better pricing and I get way more in benefits. Downside, no C&A points, and hard sell to Hubby My computer hates me so sorry for the weird quoting, but everyone's first thought was "Don't ask Mike!!" about going on WN again Tell husband that he needs to rest up on Reflection so that he can become the #1 master on the flowrider after that.. ha! Anything else we can bribe him with?? 5 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Lunch at Playmakers today YUMMY!!! 5 hours ago, Ampurp85 said: Just 14 more days until I can enjoy my Playmaker's burger and wings I always get easy BBQ, never thought to get just plain wings with sauce on the side. 2 more weeks for you! woohoo! I'm excited for you. It seems like it's been forever! 29 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Not much going on this afternoon. We passed on all the bridge and galley tours today. After lunch, Hubby went back to the wave, D17 did some trivia, all of us girls got some good reading time in. Now heading off to take family photos, as per Hubby’s request. Aww, sounds like a great day! OCSC Mike, Lovetocruise2002 and Ampurp85 2 1 Quote
bellemiche Posted August 23 Report Posted August 23 9 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: There is also a sailing on Celebrity Reflection. Better pricing and I get way more in benefits. Downside, no C&A points, and hard sell to Hubby Come to the X side! You'll love the Edge class ships! MaryS, asquared17 and Lovetocruise2002 1 2 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 Hubby has axed all plans to extend our anniversary sailing next July. He said we have to save money for Iceland Ampurp85, WAAAYTOOO, Jax and 2 others 2 3 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 In other news, D17 went to watch Hubby on the flowrider this morning and told us that he looked like Gordon in frog costume. Ogilthorpe, OCSC Mike, Jax and 9 others 11 1 Quote
Ampurp85 Posted August 23 Report Posted August 23 53 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Hubby has axed all plans to extend our anniversary sailing next July. He said we have to save money for Iceland Sadly you husband is right . Europe is sure to be more expensive next year. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 1 hour ago, Ampurp85 said: Sadly you husband is right . Europe is sure to be more expensive next year. Yeah, sadly I know. Iceland, in general is expensive. I’ve already started researching hotels and cost is not pretty. Then there’s flights…. WAAAYTOOO, Ampurp85, MaryS and 1 other 1 2 1 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 Awesome dinner in CK tonight. Other than the filet menu, night 6 is our favourite. It has braised short rib and lobster. Both were fantastic! D17 got duck and D19 got a pasta that had duck in it. I tried both of theirs and it was good. Normally, when it’s Hubby and I, we just get the short rib and lobster. And dessert was delicious as well, Baked Alaska! OCSC Mike, Ampurp85, twangster and 8 others 8 3 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 After dinner tonight, we caught Effectors Crash & Burn. I really like the special effects in this show. The Lume scene is my favourite. However, after we saw Voices earlier this week, what I feared was true, the show was still good, but the female vocals were sadly lacking a bit and that took away from the show. D19 and I both thought that the voice of Burn was even off key for a few parts. The ship is swaying again a bit tonight. Playing it safe and heading to bed! ScottishRobbie, Sweety, MaryS and 7 others 10 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 Last day Started my morning in CK but all I had was some fruit. We are headed to Izumi for lunch so trying not to be stuffed going into it. I gave some brief thoughts to attending Captain’s corner but going by the comments and posts in the roll call group, I decided it probably was not going to be worth my time. Got my Starbucks and now just chilling again and soaking up the last quiet moments before life gets busy again. Sweety, PPPJJ-GCVAB, Jax and 4 others 7 Quote
bellemiche Posted August 23 Report Posted August 23 Enjoy your last day! Ampurp85 and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote
MLH Posted August 23 Report Posted August 23 On 8/22/2025 at 10:40 AM, Lovetocruise2002 said: I walked by Next Cruise earlier on the way to Starbucks. Have not done anything yet. Basically, my situation is this. We are already booked on IC 7/18 and I am not willing to move that. I cannot tag anything after that because we need to get home to go to Iceland. So whatever I tag on has to be before that. I wanted Allure, but the dates do not line up. I pretty much opened my search to anything within Florida, willing to drive or take the bright line to get from one port to another, needs to have a flowrider, and dates have to get me back in time to get on IC 7/18. The best one I came up with was WN. But do I want to be on WN again? It will be our 4th time if I book it? Anyone with any other suggestions let me know before tomorrow Think outside the box, I know it doesnt have a flowrider, but Check out the Edge series. I have been very happy on them, although I do miss the flowrider. Lovetocruise2002 and bellemiche 2 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 26 minutes ago, MLH said: Check out the Edge series. One of these days we will for sure! I just don’t think now is the right time. Hubby would be quite bored. Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 Lunch at Izumi today. Always good food at Izumi. The family ate a lot. I ate less than normal. The seas are calm today but there is an up/down motion to the ship today that is bothering me. Not as bad as when we encountered Erin, I can still love around, but enough that is it is affecting my appetite a bit. Sweety, MaryS, OCSC Mike and 7 others 10 Quote
OCSC Mike Posted August 23 Report Posted August 23 31 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Lunch at Izumi today I’m ready for my bday dinner at Kizuna now. Ampurp85, Lovetocruise2002, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 1 other 3 1 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 Well…hubby finally won once lol JohnK6404, Sweety, Ampurp85 and 15 others 6 11 1 Quote
Ampurp85 Posted August 23 Report Posted August 23 I love that I have always had a good meal at Izumi. It is the only consistent restaurant across the fleet. Also congrats to your husband, he is living the dream on this sailing........ making memes and winning bellemiche, Lovetocruise2002, WAAAYTOOO and 5 others 5 3 Quote
OCSC Mike Posted August 23 Report Posted August 23 38 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Well…hubby finally won once lol Maybe that will make him reconsider going back on Wonder for the anniversary add-on? WAAAYTOOO and Lovetocruise2002 1 1 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted August 23 Report Posted August 23 Win ? Forgive the ignorance. I assume it is a FR contest of some kind ? Congrats to the Doc ! Ampurp85, PPPJJ-GCVAB and Lovetocruise2002 3 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 2 hours ago, Ampurp85 said: Also congrats to your husband, he is living the dream on this sailing........ making memes and winning He really is lol. 2 hours ago, OCSC Mike said: Maybe that will make him reconsider going back on Wonder for the anniversary add-on? Also doubtful. It doesn’t change Iceland pricing. 1 hour ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Win ? Forgive the ignorance. I assume it is a FR contest of some kind ? Congrats to the Doc ! Every sailing they run a “Best of the Best” on the last day. He has joined in several times but never won until now. WAAAYTOOO, bellemiche, Ogilthorpe and 1 other 3 1 Quote
LandstromCruise Posted August 24 Report Posted August 24 4 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Well…hubby finally won once lol Congrats Justin! Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 24 Author Report Posted August 24 One last dinner at Mason Jar tonight! This place, and CK had the best service this sailing. Jax, MaryS, Ogilthorpe and 7 others 8 2 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted August 24 Author Report Posted August 24 Packing now and heading to bed. Will wrap up final thoughts at the airport tomorrow. bellemiche, MaryS, Jax and 4 others 6 1 Quote
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