OCSC Mike

Same deal here.

Sounds good! My wife has a hack for something similar... She grabs a banana from WJ or wherever and asks a bartender (usually at the Solarium Bar since that's where we lounge) if they would mind adding it to her strawberry daiquiri. No one has said no yet. It's a bit more like a smoothie but she's not really a drinker. And as an added bonus, the banana usually winds up producing more than one drink's worth so they usually give her the extra on the side.

She was pretty into running for a long time but it was more just for exercise and socializing as she had many running friends. She was never overly concerned with personal bests or anything and only did 2-3 full marathons I think. She did a lot of shorter races. Running takes a toll on the body, of course, and we're not getting younger, but she also kinda lost interest. Her last hurrah was doing the "Dopey Challenge" at Disney... a 5K, 10K, half-marathon, and full marathon on 4 consecutive mornings.

@joepeka Business as usual last night. Check-in opened around 12:07am in the app (there always seems to be a short delay past midnight), grabbed the earliest arrival time (10:30 at PC), and went to bed.

Good call on the audible. Not one of my favorites, I prefer more diving, but I can appreciate the "dancing" and choreography they do. I booked it for June just b/c I could; not sure we'll see it a 3rd time but ya never know. That's why it's so easy to get in standby, people like me grab reservations and don't show up. 🙈 That's also a nice quiet spot, down behind the aqua theater, especially early in the morning. We get up pretty early and wife used to go running (now she walks) while I go to the CL for cappuccino. I've taken my coffee down there before (some ships have chairs, off the track of course, don't remember if Wonder does) and peacefully watched the wake of the ship as my wife passed by every so often. Great sunrise spot if you're up THAT early. Not a fan of Voices but glad your wife liked it so much!

Yeah, I paid no attention to how they were made on Wonder but my wife's cookies n cream shakes tasted good to me.

My wife got a couple on Wonder using vouchers last month.

Agreed. Dry sense of humor. Sailed with him both times on Wonder.

Understandable. Even though my only limit while cruising is whatever my stomach can handle (which is a pretty good amount), I fear what the UDP would be like. I tend to eat a bunch of smaller meals/snacks throughout the day unless we have a specialty meal booked. When I stuff myself at Mason Jar brunch, no way could I eat a big specialty dinner later that night. We just turned D+ on our last cruise so we're using a BOGO for Giovanni's on night one. I've lost count of how many times my wife has already told me that I can't go nuts like I normally do on embarkation day b/c we have Giovanni's... and we haven't even checked in yet!

Good to hear. Giovanni's Table was always our favorite partly b/c we enjoyed ordering filet plus a pasta dish. Trying Kitchen for the first time in June. Blasphemy! At least get something to go, lol. I'm still trying to figure out how to try the pizza and I think I'll wind up getting it to go. I eat a lot on cruises but everyone has a limit. Agreed. My favorite ice show of any I've seen. The special effects help put it over the top, IMO.

No discount. There's no special trick to booking a B2B. It's the same as booking 2 separate cruises. If you want to stay in the same cabin for both halves, you have to look for that (or have your TA do it if you use one).

Totally understandable as long as you realize that at some point in the not-too-distant-future Apple will stop providing security updates for iOS 16 and your phone will no longer be safe. Other apps will also stop working as time goes on.

Funny you mention that. We chose a beach daybed on the end (#14) for July. I was checking my reservation online a few days ago (they have a map on their website that lets you choose your daybed and you can switch it yourself after it’s booked). Anyway, suddenly there’s a new daybed next to ours (#22) and two other new ones by the pool (#20-21). I emailed them about it and they got back to me very quickly and said those 3 new ones are being installed in the next 2 weeks. They offered to switch us to #22 but I didn’t want to do that without seeing the view (you can click on any of the numbers & it will show you the view looking out from the daybed). The woman said as soon as they’re installed she would send me a pic from #22 & then we can decide to switch or not. I’ve been very impressed with their pre-trip customer service thus far.

Try Giovanni’s Wine Bar in Central Park (next to the actual restaurant). You can also buy pizza & a few other items there.

That's the part I liked. Everything leading up to that, not so much, but I'm not into Broadway (or stage shows in general) so that's likely as much on me as anything.