mamiamjo

Getting closer. Doing laundry and trying to figure out what to pack 😕

We've sailed on our anniversary and DW birthday. I made note on our booking for each but never got any kind of recognition so you may need to talk to Guest Services or the Maitre d'

I’ve tasked my son to bring us some of these when we meet up on Friday so we can bring them on board. Hopefully he won’t forget but if he does we’ll just need to go to the store before we board.

More Planning Information... Dining: We booked Your Time Dining and used some of the OBC to reserve Teppanyaki on the first night and 555F on night 2. We also plan to visit Cucina one evening (not sure which). For the other 5 nights, we'll play it by ear, I'm sure we won't starve. 😉 We'll probably do Chi-Bang one night for dinner, but to tell the truth their menu doesn't look that impressive to me. We definitely want to check out Shaq's Big Chicken and Emerils at some point during the cruise along with the obligatory Guy's Burgers, Blue Iguana, Pig & Anchor and Sea Day Brunch. Also need to try Street Eats, Miami Slice and the Deco Deli! And that's just a partial list! I'm definitely going to need to start a diet when we get back 🤣

It does look like the pink tree bench, good catch 🙂

5 days left on the countdown, need to get serious about packing and getting things done around here before we leave Friday morning.

Thanks to everyone following. I hope you had a great Mother’s Day and had a chance to spend some time with those you love.❤️

Oops 😕

Or even specialty dining and other pre-cruise purchases

That is my understanding

Along for the ride! 😎 Live long and prosper! 🖖

I hope you guys have a great time as well. Looks like the weather should be good 🤞😎

Beautiful picture 😎

Exactly! 😉 But to be honest yours looked pretty good too👍I’m going to save those photos to compare ours too when we sail next week 😎

Don't take this the wrong way, but you should've had Patti order you the Chocolate Mocha Getaways (just sayin') 😆

Personally I love sea days. Unless there’s a cruise stopping in certain port that I really want to visit, I’d prefer more sea days, plus more cruise days in general. From what you described you have the same number of port days on either cruise, so I’d take the 5 day . 😎

Port Activities: I really struggled with trying to figure out what to do in port for this cruise. Our ports are Bonaire, Aruba & Curacao, in that order (so I guess this is really a BAC cruise 😉). We considered renting a golf cart in Bonaire, but by the time we decided that that’s what we wanted to do, they were all booked. I really wanted to go to Eagle Beach or Palm Beach on Aruba but weren’t sure if we’d be able to get chairs and a palapa, what kind of services there’d be etc. and in Curacao, we had no idea at all 😞 After reading the Ports of Call section on CC, checking out several different travel and excursion websites, we ended up going with a beach club theme... Bonaire- We plan to visit the Chogogo Dive & Beach Resort and get a day pass there. Afterwards we plan to check out the port area on the way back to the ship. Aruba- we made reservations for a day pass at Reflexions Beach Bar. After that we plan to check out either Eagle or Palm Beach. Curacao- We made a reservation for a day pass at the Avila Beach Hotel. Since we'll be the only ship in port on all three days, we're hoping nothing will be too crowded. 😎

For work, our son is serving in the Navy. He was stationed in Kings Bay Ga previously, but when re-upped he was reassigned there. It's a bit secluded for his taste, but they're still getting used to it. There are some benefits though, take a look at the view from McDonald’s Drive Thru 😎

Pre-Cruise, we will be flying to FLL the day before on Friday morning, not necessarily because we’re worried about missing the ship but to take advantage of the opportunity to spend the day visiting with our son, daughter in-law and granddaughter who will be driving up from Key West to see us. We’re excited to get the chance to see them again so soon after we helped them relocate to Key West at start of the year.

A little bit more about our cruise: We will be sailing the Celebration in a Spa Balcony on deck 17 (more about that later). When we originally booked this cruise in Feb 2023, we booked an ocean suite, cabin #9284 with a casino offer that came with DOUE, $1,000 Fun Play and a $200 OBC. However, about a year later, we received an even better offer that provided even more Fun Play and a higher OBC, so we considered changing to go with the better offer. We looked but unfortunately there weren’t any ocean suites still available with the new offer, so we ended up “settling” for the Spa Balcony on 17. We have sailed in a Spa Balcony before, but not on a ship that had the Thermal Suite, so we’re excited to be able to check that out on this cruise (another first for us). 😊

Happy 10 Years Anniversary, and many more! 🙂Nice pics BTW

Thanks ninjacat123! I just wanted to let you know that I've enjoyed reading your reviews as well 🙂

We cruised over the 4th in 2017. No fireworks but they did have some holiday decorations, themed activities and a holiday deck party.

Haven't been on Disney since 2012 but at the time at least they did fireworks at sea for their cruises even when it wasn't the 4th of July (I'm not sure if they still do them or not though).

Thanks, 😁