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18 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

We are on the July 12 Anthem

We’re on that one and then the following Med 14 day one to celebrate our 50th anniversary.

I’ve been following this from the beginning but I seem to have missed something.  We’re looking for a May 2025 cruise from Port Canaveral, Fort Lauderdale or Miami on a larger ship (7 days or so). Right now we’re limited to Oasis.  I had expected all of them to be available this week.  Are there more to come?

14 minutes ago, Jkaczanowski said:

Loved the Odyssey junior suites right by the elevators.  While they only hold 2 people, they are spa juniors so have a much nice shower.

We had one of those.  The half bath on one side had the toilet and sink.  The other bath had a tub, walk in shower and a sink.  We liked it, it made getting ready easier for the 2 of us.  Next summer we have one of the ones that has 2 toilets and no walk in shower, just the shower/tub combo.  Not sure if that’s better or worse.

11 minutes ago, budmeister said:

Is this near the Beach Club? The description and videos do not show it. They just show a sit down restaurant , seated by reservation, with food that looks fancy, even to or better than the specialty restaurants.

We were at the beach club last week.  Lunch was great, I had the surf and turf - a half lobster and a petite filet.  I like the beach club because it’s not crowded and is quieter.  The cost can vary depending on ship and date.  Sometimes it is worth it to me to spend the extra.  We don’t do the specialty dining onboard, so this is our splurge.  I often have some onboard credit that I use to offset the cost.  The Black Friday sale on now has some good deals for our sailings.

1 hour ago, njdealguy said:

"Many families with kids which was kind of surprising considering it was early November"

 

A number of towns at least in nj gave the whole week off for schools due to a teacher's convention, veterans day, and diwali holiday all in same week.  That's what led us to take our 6 year old daughter on allure last week for first cruise ever, and liked the experience!

Driving back from Port Canaveral on Saturday it seemed like half the cars on I 95 had New Jersey plates.

46 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

And here I was hoping to see some sale prices for our August cruise, when we are taking the grandkids along. 

 

 

Somehow, I don’t think those are good sale prices.  

 

On the sale thread someone posted a screenshot for the water park of $38.99.  At that price I might try it.

11 hours ago, MechE31 said:

We booked our first ever B2B doing northern and fjords on Independence.

 

The prices were cheaper than a Caribbean sailing and I can normally get flights on points.

I’m booking this later today.  We’re on Mariner and I have an appointment at next cruise!  We’ve never been to any of the ports and it sounds great.

We like the beach bungalow on Labadee now that we book junior suites and don’t have access to barefoot beach.  I rebooked 2 of them and saved over $500!  They were $540 and are now $250.  I was also able to change 2 Coco cay visits from beach beds to beach club for the same price.  Beach club was $123 for those sailings.

 My savings can go to the deposits for more cruises!

Is this all of the European sailings?  No British Isles or anything out of Amsterdam?

1 hour ago, helen haywood said:

Thanks!  (Said their proud valet.)

 

re garages…it’s fascinating to drive through our neighborhood and look in the garages.  Some look like pack rat nests…floor to ceiling, wall to wall…some are neatly arranged but still completely filled.  Since there are no tool sheds here a lot goes in the garages.  We have a yard service, if we didn’t then the mowers, blowers, sprayers, trimmers,  etc would all have to be inside the garage.

Our neighbors have so much stuff in their garage that they have to unload the groceries before moving the car into the garage.

My favorite garage story.  When we moved to Atlanta our house had a “enclosed “ carport. The house was on 2 sides and the third side was a solid wall.  I guess it wasn’t a garage because it didn’t have a door, but I thought of it as a garage.  I called to get a quote on insurance.  I explained it was a garage but didn’t have a door.  There was a pause before she asked “then how do you get the car out?”.  I said “the same way we get it in”.

9 minutes ago, Milhouse said:

 

May I ask when that was?  I'm under the impression that all the cruise ships currently use Canada Place/Pan Pacific to dock nowadays.  Previously, some ships also docked at Ballantyne Pier which is about 10min east of Canada Place.  However, Ballantyne Pier is no longer used for cruise ships.  

 

 

Here's a link to the Port of Vancouver cruise schedule page.  You need to click on the link mid-page to pull up the actual schedule which currently only shows the 2023 season.  

It was quite a few years ago, I believe in 2014 or 2015.  We were doing a repo from Vancouver to Hawaii.  I just remember how disappointed I was that our ship wasn’t going to be right there.  The cab ride was more than 10 minutes and I remember passing by a tent city used by the homeless population.  We haven’t been back in Vancouver since then.  We had a great time there, and I’m glad they use the Canada Place docks.  It was a great area to walk around.

I don’t know the answer to that question, but a word of warning.  We paid quite a bit for a room there because it would be so convenient.  Only it turned out that our ship docked quite a bit away - a long taxi ride.  I would suggest checking to make sure you dock there.

30 minutes ago, RobinKS said:

Unfortunately the latest flight we could get leaves at 3:30pm.

For our trip next summer, we decided to stay an extra night and fly out on an early flight.  We’re doing the Stonehenge trip and staying at a Hilton hotel next to terminal 3.  I really,  really wanted to see Stonehenge.  It also gets us back into Atlanta early enough to make the 2.5 hour drive home.  The afternoon flights got into Atlanta late enough we would probably stay there overnight.

If your flight is after 5:00, the cruise planner offers return with either Stonehenge or Windsor Castle for $124.99.  I’m sure they offer direct ones on the ship.

I have luggage straps that are lime green and say MINE! .  So far so good. 

Yes, they made omelets to order.  It was in the WJ towards the back on the left side of the long counter.  Interestingly, they wouldn’t make fried eggs, for those you had to take the premade ones.

Our last visit to Coco Cay we had gotten a great price on the beach club.  We talked to a couple who went to the check in podium and asked about an over water cabana.  There were quite a few empty.  They got it for a 50% discount.

In order to cruise more frequently we’ve changed from grand suites to junior suites.  But on Oasis class I do miss having Coastal Kitchen for breakfast and lunch.  So I was looking (out of curiosity) at Icon.  I believe I picked summer of 2025.  A regular JS was about $5200 per person and the sky was about $8000.  So, a difference of $5600 for the 2 of us.  Even if the other ships are half that, it’s not worth it.  We get 5 drink vouchers each every day and rarely use them all.  We share internet so get 4 days free, and usually buy 1 or 2 days.  Breakfast in CK is nice but if we cruise more we’ll be pinnacle soon.  I’ll look at the cost difference when the new cruises are announced, but I don’t think we’ll upgrade.

4 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

In the app

Interestingly, our 4 day Mariner early next month has menus for the MDR for days 1 to 5.  We’re doing a b2b and the day 5 isn’t even the day 1 of the next cruise.

12 minutes ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

I like baseball, but that’s how I feel about watching soccer. Like watching paint dry.

We started watching soccer when our son started playing at about 7.  We decided we needed to see what the sport really looked like.  During the season we’re up early to watch EPL matches.  This weekend we will watch the US team and try to catch some of the other national teams.

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

We had this in our house in Ohio.  Best money we ever spent.  Not really needed in Florida. 🙂

Not really necessary in South Carolina, but it sure is nice.

3 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving my friend! The meal looks fantastic. Ever tried egg noodles on top of the mash potatoes and gravy? It's so good.

My favorite use for turkey leftovers is turkey and noodles served over mashed potatoes.  I think it must be a midwestern thing.  Both Dave and I are from Indiana and grew up eating this.  When we moved south people were appalled that we would eat it.  It’s my definition of comfort food.  Unlike my mom, I don’t make my own noodles, I buy Reames frozen ones.

When you use your card to enter Coastal Kitchen for breakfast the person at the podium will ask your cabin number.  You give the suite number and they see it has 2 people and there’s 2 people standing there.  They don’t ask to see the cards.  You are shown to a table.  There is no issue unless the child with the suite card tries to go to CK for breakfast.  As long as you are swapping and not adding, nobody cares.

11 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

Glad to hear he is doing better.  Does he get fall allergies?  I know the goldenrod is really bad this year.

The goldenrod is just horrible in South Carolina this fall.  

Mine for 11/2 appeared today.  Your title seems off.