SenatorsFan

I'm all caught up and enjoyed your review, as always. It looks like you all had lots of fun, minus the deli lady, and lots of good drinks. 😁🍹

I'll be following and hope you have a great cruise. 😃

@BohJang Son had his stitches removed yesterday and came by to show us his head! It's looking good. He plans to submit the paperwork this week, so we'll see how that goes.

Sorry to hear your house hasn't yet sold. I hope it won't take the 111 days your realtor has quoted; that seems like a long time, especially to be paying for 2 places.

Enjoy retirement and don't put too much stress on yourself at first. Read those books, come on the Tribe thread and look forward to your upcoming cruise! 🥰

1 hour ago, MeganGC1983 said:

Wahoo! I will drive. Boooo. 
you gonna stay at Harbor House or have you thought that through yet? 

Harbor House looks so nice, but spendy! 🙂

@YVRteacher good luck with #3 on your list. We survived 11 days on Jade without hearing Sweet Caroline once! 😁Unlike on Carnival Celebration where we heard it multiple times a day. 🤪And I thought we'd be hearing Kool and the Gang's Celebrate.

59 minutes ago, ceilidh1 said:

Still none the wiser. I've asked everyone that I can think of...

Would your former in-laws have sent it for daughter's birthday? 

@KmomChicago I just want you to know I'm thinking of you. I hope you and your teen take the cruise and celebrate the graduation. That's a special time. 

7 minutes ago, AmyJA said:

@SenatorsFan Welcome back.

 

I do hear you on the expense of medical on a ship. I once visited them and they wanted me to pay right away, then I was to submit to my insurance after getting home.  And you know I’m from the USA. But this was a bit ago. Just glad it was not worse!

Thanks, Amy. It's cool here, I'm missing the heat already. 😄

I didn't know what to expect for a cost and I'm glad it wasn't worse, too. Hopefully the paperwork goes smoothly and he is reimbursed quickly.

Just now, Saint Greg said:

 

That goes along with what we had on Jewel. I have been digging into the NCL schedules a little bit more this week. And I'm finding the newer ships have two comedians. I haven't seen Burton but I know his schedule well. He's a NCL/CCL guy. He's on NCL until August then basically Carnival through next March.

We'd never seen him before. He had some good bits and interacted with the audience a lot.

I'm looking forward to following along. What a great way to start retirement. Enjoy!

Just now, Jamman54 said:

Yes Heather, that was us! Did you see us waving? 😁

I thought that was you! I was toasting you with a Miami Vice. 😁🍹

Hi Kim, I'm home from my NCL Jade cruise (we had a great time) and am so happy to see another cruise review from you! Thanks! 🥰

@figmentfreak congrats on your daughter's engagement! I love her nails.

@mkcurran Hope you have a wonderful cruise!

@Jamman54 were you in the DR last Thursday? We were in Taino Bay and a large Carnival ship was shadowing us that evening. We saw you in Port Canaveral Saturday when we disembarked. Keep having fun and say hi to Patti. 😊

@MeganGC1983 I'm sorry to hear the troubles you are having with your accounts. That's no fun.

Hey, Tribe! I'm all caught up. We got home last night from our 11-day NCL Jade cruise plus a few extra days in Orlando. Overall, we had a great cruise. The ship is in excellent condition and we encountered lots of great staff. The bartenders at Topsiders on the pool deck and in the Spinnaker Lounge treated us well. We had lots of dinners in the aft dining room with mostly good food and good service. The 4 of us did La Cucina; my salmon was dry but the pizzas and pastas were a big hit. DH & I did Le Bistro, no complaints. I love the Great Outdoors part of the Garden Café as there's also a bar that's not busy and it's so nice to eat breakfast and lunch outside. Weird desserts though: cheesecake with a layer cake layer, not graham cracker crust, some desserts tasted very gelatinous, ice cream only in the dining rooms, soft serve in the buffet only. We survived.

@Saint Greg we had 1 comedian for the whole cruise: Mike Burton. He did 2 G shows the first night and 2 PG shows the last. He said he was on the whole cruise and would see us around so..? (Sorry about your car BTW). Missed my Carnival comedy nights with @BohJang!

The weather was hot and sunny and we enjoyed the ports and the excursions we did.

Nighttime entertainment was lacking somewhat. One night Dune was shown in the main theatre. There was plenty of karaoke, an actual orchestra that played various genres and  game shows. We saw Broadway Cabaret, which was just 5 singers, and the show Elements which was amazing. Our DIL in particular was missing more activities. The casino was super smoky; we never went in.

A first for us: a trip to the medical centre. DS who is 6'5" and our daughter-in-law were in the dungeon of the fort in St. Thomas and he didn't duck enough and hit his head on a pointy brick. An employee gave him some antiseptic wipes and he thought all was well until he looked closely and saw the gash. Off to medical where they took good care of him. He had an x-ray, Lidocaine, 2 stitches, antibiotic cream, oral antibiotics and a follow-up the next day to check everything out and receive more antibiotic cream. Total for all this fun? $1,000 US. First they thought they could submit everything to insurance but when they realized he's Canadian, he has to do it himself. He was having the stitches removed here today.

23 hours ago, AmyJA said:

Count me in the never had Covid group.

 

@BohJang I HATE moving. I'm sure you're glad it's over...just about....

 

@SenatorsFan Wish I could make like I Dream of Genie and join you.   

 

 

I would love that. We could have a drink and chat. 😻

Fruit delight pancakes. 😋

Hi all from the Dutch Pancake House in Aruba! We are having a great time. I haven't been following closely since I'm just using my free minutes.

@Saint Greg NCL always tops a Miami Vice with a shot of Blue Curacao automatically.

@ggooglyboogly the pool bar bartenders are being good to us 

@BohJang happy to hear the move is behind you.

@#55worktoplay 2026 cruise it is!

Happy cruising @Jamman54 and Patti!

Vacation has begun: Miami Vice. 😋

Youngest son at home said we had 98% totality, it was amazing to see and next time we shouldn't book a cruise at the same time. 😁

Great time at 321 Lime House in Cocoa Beach drinking beer and talking cruising with another couple. 😄

@AmyJA you know we will! 😻

22 minutes ago, #55worktoplay said:

Have a great trip. 

Thanks. So far so good, enjoying the free  snacks and wine on Porter.😀

1 minute ago, Hogladyrider said:

@SenatorsFan...safe travels and have a fantastic cruise!

Thanks so much! 😄

8 minutes ago, LatinaInTexas said:

Safe travels, enjoy your cruise!

Thanks so much. We are looking forward to it. 😊

DH and I have now received 4 emails each to watch the safety video before we sail on Tuesday! Never mind we already had to watch it as part of the check-in process. The link in the email takes you to NCL's YouTube page, so they don't even know if you're watching or not. Ha, ha. 🤪

We're flying out later today. 😁