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Time for (2nd) breakfast in Seven Seas Here is my rant. I miss the deep fried hashbrown coins. I liked them. I feel the breakfast potatoes now are often inconsistently seasoned, have way too many onions, and don't offer that crunch factor I want. I find to make the potatoes palatable, I have to dunk them in a little yellow mustard. Something about the mustard makes them taste better. I know, I know, I'm weird. Ok Rant over. Fruit Salad with Cottage Cheese Yogurt with granola I decided to make a DIY breakfast sandwich this morning. Eggs to order with Cheese and ham and/or bacon on a full bagel (no cream cheese - trust me they always want to bring cream cheese). Suggestion if you do this, make sure to get the eggs over medium and make sure the eggs yolk is fully popped or you will be wearing the yolk! Waffle with Bacon and Ham

What a gorgeous morning! We still have close to 12 hours of sailing until we reach San Juan and the natives are getting restless. The kids on this ship cannot wait to get off and touch dry land. I have enjoyed the Sea Days, plus this was the first morning I didn't have to bring my sweatshirt out! We finally got to the warmer waters! Baltimore was our coldest sailaway ever at 38 degrees. Look a rainbow! Do you know who didn't see the rainbow? Sleeping Beauty! I mean Susan. Plus about 95% of the rest of the ship! 1st breakfast! Washy Washy Crew singing Washy Washy Christmas Carols!

December 24th, 2023 Sea Day/Evening Arrival into San Juan Location: Atlantic Ocean - Getting closer to Puerto Rico!

it honestly looks like they were trying to stretch it and thinned it out way too much. I would have sent it back.

We might have too!

After dinner, we headed down to the Theater for the Comedy show. JC closing out the show. The comedian was good but she did have a card to keep her on track, which was a bit distracting. After the show, we headed to the Sports Bar to watch some football. Buffalo was playing the LA Chargers that night. The crowd on this sailing loved its professional football games. The Sports Bar was always packed. -- I will do some more tomorrow

Sorry for the lack of progress the last few days. Last week was candidate filing week. Additionally, this past weekend we had to go out of town, because it was my Niece's 2nd Birthday Party. Miss Aribella loved opening up her gifts!

Niki, I have never looked for a place to drop off the bag on embarkation day, so I don't know if the Sun has one. Sorry 😞 Seven Seas is the Aft MDR and open for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. It will also be the MDR open when you board the Sun. The aft elevators are in the open area across from Seven Seas, so no need to lug your suitcase down stairs. 3 of the 4 elevators stop at deck 5 and one goes down to deck 4, so there are two sets of buttons. Keep that in mind. Decks 6 & 7 are your pass through decks. These are the decks you can go from the forward to aft or vice versa without going outside or going down hallways of staterooms. Decks 11 and 12 are pass through decks but you have to go outside to go forward to aft or vice versa. Hope that helps! Matthew

exactly! It did make the Final Cut of 25 pictures out of the nearly 300 we took on this cruise!

Dinner tonight at Cagney's Crab Cake Wedge Salad with ranch and no blue cheese; They loaded up the bacon! Caesar Salad Steaks and all the fixins! I got a Porterhouse and Susan got a filet. Dessert Menu Seven Layer Cake I got the Cheesecake with out the Caramel Topping.

We got back to the room and it started to rain and get a bit rougher. a view out our window So the chocolate covered strawberries and water for our latitudes perks finally showed up. This is the only downside to late upgrades. The latitudes stuff gets lost in the shuffle. We did get larger waters though. Not that we needed them as the Aqua Panna was far superior and readily available down the hall! The Bartender at the Atrium bar made me a special drink for this evening, the Grinch! Here is the other piece we picked up at the morning art auction!

It was finally time for the Art Auction! Since we preregistered before the cruise, we got assigned Bid Card 101 for the entire cruise! We saw and got this piece from Matt Breyer. Susan cried when she say it because of the fact her dad and brother both served. I grabbed another Starbucks after the Auction, and we headed to the Great Outdoors for a late lunch. Susan found a tiny duck! Not so nice clouds better this way! Pizza, Mac & Cheese, & a Mystery Dog with Chili! Lunch set up in Moderno as overflow to the buffet. Also where the pizza and Pho is. oh no! Making more! Pizza time! I also made myself a double burger with all the fixins! with a salad and fries

Finally it was time for How to Run a Floating Hotel with Cruise Director JC Sanchez! Then they had a Q&A with the Executive Chef, Food & Beverage Director Hassan, and the Guest Services Manager.

I was a bit lazy this morning and slept in. Before leaving the room, we got the laundry bag ready to hand off to housekeeping. Then it was off to breakfast. First Stop was Starbucks! Then it was off to breakfast through the Casino on deck 7. Past the shops Seven Seas! Someone is not awake yet! Drink that coffee! Mimosa's were on the menu for this morning! Its not like were driving! Fruit Salad Sliced Banana and cottage cheese Ham & Cheese Omelet Eggs Benedict After breakfast, we returned to the room to grab a tripod for the Floating Hotel Presentation. Here is the atrium display from Deck 6.

December 23rd, 2023 Sea Day Location: Atlantic Ocean - Somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle sailing between the Chesapeake Bay and San Juan, Puerto Rico

Yes, I did. See post one of this one for the link to it. Brian has been on the Sun for close to 25 years.

Shucks about Seward Brewing; might be too early in the season. Try again next time you guys are up.

Veggies Scallops and Shrimp for Susan Shrimp to start for me There is the beef! Steak and shrimp! Dessert Mudslide! Harry O' - The Irish Guy - was preforming in the Theater tonight He sang and told stories. He was very good! We enjoyed his show! We went to the bliss lounge to listen to the band. Some dancers and some watchers Susan got pulled out to the dance floor. We grabbed something from the Garden café then headed across the pretty but deserted pool deck. Maybe its because its only like 50 degrees?

I Love You Fried Rice

Playing with the eggs!

Miso Soup Taking photos of the photographers trying to take photos of us! Miso soup and Edamame Seaweed Salad The cucumber and tomato are the only good thing on here. Selfie time with the lady behind us! Susan didn't know it was there until after she clicked the picture. Then she wanted a retake. I said no. Let's get the show started! Starting on the fried rice

Picture Time! Time for Dinner at Teppanyaki

Lunchtime! Bay Scallop Gratin Italian Wedding Soup Cheeseburger Spaghetti Carbonara Desserts to go! We were late for the Latitudes Party. Hanging at the Latitudes Party. I sucked at getting photos at this event. Susan had a very busy morning. It became nap time.

It was then time for the Meet & Greet. Here is a look at Le Bistro Treats! We headed down to the Wines around the world event for Sapphire & above La Cucina being long and narrow, was a difficult venue for this event. The Cavern Club on the Bliss where we had it on the Pacific Coastal cruise was a better venue.

Susan finally got up and met me in the Great Outdoors. With another Starbucks! Seven Seas for 2nd Breakfast v Seas were a little choppy, but not too bad. Oatmeal and a Yogurt parfait for Susan Half Grapefruit with Orange Slices and a bowl of Cottage Cheese for me! Eggs to Order with a Bagel and a side of bacon for the table!