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We disembarked from the Silhouette Monday, 1/29.  As we were leaving our cabin, our room steward removed the foot stools from our concierge room.  Unfortunately we didn't ask the reason why.😕

Harry, I have been enjoying your cruise reports for many years.  I was so happy when I happened to see this one. I know you normally cruise RCI, so it was a bit of a surprise to find you on Princess. Your reports make me laugh out loud. My husband thinks I'm crazy. "You're laughing  at something on Cruise Critic?? Really?"  I have even turned my boss into a Cheapo-dad fan!  Gee whiz,  I sound like a creepy stalker fan.  Thank you for the wonderful entertainment.  Now I have to get ready for my own cruise.

Hendricks gin, Perucchi vermouth (hard to find) or Noilly Prat vermouth and Davina Blue cheese olives served dirty in a iced cold martini glass.  Yum!  This is from a female.  I agree, if it's vodka, it isn't a martini.  Spif Barwunkel,  I like the idea of anchovies in the olives.  I will try that.

I think it was our very first cruise, on the Sovereign of the Seas. I thought I'd be cool and test my language skills to tell our suite's room stewardess what a great job she did and thank you for making our bed. I apparently told her we wanted to take her to bed, which led to a really awkward conversation with the Hotel Director and a security guard and trying to explain it was a misunderstanding and that we were both gay. That led to the security guard asking us, numerous times, "then why did you ask this nice lady to go to bed with you!"

 

:halo:

 

-germ

Now, that is really funny.

OP, I truly enjoyed your review. I was sitting by myself throughly amused. Side note- Our tailor can't pronounce my daughter's name and calls her "the girl". My daughter hates it, I love it. I think it is hysterical. Now we occasionally will call her that too. That is met with an eye roll.

I throughly enjoyed following you all week. I am sorry that will not be on the same sailing on the Oasis this fall. We will be two weeks ahead of you. Thanks again for a fun week.

Dona

Hi Robyn,

We were on the Freedom with you and your friends a couple of years ago. My adult DD has Down Syndrome. We participated in the M&M and the slot pull. I don't know if you remember us. Anyway, we will be on the Oasis this October. I am enjoying the preview. Thank you taking the time to do this.

Dona

Love packing cubes! If there is a couple of you traveling together. Get different colours and place a full set of clothes into a packing cube and the place it into your partners bag. If one of your bags "goes missing" or is late being delivered to your room then you won't be wearing the same clothes until the bag turns up.

 

Next addiction is zip lock bags.....

 

 

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I agree. They are great for cross packing.

We are from Cary NC (near Raleigh) and having driven to both Cape Canaveral and Port Everglades for cruises. Port Canaveral is easy to do in one day. We take 2 days to do Port Everglades, stopping overnight in Savannah. We always come in the day before for all the reasons stated above. We get a hotel reservation for a park and cruise package near the port, take the shuttle or uber to the port. Less headaches than flying and very relaxing. Enjoy your cruise!

That was absolutely beautiful. Loved the music. Thanks for sharing

I am a firm believer in cross packing for my family of 3. We each have a different color. It makes it so easy. I purchased ebags from amazon. Love them!

What a great way to spend a cold overcast morning here in NC. Thank you Sea Dog for a wonderful trip report..

We cross-pack for cruises. Having packing cubes in different colors for each of us makes it so much easier. I have ebags and love them.

I got a price drop of $106.00 off our balcony cabin on Oasis. I also went from $100.00 OBC to $300.00. So that helped pay for the $43.00/day deluxe beverage pkg. I'm happy.

We just bring our own dry snorkels. They don't weigh much and don't take up too much room in the suitcases. We use their masks and fins.

We use plastic zip ties. Then we know if someone has been through our luggage.

6 ships in port on my 11/12/2016 cruise on the Freedom.

 

Other ships were the Harmony, Anthem, RCL's Azamara, Brittanica out of South Hampton and a Carnival ship.

 

Extremely crowded in port area and downtown.

I was on the same cruise as you. We were extremely happy that we had pre-booked a snorkel excursion leaving from Oyster Bay. Just trying to get back to the ship after the excursion was nuts.

I was on the Freedom 3 weeks ago and ate at Sabor's. I thought the food was so-so. The service was good. I had the white wine sangria. It was wonderful.

Juneau- We did Harv and Marv whale watching. It was my favorite excursion. Just breathtaking. They have very good reviews. Enjoy your cruise.

We stayed there a few years ago and are staying there this November pre cruise. We are using their park and cruise package. It is a very nice hotel. There is not much within walking distance.

From OP..... Thank you to all that responded.

I like the Tipsy Salon on Las Olas because they serve cocktails.

Yum. How good are the mani-pedis? Oh, and the cocktails?

Can anyone recommend a nail salon in Ft Lauderdale? Thanks.

Thinking of booking dining package.

 

Not food snobs by any means, but we lived in NJ for years, husband is Italian and a wonderful cook so we are pretty familiar with good Italian food.

 

Would appreciate input on quality of Giovanni's food? (I know it is subjective, but hoping it is better than Olive Garden and other chains.)

Giovanni's is much better than Olive Garden. I thought the one on the Grandeur was better then the one the Radiance.

An eye mask for the red eye flight. I bought them for my family and we all used them. A guy in the row in front of me used paper towels under his regular glasses. I guess it worked, he was snoring.