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Nice!! We’ve still got a shot at the playoffs! 🤨🤨

view from hotel

Thanks!! She is a great ship. Excited to see/hear what she gets in her dry dock. Probably just need to book a post dry dock cruise to see for myself 🤔🤪

Getting caffeinated and ready to get this show on the road

She’s home

Come on home …

All systems go:

Quick side note: we originally booked a center hump JS. I had bid on royal up (at low levels but not bare minimum) for all levels of full suites except the 2 bed GS. 3 days prior i received notice our bid was accepted for a GS. YAY!!! LOVE IT!

Quick comparison of home vs Miami. Yeah… can’t complain about this weather in Miami.

Here is the itinerary:

Hello Everyone & Happy New Year! We (DW and I) are embarking on another ( much needed) adventure on Explorer of the Seas (again) for an 8 night Southern Caribbean itinerary beginning tomorrow 1/7. We have sailed EX 2 other times. 2020 - as part of a side to side and in 2018 for Alaska (also did a LIVE). We are departing from Miami and currently residing at the fantastic Hampton Inn Miami Brickell which we have stayed several times before. Always have had a good experience here so we keep returning. We have an 11 am boarding time and signed up for the 10 am hotel shuttle which is the first available time slot. $8/person We have traveled from the Pittsburgh area (in case you haven’t deduced that from my username 😂) The 6 am flight was a bit rough as far as wake up times go but we have since napped and cashed in our hotel free drink vouchers so all is well here!! 🍻 Hey… look at the bright side, our flight left on time and we made it to Miami without a hitch so we are grateful of that. We know traveling can be equally frustrating as rewarding at times. We have sailed several times during COVID and this is the first where pre cruise testing isn’t required. Thank you baby jesus! lol Cannot wait to get this thing started!! Cheers all 🍻 Mark

Agree on the lunch - barefoot beach food is supposedly upgraded but i don’t see it at all. nothing special at all IMO

technically yes- however our cabana attendant claimed he did not know how to use vouchers on barefoot beach.

Not 3am but I’ve ordered room service in an OS close to 1 am. no issue

same … not even close 👎🏻

See you saturday! 🍻😀

IMO - no. Any suite - any time for me Sounds like we are sailing together on Sat? coincidentally, I just got an upgrade today for JS to GS. GS is more forward but not a problem. Some don’t like being under the pool deck but we’ve been on that deck for just about every cruise we’ve been on with no issues ever.

I got heart palpitations just reading the question.

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Ditto 🍻

so is this #3 on the over/under of 4?

Jan. 7 - explorer 8 night aruba/curaçao/grand cayman 🍻

From Yesterday

We found one on Mariner earlier this month. A blue duck wearing a police uniform with a tag from Tennessee. I wanted to re hide (leave it on the ship) but DW kept it.