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Thank you very much for the update, Carol. I’m glad to hear that Norris is on the path out of the woods and to recovery. Now I’m hoping his doctors can just keep him moving along that path in the right direction. I’ll keep checking back to see how it’s going. Just came on now to check in today. Wrote the post last night but apparently didn’t hit send! Still, I’ve been thinking of both of you and hoping that Norris is continuing to recover.

Carol, @Deck Chair Queen, thank you very much for letting us know about Norris being ill. Pneumonia needs to be taken seriously so although I’m sure he would much prefer to be home with you and the 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛, I’m glad to hear that he’s where he can get the medical treatment he needs to get well. You and Norris have a lot of friends you’ve never met yet, me among them, woh are wishing you both the very best along with a speedy and full recovery for Norris. @Bimmer09, I hope you’re fully recovered and back to your usual energetic self soon. We’ll be here waiting until you’re healthy and ready to come back. Meanwhile, follow your doctor’s orders and I’m sure you will be back soon.

I don’t like hearing that you weren’t feeling quite up to par on the day you got off a cruise ship! Sure hope you were just really tired after a wonderful but very busy cruise! Amsterdam really does sound like a delightful city. One of these days it will find it’s way to the top of my very long list of places I want to visit……

Thanks, Norris, for yet another great cruise review. I will most definitely be sticking around to see what you and Carol are up to during your final two days in Amsterdam. 😎

We just booked our first Celebrity cruise. We are Diamond on Royal Caribbean so have Elite status on Celebrity. I called a while back before booking and got our Captain’s Club status sorted out before I booked, so our Elite status is already on our booking. I’m now learning the differences in terminology between Celebrity and RCCL. I feel a bit like I’m learning to speak a new language! 😂 That said, how can I tell the difference between internet being “on sale” and it being a “flash sale”? Has the 30% off been known to work with Black Friday sale prices on Celebrity? Thanks! 🙏

We just booked our first Celebrity cruise thanks in part to the Beyond moving back to the Caribbean next year. I know that move was bad news for you since you were looking to book a Med cruise, but good for us because it allowed us to book an 8 day cruise to the ABC islands. I’ve been wanting to get back there, so we’re booked in a Sunset Verandah on deck 10, 10297 to be exact. I went back and looked at your post because even though you were on Apex and we’re on Beyond the main difference I found with regard to our respective rooms was the way the cabins were numbered. Barry and I love aft cabins so I’m sure we’re going to love this one. I was originally looking to book deck 8, but when looking at cabin videos saw some where the poster, who was on deck 7 said there was enough noise from the entertainment space below them on deck 6 to keep them awake at night. I decided to book a few decks higher than my usual choices just in case deck 8 might be noisy too. I know you said you could hear people in the cabin next door to you so I’m wondering if you could hear the noise from deck 6 as well. My mother went on a land trip to Iceland back in 1975 or so. At the time I had no idea why she came home all excited and saying what a wonderful trip it was. I don’t know if she took any pictures because I really don’t ever remember seeing them if she did. She was definitely not the photographer in the family so it’s quite possible that there were no pictures, and even if there were, I’m sure that they’re long gone by now. Anyway, after visiting Iceland virtually with you I finally get it! I now have Iceland, Norway, and Amsterdam on my bucket list. I don’t know when or if I’ll get there, but I’m definitely motivated! My favorite ❤️ part of this GSJ so far though is your stop in Ireland 🇮🇪 and your visit with friends and family there! It sounds to me like you had a perfect day! Thank you very much for sharing it with us!

Thanks again for a great review! I’m glad you got home safely after your very long day. Days like that used to be no problem for me. Now as I get older I find that they’re not such a good idea any more. I love your cat in her fancy cat house! We have two cats, too, who hate it when we go away. Ours don’t have a fancy cat house like yours does. They have to make do with cardboard boxes! 😂😻 They’re both rescues so we don’t know their actual ages but their vet’s estimate is that they’re both around 11 or 12. They wanted to pop in and say hi so here they are.

@mac_tlc, Thank you very much for this wonderful review and pictures! I appreciate the time you’ve taken to share your cruise with all of us. I’ve always had Norway on my list of places I’d like to visit, but it has now moved way up on my list! I hope the rest of your journey has gone well and that you’re now safely back home in CT, our former home.

If I ever manage to get to Norway, and I certainly hope I do, the Loen Skylift will most definitely be on my to do list. I doubt I’ll be able to manage the hiking part at this point in my life, but a much younger me would have been right there with you doing that hike. Now, not such a good idea, but I really enjoyed your pictures! Thank you for sharing them.

Norris, I am enjoying every single minute I’ve been spending reading this GSJ and watching your videos! You keep writing, I’ll keep reading what you write. 😀 Thank you.

Those falls are spectacular!

Norris, you are making me very hungry! 😋

And rainbows. Everything that’s wonderful is what I feel when we’re together. Brighter than a lucky penny……… Wait, I’ve never met you in person yet so we’ve never even come close to being together but I do remember the early 60’s song by Lesley Gore! 😂🎶 I think there was another song lyric reference or two in that same post as well, but I’m sticking with this one. @clanger beat me to the Nancy Sinatra song, These boots were made for walkin’

Album by Queen reference or literally your night at the opera? 😀

I was going to wish a Happy Birthday 🎂 to both of you a couple of days ago but thought I’d wait until your actual birthday. Apparently I should have gone ahead with the early wishes because now I’m late! Hope your birthdays were wonderful!

Norris, that 14 hour nap sounds exactly like something I would do following a trip like you and Carol just finished. I promise I’ll keep your little secret! 😀 Your GSJ is a fabulous read as usual and the pictures are fabulous! Thank you.

I’m here, Norris! With Guinness ready and waiting for you! 🍺🍺🍺 I’m excited to be following along with you and Carol on your latest adventure! Yes, I have been stalking the Celebrity board waiting for you to get back and start writing. 😎

Beautiful pictures. I think a Norway cruise in an aft balcony needs to go on our cruise bucket list.😎

Thanks for the picture @firefly333! We’re due for our first crystal block on our next cruise, actually the second leg of our 3/4 B2B on Allure next April. Guess we will be getting the new block based on seeing that’s what you got. If given the choice I would ask for the old style, but never expected I’d get a choice. The old style would have fit in perfectly with some other crystal items I already own, but I’ll take whatever one they give me! I plan to speak with the LA on leg 1 of the B2B to be sure they know we’re due for our first block and will happily take it home with us. 😀🛳️😎

Amsterdam looks beautiful!

That night snorkel with the Manta Rays is on my bucket list! Unfortunately my DH, despite his many other positive qualities, does not share my passion for wildlife adventures so I have to fit them in when and where I can. Meanwhile, I’ve certainly enjoyed your review and pictures.

We have done both the paid and the free version and very much enjoyed both. The free version is exactly that - free - so it won’t cost you and your family any money at all. The reservations for the free spots do fill up fast, so get on the app, reserve your free time, and give it a try.

I have three words to say to you - BUCKET LIST TRIP! I only hope I’ll be able to do this cruise or one like it before my poor old body refuses to let me do it. Meanwhile, I’m truly enjoying your stories and pictures. Thank you very much for sharing!

Quite the view from that ladies room! 😂

Thanks, @DeerJod! Definitely enjoying the ride!