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Good luck in the casino!

I didn’t see filet listed when I first scanned through your menu post. I was ready to cancel our Giovanni’s lunch reservation for boarding day on our upcoming Allure cruise if it seemed like the filet wasn’t going to be offered. 😱 I am very happy to see that you were able to get your filet which looks pretty good to me!

Interesting. Our phones are on Verizon but we do not have their credit card. We may have to look into getting one. Combined with our 1 day each for Diamond status and the two days from the Verizon credit card would give us pretty good coverage. If I understand you correctly though, the Verizon plan only works while you’re actually in port. That’s the time I’m least likely to be going online since I’m normally too busy then enjoying the port to be staring at a device screen. I’ll have to give it some thought. We really don’t need another credit card. DH have been thinking about what to suggest for you in New York. It’s been 20 years since we spent much time there, and a lot of the places we were thinking of aren’t there any more. Think restaurants, specific shows, things like that. Since you seem to enjoy architecture and photographing distinctive buildings, I would recommend a cruise on Circle Line. You would get a great look at the city skyline from different points of view and some great pictures. I don’t think I saw that on your list. https://buy-tickets.circleline.com/nycl-cro-page-with-video?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search - CL - G%2FP - Prospect - Brand - Outside NYC - 2021&&matchtype=e&keyword=circle line sightseeing cruises&cid=12889427267&agid=127189190368&device=t&placement=&creative=517966897850=&utm_term=circle line sightseeing cruises&utm_campaign=Search - CL - G%2FP - Prospect - Brand - Outside NYC - 2021&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&hsa_acc=8370086876&hsa_cam=12889427267&hsa_grp=127189190368&hsa_ad=517966897850&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-2007780495&hsa_kw=circle line sightseeing cruises&hsa_mt=e&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiArLyuBhA7EiwA-qo80Jdmx88YkrQE7b3y16nFlL0AEPS2tjZunyz6ljlWqJDAThiNulHmBhoCixkQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

It has been almost 20 years since we moved from CT to FL, but DH is a NY C boy. I’m going to show him your list and see if he has any suggestions. He was always my personal tour guide to the city so he’ll probably have some good ideas. My one suggestion is to have a slice of NY pizza. 🍕 I miss that so much! I don’t know the best spots in Manhattan but DH should have some suggestions. I know a lot has changed since we were last in NY. For example, we used to buy our subway 🚇 tokens in advance for our next trip into NYC when we were going on the train 🚆 from CT into the city. That way we could get right off the train and go directly to the subway. They haven’t used tokens in years! 😂 Loved your Curaçao pictures, alll of them!

I’d look for a free spot and book it for Good Sport if he’s at all interested. When Dupable sees how much fun Good Sport has she’ll regret her lack of interest. Either that, or book her too. On our Odyssey cruise we had a couple of hours before our flight time to cancel if we really didn’t want to go. I would never force anyone who didn’t think they could handle it physically or mentally. I’m guessing I’m around their age and everyone in my group was in the same age range as I am. We all loved it and wanted to go back for more. I have since booked and enjoyed additional flights in a land based iFly location. I am a bit of a thrill seeker though…….. 😀

I’ll bet you had great views of Curaçao from thr North Star! I’m sure there will be pictures. 😃

That looks like it was an interesting walking trip. I’ll have to keep in in mind for the next time we head to Curaçao.

Great timing! You had the best seats in the house for the show!

I hope you’ll come back here and let us know how the race goes. I know I’d like to see how the training we have been following you do paid off for you in the race. I’m proud of you for keeping that run going yesterday in spite of adversity. Well done! 👍

Interesting to see the differences between the two ships. Thank you.

I don’t remember what you booked when you boarded Odyssey. Send Dupable and Good Sport up to try North Star and iFly. Tell them they don’t have those on Wonder so they’re getting something special. The free sessions did tend to pop up on the app during the week when we were on Odyssey. Walk ups were also available because of people who didn’t show up.

Our friends were next to you on Celebrity Ascent in Nassau. Nice picture of the two ships!

Will you be doing a review? We board April 29. Haven’t been on her in a while so I’d love to see and hear how she’s doing before we board.

I figured, considering the name Merida. 😻😹

Merida most certainly is cute! 😻 Looks like she knows it, too! 😹

Harry, that food looks amazing! Though I might draw the line at the chicken feet and pig’s blood cubes! I am not at all an adventurous eater. That must have been a delicious dinner and I can see that nobody went home hungry! Thank you for sharing your New Year with us. Since I couldn’t paint a beautiful mural on my house, I did pick a color that nobody else in our immediate corner of the community has on their house. Amid the multitude of gray and beige houses, ours is now a beautiful light blue with a teal front door. We just tell visitors that we’re the blue house. There’s never a problem finding us now. No mural, but I do have some colorful tropical fish and sea turtle magnets on the garage door. I’d love to have them painted all over the house but I don’t want to go looking for a fight.

Thank you for all of the beautiful pictures!

I’m looking forward to following along with you.🛳️

Thanks for doing this @little britain! I’ll be following along with you.

I don’t even want to think about the reaction of our HOA if we had that artwork, or for that matter ANY artwork on our house! 😱 Wouldn’t matter what the artwork looked like or who painted it.

So, you’re starting to understand what happens to one’s body as one gets older! 😂 I’m well past 50 and let’s just say that with every year that goes by I find more and more things that I’m way better off not trying to do any more. 😱 On the other hand I’m always pleased when I find things I still can do, and even new things that I’ve never tried before. Happens to all of us, each at our own schedule. Life is way better when I listen to what my body warns me not to do and enjoy the things I still can do. You’ll figure it out. 😀

I hope you have a wonderful Chinese New Year celebration with your wife’s family. I’ll be interested to see the food pictures you share.

I loved Curaçao! Can’t wait to see your pictures of the town. We saw some spectacular scenery, met some awesome sea turtles, but did not get to see much of the town. I need to go back there!

When will you be on Allure? We will be on at the end of April, beginning of May. I’m thinking we will be after you.

We’re right in the same place C&A points as you. It certainly is a slow climb, even with the bonus points we got on some of our post pandemic sailings. I have to tell you that I had to scroll very quickly past the dead animal “presents”. That was hard to see. We have cats who do not go outdoors because they would be gator 🐊 bait or bobcat bait if they did. The cats do bring us presents, but their presents are cat toys. Much better than dead animals. I hope that you will be able to brave the weather and get everyone in your travel party safely aboard the ship!