Ken at the beach

Wow, that is quite the feat...5 fractures...ouch!

Just talked to Vikki and she's doing well. Said her ankle is achy but not painful. Last night the orthopedic surgeon actually came in and wasn't on duty at the time which I thought was great. Unfortunately because it is a different health care group they can't send the files electronically but he did write a detailed report and took copies of everything for Vikki to take to the fracture clinic on Monday. Vikki said they were all very surprised that they could not see any breaks/fractures given how badly it was dislocated. I'm guessing that is why she does not seem to be in very much pain

Another downside from what I have heard is that when one person in the room is an early riser and likes to get up grab a coffee and sit on the balcony while the other person sleeps is no longer possible

That was definitely a relief.

Thanks, other than the initial pain meds they gave her when relocating her ankle she had not received anything else and was feeling okay.

Thanks Dani! Looks like will be stepping into my new role as cabin attendant and waiter once she gets home.

Hopefully this will be the last update for tonight. Literally in less than 10 minutes since I talked to Vikki things changed again and she's on her way back to her parents place. The CT scan came back. What they initially thought was bone protrusion was nothing more than cuts and scrapes from her fall. Sending her home and told her to see the fracture clinic at home on Monday. No major break and no surgery required....good news.

We weren't impressed with Izumi on Ovation. Smaller menu and then prepared a few of the things we liked quite differently from what we had on Symphony.

Vikki just called. She's doing well. It was IV drugs that they gave her along with a sedative when they relocated her dislocated ankle. Keeping her overnight to watch for infection as the bone did pierce the skin. Did a CT scan in addition to the xray. Orthopedic surgeon may need to put a plate and a screw in tomorrow morning.

They are keeping her overnight. More updates in the morning.

Thanks, I was impressed that they got her right in. Her brother drove her to the hospital closer to her parents house that was about 30 minutes away as opposed to the one close to him knowing that it would be a lot less busy.

Of course she was wearing her favorite pair of pants. I said turn thrm into shorts, her reply was they would be short shorts.

Glad to hear you made all your flights. Connections always make me nervous.

Surprisingly there were no tears. I'm sure she was in shock for a while.

Next cruise Dec 9th.....2 and a half months, should be good.

Thanks. I told her there are easier ways to get out of walking the dog.

My daughter got the message wrong. Vikki is still at the hospital waiting on xray results and what they are going to do. They did give her some happy pills. Just got a text from Vikki who said apparently she smiled as they put the dislocation back in place.

Good news is this is not my ankle. Bad news is it's Vikki's. We were at her brothers new house a couple hours away for dinner and I had left to come home and let Merlin out when my daughter let me know that this happened. With so many cars in the driveway Vikki went to get something out of her car and stepped off the edge of the driveway into a ditch. Her brother took her to the hospital and apparently it's broken and dislocated. They were only there 45 minutes and apparently they are now on their way home (to her parents place that's close to her brothers). Just waiting to find out the full extent of her injury and what the treatment plan is. Looks like she will be off work for at least the next little while.

Haven't heard of that before

Mine have always said the exact same thing when I have both mine and my kids reservations linked for the same sailing.

Looks like you have possible linked guests from another booking. It's identifying that this one is your reservation.

The only thing in question are the pubs. Many reports on on it being included on Odyssey which seems to be the exception as it is not included at most of the other pubs or at Vintages on Oasis class. Playmakers is considered more of a restaurant than a pub so it has always been included there.

Correct. The balcony discount has nothing to do with being inside of 6 months. Inside of 6 months just reduces the amount of the discount by $25 as you mentioned. When booking on line it is not enough to be logged in. You must also enter your C&A number in the same section where you enter military, senior or other discount qualifiers. Depending on the promo it may or may not be combinable with the discount. Suites rarely get it as the extra obc or extra $ off are nearly always more than the balcony discount anc are not combinable.

I just looked up that Drydock...Vigor Their website stated their drydock is 290m, Radiance is 293m but that is probably above the waterline. Navigator is 311m. Not sure if she would be able to fit.

The Harmony is a partial charter. The Yeshiva week and the Kosher program are done by Royal.