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LIVE from the Grandeur of the Seas - Canada/NE Sept 21-30

CLE2CRUISE

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Good morning from the fabulous Best Western Airport Hotel in Baltimore Maryland!!!

 

My live-in lover John and I have road tripped from Cleveland, eaten our crab cakes, relaxed in this lovely hotel and now it's almost time to hop on that shuttle and board the GotS!!!! Five long months I have been waiting for and imagining this day - while enjoying so many tips, photos and live reviews from you all here on Cruise Critic. I hope to add to that with my gauche and foolish posts over the next week or so.

 

That's right.....this will, in fact, be my First Cruise EVER!!! First for either of us. Sure I live on Lake Erie and have been on small tour boats and river boats and there was that three hour tour on the SS Minnow that seems to drag on and on but nothing before so grand as a Grandeur is the Seas!! [emoji924] So please, follow along and be amused by my inexperience. I have a pretty good sense of humor so feel free to make fun of me and add any advice you see fit. As I understand it I should get up early place my belongs on a pool chair and never return. Then head to guest services and complain about at least five things a day that don't really matter and finally make sure I adjust all my gratuities to 0% before I leave the ship, all correct right?? I need your help here, friends!

 

I have a wifi package and a drink package. I gather the former will be spotty and the latter spot on so that may affect my posts. You've been warned. [emoji483]

 

Oh! And J'adore food porn so we'll begin with this lovely photo of the appetizer platter John and I shared at Timbuktu last night. Please follow with many comments about how I should have eaten somewhere else.

 

I look forward to amusing you all for the next 10 days!

 

Thanks! [emoji8]

 

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lol, beautiful beginnings! As wonderful as all subsequent cruises may be, there is nothing quite like the First Cruise EVER!

 

 

Enjoy every moment! Hope you both have a fantastic time and bring home some great memories!

 

Thanks for taking the time to share your vacation with us!

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Following along. Thanks for sharing! I do have a favor to ask. We are booked on Grandeur for Jan 2019. My hubby is a big football fan. Especially college football. Can you see if there are any lounges on the ship with TVs that show college football tomorrow and then pro on Sunday? Also see if any is showing on cabin TV? If you get a chance. Thank you so much. We just got off the Majesty and had trouble watching football as all they showed was ESPN Caribbean that only showed soccer and never could find CBS or any of that.

 

Enjoy your trip. And for the seasickness I bought these things called seabands at CVS. They work by pressure point on your wrists. I swear by them and no groggy-ness that you get with taking meds. Maybe your first stop has a pharmacy near port or maybe the ship store has them.

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CLE2CRUISE

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Good Friday morning all!! So we're going to go ahead and skip over Thursday and pretend this is day 2 of my cruise. Without getting to graphic, we both spent the day alternating between being sick and laying around waiting to be sick - as did the majority of the ppl on board. I know I'm new but I take it from others these were pretty bad waters. We got a couple of announcements from the captain that we were still safe and the boat could handle worse but shows were all cancelled last night. Bonine, Dramamine, seabands and green apples were all tested, no luck but I think those of you with the advice of getting ahead of it were right. Next time I'll know - and be sure to take something before we had back!

 

For now, we should be docking in Boston soon and I'm excited to get off the ship and look around. First, a shower. I'm hoping to not get attacked :D!!d7b6d5363da60c7a1dfaf0942a52f6c1.jpg

 

 

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Following along. Thanks for sharing! I do have a favor to ask. We are booked on Grandeur for Jan 2019. My hubby is a big football fan. Especially college football. Can you see if there are any lounges on the ship with TVs that show college football tomorrow and then pro on Sunday? Also see if any is showing on cabin TV? If you get a chance. Thank you so much. We just got off the Majesty and had trouble watching football as all they showed was ESPN Caribbean that only showed soccer and never could find CBS or any of that.

 

Enjoy your trip. And for the seasickness I bought these things called seabands at CVS. They work by pressure point on your wrists. I swear by them and no groggy-ness that you get with taking meds. Maybe your first stop has a pharmacy near port or maybe the ship store has them.

 

 

 

Hi there! I certainly will let you know what I can. John is big on college football and will be looking for the Ohio State game today. So far we've found there is pretty much nothing on the in room TV but they did have ESPN. They did show the Thursday Night Football NFL game at the pool. I'll let you know what we find today. Will there still be college football in January?

 

 

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Hi there! I certainly will let you know what I can. John is big on college football and will be looking for the Ohio State game today. So far we've found there is pretty much nothing on the in room TV but they did have ESPN. They did show the Thursday Night Football NFL game at the pool. I'll let you know what we find today. Will there still be college football in January?

 

 

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When we go will be college championship game. And pro play offs.

 

Thanks for checking for me. Hope you guys are having fun.

 

And go Bucks!

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Buckeyes are on BIG10 today so you guys may have trouble seeing it. We were going to go to our fave pub here but they don't get Big10.

 

I meant to also yell you that when cruising out of the bay it is always pretty rocky. Should be better for you the rest of the way. We did Canada cruise a few years ago and it was nice...love Halifax. But it will be chilly. Hope you are felling better.

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Buckeyes are on BIG10 today so you guys may have trouble seeing it. We were going to go to our fave pub here but they don't get Big10.

 

 

 

I meant to also yell you that when cruising out of the bay it is always pretty rocky. Should be better for you the rest of the way. We did Canada cruise a few years ago and it was nice...love Halifax. But it will be chilly. Hope you are felling better.

 

 

 

Thank you! Yes we are both much better today. Enjoying Boston lunch at a place called Provisions.... pretty tasty! No OSU game for us but John was able to watch the score on the ESPN app. He likes fish and chips better anyway :)

 

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I always present it to the steward as “please take a break from our room, I will just see what out traveling companions have”. They may appreciate the time they don’t have to spend doing that.

 

 

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