John&LaLa Live B2B from Symphony 10/26 and 11/2, Great Expectations 🎂

[h20skibum]

27 minutes ago, Mikew0805 said:

John... is this all the same on Oasis, in regards to deck 7 location and door?

Yes it is, but don’t tell anyone.  We have watched many performances from up there.

[John&LaLa]

Common Ground - Day 3 10am

 

This is the M&M line at around 8:45, I was there to trade a crystal block. More about that later. Unfortunately I could not go to that and get a good seat for the Common Ground presentation, so I dropped off my new block in the cabin and headed to the theater.  FYI, the M&M was actually listed in the compass. You don't see that very often.

 

Found a seat with Tony and Dot.  They had the pool band playing for us

 

Cute slide showing 1969.  I was 7. Given that Flight incorporates the moon landing, I'm surprised that wasn't the basis of this slide

 

Apparently no one worked very hard on the PowerPoint.  That will come up later

 

Our panel

 

Michael Bayley's first ship from what i recall

 

Blah, blah, blah announcements

 

Now those that followed along last week know that I was posting 'live' durong this trying to get the scoop on the 2020 President's Cruise annuncement.  They did a sham vote to choose the itinerary and ship. We voted by cheering.  I still think Ovation in Alaska was the crowd favorite

 

In the end, Mario Salcedo flipped a coin and Allure in the Med won. 

 

September 13. Seemed like a good choice. I shared it via Messenger to a few close friends, and then posted it in this thread.

That was a mistake.

 

Then the guy in the white shirt appears, and MB looks confused.  The date is wrong. 😱

 

so Ken Rush exits the stage (and possibly his lucrative career) to pow wow with this group

 

He then comes back and announce the date is October 25. Oops

Bummer, we can't go early, and the week after is practically sold out. 

 

Oh, lots of prizes were handed out. OBC, airfare, BOSE headphones, free cruises, etc..

Other than the snafu a good event, but way longer than was expected.

[John&LaLa]

37 minutes ago, Mikew0805 said:

John... wow we totally hijacked the end of your thread. So sorry, please forgive.

 

Not really, I started it. I did enjoy your story. Makes you think.

[John&LaLa]

36 minutes ago, Mikew0805 said:

John... is this all the same on Oasis, in regards to deck 7 location and door?

 

yes, they are all the same as far as I know

[Mikew0805]

4 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Common Ground - Day 3 10am

 

This is the M&M line at around 8:45, I was there to trade a crystal block. More about that later. Unfortunately I could not go to that and get a good seat for the Common Ground presentation, so I dropped off my new block in the cabin and headed to the theater.  FYI, the M&M was actually listed in the compass. You don't see that very often.

 

Found a seat with Tony and Dot.  They had the pool band playing for us

 

Cute slide showing 1969.  I was 7. Given that Flight incorporates the moon landing, I'm surprised that wasn't the basis of this slide

 

Apparently no one worked very hard on the PowerPoint.  That will come up later

 

Our panel

 

Michael Bayley's first ship from what i recall

 

Blah, blah, blah announcements

 

Now those that followed along last week know that I was posting 'live' durong this trying to get the scoop on the 2020 President's Cruise annuncement.  They did a sham vote to choose the itinerary and ship. We voted by cheering.  I still think Ovation in Alaska was the crowd favorite

 

In the end, Mario Salcedo flipped a coin and Allure in the Med won. 

 

September 13. Seemed like a good choice. I shared it via Messenger to a few close friends, and then posted it in this thread.

That was a mistake.

 

Then the guy in the white shirt appears, and MB looks confused.  The date is wrong. 😱

 

so Ken Rush exits the stage (and possibly his lucrative career) to pow wow with this group

 

He then comes back and announce the date is October 25. Oops

Bummer, we can't go early, and the week after is practically sold out. 

 

Oh, lots of prizes were handed out. OBC, airfare, BOSE headphones, free cruises, etc..

Other than the snafu a good event, but way longer than was expected.

Besides Hall & Oates, this is the "event" I would have been most interested in doing on this sailing. Very interesting. 

[John&LaLa]

9 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Yes it is, but don’t tell anyone.  We have watched many performances from up there.

 

Oops. 

 

For those not in the know, both Oasis and Allure used to have public balconies where the Aqua suites are.

 

[John&LaLa]

1 minute ago, Mikew0805 said:

Besides Hall & Oates, this is the "event" I would have been most interested in doing on this sailing. Very interesting. 

 

There was a lot of Q&A, I covered some of it last week.  

I've been to a similar presentation (without prizes) on the Mariner Odyssey last year. 

Makes sense when there are hoards of upper tier C&A members

[John&LaLa]

I need a break, so I'll share our current conditions in Cocoa Beach. Winter is coming.😉

 

 

 

[#55worktoplay]

I wish I was one Ontarian taking over your space for the winter!

[Domino D]

3 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

Apparently no one worked very hard on the PowerPoint.

Good Lord that photo.  Seriously that was the best photo they could find.  Here 36 seconds on Google.  

Was it a video and that's why it blurred?

 

[Domino D]

3 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

I need a break, so I'll share our current conditions in Cocoa Beach. Winter is coming.

Are those chips in your grocery stores, or do the Canadian's bring them down with them?

[Domino D]

3 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

so Ken Rush exits the stage (and possibly his lucrative career) to pow wow with this group

I am blessed to have never had that moment in the group photo, but have seen it happen to others during a presentation.  At a brand conference a VP of Franchise Sales was announcing a major development deal and named the original partner (who had dropped out and was suing us) instead of the new partner.  We all just sat frozen in time, then started debating in whispers, do we go up on stage and stop him.  Suddenly he realized what he said, turned a light pale grey and froze in mid sentence.  That was the last day I saw him.

[Domino D]

4 hours ago, Mikew0805 said:

I felt like I was overstepping on that, but I also could not just NOT say anything

I would not call that overstepping.  Thank God you were there. If I or my family members are ever in a situation like that you have my permission to step in.  Who knows if they would have turned him or not.

[John&LaLa]

50 minutes ago, Domino D said:

Are those chips in your grocery stores, or do the Canadian's bring them down with them?

 

On the shelf at Publix. 2 for $5 last week

[John&LaLa]

54 minutes ago, Domino D said:

Good Lord that photo.  Seriously that was the best photo they could find.  Here 36 seconds on Google.  

Was it a video and that's why it blurred?

 

It may have been a video now that you mentioned it, but it was still blurry

[John&LaLa]

Windjammer Monday Night

 

I don't recall if there was an official theme, but the apps and desserts were over the top

 

This guy did the shrimp cocktail and Caprese salad

 

 

He also gave me some jumbo shrimps for my stir fry

 

They had a big cake at the entrance

 

As well as some pretty ones in the cases

 

 

 

Next up...

Phoenix

[Ocean Boy]

6 hours ago, Mikew0805 said:

John... is this all the same on Oasis, in regards to deck 7 location and door?

Yes. And, also yes, I know my name is not John.😉

[Domino D]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

On the shelf at Publix. 2 for $5 last week

So now available in Canada and Florida!

[Domino D]

55 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

I don't recall if there was an official theme, but the apps and desserts were over the top

Wait. That's the Windjammer?

[Ocean Boy]

7 hours ago, grapau27 said:

That passenger was very lucky you were nearby.

Do you know if he/she made a full recovery?

 

I really don't know. I didn't follow up and I was pretty happy to quickly revert back to vacation mode.

[Ocean Boy]

5 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

I need a break, so I'll share our current conditions in Cocoa Beach. Winter is coming.😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was 18 degrees here this morning. Winter is not coming.... it is here.

[John&LaLa]

48 minutes ago, Domino D said:

Wait. That's the Windjammer?

 

Correct. Now I have seen special offerings in the jammer as well as during MDR sea day lunch, but they were exceptional on this trip.  I don't have pictures, but I understand the MDR lunch on day 6 was really good.  Probably better than our Pinnacle lunch.

More on that later

[John&LaLa]

46 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

It was 18 degrees here this morning. Winter is not coming.... it is here.

 

That might be the reason the Vanderbilt's chose Newport for their summer homes and not their winter homes. 

 

BTW, our morning temps yesterday

[John&LaLa]

Phoenix - Straight from Las Vegas

 

http://phoenixclassicrockband.com/

 

They were really good, I'm sorry Laura missed it.

 

Here is the set list from their website. They played a good portion. Most were shortened quite a bit to fit more in.

 

I got there about 45 minutes early, spent time catching up with you all as I recall

 

 

20 minutes till the show.  I'll end up standing in front of this diagonal support column. No one behind me 

 

Showtime

 

Honky Tonk Woman from my video

 

 

Far right is Nick Weir. He sounds very British when you talk to him. This is where he and his posse watched from.

It's also where I spoke with him about CATS. He is on the far right. He really enjoyed the show

 

Crowd seemed to enjoy the show

 

We voted on the encore. Bon Jovi was the winner. Living on a prayer. Sorry I could not upload it

 

Living the dream

 

Next post is interesting.......

[Ourusualbeach]

28 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

That might be the reason the Vanderbilt's chose Newport for their summer homes and not their winter homes. 

 

BTW, our morning temps yesterday

Break out the winter coats.🤣  you can always tell the Canadians, we are the ones still wearing shorts and t shirts in that weather while the locals are bundled up.