Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[A&L_Ont]

She needs to stretch. 
 

 

And relax. 
 

 

 

I took Owen to ball practice this morning with the GT. The bat barely fits behind my seat. Ball bag and cleats fit under the hood. 
 

 

After the drop off I went to Timmies and sat outside with my coffee and watched the stationary car show. Always fun to watch people looking at the GT. 

 

When I was getting ready to leave I talked with two families with young children for about 10 minutes. Kids are the future for the car culture so it is always important to give them time. 
 

 

Edited August 15, 2021 by A&L_Ont

[A&L_Ont]

9 minutes ago, singinalot said:

nate is salivating 😂 @A&L_Ont

He easily could have been part of the stationary car show.  He’d catch me doing the same too though. 

Edited August 15, 2021 by A&L_Ont

[dani negreanu]

30 minutes ago, sgmn said:

I was going to book The Giant Causeway ships tour but its fully booked.

 

I looked for the company we used in Belfast to see if they're still in business. Their website doesn't work....

 

As u can see in visiting TripAdvisor, they have only 5 stars reviews !!!

City and Causeway Tours

239 reviews

#10 of 225 Tours in Belfast

Tours, City Tours

 

Belfast, United Kingdom

Website

+44 7802 811000

Email

[dani negreanu]

10 minutes ago, singinalot said:

nate is salivating 😂 @A&L_Ont

 

Do u think offering him another steak INSTEAD might work ?? 😉

 

[A&L_Ont]

The Devil’s Causeway is so amazing to see. Beautiful location. 

[Sea Dog]

33 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

Always fun to watch people looking at the GT. 

I love that car. I have always wanted one the first time I saw one for sale in Road & Track magazine.

[harryfat1]

3 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Before 2016 WDW had the Streets of America section in Hollywood Studios. During Christmas they displayed Christmas lights that danced to music and had "snow" falling from the sky.  The lights began when the Osborne family, from Arkansas, agreed to donate their display to Disney. Initially called The Osborne Family Festival of Lights, the display debuted at MGM Studios ( now HS) for the 1995 holiday season.  Each year more was added and it grew to over 5 million lights displayed.  2015 was the last year of the display.  This area is the land that eventually became Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

 

Ah, thanks for bringing back the memory of Osborne family. We saw them couple of times, the last time was 2011. Very sad not to see them in 2018 when we went back. The replacement was just some sucky light show and basic fireworks. Not in the same world class as the Osborne. 

 

Had to dig pretty deep in my photo archive to find few of the old Osborne lights for people not familar with it.

 

If you look closely at the last picture, you will see the "snow" ( or snope - combination of snow/soap) in the air.

 

Christmas in August, ho, ho, ho.

 

 

 

 

 

[dani negreanu]

19 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

The Devil’s Causeway is so amazing to see. Beautiful location. 

 

@sgmn

 

Indeed, but in Colorado.... whereas in Ireland -- Giant's Causeway 😁

Edited August 15, 2021 by dani negreanu

[sgmn]

49 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

I looked for the company we used in Belfast to see if they're still in business. Their website doesn't work....

 

As u can see in visiting TripAdvisor, they have only 5 stars reviews !!!

City and Causeway Tours

239 reviews

#10 of 225 Tours in Belfast

Tours, City Tours

 

Belfast, United Kingdom

Website

+44 7802 811000

Email

My thinking was that it's a long way to go from the port and I would worry about getting back to the ship on time if I wasn't on a ships tour. 

Thanks for the info though , I'll look into it 😀 

Edited August 15, 2021 by sgmn

[Lionesss]

Made it to Fort Meyer. 
Visited the site of our future home. 1/2 acre in Lehigh Acres. 
 

Time for seafood. 
 

 

[Lionesss]

Guess double pictures are better than no pictures. 
 

stay healthy. 

[Lionesss]

The street out lot is on that we inherited has a few million dollar homes.  Ours will not be that elaborate. DH just wants 4 car garage. And my only request is a pool with. “ birdcage “.  
 

later

[Sunshine3601]

1 hour ago, Sea Dog said:

Osbourne lights are awesome. They used a lot of products that I did some freelance work for. I got an opportunity to do computer show programming for a company called Animated Lighting. They specialized on computerized Christmas light shows. Their controllers and ones from a company called Lightorama were used in their display. Since I am a Christmas freak I used some of the money I earned on buying their products. Here is a video I made of my display where I did the programming. It uses 16 channels and I have 3 animated trees with over thousand lights. It's not Christmas yet but here it is anyway.

 

Gorgeous!

[taznremmy]

3 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

Looks like a great day to do that. Is Lucy hanging out with you?

My first thought too ....where is Lucy. 😃

Edited August 15, 2021 by taznremmy

[dani negreanu]

36 minutes ago, sgmn said:

My thinking was that it's a long way to go from the port and I would worry about getting back to the ship on time if I wasn't on a ships tour. 

 

We had plenty of time to visit and look around, then for lunch, and we also had a very thorough tour of Belfast, the "conflict" and the murals.

 

When you travel with only 6 persons, u don't waste to much time like a bus.

[A&L_Ont]

1 hour ago, dani negreanu said:

whereas in Ireland -- Giant's Causeway 😁

Yes, that’s what I meant to say. LOL

[lenquixote66]

3 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

I DuckDuckgo’d it 😂.  That looks cool.  I take it that you got to visit it.

 

It’s hard to google the original Osborne lights.  Most of the pics that come up are the ones from WDW.  I found 2 but they don’t do them justice. 

It is in the area where I lived for 36 years

[lenquixote66]

3 hours ago, jagsfan said:

Lenny, do you remember when you could come off the GW bridge, drive along the Hudson, and be under the bows of all the ships docked at the piers? A long time ago! It was always exciting. 
When my DH and I did did a TA on QEII, 

we sailed from that area, but our flight was so late, I was frantic to get to check in before they closed up, so didn’t look at anything. Sailing out, I could see tennis courts, etc, on the old piers. 
And then, of course, we stood all the way aft waiting to see the funnel hit the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. 
I kept saying we wouldn’t hit it, but had my camera ready to take a picture as the funnel fell on us!

I never drove on the GW or in Manhattan.I only drove in Brooklyn and LI.

[lenquixote66]

4 hours ago, LucasLikesToCruise said:

TSOD is  We The People…….

I am only wearing destination tee shirts.When I run out I will start my message tee shirts.

[lenquixote66]

4 hours ago, molly361 said:

I had a girlfriend that worked for Cunard Line in Midtown Manhattan way back in the late 70's.  My first couple of cruises were with her on the old Cunard ships.  We used to frequent McAnn's Bar which I believe are no longer there.  Forgot the address.  Somewhere not to far from Grand Central Station.

625 Eighth Ave.It is still there.I worked at 709 Eighth Ave in the 70’s

[lenquixote66]

3 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

Our first cruise was from NYC to Bermuda on Celebrity's Horizon. It was pretty exciting to be on the Hudson River Pkwy and see her docked at the pier. Couldn't believe I was going to get to live on the ship for a week. And going under the Verrazano I had my camera ready!

My first cruise was also Manhattan to Bermuda for 7 days.The next 7 days we drove to Boston to tour the city.

[lenquixote66]

2 hours ago, sgmn said:

Yes I think from this week you can go ashore on your own . I was going to book The Giant Causeway ships tour but its fully booked. We're probably booking the Titanic Museum . For Liverpool the cruise port seems to be right in the centre of everything so will probably just wonder around, 

My father came by ship to the US from Liverpool in 1913.

[Ocean Boy]

29 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

I never drove on the GW or in Manhattan.I only drove in Brooklyn and LI.

I have driven in Manhattan several times. I don't like to say never, but never again. Metro North or Amtrak are the only ways I enter that city now.

[Lionesss]

What I remember about Florida. Frizzy hair. 

[harryfat1]

5 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Before 2016 WDW had the Streets of America section in Hollywood Studios. During Christmas they displayed Christmas lights that danced to music and had "snow" falling from the sky.  The lights began when the Osborne family, from Arkansas, agreed to donate their display to Disney. Initially called The Osborne Family Festival of Lights, the display debuted at MGM Studios ( now HS) for the 1995 holiday season.  Each year more was added and it grew to over 5 million lights displayed.  2015 was the last year of the display.  This area is the land that eventually became Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

 

Over at Disneyland, the Star Wars area displaced the reindeers.  Real live ones. Not animatronics.

 

The area was used during the holidays where they show the kids what a real reindeer looks like and sell ginger bread cookies that they can decorate. Also serves as a place for people to eat/drink holiday treats. 

 

These pics were from December 2015. They tore it down few months later for Star Wars.