JeanieC,Aston Posted April 7, 2022 #251 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Can’t wait for you two to set sail,,,,that means Silhouette is coming back to us. Will be hanging on your every word until we get on board on 21st. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 7, 2022 Author #252 Share Posted April 7, 2022 18 hours ago, amias said: Very much OFF topic but wanted to say how much I admire the painting of the sweet peas. Lovely. Have a wonderful cruise. When we lived in Ireland our rented home had a number of the artists pieces. We commissioned her to do a Sweetpea for us. It's actually 4 separate panels that can be put back together. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 7, 2022 Author #253 Share Posted April 7, 2022 S 18 hours ago, DaKahuna said: Have a safe flight. We are still keeping a close eye on the Silhouette to make sure she is ship shape for your arrival on Friday. Our plan is to try and be the last off the ship. We have a 1:23 pm flight and United will not let us check our bags in until around 1000. Safe trip home John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 7, 2022 Author #254 Share Posted April 7, 2022 13 hours ago, MarKay525 said: Hi Jim - Great job! Delta allows two 70 lbs bags p/p for First Class - we can easily pack that much, but can't lift the bags afterwards, so we stick to the 50 lb limit as well. We just returned from our first cruise in 2+ years, and I am delighted to have your Live to follow for the next 3 weeks to keep the buzz going. Hope you have fantastic cruises and a delightful visit with Iain's family as they join you for a leg. Kay I didn't realize that. I thought their limit was 50 Lbs. At least that is what it is on BA and we will be flying from LHR to Glasgow so will have to keep it in that range. The Uber driver was struggling with 50 Lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 7, 2022 Author #255 Share Posted April 7, 2022 We made it in last night. Flight was delayed by about 40 minutes due to a line of Thunderstorms. It was one of the smoothest flights I've ever had but really a fantastic Lighting Show from the air at 38,000 feet. Got to FLL around mid-night and noticed the pilot continued way past the terminal. The pilot finally came on and said we have a short delay as there were no ground agents available but some were on the way. 20 minutes later we finally docked. For whatever reason our luggage took about 35 minutes to arrive so what we thought was our final delay. Got to the curb and Uber had surge pricing in effect so i chose Uber X at a higher price. The driver accepted immediately but after 5 minutes I noticed his car hadn't moved. I waited a couple more minutes and finally called the driver. He said ok... Sorry on the way. 10 minutes late he finally arrived. The first time I've ever had a problem with Uber. I chose to give him ZERO tip. We finally checked in at 1:30 AM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 7, 2022 Author #256 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Had a sound sleep last night until Iain got me up at 8:45 for breakfast. I'm usually the early raiser but remember 8:45 Eastern is 5:45 Pacifc. We are staying at Embassy Suites and went down to grab something to eat. Luckily it was on the quiet side and no wait for eggs cooked to order. I'm slowly waking up. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 7, 2022 Author #257 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Update on Bermuda - I applied for our Bermuda Travel Authorizations yesterday. I was up early and applied for mine about 8:00 AM PDT and Iain's was submitted at 10:00 AM. I got my approved Authorization at 8PM last night but nothing on Iain's. This morning got a rejection on Iain's Authorization. A warning - I found that the EMed Covid Test Results were sent via PDF (mine I download from site). The PDF forms are password protected with your birthrate, thus they were unable to open it. I printed the pdf to an unprotected pdf and resubmitted about 9:00 AM Eastern and will see how long it takes. Good lesson to plan on at least a day to get approval. How they are going to process those that require 1 day testing is beyond me. I can't image the mess a the peirs tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted April 7, 2022 #258 Share Posted April 7, 2022 23 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said: S Safe trip home John. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted April 7, 2022 #259 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Yippeeee...just stumbled upon this. Will be following along. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasta1 Posted April 7, 2022 #260 Share Posted April 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said: Update on Bermuda - I applied for our Bermuda Travel Authorizations yesterday. I was up early and applied for mine about 8:00 AM PDT and Iain's was submitted at 10:00 AM. I got my approved Authorization at 8PM last night but nothing on Iain's. This morning got a rejection on Iain's Authorization. A warning - I found that the EMed Covid Test Results were sent via PDF (mine I download from site). The PDF forms are password protected with your birthrate, thus they were unable to open it. I printed the pdf to an unprotected pdf and resubmitted about 9:00 AM Eastern and will see how long it takes. Good lesson to plan on at least a day to get approval. How they are going to process those that require 1 day testing is beyond me. I can't image the mess a the peirs tomorrow. Thank you for the information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 7, 2022 Author #261 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I know I’m tired but someone at Celebrity must be asleep on the job. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted April 7, 2022 #262 Share Posted April 7, 2022 16 hours ago, Covepointcruiser said: In their photo outside the terminal you will see “0” skycaps. We have found the same number at Dulles and BWI. Believe they are having severe staffing shortages and few folks want to work for low hourly wages and meager tips. Last September at FLL we used curbside check-in for our Delta flights home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted April 7, 2022 #263 Share Posted April 7, 2022 14 hours ago, MarKay525 said: Delta allows two 70 lbs bags p/p for First Class - we can easily pack that much, but can't lift the bags afterwards, so we stick to the 50 lb limit as well. We have that same issue on FC, nice to be able to take 70lbs but does no good if we can't pick up the suitcase without killing ourselves, LOL 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rim140 Posted April 7, 2022 #264 Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Jim_Iain said: I know I’m tired but someone at Celebrity must be asleep on the job. Seriously, we received the same email and scratched our head 🙄 They sent another email few moments ago apologizing for the mistake 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachlover1989 Posted April 7, 2022 #265 Share Posted April 7, 2022 23 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: Submitted both Covid and Vax records to Bermuda. It will be interesting to see how long it takes them to process. I can only imagine people at the pier waiting for a reply. I submitted an hour ago and nothing back yet. Real easy. After you register and pay the fee they send you a link to upload your Test Results and Vax Certificate. On the form you just select file location for each and press submit. Jim, what is the purpose of the "Covid-19 Test Document Upload (2)"? I appreciate all the information you're sharing about the Bermuda Authorization form and am taking notes for our cruise in June!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaFej Posted April 7, 2022 #266 Share Posted April 7, 2022 On the plus side, they didn't forget the attachment. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venicecruiser Posted April 7, 2022 #267 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I know you two must be sooo excited! One more sleep then on the ship! Have a great time! Claudia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted April 7, 2022 #268 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Jim, I was just speaking with Laurence, the Luminae Maitre’d, and she informed me that a lot of new staff will be embarking tomorrow in FLL. They will have to undergo the five day quarantine/isolation and testing before they will start their jobs. At least they should be up to full staff for most of your TA. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 7, 2022 Author #269 Share Posted April 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Beachlover1989 said: Jim, what is the purpose of the "Covid-19 Test Document Upload (2)"? I appreciate all the information you're sharing about the Bermuda Authorization form and am taking notes for our cruise in June!! I think if you also have a letter of recovery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 7, 2022 Author #270 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Had a fun day we decided to walk over to Las Olas. Nice walk but really humid. BTW today is National Walking Day. 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted April 7, 2022 Author #271 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Stopped by Whole Foods on the way back and had lunch. The skies started to get dark so went back to the hotel. Thank God we got back when we did. A huge deluge hit about 10 minutes after we got back. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cangelmd Posted April 7, 2022 #272 Share Posted April 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said: Stopped by Whole Foods on the way back and had lunch. The skies started to get dark so went back to the hotel. Thank God we got back when we did. A huge deluge hit about 10 minutes after we got back. We are in the FL Panhandle at the beach this week and that’s the rain storm we expected the last two days but didn’t get. Hold onto your socks, It’s going to get “cold” tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare GeorgiaPeach51 Posted April 7, 2022 #273 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Every day is National Walking Day for you! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasta1 Posted April 7, 2022 #274 Share Posted April 7, 2022 33 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said: Had a fun day we decided to walk over to Las Olas. Nice walk but really humid. BTW today is National Walking Day. Great photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy204 Posted April 7, 2022 #275 Share Posted April 7, 2022 On 4/4/2022 at 11:23 AM, runningtide said: I couldn’t agree more about Dolly. There is a wonderful video on YouTube where Dolly went to a local bar in Ireland near Dingle one night. She was on vacation. She tried to keep a low profile, but you can figure how successful that was. The owner talked her into singing with a local guitar player for the patrons of the bar. It was really moving to watch her work her magic on the excitied small crowd. What a great video! Thanks also for the recommendation on the book. Judy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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