Allure of the Seas June 4-11, 2023

[Lionesss]

Dinner in the hotel restaurant. 
 

 

 

We both selected chicken parmigiana 

 

 

 

Thought I would start priming my liver. 
Long Island ice tea for me

Captains and Diet Coke for spouse. 

 

 

Sea ya 

[Ocean Boy]

4 hours ago, Lionesss said:

We are staying at the Hampton near the airport and Sunday going back to airport to catch RCI shuttle. 
 

Hoping all goes well with this mode of transportation. 
 

And as for amount of luggage. Well. Not really. We will be gone 10 days. 
Shoes , clothes, bathing suites , shower caddy, pharmaceuticals 😳

(prescription and OTC). Beach bag, travel documents. …… 

The travel dicuments... now it all makes sense.😊😇

[Lionesss]

We will miss our Lizzy. But will be home in time for her first birthday. 
 

 

Be good Missy 

Sea you soon. 
💕

[Lionesss]

Dinner is served. 
 

 

Sea ya. 

[Ocean Boy]

18 minutes ago, Lionesss said:

We will miss our Lizzy. But will be home in time for her first birthday. 
 

 

Be good Missy 

Sea you soon. 
💕

Beautiful picture. I missed Jade's first birthday thanks to a cruise.

[Lionesss]

STORY TIME. 
 

For the Bella cruise as with any cruise I buy a new purse                                     ( mom bag, carryon) to put pass ports and boarding passes. Not travel documents.

Those go in a suitcase. ( for the Doctor, not mentioning any names).  
 

Well I loved this purse so much it will be a repeat performance for the Allure. 
 

 

However after that March  cruise I used the purse when we went to a Knights  of Columbus event at which time they presented us with a small gift. Which I forgot about till now. 
Now mind you. Could you have seen me going through TSA with these 2 bottles of liquid. I think there under 3 ounces. 

 

HOLY WATER  

 

Which reminds me  last month when our DD and SIL flew to their conference DD carryon lit up something on X-ray screening. Here her breast pumps caught their attention. 
TSA  ( male ) was more embarrassed than her. The inspection ended quickly. 
 

Sea ya. 
 

 

Edited June 2, 2023 by Lionesss

[maggieq]

2 hours ago, Lionesss said:

The plot thickens. We left a wake-up call for 3am ( I usually snooze once. Well ok. Twice). 
So when we went looking for the phone we only found a cord. 

 

 

 

So gooder spouse walks down to desk. Um no phone cannot call. And the girl laughs as she said she will notify maintenance. 
 

So no wake-up call for now.

 

I will let you know if I need someone for my wakeup call. 
 

Sea you

What kind of hotel is this?

[Lionesss]

11 minutes ago, maggieq said:

What kind of hotel is this?

 

[sandebeach]

7 hours ago, Lionesss said:

A tradition of taking pictures of suitcases just  in case lost by airlines on a non stop flight. Air tags safely tucked in. 

Pretty purple. 
 

 

Sea ya. 

I love the purple! Very pretty and I bet they are easy to find amidst a "sea of luggage". 

[perfect match]

8 hours ago, Lionesss said:

7 days out of Galveston. 

Sunday to Sunday. 
 

Hearing when she heads back to Florida 3/4 split week cruises. 

 

 

 

I wish Allure was doing 7 day cruises when she comes back home to us, but we’ll take what we can get. We booked a B2B 3/4 day. The 3 day goes to Nassau so we’ll get to see what was a nothing but a construction zone on our last visit there and Coco Cay where I’ll go and find some fishies 🐡🐠🐟🦈 to swim with. Our 4 day leg goes to Cozumel, so 2 sea days to enjoy and way more fishies 🐙🐡🦑🐠🦈🐟 to swim with! We’d love to sail Wonder one of these day - when either the prices go down or I get over the sticker shock of paying nearly double the price for the shiny newer ship! Our day for Wonder will come but for now we’ll happily enjoy all that Lady Allure has to offer. 😎

[Lionesss]

Good morning 

 

We are up. 
 

Getting ready to be shuttled to airport. 

 

 

Sea ya 

[Lionesss]

9 min shuttle to airport. 
 

Quickly thru checkin. Bags checked. 
TSA pre check line we were only ones in line. 
The regular line for  TSA check was wrapped along the length of terminal. 
 

Breakfast sandwich and cup of coffee. 
 

 

 

Boarding  at 5:50am  

 

 

 

Sea ya. 

Edited June 3, 2023 by Lionesss

[Lionesss]

We have arrived in Houston. 
 

[BecciBoo]

18 hours ago, StanleyandGus said:

Well, they might get lost by the airline, but it’s highly unlikely that someone will mistake them for their luggage!

I am an ACD peep and I so love when everything matches...love that color.

Edited June 3, 2023 by BecciBoo

[Lionesss]

HISTORY LESSON. 
 

So when we booked this cruise over a year ago, the date of what would become our air flight was the day my aunt ( my moms sisters) military plane she was on crashed, and no survivors. 
 

 

Today is the 60 th anniversary of that misfortune.  
I was apprehensive about flying. 

Yes. Today I said many a rosary. 
When we landed I finally could share the plane crash with my husband. 
 

I am sure she was looking down upon us for a safe flight. 
 

 

Aunt Elaine (Vodhanel) continued prayers for you. 

 

Safe travels. 

Edited June 3, 2023 by Lionesss

[firefly333]

Really early flight. I usually try to arrive mid afternoon so I can check into my hotel. Now where are you going? 8:50 am texas time. You have all day and not going to Galveston to walk on the ocean. 

[Lionesss]

We rode the shuttle 7 minutes to the Hampton. Upon arrival the room requested was not ready. We said ok. 
Then as we were going to offer to pay for a room for the day the manager goes. I will give you one of our suites, no extra fee. And enjoy your stay. 
 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

So, a little unpacking

A little ironing ( gotta look pretty for the picture of ship with us in front of ) which by the way we never get. 
Nap time. 
Exploring time. 
Got to get the rest of my steps in. 

 

 

 

Oh. Their breakfast buffet was still available so I got fruit for the room. 
 

 

Sea you. 

 

[firefly333]

8 minutes ago, Lionesss said:

We rode the shuttle 7 minutes to the Hampton. Upon arrival the room requested was not ready. We said ok. 
Then as we were going to offer to pay for a room for the day the manager goes. I will give you one of our suites, no extra fee. And enjoy your stay. 
 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

So, a little unpacking

A little ironing ( gotta look pretty for the picture of ship with us in front of ) which by the way we never get. 
Nap time. 
Exploring time. 
Got to get the rest of my steps in. 

 

 

 

Oh. Their breakfast buffet was still available so I got fruit for the room. 
 

 

Sea you. 

 

See you were lucky again. A free suite and early check in and free breakfast. I'd say your luck seems to be running. Let's hope it stays onto the ship. The houston airports are not the safest areas, so I prefer Galveston but makes sense to stay there and rest. Enjoy your day. 

[slyster]

following along.  Have a wonderful cruise!

[Lionesss]

I was able to watch the news for about 90 min. (😜) During this time I kept hearing the same noise over and over again as in every 42 seconds. 
 

Here the Hampton is underneath the runway for the airport take offs. 
 

That tiny speck is a plane. 
 

 

Glad I brought my ear plugs. 
 

 

Sea you 

 

[Lionesss]

Getting ready for dinner and turned TV on and you will never guess what movie is on. 
Nothing but the most reassuring before you cruise. 
 

 

Yup. Titanic. 
 

 

Edited June 3, 2023 by Lionesss

[abbydancer2003]

5 minutes ago, Lionesss said:

Getting ready for dinner and turned TV on and you will never guess what movie is on. 
Nothing but the most reassuring before you cruise. 
 

 

Yup. Titanic. 
 

 

My first cruise was my honeymoon in 1998.  A few months before, I was watching Titanic in the theater with my mother.  At the end, she says to me - "are you sure you want to go on a cruise?"  My response - "I think the odds of hitting an Iceberg in the Caribbean are pretty small, so I'm good".

 

[Lionesss]

We put our walking shoes on and headed over to the Doubletree hotel to eat in their restaurant “747”. approximately 1/4 mile from Hampton. 

 

 

 

Strawberry daiquiri s to start 

 

 

We split a Caesar salad 

 

I had chicken fajitas 

 

 

Spouse had New York strip veggie’s potatoes. 
 

 

Way too much food. 
Unfortunately over half was wasted. 
 

Highly recommend eating here. 
 

Now to walk. 
or

Waddle. 

[Sea Dog]

On 5/31/2023 at 6:43 PM, Lionesss said:

I am planning on doing more photography this cruise. 
 

Below is one of my favorite still pictures. 
 

 

 

And I didn’t get yelled at. 
 

Sea ya. 

Winner winner!!

[Lionesss]

So after dinner we walked and enjoyed the evening. Not too hot or humid. 
So I said let’s check out the pool. 
 

Well. If you plan on swimming to cool off, just know it’s not going to happen at the Hampton. The pool is in a drought. Only a puddle of water. 
 

 

 

sea ya.