Time to Celebrate! Sailing 10/22/23 🛳🛳🛳

[tradewinds traveler]

Looking forward to your review. We sailed on the Celebration in May. Can't wait to see your review on the ship. The ship is beautiful & plenty to do or not do. Enjoy!

[z_cruisers]

Will be following along, we're on her Nov 19! LOVED Mardi Gras last year! Safe travels!

[TN Roz]

Following! We are on the Celebration November 26th.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

I hope everyone had a great time - we did (even with the two days of RAIN, RAIN, RAIN). 

 

It was picture perfect leaving Miami (first one out - out of perhaps 5 ships in port):

 

 

 

 

Even with 3 Steakhouse and 3 Rudi's dinners, I somehow gained less than 1 pound (just wanted to throw that out there - as it's not uncommon to hit 5+)! One of my favorite meals at Rudi's is their crabcake entree --- YUMMY !

 

 

Cheryl usually orders the mushroom appetizer one night in the Steakhouse, but this time it was much better than in the past - 4 large mushrooms and a baked/crusty coating. Why didn't I order that too! It's not that way fleet wide, as I mentioned the change to @DGP1111, who's on the Liberty now - and he, unfortunately, was not able to replicate/enjoy the change.

 

 

 

I wonder whose idea it was to stack all the cups here at the coffee place - I guess they think everyone already knows all the menu options? 🙂

 

 

 

 

Other than a pile of cash the casino was kind enough to "gift me" (two hands a time at the $100/table BJ), the only thing I brought home was a significant cold - woke me up at 2 am of debarkation morning. Probably handling too many filthy casino chips, lol. 

 

Well, we did also bring home some wine care of the casino host. They had already treated us to a bottle of Stags Leap, but on the last day the host found me saying "I've been looking for you"! --- and handed me this:

 

 

I played in there 5 of 7 evenings (had to take a couple breaks) probably approaching 4 hrs each time. I picked up a little over 11,000 points. 

 

Ahhhhh -- BLISS !

 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

On 10/20/2023 at 9:39 PM, Colorado Beach Bum said:

Yeah, 4am is early.  Our flight is 1pm so no early wake up call.  But it’s 8:30 so I should start packing 😀

 

Nice meeting you 🙂 

 

Hope your cruise was GREAT !

 

Tom

[Colorado Beach Bum]

2 hours ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

 

Nice meeting you 🙂 

 

Hope your cruise was GREAT !

 

Tom

Nice meeting you and Cheryl as well. Glad I was able to play a few minutes of blackjack with you. 

[zippyjet]

On 10/18/2023 at 6:47 PM, surfjock27 said:

I’m assuming you’re on the Celebration, based on the post title. If so, see you there! 🛳️☀️🌴🍹

I too was on your cruise. I had a fantastic time and can't wait to go back. Observation: El Capitan Cantina has a much better lunch menu than dinner.  It was a drag SJU was a rainout. Othe than that,no complaints from me.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

34 minutes ago, Colorado Beach Bum said:

Nice meeting you and Cheryl as well. Glad I was able to play a few minutes of blackjack with you. 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we met once, and then played at a later point?

 

I was oblivious to the playing part (my BJ tunnel vision perhaps). Cheryl was telling me later "that was him playing at the table with you"!

 

(Yikes, sorry)

 

Tom

[Colorado Beach Bum]

16 hours ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we met once, and then played at a later point?

Yes. Chatted for a couple minutes first and then I sat down and played for a bit another night.