Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 27 Author #476 Share Posted January 27 Making progress 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 27 Author #477 Share Posted January 27 Always something in ATL. Been sitting in the plane for 30 minutes. Now pilot says a pin on the nose of the plane needs reset. 15-20 minutes. I’m looking at the bright side. Last time something like this happened we were on the tarmac with doors closed on a 95 degree day roasting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 27 Author #478 Share Posted January 27 Might as well get a seinfeld reference in while i can 😜 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 27 Author #479 Share Posted January 27 Still working on the issue. Capt came back on and now delayed another 30 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 27 Author #480 Share Posted January 27 Now they say the plane needs to go to the hangar to get fixed. We are getting off and changing gates to get on a different plane….hopefully….if they can find one. This gets less and less encouraging the longer it goes on. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseguy1016 Posted January 27 #481 Share Posted January 27 13 minutes ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said: Now they say the plane needs to go to the hangar to get fixed. We are getting off and changing gates to get on a different plane….hopefully….if they can find one. This gets less and less encouraging the longer it goes on. Good luck. I hope they find a new plane for you. It sucks going through all of this when you just want to get home and relax. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggieq Posted January 28 #482 Share Posted January 28 (edited) I hope this has a better ending than we did back in November. We got on our plane. Ended up having to get off. 8 hours after being at the airport, we are sent to retrieve our luggage and then line up for hotel, meal and taxi vouchers of which only the taxi vouchers worked. safe travels home and thanks for taking us along with you! 😊 Edited January 28 by maggieq 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#55worktoplay Posted January 28 #483 Share Posted January 28 Oh no! Hoping you get going soon. Great review and glad you had a nice time until plane fiasco. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted January 28 #484 Share Posted January 28 31 minutes ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said: Now they say the plane needs to go to the hangar to get fixed. We are getting off and changing gates to get on a different plane….hopefully….if they can find one. This gets less and less encouraging the longer it goes on. That sucks to have that at the end of a nice cruise. Me, I would be looking at booking another cruise just to get rid of some stress. At least you have one booked, and sailing soon. Let us know on Dani’s thread if you do a live from VV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 28 Author #485 Share Posted January 28 11 minutes ago, maggieq said: I hope this has a better ending than we did back in November. We got on our plane. Ended up having to get off. 8 hours after being at the airport, we are sent to retrieve our luggage and then line up for hotel, meal and taxi vouchers of which only the taxi vouchers worked. safe travels home and thanks for taking us along with you! 😊 I think we have a plane….🤞🏻 Weve had to stay overnight in ATL before on the way to Panama City FL. Hoping that this is a repeat of that too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 28 Author #486 Share Posted January 28 8 minutes ago, h20skibum said: That sucks to have that at the end of a nice cruise. Me, I would be looking at booking another cruise just to get rid of some stress. At least you have one booked, and sailing soon. Let us know on Dani’s thread if you do a live from VV. Great minds think alike, There was a little window shopping going on. I will pop in and let people know. If I don’t go full on live I’ll definitely stop by dani’s thread with period updates at minimum. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 28 Author #487 Share Posted January 28 (edited) Great news, We’ve boarded plane #2, well, I guess it’s actually the 3rd in total today. Just that the 2nd one didn’t go anywhere 😉 New departure time is 7:40 (was 5:40) Really hope the bags are on this plane too 🤞🏻 Edited January 28 by SteelCityCruiser10 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Posted January 28 #488 Share Posted January 28 (edited) 2 hours ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said: Might as well get a seinfeld reference in while i can 😜 And a Friends one: Edited January 28 by Blaise 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 28 Author #489 Share Posted January 28 Finally pushing back 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare perfect match Posted January 28 #490 Share Posted January 28 14 hours ago, island lady said: LOL...maybe the parents. Radiance class been out longer than when the larger ships came out with the Ben and Jerry's suite. 😉 So, hove those cows been on board Radiance since she was built? Must have been the inspiration for the Ben & Jerry’s cows. Now I’m wondering where those Ben & Jerry’s cows have gone. 🤔 We have yet to sail on a Radiance class. We had one booked but were bumped for a charter. We’ll have to try again. 10 hours ago, Ocean Boy said: Next ducks will not be allowed to be brought on board. They will have to be purchased on the ship with an 18% gratuity added, of course. Please don’t go giving them any ideas! 😱 @SteelCityCruiser10, I’m glad Emma is feeling better. She’s a beautiful dog. I’ll be checking Dani’s thread for updates on your VV cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 28 Author #491 Share Posted January 28 Finally made it! Better late than never. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 28 Author #492 Share Posted January 28 I’ve got about a 2 mile walk to the truck. DW grabs the bags while i hoof it & wheels them out to pickup area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 28 Author #493 Share Posted January 28 It’s lovely out. 45 degrees and raining. sounds about right. I’m just glad it’s warm enough to throw my hoodie on and not need to change into jeans for the walk. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 28 Author #494 Share Posted January 28 Home Sweet Home 🏡 ❤️ Been a long day. Cheers 🍻 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG65CB Posted January 28 #495 Share Posted January 28 It's better to have the travel delays and uncertainty on the way home than at the beginning of the trip. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 28 Author #496 Share Posted January 28 (edited) Well Good Morning from Pittsburgh! LOL no that’s not a thing. The laundry mountain has taken form. Edna isn’t answering my emails for housekeeping to come pick it up. WTH? 🤪🤪 I received the post- cruise survey in my email. I’ll do that today and try to have final thoughts to wrap this up later on. Edited January 28 by SteelCityCruiser10 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecslady Posted January 28 #497 Share Posted January 28 Glad to see that you are home safe. Thanks for taking us along. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted January 28 #498 Share Posted January 28 11 hours ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said: Home Sweet Home 🏡 ❤️ Been a long day. Cheers 🍻 The beer and the sign in the background says it all. Again, thanks for taking us along on your cruise. Cheers. 🍻 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CntPAcruiser Posted January 28 #499 Share Posted January 28 On 1/25/2024 at 10:27 PM, SteelCityCruiser10 said: Today we planned to hang in the solarium for a little bit after we returned from the excursion however the pool was drained and closed for maintenance. They were painting. Whole solarium was useless unless huffing paint is your jam. They did this to us on our Vision cruise out of Baltimore last November. The smell wasn't so bad because it was open-air, but with the weather in the Chesapeake, no one wanted to swim on the main pool deck, and now the solarium pool was made unusable for basically the last 3 days of the cruise. At least they heated the main pool, so as long as you stayed in the water, you didn't freeze. I did not have many fellow swimmers out there, however--just me and the lifeguard! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 28 Author #500 Share Posted January 28 Recap & Final thoughts: Pre Cruise stay: 2 nights at Condado Ocean Club. Premium Oceanview room. We really liked this hotel. It was clean and the bed was amazingly comfortable. Staff was helpful and friendly. The view from the room was amazing & honestly the main reason I booked. Pool & beach area was awesome. They give you 2 free drink vouchers for the hotel bar and 15% off coupon for the store in the lobby. Within walking distance, There was a ton of food choices, liquor stores, shopping, including a CVS & Walgreens too for those pre cruise necessities. Walgreens also had wine and beer for the hotel room or if you need to pickup wine for carryon to the ship. The hotel restaurant was really good. Cost was more than we would usually spend for a normal 1 night pre cruise stay but because we wanted to spend a whole day in San Juan we chose this hotel for beach and pool access with a ocean view. Downside is there is not a free shuttle to the hotel or port and they do have free continental breakfast (although the restaurant is open for breakfast). Non of these were important to us. Starbucks was a short walk. We would absolutely come back to this hotel without hesitation. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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