Rare TxTeach79 Posted March 11 #1 Share Posted March 11 This post was recognized by LauraS! "And another from TxTeach79! Thank you for generously sharing your time at sea with everyone at Cruise Critic!" TxTeach79 was awarded the badge '"Live from...."' and 5 points. Well then... Hello there!! It's time to fire up my little appetizer NCL Live for '24, a four day Bahamarama Spring Break bonanza on the ol' Sun. If you're unfamiliar, my better half @HelloItsMeB and I are sailing on a 10-day Pearl from Trieste in June, so that will be a much more substantial and (hopefully) interesting ride, but let's be honest, it's been a decade long year at work thus far, and the spring break respite couldn't be appreciated more. Soooo, if you're into the inherent and inevitable chaos of a Spring Break 4 day, this is the place! I've been almost exclusively on the Carnival board since I started doing the Live thing post pandemic, so most of my stuff is there, but I'm happy to be back over here for my first foray into a NCL Live! 24 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TxTeach79 Posted March 11 Author #2 Share Posted March 11 Just to give a little background to the proceedings, This will be cruise #59, my 8th on NCL but first since Breakaway to Bermuda in 2016; so it's been a while, and times have definitely changed! I'm sure a lot of this will be random observations and comparisons to some other sailings and lines, so be advised. If you're interested, here are some of my more recent sailings/LIVEs.... There are plenty more, but I won't bug you with them here. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleally Posted March 11 #3 Share Posted March 11 Yeah!!!!! Love your reports, enjoy!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TxTeach79 Posted March 11 Author #4 Share Posted March 11 So the last time I was on the Sun, it was the early aughts and she looked like this.... I lived in Miami at the time and it was literally a one night party cruise. My buddy and I went to Le Bistro and gambled, that's about all I remember. That said, I DID sail on the Sky back in 2000 for 7 days, so I have that experience going for me.... at least as much as my quarter century memory of what I was doing in college can process. Bottom line is I know she's an old gal and doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but I enjoy smaller ships and plenty of Fantasy/Spirit/Jewel class sailings under my belt to prove it. Besides, she has her face on now... 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TxTeach79 Posted March 11 Author #5 Share Posted March 11 Fun fact for those who don’t know - I actually worked at Norwegian corporate for a few years in the early aughts. Was an agent and eventually a supervisor in reservations and had some other odd responsibilities around the place. In fact, still have my random STYLE pin from ‘03… to this day, “Service, Teamwork, and YES Leads to Excellence” is one of the wildest shoehorn acronyms I’ve come across. I wonder if they’re still stylin’?? side note: it was a wild ride working there during the whole NCL America roll out. Good times. 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TxTeach79 Posted March 11 Author #6 Share Posted March 11 Don’t put this juju on me. I get it. I know what I signed up for. I’m a teacher, I have no choice! 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TxTeach79 Posted March 11 Author #7 Share Posted March 11 I’ve only gotten this email twice so far. Feel like there’s a lot more in front of me, y’all. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TxTeach79 Posted March 11 Author #8 Share Posted March 11 Preview of me during the day during this Live 3 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenatorsFan Posted March 11 #9 Share Posted March 11 I'll be happily following along! 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TxTeach79 Posted March 11 Author #10 Share Posted March 11 So this was a relatively last minute booking for me, and flights were slim pickin’s. I dumped out my points and grabbed some wonky flights; I’m a LITTLE nervous about this super tight connection, but I’ll just have a carryon with me and that DAL-HOU flight is darn near a cab ride, it’s on time schedule is pretty immaculate. So fingers crossed everything goes smoothly! At least my boarding positions are decent… 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TxTeach79 Posted March 11 Author #11 Share Posted March 11 Oh, and thanks, as always, to everyone following along! Hope it’s a big time on a little cruise for all of us! 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TxTeach79 Posted March 11 Author #12 Share Posted March 11 Tomorrow night I’ll be staying at the Radisson Red near MIA; we stayed here before our Carnival Celebration NYE sailing a few months ago and it did the job just fine. Convenient, clean, and comfortable (and it only ran me $103). I doubt I’ll do much tomorrow night, we’ll see. But right now relaxing in my room and making a fool out of myself via Uber Eats sounds pretty darn good. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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edspec Posted March 11 #14 Share Posted March 11 Looking forward to this. Would it be a @TxTeach79 live without some possible travel drama? I was on the Sun in 9/22, absolutely loved the ship. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenoNanaOz Posted March 11 #15 Share Posted March 11 Here for the quick ride! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blarko Posted March 11 #16 Share Posted March 11 Jumpin on board for the fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNVolnteerCruiser Posted March 11 #17 Share Posted March 11 Page 1?? Go, me! Have a great cruise. Looking forward to living vicariously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jamman54 Posted March 11 #18 Share Posted March 11 We'll be following along as well! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TxTeach79 Posted March 11 Author #19 Share Posted March 11 27 minutes ago, edspec said: Looking forward to this. Would it be a @TxTeach79 live without some possible travel drama? I was on the Sun in 9/22, absolutely loved the ship. I would expect nothing less!! Already have the AirTag in my carry on, even though it's a carry on. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogladyrider Posted March 11 #20 Share Posted March 11 Let the fun times begin! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canes20 Posted March 11 #21 Share Posted March 11 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TxTeach79 Posted March 11 Author #22 Share Posted March 11 Just now, canes20 said: Still can't believe they did a Super Bowl Halftime show 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funsince1983 Posted March 11 #23 Share Posted March 11 So I guess aughts is the new egregious? I mean twice on one page.. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BohJang Posted March 11 #24 Share Posted March 11 Hey Teach - I'm here and looking forward to this quickie. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteOptima Posted March 11 #25 Share Posted March 11 Following 😎🍺🍹 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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