M&JfromSDL

Thank you for live blogging your cruise. I've done it in the past and it's a bit of work. We will be aboard for the TA next month. Really enjoy your food photos! Thank you again for sharing.

Interesting. I have the HAL offer but not the NCL.

Thanks for taking us along with you. Live threads add a bit of 'work' to a cruise so I appreciate you taking the time from your vacation.

It sounds like you have an incredible trip planned. I hope you both enjoy every minute of it! 47 days... this may end up being one of the longest live threads on CC! 😀 Can't wait to follow along.

I either leave it at home or secure it in the safe. I find it starts sliding when I have sunscreen on and I'm afraid of it slipping off.

I like the Wonder itinerary better because of CoCoCay but not $2,800 better. Especially since itineraries can change at the cruise line's discretion as you mentioned. I'd take the Harmony itinerary.

I'm loving your live thread. In fact, I just got to your last post and have a window open with your previous reviews. Enjoy your cruise!

That's really disappointing.

I just booked a back to back with two Casino offers. 4 night + 7 night on Oasis in November. This is after I redeemed an offer on a 7-night on Harmony earlier this year. I regret not looking into these offers sooner. The cost to upgrade from whatever room category they are offering to a balcony is not that much either.

We arrived into Fort Lauderdale late and there were very few taxis available. The train will have WiFi. I would suggest ordering an Uber using the train's wifi as you approach Fort Lauderdale station.

CoCoCay is so great I've considered doing B2B 3 or 4 day cruises just to visit it twice. Sorry you missed out.

I used an AirTag for the first time this summer while flying in Europe. I've had a cruise line lose my luggage when I did luggage valet at the end of a sailing. The AirTag would have been somewhat helpful for that.

I just let the valet put them on at the pier.

I went on HM in April and got COVID while onboard. Initially I thought it was allergies acting up since I had been away from our pets for a week and a half. But a day or two later I woke up with a very slight sinus headache. I decided to take some sinus medication and while I laid in bed waiting for it to kick in, I read posts on our sailing's FB group. People were posting left and right about testing positive. I would not do anything differently. The vax/boost did it's job. The worst part of the illness was the quarantine. I luckily had no symptoms aside from the initial sinus headache save for a slight cough for a 2 or 3 days. We are already planning our next cruise.