GTO-Girl

I didn’t think I would care for the app but I love it. I am 70ish and find it very helpful and useful to use.

if you have Early “Fixed” Traditional dining then you don’t have make reservations. Sound like either you didn’t know you had My Time Dining OR they changed you to MTD from Traditional without your knowledge (which has happened to me!)

Was on the Wonder last month and the Country Crew Trio in the Mason Jar bar were terrific!!! They are so good they were invited by the CEO to play on the President’s Cruise this past July out of Galveston!!

we don’t mind taking a walk down our hall to find the luggage. That way we can grab it and go ahead and unpack. Ours has never been on the other side of the ship…..guess we have been lucky….😎

We mostly sail out of Canaveral and always find our luggage waiting in the hall when the rooms are ready…..😎😎

yes…

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Have had my pacemaker for over 2yrs now and have sailed multiple times. I never go through the metal detector. I just let them know I have one and they pull me aside for a quick pat down. Never needed to produce any paperwork…but I do have my card with me if needed

any local will tell you for Miami it is best to park at the port….unless you are feeling lucky….

For Miami any local will tell you to park at the port….unless you are feeling lucky!!!!

Just off the Wonder and the Mariner……early dining started at 5:15-5:30

yes quite a lot of construction going on. I would hate to pay what it costs to park there for a week and have to leave my car outside in a parking lot, on ground level, especially during hurricane season….

He wasn’t a porter…..he was the garage entrance psycho!! 😂😂

when we sailed on the Wonder a couple of weeks ago we came at our usual 9:15 time and the garage was closed. We were approached by a very rude and loud port worker who literally screamed at us and told us to come back at 9:30. We were shocked but left and came back at 9:35 and it was still closed! Although there were 3 cars already sitting on the ramp waiting to go in this same crazy worker approached us still yelling it wasn’t opened! My husband told him it was 9:35 and if he had a problem with us to go get his supervisor! He stormed off, the gate was opened and we went into the garage with the other people waiting. it was the weirdest and most upsetting scenario I have ever had at this terminal. Maybe he was having a bad day or off his meds but he clearly didn’t like us for some reason. so just be aware if Terminal 1 is his permanent post you very well may not get in until after 9:30. sailed out of T5 this past Saturday and had a completely opposite experience. Everyone was so very nice even though we were early😁

we just got off the Wonder Sunday and they were doing some kind of construction out there and it wasn’t open. They have parking now in front of the terminal and to the right side of the parking deck. It looked like they were expanding the surface parking on the left side

That’s the only one…

Pre-book your parking and pay the little bit extra for valet!! Totally worth it since the parking garage is across the street from the terminals…

There are many, many things in our world that will never be the same because of Covid. While I am very sad for the things we lost I know that I can either keep wishing for the way things were OR I can accept what I cannot change and find the positive things in my life now. At my age I am well aware I don’t have a lot of years left to travel. I still love cruising and will continue to do so as long as I can. May you all look for glasses that are “half full and not half empty” and be happy you have a glass at all….

We always stay up until 12:01am on the day check in opens so we can grab the earliest spot available.

Just got off the Wonder this morning. We used the Passport facial recognition and breezed through as they have a number of stations set up. All others have to go to another line and present themselves and that line was getting longer and longer as we left. So glad we have a passport so that we can utilize this feature. You barely stop walking on the way out of the terminal….

which is why my post specifically said “outside the gate”. 😎😎

Not a fan of this port at all!! Way too sketchy if you go outside the port gates. Last cruise had a fellow passenger who worked for the NYC police dept. We tried to warn him but he said he had seen it all and he and his family would be fine. They lasted less than 10 min outside the gates. He came and found us and said “you were right….I should never have taken my family out there”. So go at your own risk and if you have no problems…great! But if you do…..you have been warned!!

Usually International but it depends on how many ships are in port…

We LOVE Kelsey’s!!! Best chicken parm ever!!!

we order frozen drinks all the time and have never been charged anything extra….so they must all be $14 or less