SteelCityCruiser10

10 hours ago, h20skibum said:

Saw this news story, saying they had to close the Racer roller coaster at Kennywood Park for a day. 
 

 

Evidently, they had to make some minor modifications.  Maybe they needed a third concrete block!

 

That is one of our favorite rides there. 

Is it bad that I am not surprised at all?  😂

Emma thinks it’s tongues out tuesday!  I let her know it’s saturday. 😂😝😝

3 hours ago, George C said:

Success, we went to operation kindness which is the largest non kill shelter, but they had only one kitten. They put most of their kittens and cats in pet stores , then we were told there had 2 Siamese kittens in a pet store a few miles away . We adopted them , pictures will follow they are exploring there new house 😁😁😁

Love it!! can’t wait for pics.

It’s that time again …Cheers 🍻 

On 7/18/2024 at 6:38 AM, Sunshine3601 said:

I just heard on morning news that Norwegian Jewel will start sailings out of Philadelphia April 2026.

Here's hoping that Royal will follow as we could drive down I95 and be there in less than 1 hr.  

I would love another port option within driving distance!

1 minute ago, Luckynana said:

 

Does this mean you are celebrating your Birthday by any chance?😁

Correct ✅  🍻

4 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Cheers! Good stuff. What letter did you get?

It’s an N

8 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Near the intersection of Flaugherty Run Road and Moon Clinton Road.  Not sure if that Parking Spot is the same one, but we saw one of their shuttles broken down when we returned this week.  
 

Yeah, construction at the airport is a mess.

I was thinking if a different place.  

I know exactly where that is.  We have considered but never used the parking shuttles.  I will check that out.

24 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Mark, not sure where you park when you fly out, but we just gave Fast Park and Relax a try when we flew to Myrtle Beach.  I was intrigued when I saw how often their shuttles came by when we were waiting on a hotel shuttle when we flew back from California.  I guess they just opened in late December, and they are out by Charlie Brown’s and the Parking Spot.

 

I was impressed with the new lot, and how quick they are in running shuttles.  They come to the airport every 5 to 7 minutes.  At only $8 a day, it is a much better deal than airport parking.   You may want to take a look.   
 

We plan to use them again in a couple weeks when we fly to Orlando.

Is the” Parking Spot” the one on Montour Run rd ( by At Home) that went out of business during covid?  I could walk there if i needed to lol

1 minute ago, Husky1987 said:

When your goodest girl plays next door in the pool with her BFF and then proceeds to roll around in one of the painted red stars in their front yard left over from the 4th…

 

😱😱  Still the goodest girl though!!  How can you be mad at that face?!

2 minutes ago, Husky1987 said:

That’s awesome!  I picked up a Blanton’s a couple months ago dated 2-1-24, which would have been my parents’ 60th anniversary.  It will be my celebration pour every February 1st from now on!

Nice!  That’s amazing you came across a date that meant something to you.  Fate.

 Birthday Blantons.  Good a time as any to crack it open.

4 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Mark, not sure where you park when you fly out, but we just gave Fast Park and Relax a try when we flew to Myrtle Beach.  I was intrigued when I saw how often their shuttles came by when we were waiting on a hotel shuttle when we flew back from California.  I guess they just opened in late December, and they are out by Charlie Brown’s and the Parking Spot.

 

I was impressed with the new lot, and how quick they are in running shuttles.  They come to the airport every 5 to 7 minutes.  At only $8 a day, it is a much better deal than airport parking.   You may want to take a look.   
 

We plan to use them again in a couple weeks when we fly to Orlando.

We are driving to Baltimore for the next one but we typically just park in extended term parking that I pre-book online which makes it slightly cheaper and guaranteed the spot.  We live so close to the airport.  

The next cruise we need to fly for is Bella 2.  Hopefully this non sense at PIT is long gone by then or i’m driving!!

We received our GTY assignment this morning on my accidental labor day cruise 😜  JS 8572.  It’s aft starboard side (Vision).  Looks to be under gym/spa area.  Should be easy access to jammer & solarium which i love.  

So far I don’t hate it!  At least  don’t think I do.  This must be royals bday gift to me 😂   Anyone have experience with this cabin or similarly situated on Vision?  I do have some royal up bids in but never count on those for anything.

Just hanging out

4 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Cheers! Full day. Worked on my dirt pile for grading on the foundation. One side done. Son came over and helped. Boy I’m lucky to have a great kid. Worked 4 hours before heat got to us. Went and had a late lunch early dinner and then a nice cocktail at a craft cocktail bar. Now home resting up for “Cruising for Cocktails with our weekly Below Deck watching and frozen cocktails from Royals menu and Tiki cocktails.

Just looking at that dirt pile made my back hurt.  You’re definitely lucky to have a good kid!!

Cocktails and Below Deck… those are a couple of my favorite things.  😀🍻

Well it’s Friday night finally.  TGIF.  Grass is cut.  Dog is walked.  Not hard to guess what we’re up to now 😜…….

1 hour ago, h20skibum said:

So we were on our way back from our dinner show, and Susan was playing the alphabet game with our granddaughter.  
 

They must have been up to the letter “K”, when our Uber driver passed this store. 

 

Susan said “Oh look, there is a K.  Badd Kitty”.  Then, as we get closer she says “Oooooooh, no, don’t look”

 

I will leave you to imagine what was on display in the window.   

 

Kittens ⁉️🤨😜

13 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Our house is all hardwood and tile. Only the room that goes over the garage is carpeted so that the floor will be warmer. The only place my dog ever had her "accidents" would be on the carpet. The only place the cat throws up is on the carpet. It is as if they know that tile and hardwood is easier to clean up.🙄

@DaniDanielle I’ll put my 2 cents in here.  I 2nd the patience comment .  In my own experience, I’ll also add routine and simply pay attention (not in a snarky way).  Often times body language will tell you when they are getting ready to go.  As soon as you see her sniffing around with purpose, circling etc, take her outside and give praise/treat for going outside.  Combining that with a regular potty schedule is what always worked for us.   There’s going to be accidents regardless during the learning process.

We’ve hung a bell from the back door and trained our dogs to ring the bell before too.  

4 hours ago, Tree_skier said:

There’s been a bit of tourist talk about NYC on the thread lately thanks to @harryfat1. Sadly I had to cancel my Liberty Canada NE cruise in Sept.  Friends we were going with had a problem and couldn’t fly however they still wanted to cruise so we’re doing Navigator a week earlier with them.  I was really sad to miss that. I was really looking forward to a few days in NYC pre cruise. Several of you gave trip ideas to make the trip great. Thank you for that… it wasn’t a waste. I “accidentally” booked a Canada NE cruise for 2025. 

5 hours ago, Tree_skier said:

Here’s a short YouTube from yesterday as well. 
 

 

 

@Tree_skier This place looks pretty amazing 🤩 

We seem to have a real problem on our hands with all these cruises accidentally getting booked in our names.  Luckily we have some really brave  cruisers on this thread who are willing to bite the bullet and go on them!!  I blame royals IT dept for my accidental booking.  😇

7 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

My longest are 8 nighters. Maybe longer ones will seem more appealing when I don't have so many obligations at home. However, at this point after a week away I still look forward to getting home and going back to work.

 

I also don't have a ton of self control while on a cruise. After a week of non typical eating and drinking, as well as not getting to the gym, I just don't feel that good.🤷‍♂️

Our longest was a 9 night.  S. Caribbean on Jewel.  Loved that cruise.  For me it’s the dog(s) along with work that keeps that under 10 nights.

10 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

We have been having a lot of visitors lately. 

 

 

 

They have been eating a lot of flowers so we are building a fense.

 

 

They plan to finish it tomorrow.   After it is finished,  Sharon can take the sticks out of the flower bed.

I know it’s been said before but i’ll say it again.  Your garden is awesome.  I’m barely able to get cucumbers going lol

This is my raised bed that was a “covid project” early on.  We use it every year now.

3 hours ago, DaniDanielle said:

She is here. her name is Rue although I prefer Snickerdoodle!

 

😍  OMG   I wanna squeeze that puppy!!  

3 hours ago, h20skibum said:

I am as bad as the other Mark @SteelCityCruiser10.  I accidentally booked two more cruises today.   Now, it will be S2S2B2B (I think that is right.  One ship, moving to another for three more)

 

Susan says she can handle 29 days onboard.

😂  Hate it when that happens!  
They just book themselves sometimes!