Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[Sea Dog]

5 hours ago, singinalot said:

pics from home…water has crept over some of the docks. worry is for the next high tide/surge. 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the update as @A&L_Ont said I’ve got my fingers crossed for you. Stay safe.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, mo&fran said:

I am are still dealing with issue with swallowing food. We did receive a delivery of food for my peg tube last night, so I feel better having the option of receiving nutrition when I cannot swallow.  Good news is that my health insurance is paying for the food.   

 

I’m glad insurance is paying for that. Thanks for the update. Hang in there my friend.

[dani negreanu]

1 hour ago, Momof3gurlz said:

@singinalot  +1!

 

+ 3 

[bobmacliberty]

1 hour ago, ReneeFLL said:

Not sure if anyone got the joke, but there's no way I could keep up with a live review.

Here are the numbers for this cruise, but they didn't say what the total was for the ship.

 

 

I guess it's the nature of that cruise, but it seems strange that there are more D+ than D, and almost more D+ than gold, platinum and emerald combined.  The recent double points probably has something to do with it also.

[Momof3gurlz]

The last few days I’ve been focused on planning out our days in Venice & Rome, then Barcelona post cruise.  For our port stops, we’re doing excursions two of the days and DIY’ing the other days.  
Also, I don’t know if I mentioned it but Andy received another casino cruise certificate while we were on Independence a couple of weeks ago.  We figured this would work perfectly into our usual 3 weeks in FL next Feb/March.  Looking at the list, we narrowed down the cruises that interested us, deciding we would go with an Inside cabin to make this truly a free cruise (other than taxes & port fees).  When Andy called the casino line to get information, he was informed that his offer had been upgraded.  We logged in to review the upgraded offer list and were surprised to see many more options with the majority of them balcony cabins.  Bottom line is we booked an 8 night cruise on Adventure out of PC on 3/1, going to Labadee, Aruba and Bonaire, in a balcony cabin for $185.26 in port fees & taxes!  He only spent a little time, maybe 2 hours total, at the slots and ended up about $1,200 ahead.  I have no idea what their matrix is for these offers, but I’ll take it!

[mo&fran]

25 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

I guess it's the nature of that cruise, but it seems strange that there are more D+ than D, and almost more D+ than gold, platinum and emerald combined.  The recent double points probably has something to do with it also.

Repo cruises tend to have more experienced cruisers.

[mo&fran]

23 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

The last few days I’ve been focused on planning out our days in Venice & Rome, then Barcelona post cruise.  For our port stops, we’re doing excursions two of the days and DIY’ing the other days.  
Also, I don’t know if I mentioned it but Andy received another casino cruise certificate while we were on Independence a couple of weeks ago.  We figured this would work perfectly into our usual 3 weeks in FL next Feb/March.  Looking at the list, we narrowed down the cruises that interested us, deciding we would go with an Inside cabin to make this truly a free cruise (other than taxes & port fees).  When Andy called the casino line to get information, he was informed that his offer had been upgraded.  We logged in to review the upgraded offer list and were surprised to see many more options with the majority of them balcony cabins.  Bottom line is we booked an 8 night cruise on Adventure out of PC on 3/1, going to Labadee, Aruba and Bonaire, in a balcony cabin for $185.26 in port fees & taxes!  He only spent a little time, maybe 2 hours total, at the slots and ended up about $1,200 ahead.  I have no idea what their matrix is for these offers, but I’ll take it!

On our last cruise, DW had 2 casino certificates, that I got open booking for.

Then I ended up with the cancer thing, so we haven't done anything with that. 

We'll have to look into this. 

[Tree_skier]

Prayers for @singinalot

 

Stay safe.

[Arzeena]

1 hour ago, Momof3gurlz said:

The last few days I’ve been focused on planning out our days in Venice & Rome, then Barcelona post cruise.  For our port stops, we’re doing excursions two of the days and DIY’ing the other days.  
Also, I don’t know if I mentioned it but Andy received another casino cruise certificate while we were on Independence a couple of weeks ago.  We figured this would work perfectly into our usual 3 weeks in FL next Feb/March.  Looking at the list, we narrowed down the cruises that interested us, deciding we would go with an Inside cabin to make this truly a free cruise (other than taxes & port fees).  When Andy called the casino line to get information, he was informed that his offer had been upgraded.  We logged in to review the upgraded offer list and were surprised to see many more options with the majority of them balcony cabins.  Bottom line is we booked an 8 night cruise on Adventure out of PC on 3/1, going to Labadee, Aruba and Bonaire, in a balcony cabin for $185.26 in port fees & taxes!  He only spent a little time, maybe 2 hours total, at the slots and ended up about $1,200 ahead.  I have no idea what their matrix is for these offers, but I’ll take it!

We are on the Odyssey 3/2 Coco Cay, Aruba and Curacao.

[voyager70]

48 minutes ago, mo&fran said:

Repo cruises tend to have more experienced cruisers.

That’s for sure. I was on a two week repo cruise on Liberty several years ago and they had to use the Star Lounge on deck 5 for the DL and Viking Crown for the CL (it still existed then) due to 1200+ D and up members on board. Felt bad for the servers as quite a few were very demanding and at times downright nasty.

 

[NHProud]

Our thoughts are with @singinalot and @mo&fran . 
 

Hopefully, Dani’s cousin is in recovery and her surgery was a success.  
 

Dani , have a relaxing and worry free cruise. Bon Voyage ⚓️🚢

[Sea Dog]

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

I guess it's the nature of that cruise, but it seems strange that there are more D+ than D, and almost more D+ than gold, platinum and emerald combined.  The recent double points probably has something to do with it also.

I wouldn’t be Diamond now if it weren’t for double points. Need another double points promotion to make Diamond plus.

[HBE4]

5 hours ago, Jimbo said:

I bet it's very hard for you to be in NYC not in Florida with Nate as he rides this out with the pups.

 

@singinalot

I was thinking the same thing, the impending storm overshadowing your trip to NYC.  I'm sure you can't really enjoy the gorgeous late summer NY weather we are having on your "bonus" day while Nate & fam ride out the storm.

🙏

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, Arzeena said:

We are on the Odyssey 3/2 Coco Cay, Aruba and Curacao.

You are aboard one month after me. Same itinerary.

[Ocean Boy]

30 minutes ago, HBE4 said:

 

@singinalot

I was thinking the same thing, the impending storm overshadowing your trip to NYC.  I'm sure you can't really enjoy the gorgeous late summer NY weather we are having on your "bonus" day while Nate & fam ride out the storm.

🙏

It is sunny in NY today?

[HBE4]

15 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

It is sunny in NY today?

 

Day started gray & rainy, cleared up about 2 hours ago. Temp 78 and humidity/dew point dropping.

 

EDIT: That's my neighbors pool. If it was mine, it would not be covered.

 

Edited August 30, 2023 by HBE4

[George C]

My niece and her husband just wrote a book on Disney , they did lots of research on it , it’s about a resort that never was built. It comes out in two weeks.

https://www.popmatters.com/disneyland-on-mountain-glasgow-mayer?fbclid=IwAR3Jg-bIXhFHOpoXITjl4TcW2etGFABOT2sKVmxLqSyCbGpiEZthz2o9BYo

Edited August 30, 2023 by George C

[Sunshine3601]

3 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

The last few days I’ve been focused on planning out our days in Venice & Rome, then Barcelona post cruise.  For our port stops, we’re doing excursions two of the days and DIY’ing the other days.  
Also, I don’t know if I mentioned it but Andy received another casino cruise certificate while we were on Independence a couple of weeks ago.  We figured this would work perfectly into our usual 3 weeks in FL next Feb/March.  Looking at the list, we narrowed down the cruises that interested us, deciding we would go with an Inside cabin to make this truly a free cruise (other than taxes & port fees).  When Andy called the casino line to get information, he was informed that his offer had been upgraded.  We logged in to review the upgraded offer list and were surprised to see many more options with the majority of them balcony cabins.  Bottom line is we booked an 8 night cruise on Adventure out of PC on 3/1, going to Labadee, Aruba and Bonaire, in a balcony cabin for $185.26 in port fees & taxes!  He only spent a little time, maybe 2 hours total, at the slots and ended up about $1,200 ahead.  I have no idea what their matrix is for these offers, but I’ll take it!

Excellent news on the casino offer/booking!   and Congratulations on the $1200 win too!

 

Most people think you have to spend lots of time and money in the casino to get these free offers, but the truth is you really don't have to.    

Sad to say we have 4 offers recently emailed to us and we are unable to use any of the free balcony offers due to scheduling issues.    

Hoping that we both get casino certificates when we sail on Serenade in September.  A lot of times we combine our offers to upgrade our cabin.    

 

I am really looking forward to hearing about your upcoming Med cruise.  😃

[Sunshine3601]

5 minutes ago, George C said:

My niece and her husband just wrote a book on Disney , they did lots of research on it , it’s about a resort that never was built. It comes out in two weeks.

https://www.popmatters.com/disneyland-on-mountain-glasgow-mayer?fbclid=IwAR3Jg-bIXhFHOpoXITjl4TcW2etGFABOT2sKVmxLqSyCbGpiEZthz2o9BYo

Nice!   This looks really interesting.    Do we all get a free autographed copy?😁

[Ocean Boy]

2 hours ago, HBE4 said:

 

Day started gray & rainy, cleared up about 2 hours ago. Temp 78 and humidity/dew point dropping.

 

EDIT: That's my neighbors pool. If it was mine, it would not be covered.

 

The clearing front has arrived here now. I don't know if it will be far enough along to see the super blue moon this evening.

[Momof3gurlz]

4 hours ago, Arzeena said:

We are on the Odyssey 3/2 Coco Cay, Aruba and Curacao.

I’ll have to look, I wonder if we’re in Aruba the same day?

2 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Excellent news on the casino offer/booking!   and Congratulations on the $1200 win too!

 

Most people think you have to spend lots of time and money in the casino to get these free offers, but the truth is you really don't have to.    

Sad to say we have 4 offers recently emailed to us and we are unable to use any of the free balcony offers due to scheduling issues.    

Hoping that we both get casino certificates when we sail on Serenade in September.  A lot of times we combine our offers to upgrade our cabin.    

 

I am really looking forward to hearing about your upcoming Med cruise.  😃

 I didn’t know you could combine offers. I may need to spend more than my usual $20/two minutes in the casino in the future 😂!

[Arzeena]

14 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

I’ll have to look, I wonder if we’re in Aruba the same day?

 I didn’t know you could combine offers. I may need to spend more than my usual $20/two minutes in the casino in the future 😂!

Yes we are!

 

March 6,  8 am to 11 pm.

We have no excursions/plans yet.

Edited August 30, 2023 by Arzeena

[maggieq]

4 hours ago, singinalot said:

 

thanks it is definitely hard 🥺 I did not sleep much last night and I feel bad saying that when I’m not even there.

How is Nate holding up and how are you doing?

Edited August 30, 2023 by maggieq
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[Momof3gurlz]

1 hour ago, Arzeena said:

Yes we are!

 

March 6,  8 am to 11 pm.

We have no excursions/plans yet.

🙂.  We’re only in port from 8-5.  This will be our first time in Aruba.  I researched quickly this morning and more than likely we’ll spend a couple of hours at Eagle Beach, then explore the town a little bit (which will include a little shopping, naturally 😉) and probably get a drink somewhere before boarding.  It’s a long way off but depending on what you end up doing for the day, maybe we can meet somewhere for a cold beverage.  I’m curious to know if we really have met on a prior cruise!

[A&L_Ont]

@Ocean Boy have you watched below deck down under yet this week?  We are thinking the guest was having a seizure at the end of the episode?  What’s your take?

[NHProud]

@Tree_skier 

I’m wondering if you’ve ever taken the sea to sky gondola in Squamish? There’s a pick up shuttle in Vancouver and I’m seriously considering it.  If it is on the road to Whistler it must be lovely. 
 

 

Edited August 30, 2023 by NHProud