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

[akcruz]

1 hour ago, jagsfan said:

Do any of y’all remember my friend Ginny?

She tripped over her suitcase at age 98, wound up in the hospital with broken ribs and more. 
Tests showed masses throughout her body, and she stopped eating. She lost a 2nd daughter during that time and was depressed and ready to let go. 
That was 2 years ago.
She went to assisted living from the hospital, but wanted to go home. 
Finally her granddaughter had her moved  home to her 2 story condo.  
Her bed was moved downstairs, and set up a team of caregivers 24/7. 
We had hoped she would make it to 100, but knew there was no chance.  
She was born 100 years ago today. 

Here’s Ginny at her birthday party today!!!
Never give up!

 

Happy 100th to Ginny, yes never give up 🎂🥂🎉

[Ocean Boy]

7 hours ago, Jimbo said:

Easy way not to miss any new posts.

 

When opening the Main Royal Caribbean Page,  roll down to Dani's thread, to the extreme left in the title of the thread there will be a symbol of a star , click on that star and  it will take you to the first NEW post in the thread just where you left off last time you were reading the thread.

 

The post above will be the last post you read, new one below. 

 

Start there and away you go, never miss a post.

It doesn't work if you first check replies to your posts which is what I usually do.

[Jimbo]

6 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

It doesn't work if you first check replies to your posts which is what I usually do.

I believe it does still work, just go back to the main Royal page.

 

If you check replies, just don't answers any of them before going back to Main page.

Edited November 19, 2023 by Jimbo

[akcruz]

2 hours ago, Coralc said:

That is really pretty building decor on Saks. Is it seasonal, or does it look like that all the time? Great photos! Thank you for sharing them We will have to get to NY sometime.  

 

I am not sure if that is just fir the holidays or not.  All their windows were papered over so you couldn't see any of the decorations yet.  Thought it was very pretty so took the picture.

[Ocean Boy]

19 minutes ago, Arzeena said:

Will be boarding in February.

[HBE4]

45 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

I picked up my free Turkey from ShopRite today.  The store was so crowded and filled with some rude, nasty people.   We couldn’t wait to check out.

 

Thank you. I'm reading posts about what people pay for turkey and all I kept thinking to myself is every supermarket around me is giving away free turkeys if you spend X dollars.

 

Granted, maybe the free turkey isn't as good as a store bought turkey but I find if you drown it in enough gravy, it's hard to tell the difference. Besides, I'm more about  the side dishes. I'll load up my plate first with mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, string bean casserole, a couple of piping hot dinner rolls, various other veggies - corns, peas, etc - there is hardly room for a slice turkey.

 

[dbancroft]

Back in 2015 we surprised my brothers on the Quantum they did not know we were joining them on the cruise. Funny thing is the first elevator we got guess who was in the elevator. What a nice surprise for all of us. This year we are going to try again we leave next Sunday on the Anthem from Jersey. Only thing is youngest brother does not have transportation. So we had to offer to let him ride with us at least he was still surprised we were joining. My oldest brother lives in West Virginia and he still does not know we are coming. We all like to sit together in the casino so hoping someone gets lucky.

[DaniDanielle]

I enjoy the sides the most also.

[Sunshine3601]

6 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

Thanks Andrew. I actually went outside and helped Linda rake leaves. I got tired fast but the knee did really well.

That's great you are doing so much better with this knee.

Do you think there was anything done differently that took first knee so much longer to get up and about?

[Sunshine3601]

2 hours ago, grapau27 said:

I'm so sorry to hear former first lady Rosalyn Carter has died.

I just heard on our evening news.  She was an amazing women that led a fulfilling life.   May she RIP🙏

[Sea Dog]

1 hour ago, DaniDanielle said:

Oh Greg, it’s always something.  One thing gets fixed and another breaks, sigh.  Good luck🙏🤞

It sure seems that way. Ughhhh!

 

 

6 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

That's great you are doing so much better with this knee.

Do you think there was anything done differently that took first knee so much longer to get up and about?

 

I really don’t think so. This knee had so much more damage to it. Same surgeon, same robotic technology. I’ll take it. I know I was on opioids for 4 weeks with my first one. Only 5 days with this one.

[aussielozzie18]

1 hour ago, jagsfan said:

I go to the newest page and work backwards till I run out of time. 
Why I do that, I don’t know!

Same here!

[aussielozzie18]

2 hours ago, jagsfan said:

Do any of y’all remember my friend Ginny?

She tripped over her suitcase at age 98, wound up in the hospital with broken ribs and more. 
Tests showed masses throughout her body, and she stopped eating. She lost a 2nd daughter during that time and was depressed and ready to let go. 
That was 2 years ago.
She went to assisted living from the hospital, but wanted to go home. 
Finally her granddaughter had her moved  home to her 2 story condo.  
Her bed was moved downstairs, and set up a team of caregivers 24/7. 
We had hoped she would make it to 100, but knew there was no chance.  
She was born 100 years ago today. 

Here’s Ginny at her birthday party today!!!
Never give up!

I remember your post about Ginny.  Your friend is amazing and such a fabulous photo!  Happy Birthday Ginny 🎉🎂

[aussielozzie18]

 

Sunset at 4pm in British Columbia (Silver Star Ski Resort) courtesy of DS who drove there from Calgary.  Season starts in just under 2 weeks.

[Sunshine3601]

No idea what's going on but CC won't let hit quote.

 

@jagsfan. Ginny looks amazing, are you sure she really 100!!!   

 

@DaniDanielle I, also, picked up my free turkey at Shoprite this weekend.  I went around 8:30 am and had a pleasant experience but it was getting busy by the time I was leaving.   Hate when people are rude in stores, especially during the holidays, bah humbug!!

 

@HBE4 yup, same here just about every food store in my area gives out free turkeys, turkey breasts or hams during the holidays.

 

We are going out to eat this year but I got my free turkey to make Friday or Saturday.  

 

[DaniDanielle]

We are going to one of my sons. My daughters are coming also.  Oldest son is working.

[Luckynana]

2 hours ago, jagsfan said:

Do any of y’all remember my friend Ginny?

She tripped over her suitcase at age 98, wound up in the hospital with broken ribs and more. 
Tests showed masses throughout her body, and she stopped eating. She lost a 2nd daughter during that time and was depressed and ready to let go. 
That was 2 years ago.
She went to assisted living from the hospital, but wanted to go home. 
Finally her granddaughter had her moved  home to her 2 story condo.  
Her bed was moved downstairs, and set up a team of caregivers 24/7. 
We had hoped she would make it to 100, but knew there was no chance.  
She was born 100 years ago today. 

Here’s Ginny at her birthday party today!!!
Never give up!

Wow!  Happy 100th Birthday, Ginny!  God Bless!!!!

[reallyitsmema]

25 minutes ago, HBE4 said:

 

Thank you. I'm reading posts about what people pay for turkey and all I kept thinking to myself is every supermarket around me is giving away free turkeys if you spend X dollars.

 

Granted, maybe the free turkey isn't as good as a store bought turkey but I find if you drown it in enough gravy, it's hard to tell the difference. Besides, I'm more about  the side dishes. I'll load up my plate first with mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, string bean casserole, a couple of piping hot dinner rolls, various other veggies - corns, peas, etc - there is hardly room for a slice turkey.

 

 

My sister is the one buying and cooking the turkey, so I have no say in the matter.  They don't usually cook anything that has been frozen and get meat from a particular butcher, fish from a fish store, etc.  Just the way they do things.  I don't get a frozen turkey when I do buy one, I always get a fresh one from a local meat market.  Just preference for the holidays. I do shop regular supermarkets though otherwise as I am too cheap for all specialty everything. 😄 

 

 

[#55worktoplay]

3 hours ago, Arzeena said:

Fort Lauderdale?  Wherever, nice pic. 

[#55worktoplay]

2 hours ago, jagsfan said:

Do any of y’all remember my friend Ginny?

She tripped over her suitcase at age 98, wound up in the hospital with broken ribs and more. 
Tests showed masses throughout her body, and she stopped eating. She lost a 2nd daughter during that time and was depressed and ready to let go. 
That was 2 years ago.
She went to assisted living from the hospital, but wanted to go home. 
Finally her granddaughter had her moved  home to her 2 story condo.  
Her bed was moved downstairs, and set up a team of caregivers 24/7. 
We had hoped she would make it to 100, but knew there was no chance.  
She was born 100 years ago today. 

Here’s Ginny at her birthday party today!!!
Never give up!

Ginny looks fantastic. What a wonderful story. 

[A&L_Ont]

Anyone want to spent a bit of time watching some “adventure video. I’ve followed this channel for a while. I don’t promote exploration videos, but I do find them interesting.  This one is of Astoria, since it has been premaritally docked since Covid. 

This channel goes to many different places, and this one happens to be a historic cruise ship. 

 

 

Edited November 20, 2023 by A&L_Ont

[mets07]

We just did our first MSC cruise. It was quite an adventure ha.... we were supposed to be doing a 6 night to Bermuda and found out enroute to the port (Brooklyn, NY) that we were going to Port Canaveral and Bahamas instead due to "adverse" weather conditions expected in Bermuda area. We were not very upset because we have been to Bermuda many times on cruises and although we have been to the other ports, we figured out some different things to do this time around.

 

The ship, Meraviglia, is beautiful. Also has lots of fun bars and a diversity of excellent musical entertainment.  MSC is a different animal when you are figuring out what to book ... they have various levels they call "experiences." The main negative was the buffet, which was basically a large rectangle which forced a linear progression and was a zoo, particularly at breakfast. We actually started going to the MDR for breakfast, which we never do. 

 

Although the weather was a bit wacky (somewhat expected in November), we had fun and would consider MSC again. We did miss our Crown & Anchor drinks! 

 

Best to all. Happy Thanksgiving.

[Ocean Boy]

26 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

Anyone want to spent a bit of time watching some “adventure video. I’ve followed this channel for a while. I don’t promote exploration videos, but I do find them interesting.  This one is of Astoria, since it has been premaritally docked since Covid. 

This channel goes to many different places, and this one happens to be a historic cruise ship. 

 

 

Thanks. Having lived on Nantucket as a kid the history of the Andrea Doria and Stockholm collision has always been fascinating to me. Very interesting to see this ship. I'll need to finish watching tomorrow.

[helen haywood]

Sorry

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Edited November 20, 2023 by helen haywood

[helen haywood]

Sorry

 

Edited November 20, 2023 by helen haywood