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

[Ocean Boy]

On 1/4/2024 at 4:45 PM, Jimbo said:

Never had or wanted an LG Oled,still afraid of the burn in some of the sets can get.

 

Watch to much ESPN and news channels  that have those   bars on bottom of shows.

Burn in has not been an issue.

[WrittenOnYourHeart]

48 minutes ago, Keksie said:

Whew feels so much better when you see them acting like themselves.

Absolutely!! I was like "Merida, I'm not even going to be mad that you woke me up with 3am zoomies!!"

[WrittenOnYourHeart]

27 minutes ago, ReneeFLL said:

Such a sweet looking kitty.

Thank you! She really is. About the only time she hisses and swats is if she walks right in front of me and I accidentally bump her paw. Or occasionally if she steps on my foot she'll hiss like I'm the offender. LOL. But other than that she's really chill. If she wants attention she'll come and sit and just put a gentle paw on my arm like "Hello, I'm here" - or climb in my lap or do gentle head butts.

[Ocean Boy]

23 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

It’s currently sailing from Port Canaveral. 
 

@h20skibum  I hope you’ll continue posting from Allure.  Our February cruise will be our first time on her so curious to hear your thoughts.  Congrats on reaching D+. 
 

Latest forecast for our area has 6-12” of snow from Saturday night through Sunday.  I’m a little sad we’re missing the first storm (sorry @Ocean Boy).  It would’ve been nice to hunker down and watch football all day.   

Allure is a great ship. You will have an excellent time aboard. However, I've never done less than a 7 night cruise on Allure and I really liked the 8 nighters.

 

As far as the snow... Hopefully we will be spared on the coast. You are welcome to it up at your end of the state. I used to love it when it snowed. Now I just want to get down to the Caribbean to warm up. It was 23°F here this morning with the wind blowing feeling like the low teens.

[George C]

2 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

Thanks, I think they’re fun.

 

Congrats, but tell DS2 to hold out for 2 more days. It’s a good day to be born. 😁
 

Edited - While you’re at it, tell DS1 to also hold out for 2 more days. St. Patrick’s Day would be a fun birthday.

 

I think my wife has a great fun birthday July 4th she gets fireworks every year .

[lenquixote66]

2 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

I wish her a safe flight. 

You sure do have a great memory!!

I cannot remember things that happened yesterday.My granddaughter said she will likely be flying into the bad weather and hopes she will fall asleep and sleep through the turbelance.

[lenquixote66]

4 hours ago, HBE4 said:

 

Both series against the Devils & Canucks is what got me hooked on hockey.  My friends kept  cautioning me that I'm going to be disappointed going forward as not all games are that intense &  exciting.

I listened to Ranger games on radio in the 50’s but I never became a fan and never went to games.Conversely I began listening to Knicks games in the 50’s and have been to hundreds of games,HS,college and pro .

[HBE4]

4 hours ago, George C said:

I think my wife has a great fun birthday July 4th she gets fireworks every year .

 

It's like the whole country is celebrating her birthday.  🙂

[brillohead]

9 hours ago, HBE4 said:

Both series against the Devils & Canucks is what got me hooked on hockey.  My friends kept  cautioning me that I'm going to be disappointed going forward as not all games are that intense &  exciting.

 

There's no hockey like PLAYOFF HOCKEY!!!!  It's on a whole 'nother level!

[grapau27]

17 hours ago, h20skibum said:

As of now, since the hotel is so new, they do not have a shuttle to the pier.  On a nice, sunny day like this, we could easily walk to terminal 1, but it might be more than some would want. 
 

The hotel said they may be getting a shuttle at some point, but now they just recommend private companies.  I did see Ubers pulling in. 

 

It is across the street if sailing Carnival here, but not for Royal. 
 

We did that stay at the Holiday Inn in Southampton, and just walked to the ship with our luggage.  It was convenient. 
 

 

Holiday inn is next to the gate at City terminal Southampton.

There are several cruise terminals at Southampton but all are within 5-10 minutes taxi ride of most Southampton city hotel's traffic permitting.

It is 34°F and cloudy this morning in North East England.

Sorry to hear David Soul from Cagney and Lacey died yesterday aged 80.

Take care,stay safe and enjoy every day friends.

Edited January 6 by grapau27

[h20skibum]

Another mooring line perspective from yesterday.  

 

Today, we are in Coco Cay.  We have Coco Beach Club reserved. 
 

I forgot about the old tech on Allure.  Don’t know how many times I tapped my sea pass on the door, before I remembered it had to go in the slot to unlock the door. 
 

 

 

[dani negreanu]

1 hour ago, grapau27 said:

Sorry to hear David Soul from Cagney and Lacey died yesterday aged 80.

 

I was a great fan.

 

Actually, the series were called "Starsky & Hutch" [I'm mentioning it just to show that I'm thoroughly reading your posts 😘).

[h20skibum]

31 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

I was a great fan.

 

Actually, the series were called "Starsky & Hutch" [I'm mentioning it just to show that I'm thoroughly reading your posts 😘).

And, he played “Hutch”, to Paul Michael Glaser’s “Starsky”

 

 

[h20skibum]

First one in today.  
 

 

Clouds to the east, so not a good sunrise in that direction. 

[grapau27]

34 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

I was a great fan.

 

Actually, the series were called "Starsky & Hutch" [I'm mentioning it just to show that I'm thoroughly reading your posts 😘).

Thank you Dani @dani negreanu

Senior moment 🤣.

Pauline was talking about Cagney and Lacey while I was posting.

[grapau27]

2 hours ago, grapau27 said:

Holiday inn is next to the gate at City terminal Southampton.

There are several cruise terminals at Southampton but all are within 5-10 minutes taxi ride of most Southampton city hotel's traffic permitting.

It is 34°F and cloudy this morning in North East England.

Sorry to hear David Soul from Cagney and Lacey died yesterday aged 80.

Take care,stay safe and enjoy every day friends.

Senior moment.

I should have said Starsky and Hutch 🤣

[h20skibum]

Breakfast in the Allure Crown Lounge this morning.   

 

 

I just wish they would clean these windows. 
 

 

Still one of the nicest lounges remaining in the fleet.  
 

Was able to get a latte here at 5 am, but then the grounds needed emptied, and couldn’t get a second. 

 

[Ocean Boy]

3 hours ago, grapau27 said:

 

Sorry to hear David Soul from Cagney and Lacey died yesterday aged 80.

Take care,stay safe and enjoy every day friends.

I think it was Starsky and Hutch.

 

Edit: Never mind. I see this has been covered.

[Ocean Boy]

2 hours ago, h20skibum said:

Another mooring line perspective from yesterday.  

 

Today, we are in Coco Cay.  We have Coco Beach Club reserved. 
 

I see they are using rat guards. Does Coco Cay have a problem?

[Jimbo]

7 hours ago, brillohead said:

 

There's no hockey like PLAYOFF HOCKEY!!!!  It's on a whole 'nother level!

Exactly, I don't watch any regular season hockey it's pretty much meaningless. Just about every team in the league makes the playoffs anyway.

 

Hockey season starts April 17th.

[h20skibum]

50 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I see they are using rat guards. Does Coco Cay have a problem?

That was at Port Canaveral.  
 

It was on the end nearest the Carnival ship, so maybe that explains it. 

[cruiselvr04]

2 hours ago, h20skibum said:

Breakfast in the Allure Crown Lounge this morning.   

 

 

I just wish they would clean these windows. 
 

 

Still one of the nicest lounges remaining in the fleet.  
 

Was able to get a latte here at 5 am, but then the grounds needed emptied, and couldn’t get a second. 

 

Those windows looked just as bad in January and March of 2023.  I agree it’s a great lounge if you could just see out!

[dani negreanu]

17 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

@dani negreanu  So sorry the war continues.  A long, hard four months for you.

How is your son and family doing in Amsterdam?

 

Thanks, Aussie 🌹

 

We were pleasantly surprised at how quickly the grands acclimated. We thought that the cold weather, the distance from the family, from friends and in general, from the familiar, would affect them, but it seems that kids are more resilient. My son and DIL enjoy the peace and quality of life very much.

 

Financially, they have greatly decreased in “level of life”, from two salaries to one salary, and from their apartment without a mortgage, to a rented apartment, to which they must add more than a third of what they receive for the apartment they rented in Israel. Nevertheless, we are very happy that they are not here and do not have to go through the horrors of this never-ending war.

[HBE4]

4 hours ago, dani negreanu said:

I was a great fan.

 

Actually, the series were called "Starsky & Hutch" [I'm mentioning it just to show that I'm thoroughly reading your posts 😘).

 

3 hours ago, h20skibum said:

And, he played “Hutch”, to Paul Michael Glaser’s “Starsky”

 

3 hours ago, grapau27 said:

Thank you Dani @dani negreanu

Senior moment 🤣.

Pauline was talking about Cagney and Lacey while I was posting.

 

As well as having a #1 hit song in both US & UK🙃

 

 

Edited January 6 by HBE4

[DaniDanielle]

My son and his family are in Washington D.C. for the weekend.  Tonight a Knicks game, tomorrow they will see the Cowboys. My son is a huge Dallas fan and has brought his son into the fold!   Next month I believe is Ohio for a Rangers game.