Live on Mariner of the Seas, it’s been Years in the Making — October 3rd to 8th, 2022.

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

We passed by this light house early one morning. 

 

 

 

Is this the lighthouse that seems to be in the middle of nowhere? If it is the one I'm thinking about, it marks the Old Bahama Channel that runs between the Florida east coast and the Bahama Island chain.

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

 

This is our cruise experience 
 

Well, technically, it was OUR cruise experience.😄😇

[cruisingpeople]

Thanks for the ride-along, ("cruise-along") over the past few days. Hope you & Lisa have a safe and uneventful flight home.

Can't wait to meet you in March.

Edited October 8, 2022 by cruisingpeople

[A&L_Ont]

14 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Well, technically, it was OUR cruise experience.😄😇

I might not bring you next time. 😆

[Ocean Boy]

1 minute ago, A&L_Ont said:

I might not bring you next time. 😆

🤨🤨🤨😪

[Kteacher]

3 hours ago, Jimbo said:

I don't know how people do it, those 3-5 day cruises go so fast. Guess it's not as bad when you can drive to the ports but with flying involved just doesn't seem it would be worth the hassle. Flying is such a pain !

We like to do shorter cruises if we want to add a land based vacation. We’re doing a 4 nighter on the Mariner next May, adding a few days prior near Cape Canaveral and a few days post cruise near Disney Springs.

[John&LaLa]

12 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

I might not bring you next time. 😆

 

We sail Mariner on 8 days to Bermuda next week. 😁

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

I love flying. It is part of the vacation for me. However, I agree about the time frame. It takes me a day or so to get out of work mode mentality. Any cruise less than a week is too short for me to get any relaxation.

 

Our first cruise in 1989 was a 3 day. Flew from St Louis to Miami in January. So exciting. Did a few more 3 and 4 day fly ins. Eventually tired of it

 

Also did a 5 day out of SJ for our first Royal cruise. I'd do that again, but not out of SJ😉

 

 

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

We have cleared security and are waiting near our gate. Uber was easy and took 40 minutes to get us here. Lots of time to spare for our 11:45 boarding. 
 

 

 

Sorry I couldn't help on the return

[BonTexasNY]

2 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

After 40+ cruises we decided to try a 5 day with ports that worked for us, in the limited time window we have.
 

This is our cruise experience and it wasn’t a hassle to us. It worked within our time frames. I’m glad our vacation doesn’t have to fit your needs, but you sure like to express your opinion. 
 

We look at the positive and this is our vacation. When you sail next and do a live review I can’t wait to follow along. 

If dynamics worked for us, we would hop on a plane to cruise for 4 nights in a NY (TX) minute!

You and Lisa HAD to take this cruise to experience another Over the Rainbow moment.

 

[A&L_Ont]

11 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Sorry I couldn't help on the return

No worries. We were excited to meet you and enjoy the ride one way. We are now on the plane and soon ready to take off. 

[Momof3gurlz]

Another great live report, thank you for sharing your trip with us. Safe travels home. 

[clskinsfan]

Really enjoyed your live review. Thanks for taking the time to share. 

[molly361]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

We sail Mariner on 8 days to Bermuda next week. 😁

Yes we do

[DaniDanielle]

Thanks Andrew!

[Tree_skier]

Thanks for doing this Live.  I love following lives but especially yours.  I'm so glad you are back in the saddle. I really hope to meet you and your good wife some day.

[grapau27]

Thank you for taking time out to do an excellent Live from cruise.

Graham.

[Yorkvillain]

On 10/7/2022 at 12:57 PM, A&L_Ont said:
 

Found my new wallpaper. 

[CruisingHusker]

Thank you for the live review! It gets me excited for the same itinerary on Mariner in 2 weeks. 
Two questions:  Was there a separate boarding area for suites at Terminal 5?

 

Did you order your Uber when you left the terminal or ahead of time? 

 

So glad to see you are back to cruising. I’m sure Owen (and Lucy) will be glad to have you home!

[Lady Hudson]

Thank you Andrew and Lisa.  Great job — it really helps us who are staying on land for a bit.. Katherine 

[Ukigirl]

6 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Here come the missed photos. 
 

Pickle ball is on the ship. 
 

Mini golf. 

Love the dune buggy. Lisa was not letting me take it home as a souvenir. 

@soremekun the closet thing I saw to a cruise duck was laying on the ground out front of the Cafe Promenade.  Thankfully I didn’t trip over them daily. 

 

 

In the Tiki Bar…

 

 

I found CLR. 
 

We passed by this light house early one morning. 

 

One for the bollard and line crew. 

 

I played pickle ball  once on Allure, so hot even though it was at 9:00 am and couldn’t wait for a Bloody Mary and a shower. Ha, I follow CLR on Instagram, he’s doing a lot of Virgin cruises.

Shortest cruise we’ve done is 6 day but I’d do a 4-5 day one because the minute we leave for the airport (Detroit), we are on vacation! Loved your review as always.

[Arzeena]

Thank you Andrew and Lisa. Loved the review and pictures. Get home safe.

[ckrobyn]

5 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

I might not bring you next time. 😆

Then how will you know where you are?  😉

[BonTexasNY]

37 minutes ago, ckrobyn said:

Then how will you know where you are?  😉

Robyn, hi!  Do you think he does that for everyone? 🙂

Have a great upcoming b2b cruise. 

 

[Mrs.Dukes]

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us. I really enjoyed following along.