Scarlet Lady / Live / Solo - May-21-26-2023

[sid_9169]

Showered off, and packed up... I don't really want to leave, but the fun has to end at some point...

 

Final costume of the day... Plain Jane.

 

 

[sid_9169]

7 minutes ago, tbmrt said:

Thanks for sharing your cruise!  Amazing photos and reviews...I want to try to go back to your past reviews as well.

 

I know you mentioned liking Extra Virgin bartender...Does he still win over all the other bartenders you came in contact with?  

 

 

Yes, Mario and Ryan ended up being my go to bartenders on board throughout the cruise. Great drinks and service!

[balcony bound]

I suggest longer cruises.  This seemed way to short.

[sid_9169]

Not even a line leaving the ship now. Aly, probably in the terminal.

 

 

[sid_9169]

I was going to try and say goodbye to Mario at the Red Bar but it looks like he's on break.

 

 

[sid_9169]

[tbmrt]

3 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

I was going to try and say goodbye to Mario at the Red Bar but it looks like he's on break.

 

 

 

[tbmrt]

Just now, tbmrt said:

 

I'll tell him you went to say goodbye if you'd like.  Does he work at Red Bar and Extra Virgin?

[edspec]

44 minutes ago, CineGraphic said:

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Thanks CineGraphic.  I have a long day in Brooklyn in September and wanted to make the most of it.  Thanks to your link a plan is taking shape 🙂

[sid_9169]

15 minutes ago, tbmrt said:

I'll tell him you went to say goodbye if you'd like.  Does he work at Red Bar and Extra Virgin?

Yep... Extra Virgin in the evening. Ryan works at The Dock House outside bar during the day and Extra Virgin at night.

[sid_9169]

Line is really long now. I'm just going to sit here and let everyone go... I've got nothing but time today.

 

 

[ninjacat123]

25 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

Richard Branson looks like the anime character "All Might" from "My Hero Academia"

 

 

Edited May 26, 2023 by ninjacat123

[sid_9169]

I think everyone waited till now to try and leave the ship... I actually booked 10:30 as my debarkation time, but there's no way that everyone did. That's the whole reason they want you to do it, to avoid this long line. 

[sid_9169]

And, just like that, it was over...

 

 

[sid_9169]

I don't have anywhere to be anytime soon... It is a little bit steamy out here on the ground in Miami...

 

 

[Tyler414]

2 hours ago, sid_9169 said:

And, this was my home for the week... I'd totally stay in this cabin again.

 

 

Great to hear… I’m on an upcoming Valiant Lady cruise solo in basically the same cabin up a deck.  I’ve always been in aft facing cabins, so I am a bit unsure about being up front. 

[sid_9169]

Traditional picture of Miami through a filthy taxi cab window.

 

 

 

[sid_9169]

I'm at the airport wayyy early, and I've got a long day here I guess. I was going to take the Metro Rail over to Brickell, but I remember the small debacle just trying to get downtown when I arrived here last Saturday. I guess that I might even have to do something I REALLY don't want to do, and that's eat here... Ugh...

[sid_9169]

I suppose the ending was a little anticlimactic, and it's not even really over yet. I've been walking around trying to get an estimate on what I might have for lunch. I've never eaten in an airport ever in my life, but something tells me I'm not going to make it until I get all the way home, which will probably be around 8:00...

 

This cruise was great, but certainly not my greatest ever. I did enjoy plenty of great food and drinks on board, as well as on land, other than the crummy lobster in Bimini. I guess that when you're an extreme introvert like me, I don't exactly meet a lot of people on board, other than the bartenders that is... 

 

So far, my next cruise is The Tribe cruise on the Carnival Celebration next January... I'd like to try and get another one in between now and then, but there are a lot of hurdles I have to go through when I get back home. Hernia surgery, which could be very soon, or who knows depending on what the surgeon determines. Then, possibly having to find another job, which could be another huge mess, since I spent my years in school mostly not paying attention. 

 

Whatever happens, things always seem to work themselves out, so that's what I'm hoping for... 

 

I'm definitely not looking forward to having to pay for my own food and beverages now that I'm off the ship, especially at an airport...

[sid_9169]

Another Facebook memory... I guess that I cruise during Memorial Day pretty much every year...

 

 

[HBCcruiser]

@sid_9169  Thanks for taking us along on another one of your Spectacular Live reviews. Safe travels home. Take care of your self and your health. Until next time…🥂

[sid_9169]

So, this is what it's come to... An airport chicken pesto panini... I took a look at everything, and this is what I finally decided on. Wish me luck...

 

 

 

[broberts]

4 hours ago, sid_9169 said:

The Deep Blue Extras are supposed to cover specialty coffee up to $10 a day, but only the charge for the first full day have been deleted from my account... Either way, I still came out great with the $400 in Sailor Loot and $100 free Bar Tab. Pretty much covered everything I've had on the ship, including those expensive shots of tequila... Breakfast incoming... Hopefully... I had my order fall through the cracks the first time I had breakfast here.

 

And, just as I was typing, this appeared. Western omelette and a couple of hash browns. Probably the least appetizing thing I've seen on board, but it'll do today.

 

 

 

 

Virgin should be embarrassed. 1. To have such a pedestrian presentation. 2. To call those discs hash browns.

[sid_9169]

Honestly, that was still magnitudes better than the lobster I had yesterday in Bimini... And, less than half the cost... At least I'll survive until I get back to Atlanta now...

[sid_9169]

Went and got myself a five dollar bottle of water, since it looks like I'm here for the long haul... I inquired about getting on an earlier flight, but everything between MIA and ATL generally flys full. I remember last time they were offering a thousand dollars to anyone willing to give up their seat, and I didn't even think about it... Well, I thought about it, but I really wanted to get home, just like I do right now... At least I've got three more days to acclimate myself to the real World.