Magically cruisin' 12/16-22 ---Big Waves edition?

[havanadaydreaming]

All abooooooooooard?  Our embarkation time is 11am and for once i might board on time-ish.  Threatening weather in Miami today.  Last i heard was 2-4" rain, 30-40mph wind gusts and 9' seas.  

 

Giddyup! 

 

We are rollin with a party of 6 (3 cabins) and my son's pal missed college grad ceremony to sail. His first cruise!  Hes a nice young fella.  

 

They are football fanatics and plan to catch 2 of the nfl tripleheader games today.  

 

More details to follow.  I hadnt planned on getting wifi but i have some xmas shopping to do and a partial ebay refund to process as seller.  Its none too easy on the app...dangit.  

 

Fins up!!!

[ninjacat123]

Hope the weather behaves itself!!  Safe cruising!!

[havanadaydreaming]

Very noticeable sea onboard.  Nothing too rough but a contant reminder.  Bed shook up and down while sleeping. I didnt mind it. 

 

Emerils BBQ Salmon is my new alltime fave from MDR. Checkitout.

 

Another rainy day this am. Cafe Latte T minus 20 mins 

[havanadaydreaming]

Thumbs down: first slot my wife chose, the wolf and coyote thing. Moneysucker! 

 

Thumbs up: fake aquaman machine next to zeus.  Got my hundy back while lowrolling .50 spins. 

 

Thumbs up: casino drink service. Fast!

 

Thumbs up: cabin steward

 

Thumbs up: mdr head server knew our party of six by name instantly, for entire night.  Impressive. 

 

Thumbs up: mdr Showtime. Tons of fun. 

[havanadaydreaming]

Just played Mobile Trivia in the theater.  35 folks signed up off the mobile app with a specific browser address. 

 

Automatically scored and ranked players.  

 

Hope this is the way of the future.  Good times!  (I was 6th...missed a Kpop question) 

[havanadaydreaming]

Day two and three

 

Thumbs up - Emeril branzino entree. Buffet pork shoulder. Guy's Plain Jane. Piano bar. Amber cove pool music. Coffee shop cafe latte. Sun sun sun on 3rd day after 2 rainy days in miami and 2 rainy onboard. 

 

Thumbs down - casino game that took my money. Amber cove beer in black can, 6 for $25. Blech. 

[havanadaydreaming]

After watching Home Alone 2 and seeing the McCalister family stay in a multistory multi bedroom hotel suite in Manhattan....what on earth did his father do for a living?!? 

[havanadaydreaming]

Day 4 - 6th consecutive rainy day of vaca. 

 

Margaritaville Grand Turk -

 

gift shop very depleted.  Id say carrying 25% of usual items.

 

Bar challenged as well - no drink servers at pool lounge chairs like normal.

 

And after walking to bar near gift shop only drink upsell was pilsner glass...which isnt allowed near pool. (The out of stock bigger plastic souvenir glasses have muuuuuch better cost per oz on refills).

 

Only heard one Jimmy Buffett song the 3+ hours we were there.  For lack of a better word, that sucked. 

 

Suffice it to say i think the GT cafe just fell from my Worlds Best Margaritaville slot.  

 

 

Nice pasta lunch mid afternoon at Captains Cucina.  Thumbs way up.  👍

 

 

Time for a chill pill before heading out to Alchemy and live entertainment.  The Mrs, who had no drinks, is exhausted from shivering in cold rain earlier today. Napping it off. 

 

 

[princess76021]

On 12/16/2023 at 9:45 AM, havanadaydreaming said:

All abooooooooooard?  Our embarkation time is 11am and for once i might board on time-ish.  Threatening weather in Miami today.  Last i heard was 2-4" rain, 30-40mph wind gusts and 9' seas.  

 

Giddyup! 

 

We are rollin with a party of 6 (3 cabins) and my son's pal missed college grad ceremony to sail. His first cruise!  Hes a nice young fella.  

 

They are football fanatics and plan to catch 2 of the nfl tripleheader games today.  

 

More details to follow.  I hadnt planned on getting wifi but i have some xmas shopping to do and a partial ebay refund to process as seller.  Its none too easy on the app...dangit.  

 

Fins up!!!

Thanks for inviting us!!  

Hugs from Texas