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At least the seas are calm. I overheard someone talking about how rocky it is lol. It's not. Maybe 4-5 ft seas and not rocking.

Haven't seen any ducks but don't really look. As for internet, it varies. We're going so slow right now. I think the Captain is trying to stay behind the storm which is moving out plus Boston isn't that far from NJ

By paying to go on the cruise. Everyone has bought their tier level.

They are checking cards as you enter the lounge. They have someone outside the door.

Food so far on Jewel has been much improved over even 6 months ago on Enchantment. And much better than Jewel last Nov.

Actually right now it'll be spring 2025 based on what we have booked

A lot of d+ and pinns. Vortex is open as overflow. We're sitting in it right now as it's still roped off. We were able to find seats in overflow last night. We skipped top tier this morning. Top 20 pinns are allowed in the SL.

Why can't people shut up when the captain talks? It's 2-3 minutes and you might learn something important. Anyway everyone here in the VCL is drinking and waiting to depart.

D lounge (sign hasn't changed) is full at 430. Viking crown is full also. No overflow into VCL just lots of people. I'm getting a drink mainly because no luggage yet

Jewel is doing New England and Canada and just did Greenland .It's itinerary not cost.

No idea. We only got the letter about the Crown. This b2b puts us at 607 points. We'll ask our friends who are pinns

Waiting on luggage

We've only seen maybe 5 kids . It just says under 21 need to be accompanied by parent or guardian. Dragon posted the letter on her live thread.

Not unusual to check the first night in particular.

We've seen a lot of pins on chests. Apparently last cruise it was crazy with the number of pins. We know a pinn that is still on from it and will be on this b2b with us.

Boarded Jewel this am. D+ and pinn only in lounge during HH.

I was going to post about crown lounge access. We were just in our cabin.

We're onboard. (1045). Very fast

We also have 1130 but plan to leave the hotel around 10. We have a JS so we can check in earlier than our time also as we're considered a "suite" for boarding purposes. So, between about a 30 min ride plus as we all know, there's always a line going into the port so that'll take another 10-15 min just to get to luggage drop off, hopefully not a long wait. As long as I can sit some I'm good. We have a corner room facing the train station.

Wow. Our train was on time. We're in the Doubletree now. It's pretty busy here. We're going to relax and then go grab dinner and then relax in the room. There's no way they could even begin to make it. First, just getting metro there and getting into the airport will eat up most if not all that 45 min. Then, luggage, security and getting to their gate. I also doubt they'll all get on the same rebooked flight together. My DH said, "why didn't they just drive to Reagan or book a van? They certainly weren't saving any time.

We're on the train. Boarded in Manassas.

Looks like a few people we know will be on Vision on 11-4. We're doing this b2b on Jewel. Heading to Amtrak in about an hour and a half. We have 4 friends on the NB and 2 on the SB (one couple doing b2b with us) and know someone else who will be on with his mother. Who knows who else we'll run into. We're back on Vision in April for a b2b.

We want to. We currently have 567 points and will have 607 after our b2b starting on Friday. DH did the math and we'll go over in spring 2025 on Adventure. We have a b2b2b booked and I think we go over on the first leg.

Not for several years.

BTW, we might be on the same train as ours originates in Roanoke. It gets into Newark at 3 pm.