JandPB

Here for it. 

Can’t wait to follow along on another trip. Stay healthy. If you’re sick, stay out of the office. I just went and had a flu shot and the new Covid booster because we just started basketball season and I’m going to be in a school for the next three months. We aren’t sailing anywhere until February after my HS basketball season ends. I’ll be living vicariously through everyone until then. 

1 hour ago, jam19872016 said:

Enjoying a beverage on the outside deck tonight 

 

 

It's a little wet out but very peaceful. 

This is my favorite after dinner place to be. 

44 minutes ago, chryso said:

I discovered that Roku Live Tv has a channel of nothing but reruns of the Great British Bake Off.  I watched all evening yesterday.  So many "celebrity" bake offs, I haven't seen.

Nothing wrong with a good patisserie week episode with Paul, Pru, Noel and Matt. 

Thoroughly enjoying your adventures. Glad you’re back on an old familiar friend. Look forward to the journey.

Made it in on page 6. I have to keep up more than I have been. Off to a great start! Here for the rest of your trip!

1 minute ago, sid_9169 said:

Sail away coming up soon...

 

 

I just sat down and see lines are dropping. Bon voyage!

Made it here for embarkation day. Let's get our party on! Looks like a perfect day in Miami.

4 hours ago, jam19872016 said:

No chance of getting a drink if I need to be actively playing. I did not see a single machine without a body at it. 

 

Not feeling people-y right now so I'm sitting outside semi secluded listening to the waves crash against the ship. 

 

This is a great way to spend an evening. 

I chose 2:00PM for our embarkation time. We are non rockstars. This is our third time sailing from San Juan. Yes you can drop off luggage earlier and enjoy the city. We’ve done it both times we sailed previously. We head down and grab some last minute items from the store, have breakfast and then work our way to the ship. It’s the most chill embarkation you will have. 

Just sat down after cutting the grass and there you go. 

I just binged all 25 pages during the day today. Here for the balance. Can’t wait for the TA

~PB

We are trying VV in February out of San Juan. Looking forward to a change of pace. I’m not as far along as some in loyalty, but we are close to Platinum with Carnival. We booked this for the itinerary more than anything but we’re excited to try something different. We have been on HAL, Royal as well as my better half being on Disney and Princess. 
 

~PB

13 hours ago, sfspider said:

Try Southwest into San Juan - we've had luck in the past, plus no baggage fees.

Southwest is double what I'm seeing right now from other carriers. I'm so reluctant but Frontier has a non stop home which we will most likely hop on. 

1 hour ago, scubagal44 said:

 

I'm on the 2/3 Valiant sailing and was able to access the app today, and select my embarkation time. 

 

Only thing currently messed up is that my cabin is showing as GTY when I already had a great cabin selected when the sailing was on Brilliant. I've emailed my TA to look into it, I thought we were supposed to have everything stay the same with the move to Valiant. 

I was able to see my booking now. My TA was able to get us on the same deck just on the port side vs the starboard side. All good. Now to find airfare that isn’t $1,000 from Cleveland to San Juan. 

I still can’t see our 2/24/24 sailing as of yet. Were you able to pick an embarkation time? I never saw that as an option. I’ll keep checking the app to see if the VL cruise shows up. 

1 hour ago, MeganGC1983 said:

I could just eat fried rice and be happy. 

Coach Prime making a difference right away.  Wow. 

I hope Virgin does keep a presence in San Juan. We just booked a Feb '24 cruise on the Brilliant. We love sailing from there in the winter. 

We take both metal and silicone straws. The metal wide straws are awesome for frozen drinks. 

Our last cruise cruise, before we took a little pause from cruising, was on the Magic. The reason we decided to take a break was that we didn't have the best time on that sailing. We were booked for this trip right when they raised capacity to full. They were so understaffed and it was incredibly noticeable. The food wasn't good, the service was terrible. We decided after that to take a sabbatical. We are willing to give it another shot as we have a cruise booked on her in September 2024. I think I may move off of that cruise and move to something later in the year. 

We sailed twice from San Juan on the Victory and the Liberty. We just booked on another cruise line from San Juan for February on a different line. I'm excited to cruise on a ship with no kids and see how it goes. The itinerary has numerous ports that we haven't been to yet. I think Carnival is missing a chance to provide the opportunity to its passengers the option for diverse ports. Sailing to Nassau, Grand Turk and Amber Cove isn't exactly "Caribbean". We will see how it goes. 

58 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said:

DH lost his ship card. Dear baby Jesus. 

Oh no

3 hours ago, MeganGC1983 said:

Bought a hat at the port. Chased some iguanas but my phone died. DH took pics I’ll have to get those from him. Got back to our cabin and guess what?! We are invited. 

Your fame precedes you. Look at you being offered the VIP treatment. 

Here in time for liftoff. Let's get the party started.