Denversail

The captain announced that the person dropped in Fort Lauderdale yesterday is stable. 👏👏 The weather is super nice. The Captain says the weather is just going to get better from here.

The salad was delicious. I made an awful mess tossing it though.

Dropped into park cafe for a salad since I was right here. I was disappointed that they don’t toss the salad.

Haha… you all are my traveling partners this week. I love the participation. Please post all you’d like and ask any questions. Trust me.. I understand obsessing more than most. 😁 Currently just chilling in Central Park. This area is heaven if you can find a spot in the shade. Had to have another mint berry delight. Delicious.

The ships internet… I wasn’t sure when I started this “live” that I’d be able to do it. I saw a lot of complaints on cruise critic about not being able to load pages and upload pics. We are day 3 and I’ve had zero issues. I haven’t streamed or attempted anything with video. I have a single device package and have been switching between two devices constantly. All my internet (cruise critic), news, stocks have been on my IPAD. When I need to make a phone call I switch to my iPhone. No problems or complaints.

It was salty and spicy. I drank half of it. I didn’t expect to like it. The only time I order a margarita is in a Mexican restaurant when the bar only has tequila.

So I dropped into Playmakers and ordered a gold post margarita. I’m not gonna lie, I’m not sure I’m going to like this one but I’ll try it. i didn’t realize they have an owners box you can reserve. It is $100 and is good for one game with 10 person capacity. It includes 2 pitchers of beer and 2 appetizers. If you are a big sports fan and your game will be on during your cruise seems like a great deal. The box has two large screen tvs in it.

I was just chatting with my mama on the phone and she mentioned Vintages. Now I’m not a wine drinker but am intrigued as I’ve never been and I don’t hear it talked about much. I have seen one video that showed the food (not included in UDP) and it looked pretty good. Im going to find out the hours today and see if I can get in there and sample some of the offerings. I did get a text last night from my mom after she read here. She would be fine with me going to playmakers. Permission granted. 🤣🤣

The captain came on a little while ago and said our weather will be improving as we get closer to Cozumel. 95% of the pool chairs were occupied by towels within an hour of the sun breaking through. Tip… I was just speaking with a woman who said the rocking of the ship last night made her very ill. If you are feeling seasick just go to guest services and they will give you medication for free to help you feel better. I really like sitting over by the aqua theater. Lots of seating in the shade and not many folks when a show isn’t on.

I just saw another lady with one and we were talking about how good it is. It is creamy and a little sweet. It was almost like a coating for your stomach. Very good. One of my favorites so far. I’ve been trying all the drinks but the overly sweet ones are hard on my stomach especially if they are acidic. The 🍋🥥 gets an A+.

Goombay Smash. I really liked the lime & coconut.

Getting started early. Lime and coconut 🥥

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The new golden room for those that are interested. This is the old Jazz place right next to the Diamond lounge. It is completely non-smoking. I think it opened in the last few weeks. It is very small with 3 table games and a handful of slots. I will say regarding the regular casino that the non-smoking side has been busy. I smoke so haven’t spent much time on that side but I don’t think it is smoky at all. You can obviously smell it over there but to say it is smoky is an exaggeration at least so far this trip. Any time I’ve gone into the casino before 8 pm I’ve had to request they open a table for me. I think all the dealers are on the nonsmoking side. Not a big deal and I think the longest I’ve waited is 4 minutes. Just different from prior cruises.

The veggie lovers. It was fine. A freshly made egg scramble.

And here comes the sun. The clouds just broke. I’m sure the chair hogs are jumping out of bed and running to the pool deck. I forgot the MDR doesn’t open for breakfast until 9. That is too late for me. So Johnny rockets it is. Wow the weather changed fast.

So it is about 8 am on our first sea day. We are back out at sea somewhere. A lot of lightening last night. It is still cloudy and raining. I guess all the chair hogs got to sleep in. Normally on a sea day I would head to Johnny Rockets for breakfast but I think I’ll go to the MDR with this weather. I had planned to spend the day in the Solarium but I would need the sun to join me. So probably casino and a nap. I’ll have to check out the schedule at breakfast and see if anything interest me. I’d be down with one on those classes where they teach you how to fold napkins or some other useless talent. We will see.

It was no big deal for me. It probably only had a negative impact on folks that get sea sick. The ship was really rocking when we were flying back to Florida. I’d imagine some folks got ill.

We are pulling into Fort Lauderdale. I’m laying in bed and am too lazy to take a pic. I headed downstairs and the comedian was still going so no dj yet. I did go in for the comedian and in my opinion he wasn’t good. I left after about 10 minutes. A lot of folks dressed up for white party. Boleros was hopping but other than that the ship seemed pretty dead considering it is only 11 and the casino is shut down. I did hear a couple of songs from the guy in the pub and I thought he was pretty good.

We are moving fast.

So I was knee deep in my gambling obsession when they announced the emergency. The ship started rocking a lot about 30 minutes prior. We were all wondering why and this clearly explained it. So the casino is shutting down. My old ass is going to check out the disco and maybe get some pizza. 🙏 for whomever is having the emergency. I hope they are okay.

I’m sure it does. I was already scolded when I mentioned I’d been to all the bars.

They have declared a medical emergency and we are headed to Fort Lauderdale. Hopefully the person is okay.

So my entree was lasagna. Now I will say I didn’t enjoy anything at dinner tonight. I will also say this was no surprise to me. Outside of the Caesar salad which just tasted a little off the others were expected. I’ve never enjoyed Royals MDR Italian. If I had a speciality dining tonight would have been when I would have used it. I promised my mom I wouldn’t eat at any of those this week. I also wasn’t super hungry since I’d grabbed some pizza when I got back on the ship. I’ll be grabbing some more pizza later.

It is Italian night. Not my favorite. First item served is beef cappachio. It was okay. I then received Caesar salad. I did request the ground pepper. I was told they don’t have it anymore. I can understand not offering it but not having it all seemed a bit much. I used pepper from the shaker. Oh well.