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Nooo! 🫣 They don’t care what we think. Thanks for coming along. I know you are ready for Hawaii soon!

If you’ll recall from previous LIVES, I’ve sailed with @Roscoe13 before. We had a fantastic time on the Liberty which was filling in for the Horizon (azipod issues) for the ABC cruise in January 2022. It was only my second LIVE cruise. Last year, I couldn’t swing his annual cruise because I was with family & friends on Virgin Voyages, but this year, that got pushed to February, so we are back in with him and his wonderful wife. We alerted the masses that we were cruising together, and everyone jumped on board that could or wasn’t scared (😝) including Sid. I haven’t met any of the other “internet friends” irl, but it’s been a blast planning and discussing this cruise. On a personal note, @Jamman54 and Patti coming along is extremely special because even when I was a “lurker” around these parts, I learned so much from them and Mitsugirly. And @sid_9169 blazed the way for LIVES so this is gonna be a blast!

Wahoo! Welcome aboard!

Wish you were coming too.

Glad to have you!

7-4. I just don’t see us getting out and about THAT early. We will there someday!

Wahoo! See you soon.

Pre-cruise: prices for Miami hotels were ridiculous when we all started looking. Of course, we want to be close to the action, Bayside Market and SoCal Cantina, for reasons that will be revealed later. But we also weren’t ready to spend $250 a night. I originally booked Hampton Brickell for $212, then I got an offer to stay at Aloft for $85 with tax… yes, please. It’s a little further away from Bayside than I like, but very close to SoCal and for $85… I’m in. We fly into FLL (because it’s cheaper) at 2:50pm. The plan is to check in and meet @Roscoe13 and his beautiful wife, Melania for dinner at the Hard Rock. Then catch up with @sid_9169 at SoCal… surprise! If ya don’t know, now ya know. This Cruise Critic LIVE will be a two-fer! Two for one, two times the fun and then followed up with the recap from @Jamman54 All the shenanigans will be documented and noted!

They are on notice. Extra bartenders have been called in…heck, we are getting 3 cruise directors. They are rolling out the red carpet for the Cruise Critic members!

Like most of the US, most of my friends and family are preparing for our first “major” winter storm of the season. “They” are saying it’s going to be like Feb. 2021. Feb. 2021, we lost power for 4 days and the kids were out of school for a full week… no thank you. Glad I timed this cruise out right! No bread and milk run for me. I did grab some sunscreen today, and it was on clearance. 😝 The first prediction said the snow would start Friday, and then we would have 6 days below freezing… hard pass. But it did make me worry about that snow on Friday since we fly out Saturday… However, the snow’s been pushed back to Monday and I’m good with that. I’ll be floating in the ocean by then. 😉 And since it’s freezing here, it pretty easy to throw my warm weather clothes in the suitcase and be ready to rock, sooo

They will be OUR shenanigans!! Whoop whoop!!

Port of call plans: Amber Cove- shopping and pool day! The port area has a fantastic pool with a swim up bar. Too bad you can’t use Cheers! there. I also told @pebbles1102 I would zip line with her. Cruise Critic gone wild indeed. San Juan- We’ve been to San Juan a lot the last 2 years, and next month, we will sail from there on the Valiant Lady with a ton of friends and family. This time, there’s a few bars we want to check out. I found a list of the “best bars in Old San Juan”. And we might just make it up to the beach at Escambron. I know I’ll be hunting iguanas and plan to crash @Jamman54 at husband daycare. St. Thomas- We’ve been trying to get to St. John, but with the times we are in port, I just don’t want to risk it. Previously, we’ve been to Sapphire and Coki beach. We plan to head to Magen’s Bay for our first time and perhaps head up Paradise Point for a daiquiri or a bushwacker. We’ve never been up there either.

We will try not to burn her down, but over 20 CCers can’t be too gentle. 😆

Have a great cruise! We will be drunkenly following along lol

Hey! Hey! Thanks for coming along.

Not much change to this sailing. Why fix perfection?! 😆 I snagged Cheers with a discount code (10% off) from that time the website glitched and only charged for one day. I would have appreciated that price more, but I’ll take the 10% off. This time, we are trying out Havana. We have a Havana interior after taking a $55 upgrade offer. Excited to try out the tiny pool, the outside bar, and wave at the normies from this elite area. 😉

Enjoy the Freedom. We will wave at ya!!

Hello Cruise Critic! Wow! It’s been a LONG 121 days since the last LIVE, but here we are going back on the Celebration. This time with some of my favorite CC members on a fabulous 7 days out of Miami calling on Amber Cove, San Juan, and St. Thomas. So buckle up, subscribe and follow along LIVE as we sail with your favorite internet friends escaping the cold and drinking a lot!

Saying hey! About to start my own LIVE since I’ll be sailing with @Jamman54, Patti, @SenatorsFan and some others.

Thanks for another great live. I’ve really enjoyed your cruising shenanigans, but uhh excuse me, make way, coming through! Cough, cough.

Her last Miami sail away… for awhile any way.

I’m sure you’re ready to return lol

B’s nest is disturbed

Oh wow! I told him a secret on the Ecstasy last year. Hope he doesn’t remember. 😆

Wait! Lovell is on the ship? Which bar? From St. Lucia?