MeganGC1983

I’ve officially called it a full work day. It’s nacho Wednesday tonight at my house. We cleaned out the fridge Sunday, and the kids have never seen it look this empty. The last thing I need is to come home to nasty in there. Due to the lack of Survivor tonight, I’ll get them packed up after dinner. Should be pretty easy since it’s summer. They have very little on the agenda besides living their best lives at Meme’s swimming in her pool… and summer ballet for the oldest. Cheers Cruise Critic! I know y’all were getting thirsty.

Yes, after following along on the most recent Europe lives over on the “Carnival page”, I completely reevaluated my packing. I get a free carry on and personal item… I wasn’t going to bring a carry on. Now the carry on is loaded with my clothing and my suitcase is mostly filled with oversized liquid ie sunscreen, face soap, lotion, etc. and there’s plenty of room for souvenirs. It only weights 24 lbs. Definitely the lightest my checked bag has ever weighed. 😆

I’ve been watching on the social medias via Happenings crew and the Mermaiden sailors. They have also been slowly added to my app when I browse the line up. Obviously there’s Scarlet night, gonna wear some gold for “we fancy” and 80’s gear for club rubix.

Baby steps. Hernia fix first, Tribe cruise second, “international Sid” third! 😉

Fancy

I just attending a e-learning zoom that was supposed to be interactive. It’s probably not a good sign that the website terminated during the first activity. Yikes.

Like a good Boy Scout “Be prepared!”! 😆

I’m sure.

Thank you and Patti, both for this stupendous review! Always love “sailing” along with you through reviews. Can’t wait for “The Tribe” cruise to meet y’all and get into some shenanigans.

The weather looks perfect for pre-embarkation in Athens. Meanwhile here in Oklahoma, it’s basically going to rain the whole time we are gone. I hope it drowns the snake and rodent populations that seemto be thriving this year. A day hasn’t gone by in May that I haven’t encountered a mouse or snake outside. They gotta go! Bring on St. Patrick or someone.

The secret keeper.

Has @Greenpea2 made it?! She was asking yesterday.

Wahoo! Let’s go! Shenanigan squad, mount up!

It’s all good. Haven’t even checked in for flights yet. That’s tomorrow. Thanks for being here.

Locked and loaded. Opa!

Can’t wait. Are you staying onboard and sailing with me?!

I’m not quite sure, but page 2 is making me thirsty. Waiting on 5 o’clock. 🥂 Thanks so much.

Some thing bought specifically for this cruise. Also, had to add some kind of air tags DH grabbed after I hounded him relentlessly reading about @TxTeach79 and B’s Barcelona bag issues. They may not make the ship… but we will know where they are. Anti-theft crossbody because the beginning of Europe season always has horror stories of pickpockets. 80’s things for the new Club Rubix event. Euro adapter for all the charging things.

I say do both! Lots of shopping and Husband daycares on the Aegean. 😉 Thanks for following along.

I think a direct flight would be fine. We fly Spirit nonstop occasionally. Plane changed just give too much room for error. And I need all my costume changes. 😆

Thanks for coming along. I’m sure you can pencil it in somewhere. 😆 That’s coming up quick. Hope we can all entertain you enough that it goes by quickly.

Port planning- After flights were booked, I did a deep dive into “things not to miss”. We aren’t huge Greek mythology people so Athens will most likely be our only “pile of rocks” interest. Beyond that, Santorini is really the highlight for me. DH, of course, wants to snorkel whenever and however. Santorini- The main issue here is getting to the top. Without an excursion, you can hike the stairs, wait in line for a cable car or ride a donkey. VV’s shore things had an excursion I liked that took you by boat to Oia and a couple of other stops for $35 pp. Then, magically, one day in the middle of April, it went up to $75 pp. I read, on the ports of call Greece page here on CC, that there was a boat company that would do the same thing for 30 euros pp, so I reserved the earliest tender time, 9am, on the app when they were posted, and the plan is to use that company to forego the Fira steps/cable car line, and get to Oia to explore on our own time. That’s most definitely going to be the longest port day because I want to try to catch the sunset from the port area before catching a tender back. Rhodes- plan is to explore the old town and maybe go to a beach. Bodrum- I’ve booked a Pirate ship excursion, outside of VV. It has 4 swim/snorkel spots and included lunch and drinks. I’d like to ride a camel at Camel Beach. After the excursion, hopefully head to the bazaar and shop. Mykonos- head to a beach club early before it gets too rowdy. I booked our tender time on the app for 10am. Clean up and go to dinner in Little Italy and explore. Probably enjoy some nightlife. All that really hinges on the TBD included excursion that we will learn more about Friday.

Marking it down to find and try. Thanks!

Both, Virgin Voyages and American Airlines/British Airways are really excited to have me onboard. All of the reminders are coming in about documents, packing, checking in, etc.

I have a work day today, but I’m all ready getting emails and messages about the trip this morning. There’s a group of us going on this cruise, and they’ve started a WhatsApp. We have a few extra events on the schedule for this sailing including an extra cocktail party, a brunch seminar, a TBD excursion, and a ship tour. On the 3rd, I’m hoping to meet up with @pebbles1102 for an afternoon cocktail and then we have a rooftop dinner flights willing, of course.