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I added the CAS dining BOGO to my 10 night plan so I have 12 nights in specialty.

Yes I liked it.

Cabins ready at 1:12pm, ahead of the 1:30pm schedule.

Hold that thought...

DX price on board is $90. BOGO50 today.

Lunch at Park cafe. Roast beef sandwich.

Spotted: Children on board. Not a lot but there are some families on board.

Rewind a bit... On the road here my driver took the route that went past the old terminals. There was flooding on the road and we hit one puddle a lot harder than I think she was estimating. Apparently we got a lot of rain last night. She likes the new terminals from a rideshare driver perspective. I was her fourth trip to the new terminal so far today. She is local. She thought the traffic patterns work a lot better at the new terminal.

The couple in front of me on the gangway reported they had a fire in their hotel at 4am. Yikes.

On other ships I observed that Starlink internet was served using multiple addresses. So far I've been stable and using a single address: 129.222.75.159

Cruise mode engaged.

I see in the PDF above they have instructions how to disable randomize MAC on iPhone and Android.

Day 1 cruise compass downloaded from the ship using this URL: https://minio.rccl.com/compass/cruisecompass.pdf RD day 1 cruisecompass.pdf

With 75 Pins on board we have the Colony Club for our nightly happy hour.

My S22U phone would not connect to the ship wifi until I turned off randomize MAC. Then it connected right away. Same with my Tab A tablet. Until I disabled randomize MAC it would not connect to ship wifi. My macos laptop joined right away. If you are having issues with wifi, turn off randomize MAC.

Starlink:

Brief stop at muster and I was done. I stopped into Chops to make dining reservations, no issues with any times. Texas beverage restrictions.

Up the stairs... Suites and Pinnacle to the right. Through security to the waiting area for suites and Pinnacle. There I was checked in and asked the four health questions. Refreshments available: The waiting area: A famiar face pulled me aside to hand me an invitation. It's Vernon! Our L.A. Expecting 75 Pinnacle, 377 D+, 280 D. The ship was already boarding so after a brief chat it was around the corner to the ship.

No traffic and no crowds!

On board! Pics coming after I make dining reservations.

While I'm waiting... My Southwest flight here cost 8,900 points which is a pretty good rate. I'm flying Delta from LA to home after the cruise. I splurged For first class on the the flight home at 57,700 miles. For a last minute cruise booking it's proven to be pretty easy to keep the costs down. There are flight deals out there despite the otherwise crazy rates.

Uber is still in surge pricing so I did the wait and save with Lyft. $9.99 vs $38 with Uber. 70F with no humidity so a nice wait outside my hotel.

Hotel wifi is out here. Suspect something similar. It was pretty loud last night but I'm used it in Florida. I'm grateful the storms have moved out of the area. It would be miserable this morning if it was torrential rain like last night.

Departing guests on the way home are likely causing a surge. Give it a few minutes.

Here is the view that $83 buys you. I think it's a local recycle drop off. Somewhere on the other side of the transformers on the utility pole is the ship. Storms have moved out. Looks like a great day.