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Thank you! Glad to hear this.

Thank you for posting Lenny. So sorry that you suffer from so many ailments but so glad that you are okay and that you have a procedure in place to let is know if things turn horrible. Love your positive attitude 🙂

Is it a sea day? Maybe 5,000 other people are posting their Tiktok videos of the trip at the same time.

I always joke that 3 great, revolutionary life-changing events occurred in 1964. 1) The Beatles came to America and revolutionized music. 2) Ford introduced the Mustang & revolutionized sporty cars for the younger generation. 3) I was born. And in that order. 🤣

You are a regular Amtrak passenger, correct? I'm thinking of booking my first Amtrak trip later this month, NY to Philly. Question: How is their on-time performance? The reason I ask is that when I take Metro-North train into NYC, the station is shared with Amtrak & it frequently seems the Amtrak trains are behind schedule, sometimes by many hours. Not sure if that is typical or isolated to that one line, which is the Hudson line up to Montreal. From what I understand, there is a lot of freight trains that get priority schedule that impacts Amtrak, which hopefully is not the case between NYC & Philly.

Tha National Trust is doing a great job maintaining the winter garden. The Snow Bells look great. Mine not so much although they are a couple weeks early. The spring like weather (high 50s F) has tricked then into an early bloom. Plus I do absolutely nothing to care for them.

Smart, Royal put some thought into designing the layout. Too early for Sorrento's/Boleros? It won't make the internet faster but it'll ease your frustration. That's today's medical advice for the doctor.😁

He's mentioned in the past that he keeps in touch with a dozen people (i think) on CC via email including 1 or 2 that have posted on this thread. I have no idea who they are but maybe if they see this post they can reach out to him via email, if that's not too intrusive? Just to let him know we are thinking of him.

Whenever I'm in a casino, mudslide is my drink of choice. Not sure why, maybe because it packs a punch & is filling so I don't have to leave the slots in search of food. After a few, I have the same crooked smile as your drink. 🥴

Especially on internet forums! I usually pause for a minute or two before hitting the "Submit Reply" button & think if someone who doesn't know me would react negatively. Note; I said "usually" 😇

Thank you. Just call me "Mr-Gets-Along-With-Everyone" 😎, although I don't really deserve that title as there are others more thoughtful & polite than myself. But Thank you again. I'll take the compliment! Although in real life, I have a very dry & sarcastic sense of humor that would cost me a few nice points. 😁 In all seriousness, I post on Internet forums for fun & don't take anything too serious or personally. I actually appreciate the different opinions and viewpoints and the variety of personalities just adds to the spiciness.

Sounds like today is a staircase day. 😀

@WrittenOnYourHeart & @DandDM Thank you for your replies. Going to pull the trigger on my first solo cruise so just wondering how others did it.

Every board needs a loveable curmudgeon. @Jimbo is ours. 😉😇👍

It's a friendly Kraken, see the smile? 😉

Also, as a solo cruiser, what have you been doing for dining? Going solo or do you meet people and dine with them or just go to MTD and asking to be placed at a table with people?

See what you can discover about Project Discovery. 😉 Lot's of speculations and hints but very little solid knowledge yet, other than it''' be "smaller" than the current crop of mega-ships & looking to replace the aging Vision & Radiance class of ships. Although it'll have to be bigger than 90,000 ton Radiance if they want to pack in just a few of the newer amenities such as specialty restaurants, karaoke bars, bigger solarium, Star-class suites, etc, even if they skip the roller coasters, water slides, Central Park, etc. So 130,000 ton Voyager-size sounds about right.

That's not just any old octopus, that's the legendary, often talked about but rarely seen Kraken.

Is anyone else having weird issues with CC? I had problems trying to get on for a few hours yesterday, kept getting a message the site is unavailable. Finally when I was able to get on, the site was slow and I was not receiving any notifications of new posts for threads that I follow. Now I'm being bombarded with multiple notifications for same posts I've already read. Does CC really want me to read the same posts 4 or 5 times! 😒😬

That is a shame. Last time I was in Falmouth, we did a Margaritaville Catamaran excursion. Snorkel first with snacks and drinks (in little cups) provided, followed by a beach party with food & drinks (in little cups) provided and ended up at Margaritaville, food and drinks NOT provided. I remember hanging out at the swim-up bar buying a beer & looking up at Liberty OTS and thinking I could be have a free beer there as I had the drink package. Of course, I love swim-up bars so I had 2 more beers before heading back to the ship.

You must be in my brain. I was literally just thinking about her & JC as I haven't seen them post in a long time. I just assumed I missed their posts as lately I've been spending more time on LIVE review threads than here, which is actually very uncharacteristic of me.

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Wow. There is a LIVE review thread with some pic & and videos of the wind and waves. EDIT: Not sure why CC decided to display the post with F-Bomb in it. That was NOT what was showing when I copied the link. Is CC trying to tempt me into a game of monopoly? 😄

I always have my eyes and ears open for alternatives and as VV is the new kid on the block, please post pics & your thoughts of the ship. That is, if it's okay with the rest of the gang. The impression I've gotten from others so far is to go with an open mind & forget everything about your previous cruises. People expecting it to be like Royal but slightly different seem to be disappointed. Just my gut observations. If you do a live over on VV, please post a link here. Thanks!

My DW was a country music fan and introduced me to Toby Keith's music with this song. Said it reminded her of us. 😃 I was hooked & became a big fan. I have fond memories of the 5 or 6 TK concerts I've gone to so this news hits a little close to the heart. Always wanted to take Little HBE4 to one of his concerts so she could experience what her mom did. I guess I'll need to take her to a Garth Brooks show, which was DW true country music love. 🙂