Trainman-2

Her name is Booty and we were lucky to get her as a rescue.

Australian Cattle Dog

Blue Healer

Border Collie

The hospital where I go for my chemo-therapy has volunteers who bring specially trained puppies or small dogs and they visit the Doctor's offices and infusion centers.

A fantastic thing for these volunteers to do...

An article on this in this morning's Daytona Beach News-Journal is worth reading.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20180819/service-dogs-dilemma-loads-of-fakes-detrimental-to-legitimate-helper-animals

NO!

My Wife's Service dog is a mix of three breeds.

Only dogs and mini horses are recognized by the ADA as trainable as service animals.

I suspect that a lot of the people who get sick on cruise ships already had the sickness when they boarded.

RCI Food is always better than School Cafeteria or US Army food!

We have never had a problem finding something to eat which we enjoyed in either the MDR or the Windjammer.

We recommend the Drive "Nitro" rollators. In the photo I have the "big guy" version and my wife has the regular size.

You can see in this photo that they fold up almost flat and don't take up much room in the car or the cabin. (Yes, they are both in there)

We use them to walk along the pier and take sit down breaks when we get tired. Because they fold up nicely we never have a problem getting a taxi that can carry us and the two rollators.

They are a bit "pricey" and there are plenty of cheaper rollators around but the "you get what you pay for rules applies here."

Except for the MDR, I lived in shorts and a tee shirt.

My wife always had a sweater to wear inside the MDR and Windjammer.

We had to cancel this cruise at the last minute as I was diagnosed with Anal Cancel and started Chemo and Radiation treatments as you were boarding.

But we have it booked again for 2018 and we are both looking forward to it.

One of my favorite videos...

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It is an experience that everyone should do at least once.

It takes a long time and involves a lot of wine drinking.

Wonderland it fantastic! You will enjoy it!

Harmony has more activities for kids than any other RCI ship I have sailed on.

If she is confident that she could win any contest requiring a speedo than I say, "wear it!"

As I feel that tourism is important, the humanitarian effort is what need now.

The humanitarian effort is ongoing but the jobs and personal income from tourism are what gives the residents the cash they desperately need to rebuild and restart their lives.

To the best of our knowledge, we have no kids!

Not in our life time!

Thanks for the photos and explanation.

I had no clue what you all were talking about until I got near the end of the thread.

Interesting...

Please consider giving the Windjammer Buffet a try for dinner early in your cruise. I think you will be pleasantly surprised now different and enjoyable it is from breakfast and lunch.

I think I had this photo taken in Costa Maya several years ago. It was pretty close to the entrance sort of in the middle of things with most people walking around to the left or right.

The only thing that beats a kitty purring is a big kitty purring!

Continuation...

There were 4 main courses that we shared. I remember we had pork, fish, and chicken but I can't remember the 4th.

We has several deserts one of which was spectacular in the presentation.

I recommend it highly. The food was good but the presentation was spectacular! There is no rushing this dinner. Don't go there if you are really hungry and in a hurry.

We did Wonderland on the Harmony in February and really enjoyed it.

The experience is all about the presentation and the food was good too.

We started with a blank menu and had to paint it with water to make the words appear. Our Grand Daughter loved this.

There was a series of appetizers that we shared. Each had an interesting presentation.

To be continued due to the 6 photo limit...

When you go into the Windjammer, ask a crew/manager to find a table for you and then have your Moms seated.

A waiter can bring them their drinks while you fill a plate for them.

Tip the waiter $1 per drink and you will have a friend for life and they will take care of your mom for you.