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Forgot to mention…while strolling the promenade earlier I stopped at the cafe to get the 2 coffee cards I ordered. They only had me down as ordering 1 card (they’re cheaper if you purchase online prior to sailing, $31). So calls had to be made and what not but we got it settled. Anyways, he informed me the rules of the coffee card have changed. Used to be you could get refreshers and frapps with the card, they just took off 2 punches for those instead of the one punch. Not anymore. With the cards you can no longer get those at all, nor can you use them for macchiatos or cappuccinos. Well what the heck is the use in buying them then?????

I went to the casino after throwing on a sweater. The casino on this ship is large, lots of slots…which is where I prefer to throw all of money away! 😂 I’m down a bit. But hey, the week is still young! 😂 I’m going to head up on deck ( in my mind I just refer to it as the lido) and see what’s happening. The ice show is at 10:15 and I love a good ice show! I figure after the ice show I’ll see what kind of sandwiches they have at the cafe promenade…worst case, later, I’ll order room service since it’s 9:30p already. I’m a night time kinda girl so I’ll be up very late! But, just so I don’t miss out on the day time activities, I put a continental breakfast order on my door for 7:30am.

Funny, as I walked through the ship I felt like I was familiar with her…I suspect it’s because of other voyager class ships. Yes, she is an older vessel and shows a little age ( like myself) but she’s a beauty!

Also I’m a door decorator…

Grabbed a sweater and now I’m off to check out the ship. I booked a GTL balcony and was lucky enough to get an unobstructed, midship on deck 6. I’m liking my cabin and where it’s situated. 😊

Last night I fell asleep at 9:30p and woke up at midnight, I had been up ever since. I was super tired and the second I got in to my room I took a nap…until 5p! 😂 So I got dressed and came up here to rain and wind…freezing! I’m going to have to head back down after the drink and get a sweater. I'm early seating and could have made it to the MDR but I’m not too hungry right now. I just purchased the internet for the week and after my D+ discount it was $50. Gonna get back to drinking this LIT….

This was in my stateroom when I walked in at 1p. They don’t play around with that either, 1p on the dot you could get in the doors to the cabins.

I’m currently up on the pool deck waiting for my drink. It’s rainy and windy up here. There’s not as many people up here as there usually is on the first day as a result. Taking the elevator up from my room on deck 6 I noticed the promenade is packed. I’ll wait until later to go to the coffee shop and get the 2 coffee cards I purchased. Back to boarding… they were very strict with exact timing of letting us board the ship in the proper order. Checking in was a breeze. I was scheduled to arrive at noon but my plane landed at 8a. So I grabbed an Uber for $15 and got to the terminal at about 8:45. There were others who were on my plane who were rolling up also. We got in line about 9:15 and at 10 they let us in to checkin. We sat in the waiting area until after they boarded those needing assistance, The Key folks, pinnacles and suite guests. At exactly 11a they started boarding the rest of us. I stopped by my muster station to get checked off and went straight to the bar for my first D+ drink. Then I went up to the WJ and had a great lunch. Although it was packed, everything flowed rather nicely.

Yes it is…and it’s a beautiful day here on Liberty! 💜

Everything went according to plan and I’m in line at the port! Woohoo!!!

The shuttle arrived promptly at 3:30am. I was in line for security at about 3:50. I’m sitting at the gate now and it’s 4:10am, my flight leaves at 5:25a…hopefully! I grabbed a bottle of water and a Philly pretzel at a stand here at the terminal…can’t be in Philly and not get a Philly pretzel!🥨 😁

I’m of the group of tossers…but then a few years later I think of an item and wonder…darn it, why did I toss that?

Fabulous!! 💜

Will do!

What would a stop in Philly be without a famous Philly Cheesesteak??!

Cheers!

There’s a restaurant downstairs so I’m going to head to the bar for a few drinks! 🍹 🍺 🥤

I just got to the hotel. I did the park and jet at the Clarion near the airport. It’s not the best place but what do you want for $150. Free shuttle and a place to keep your car for the week, too. The bed is rock hard, good thing I got that 5 hours sleep in! 😂 I’m going to catch the 3:3Oam shuttle to the airport.

After dinner we walked to the park and along the Delaware River. The bridge in the distance is the Delaware Memorial bridge connecting us to New Jersey.

Some pictures as I walked up to the tavern…

We each order the creamy asparagus soup..delicious… I ordered the lobster pot pie and my friend ordered the fricken chicken. For dessert I had a maple walnut waffle cone.

Did I say cobblestone walks???? I don’t know what I was thinking, that’s in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, near my vacation home. These are brick walls her in Olde New Castle. I’m happy to have finally made it! The first thing I ordered was a Belgian beer…yummy!! I love this big beer book they have that lists their various beers with a descriptive background on each one. I took a few pics of various ones.

As I mentioned, my plan was to sleep for about 4 hours after I got off of work this morning. Yeah, that didn’t happen. It was closer to 5hrs. I got up at 1:30p. Thankfully, I was already packed and I just had to throw a few more things in the bag and head out. No time for a shower, I’ll have to do that at the hotel later. I’m meeting a friend for dinner at the tavern and that’s about a 2 hour ride.

This is all I need…