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I really liked this ship, I think it may be my new favorite! Sherri🙂

We just got off of the Odyssey TA and I was pleasantly surprised by how good the food was. This was our 6th cruise since the menu change, we’ve been on several ships where the food was mediocre so I was not expecting much!😂. Only 3 dishes did I not consider to be good: lobster & cheese macaroni (definitely not Mac & cheese) the lobster tail my husband had (very tough and dried out looking) and what was supposed to be pecan pie but was more of a pecan flavored pie as I never found anything resembling a pecan. Otherwise, everything was great! Sherri🙂

Lobster has been on the app’s menu for tonight since the beginning of the cruise. It is Dress to Impress night. Sherri🙂

There might have been 1/4 of the box😂. The people sitting next to us were not impressed with it either. Sherri🙂

I had this last night on Odessey TA. It had a good lobster flavor and a few small pieces of lobster, but very little cheese flavor. In fact it was kind of oily and looked it was made from a kraft Mac & cheese. Although to be fair, the Kraft Mac & cheese is way cheesier! Sherri🙂

We have never been charged a corkage fee and in fact, it was only mentioned once to us and that was when they first announced this policy. We took a bottle to the MDR and our waiter asked if we knew about the fee. I said yes, he never charged it. Never been mentioned since. Sherri🙂

Welcome home, Cynthia, glad you had a wonderful trip! We are leaving tomorrow at 630pm for our flight to for our TA leaving from Civitavvechia. I am all packed and ready, husband just started packing this afternoon😂😂. Sherti🙂

Melody, so sorry that your family is going through such a difficult time. My thoughts are with you and Les.😔 Sherri

I am certainly not an expert on style but I would not wear any of the shoes with your dress. I would look for something sparkly, probably silver. I really like the shoes pictured with the dress so I would go for something similar. I love your dress! Sherri🙂

Good week to have no a/c, cold front coming into Florida Monday. Predicted highs for Jacksonville are high 60s to low 70s. You should probably get some lottery tickets😂 Sherri🙂

I love a good beach, we live on a beach in Florida so I am down on the beach almost everyday. Not a fan of Labadee but I always loved Coco Cay before it was redone and was prepared to hate it the first time we stopped after the renovations. Much to my surprise, I still love it, maybe even more so. We spend our time either at one of the free beaches or Oasis Lagoon. My husband sits under an umbrella with a book and I go for walks. Snorkeling is fun, too. The food is much better than Labadee, good but not sure I would describe it as wonderful. I like the taco bar and the sandwiches at the buffet. The chicken sandwich is pretty good at the Snack Shak but the funnel cake was very greasy with little flavor, hard to believe people rave about it. 😂 I received a survey yesterday asking about Coco Cay, questions like what improvements would I like to see added and what kind of foods I like to have. Very interesting. Sherri🙂

You are absolutely right, Lois. 😔 Sherri

I probably have more than nine swimsuits and I have at least 6 coverups.😂. We live on the beach in Fl and I am in the pool or down on the beach at least 5 days each week. We spend a good amount of our sea days in the pool/hot tub so I typically take 3-4 swimsuits and coverups. If we are not driving very far to a port, I will wear my suit & coverup for boarding, nice to be able to use the pool or hot tub before the crowds start moving in! Sherri🙂

Good morning to all! I’m still having issues with CC but it is working this morning so feel like I need to get a quick post in before I get kicked out again! Love all the pictures people have posted! This is the time of year I do miss Indiana so Melody, your hiking pictures made me a little homesick.😂 And Venice is one of my favorite places, it’s been almost 10 years since we were there so Cynthia, your pictures have made me want to go back! Melissa, I hope you enjoy your new job! I would love to work part time in a home goods store but we are gone so much to see grandkids, cruise, etc. that I don’t think any employer would hire someone who wants so much time off. We did the same thing , Kat, when we bought our vacation home in Florida, we went to IKEA for most of our furniture. We knew our sons and grandkids would be using it too, so I did not want anything expensive as I knew it would get abused. Twelve years later, we still have most of it, it has surprisingly held up well! Lois, it’s very interesting you spent a year in Israel! Very, very sad what has happened and unfortunately, I think there is more to come. 😔 Bad weather here today, tornados during the night on the west coast and now tornado warnings up in Flagler county which is getting close to Jacksonville. I hope Jacksonville doesn’t’ get any of this, Lois! Stay safe! Sherri

Your dinner looks very good, Melody, especially the pie!😂 We had a gray, stormy day here on the beach, very dreary looking. I had planned to grill some fish but while at the gym, I suddenly felt like it was a good day for chili. Came home and threw ingredients into my crockpot, improvising on a few. Turned out pretty good and, as our youngest grandson would say, really “hit the spot”😂 Sherri🙂

Not sure what was going on but I have been having a lot of trouble getting on to CC. I think I have caught up with everyone and it sounds like everyone is doing well and busy with travel plans, families, etc. We got the new covid boosters yesterday and I woke up this morning feeling feverish and achy so I have spent the day napping and just being generally lazy😂. OOTD: Jammie’s! We are leaving October 24 to fly to Rome for a TA cruise back to Ft Lauderdale. Then in February, we are flying to LA to catch a cruise to Hawaii, then down to New Zealand and Australia. We will disembark in Brisbane and catch a plane to Melbourne to spend a few weeks with our son and his family, This works out great as we will only have to do the long, long flight once! I am really excited about it! Very sad to see the news of Diane Feinstein’s passing! Sherri🙂

We are currently on Wonder and have been able to do it.😂 Sherri🙂

We are currently on Wonder in an inside, non connecting cabin on deck 12. This is the noisiest cabin I have ever experienced. People on both sides of us are very noisy,and begin talking, slamming doors early in the morning. Hallways are noisy, people shouting, slamming doors, etc. The ultimate noise though is coming from the kids club which is right above us. It sounds like a herd of elephants running a marathon that starts about 9am and continues off and on throughout the day until 930 pm. We are spending very little time in our cabin.😂 Sherri🙂

Agree, I never understood why people were so excited about it.🤣 Sherri🙂

Thanks for a really good laugh this morning!😂 Sherri🙂

You don’t have to have the birth certificate in hand to use it to check her in. Our 17 year old grandson was joining us for a family cruise last July. He was flying down 2 days before the cruise so I checked him hin using birth certificate as I knew the info that it asked for. When he arrived, I was able to change his checkin info to his passport. It was all very easy. Sherri🙂

We, too, just got off of Grandeur and I was amazed by how much better the food was than on our previous cruisers this year (Jewel, Independence, and Mariner) . I would rate the food on Grandeur a 8.5- 9. Sherri🙂

Such a rough time for your family Melody, my thoughts are with you. You are right about doing things when we have the chance. So glad you and Les had time to spend with his brother! Welcome home, Melissa! Sherri🙂

I am leaving Saturday on Grandeur, menu just appeared this morning. Our cruise last week on Mariner did not show menus until the day before we embarked. Sherri🙂

We just got off of Mariner this morning and I would rate the food in the MDR a 6. This was our 3rd cruise with the new menu and it seems as though the food has gotten worse with each cruise. A few dishes were very good, chicken chettinad and butter chicken to name two but most were just ok to bad. We had a very nice meal in Jamie’s and the hot dogs at the Doghouse were great!😂 Sherri🙂