RFerrington

Exact opposite for us. Our room is like an iceberg. Lesson learned from last 2 weeks in CP balcony. Your AC will not work unless your balcony door is completely closed, the handle locked down and THE LOCK ON THE DOOR (up top…) IS FULLY ENGAGED (pushed in). We had done everything but the last step but the AC never came on. When the maintenance guy came and showed us the lock (which we had never even noticed), we were embarrassed….but the AC worked like champ after that ! In fact, it was freezing in there even when the thermostat was cranked all the way to the right. In other news, we also had trouble with water temp in our CP balcony. Never did get that regulated.

What all is going on today (for the group) ? I think it’s probably slot pull day but we missed out on that. What else ?

The D Concierge last week told us that the construction in the old Jazz Hall would take 2 weeks…so the temporary relocation of the D lounge should be this cruise and the next and then return back to its regular location after that.

I hope it’s raining in Port St Lucie. We’ve been dry as a bone ! Yes, the temporary move of the DL to Vintages/Music Hall is a result of the conversion of the Jazz Club over to a non-smoking casino annex. Not sure what they’re doing about the coffee situation. Hopefully someone who has been in there recently can help. The D Concierge (Norman) told us last week that the DL and Giovanni’s would be “sharing” the coffee machine, but I’m not sure what that really means.

To follow up on my earlier post, our room attendant said, no worries….no restriction on wash&fold laundry which is great news for us since we have holdover dirty clothes from last week. We’re in a suite but that shouldn’t matter…but you never know. So, our first w&f bag is already on its way. One really good bit of news re: C&A gifts…instead of the plate of stale cookies (which I had read would be going away) we got a nice fruit plate with an apple, pear and grapes. Much nicer than the cookies, which we always dumped.

Our filets at the CK were excellent. I thought the spinach was very salty…but I liked it. Off to a great start. Off to the Aqua Theater show. Very calm seas so we should be fine

Oops….forgot. Aqua Theater show at 8:15. THEN the casino….

Heading to the CK for dinner. Then to the casino ! Hope to see some of you soon.

Something about waiting on supplies of some kind. I’m going with some of the posts above and blaming it on the booze hounds on this thread. I image they’re already out of Kraken ! 😜😝

We were in a CP balcony on the previous 2 sailings (2-26 and 3-5) in one of the “29” double balconies (10629) and enjoyed it very much. The only problem I had was loss of “situational awareness”, not knowing whether we were docked or not. I did not miss seeing the ocean per se…just not knowing whether we were docked or under way was a bit of an issue sometimes. For the money, I think they are a great value. We would do it again only I think I prefer the bed by the slider, so I would get one of the “229” ones next time. I love sitting out on the balcony in the evenings…so beautiful in CP.

Surprised that we received all of our C&A gifts - 14 Cokes, 7 bottles of water and a bottle of sparkling wine. We had gotten all of these on the first 2 sailings but I feared that would change on this sailing. It didn’t. 🤗 I have not yet broached the subject of wash&fold laundry with our room attendant so not sure if we will be able to submit bags on 2 different days or just 1. Capt just announced that our 4:30 departure had been delayed until around 6PM but this won’t affect our time at PDCC (tomorrow).

We will be neighbors ! We are in 8660

Gorgeous !

Here's a photo of the entertainment schedule for 12-18 March 2023. Sorry it's sideways...I am working with the tech I have....

On a B3B on Oasis right now. 1 and 2 in the same room and changing rooms for #3. I love doing consecutive cruises. So relaxing and stress-free. Our “special” lunch on the first turnaround day was a corner of the MDR and I suspect the second one will be the same. Better than fighting the horde in the WJ !

We ate at Chops on OA 4 days ago. The food and service were excellent.

We saw the owl on our SY cruise ! It was unbelievably cute. We were dining at Chops and it came hopping by the window, looking directly at us with those huge eyes. So sweet.

We have only had help getting back onto the ship once and that really had nothing to do with an excursion. For reasons that are immaterial, a great crowd gathered at the Orlando terminal during a call there. We called our Genie and asked for help, reboarding, and she came to our rescue. But typically, unless you have something prearranged, the Genie does not get involved in reboarding after an excursion.

@A&L_Ont Andrew, have a super safe trip. Are you the first to hit the road ?