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No worries I’ll check for that

Coconut Tito’s Mojito

I think this is Valiant Lady… sidebar we’ll be on Scarlet Lady next month 😀

Backtracking a bit regarding the Uber ride. When I pre scheduled it in the app the destination somehow got translated into Pier 2 OSJ even though I typed Pan American into the destination field. There was definitely a language barrier with the driver & my high school/college spanish classes came into play a bit. We worked through it and got to the right place with minimal time lost.

Onboard just before the 11:30. Embarkation could have been smoother and faster but not terrible. There was a large group ahead of us in the suites/pins line using birth certificates that had an issue slowing things up. Then after that in the x ray line we were next up and the machine malfunctioned so we had to pick everything off the belt and get back into line. I’ll have to check my time stamps on my pics but it felt like about 25 minutes to get on the ship start to finish. Still not bad and still ahead of schedule.

waiting in line for luggage drop. Uber wasn’t too bad. about 20 minutes. pick was early and we arrived at the pan american pier at 10:45. We are early. no worries. 😉

Luggage gained a little weight but otherwise ready to roll

Some more hotel pics. Lobby area. Don’t mind my starbucks 🤦🏻‍♂️

“The Deck” Infinity pool in front of the loungers looks like glass Love the dog statue!!! Cabana area is nice. I inquired yesterday but it was $450 for the day. Included included full bar and food service and a bottle of champagne or something we weren’t into. Wasn’t worth it to us.

I like this one. Very detailed.

☀️☀️Good Morning & Boarding Day from San Juan☀️☀️ Looks like it’s going to be a beautiful and HOT day. Love it when it says “0” days to go

@Hoopster95 Thanks! That is great info and confirms what I’ve learned up to this point. Maracas Beach was the 1 excursion we talked about doing in Trinidad. Pigeon Point Beach is a possibility for Tobago. There was 1 other beach I can’t recall at the moment that we talked about as well. Haven’t had coffee yet… yeah that’s the problem 😜

I hope weather cooperates for you & you continue to live Odessey.

Pre Planned excursions are a private tour with Elegance Catamarans in Barbados. Another catamaran tour in St.Lucia - Western Coast Catamaran Cruise through Royal. This is a catamaran cruise with a beach stop and cruise to the Pitons. I wanted to see the Pitons and a catamaran sounded waaaaayyyy better than a bus to me. Throw in a beach too -sold. For St.Maarten we haven’t booked an excursion but plan to do a bit of exploring and shopping and take the water taxi over to the beach & do whatever floats our boat.

So I know just about everyone is interested in the Trinidad & Tobago ports in particular. To be honest, so am I, and we still aren’t fully decided what (if anything) we will do there. At minimum we will get off and explore whatever is in the immediate port area. We are considering a beach excursion on one but not both. We were not sold on anything pre cruise. So we are basically winging it on those 2 ports right now. We may still pop on booking something onboard. We shall see. One of them will be mostly a makeshift “sea day” for us. I avoid long bus rides like the plague (we had the THE MOST horrific bus ride on our Halifax - Peggy’s Cove excursion last September. See that live thread for details) so those excursions are out immediately. From my understanding any of the beach excursions we were interested in at T&T are close to 45 minutes each way in a van/bus & that’s maxing me out.

Royal Burger for room service is one of my favorites

Correct - Pan Am Pier

Ordered Birra House Margherita pizza via Doordash. Only took about 15 minutes. Met the dasher in the lobby. Super easy and was waaayyy cheaper than the hotel restaurant room service. Like it 👍🏻

Oh my Flying into SJU the day-of especially in January gives me heart palpitations 😆

No - estimated with no/normal traffic is 10 min

Speaking of bets…I am excited for playoff football onboard. The app is showing that Packers v 49ers will be on at the pool deck as well as the Pit Stop. I can’t recall ever seeing football on the pool deck TV. Guess i’ll find out tomorrow. It also shows bills vs jets and lions vs saints too in the app. Umm Yeah that’s not a thing 😂

Uber is scheduled. It was $16 and change. Plus tip added later. Who wants to take bets on the dropoff time of 10:34??

No worries - I’ll keep an eye out. I’d be surprised if onboard pricing was better though.

Thanks!!! Yes for the 3 night package we plan to go to chops, giovanni’s and izumi. Might try a BOGO too if they will allow a different night. Our experience at Chops on Radiance last June was not good at all. That was a first for us. Never had any issues there before on any ship. DW is usually not a big fan of Giovanni’s and we have skipped it for a long time. We’re giving it another shot on this one.

Thanks!! You should have lol Sounds exhausting! My brother is reporting they have at least 5 inches right now in Northern Pittsburgh. I shovel/snowblow my elderly neighbors driveway, especially now, since she lost her husband about a year ago. Luckily she does have family close and other neighbors who can pick up my slack.