John&LaLa Live B2B from Symphony 10/26 and 11/2, Great Expectations 🎂

[crewsweeper]

1 hour ago, truffles2 said:

We were on True North and won.....many moons ago ...

Got that T shirt too!!

[zotzer]

2 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

Yacht racing yesterday was a hoot

Emmy and Rick!!!  Great to see your smiling faces!  Love to Janice and Patrick, too!  ❤️

[Biker19]

2 hours ago, h20skibum said:

Biker, are you saying WiFi on Coco Cay works without the VOOM package?  

That's what someone reported and was asking @John&LaLa to confirm.

[voyager70]

1 hour ago, DesireeC03 said:

Where did you do this:?  Looks like so much fun!

 

We did it in St. Maarten but I believe they offer it at other ports as well.  It really is a lot of fun.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

John, is Ricky Matthews still onboard as CD or did he transition off on turnaround day this past Saturday?

[Milwaukee Eight]

26 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

That's what someone reported and was asking @John&LaLa to confirm.

I think they are busy. Lol. Saw them dressed in White and Pinnacle Lunch in San Juan. 

[jagsfan]

5 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Ours is awful, and I rarely feel that way.

It feels fine going to bed, but it's a rough wake up

If you just happen to have a measuring tape, and have the time, would you measure the clearance under the bed? DD’s friend has a duffel with a hard frame that measures 14”. 

I asked on the RCI board, but you’re actually in the right place to check. 

If  you can’t measure it,  that’s fine. Don’t want to interfere with your lovely cruise. 

Mimi

[truffles2]

1 hour ago, voyager70 said:

 

We did it in St. Maarten but I believe they offer it at other ports as well.  It really is a lot of fun.

 

Stars and Stripes and true North  4 are actual retired Anericas Cup vessels in St. Maarten

[voyager70]

44 minutes ago, truffles2 said:

Stars and Stripes and true North  4 are actual retired Anericas Cup vessels in St. Maarten

 

Those names sound familiar.  Believe there was also a retired vessel from New Zealand when we did it.

 

[island lady]

1 hour ago, jagsfan said:

If you just happen to have a measuring tape, and have the time, would you measure the clearance under the bed? DD’s friend has a duffel with a hard frame that measures 14”. 

I asked on the RCI board, but you’re actually in the right place to check. 

If  you can’t measure it,  that’s fine. Don’t want to interfere with your lovely cruise. 

Mimi

 

Another trick when our cases don't fit under the bed.  Sometimes it's the railing along the bottom that restricts it.  We just lift the corner of the bed up a bit, then slip the case under it.  Works 99% of the time.  Otherwise...those cases get to spend the cruise in the corner...bad cases...bad girls!  

[xpcdoojk]

1 hour ago, jagsfan said:

If you just happen to have a measuring tape, and have the time, would you measure the clearance under the bed? DD’s friend has a duffel with a hard frame that measures 14”. 

I asked on the RCI board, but you’re actually in the right place to check. 

If  you can’t measure it,  that’s fine. Don’t want to interfere with your lovely cruise. 

Mimi

 

I don’t think a 14 inch anything will fit under the bed.  When I take our regular suitcases, they fit if they are put under bed in open position and not closed (hard sided Briggs and Reilly my wife has).  My soft sided will fit closed.  Guessing no more than 7 or 8 inches. 

 

JC

[John&LaLa]

4 hours ago, h20skibum said:

Were you still logged into VOOM?

 

Biker, are you saying WiFi on Coco Cay works without the VOOM package?  If so, I may change my VOOM plans for April. 

 

I didn't try that.  I'll look into it if I can on Friday 

[John&LaLa]

1 hour ago, garnetpalmetto said:

John, is Ricky Matthews still onboard as CD or did he transition off on turnaround day this past Saturday?

 

He left. We have Mike somebody

 

He must be Canadian,  he's wearing hockey skates here, eh.🇨🇦

Edited November 6, 2019 by John&LaLa

[Cruiser_1977]

I was on CocoCay in September. I did not purchase any of the connectivity packages. I was able to text, snapchat, Instagram, check e-mail and use the Internet on my iPhone while there. All of this over WiFi.

Edited November 6, 2019 by JennyB1977

[John&LaLa]

1 hour ago, jagsfan said:

If you just happen to have a measuring tape, and have the time, would you measure the clearance under the bed? DD’s friend has a duffel with a hard frame that measures 14”. 

I asked on the RCI board, but you’re actually in the right place to check. 

If  you can’t measure it,  that’s fine. Don’t want to interfere with your lovely cruise. 

Mimi

 

My big blue one slides under with very little clearance.  I can measure it when I get home. 

[davekathy]

8 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Another trick when our cases don't fit under the bed.  Sometimes it's the railing along the bottom that restricts it.  We just lift the corner of the bed up a bit, then slip the case under it.  Works 99% of the time.  Otherwise...those cases get to spend the cruise in the corner...bad cases...bad girls!  

Excellent tip and can vouch that it works. 

[jagsfan]

Just now, davekathy said:

Excellent tip and can vouch that it works. 

We always have to lift the frame to slide my 26” one under. 

[jagsfan]

4 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

My big blue one slides under with very little clearance.  I can measure it when I get home. 

Thank you 😊

[davekathy]

14 minutes ago, xpcdoojk said:

 

I don’t think a 14 inch anything will fit under the bed.  When I take our regular suitcases, they fit if they are put under bed in open position and not closed (hard sided Briggs and Reilly my wife has).  My soft sided will fit closed.  Guessing no more than 7 or 8 inches. 

 

JC

Our  3 Travelpro maxlite 5, 26" soft sided are 11" and all fit under the bed, closed. Don't even have to do Pats (post# 836) trick when we were on the Freedom. 

Edited November 6, 2019 by davekathy

[garnetpalmetto]

7 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

He left. We have Mike somebody

 

He must be Canadian,  he's wearing hockey skates here, eh.🇨🇦

 

Gracias senor. And yeah, I think that's Mike Szwajkowski who used to be a mountie.

[John&LaLa]

Absolutely true observation.

Up on the suite deck awaiting sail away.

Just saw a man from Nantucket.....

 

Maybe he can accurately measure the suitcase. 🤣🤣

 

[grapau27]

17 minutes ago, davekathy said:

Excellent tip and can vouch that it works. 

+1.

I was just going to post this.

Sometimes when I have lifted the bed it looks like the hoover has not seen under the bed for sometime so I stopped putting ours there.

[davekathy]

10 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Absolutely true observation.

Up on the suite deck awaiting sail away.

Just saw a man from Nantucket.....

 

Maybe he can accurately measure the suitcase. 🤣🤣

Just continue with what you're doing as a few of us helped you out. 😏🍻

[booplesnoople]

22 minutes ago, davekathy said:

Our  3 Travelpro maxlite 5, 26" soft sided are 11" and all fit under the bed, closed. Don't even have to do Pats (post# 836) trick when we were on the Freedom. 

I had a 28" and a 26" hardbody when we sailed, we left them open and both fit under the queen bed with no issues (open). We used them as under-bed drawers for our dirty laundry 😂

[RFerrington]

37 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Another trick when our cases don't fit under the bed.  Sometimes it's the railing along the bottom that restricts it.  We just lift the corner of the bed up a bit, then slip the case under it.  Works 99% of the time.  Otherwise...those cases get to spend the cruise in the corner...bad cases...bad girls!  

Just be careful when you lift the frame of the bed that the beds do not come uncoupled.  We did this once on Grandeur and in the middle of the night I fell into a abyss created when the beds slid apart !!