Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[grapau27]

[MJSailors]

@Luckynana Maryann- Are you there yet?

Safe travels if you are driving today.

Friends of ours left LI this AM to make the long drive to Hutchinson Island. I spoke with my friend yesterday.She is not looking forward to the trip,her hubby though is glad for the drive.

They are stopping in Fredericksburg VA and Santee SC. 

Hoping all goes well for them and you and your hubby too !

MJ🙋🏻

[aussielozzie18]

Good morning and Happy New Year to everyone from Sydney, Australia.  

 

For New Year’s Eve, DH took me to the Sydney Opera House to see Michael Sheen perform in Amadeus.  First photo is a promo photo from the OH official page.

 

 

 

 

 

At intermission, we could go out on the balcony and watch the 9pm fireworks.

 

View of the bridge and illuminated boats before the 9pm fireworks commenced.

 

The 9pm fireworks are the family fireworks display so shorter and less elaborate than the midnight ones 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were seated on the aisle so it was easy for me to quietly sneak out 10mins before intermission and get a spot at the railing for an excellent view (sorry the photos are a not the best).

 

 

 

[MJSailors]

Happy New Year to all !🥂🎉🥳

Hoping 2023 is filled with days of good health, safe travels,happy vacations and many good things for everyone.

Cheers to an improved 2023 !

MJ🙋🏻

[grapau27]

5 minutes ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Good morning and Happy New Year to everyone from Sydney, Australia.  

 

For New Year’s Eve, DH took me to the Sydney Opera House to see Michael Sheen perform in Amadeus.  First photo is a promo photo from the OH official page.

 

 

 

 

 

At intermission, we could go out on the balcony and watch the 9pm fireworks.

 

View of the bridge and illuminated boats before the 9pm fireworks commenced.

 

The 9pm fireworks are the family fireworks display so shorter and less elaborate than the midnight ones  388.94 kB · 0 downloads
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were seated on the aisle so it was easy for me to quietly sneak out 10mins before intermission and get a spot at the railing for an excellent view (sorry the photos are a not the best).

 

 

 

Awesome photos.

Happy new year to you.

Edited December 31, 2022 by grapau27

[MJSailors]

@aussielozzie18 What a wonderful NYE celebration !

Thank you for sharing !

MJ🙋🏻

[aussielozzie18]

Whilst I was at the railing with my $18aud small glass of Chardonnay, DH was watching the last 10mins of the performance.  When he got to the bar at intermission, the eftpos machine was down so they didn’t charge him for the maltesers and soft drink.

[Luckynana]

2 hours ago, Jimbo said:

 

I think we rushed it a little was our problem, we didn't wait long enough for the icing to set before putting the candies on. Next year we will do better 🙂

My daughters and grandchildren have been using glue guns for the gingerbread houses to speed things up in building the houses.  No one eats the gingerbread houses anyway, am I right?

[Luckynana]

3 hours ago, grapau27 said:

To all our friends on here and a special mention for Dani @dani negreanu.

Happy new year.

Graham.

Beautiful, Graham!  Thank you!

 

Wishing all our friends a happy and healthy 2023.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

      Love, Jim and Maryann

[aussielozzie18]

Amadeus finished at 11pm.  The cast got rapturous applause (photos in previous post).  We then had an hour til the midnight fireworks.  This time I was further back from the railing on the balcony  so DH decided to scope out another spot.  Meanwhile, 4 young German glamazons who must have been 6’4’ each, squeezed in front of me.  So, I gladly agreed to move when DH returned.

[aussielozzie18]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midnight fireworks.  My photos don’t do them justice.  They were spectacular.  Off the bridge, between the bridge and the Opera House, above the Opera House and to the right of the Opera House.  You just don’t know where to look.

 

 

[Luckynana]

16 minutes ago, MJSailors said:

@Luckynana Maryann- Are you there yet?

Safe travels if you are driving today.

Friends of ours left LI this AM to make the long drive to Hutchinson Island. I spoke with my friend yesterday.She is not looking forward to the trip,her hubby though is glad for the drive.

They are stopping in Fredericksburg VA and Santee SC. 

Hoping all goes well for them and you and your hubby too !

MJ🙋🏻

MJ, we are still traveling.  I don't remember if I mentioned it yesterday,. But after sitting on 95 for over an hour and a half, we made it into SC and made several phone calls to hotels, hoping for a room.  We finally got one, thankfully.  We already had reservations for the 30th since we knew where we wanted to stay.  MapQuest said it would be 5 hours to our last hotel.  9 and a half hours later we made it to Gainesville FL.  We were in bumper-to-bumper for the entire states of SC and Ga and all of i-95 in FL.  We have made this trip for the past 22 years...this trip was by far the very worst.  Luckily our stay T the Drury Hotel was wonderful!

We are now about 2-3 hours from the Condo 

Thank you for asking!🥰

[Luckynana]

@aussielozzie18Happy New Year to you and your family.  What a great way to celebrate the New Year.  Great photos!

[Lionesss]

So many well wishes.

 

Happy birthdays to all.

Happy anniversaries to those with great milestones.

 

Hope all who are under the weather feel better.

 

And most of all

 

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

 

Be safe

[Sunshine3601]

40 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

Love it!   Where do I sign up?

[grapau27]

Just now, Sunshine3601 said:

Love it!   Where do I sign up?

Here.

[Sunshine3601]

Just now, grapau27 said:

Here.

Lovely🥰

[Sunshine3601]

Here is our newest addition...Petey

He's about 7 or 8 months old and is part Manx and domestic tabby.

We picked him up last Monday from same shelter Sparky and Eva came from.  He hid the first 2 days.  Now he won't sit still long enough for a decent photo. 

other than nap time.

 

[h20skibum]

I know I am a little early with this, but it will be a busy day and evening for us.  Was surprised the sand sculptures we did yesterday were still intact and pretty well defined.  Everyone walking by had to stop for a picture.  
 

So today, the early birds were just working on a sign in the sand. 

 

Tonight, we have reservations at Bubba Gump’s, then we are cruising on the Jungle Queen for the Holiday Light Show.  
 

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy New Year. 
 

And thanks again to Dani for this thread.  May it keep going strong in 2023. 

 

[cruisingpeople]

HAPPY NEW YEAR

TO ALL

[DaniDanielle]

Happy New Year🎉🍾

[DaniDanielle]

Debbie, love your new kitty.  Wait until I show Valentina the pictures, she will be so jealous!!

[George C]

Tonight’s meal

https://table13addison.com/new-years-eve-at-table-13-addison/

[ReneeFLL]

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year.
 

It’s 12:30 pm and Mike is still sleeping. He normally never sleeps this late. Curious if there was a problem with his flight last night to make him that tired. He was supposed to fly down to South America Thursday night, but there were problems. This is one of the texts I got from him that night. 🤬 “The airplane is brand new… 1st revenue flight, and the problems are endless.” They ended up canceling the flight so he came back home. The flight left the next morning. Glad they were able to make it back today so he is off tonight. 🥂 🍾 🎉

 

Edited December 31, 2022 by ReneeFLL

[Keksie]

11 minutes ago, George C said:

Tonight’s meal

https://table13addison.com/new-years-eve-at-table-13-addison/

I will have the oysters, lobster bisque, Seabass and cheesecake.  Can you just door dash it over here?  Lol