Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 #1 Share Posted January 28, 2022 This post was recognized by CC Help Jenn! "Thanks for generously sharing your time at sea with everyone at Cruise Critic" John&LaLa was awarded the badge '"Live from...."' It's been 9+ years since we've set foot on a new class of Royal Caribbean ship. Looking forward to it. So much to see I'm told. Unfortunately I have to drive to Pt Everglades But hey, it's a fun itinerary. ABC light 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #2 Share Posted January 28, 2022 We will be staying in one of the two Owners Suites, so that's a big plus Great location near the aft elevators 541 sqft should be enough room for both of us. Nice balcony as well Got an early check in as well. Early bird gets the worm 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted January 28, 2022 #3 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Nice itinerary. Love Aruba and Curacoa. Always seem to have perfect weather. Should be a great cruise. When we are in Aruba at night time we like dinner and drinks at West Deck. Easy taxi ride from the port. Beautiful spot to watch sunset. Another nice spot for dinner and drinks and beautiful sunsets is the italian restaurant near California Lighthouse. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted January 28, 2022 #4 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Sounds like a great cabin and perfect location🤩 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #5 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Full disclosure on this suite, though. Scored a sweet deal during the heady days of Lift and Shift back in the summer of 2020. We booked Empress with the expectation of shifting it immediately. Blame the game, not the player. All in at just over 3 grand. Can't beat that. BTW, we also did the same thing for our Symphony cruise in March. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #6 Share Posted January 28, 2022 I was also able to transfer my Visa OBC from our cancelled Harmony TA to this cruise. I doubt I'll see any of it, as Laura will likely enjoy it in the Casino. I missed my chance to spend it in the planner though. Looking forward to testing all the room controls from my app. Pretty sure it's not voice controlled like I'm used to with Alexa And of course we get free WiFi as a suite perk. I'm hoping for two logins as our Pinnacle perk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #7 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Got our negative test results from Walgreens in less than an hour. Laura was on edge as our neighbors tested positive this morning for their cruise on Saturday. I guess someone is smiling on us 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OACAggie Posted January 28, 2022 #8 Share Posted January 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, John&LaLa said: Full disclosure on this suite, though. Scored a sweet deal during the heady days of Lift and Shift back in the summer of 2020. We booked Empress with the expectation of shifting it immediately. Blame the game, not the player. All in at just over 3 grand. Can't beat that. BTW, we also did the same thing for our Symphony cruise in March. Smart TA I guess😉 Which Symphony cruise in March? We are on March 12…L&S from Empress as well. I get to meet @Ourusualbeach, Will I get to meet you and LaLa? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinsmom03 Posted January 28, 2022 #9 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Looking forward to the trip report! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #10 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) Got our Concierge letter on Saturday and booked our times in CK. We really don't use it much for dinner, so I asked Mohamed to change our MTD reservation to First Seating. No problem. He also got our reservations for NorthStar and IFly. Suite life is indeed sweet BTW, I made a little chart using the app to figure out when we wanted CK, MDR, and then booked Izumi on a night we didn't like the std offerings. Obviously these are not full menus, but little reminders. We kinda know the overall menus, but the order varies Izumi is day 3 Leaving day 5 open in case we're out late in Aruba Edited January 28, 2022 by John&LaLa 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #11 Share Posted January 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, OACAggie said: Smart TA I guess😉 Which Symphony cruise in March? We are on March 12…L&S from Empress as well. I get to meet @Ourusualbeach, Will I get to meet you and LaLa? We're on the 5th, sorry we won't meet. Ken is on B2B, so we both get to see him I guess. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #12 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Thanks to this lovely map from @twangster looks like we are in MDR for muster I'll try and scope out our dining table location when we show up. Kill two birds with one stone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #13 Share Posted January 28, 2022 That's it for pre cruise. We drop Bell off at the beach tomorrow. Going to stay and have early dinner, hopefully watch a SpaceX launch, and then drive to Ft Lauderdale Saturday morning. Parking at the pier. Thanks for coming along 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonj Posted January 28, 2022 #14 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Hope to meet you onboard. We are in a GS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #15 Share Posted January 28, 2022 29 minutes ago, jonj said: Hope to meet you onboard. We are in a GS I'm looking forward to visiting the SL. See you there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticketsunlimited Posted January 28, 2022 #16 Share Posted January 28, 2022 JOHN, we are right across the stairwell from you in the GS on 9. We will say hi to you in the suite lounge Saturday night. Definitely a different feel in the lounge from Oasis class without CC attached but we love it. Almost like having your own 270 for drinks. Look forward to meeting you and Laura. Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinMamainMN Posted January 28, 2022 #17 Share Posted January 28, 2022 We are doing the same cruise on Feb. 26th. I can't wait. I hope you have an amazing time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #18 Share Posted January 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, ticketsunlimited said: JOHN, we are right across the stairwell from you in the GS on 9. We will say hi to you in the suite lounge Saturday night. Definitely a different feel in the lounge from Oasis class without CC attached but we love it. Almost like having your own 270 for drinks. Look forward to meeting you and Laura. Dan I bid on a STAR Suite, probably aint happenin. But that's fine, the OS looks awesome. See you Saturday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #19 Share Posted January 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, TwinMamainMN said: We are doing the same cruise on Feb. 26th. I can't wait. I hope you have an amazing time! @twangster has definitely given us a great preview 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamingo33 Posted January 28, 2022 #20 Share Posted January 28, 2022 See you there! But we are only in a Jr. Suite...still excited to sail in 2 days! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #21 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Oh, I forgot one thing. 32 C&A points puts us over the 1400 mark, so we should be getting a Milestone award at Top Tier party. Laura is excited because we got our Pinnacle recognition with Captain Per, so it will be nice to have him present this one. This was us 5 years ago on Harmony And I just may have that same shirt packed.🤣🤣 13 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted January 28, 2022 #22 Share Posted January 28, 2022 1 hour ago, John&LaLa said: We will be staying in one of the two Owners Suites, so that's a big plus Great location near the aft elevators 541 sqft should be enough room for both of us. Nice balcony as well Got an early check in as well. Early bird gets the worm Nice room. Took a tour of 9234 when I was on her in November. Enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted January 28, 2022 #23 Share Posted January 28, 2022 I'll be interested in what you think of the ship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 28, 2022 Author #24 Share Posted January 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said: I'll be interested in what you think of the ship. I'll likely be lost for a couple days. Hopefully will get my bearings when we stop in Nassau on Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonTexasNY Posted January 28, 2022 #25 Share Posted January 28, 2022 1 hour ago, John&LaLa said: Full disclosure on this suite, though. Scored a sweet deal during the heady days of Lift and Shift back in the summer of 2020. We booked Empress with the expectation of shifting it immediately. Blame the game, not the player. All in at just over 3 grand. Can't beat that. BTW, we also did the same thing for our Symphony cruise in March. I'm looking forward to reading all about your adventures and, seeing some of your awesome photos. You sure got a great deal on your cabin. Well done, 👍 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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