Live from the Bliss March 12-26, 2023: Letters Home to Dad

[ceilidh1]

On 3/27/2023 at 9:00 PM, YVRteacher said:

@ceilidh1 are you on Instagram?  You can dm me!  I’m @yvonne_withawhy

Just followed you....

[YVRteacher]

Here are the Freestyle Dailies for the second week, March 19-26, 2023.  I am missing a couple days but they didn’t vary much from the first week.

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For @mlgb

i think you will like this one!  They had cold soup every day.  I hadn’t noticed it before.  It was always in the same place in the Observation Lounge on the Starboard side in between the coffee and the food at the station closest to the bow.

[sherrihall128]

52 minutes ago, YVRteacher said:

Have a wonderful cruise with your kids!  Which ship did you choose?

 

 

 

We will be on the Breakaway out of NOLA. We live near Seattle, so we are very excited for warmer weather and the sun!

[YVRteacher]

That cruise is on my bucket list! 

[SimplyAlbert]

43 minutes ago, sherrihall128 said:

 

We will be on the Breakaway out of NOLA. We live near Seattle, so we are very excited for warmer weather and the sun!

 

We just did this cruise in February and had a blast!  We did it in February 2022 as well, but with only about 1,000 passengers on board.  While it was nice having a very uncrowded ship, we both thought it felt a bit creepy at times.  We once walked the entire length of Deck 12 and didn't see anyone, not even any workers.

[sherrihall128]

20 minutes ago, SimplyAlbert said:

 

We just did this cruise in February and had a blast!  We did it in February 2022 as well, but with only about 1,000 passengers on board.  While it was nice having a very uncrowded ship, we both thought it felt a bit creepy at times.  We once walked the entire length of Deck 12 and didn't see anyone, not even any workers.

 

I'm expecting a full house with a lot of kids! It's our spring break, and it looks like from my other cruise social media page that it's other people's spring break as well.

[mlgb]

1 hour ago, YVRteacher said:

For @mlgb

i think you will like this one!  They had cold soup every day.  I hadn’t noticed it before.  It was always in the same place in the Observation Lounge on the Starboard side in between the coffee and the food at the station closest to the bow.

 

Looking forward to your next trip report. So entertaining plus a trip down memory lane for me.  I am going on HAL San Diego to YVR and then side by side on Grand Princess to Anchorage (May 6 is my 3 free hours in YVR between cruises).  Are you a Taurus or an Aries?

Edited March 31, 2023 by mlgb

[mlgb]

For those  non-drinkers in need of a free smoothie, do grab a glass to enjoy the chilled soups up in the Observation Lounge! You don't have to use a soup cup!

[YVRteacher]

26 minutes ago, mlgb said:

Looking forward to your next trip report. So entertaining plus a trip down memory lane for me.  I am going on HAL San Diego to YVR and then side by side on Grand Princess to Anchorage (May 6 is my 3 free hours in YVR between cruises).  Are you a Taurus or an Aries?

I’m a Taurus!  I will be on board the Jewel when you’re in Vancouver but I would have loved to have met you!!!

[mlgb]

Me Too!! Happy upcoming birthday.  Next time you take a cruise from LA let me know. I live in Long Beach near the airport.  I sent you a DM on Instagram. 

 

Edited March 31, 2023 by mlgb

[YVRteacher]

A few random photos from the Bliss

You can pay for a Behind the Scenes Tour through Shore Excursions. The paid tour includes the bridge and engine room while the free Latitudes tour does not.

Where was the quality control for these tomatoes? Surely there were ripe ones on board!

Cruise Critic friend and I were wondering why we didn’t get seats with our names on them for Six, but we aren’t the grandpas of the understudy.

This is the photo that got me in trouble on the behind the scenes tour.  

Find the artwork!

Carpet in the Observation Lounge needs a little repair

Every day we were in port this team of window fixers was working on the Observation Lounge windows. 

Archie!!!!

[YVRteacher]

The night of three kinds of cupcakes was the same night as crepes

Peeking onto the Haven sundeck through the door on deck 19

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Remember my quest to find baskets in Mazatlan?  Today I put up my travel basket wall:

Cruise Critic friend helped me out via text from the other side of the continent!

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These baskets are from NCL cruises to Panama, Nicaragua, Belize and Mexico.  I look for baskets everywhere.

[YVRteacher]

On 3/17/2023 at 11:46 AM, mearsfansinboise said:

Oof - with the exception of crêpes (that I just wrote down day 5, Mazatlan, crêpes for when we sail the week after next) your day 5 was no bueno.  That dinner with the officers is BS.  The people who were there and didn't want to be, no planned conversation, the service .... that dinner should have been special.  Like you said - it's your upper tier guests who sail with you often and spend a lot of time and money with you; THEY should be treated like royalty!  Sorry ...

Did you get crepes on your cruise?  I hope so!