Live from Odyssey to Harmony Feb 10-25, 2024 🚢🥳🍾🌊🏝️🐚☀️

[Denversail]

When we were at Chops last night a photographer came through to take pics. Dupable loves to have her photo taken. He takes the pics and says he will be right back with them. Umm, okay. He comes back and drops the pics. Dupable likes one of them. When comes back he says it is $30. We ask if we can use our diamond benefit and he says no. You can only use that on boarding and port photos. So we decline the purchase. Sure enough when I checked her account this morning the photos weren’t there. Has anyone heard of this?

[Denversail]

We had a really good time at breakfast. I’d like to apologize to my fellow diners for all the snorting. We aren’t crazy we just like to have fun with our mishaps. At first we were in a loop. They took our drink order 4 times. Twice was the same guy during a single visit to our table. After about 30 minutes we moved to the food. I don’t mean the eating part just the order. 
 

They eventually brought out some of our food. This seems to be a new theme. It happened to us last night as well. We just roll with it. One more time and we will start placing wagers on what food actually gets delivered. 
 

Good Sport had ordered Grits. They brought out the grits first by itself. Everyone knows you don’t just eat grits by themselves. You’re a real weirdo if you do. They kept trying to take his grits. He held the defensive line and wouldn’t let them take them. He eventually got his eggs. At this same time they decided to lead a party of 10 through the super tight space behind Good Sport. Every time he tried to take a bite another person bumped his chair. Don’t worry folks he eventually got that spoon to land in his mouth.🤪🤪

 

What can I say? We are easily entertained. 

[clochette]

2 hours ago, Denversail said:

When we were at Chops last night a photographer came through to take pics. Dupable loves to have her photo taken. He takes the pics and says he will be right back with them. Umm, okay. He comes back and drops the pics. Dupable likes one of them. When comes back he says it is $30. We ask if we can use our diamond benefit and he says no. You can only use that on boarding and port photos. So we decline the purchase. Sure enough when I checked her account this morning the photos weren’t there. Has anyone heard of this?

We had the same experience none of the photos taken at restaurant were available on the App or able to get with diamond free picture.  They printed them and tried to sell them, which seemed like such a waste.  Any pictures taken on board by the photographers showed up and we were able to download them directly from the App.

[Denversail]

We had a light lunch in Chops. I did accidentally sober up long enough to remember Mr IT. I did a quick checkin with him. Wolf’s dog is still alive. She still won’t eat anything but steak. At least she is still eating. He also declared that whoever I got that marriage proposal from can just hop on a plane and pick up my pain in the ass dogs. 🤣🤣 Now back to my drunken state.

 

 

[Denversail]

We stopped in Playmakers for an afternoon snack. We are doing Hibachi tonight but won’t be eating until 7:30. Playmakers is included in the dining package.

 

Edited February 13 by Denversail

[Denversail]

I came by our room to see our stateroom attendant Ketut. I just wanted to let him know I have some laundry that needs to go out. He immediately asked me if I wanted a flat pillow. He saw what I rigged up to sleep last night. To my credit I tried to just resolve the problem on my own. 
 

The weather so far has been perfection. Not hot or cold. Just the way I like it. The ship is rolling a little bit right now. It took a few folks to confirm that. Most people just responded with no you are just drunk. Well no *****, if I wasn’t drunk I wouldn’t be asking the question.

[Denversail]

Well it just finally happened. The elevator was packed and I was the one. I leaned into the dang buttons. The entire elevator crowd let out a loud roar. I was a little frightened but they all calmed down once I pointed out that we were going down and I had lit up all the upper floors. Once I explained we would be long gone and it is the next group that would be inconvenienced they let me live. 

[Denversail]

It is 80’s night. Kicking it off with some trivia. 

[Denversail]

We have a duck theft folks. Dupable and Wolf are fighting. Wolf has stolen her ducks. She’s starting to get really worked up about it. We are at day 4 and she is running out of time to hide them. He keeps telling her she needs to find them like everyone else. I’m guessing he has hidden them in her room somewhere but with him who knows. 
 

Now normally I would take pity on Dupable and step in to assist her but this is her karma moment. We were at hibachi last night. I was seated next to a nice family from Venezuela. They had a shy little girl maybe 2-3 years old. I asked Dupable to give me a duck for the little girl. She refused! We even argued about it but she held on to those ducks. She wasn’t about to just start handing children her ducks. They will need to find them like everyone else!

 

So we now find ourselves in a little game of duck duck goose.

[Denversail]

We are in Grand Cayman today. Dupable said it is a good thing I’m getting off. She says the cruise compass reported that only one bar will be open on the ship while we are in port. Wolf and I are doing stingrays and sandbar. Dupable and Good Sport are going to stay on the ship and toss their room looking for their ducks. Wolf has yet to relent. I’m not even sure he really hid them. 
 

Someone had said Icon is supposed to be here today. I don’t know if that is true. I haven’t spotted her yet. It is really hot out today. Should be a nice day to be in the water.

[Denversail]

We have separated from Good Sport and Dupable. Wolf gave her a clue about where her ducks are. I think he suggested it was more like a clue to another clue. Anyways as soon as we walked away he promptly confesses that he has no idea where her ducks are. 🤣🤣 Just as I suspected. 

 

I realized when I came to get ready that I completely forgot to pack any water shirts. 😞

[fla33023]

40 minutes ago, Denversail said:

We are in Grand Cayman today. Dupable said it is a good thing I’m getting off. She says the cruise compass reported that only one bar will be open on the ship while we are in port. Wolf and I are doing stingrays and sandbar. Dupable and Good Sport are going to stay on the ship and toss their room looking for their ducks. Wolf has yet to relent. I’m not even sure he really hid them. 
 

Someone had said Icon is supposed to be here today. I don’t know if that is true. I haven’t spotted her yet. It is really hot out today. Should be a nice day to be in the water.

ICON is in St. Thomas today.

[Denversail]

Our excursion was a bust. After sitting in the Royal theater for over an hour it was pretty obvious which way the wind was blowing. So we requested a refund and went back to the room to drop our stuff. It was at that point that the captain made the announcement. All tendering had been suspended. If you weren’t already off you weren’t getting off. So now everyone is out by the pool trying to get a drink from the only open bar on the ship. 

[Denversail]

2 hours ago, fla33023 said:

ICON is in St. Thomas today.

That makes more sense.

[fla33023]

27 minutes ago, Denversail said:

Our excursion was a bust. After sitting in the Royal theater for over an hour it was pretty obvious which way the wind was blowing. So we requested a refund and went back to the room to drop our stuff. It was at that point that the captain made the announcement. All tendering had been suspended. If you weren’t already off you weren’t getting off. So now everyone is out by the pool trying to get a drink from the only open bar on the ship. 

Oh, wow. What time was your tender ticket for?

[Denversail]

I think we will have a revolt soon if they don’t open up some bars. The natives are getting restless.

[Denversail]

2 minutes ago, fla33023 said:

Oh, wow. What time was your tender ticket for?

11:45 and we are only here until 5:30 I think. I’m sure there is some confusion for those who made it ashore. They had to move our tendering to a different pier. The captain has already confirmed no one else will be getting off today. I know that some folks were on a tender half way to shore and they turned back and brought them back to the ship.

[WrittenOnYourHeart]

2 hours ago, Denversail said:

I think we will have a revolt soon if they don’t open up some bars. The natives are getting restless.

Unfortunately it's not their choice. It's a Grand Cayman law.

[Denversail]

My exhaustion caught up with me and I enjoyed a nap this afternoon. Dupable decided I was done sleeping right before we left Grand Cayman. We thought the day would be a little different and I hadn’t made us any reservations tonight. We had hoped to walk into sushi but when Wolf checked they were full until 8. I was hungry so we stopped into the crown lounge for a snack. This just made me hungrier.

 

Our main dining was my time and we don’t have specific reservations. My time seating doesn’t start for another hour. We decided to go to the main dining room and see if they would take pity on us and let us eat. They did! They sat us right away at a nice window table. 

[Denversail]

My body has had enough of my shenanigans. Since I don’t have any self control I’ll be skipping the casino tonight. This upset Dupable. Even though I’ve been in there every night this was the night she was going to play. I of course have ruined her plans. 
 

I dropped some beers off with the dealers. I will be back there tomorrow when my voice returns. I’ve agreed to one trivia and then it is bed for me.

 

i don’t think I mentioned this previously, about a week before the cruise Royal changed up our schedule. They reduced both of our stops by several hours. This was a later arrival to Grand Cayman and an earlier departure from Jamaica. Well we already saw the results in Grand Cayman. The Jamaica change made our 10:30 excursion a 7:30 am excursion. We are all thrilled about that. Who doesn’t want to get up and go swimming at 8 am when on vacation?

[perfect match]

On 2/13/2024 at 1:25 AM, Denversail said:

Haha… I mentioned IFLY to Good Sport earlier. He showed some interest but said he hadn’t heard about it. So I turned to Dupable looking for an explanation. She said those activities don’t interest her. Apparently when something doesn’t spark her interest she just avoids sharing the information.This got an eyebrow raise from Good Sport.

 

 

I’d look for a free spot and book it for Good Sport if he’s at all interested. When Dupable sees how much fun Good Sport has she’ll regret her lack of interest. Either that, or book her too. On our Odyssey cruise we had a couple of hours before our flight time to cancel if we really didn’t want to go. I would never force anyone who didn’t think they could handle it physically or mentally. 
 

I’m guessing I’m around their age and everyone in my group was in the same age range as I am. We all loved it and wanted to go back for more.  I have since booked and enjoyed additional flights in a land based iFly location. I am a bit of a thrill seeker though…….. 😀

[Denversail]

We made it to Jamaica. We went to Chukka (?) good hope estate. I loved loved loved it. I would have liked to have had more time there. A ton of activities. I think we paid somewhere between $40 and $60, none of us could recall the exact amount. You can add any activities you want after getting there. They have river tubing, zip lining, horseback riding, ebikes, and more. We just enjoyed the grounds. I have a few pics. I think Dupable has some more. 

[Denversail]

I’m well rested and ready to party. This isn’t going to be good for anyone. I just got my voice back. I’m gonna try too exercise some self control. I doubt I’ll be successful. If you are on the ship just look for the loudest person in the room. That’d be me. 

[Denversail]

We will be having dinner at Wonderland tonight. Wolf was unhappy about this. Dupable wants to try one of the drinks there. I decided to force Wolf. He might be an adult but I’m still his mamma. 
 

Some pics from our one dinner in the MDR. It was Caribbean night so I assume everyone is aware of what we thought.

 

Edited February 15 by Denversail

[Denversail]

The fridge in our room if that is what you want to call it has started making a loud buzzing sound. Ughh.. if you haven’t noticed I only like noise that comes from me.