Iamthesea Posted April 21 #51 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, FlorenceItaly said: IT's cruise day. What a JOYFUL day!!! The Happy Hour at the Golden Lyon as well as the Boathouse can not be beat! We love the Riverside and surrounding area. We also love the Riverside Hotel. Our most recent stay was last month after coming back from an Oceania cruise. We did not realize that it was St. Patrick's Day weekend. What a mess the Las Olas Boulevard was! We ended up getting out of the area by taking an Uber over to our favorite place to eat in Ft. Lauderdale, The Southport Raw Bar & Grill. Had a relaxing lunch of clam chowder and fried shrimp on the water. Afterward, we took the water taxi loop back to the Las Olas for some post St. Patrick's parade fun. We dined at The Cheesecake Factory for dinner, as the Golden Lyon was packed full of partiers. Happy and SAFE sailing, Jacqui!!! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love the beach Posted April 21 #52 Share Posted April 21 Bon Voyage! Have a wonderful time! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon chaser 1957 Posted April 21 #53 Share Posted April 21 Bon Voyage, Jacqui! Have a wonderful time on your inaugural Merry Widows cruise. We are booked on the Volendam for the 24 day Greenland/ Iceland roundtrip later this summer so I have an ulterior motive for following your cruise! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Nickelpenny Posted April 21 #54 Share Posted April 21 Have a fantastic time, Jacqui! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted April 21 #55 Share Posted April 21 Thanks for sharing your cruise with us. Have a wonderful time! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooked! Posted April 21 #56 Share Posted April 21 Thank you for sharing your adventure with us and have a wonderful cruise! ☀️ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogladyrider Posted April 21 #57 Share Posted April 21 Girls just wanna have FUN....this is gonna be GREAT! Bon Voyage....excited to follow along! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcand1923 Posted April 21 #58 Share Posted April 21 Safe — and Enjoyable — Travels! Can’t wait to read all about it!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickylibrarian Posted April 21 #59 Share Posted April 21 Will be on the Volendam May 11. Have a wonderful time! Bon Voyage. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigianne Posted April 21 #60 Share Posted April 21 Bon voyage Jacqui and Debbie - enjoy! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzyV Posted April 21 #61 Share Posted April 21 Bon Voyage Jacqui and Debbie! Have a wonderful cruise! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted April 21 #62 Share Posted April 21 @kazu In the interest of being thorough, we stopped by the Boathouse restaurant behind the Riverside. They do a similar happy hour to the one at the Golden Lyon. No spinach and artichoke dip, nor the really good homemade tortilla chips. The overall menu is similar, and probably a little more extensive. It's a quieter location on the New River behind the hotel. You'll miss out on the people-watching on Las Olas though. The major finding is that the drinks were quite a bit more generous. (To make sure that the first one was not a fluke, we repeated the experiment a few times.) 11 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted April 21 #63 Share Posted April 21 Seaview pool port side 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted April 21 #64 Share Posted April 21 We'll be looking for you. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaSea Posted April 21 #65 Share Posted April 21 Your humor and perseverance are an inspiration. May you reap many deserved rewards as you set sail today! Relax and enjoy it all! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybear Posted April 21 #66 Share Posted April 21 Bon Voyage! Love it, the inaugural Merry Widows Cruise! Enjoy! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted April 21 #67 Share Posted April 21 Patiently waiting.... 17 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P&PNH Posted April 21 #68 Share Posted April 21 @POA1 Where did you get that picture from? Watching the port cam doesn't show the ship. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted April 21 #69 Share Posted April 21 11 minutes ago, P&PNH said: @POA1 Where did you get that picture from? Watching the port cam doesn't show the ship. From our balcony. We live in the condos you sail by when you leave Port Everglades. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P&PNH Posted April 21 #70 Share Posted April 21 2 minutes ago, POA1 said: From our balcony. We live in the condos you sail by when you leave Port Everglades. Nice!! Get to watch a lot of ships come and go. Must be quieter in the summer. Thanks for the info. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navybikermom Posted April 21 #71 Share Posted April 21 7 minutes ago, POA1 said: From our balcony. We live in the condos you sail by when you leave Port Everglades. Now THAT’S where I want to live next! 🥰 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted April 21 #72 Share Posted April 21 21 minutes ago, Navybikermom said: Now THAT’S where I want to live next! 🥰 We actually decided to look down here after we took our first cruise out of Fort Lauderdale on the Ryndam in 1999. It took a few years of saving our pennies, but we bought in 2007. 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57redbird Posted April 21 #73 Share Posted April 21 (edited) BON VOYAGE Jacqui & friends!!!! Have a blast! Edited April 21 by 57redbird typo 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger_77 Posted April 21 #74 Share Posted April 21 Interesting listening to the chatter; one of the ships has had the police there, and security is removing the luggage "and the female guest". Yikes!!! Not sure which ship, but it certainly sounds serious. 10 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted April 21 #75 Share Posted April 21 Bon Voyage, Jacqui & Debbie! Jacqui, please tell me you packed the bubble wrap! 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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