Here is the link to explain the Stingray Sailing excursion in Grand Cayman that I mentioned when we all got together a week or so ago :
http://www.stingraysailing.com/the_tour.html
I would like to know who is interested in this. John and I are strongly considering booking this for him and I and our two kids. We would love if others join us. However, if you are not interested and want to do something else, that is fine. Let us know what you are planning and we may join you all instead.
Please review this weekend and let us know by Wednesday of this week if you want to do this with us.
Have a good weekend
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
That Gleitz family! What a bunch of cards!
Hey everyone! The Gleitz family loves their favorite card game, Euchre. While vacationing they often travel with a pack of a cards. My personal opinion is that playing cards is great but playing cards while relaxing on a cruise ship... PRICELESS! Haha!
Anyway... If you would like, bring a deck of cards or a small dice game (like CLR or UNO cards or whatever else you like to play) and we can all learn a knew game and teach each other! There are plenty of places to chill out and take a break to play a game if you want to do that. And with a group as large as ours I am sure you can find some people to play the game too!
Bye for now!
Anyway... If you would like, bring a deck of cards or a small dice game (like CLR or UNO cards or whatever else you like to play) and we can all learn a knew game and teach each other! There are plenty of places to chill out and take a break to play a game if you want to do that. And with a group as large as ours I am sure you can find some people to play the game too!
Bye for now!
Dine time updated !!!
Hey everyone! Looks like we were able to get into late seating for dinner! You all should have gotten an email saying so. I did get some emails sent to me for Jordan/Nic, Ma/GaGa, Carol/Amanda. I can forward those to you if you all did not get an email confirmation. For everyone else, I am assuming you got your emails sent to you directly.
I am thrilled that we are not locked in to early seating!! Yippee!
I am thrilled that we are not locked in to early seating!! Yippee!
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Feeling Beachy this morning
Good morning everyone! Thought I would start off your morning with a little more cruise info. In an earlier post I outlined beach choices in Grand Cayman in case you were looking to do the lounge-on-the-beach thing. Well, I came across this website the other day for Cozumel as well.
http://www.cozumelmycozumel.com/Pages/CozumelCruiseBeachClubs.htm
John and I had discussed going to Chankannab (the national park) and enjoying some time there. If we do that, I am thinking we might be best to rent a car or take a taxi when we get in port rather than booking through the ship but that is just my opinion. I just do not like being tied down by ship return times and so on and I do not like the additional $$ that they usually tack on to the price.
Enjoy the reading. And let me know what your plans are! Enquiring minds want to know!
http://www.cozumelmycozumel.com/Pages/CozumelCruiseBeachClubs.htm
John and I had discussed going to Chankannab (the national park) and enjoying some time there. If we do that, I am thinking we might be best to rent a car or take a taxi when we get in port rather than booking through the ship but that is just my opinion. I just do not like being tied down by ship return times and so on and I do not like the additional $$ that they usually tack on to the price.
Enjoy the reading. And let me know what your plans are! Enquiring minds want to know!
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Dining time update
Good evening everyone. I have talked to almost all of you and got a consensus to change the dining time to late dining. So I called the travel agent and she is checking into that with Royal Caribbean. I will let you all know if/when she is able to change that for us.
Good night everyone!
Good night everyone!
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
A few updates...
Good afternoon cruisers! I have a few updates for all of you!
First... I called today to pay the tips for our family. I tried calling the Royal Caribbean number from the email I received. I had also shared that number with all of you. When I called they said we must do this through our travel agent. So if you plan to pay your tips at the current rate then call our travel agent at 877-442-5659. Have your reservation number handy. Remember that the tip rate increases on 6/1 so please call before then to get the reduced rate is that is what you want to do.
Also, while I was speaking with the travel agent I asked about switching to My Time Dining like I discussed this weekend. Well.... Apparently it is a popular choice now and it is fully booked so the Gleitz family's rooms are wait-listed for it. Not sure what will happen at this point . However, late seating is still available and it is not as late as I thought. Late seating is at 8 (not 8:30 like I mentioned previously). So I was curious... How do you all feel? Are you planning to stay with early seating or try for My time dining (not guaranteed at this point) or switch to late seating? Thoughts?)
First... I called today to pay the tips for our family. I tried calling the Royal Caribbean number from the email I received. I had also shared that number with all of you. When I called they said we must do this through our travel agent. So if you plan to pay your tips at the current rate then call our travel agent at 877-442-5659. Have your reservation number handy. Remember that the tip rate increases on 6/1 so please call before then to get the reduced rate is that is what you want to do.
Also, while I was speaking with the travel agent I asked about switching to My Time Dining like I discussed this weekend. Well.... Apparently it is a popular choice now and it is fully booked so the Gleitz family's rooms are wait-listed for it. Not sure what will happen at this point . However, late seating is still available and it is not as late as I thought. Late seating is at 8 (not 8:30 like I mentioned previously). So I was curious... How do you all feel? Are you planning to stay with early seating or try for My time dining (not guaranteed at this point) or switch to late seating? Thoughts?)
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Be here Or be square !
Let's party this Saturday May 16th at our house . I say we start around 6:30 Pm. That way everyone has their morning and early afternoon to use as they please. I think a few people will not be there due to being out of town (my aunt) or work (Quentin and Brittany) but it is hard to find a time when everyone is available.
John and I will have brats, hamburgers and hot dogs for the grill. If you prefer something else, bring it and you can throw it on the grill and cook it up! For those of you wanting to bring something I find it easier to assign things so here goes :
Ma and Gaga - potato salad
Charles and Nancy - pasta salad?
Schmelz family - Oreo delight
McHolan family - baked beans?
Jordan and Nic - chips or soft drinks?
Let me know if you would rather bring something else. Did I leave anyone off the list above?
John and I will have brats, hamburgers and hot dogs for the grill. If you prefer something else, bring it and you can throw it on the grill and cook it up! For those of you wanting to bring something I find it easier to assign things so here goes :
Ma and Gaga - potato salad
Charles and Nancy - pasta salad?
Schmelz family - Oreo delight
McHolan family - baked beans?
Jordan and Nic - chips or soft drinks?
Let me know if you would rather bring something else. Did I leave anyone off the list above?
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Who is up for a little party?
The weather is warm. I am ready for vacation. I know people have questions. I am ready for vacation . We are ready to break out the grill. I am ready for vacation. You see a trend here?
How about we all get together on Saturday 5/16 around 6:00 p.m. for a little cookout and chat session at our house? Who is interested? Between now and then I promise to do more research and post in the blog and you all start getting questions together?
Sound good? Ya mon (said with my best Jamaican accent)! Let us know if you can come!
How about we all get together on Saturday 5/16 around 6:00 p.m. for a little cookout and chat session at our house? Who is interested? Between now and then I promise to do more research and post in the blog and you all start getting questions together?
Sound good? Ya mon (said with my best Jamaican accent)! Let us know if you can come!
Eat early? Eat late? Eat when you want?
These are the questions that have me thinking lately. John and I have done the early dining (like we are signed up for now). Honestly though we find the 5:30 time frame for eating to be quite early (especially on a port day when you barely get back on board and then have to get to the dining room).
We have also done late seating (normally around 8:30 pm) and find that to be quite late.
Royal Caribbean has introduced My time dining in recent years and we have used that twice and really like it. With my time dining you are expected to pay your tips up front (i.e. As soon as you decide to change). Then once you do that you can go in to your reservation online and reserve your dinner times.
Before John and I switch over to that though we would like to know who else might be interested in doing this as well. That way we can reserve dinner times together or whatever . If you all are perfectly fine with what you currently have (early dining) then please do not feel like you have to change. And if the majority want to stick with early dining then we will too!
Let me know your thoughts!
We have also done late seating (normally around 8:30 pm) and find that to be quite late.
Royal Caribbean has introduced My time dining in recent years and we have used that twice and really like it. With my time dining you are expected to pay your tips up front (i.e. As soon as you decide to change). Then once you do that you can go in to your reservation online and reserve your dinner times.
Before John and I switch over to that though we would like to know who else might be interested in doing this as well. That way we can reserve dinner times together or whatever . If you all are perfectly fine with what you currently have (early dining) then please do not feel like you have to change. And if the majority want to stick with early dining then we will too!
Let me know your thoughts!
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