Thank you party

Time for our party!  They are now setting up for the party.

Terry made some Halloween treats for our party guests.

Dinner time!

Puerto Vallarta

Not much here.  I was not impressed the last time and nothing has changed.  Went down to the port looked around had my picture taken with a parrot, went back upstairs and laid out by the pool.

This was a relaxing day for me.

Cabo San Lucas

First stop, Cabo San Lucas.  We are tendering today but we won't be getting off until 12:30pm.  Can't imagine why we are coming in so late. But because we are going in late, no time for shrimp factory.  I think we are heading to Kim and Mike's anniversary celebration.   

Great view from the back of the ship.

Breakfast at 08:00.

Garlic Fried rice, eggs over easy and sausage.  Closest to Longsilog as I can get.

Cabo San Lucas

We finally arrived and the temperature was extremely hot and uncomfortable. It was extremely uncomfortable.  But we had a great time at Happy Endings where Kim and Mike celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary.  2 bottles of Corona and 2 big shots of tequila for $5.00.  Can't beat that.  But I couldn't wait to get back to the ship where it was nice and cold.  We didn't dock.  We actually tendered and in the morning the was rough.  I saw that tender drop at least 4 feet while it was attached to the ship.

Rick and Mary we found you dollar bill at Happy Endings.  Here are some pictures.

Happy Endings!

Out at Sea

Not much happened yesterday.  We were out at sea.  Rick saw a dolphin playing out in the ocean, had breakfast at Chops and they brought me my fried rice but the had not cooked it yet so they cooked it when they found out I was the one that is supposed to get the fried rice.  It took 45 minutes to get the fried rice.  I wanted to ask if they had to go to the rice field to get rice first.  That evening the head waiter was apologizing because the fried rice was late and asked if I could wait and not go to Chops until 8am that way he can make sure fried rice is there and I do not wait again.  That was nice but I was OK waiting.  Ordered Bloody Mary and I guess they just opened the bar for me. It was room temperature, blah!  But all is good.

We walked around with Brian and Karen after breakfast.  Had lunch in the main dining room.  Got up to go to the pasta bar and my head waiter, Hetesh from our dinner time was there and said he had a surprise for me.  He showed me his surprise.  He had Indian food and rice for me.  Nice I was so happy. You should have seen how much his face lit up when he saw I was very pleased.

13:00 went back to the suite and took a nap while Brian and Karen went to the casino.  Brian entered in the Blackjack tournament and won.  How cool was that?  Met them at the schooner bar to play Phase 10.  Couldn't play for long because we wanted to get ready by 15:30. It was formal night and I wanted get ready. Got the tuxedos out. After showering put the tuxedo on, holy cow my pants were tight.  Rick and I looked at each other and could not figure out how the humidity shrunk our clothes, LOL.  Thank goodness for cumberbuns to cover the waist of the pants.

21:00 met friends up in the Sky Bar for final cocktails of the night.  Then, Rick, Mark and I had our traditional end of the day pizza.  What a relaxing day that was.

Stay tuned for day 3.

October 10

This is it!  In a few hours we will be picked up by our driver to be taken to the ship and once we check-in, the person checking us in will call Diego our Concierge to come down and pickup the Royal Suite and escort us to our suite.

I woke up 2 hours ago and there are some final details to do before we leave.  Everyone in the house is still sleeping.  Just spending some quiet time with the 3 girls.  I'm also thinking about Jack in the Box Tacos.  Ugh, I should wait because after we drop off our carry on in our room we'll head to the Windjammer for lunch.  

Almost all the suitcases are packed.  Once Rick wakes up we'll finish the last coup,e of bags.

Welcome aboard!

Current position of the Jewel of the Seas

Here's a link to follow the ship while we're sailing.  It updates every 30 seconds.

http://www.sea-scanner.com/schiffsposition.php?schiff=Jewel+of+the+Seas 

7 days and counting.  All 9 suitcases are ready.  Now it's trying on the tuxedos.  I love formal nights and dressing up!

Last laundry to be completed by Wednesday.  Packing needs to start on Wednesday, we have friends arriving on Thursday from Canads and we'll spend Thursday with them then Friday friends we met on our Alaskan cruise are arriving Friday and will stay with us.  There are 26 of us going on this cruise. All friends, most we met from cruising.

How am I going to be able to pay attention at work this week.  Only working till Wednesday!

Next entry Friday!  See you then!

Pre-cruise preparation

50 days and counting.  That's how many days before we sail.  A lot of preparation to do not only for us but for the group.

Here's our itinerary.

Some of the things to do:

GROUP - 14 USA 12 CAN

1. Share what Rick and I selected for our tours with the group in case anyone wants to join us.  

2. Assign table numbers to make sure everyone is sitting with their families and friends.  Can't leave that up to RCCL.

3. Follow up with group coordinator to make they did follow my table assignments and obtain table numbers.

4. Find out from the group who needs a transfer back to airport in San Juan.

5. Obtain everyone's flight information.

6. Follow up with both the Event Coordinator and our Concierge to make sure that all preparations for the party on the 14th are ready.  Make sure all cocktails are Premium and make sure they have my JW Gold and Rick's Grey Goose for the party.

7. Setup dining at the Specialty Restaurant for the group.  

8. Setup transfer shuttle for those that need it from the Port of San Juan back to the airport.

PERSONALS

1. Coordinate time to meet with Mike and Kim on The 8th.

2. Coordinate airport pickup for Linda and Bob at LAX on the 9th.

3. Plan dinner menu for Bob and Linda on Friday night.

4. Confirm Limo pickup for Saturday's trip to Port of Los Angeles on the 10th.

5. Ensure 8 suitcases plus all carry on luggage will fit in the car/SUV.  My driver said it should fit in the Suburban.  Good luck!

6. Dry Clean Tuxedos and ensemble.  Polish shoes. I need new Tuspx shoes.

7. Coordinate with Rick what Bling to bring.

8. Order bottles of wine for the suite's bar to use for the cruise.

9. Decide what two bottles of wine to bring onboard.