Lovetocruise2002

Not so fast! We are now delayed. This is the reason:

We are on the plane! Taking off shortly!

Pilots and flight attendants have gone down the jet bridge onto the plane. All good signs

Also, a very random observation. 2 days before sailing now on Adventure and I noticed the “Diamond Discounts” for PDCC (the ones that are usually offered a few days prior to sailing) never showed up. Everything is still regular price…aka ridiculous pricing.

Very calm and easy drive across the border this morning. Zero wait at the Ambassador Bridge. From driveway to through security at DTW was only 1h 10mins. Having a coffee now and checking the app like a crazy person to make sure the flight is still on time.

Either that or we got to the rooftop

3 nights before cruise day…blast from the past time. IFKYK

No La Bamba this time We are flying to Orlando tomorrow. And on the 2nd when we make our way to Fort Lauderdale to hop on Reflection, there won’t be time for La Bamba. I am going to try to drag @Jax there in December @SMOKEY0202 it will be somewhere you won’t expect….if delta gets us there in time

According to the statement Delta put out earlier this afternoon, and the Points Guy (who I follow on IG), Delta only cancelled 1% of flights today and by tomorrow, they said they should be back to normal operations. Fingers crossed that by this time tomorrow, I’ll be having a margarita at Margaritaville. I am still keeping my backup flight just in case.

OG delta flight checked in and on time so far

Yes, the pic before the MDR pic is from the WJ Oh my. One day you will have to tell me the full story. thank you! And yes, that’s why I said back when the MDR was a true 10. There‘s more “blast from the past coming”. Sort of makes me sad to see how it’s gone downhill a bit. But I still love cruising!

Sure is lobster! Complimentary, and way larger portions! Don’t give Hubby any ideas about re-creating these. Thank goodness he never reads these blogs

4 days before cruise day…time to flashback to a day when the MDR was amazing, and quality and flavour were a true 10! Oh, and at the time, the WJ was not too bad either. Look at the flowers they used to have on the tables!

So remember that Plan B refundable flight that I grabbed this morning? Well it went down $500. So I just cancelled and re-booked it. Hubby said, "Wait a second, so now you are price adjusting a back up flight?" old habits die hard lol

For sure, if that was our only option, I would still take it. Trust me, after last summer, I will avoid ATL at all costs lol I know we are joking but I actually did consider driving our own car to Florida. The problem is the return. I have to be home on the 5th. I wouldn't be able to do that driving.

@Ampurp85 The Porch menu Lunch apps Dinner apps Raw apps same for lunch and dinner Soup & Salad same for lunch and dinner Lunch Entrees Dinner Entrees Desserts same for lunch and dinner

Not sure that I have ever seen a 2 night. Let me try to post The Porch menu from the app. I think I might really like that place. That could be your 3rd night I still can’t believe I will just miss you on Adventure. Oh it happened! We were coming back from either Fort Meyers or Fort Lauderdale, I cannot remember. This would have been in the early 2000s. That was our last flight with Spirit. Probably because lately each trip I go on seems to involve messed up flights

Onto happier things…FOOD! Here are the specialty restaurant menus sent to me from shoreside. We are planning to try all of them once, except Lawn Club Grill. That place seems like it would be heavy with a lot of meat, and because it’s a 3-night sailing, we would have to drop one anyway, so that one is it. One thing I already like about Celebrity is that, according to the app, specialty restaurants open on port days as well. There’s also a place called The Porch. They never sent the pdf for that, but I saw in the app that they have a lobster roll so we will be doing that for lunch too one day. Lawn Club Grill Le Petit Chef Murano Sushi on 5 Tuscan Grill

Thank you! I honestly thought that it would have blown over by now. I was wrong.

We used to fly Spirit a lot back in our early 20s. However, we gave up on that airline a long time ago due to delays, bad scheduling, and the final straw was once we sat on the runway for 4 hours in the heat because they had no gate for us to de-plane.

That's so true isn't it. We have built in two days before sailing since our March 2022 fiasco but it's still stressful.

Quick search on Google Flights tells me that Delta and Spirit are my only options for non-stop to MCO out of DTW. My goodness we need prayers lol

Thank you!

So I might have done a thing…. I just booked us a backup flight, fully refundable, later in the day on Thursday. I am not sure if that was the best idea, but the more I watch things, the more nervous I am getting. I figured if we get on our morning flight; then I cancel. If not, at least I have one other option now later in the day

That sums up my relationship with Delta, but not the loyalty perks, it’s the delta hub and best scheduling.