One of the downside sometimes of getting free flights is that they tend to happen at odd times. In this case, our flight to Seattle for our Alaska cruise was scheduled to leave Dulles at 7:00 am. The night before our flight, I got an alert from United that our flight would be delayed by 30 minutes. The message said that we should still show up on time, so that is what we planned on.
For the summer of 2019, we had originally decided on a 10-night Mediterranean cruise on the Disney Magic. As we got into the Summer of 2018, we came to the conclusion that we couldn’t make the cruise work with our schedule and our budget. We already had a few cruises in the books that we had to pay for as well as a lot going on that would make it hard to plan a Europe trip. Canceling that cruise was a huge burden lifted off our shoulders.
We recently went on Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas for a 7 night Alaska Glacier Cruise (departure date August 16, 2019). We stayed in room 13132, which is a Category 5D Ocean View Balcony. It is located on the port (left) forward (front) side of the ship on Deck 13. It is located immediately under the Solarium pool deck, which was unfortunate because there were times when we could hear the noise of chairs being moved around. We loved the location of the room other than that. It was super convenient to head up one deck and be right at the Solarium or family indoor pool area.