that is – March 2025. It is the first of two sea days. And, like other people on the ship, I spent part of the day tracking things down, getting things fixed, and hiking a lot of stairs.
Getting things fixed: I had booked a solo cabin. Apparently they had way more individuals book solo balconies than such cabins exist. So those of us with some frequent cruiser credit were upgraded into regular balconies. But – and this is important – what we had booked included access to the Studio (Solo) lounge. None of our keycards worked. So back down again to guest services.
Came back to a blinking message light. Attempted to answer the phone – no dial tone, no dialing. blank and black, except for the flashing light. Front desk said they would take care of it – meeting my cabin attendant four hours later, he had someone here in 30 minutes. Score one for young anxious kid on his first contract. In any case, I have no clue about the lost message but figure it will be left again if I don’t respond.
Meanwhile, there was the trip to the fitness center at 0600 so that I could be out of there before most of the people showed up, followed by a few hours of relaxation in the Observation Lounge (stitching & audio book) before I came back to hide out…
Headed off to sleep early (US East Coast DST here ).
