While I think the ship is amazing, I had reservations that the first couple months of this ship’s life would be like owning a first generation Apple product. And we all know that any first gen Apple product doesn’t resolve certain issues until it’s third reincarnation (see: iMac growing from bulbous Bondi blue to the swinging iBoob to the current simplistic flat design; or follow iPhones up to the 3GS; iPods arrived with a click wheel, to touch pad then back to a physical wheel; and finally Steve Jobs himself with his fancy new liver). I’m concerned that if we were to go on The Oasis inside it’s first 6 months of operation we’d end up with a malfunctioning something\/anything<\/em>. I’m not being a doomsayer Titanic freak here, I’m just saying “lets let the other people iron out the kinks first”. We do plan to sail on her in the next couple years, promise. <\/p>\n

So what to do? Quick! To the Internet! I found us an interesting 12 day Caribbean cruise<\/a> at the same price as a 7-day inside room on The Oasis. But this had two deal breakers, ladies, that sealed the deal: <\/p>\n

One – it’s on the Explorer of the Seas, my first cruise ship. The same ship we discovered that SharkBoy and I are totally “travel compatible” and can vacation together in love and harmony with a minimum of over-togetherness snark. But know that SharkBoy does take up a lot of space in a cramped ship cabin. He’s a clothes horse.<\/p>\n

And Two: the ship leaves from NYC. Well actually New Jersey, but it’s just a hop across the river via the PATH and we’re on the Island of Manhattan. We’re going to wander NYC like saucer-eyed tourists the day before and the last day of our trip. We’re equally excited about this portion of our vacation as much as the whole cruise itself. <\/p>\n

Add to the fact that I found a great hotel in Jersey City AND a Porter flight deal, this vacation seems to be playing itself out in front of us. Kismet! <\/p>\n

Expect updates and blubbering for the next 90 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know how much you Torontonians hate “Harold the Jewelry Buyer” commercials but I couldn’t resist. We are actually going on a cruise. SharkBoy let it out of the bag yesterday in his post. Y’see, old SharkBoy and I have had a KD Summer. By that I mean with his strike pay and my “Workshare […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":430,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9WjY-1ip","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deadrobot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4985"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deadrobot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deadrobot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deadrobot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deadrobot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.deadrobot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deadrobot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deadrobot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deadrobot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}