{"id":517,"date":"2014-09-16T15:43:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T22:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/?p=517"},"modified":"2018-05-29T12:42:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T19:42:51","slug":"live-from-the-breeze-day-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/2014\/09\/16\/live-from-the-breeze-day-o\/","title":{"rendered":"Live From the Breeze – Day O"},"content":{"rendered":"

D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu all over again\u2026<\/b> all over again.<\/b><\/p>\n

Ok\u2026 those of you that know me know I start out my day numbering system with \u201cDay 0\u201d. Since this isn\u2019t a full day\u2026 just the afternoon and night\u2026 it\u2019s not the first day. Of course those of you that really know me, know that the real reason is because I get all of you to start singing, \u201cDay oh\u201d. Sing it all together now\u2026 Day\u00ad OH\u2026 Daaayyy yaay yaay yaay OH.<\/p>\n

The heading isn\u2019t a misprint or typo. It\u2019s all over again on purpose. This is my fourth cruise on the Breeze and it feels like I\u2019m doing it all over again. The first three times were with all or at least some of a group of funatics. I cruised with them on four cruises and went to Key West with them on a land trip. They aren\u2019t here this time and I\u2019ll miss them… but the ship still has the same feel\u2026 she\u2019s kinda like ole home.<\/p>\n

\"My

My “office” in the Red Frog Pub for the next few days.<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019m coming to you right now from the Red Frog Pub\u2026 my office for the next six days. Now I know a lot of you will say, \u201cWhy on earth are you working on a cruise ship\u201d. Well\u2026 you see, this isn\u2019t working to me\u2026 is really my fun. I am always amused by the goings on when we are cruisin\u2019. And I just like to share it with you.<\/p>\n

Like today\u2026 there was a guy wearing flip-flops, florcescent multi-colored shorts and an orange & yellow tie-died t-shirt. He was dancin\u2019 at the sail away and really gettin\u2019 down. Now you\u2019ve heard the sayin\u2019, \u201cDance like no one is looking.\u201d Well, he was. And he looked more like a goat trying to learn to skate on ice. But it didn\u2019t matter\u2026 he was having fun and didn\u2019t care a bit about all the little kids pointing at him. So\u2026 it\u2019s this kind of stuff I watch and will share with ya\u2019ll.<\/p>\n

As always, I\u2019ll be sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly with you. No one pays me to write… or not write… my opinion. Perhaps if they would bring me a wheelbarrow of money that could change. But that happened yet so what you get is my opinion. Of course, opinions are like noses\u2026 everyone has one. So I\u2019ll get right to it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m very pleased to tell you that in addition to the DJ, they have brought back live music on the Lido at sail-away. I think it may be the \u201cdance band\u201d that plays in some of the venues during the evening. They were pretty good. I still miss the Reggae or Caribbean band, but the live band is an improvement over having just the DJ.<\/p>\n

I sure am glad I\u2019m \u201cplatinum\u201d now and get \u201cVIP\u201d boarding. The line outside the terminal was huge today. I suspect that people were in line for a couple of hours. The \u201cVIP\u201d boarding only took about 15 minutes to get through\u2026 we bypassed the long line and went right to the front to get through security. The reason I\u2019m telling you this is because I\u2019ve been asked several times if I think the FTTF (Faster To The Fun) \u201cdeal\u201d is really worth it. FTTF gets you to the front of the line almost like platinum and diamond members. So, today it would have been well worth the bucks not to stand in that long line.<\/p>\n

The sail-away party was another of those great first events on a cruise. This one may have been better than most… but I\u2019ve had a lot of good ones so it\u2019s hard to tell. There were people dancin\u2019 on all decks over looking the Lido deck pool… all the way up to the water-park. Since this is the \u201clast gasp\u201d for summer for a lot of people, I think the party will be going strong.<\/p>\n

Miami is my favorite port to sail from. It\u2019s always really neat looking out from the top decks of the ship. Rather than try to describe it, I\u2019ll post a few pics in a minute.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all for now\u2026 I\u2019ve got to go see if my bags have been found. They had the wrong tags on them so I hope that has been straightened out. Otherwise I\u2019ll have to wear what I wore when boarding when I go to dinner tonight\u2026 flip-flops, florcescent multi-colored shorts and an orange & yellow tie-died t-shirt.<\/p>\n

More later\u2026<\/p>\n

K. M.<\/p>\n

\"The

The view from the top of the ship.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"My

My favorite port to sail from.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Words

Words don’t do it justice.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jet

Jet Skis & Wave-runners playing in the bay<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The

The very high rent district<\/p><\/div>\n

\"HPIM1863\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"South

South Beach… the ship passes right by.<\/p><\/div>\n

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D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu all over again\u2026 all over again. Ok\u2026 those of you that know me know I start out my day numbering system with \u201cDay 0\u201d. Since this isn\u2019t a full day\u2026 just the afternoon and night\u2026 it\u2019s not the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":835,"href":"https:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions\/835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kokomoman.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}