{"id":289,"date":"2016-05-21T18:37:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T18:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/alaska-cruiseday-1-and-morning-day-2\/"},"modified":"2016-05-21T18:37:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T18:37:10","slug":"alaska-cruiseday-1-and-morning-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/alaska-cruiseday-1-and-morning-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Cruise–Day 1 and morning Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, see http:\/\/blogs.kweaver.org\/adventures_in_training_th\/2016\/05\/macy-and-dulce-tried-to-kill-macy.html<\/a> if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n

I research everything about TSA, and Love field is running normal the night before.  We get to Love before 7:00 am and there is a HUGE line already.  I ask the facilitator at the beginning of the line, and he tells us 30-45 minutes delay.  I immediately ask for a wheelchair.<\/p>\n

I can run for 90 seconds at time, I can walk quite a ways but I cannot stand in line.  My normal course of events is to sit down and wait for lines to die down, but that is NOT working with the TSA publicity \u2013 Love Field would have been fine if everyone was panicking.  DFW is a whole other story.<\/p>\n

So I have to travel quite a ways for a wheelchair, and they take forever to get me over to the line, but come to find out they have done a pre-board on us.  So they\u2019ve done whatever TSA usually does that takes half the time.  We get to keep our shoes on \u2013 which we fine hard to believe, and they do the pat down and search everything I have on carry on.  Takes a few minutes, but I\u2019m seated the whole time \u2013 though I am seperate from my possessions and my phone is laying which bothers me \u2013 next time put it in the bag, woman.<\/p>\n

I had already asked the travel agent for a wheel chair at the dock, since the line has always put me out of commission for a day and a half on both cruises.<\/p>\n

While we still have to wait awhile and they didn\u2019t put the beverage stamp on Rich\u2019s card, we get on board.  Biggest issue: can\u2019t get anything to eat as we get onboard just as they do the muster.  We\u2019re done about 4:00 pm and we have a reception with CardPlayer cruises at 4:30.  It\u2019s laid out so I can\u2019t get food at all \u2013 didn\u2019t make any since because we\u2019re in stadium seating until I find out it isn\u2019t a meet and greet, but an announcement thing.<\/p>\n

Then  I go to dinner which was wonderful \u2013 but I\u2019m managed to eat a bit too much and the lap band is tight.  Restroom is too far away but they have me toss my cookies in a bus boy bin and all is good.<\/p>\n

We also have another major issue. The minibar things are NOT labeled and placed next to the tumblers for our beverage package.  What am I to think.<\/p>\n

So we got suckered, and I hate that.<\/p>\n

On the good news \u2013 I\u2019m figuring out that to eat, I have to go through the Promenade, mostly to avoid the smoky casino.  Otherwise, everything I want, from the poker room, to the fitness center, are on this elevator.  <\/p>\n

Rich has been in the poker room almost every moment it has been open \u2013 this is a good thing.<\/p>\n

The internet access is great, and I\u2019ve been able to check on the dogs every few minutes.  I am also able to work with my students.<\/p>\n

So with all things, the first few hours were frustrating as heck but now I am having a good time.  Also the cardplayer cruise people are doing a great job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, see http:\/\/blogs.kweaver.org\/adventures_in_training_th\/2016\/05\/macy-and-dulce-tried-to-kill-macy.html if you haven\u2019t already. I research everything about TSA, and Love field is running normal the night before.  We get to Love before 7:00 am and there is a HUGE line already.  I ask the facilitator at the beginning of the line, and he tells us 30-45 minutes delay.  I immediately ask […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}