Looking out the window this morning, we saw fog….dense fog. Thought that only happened in San Francisco? Eventually, it did lift and the sun even came out much later. Crazy weather for Florida.
We had a chance to check the charges on our credit card, and found some odd pending amounts posted for this hotel. Nothing jived with our notes. So we met with the hotel manager, who said he would check into the room service food deliveries. We have only been given two receipts so far, so how they check this, we don't know. The manager indicated that he had a two foot long list for other guests to check as well. Perhaps he should not have said that, now we are really concerned. Also, this hotel does not have interactive TV's where you can see your running total. Really needs updating. They did print what they have up to date, but the food charges were still incorrect.
Our morning walk took us much further than we had planned, as we were looking for a certain bank. However, maps can be deceiving, and a few miles were actually several miles. Turning back, we did find a McDonalds. Last night, we had a phone call from good friends who live in Florida. They said some areas of the city do not allow signage or billboards. This must be one of those areas. The only clue that this was a McDonalds was a letter M on the side of the building. Even Walmart had a low sign on the corner.
Anyway, we turned back, and picked up a few more items from the grocery store. Heaven forbid, we run out of the biscotti cookies. We were ready for lunch after our long hike, so after that, we had a few phone calls to make. And finally after six days here, we had a load of laundry to do. The room was on the fifth floor, with two washers and two dryers. Naturally, the first machine we tried to use, did not take the quarters. The second one worked.
From there, we went down to the pool area, and stretched out on the lounges for ½ hour. The sun was in and out of the clouds, but it was still comfortable. Until a strong wind came up, and almost blew us away. At this point, there were about 13 of us relaxing, with one teenage boy in the pool. Couldn't help but notice there was a lot of sneezing and coughing going on, so we left right after we put the clothes into the dryer. That would take another hour, but best to wait it out in our room. We have never been so aware of our surroundings as we are now.
Our late PM walk took us in the opposite direction, towards a gated community. We followed the sidewalk until we saw the first bench, where we stopped for a rest. This concept of gated communities is not something we have a lot of in our area in California. Yes, there are a few, but for the most part, nothing is closed off to unauthorized traffic. Guess if it reduces theft and other bad things, it is a good idea.
We had hoped our room would have been serviced today, but it never was. Even with requesting the service at the front desk this morning. Tomorrow for sure we will follow up on this simple request.
There was a phone call from the guest relations manager on the ship, asking how we are doing. She went over all the info we needed, as well as getting the description of what happens here at the hotel. We filled in all the info we could think of, and said how nice it will be to be back on the ship Feb 2nd. Janine also described the day they missed Half Moon Cay, saying the entire island's beaches were covered with sea foam, caused by extremely high winds. They had no choice but to move on to the next port.
Dinner was in room service with a shared chicken quesadilla, Caesar salad, and BBQ chicken flatbread. It was ample….now we will have to walk further tomorrow. By the way, the forecast for the weekend is very cold, like in the high 30's. Good thing we brought jeans and jackets with us.
Bill & Mary Ann
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Report # 42 Marriott Hotel Friday - January 28, 2022 Overcast in the AM & partly sunny 78 degrees Day #6
