The Traveling Steve's

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Knee Replacement

Happy New Year 2026!

DOS and I rang in the New Year 2026 as we did last year in 2025, at the Marriott Hotel in Lake Mary, Florida. This was a bit of a one night staycation/celebration of the old year, and looking ahead…

Steve UnoJanuary 9, 2026January 9, 2026 Church, Cruises, Family, Friends, Fun dinners out, Health, Heart Conditions, Hotels, ICD internal Cardiac Defibrillator, Jesus, Knee Replacement, LOVE BIG, Marriott, Marriott Hotels, MSC Cruises, New Year, Open heart surgery, Princess Cruises, Repositioning Cruises, Resolutions, Restaurants, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Trans-Atlantic cruise, Virgin Cruises No Comments

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Three Nights in London!

Steve (DOS) and I are currently on a 16 night TransAtlantic cruise from Southampton sailing back to Port Canaveral. Prior to the cruise, we had a wonderful three night pre-cruise stay at the Churchill Hyatt Regency London. We stayed there…

Steve UnoNovember 23, 2025November 23, 2025 Airline Clubs, Airport Clubs, Airports, Balcony, Beer, Boeing 767, Breakfast, Business Class, Cruise Ports, Cruises, England, Flights in 2025, Fun dinners out, Grand Hotels, Grand Palaces, Hotel Executive Lounges, Hotels, Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Jumbo jets, Knee Replacement, London, O'hare Airport, Orlando Airport (MCO), Port Canaveral, Repositioning Cruises, Restaurants, Trans-Atlantic cruise, Tshirts, United Airlines, United Kingdom, Walking No Comments

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October Pride Parade in Orlando 2025!

Steve (DOS) and I were proud to march in the Orlando Pride Parade, as a small group organized by our College Park United Methodist Church this past weekend. While we didn’t have the big floats or local mega- corporate sponsors,…

Steve UnoNovember 10, 2025November 10, 2025 Beer, Breakfast, Church, City Parks, Dinner with a View, Embassy Suites, Flags, Florida, Friends, Fun dinners out, Heart Conditions, Hilton Diamond, Hotels, Knee Replacement, LGBTQ, LOVE BIG, Orlando, Parades, Rainbow, Stay-cation, Walking No Comments

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Welcome Aboard the Star of The Seas!

Steve DOS and I just returned from Royal Caribbean’s Star of The Seas, for a seven night Western Caribbean cruise. Although we have sailed Royal Caribbean many times before, and have Diamond Plus status, we’ve never been on this “Icon…

Steve UnoOctober 25, 2025March 9, 2026 Balcony, Beer, Cabernet Sauvignon, City Parks, Cruise Ports, Cruises, desserts, Elevators, Entertainment, Food and Wine dinner, Fun dinners out, Honduras, Hotels, Hyatt Place, Jazz, Knee Replacement, Lunch, Mexico, Observation lounges, Old cruise ships, Orlando, Photos, Pool, Port Canaveral, Port of Calls, Restaurants, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Ships, Tenders/Life Boats, Theater, Wines No Comments

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Back to our Home Hotel – Hyatt Grand Cypress Orlando!

Shortly after our Key West stay, I finished up my Physical Therapy for my Knee Replacement surgery (5 weeks now), and noted to my PT therapist Stephanie, how much better it is now. Considering I came into therapy using a…

Steve UnoSeptember 21, 2025September 21, 2025 Disney, Disney Springs, Downtown Disney, EPCOT, Food and Wine dinner, Food and Wine Festival, Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Knee Replacement, Labor Day, Orlando, Restaurants, Walt Disney World No Comments

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July 4th at Home: Amtrak, Disney, 3 Month Knee Replacement update!

The month of July was surprisingly busy for us considering we’re both retired and it’s one of the hottest months of the year here in Florida. We were going to drive home to Orlando from Virginia (last post), but decided…

Steve UnoAugust 23, 2025August 23, 2025 Amtrak, Cabernet Sauvignon, CPAP Machine, desserts, Disney, Disney Springs, Disney World, Disneyworld, Downtown Disney, Fireworks, Florida, Food and Wine dinner, Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, July 4th, Knee Replacement, Magic Kingdom, Restaurants, Suites, Walt Disney World No Comments

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Knee Replacement at Six Weeks: A Walk in the Park!

Today marks the six week anniversary of my knee replacement surgery. I’m doing well, as is Steve (DOS). For anyone that’s had knee surgery, I’m sure you can relate to the post-surgery knee replacement process of PT and pain, although…

Steve UnoJune 19, 2025June 19, 2025 City Parks, Knee Replacement, Restaurants No Comments

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Showtime: Knee Replacement Surgery!

Update: It’s now May 7th as I write this, and am now recovering from my left Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgery. I had the TKR surgery on April 17th at Advent Hospital South, and tomorrow (Thursday) will be 3 weeks…

Steve UnoMay 7, 2025June 19, 2025 anesthesia, Breakfast, CPAP Machine, Doctors, Health, Hospitals, Hotels, ICD internal Cardiac Defibrillator, Knee Replacement, Nurses, Orlando, Physical Therapy, Tesla, Welcome Home No Comments

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Disney World Staycation with our Canadian Friends! And Pre-Knee Surgery for me!

So now it’s April 15, TAX Day for US Citizens, so hope everyone got their taxes done. I did mine a while back (as did DOS), which is always a big relief as there are so many forms to file,…

Steve UnoApril 16, 2025April 16, 2025 Beer, Canada, Cruises, Disney, Disney World, EPCOT, Florida, Flowers, Food and Wine dinner, Friends, Fun dinners out, Hyatt, Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport, Knee Replacement, Orlando Airport (MCO), Restaurants, Stay-cation, Tesla, Walt Disney World No Comments

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Spring has sprung and so has March!

Wow – March has come and gone and like a whirlwind! We had no major trips, but a few activities close to home, and mixed in with a bit of the spring cleaning thing as well. We started off the…

Steve UnoApril 16, 2025April 16, 2025 beaches, Beer, Brewery, Canada, Car, Church, Friends, Heart Conditions, Hospitals, Knee Replacement, Senior Citizens, St Patrick's Day, Tesla, Trains No Comments

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