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Cruise day 1!!!! Finally here!!!! We arrived at the terminal with a great Uber driver who shared all sorts of stories from Cuba. I love getting here early...we arrived about 955. A porter led the car all the way in, grabbed our bags and we were in the doors. We literally were 5 mins check in and security with no lines whatsoever... Even at the picture! We are now at 1042 waiting to board! My family of course didn't load the apps yet so we did that...argh! We are ready to go!!! Starting to board!! Jane

Anyone else sick to death of people sending articles about this to them, apparently as some sort of warning as to why you should not cruise, or are my friends just jerks?

AMEN. Just reading someone say they would kick an animal raises my blood pressure rather high and I do hope that it was just a really distasteful joke. The human is at fault, you can’t blame an animal for being an animal or for holding it as long as it could. That’s no better than to say you would throw a baby across the room because it wet it’s diaper. ? So before the bp goes higher I will just post some lovely furbabies ? I have had both dogs and cats (hamsters, etc.) in my life. But 3 years ago we lost our 16 and 17-year-old dogs within five days of one another from old age (that was a bad f-g week), so after 2 1/2 years when I still couldn’t bring myself to get another dog we rescued these sweet kitties - this is Mya and Molly ? @Tim B.and @SpeedNoodles Lovely furkids!

Day 9 - Last full day.... Didn’t take a ton of pictures today, but I have a few We had a slow start to the morning, and went to the spa about 9 for a nice massage / nap! We were done just after 11 and went to the Windjammer for lunch. After lunch, we caught the show with the house band, it was a big band style and we loved it We went out on the deck and played shuffle board for a bit before heading up to the pool deck pro-tip, do the pool at slides starting at 5PM, there is no one out there! While walking the halls today, I looked up and noticed this right outside our cabin door, makes sense that we had good WiFi reception all throughout the cabin! Tonight’s dinner was at the Windjammer, it was seafood night, which meant I grabbed a burger and fries from the kids section After dinner was the fair well show in the theater, it was great After the show, we hung out at the Bamboo room, this became our favorite place to relax! Played some games and enjoyed our last few hours The Key breakfast was moved to Chop’s grill tomorrow

@2Beeze @melmar02 @SpeedNoodles Since we know what a pineapple party is, i'm affraid to ask what a plumb party could amount too...I'm going to go our here on a limb and guess......never mind ?

Pinnacle member = Pineapple ?

So that's a little tricky on the website. If the price for the 3 device package is $22.99 per day, you only need to select ONE person when you are purchasing. The total should be closer to $160 for the cruise. If you're selecting 3 out of the 4 people, that's a total of 9 devices you're paying for. Basically, you are saying that you want 3 people to have 3 devices. When you get on board you will be given either one code that allows 3 simultaneous devices, or 3 codes... I forget which, but it doesn't matter who the code is associated with - with that package, 3 devices can be logged in at the same time. If you want to change devices, simply log out of one and log in with the new device. Hope that makes sense!

If your friends are like mine, it's a 10% concerned 90% jerk.

So excited for you ! Have a GREAT cruise.

That’s funny, gotta figure it could happen! And that wouldn’t have been me in the Diamond lounge, I am still pre-gold. After today I will be gold though!

Gorgeous!!! I have two Shiloh's so I know about the hair - oh my.

I will be, too!

I would rather you punt the human and leave the dog alone. The dog shouldn't have be there in the first place.

Should we start a thread on our animals. SpeedNoodles has her Collie in the picture so I shall show my Shiloh Shepherd female, Kali Mae.

Day 8 - at sea Today was our first of two sea days headed back to Miami, and it was wonderful! I got up early and took my laptop down to the promenade about 7:30 to get some stuff done, it was wonderfully quiet down there, and I grabbed some fruit from the Cafe. A little later in the morning, they had a Bloody Mary bar set up on the promenade There was a “flash sale” on accessories, and it got pretty busy I stopped in one of the shops, and noticed that the ship models have already bred updated with the new slides and such, but a lot of the picture related items have not While wandering around, we came across the Stowaway Piano Player. This guy is awesome We went to a Q&A with the singer/dancer/ice skaters that was quite interesting. Did you know that the singers and dancers will help out backstage with costume changes etc. at the ice show, and the other way around? They also run spot lights for each other’s shows Tonight was formal night, we went to the main dining room With celebrations of the the 50th anniversary for Royal, the had birthday cakes Tonight’s headliner show was a Whitney Houston tribute, she was great! She was backed with all live music from the house band, they are incredible. After catching the late show, we wandered around the ship more, made a stop at the R Bar and got a red velvet, wow! After playing some late night (early morning) mini golf, we decided to call it a day. Last full day tomorrow!

This is Eva of Ripcord......my kid is now saying when he grows up, he wants to do Eva's job on this ship...... sigh. The other day he was going to be an astronaut.....

Luciano got us in for another skydive today, roller skating is reserved for 4:30, we met two other families in star class and are having them for cocktails at 3:30. I was sorta surprised when I asked Luciano if we could have a bottle of champagne for this and he said yes, but he would have to charge me for it.n bummed that this is an inconsistency across the genie fleet. On days at sea, there is a bar cart service from 3:30-5:30 so we can also order from that. Yesterday we were invited for a cocktail in the royal loft suite.....holy cow that suite is just massive. I feel like we live in a little hovel here on "dick 10" (this accent on the word "deck" I am told, is not Aussie but rather a kiwi accent.....but I use that word allllll the time now when we are out and about doing those stairs and hallways, and I laugh out loud every single time.....). Anyways back to that royal loft....it's really special. But this grand loft we r in is super awesome as well, so no complaining! if you are doing the skydiving simulator, try to get booked in with Eva........she was soooo much fun with each rider, doing little tricks with them like flips or taking them up high. Then at the end, she went in herself and wowd the pants off all of us! She did this impromptu acrobatic show that had my son saying to me afterwards "mom......now I know why they say boys drool and girls rule!!" If I could have tipped her I would have. And FYI, we had one little girl in our group who was about 5 and she rocked it for her first ride! dinner tonight at Jamie's. Chefs table tomorrow night. tomorrow is another day at sea. a video from the balcony as I type...... capturedvideo.MOV

Omg, all we do are stairs and corridors! The elevators are full full full and slow slow slow! Walking off all these meals...... we did the skydive simulator in the afternoon which Luciano had booked us in for. It was fun......be prepared with running shoes......they provide the rest of the equipment. Met a lovely trio of fellow star cruisers who are in the royal loft suite. They invited us up for a cocktail and we got a tour of that beautiful suite......it's huge! We have invited them to our grand loft suite this afternoon after we all do another skydive. did bumper cars in the late afternoon.......special line up spot for star class guests and we essentially jumped the queue about five times. My ten year old son did rock climbing after that. dinner was at Wonderland. It was awful. Slow service, really imaginative food, which was expected, but the kids didn't like much of it and frankly, neither did I. Service took so long we politely left before the main courses ever arrived. Will not be revisiting that place. Kids went to bed and we went to the show. Went to a comedy show at 8:15 and the guy was hilarious. Can't remember his name, sorry! Then to vintages for a drink, to the casino for a look-see, then to bed. Luciano is only and always just a phone call away. We were escorted to our seats for the show, to the skydiving simulator. Laundry is free as is pressing. Tons of water and coke and juices in the room, as well as beer. Fresh berries arrived in the afternoon.....perfect! If u want spirits, they bring them by the glass. Very impressed with the service and perks! Here are a few random shots...menu is from CK breakfast....Baja eggs were awesome! Some shots of Sydney from the North Star (also a jump the queue situation!), goat cheese salad...seafood tower at sail away on the balcony.....

Had lunch at Chops Grille yesterday, which was really good. Ordered the crab cake and goat cheese salad. Hubby had steak, mashed potato and asparagus. Too full for dessert.

It's more about the party and the willingness to participate and have some fun for our group. being 50 now, i have a very diverse attitude when it comes to music these days. Grew up on 80's Punk and Metal myself but listen to it all dependent on my mood. There's a huge German Wurstfest festival here in New Braunfels, TX each November. I break out my lederhosen and alpine hat, drink lots of beer and dance to polka musik. With age comes a stronger attitude of not giving a damn and living in the moment. If the ships had a disco-sucks party, i'd participate in that as well. ?

Funny story! Twenty years ago, we were fairly young and on an 11 day cruise with a much older crowd. It seemed everyone was in a wheelchair, used a walker or had an attendant. I had packed gowns and shoes for every special night on the ship. One night we dressed for dinner and I was horrified that I had forgotten the shoes to go with whatever I was wearing that night. My husband said, "Don't worry, No one will be looking at your shoes. Everyone is going to be impressed you can WALK!" LOL So I think of that when I pack now, especially shoes. I take the fewest (is that a word?) number and make them work. More room in the bag!

I like the way you think. These are the shoes for my outfit. Have a vintage (ugly) polyester shirt and brown bells to go with it. Wifey is still trying to finalize hers. i have no doubt i'll break something wearing these things but hey, thats the cost of having fun! We're on the 4/26 sailing, you too?

I am all checked in for my cruise in May, but every time I wish to go back in to make sure, I am getting a message that says to try later? Is this because my edocs are now available? I have been trying for days now to get in?

Thank you #firebuck!!

The jet skis are from the beach side of Coco Cay so that should be available. The parasailing use to be where the tenders came in, so that should be no problem either. We did the parasailing a few yrs back. There are only about 8 people on the boat. Make sure they bring their cell phone with them. When we did it, we just handed off our phone to one and asked them to take pics. One person brought a Go-Pro with them. He was by himself and we all were in awe and laughing...he was literally doing back flips when he was up in the air. Not saying that every boat operated would allow that, but ours did. It is definitely worth the money impo.

Thanks for that. Someone come to the Mariner to give the poor woman a vacation, she seems to have been on for ages.

The particular individual you spoke of is a well known Pinnacle member that has been sailing on Anthem non-stop going on 3 months now. Unfortunately, despite many complaints, the on board staff has done nothing.

Agree with @twangster that no one really knows. However, last week on HM, while speaking to some long time crew members, they all seemed to indicate that OA and AL will be made to receive the same amenities that HM and SY have (including the slides). Then Oasis 5&6 will be a bit different from the other 4. But all speculation at this point.

Pinnacle C&A members are sometimes called Pineapples.

Royal IT isnt great. Have you tried a different browser? A lot of people have had better luck using CHROME and opening an incongneto browser.

So many open questions , until few hours ago only 400 people were rescued from the ship , if an engine broken cant it be towed ? I understand they did not want to use other boats to evacuate the people due to the high sea , Wonder what could have been done if the ship was in real danger .

They are beautiful!

We will be too, we could have a plum party ??

I just have to pray that the pineapples that I know are NOT swinging anything with anyone ???

Ha you managed to catch part of my family in one of your pictures. I'm wondering if you and I were talking on Day 8 about your Aruba excursion in the Diamond lounge? I definitely agree the Stowaway Piano Player is a lot of fun.

Transportation around Bermuda is easy and safe - either ferries and buses. You could probably get to the Crystal Caves on your own. I believe when I was researching it if you went to the website for Crystal Caves they told you the exact bus routes to take. We chose to do the tour through RC because it was a holiday that day we wanted to visit the caves. The second day we were there we traveled all around the island via buses and ferries and it was very easy to do.

Perhaps 75k but $10m is a pipe dream unless the bungee snapped and he bounced off the trampoline & through one of the holes in the giant ball and THEN flew off the ship and hit his head on the hull before impacting the water below.

I think I would have rubbed the owners nose in it, just to be sure he didn't have doubts of said accident. Especially when he chose to ignore the whole event.

I'm the slow twin!

Here ya go.

It’s not that far from Port Everglades to the Bahamas. Just have a ship big enough to stretch between the two. ?

Even more interesting. What ships generate the most revenue for Royal? https://cruisemarketwatch.com/ship-revenue/ In numbers: Harmony $485,570,000 - 295,000 passengers Ovation $443,940,000 - 293,000 passengers Allure $422,500,000 - 313,000 passengers Oasis $403,340,000 - 307,000 passengers Symphony $396,500,000 - 171,000 passengers Anthem $371,150,000 - 232,000 passengers Quantum $366,160,000 - 442,000 passengers Explorer $318,350,000 - 122,000 passengers Freedom $283,200,000 - 198,000 passengers Radiance $256,910,000 - 72,000 passengers Independence $ 256,190,000 - 210,000 passengers Liberty $245,160,000 - 210,000 passengers Voyager $234,480,000 - 168,000 passengers Mariner $224,230,000 - 295,000 passengers Adventure $219,370,000 - 175,000 passengers Navigator $212,870,000 - 146,000 passengers Serenade $174,410,000 - 90,000 passengers Jewel $168,660,000 - 112,000 passengers Brilliance $152,600,000 - 113,000 passengers Enchantment $151,980,000 - 257,000 passengers Rhapsody $139,520,000 - 117,000 passengers Majesty $137,110,000 - 269,000 passengers Vision $ 133,020,000 - 95,000 passengers Grandeur $ 128,570,000 - 89,000 passengers Empress $ 113,720,000 - 139,000 passengers

Much better said! ?

I have seen small "potty" greens for dogs on cruise ships, most likely for service dogs. The problem is that people often claim they have a service dog when it's not really a service dog. A trained service dog would NEVER do that. It's people like this who make it very difficult for those who depend on their well-trained, well-behaved service dogs to take them into public. Emotional Support dogs are NOT service dogs.

Definitely following! Is your periscope name the same as here?

Cruise -3 days Might I just say, packing sucks! Starting this process earlier than last Sunday might have helped but work was definitely in the way! I watched several Rick Steves videos all about the dangers of overpacking and how you should pack for best case scenarios. Yeah....no. I have packed for every worst case scenario imaginable. I swear I will try harder for our 17 days in Europe this summer, but I can’t do it now. Thank god everything is summer light weight clothes. My suitcase is at 48 lbs and I might have decided to take a carry on suitcase as welll. It might be that I don’t need 7 pairs of shoes for 9 days but after staring at them for 30 mins and not being able to make a decision! I decided to just throw them all in. My brain is most definitely shot and I need a vacation!!! My goal was to be packed, devices charged and photos cleared from my phone so I can be in bed by 10 tomorrow but that isn’t gonna happen either lol. I’m giving up tonight so I can nestle all snug in my bed while visions of beaches dance in my head! Jane

@mom2mybugs so excited for you. The first OA class cruise is full of awe and wonder! Enjoy!

Heck yea! Groovy bell bottoms, wide brim bandanna, 6" heels, mood rings topped off with a leisure suit for Formal night. I'm with you! We're going in April too... see you there!! (I hope we don't embarrass our wives too much) Far out man! Groovy

Not for 2 years and on Allure:)