Dan Curtis
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Hope,wife is getting better. Keep us updated.
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We just got ours as well, we are also around 50 days out, you can also,get generic tags at the dock, they will be the same color as your floor and you just write your room number on them, we did this,once after forgetting our tags.
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4 minutes ago, Atlantix2000 said:
When we sailed Adventure of the Seas out of San Juan, they did one muster around 4 or 4:30PM for the early arrivals and one around 7:30 or 8 for the late arrivals. You only have to attend one.
Thank you
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Just got cruise documents today, cruise out of San Juan in January, says boarding between 1 and 7, leave port at 8:30, we have early dining, what time will they do muster drill?
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We did Segways and enjoyed them.
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14 hours ago, KathyC said:
@Dan CurtisRoyal Caribbean Blog merchandise can be found here: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/royalcaribbeanblog/
Thank you.
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5 hours ago, KathyC said:
Welcome @JetlaggedAgain, and see you on Oasis! There are a bunch of us crazy Insiders on this sailing, so you will see quite a few RCBlog t-shirts around the ship. Please feel free to stop any of us and say hi!!
Where do you get the shirts?
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Hope the bath room is put back together by now.
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Escargot is my favorite, get one very night, thanks for pics.
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20 minutes ago, coneyraven said:
Our biggest mistake was not looking at the holiday calendar before we booked a cruise. In other words, we booked Brilliance over the Easter holiday this past April. Way too many young kids for our liking. Our kids are older so when we like to cruise, we like it a little more settled down, a little more mature. Had we known it was going to be Easter, we would not have booked that date. We tend to gravitate more towards holiday's that are more "adult oriented", as opposed to "Family Oriented", like Halloween and New Years Eve. Now, you may ask, why didn't we just move the date..... one word answer...non-refundable.
At the end of the day, we still had a GREAT time, met some awesome folks and were able to cruise with old friends, what's not to love about being on a cruise, but, it just wasn't what we tend to go towards in having a fantastic cruise experience for the two of us.
Not checking the calendar or should I say not knowing when the super bowl was, cruised out of Miami on super bowl weekend, starting calling motels a month or so in advance for a pre cruise stay, the Holiday in we had stayed before and paid around 160 bucks was 400 bucks for one night, called other motels, either no vacancy or outrages prices, final ask one motel and said super bowl weekend, we even paid double for the cab ride to port, finally found the dumb for 250 a night and regretted that after we arrived, rookie mistake for sure.
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Thanks for the pics, looks like nice weather on sea day and a crowded top deck.
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2 hours ago, FionaMG said:
It is our preference on cruise day not to go to the port early. This is because we consider our hotel stay to be part of our holiday and we prefer to relax by the pool or go for a wander on embarkation morning rather than sitting in a waiting room at the port. Our aim is to get on board just in time for the cabins opening up so that we don't have to lug our carry-ons around with us.
On this morning, we had a leisurely breakfast, packed up our stuff, checked out (check-out is at 11 am latest at the BW) and asked the hotel to hold our bags for us while we went for a wander. There was no charge for this.
At just after midday we ordered a Lyft ride, which arrived in under two minutes. The cost was just under $12 including tip. It took a while to get into Port Everglades; the driver got a telling off from the security guard at the gate for not having the ride details all ready to be checked but otherwise there were no issues.
The security line at the terminal was quite long; I think it took us about half an hour to get through it, but after that it was only a couple of minutes before we were checked in by an agent with a tablet. We had literally just been dinged on the ship when the announcement was made that the rooms were ready. Perfect timing!
For this cruise we booked a promenade view cabin on deck seven - no. 7593. This is located opposite the gifts and jewellery shop, towards the aft portion of the ship. We found the location to be very convenient and we were not disturbed by any noise. Location is important for these cabins; last year we were in 7279 on Navigator, across from the pub, and on several evenings we were inconvenienced by the live music playing until late. These cabins are a great value-for-money option. They are usually slightly cheaper than the standard ocean view cabins because they are classed as interiors, but they have the benefit of a window, so they don't feel as closed-in as the "real" interiors, even though there is no natural daylight. One important thing to bear in mind is that there are cabins opposite. You do need to keep the curtains closed when you have the light on for the sake of privacy. Things may be on view that would be best unseen!
Our cabin and the view from the window (please excuse DH's "cool" pose
; the photo without him came out blurred).
We like the promade rooms as well and it is about location,location. Some can be noisy. Thanks for pics.
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14 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:
For those of you who might care, I told photos of the bar menu in the Suites Lounge.
This is the Happy Hour menu available daily from 4:40-8 PMI have the full service menu as well but need to clarify some info on this one and will publish it later
Thank you, we are diamond and cruising next moth, can never remember what is available.
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3 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:
Thanks, Sweety !
I don’t know if I even mentioned it, but our meal at 150 (beef tenderloin for 2) was very marginal. The beef was chewy and tasteless. I have come to the conclusion that I am just “steaked out”. I have never been a huge beef fan to begin with and in the past 9 days I have eaten more steak than I would normally consume in a year. I think I just need to steer clear of steak for a while. Maybe they will be more palatable if I keep them as a special treat.
I picked up,on the steer clear of steak, got it, ha, keep enjoying the cruise and thanks for updates.
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3 minutes ago, IRMO12HD said:
Day 1 - Embarkation (cont,
Enjoyed a sailaway party zs we pulled out of Port Tampa with a beautiful sunset just beginning to show a hint of its colors.
Ate in the MDR with friends, two of whom are HSR 'Virgins;' -- it's their first High Seas Rally, so they get to wear orange wristbands. Although it may sound like a stigma, it's really not -- it's kind of a license to make mistakes;-)
We had the first HSR Giveaway show of the cruise. Remember that fundraising aspect? The first 50/50 drawing was worth $10,420.00!! Between that and the other raffles going on that first Day, over $16,000.00 was raised for dialysis -- in just ONE day!
That is so awesome.
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10 hours ago, iluvwineandtravel said:
Today is debarkation day and we are sitting in the aiport until our 2 pm flight ( hoping the weather will not delay us back to Cincinnati. :). I thought I would catch up on the blog. Debarkation was super easy. We always carry off our own luggage so that we can pack some last minute items in the am. We slept in until around 7:30 and then headed to the windjammer around 8 for 1 last breakfast. The windjammer is always crowed at that time on debarkation day, but we easily found a spot with a great view of the NYC skyline. Overall, we thought the windjammer on anthem was a lot easier to find a table than on other ships. We do realize the crowd was different this week. There was a record number of children on board for the holiday week, but it felt more compartmentalized with their activities in the Seaplex etc. compared to the Oasis thanksgiving cruise last year. The last 2 seadays sailing back have been cold.
Yesterday morning the boat was very rocky, and I actually felt really sea sick which is unusual for me. I think it was heightened by the fact that I was pretty hung over from staying up late for the Quest.
. We attempted to grab some breakfast in the solarium bistro which was only 1 deck up from our forward balcony cabin on deck 13. I found this location very convenient to the north star bar, gym, and solarium. Often we would go out the forward door on deck 13 which exits into the bottom of the solarium in the very front of the ship.
I forced myself to do the elliptical yesterday before lunch, and I did feel much better. My husband wanted to go back to WJ for lunch. I was not that hungry so I just got an iced coffee and settled for desert for lunch. I went back to the cabin to do some pre-packing and then we went to the We will rock you singers concert in the theatre in the afternoon, went and picked out our complementary diamond photos ( a perk I sometimes forget to take advantage of), and then we went to hear the Royal swedes pan in the music hall at 4pm. I thought the band was really outstanding, and I went back to hear them play from 10-12pm again that night. I am really glad I decided to get the DX this cruise because of the itinerary with Cococay, and the fact that we had so many sea days and stayed on the ship in both Nassau and port Canaveral. Yesterday was day 8 though, so I was feeling drink fatigued. I started off easy with mostly champagne. :), and then had my usual glass of wine # 490 ( an Italian red) with dinner and 2 lemon drop martini's later while listening to the band. I found it super easy to get our money's worth outside of diamond hours on this cruise, but I am on the fence about it for the RCL blog New Year's 2020 cruise because of the port packed itinerary. I think we will just try to get buy with our diamond drinks, 2 bottles of wine, and will probably do chef's table on new year's eve.
We stopped by the diamond lounge per usual for some snacks and a pre-dinner cocktail. Most of the week, we set with another family in the extended lounge area roped off in the music hall. It came with some entertainment, ( unfortunately most of the time the entertainment was family karaoke. :). We prefer my time dining because with just 2 of us, we can usually get through dinner quickly in just over an hour. For most of the week, we were set at the same table. Unfortunately on Thursday night, we made a later reservation because of a scheduled show, and we were set in a different area. Last night, we went at our usual time of 5:30, but Unforunately, the table we had been sitting at for most of the week was already o ccupied. I understand this is not unusual in MTD, but it is still disappointment when you have established a relationship with a particular wait staff team. The assistant waiter saw us when the performed the Goodbye song that evening and both he and the waiter came by our table to say goodbye. Last night was my favorite meal of the cruise. I love the lamb chops served with the mint sauce. :). For an appetizer I got the asian pork tacos. They were great, and were almost exactly like eating an asian pork bun like you would find in China town in most cities. For desert I got cheesecake, and my husband got the tres leches. More to come. I will blog from the beginning to share more details of our really fantastic and relaxing week!
Stay on the ship, your not gonna like the Cincinnati weather, thanks for all the pics.
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2 hours ago, KaydenDeen said:
Did you know that hiding rubber ducks onboard is a thing? I found one!
What is the deal with the rubber ducks, I have never found one, can't say I have ever looked for one. Will,start looking, thanks for pics and info, looks like a great cuise.
- KaydenDeen, mworkman and Big Tule
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If you enjoy horse back riding, we have did it twice in Cozumel thru the ruins and the ride is at times in the hills and and times on the flat lands where,if you want you can run them a little, we also did Segway tour and enjoyed it, it,takes you along the main road and up to a beach, both enjoyable tours.
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Awesome blog, we cruise late January and seeing your pics is making it seem so far away, thank you, although we mostly see the sun deck it seems.
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Thanks for all the nice pictures.
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1 hour ago, KaydenDeen said:
Here are a few pictures of Thanksgiving dinner. Even had a turkey towel animal on the bed when we returned from dinner. (Took me awhile to figure out what animal it was!
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That really looks delicious, thanks for all the photos.
- Big Tule, WAAAYTOOO and KaydenDeen
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2 hours ago, AshleyDillo said:
The Diamond Concierge fetched a MDR menu, Thanksgiving special edition for a photo op.
I like the menus tonight, a few different selections.
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2 minutes ago, ChrisK2793 said:
here’s the story on cruise fever ....... we’re on Oasis right now and supposed to go to San Juan tomorrow ....... as of now they haven’t told us otherwise .....
https://cruisefever.net/cruise-ships-canceling-port-stops-in-san-juan-puerto-rico/
Thank you, let us know if they cancel please.
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Good advice, we learned this the hard way many cruises ago.