mcoler18

Not on Royal Caribbean, but we had Sir Steve Redgrave on board in about 2007 I think it was.

For this to make sense you need to know that we have recently been on Adventure of the Seas.

We were sat watching the TV last night, our eldest little girl who is 9 was sat watching videos on YouTube, all of a sudden she takes her earphones off and says “mam, dad do you know that Allure of the Seas, Oasis of the Seas, Harmony of the Seas and Symphony of the Seas are much better than our ship” the reason she gave was that they had a robot that makes you drinks, made us both laugh.

Just now, 12thman said:

Yes, that's what the side discussion has been about. Thank you didn't know it's called a flannel. 

Yes thats waht we would call them, like I say not so common these days but certain the could provide one for you.

54 minutes ago, 12thman said:

That's really strange? So I'm supposed to pack washcloths?

A Brit here.

What is this wash cloth you talk about? Is it like a small towel, say 8 x 8 inches? If so ive never seen one in a hotel in the uk, we would call them a flannel in the UK. They used to be common in the 80's/90's but not now, I dont know anyone that uses one.

Im sure a hotel could provide one, ask for a flannel though, they will know exactly what you are talking about.

54 minutes ago, ChessE4 said:

Sounds typical in the sense that not everything is perfect but you were still able to enjoy the cruise.  I have also experienced mixed service in specialty restaurants, so I don't think they are better than the Main Dining Room unless there is a particular menu item that you really want.

I would say the main dining room service was much better than the other two. 

Just back from 8 nights on Adventure of the Seas, had a great time. Not really one for writing reviews but here are a few points.

Check in – at the port at about 10.45 and on the ship pretty quickly, only issue we had is the lady who checked us in insisted on seeing our ESTA’s so we had to stand and log into each one on our phone even though we had already been in the US for three days. Having travelled to the US several times we have never been asked to see them by border security when entering the US and were not asked for them when we arrived back after the cruise so thought this was a bit strange, others in our party who checked in separately were not asked for theirs?

Main Dining room – the service was excellent from our two servers and everything I ate was really good quality if not a little cool sometimes but this is to be expected with catering on this scale. They were very accommodating as well, one night there was battered cod on the menus which came with some sort of sauce and rice, 3 or 4 in our group asked if the could have it with chips (French fries) so they could have British Fish and Chips, they even found us a bottle of malt vinegar.

Windjammer  - Again excellent choice to eat and everything was of a pretty good quality for a buffet, finding a table was sometimes a bit of a chore but eventually would get one.

Chops – We had the three night dining plan and ate in chops twice, on both occasions the food was excellent, both times I had the black pepper pork and 16oz rib eye, second time I also had the Carpaccio, it was ok but not the best I’ve had. First time the service was excellent, second time it was truly awful, the table was booked for 8.15pm and as we had a 5 and 9 year old they had said if we come a bit earlier and the table is ready we could get in. We ended up arriving at about 8.10pm but there was people still sat at the table, we didn’t end up getting in until about 8.25pm. we didn’t end up leaving until about 10.30pm and that was without having desserts as it was so slow, the waiter was even pushing for an additional tip as well.

Giovannis – Mixed reviews from our group here, I thought is was delicious, had the Carpaccio followed by the Ossobuco. Some didn’t really enjoy what they had. Service was pretty good.

Jonny Rockets – Really enjoyed the Burger here, thought is was pretty good quality. Found our server a bit rude.

Ship – Really liked the ship, liked the size, It was easy to get around, cabin was a bit dated but to be expected with a ship of this age. All the public area and bars were really nice, loved the promenade and sitting outside the Dog and Duck.

Any questions, feel free to ask.

How much is Voom usually onboard? We sail on Saturday and its on our planner at £11.39 (about $14) a day, is that a good price?

10 minutes ago, MotleyCruiser said:

Hard Rock Hotel casino is 2-3 mile for Port Everglades.

 

https://www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com/the-new-hard-rock

 

Do they do day passes?

Hi All,

So we dock back at Port Everglades on Sunday 03/11/19, our flight back to the UK isnt until 17.15 from MIA.

Any recommendations for something to do for a few hours baring in mind there is 11 of us including a 5 and 9 year old and an 84 year old plus all our luggage.

1 hour ago, AshleyDillo said:

On a Harmony sailing we ordered a bunch of stuff at 1am and it probably took close to 2 hours to get it.  We ordered through the TV and got a call a few minutes later letting us know they were slammed and that it was going to take at least an hour and a half and asked if we still wanted to go ahead or cancel.  Usually you can expect 30-45 minutes.

Thats good that they let you know.

15 minutes ago, S0nny said:

One of our crew ordered a Pizza (on Empress) at 2 in the morning. It took less than 30 minutes to get to us! (nothing like the post bar crawl munchies  )

My thoughts exactly

I know its probabaly like how long is a piece of string but how long does room service ususally take if you were to order a few hot items (chicken wings, pizza etc) late at night?

As said above, we emailed rcldining@rccl.com last week for out 26/10/19 sailing and they have seated 11 of us together on Adventure of the Seas

Not the sharpest tool in the box

A few years ago we were in Thailand and stayed in a large hotel that had nearly 600 rooms, there were a lot of Chinese guests.

By day the hotel and pools were really busy, by night the hotel and its 5 or 6 restaurants were deserted. The hotel was right on the beach and had a lovely restaurant right on the beach, there was often only us a maybe another table in there.

It was bizarre, I don’t know if the Chinese confined themselves to their rooms on an evening or went elsewhere but they were no where to be seen on a evening.

Great, thank you

Anyone aware of any quiet/secret areas on Adventure of the Seas that if you didnt know about you would probabaly miss?

We booked this on the cruise planner and seleted the second night at 7.00pm as our first use not relaising it was the formal night. Will it be easy enough to switch to Chops on the first night for 11 of us when we get on board?

16 hours ago, FloridaCruiseGirl1210 said:

WOO congrats! 

Thanks

Spoke to RC and BA yesterday, all ok and paid for, relief.

3 minutes ago, Fairlynew said:

Please keep us posted!  This is stress you don't need this close to your vacation.

Thank you, im not stressed at all, I dont really get stressed. The wife is though

Im pretty confident eveything will be fine.

4 minutes ago, markm said:

Yes they have cancelled it for Sept 27, but future dates are undetermined

Lets hope it gets sorted.

1 minute ago, markm said:

Yes it is. Our British Airways flight is 22 days out,  just waiting to break the 14 day mark to feel at ease.

Have the cancelled the planned action on the 27/09?

7 minutes ago, markm said:

Fingers crossed, possible double whammy with Thomas Cook and British Airways Pilots labor dispute. Hope all works out.

I know, Nightmare eh,

Thanks everyone

We will (hopefully) be on our flight to Miami for a few nights there before we get on Adventure for 8 nights

I say hopefully as the cruise and flights (British Airways) were booked through Thomas Cook, we should be finding out this afternoon if everything is ok wiht the flights and cruise. RC have posted on their website that they are honouring all booking made through Thomas Cook and will be contacting everyone in sail date order. With us being only 4 weeks out and having paid the balance of both flights and cruise about 8 weeks ago we are keeping our fingers crossed that Thomas Cook have paid them both.