WAAAYTOOO

As long as you can show a rental confirmation, they will shuttle you from the port to the airport to pick up your car.

For reason which I cannot explain, my iPad is again working now that we’re in port again. I know there is some super cyber reason that the internet when in port is different from the internet when you’re at sea, so my simplistic mind will simply accept that when on the ocean internet I will only be able to comm by cell phone. I am really HAPPY to be back on my iPad though ! Pecking along on the iphone is for people with better vision and skinnier fingers than me. So....thank goodness I listened to the voice message that Eliana left last night. If we go to the Concierge Club between 11:00 and 12:30 (it is currently 11:31) we will get a super-secret escort off the ship to some kind of trolley to take us to town. I am ALL about shuttle service, so we WILL be leaving shortly for the Concierge Club !

Oops. I see this is still here. I tried to move it but I guess that didn’t work. Sorry, Ashley. Rookie mistake

Sorry. I thought I had successfully moved this errant post. Ugh

Congratulations ! What an awesome upgrade. Enjoy the perks. They are incredible.

We are now pulling in to Key West. It really has been a long time since we visited KY and I feel certain that I refused to get off last time so it’s really been a LONG time since I was out and about on KW. I have agreed to debark on this trip so I must keep my word. No plans...just a walkabout. Maybe we’ll ride the HOHO trolley (I think there’s such a thing). Perfect weather. 76 and sunny. Yippee !!

And finally, the single thing about this class of ship that is truly unique...the Cinema ! I am so glad that Royal has not gotten rid of this feature on the Rad class ships. I fear for its future, but for now, IT LIVES ! It appears to show 1 film every 3 hours beginning at 10AM until 10PM. Kind of a nice option if you stay on the ship on port days (as I almost always do). I will check to see if the film changes daily. I feel sure it does

Another delightful space, directly across from the poker table, is the King and Country pub. THIS is the good ol’ dark and dingy pub venue we’re all familiar with....but it’s surprisingly large for this class of ship Since they were closed, I snuck in behind the bar to see what was on tap. Nothing interesting. Just Heineken

After breakfast, we did a wee walkabout. Now, wee is all of the walkabout you will ever get from me....I’m not a wanderer. If it doesn’t happen to be in the path between where I am and either a food venue or the casino, I’m likely to miss it. But here goes. I am not a wine drinker so I rarely venture into a Vintages, but I will say....the Vintages on Brilliance is beautiful, IMO. Rather than the dark and deserted space that it is in most ships, it is light (there are even windows ??). The lighting is very unusual. I found it a delightful space. Not delightful enough to go buy some wine that I don’t want, but lounge-worthy, for sure. The poker table is outside of the casino on a side trail leading out of the casino. I remember this very long and narrow configuration from my last Rad class sailing. No idea if they had a cash game going last night Frankly, we weren’t there long enough to really inquire

Well, I successfully posted the above to the wrong thread. Twice. I hope I fixed it but if I didn’t, my apologies to Ashley and IRMO12HD Ugh

Went to breakfast at Chops this morning and while it was better than lunch yesterday, we still had some downright cold food. The potato wedges (not that great even when they’re hot) were stone gold. Almost refrigerator cold. The orange juice was, no doubt, from a concentrate. We were never offered any sweet rolls even though they were sitting on a table 4 feet from us. Maybe we were supposed to help ourselves. We did not leave hungry. “It’ll make a turd”, one of Happy Dan’s favorite euphemisms. The service was also surprisingly sluggish which made no sense as we were 2 of 4 happy souls dining at the time. I know I sound like a bitcher, which I’m actually not.. but I will admit that as I get older, my tolerance for poor service has taken a nose dive. I will be in the “You kids get off my lawn !” Club very soon. Happy Dan is already a founding member. I overheard the only other customers in the place, discussing with our waiter, the fact that the breakfast serving staff in Chops are not dedicated Chops servers, but rather staff from Izumi, Giovannis and Chops that rotate to cover this special breakfast. I guess that makes sense. It also may explain the spotty service but it still sucks

Went to breakfast at Chops this morning and while it was better than lunch yesterday, we still had some downright cold food. The potato wedges (not that great even when they’re hot) were stone gold. Almost refrigerator cold. The orange juice was, no doubt, from a concentrate. We were never offered any sweet rolls even though they were sitting on a table 4 feet from us. Maybe we were supposed to help ourselves. We did not leave hungry. “It’ll make a turd”, one of Happy Dan’s favorite euphemisms. The service was also surprisingly sluggish which made no sense as we were 2 of 4 happy souls dining at the time. I know I sound like a bitcher, which I’m actually not.. but I will admit that as I get older, my tolerance for poor service has taken a nose dive. I will be in the “You kids get off my lawn !” Club very soon. Happy Dan is already a founding member. I overheard the only other customers in the place, discussing with our waiter, the fact that the breakfast serving staff in Chops are not dedicated Chops servers, but rather staff from Izumi, Giovannis and Chops that rotate to cover this special breakfast. I guess that makes sense. It also may explain the spotty service but it still sucks

Went to breakfast at Chops this morning and while it was better than lunch yesterday, we still had some downright cold food. The potato wedges (not that great even when they’re hot) were stone gold. Almost refrigerator cold. The orange juice was, no doubt, from a concentrate. We were never offered any sweet rolls even though they were sitting on a table 4 feet from us. Maybe we were supposed to help ourselves. We did not leave hungry. “It’ll make a turd”, one of Happy Dan’s favorite euphemisms. The service was also surprisingly sluggish which made no sense as we were 2 of 4 happy souls dining at the time. I know I sound like a bitcher, which I’m actually not.. but I will admit that as I get older, my tolerance for poor service has taken a nose dive. I will be in the “You kids get off my lawn !” Club very soon. Happy Dan is already a founding member. I overheard the only other customers in the place, discussing with our waiter, the fact that the breakfast serving staff in Chops are not dedicated Chops servers, but rather staff from Izumi, Giovannis and Chops that rotate to cover this special breakfast. I guess that makes sense. It also may explain the spotty service but it still sucks

Isn’t this old news ? I thought I read about this a few months ago. Maybe it was a different port...

Now you’ve made me cry. I’m not reading any more of your blogs

Thanks SO much for making me snort my morning cappuccino. I have been giggling ever since. Happy Dan thinks I’m nuts. Nothing new, I guess...

Supposedly Phoenix will play next week as well. They must be signed to a length contract as opposed to the normal hit-and-run schedule.

What a wonderful event. Have a GREAT time and raise lots of money !

Thank you ! Charter. That should be fun I am such a photo rookie that I would have no idea how to resize a picture even if I wanted to ! I know that when I text a pic I am able to choose the size (I always choose “small”) but I never resize the ones I take with my camera and post. I’m sure they are bigger than they need to be but I don’t know how to make them smaller

So, back from the casino. Very early night for us but we are both beat. Slept very little on that horrid bed at the Marriott. I lost a whopping $25 but Dan won $230 so we’re up, overall. Yippee ! Tomorrow is Key West. It’s been a number of years since we have been to KW. No plans. We will just ramble. Night night

There was still 1 SC available on that sailing until 2 days ago. Fingers crossed for you !

I do at home but no way am I schlepping a laptop on the ship ! ??

I got the spicy tuna roll with soy wrapper. Delicious. Dan got some kind of tuna thing and the DX platter. They were so good. Much better than lunch was !

I see. It is Oasis just not Miami. I can read I just choose not to ! ??

Oops. Thought they were talking about Oasis. Guess I need to learn to read.