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YAY!!! Safe travels!

Agreed!

Those dishes look beautiful! We toyed with going while we were on Beyond but decided against it. The one thing Royal offers in Izumi is that yummy champagne sauce for the rolls. So good!

Your room looks lovely! Is that a square tub in your bathroom? One of the pics looked like it could be a 2 person tub! Do you ever use the deck hot tubs? Wondering if they live up to the hype? We haven’t done one yet - we’ve had them booked a few times but they’ve ended up rebooked for various reasons.

Happy cruise day again!!

I think my filet from the beach club right after the cruise restart was my absolute favorite! I’m pretty sure on our 7 night cruise we had filet either 4 or 5 times! We really learned the true meaning of a cruise food coma! But it was so worth it!

A fabulous filet is definitely one thing you can count on with RC! I will admit I missed the CK filet on the first night when we tried X. Although, I did like their lobster roll, which seems to be one of their signature first day things. It just wasn’t a filet.

Thank you! Beautiful! That’s the Flowrider our oldest attempted! Our ribs hurt for weeks from the laughs! She’s a tall, gangly string bean that has no coordination! Great memories!

I wouldn’t judge them based on our experience…which I’m sure you wouldn’t. We found it frustrating that there was a lack of our food on board more than anything else. That, and their food lacked flavor or pizazz (for us). We’re total food snobs and we know taste is 100% subjective. We walked through the buffet multiple times at off hours and were surprised to see at least one station open most of the time so there was always an option. On the Edge class on X the pizza is at the very back of the buffet which I found to be rather inconvenient - or brilliant because it forced you to get those extra steps to earn that pizza. Keep the pics of that blue water coming please! Those are beautiful and one of the main reasons I love cruising so much!

Thank you so much for checking on that for us! We have more than that already because we squeaked out a reservation in the final hour of the June sale. I don’t think hubby will let me do that again because we decided to buy another car. The conversation went something like this…midlife crisis sporty convertible, or Star class cruise. I’ve been put on ice for a while.

I also have a feeling that’s the answer, but I appreciate you asking.

When you’re there, would you mind asking if they will offer the double OBC for a booking made last month with the OBC offer? We got $650 OBC for a Star Class next year. I would love more!

Sounds like he understands the best time to go play before others catch on!

Since it’s past midnight your time…ITS CRUISE DAY!!!! I hope you told them how special and sentimental this cruise is for you because from my experience cruising, the crew absolutely love to make the guests feel special. I think they would love your story! Enjoy!

I’ve had a crazy 2 weeks adjusting back to real life after our cruise and just remembered last night that I wanted to see how your cruise prep was going. I looked and saw 4 pages already! I thought I’d casually catch up over coffee this morning… I’m so glad you both (and your luggage) made it, but I’m now having a very hard time starting work after that “casual read”. OMG! What the heck is up with you guys and flying? You really know how to capture the true meaning of a “live” blog! Happy anniversary! Loving the throw back pics sprinkled throughout! Enjoy your cruise! Hopefully all the shenanigans are behind you now and it’s true enjoyment from here on out!