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Am at the first-time cruisers event at the Schooner Bar. It's not packed, but it's filled. This is REALLY helpful for someone that doesn't read/watch RCB, doesn't know how the app works, doesn't know where anything is, or needs to be assured of Royal's flexibility. The lady even said to check with Guest Services after 5pm to see if there may be some empty rooms available to upgrade to... I think it's a good session Royal has decided to add on board - I've never seen this on Navigator or any other ship as yet
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Random observation: I saw these people board with their service animal, and now I've seen them about three times around the ship. This dog is so chill, very well trained, and doesn't bat an eye to pool deck shenanigans. Well done, doggo! (It's a black lab for those interested. I wonder where it potties on board?) EDIT: Found it. Deck 4 aft starboard side.
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Johnny Rockets! Just FYI, you cannot get the shakes with the UDP apparently. Weird. Since I have the refreshment package, it was no big deal, but I thought I'd mention it.
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Hello, gorgeous! Curb drop off is always a giant mess here. Today was no different. My Uber driver had to try 3 different places before traffic let him stop, and it was RIDICULOUSLY not busy Here's where any other port is better: no giant tents for people to wait in before boarding time. Thankfully, I got to skip that since I had express boarding. Security went bananas with my many magnets. I had them specifically pulled because I knew it was going to look weird. The lady laughed and said "you've done this before!" Then, on to check in. I was told to sit and wait for the ship to be ready. Okay, it's 10:35am, whatever. I literally put my stuff down when someone came over and said quick! You 30 with me! And took us all to the suite/Key boarding area. AND LEFT US. The person there wouldn't let us on - she thought we were jumping the process. She scanned one person's boarding pass and saw that oh, okay, we're telling the truth, and then let us up. Oooo, you're HUGE! Also, arrived at 10:29am, on board by 10:43am. The longest part was security. Checked in at the muster station, wandered down the promenade to get my soda cup, and am now eating breakfast at Cafe Promenade (dang no included breakfast hotel). Off to JR for here in a minute.
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Luckily, early today = less cluster.
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Seeking a SYMPHONY in an OASIS INDEPENDENCE-ly 1/12/2025-1/30/2025
Cactus527 replied to Ampurp85's topic in Live Blogs
This was one of my favorite memories from our honeymoon! $8 back in the day. -
Hyatt Regency Long Beach - some shots of the interior. This is a BIG hotel, as evidenced by two different conferences happening here right now. Check in area Main foyer You can kind of see down into the next level. No clue why this is in the lobby.
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THIS IS THE BEST NAME EVER I feel a kinship to this lumpiness...
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an ascent into a new era ~ 2.2-2.9 (celebrity ascent)
Cactus527 replied to asquared17's topic in Live Blogs
I never leave home without it. In fact, we keep misplacing ours, so I think we have three of them! -
I know you're sad to be ending your cruise, but I am so excited to get on board today!
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Seeking a SYMPHONY in an OASIS INDEPENDENCE-ly 1/12/2025-1/30/2025
Cactus527 replied to Ampurp85's topic in Live Blogs
I'm picturing the poor Porter having an aneurysm trying to figure out where to put the bag because the suites/pinnacle section is so far away from the 64 section. -
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It's daylight now, so I can actually post pictures of my room view. You can see the Long Beach harbor across the way, and the little pond/like around the hotel directly in front. You can actually rent swan boats by the hour to paddle around on this pond, and it extends way back to the left of this photo. It's really beautiful. View to the West, including the pool area with its cabanas and sun chairs. One of the things I love about this area is that there's a lot of raised pedestrian walkways so people don't have to fight traffic to get around. More pool area. You can see all of the equipment in the port area. That Port area is closer to where Carnival has their embarkation/ disembarkation building (big round metal thing). More of the harbor area. There's a whole bunch of restaurants and bars down there too. Mr. Cactus says hello.
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Can do! If you want, @WAYNO is currently wrapping up his live blog of the seven night cruise. He's getting off Navigator today. There's some great photos over there too!!!!
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Isn't it adorable? I got it for Spouse years ago when business trips were happening very frequently. Spouse would then take it to various places, pose it, and then send pictures back for the girls to see what kind of adventures Mr. Cactus was going on. It was their favorite part about Spouse being away.
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I get the extra blankets because I don't like crawling under the covers if I haven't showered. If I'm feeling dirty or just not clean, I can have the extra blanket to wrap around myself, sit/ lay on top of the bed, and then I don't feel like I'm making everything messy/ dirty.
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Apologies! I figured that that was probably the assumption you had made, and then I realized that "cans" is probably a colloquial term. Sorry for the confusion! Right? It's almost @Lovetocruise2002 or @Jax fancy. I think in the future I may just stick with Hyatt Place or Hyatt House. I used to be a Best Western person, to give you a clue as to how fancy I think this place is. Credit card points, though, make me a Hyatt person!
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Just got this email at 6:00. a.m.. It seems to be a duplicate of the one I received earlier this week since there's the state room request form there again. Still, just to be safe, I filled it out again. I'm going to bet money that I don't get my extra blanket!
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I cannot for the life of me remember where we got it, but I think it was either Amazon or Target? I just looked right now but can't find it, it's been a few years since we got it; however, I see that Amazon has some really cute others available too. FINALLY!!! I remember this now! I have no idea what that show was about, but if you ever saw this dog run around the yard, you would understand her nickname. Right? I rely on those! Woke up at 5:00 a.m. cuz I'm still used to Arizona time. So excited to get on the ship today! My Uber is coming to pick me up after 10:00 a.m., so I've got a few hours to repack things and figure out what I want to have on me today and what can be given to the luggage porters. IT'S CRUISE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My flight from Vegas finally left at 6:15 p.m., putting me into Long Beach at 7:15. Got my luggage very quickly, took a Lyft over here to the hotel (Hyatt Regency Long Beach), and am now ensconced in my room for the night. I'll try to post pictures tomorrow morning of the main hotel area, but this is a very fancy hotel! Definitely high-end, which means I stick out like a sore thumb. My room has freaking artwork that has its own light switch! I have a beautiful view of the Long Beach harbor and the cute little swan boat pond that's right in front of the hotel.
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Seeking a SYMPHONY in an OASIS INDEPENDENCE-ly 1/12/2025-1/30/2025
Cactus527 replied to Ampurp85's topic in Live Blogs
LOOK AT THOSE PORTION SIZES!!! -
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