Geezer Of The Seas

Speaking of Straining Credulity..... Really?????

My guess is Brightline passengers from Miami/Fort Lauderdale to Orlando. The transfer is a bus from Brightline Station at MCO Terminal C to Port Canaveral. Someday (maybe) there will be a Brightline station at the 'bend' in Cocoa where the Brightline track from Orlando meets the Florida East Coast mainline tracks. But Brightline has to move beyond losing 400 million/year, the City of Cocoa has to obtain Federal grant money toward station construction (rejected last year). The proposed station property is practically next to SR 528. That would be a pretty short transfer from Brightline to the port. Until then....................... FWIW: Brightline sold property they acquired North of SR 528 near the Titusville Airport late last year. Wasn't really clear what the intended use of the property would be.

Hard pass @Rackham. My power eating days have long passed. Only time we've done Teppanyaki in Izumi was Wonder 3 years ago. Our chef 'Neil Diamond' was wrapping things up and had some surplus scallops and tenderloin on the grill. We were seated close to him, he took one look at me and decided I could finish it off. Not wanting to see the food hit the trash, I obliged..............But it cut into my after dinner drinking capacity.

Royal Caribbean's spin on the fast food value menu?

@smokeybandit may have a point. Never ate sushi in our lives until the second cruise of our lives on Jewel in 2022. Have now logged 4 visits to Izumi, only once have we done the teppanyaki. Now, even on land, no well made sushi is safe from us................

The teppanyaki chefs are on a clock, but it sure as hell isn't 20 minutes. Bot posts are so fun................

Surveys, social media, Google Reviews. All designed, regardless of business, to make you think the business gives a damn; they don't. Healthcare provider surveys/'rate us' requests are especially amusing to me. Only 2 reasons I go to a given provider, I'm satisfied with them or they're the only providers in an insurance network or accepts Medicare. Probably a mammoth spam folder on a server somewhere that Corporate America uses as survey graveyard/toilet. I do Royal's post cruise survey primarily because it's the only way to express gratitude for the crew in general, and specific crew members that made an impression on me over the course of a cruise.

I award the Oscar for Best Smoking Area to Star. Not especially large, but far and away the best appointed with ashtrays that can handle a cigar, a sheltered area, albeit small, with sofas, nice chairs and 2 TV's with nonstop sports day or night. Looked forward to the daily stogie and bourbon.

Just read Utopia couldn't dock due to high winds. Bet the passengers that booked Beach Club on Radiance were loving that ........

We have now done 2 cruises(one on Wonder, most recently Star) and passed on the MDR. Food was not the issue but both trips we were assigned My Time Dining. Didn't feel like fiddling with the reservation process to get the same table nightly, and the surefire cure for dining before a show is booking specialty. Worked for us on Star and personal best for specialty reservations; 4 nights out of 7 and enjoyed them all............except Hooked.

To borrow from Smokey Robinson & the Miracles....... "I second that emotion"!

Remove the vodka and you have a Grasshopper.

Can't fit the USC Marching Band on stage? That arrangement of Tusk (and Don't Stop) were absolutely my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs.

3 different cruises. 3 different Royal ships. The common denominator: The vaunted Kummelweck was a tasteless rubber sheet. The horseradish? Don't even get me started........ And, the 'bbq' in Star's food hall is well, not BBQ and the sauce on the pulled pork isn't. Royal should put a real smoker on the pool deck and cook pork butt and brisket in it if fire is a concern. It would b outdoors.

I got the #'s on Star from our waiter at Giovanni's........along with a delicious Osso Bucco & Mrs. Geezer's can't miss 6 oz. Filet.