RestingBird

I can see "Soul ots", maybe "Portrait ots" or even "Eminence ots" or "Essence ots".

Considering the tonnage of these new ships Displacement of the Seas seems fitting, or Encroachment of the Seas. Joking aside maybe Poseidon of the Seas, not really fond of Star as it just doesn't seem to make any sense. Unless they're suggesting Star as in a celebrity not an actual physical star. 

We did it once on Mariner back in 2019.  We liked it, but didn't love it.  It's sad to see it go, but I understand why.  Fingers crossed they can come up with a good replacement...like using the sphere for motorcycles 😜

So what names would others like to see Royal use for Icon 2 & 3?
I don't think they would do it, but how about Sovereign OTS?  What better a name for a revolutionary (iconic) ship than to honor the first mega cruise ship who revolutionized cruise ship design in her own right.
I'd also like to see Royal or Royalty OTS as a nod to Royal's just past 50th anniversary.  It would be interesting if they created a restaurant or lounge with memorabilia from the early years and first few ships.  Admittedly though, that probably wouldn't appeal to the younger generation.  This may be a good fit if (and I know it's a long shot and not the direction they are moving) if they ever come out with a smaller class to replace the Vision and Radiance class ships.
 

This is made up guesses, and we've seen it may times over the years. No source of truth to it, other than the trademarks that someone guessed could be the names.

Hey, was on cruisemapper and saw this is this true did Royal announce it anywhere? 

Mariner has left Gibraltar and is on her way to Port Canaveral.
In case you can't tell. I'm excited. Only 45 days till we spend 2 weeks on board.

I follow Marc Walker (Bing Bong) on Facebook. 
 
Pool deck is getting all new decking/flooring. She’s been painted and her big “dent” was fixed today. He’s onboard now with the CD staff.  He’s posted quite a few pics 

Bottom paint, new zincs, prop balance or update perhaps. Azipod access with bearing replacement, lubrication, thruster maintenance, general inspection and cleaning.  Anything normally underwater that needs servicing otherwise there would be little need to dry dock.
Anchors and chains are laid out on the dry dock floor for inspection. Any valves used for sea water access for disposal, engine cooling and so on are inspected and replaced as needed.
 
Actually, I have no idea but that all seems at least possible.

Apparently too many lawsuits.
Found this on CC

Me too! This is my family’s first cruise ever. I have no expectations. The only things I know about cruises so far are from what I’ve read on blogs like this one and trip advisor or when my kids show me a YouTube video of a family’s cruise vacation. I think my friend was letdown because his family go on cruises all the time. They’ve gone on 3 so far in the past 12 months. So his expectations are based on previous experiences. Despite the cut backs and lower quality food ect ect. I’m still looking forward to spending quality time with my family. 

Asylum of the Seas...lol

Asylum of the Seas...lol

I caught that too ?, well done @Floski

I ended up in high heels, and beltless.

Just put a "bid" in, on Mariner, about a month out.  OV balcony now, bid on a GS.  There are at least 10 left...I'll take that as a good sign we'll get one, depending on how many people ahead of us bid on them.
8-26-19 just got off Mariner today, didn't "win" the bid.  But we were totally fine in our regular balcony cabin.

I'm still waiting for my rejection email ... 3 days until sailing.

Could you imagine if they didn't set a limit?  6,000 people trying to use the slides, etc.  There may be more available later and I'm sure Royal will sell enough that it will be way overcrowded.

I love you all. I constantly check and double check, especially after I did something like this.
Years ago, when my girls were little we flew into Florida to go to Disney and visit relatives. I had booked the car for the day before! Luckily, there was another car available.
i can't even blame it on a Muscato!

I haven't seen it in the cruise planner either for a July 12 Mariner cruise.  I am guessing we book it onboard.

If it's available to pre-book, check your cruise compass... 
When I look on MY cruise compass (we're sailing Navigator in July) it's listed under the tab "onboard activities" and it's called "The Observatorium".
But it could also be sold out online.  You can always call RC and find out for sure.

I'm guessing...you had the drink pkg?...?

I booked a hotel for part of our honeymoon, but when we got there the nice lady at the desk told me no current booking for us.  Turns out I booked it for two months earlier ?.  There's money gone.  I was so mad that we left and booked a room at a different hotel.  More money gone, lol.  And my original was a wine free booking!  Looking back I wish I would've been drinking some wine so I could pass the blame.

I booked a hotel for part of our honeymoon, but when we got there the nice lady at the desk told me no current booking for us.  Turns out I booked it for two months earlier ?.  There's money gone.  I was so mad that we left and booked a room at a different hotel.  More money gone, lol.  And my original was a wine free booking!  Looking back I wish I would've been drinking some wine so I could pass the blame.

Thought it would be a good idea to post a quick photo look around of the offerings a Skipper's Grill on CocoCay. I'm going to assume that Chill Grill would have the same offerings.
Per signage, the hours of operation are 11:30 to 3:00 

Starting off it was nice seeing the beverage station outside of the buffet area. This area also has a soft serve machine.
Getting a closer look at the beverage island area.

Better view of the drink dispensers

I'm not sure if the beer by the ounce dispenser is covered by the beverage package or not. Also want to say a hand washing station was on the other side of the dispensers.
Fruit carving just so you know where you were.

Skipper's Grill was divided up into multiple sections.
Once for cold salads and pre-made sandwiches.


Some sandwiches being made.
 
Grill stations with the classic hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, corn, and not shown fries.

Next up was a taco/mexican station, here they had chicken, beef, pulled pork, rice, and beans. (Need to double check if I have any pictures)
One highlight was the freshly made flour
Finally two different topping stations. One geared towards burger fixings and the other for taco fixings.

 
 
Finally a photo just for drool factor. This plate was a cuban sandwich (made with a soft sweet style bread), rice and beans plus some of the pulled pork.

 
Also forgot to mention there is a small bar counter within the Skipper's Grill area. Don't recall if they did blended drinks but they did carry plenty of beers and spirits.
Only major complaint I had was food temperature, nothing seemed really that hot. Most of what I tried was almost warm, some stuff was hot but for the most part it wasn't consistent. I might mark that as being there probably when they first opened around 11:30. Overall they weren't that busy at the time.