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Posting a Windjammer recon so everyone have something to drool over Monday morning. Theme for the night was "Mixed Grill", where you picked your protein and the grilled it up fresh. Also happened to notice a custom Ceaser Salad station. Doesn't look like romaine to me, can't blame Royal for playing it safe. Snagged a shot of the Gluten Free station The mirror of the mixed grill station on the other side was once again crepes, donuts, and waffles. Also took a picture of the dessert bar, with one special close-up. Will go on record, didn't try the Red Velvet Other side notes: Had the fried eggs, ciabatta pizza, chicken nuggets, plus mac and cheese. This time around no steak (could get one cooked up at the mixed grill), onion rings instead. I've also not noticed any themes so far. Only other activity of the day was a Pub Crawl, stops were Solarium Bar, Trellis Bar, Pub, and ended at Sabor. Dinner tonight was in Coastal Kitchen, also the first Formal Night. Almost forgot about my new creation, the Reverse Lavaflow.

So far today nothing exciting. This morning went to to the Top Tier party. Point counts are as followed: Gold: 1678 Platinum: 431 Emerald: 188 Diamond: 320 Diamond Plus: 108 Pinnacle: 19 Top Pinnacle: 1189 points Ventured around some, stopped by the casino. Found out that Choice must be a new name for the Select tier. Finally wound up at the Trellis Bar. I've always felt some of the bars have different things. This time what caught my eye was the "Hop Flavored Whiskey", think that was the first time I've ever seen that. Then just to round things off, I had to take pictures of everything else on the back wall.

Posted the 360 photos of the suite: https://www.mjcwebdesign.com/photos/index.php?/category/123

I wish, I've always felt I was a small fish. Also very little play in the last year. Sheet in the Casino shows no Select level, Choice, Prime, etc...

Made it down to the casino. Looks like choice is the new name for select.

Just a quick share of a sampling of the my devices charging means. After my Anthem incident I had to find a new multi tap that didn't look dead obvious. To also increase my chances I now pack two, one in my checked bag and the other in my camera bag. The cord in the just above and to the left of the multi tap is handy to use with the USB charger just to the right of the multi tap. The device (bottom in the middle) with the yellow tape on it is the travel router that I use. *Note: This post was in no way shape or form sponsored by Anker.

For everyone wondering... I had written up a completely different comment. One of the luxuries of this board is being able to remove said comments. Just didn't want anyone to twist what had been originally said.

Morning folks! After dinner and doing the Windjammer Recon last night I headed back to the room and lack of better works crashed. Next thing I knew it was 8 am. Dinner was in Coastal Kitchen, @WAAAYTOOO still using the filet night menu for the first night. Today's Chef's Special was a Mongolian Live Station. Also noticed something I don't recall seeing on any other ship at dinner, steak and eggs. Not sure what kind of theme was going on. The station also had chicken nuggets, mac and cheese, and ciabatta style pizza. Headed to the back to check out the dessert bar. Also had a designated gluten free dessert bar as well (sorry no pictures of that). Also saw a crepe station with donuts and waffles on the other side. Was told the crepes were an every night offering.

Yup, not a fan of that station.

Glad to get that muster drill over with.

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Quick photo room tour of a Grand Suite. Check out my Periscope feed for the video version. Two random tidbits, WOW bands don't list the muster station and you can pick any color. Old magnetic signs for "Do Not Disturb" and " Clean Up Room"

I'm going to assume it is my level, never heard of a "Choice Diamond Plus". At the same time, never heard of a Choice tier level. Guess I'll need to roam down to the casino sometime today.

I've now entered the world of confused... On Harmony and just got my card. Shows my C&A status plus what I'll assume casino tier. What has me confused is the level is one I've never seen mentioned, Choice. I would imagine it is in between Select and Prime (using USDA beef grading logic). Didn't see any letters, was booked with the Club Royale folks.

Drink number two of the cruise, classic Lavaflow with Kraken

On the track, then from the track to outside the dining room. Still boarding on deck 5.

Looks like it might be a no go. Didn't work.

Just realized, Harmony was docked port side. Odd not entering direct to the Promenade

Going to update/edit this post for timeline 10:37 consecutive cruisers are boarding 10:41 Star, Pinnacle, Sky, and sea class 10:50 in the Suite Lounge

Time line of events.. 9:55 doors opened, 10:00 scanners opened, 10:10 sitting here pecking this post out.

Know this is blasphemy comment... Wouldn't mind trying Carnival again. Last time was when Carnival Dream just came out. I'm a legacy platinum with 10 total sailings.

Morning all, packing backup the various chargers and such. Didn't get a chance to grab a shot of the breakfast spread, just my breakfast. Looked out the windows and saw my home for the next 7 days... Wait, wrong ship... Ahh, here we go. There she is hiding in the background! Next stop, Terminal 18. Sure I'll be leaving the hotel in the next 30 minutes or so.

Biggest tip ever: Make sure you "print"/save a copy of your SetSail pass as a PDF. Then place a copy of it with means to be accessed from another computer. Somehow either forgot to bring them or never printed them. But the Business Center saved the hassle of having to be manifest verified. Now off topic: Heading back to the room I did some snack machine recon, looking empty...

Not much to report for today other than I made it to Ft. Lauderdale. Was on the road from around 7:30 am until 5:30 pm. Checked in the hotel, Embassy Suites on 17th. As in May, booked on the "Premium Suites" floor. For the most part all I can tell is it gets you access to a vending machine with drinks (water, orange juice, Sprite, Coke, and Diet Coke) and snacks. Cost to upgrade wasn't that much, maybe 5-10 dollars. Bit of advice, get the snacks early. Just check out the photos taken a few hours apart. Another nice this about Embassy Suites is their happy hour with drinks and snacks. Then again, don't think I've really ever heard of the brands of spirits used. Few other advantages of Embassy Suites is the shopping center right behind it, wound up having a burger a Gilberts. If you happened to need a few bottles of wine to take aboard there is a Publix and Total Wine. Also nice having the port right around the corner. Just a few shots of the inside and outside...

Thanks, it is a very nice property. Not sure now how many times I've stayed here. Plus it has a nice shopping center right next to it.