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Did they do that for Muster also? When we sailed out of Puerto Rico on Adventure everyone had to stand outside in the oppressive heat and humidity for two full presentations-1 in English and 1 in Spanish. There was  LOT of multilingual complaining!
We saw one on a royal ship that looked NOTHING like Celine at all, but if you closed your eyes, she was PERFECT.
Loving your blog. Keep it coming.
 

After reading OP's sentiments, this has to be the most appropriate typo ever!

We were in a place yesterday that put paper straws into their drinks (sodas) that were served in plastic cups! I was too tired to question them, but how weird is that?
 

Doubtful. 225 days! ?
Thanks for following!
? Well I tried!
Glad you did @rjac!
Yes sorry, I forgot to blog that. We were invited to a galley tour and bridge tour. No backstage tour this time. 
The suite sail away party was from St. Maarten this time. 
Tips for the loft? Stay in it and don’t leave! ? Deck 17 is wonderful. I completely love it. Feel free to ask any other specific questions and lots of us can answer ?
Thanks for following Joe!

I knew you couldn't do it! With all of us that follow you, you'll probably break 20 pages again. ?

After reading OP's sentiments, this has to be the most appropriate typo ever!

But sort of not in dry dock either?. Looks like a fun getaway for you guys. Maybe you can buy it and @Joe01 can keep an eye on it between your visits!

After reading OP's sentiments, this has to be the most appropriate typo ever!

@Biggiojr @WAAAYTOOO
For any survey related emails you get from or for Royal, make sure to at least look at them-don't delete until you check it first. I got one about Cococay. They requested that I take some pictures and describe our visit there. In return they gave a $75 Amazon gift card. My information to them was due no later than the day after we returned and I had the gift card less than 7 days after that. It was well worth the few minutes spent....and Cococay was magnificent.

I'm not in a cruise at the moment but this weekend I'm in Edinburgh, Scotland and today I've been to the Royal Yacht Britannia. I tried to convince my husband that buying it would be the ideal souvenir of our weekend but living in the land-locked midlands, we'd struggle to sail her home. 
It was really interesting to see the workings and state apartments of this famous vessel. My husband and I found it particulary interesting how basic the royal accommodation is. 
The cost is £16.50 per adult and includes an audio tour which was really well laid out. There was also opportunity to have afternoon tea in the room where royal cocktail parties were over held. 
If anyone is ever on a cruise that stops in Edinburgh, I'd highly reccomend this attraction. 

No Johnny Rockets on Grandeur.

@Biggiojr @WAAAYTOOO
For any survey related emails you get from or for Royal, make sure to at least look at them-don't delete until you check it first. I got one about Cococay. They requested that I take some pictures and describe our visit there. In return they gave a $75 Amazon gift card. My information to them was due no later than the day after we returned and I had the gift card less than 7 days after that. It was well worth the few minutes spent....and Cococay was magnificent.

$20 is crazy cheap to me, so I got it for me and DW ?. Agreed if it goes lower than that we can always refund and buy again. With $20 a day for sure we will break even or more...

Regular price is usually $26. The only time I have ever seen lower than $20 was on Black Friday ($17) and you are sailing before that. I say grab it now. If by some chance they do offer it at a lower price, it is very easy to cancel and rebuy. If you get it now, at least you know you cannot end up paying even more.

Regular price is usually $26. The only time I have ever seen lower than $20 was on Black Friday ($17) and you are sailing before that. I say grab it now. If by some chance they do offer it at a lower price, it is very easy to cancel and rebuy. If you get it now, at least you know you cannot end up paying even more.

Ok... May be no Scopes... Pool deck and voom... Actually voom anywhere... Is weak.  I can get online, I can check email, I can upload pics here but I can't download my next Disney emoji blitz level (arrrrghhhh) and I can't get pericope to find the internet.  
 Today's schedule is sunbake, thriller class, sunbake and then chefs table.  We will try and hit love and marriage at 1030 if I can stagger from the food and ? coma, but we will miss the theater show tonight, which is ok because it's just a Celine Dion impersonator and I think I've seen her before too.  
Just FYI... Most announcements have been in English and Spanish.  Definitely all the staff speaks English (except the poor Russian drink waitress) and it's been easy to communicate.  They are running the love and marriage in English but offering it at the same time in Spanish in the some enchanted evening lounge.  
Deck chairs at 10... Mostly taken on the sky deck but not occupied.  Of course, I still haven't seen Jeff lol....
They pushed us ahead 1 hour today to match with Greek time and will push the clock back on our way back.  That made last night tiring but will be awesome when they give it back!   
Happy weekend everyone!!!  Jane

First I thought they were good friends and later on toyed with your idea, which is most likely more accurate. Maybe @Matt should ban "both" of them for treason! ?

Great blog, as always, and once again, happy anniversary. One thing that just stood out to me was that your favorite Coastal Kitchen is on what I think is your least favorite ship. Glad you had a great time.
Safe travels home. 

Symphony Final Thoughts
What a perfect week this has been.  So different from our last few sailings with our kids, this one was the other extreme.  So relaxing, and an abundance of down time. It was just what we needed to recharge. 
This ship is amazing, it did not disappoint one bit!  However, is it my favourite now? I don’t know.  If there is a noticeable price difference between HM and SY, I would have a really hard to picking the more expensive one over the other.  I find both ships to be so similar to the point where there honestly were times that I forgot which one I was on.  
The entertainment was the same caliber as the rest of her sisters.  The one that stood out the most was Flight. Other than the drones, 1977 was quite comparable to 1887.  We enjoyed Hiro more than The Fine Line just slightly because we preferred the music and choreography of Hiro. I did miss the spinning guy though. The Broadway production is subjective. I still think We Will Rock You is best. YMMV.
As far as dining goes, I love El Loco Fresh. Way better than Mini Bites on HM but not enough to justify the cost difference of SY.  
Coastal Kitchen/Suite Lounge is identical to HM.  This was probably our least favourite CK experience though thus far.  There was nothing that went wrong but they did not do anything to exceed expectations either, like others have in the past. If I had to put my “teacher hat” on, I would say they were just average, both the crew in there and the quality of the food. Good, but did not go above and beyond what was expected.  Like I mentioned before, there was also some inconsistencies the earlier nights with the quality of the food itself. We still enjoyed our time here but if I were to rank it among our other times, this would not be ranked as high. In my opinion, that honour goes to Anthem’s CK.  Both times we were there, the crew and quality of the meals were spot on and outstanding. 
So to wrap it up, I loved Symphony because she’s OA class. My favourite? It’s whichever one that has the lower priced loft suite between HM and SY. ?
Please continue to ask any questions that I haven’t answered.  @tiny260 and his DW tell me that this is a good place to end it.  In the theme of seventeens, this is Page 17. ?

We did find a reason to eventually leave our room.  Aqua Nation (the second aqua theater show) was on today. This 1/2h shows basically gives the cast a chance to showcase their talents in a more relaxed setting. 

The show starts with a brief video highlighting the behind the scenes crew that is vital to the shows. 

Then the cast comes out and introduces themselves. 


This is then followed by some diving routines, aerial work, synchronized swimming, the high line guys come out, and ends with the dancers doing a routine of their own. 


Definitely an entertaining way to spend your time on a sea day. 

Wow! 140 days! $344K for 2 people!
I'm in if they can work something out with Royal and C&A! Just need a 2nd mortgage first and I'm set! LOL!
That would just allow me to break Diamond Plus status if this were Royal! ?

Maybe just slightly. Lol.
But I would take a cruise over no cruise any day! 
Hubby and I were just discussing this a few days ago and we think that 3 months is a good gap between cruises for us.  #retirementgoals ?

I may have to stop looking at your blog. I didn't know it was possible, but it appears I'm gaining weight just from your pictures!?

Katy is now Cruise Director on Freedom.

Seriously, no worries at all! We have had a wonderful week!