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“Symphony No. 17: Celebration, Relaxation, Exploration, Reflection” – 07/27/19 – 08/03/19


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11 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

It’s a drink that I discovered at Chops but they can make it at the Trellis Bar.  It’s basically a vodka tonic with lavender syrup.

I love vodka tonics.  I wonder since they have the lavender daiquiris at schooner if they could make that.  No trellis bar on my baby ship ?Jane

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Day 3: At sea

”Each day we draft a new movement in our Symphony of life; what melody will you compose today?” - Ken Poirot

Woke up this morning to another beautiful, and sunny day. Another day at sea and again we have no real plans. 

I decided to change it up a bit this morning. Headed to the suite lounge for a visit and to make my tea. The continental breakfast offerings there this morning are the same as yesterday. 

I decided against CK breakfast, shocker I know, and headed down to Deck 4 to check out the Diamond for @Susie. This is what I found. 

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Very similar choices to the Suite lounge except the tea bags are a different brand. 

I also found tonight’s MDR menu for anyone who might be interested.

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Finding nothing interesting here, I decided not to stay.

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So where did my wandering bring me this morning?  

To the Boardwalk where Johnny Rockets seemed like it would be a good idea. I tried to play Home Genie and get it “to go” so I could surprised Hubby with it. They would not accommodate that request. So it’s waiting for JR on my own this morning as I sit here to write this.  

Interesting observation here is that on Harmony, I know that they allowed meals and snacks to go (not referring to room service).  I have read a few blogs where people were able to take breakfast to go and D12 was able to get fries and onion rings in March.  Not sure if that was because both cases were star class?  But here on Symphony, they would not allow it.  They said the food must be consumed at the venue. Oh well, Hubby’s lost, and my gain, literally, in the waistline ?

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French Toast with “The Works”.  Delicious ? 

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Johnny Rockets always seems like a good idea, until you are done. ? 

That will likely be my last meal there.?

Back in the cabin now and Hubby is awake.  He has said the dreaded phrase, “Hey, let’s go the the WJ.”  Oh...the things that we do for those that we love....

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1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Day 3: At sea

”Each day we draft a new movement in our Symphony of life; what melody will you compose today?” - Ken Poirot

Woke up this morning to another beautiful, and sunny day. Another day at sea and again we have no real plans. 

I decided to change it up a bit this morning. Headed to the suite lounge for a visit and to make my tea. The continental breakfast offerings there this morning are the same as yesterday. 

I decided against CK breakfast, shocker I know, and headed down to Deck 4 to check out the Diamond for @Susie. This is what I found. 

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@Lovetocruise2002 Thank you so much for the pictures. Love to see Symphony offer smoke salmon, Yogurt parfait,  fruit cup and pastries. Hubby and I love smoke salmon so that good enough for me. one thing was missing for smoke salmon is capers, I wish they have that.  However, not sure I can pass omelette at JR though. Really tough choices. LOL

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After roughing it and experiencing Symphony’s WJ, I have come to 2 conclusions.

One is that Anthem WJ is still by far the worst in terms of traffic flow.  Even the largest ship in the fleet has better traffic flow than Anthem, and this is on a sea day.

The second is that for a split second, I actually thought I was in Harmony’s WJ. The two are almost identical.

Hubby did say that he thought the newly revitalized WJ on Mariner and Indy were nicer in decor than Symphony. 

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After eating in the WJ, we wandered onto the pool deck.  It was busy but there were still chairs available if you looked.

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Continuing on, we made our way to the Suite sun deck.  Even on a sea day, no crowds up there. 

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The minor differences here compared to Harmony are the missing cabanas that Harmony has. Instead, there is this wide open, unshaded area if you are looking for full sun. Many have complained about this on periscope and other forums. I thought it was really windy here and in port this area is likely going to get really hot. Hubby liked it. He thinks it is great to have this wide open space. 

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This here is another area where the suite sun decks on OA class beats out Quantum class.  The suite sun deck bar. And note, there are always chips here ?

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2 hours ago, Susie said:

Symphony offer smoke salmon, Yogurt parfait,  fruit cup and pastries. Hubby and I love smoke salmon so that good enough for me.

This comment reminds me of something I’ve wanted to bring up for a while but kept forgetting...

There used to be a sort of “self service” mini buffet (and I DO mean mini....1 table, max) available in Chops for the Suites breakfast. It has been missing recently from every Suites breakfast that I’ve been to.  There used to choices like yogurt, shrimp cocktail, smoked salmon, dry breakfast cereals, fresh fruit....just a whole lots of “stuff”.  Has anyone seen any of these mini buffets in their Suites Breakfasts recently ?  Dan used to love to get a little fresh salmon with his breakfast but we can’t even find a ship that still has little “grab-a-bite” area anymore.

I’m not talking about the stuff in the Suites Lounge on the O class ships (I know that is still these).  I’m talking about the Chops suites breakfast.

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10 minutes ago, DDaley said:

Wow! Did you need a special remote to access the different input for mirroring the computer? Or did the TV have a source button? 

Yes, you can access the source in this cabin. That likely is not standard across all cabins.  We could not access it in our Grand suite on Harmony back in 2017.

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8 minutes ago, KathyC said:

Lucifer!!! Did you see that season 5 will be the final season, but what makes it a bit better is that Netflix ordered six more hours!! 

Yes! But I am only on Season 3 so don’t spoil it! I love that show! And Tom Ellis isn’t too bad either ?

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Dinner was stormy but Symphony is steady in the weather.  Night 3 in CK features some of my favourites but sadly, I have to report that Symphony’s CK did not do these items justice tonight. It wasn’t terrible, but it also wasn’t amazing as it usually is.  

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Spinach Salad

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Braised Beef Gnocchi 

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Grilled Tofu (probably the best of the bunch tonight)

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Chocolate Napoleon 

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Tonight we saw 1977.  Great show and it did not disappoint. The drones were a really nice touch.

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Calling it an early night tonight as we are planning to head out to That Yoda Guy tomorrow. And our usual nightly stroll through Central Park has been spoiled by the rain that is still going on. Back in our cabin with a Vodka and Tonic and one more round of Lucifer ?

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58 minutes ago, KathyC said:

Need a drop of Blue Curacao in there...

Really?  Maybe I will try it if the suite lounge has it.

57 minutes ago, KathyC said:

My husband won't let me do that; he doesn't like it to be over that quickly.  Usually stops me after the 2nd episode... ? 

That is usually when we call it quits too.

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