SOLOasis redubbed YOLOasis Thanksgiving of the Seas Nov24, 2019 - Dec1, 2019

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Show was during the night sailaway from San Juan but I made it out to the jogging track on deck 5 and caught the pilot boat keeping pace with the ship.

The pilot hopped on and the boat sped away.

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Lies, pure lies.  All that is around the bend is an awesome place to watch the wake.

For the record, at no point will I be using this jogging track for its intended purpose.

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Adios, San Juan.  See you in a month!

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Annnnd my mom's motto for Star Class

😂😂😂 

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It's midnight on a Royal ship and everyone is hungry..

I beat the line.  Love that Sorrentos offers an alternative to pizza.

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Booo..you know the cruise is more than half over when Voom is free with the D+ allowance. 😱

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Oasis still has the Small Wonders which are fun to find all over the ship and view.

Surprisingly absent from the show tonight was the pervasive smell of for-a-fee popcorn.

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It's baaaaack...

Good..cause momma needs to rack up those airline points for the Royal Caribbean Blog Fjords Group Cruise.

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8 hours ago, AshleyDillo said:

Now it's time for the latest round of photographic evidence of my gluttony!

Chops bread in special exclusive Thanksgiving turkey leg shapes for our holiday sailing

Tuna tartare artisically turned as to not see the bite I took before I remembered my faithful followers

Shrimp cocktail -1..dang my mother is quick.

Meat party!!!

Bone in ribeye

Filet with meat tartar sauce, photobombed by asparagus..dry, no salt, no butter, no fun. Thanks mom 🙄

They haven't started decorating for the holidays yet.  I helped.

Also, found the butter for my aspargus.

My steak tasted faintly like a Christmas tree.  Otherwise it was decent; more impressive than my prior Chops experiences.  Not saying much as we got the special @WAAAYTOOO treatment with barely lukewarm food.  Still on #teamGiovannis when it comes to the best filet.  Coastal Kitchen didn't get a fair shake as we are in genpop this sailing.  

No dessert for me as I couldn't finish my steak and thus I don't deserve dessert.

My mother didn't finish either as she didn't gnaw off all the meat from the bone.  But she doesn't play by the rules.

Warm chocolate cake

She forced me to order a dessert so she could try two..but buttered asparagus is bad for you 🤷‍♀️

Key lime pie

All this washed down with the swill I affectionately ordered as the free Diamond red stuff.  Merlot, Cabernet they asked...I just nodded and said the stuff that you eat with steak.  It tasted like wine that people who know nothing about wine would drink.  It swirled around the glass just like the expensive stuff the table next to us ordered.

This is night 3 in a row that I ordered red wine but then realized the entree I really wanted was fish.  I had no choice but to order red meat as to not upset any nearby Pinnacles for wining wrong.  We all know they are the experts at wining. 😉

 

 

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9 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

1 vote for the Secret Clinical Strength....from one stank-pitter to another.

+1. Only thing I've used since it was on the market.

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6 hours ago, AshleyDillo said:

Booo..you know the cruise is more than half over when Voom is free with the D+ allowance. 😱

...another of those “good news, bad news” situations....

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Gliding into St. Thomas right on schedule.

 

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A little pier art

 

[ellcee 1,094]

Slightly jealous as I procrastinate peeling the potatoes and instead read your blog. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Since I'm awake early, now I'm playing the game of what time did 1am Ashley decide she needed her coffee wake up call.  I could go and just fetch my own coffee since I am awake, but then I might miss my room service delivery and that just seems rude.  So I will lay in bed and wait.

View from my bed.  Sigh, life is hard.

 

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Also, does anybody else fill out their room service hanger while eating their late night snacks from Cafe Promenade and Sorrentos, or is that just a me thing?

Always gotta think ahead or you might starve on a cruise ship..just sayin'.

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I went with the assorted pastries as my beard for coffee delivery.  I think a better name for assorted pastries would be mystery pastries.  Totally adding that to my end of cruise survey comments.

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My mother called my room while I was waiting for room service and said she was going to get coffee and asked if I wanted to walk over to Park Cafe with her. I explained the room service situation and I was waiting for them to deliver but I had no clue when that was happening. She asked me if I wanted her to bring back anything.

I told her coffee.

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And she did..after almost 40 years I have trained her well.

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View from the card room/Loyalty Ambassador's lounge which is where the Diamond Lounge used to be on Decks 11 and 12 before they were deported to the dungeon on deck 4.

My mother never got her Meal with an Officer invite for the D+ over 340 points set.  Loyalty Ambassador hours are 9:30 to 11:00.  It's currently 9:46 and he is nowhere to be seen..par for the course.

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13 hours ago, AshleyDillo said:

In case you were wondering...CVS receipts are a mile long, even in Puerto Rico.

The haul...just to assure the stinky pits won't happen again, got plenty of options

And since the UDP is cutting into my sit in the Diamond Lounge and squirrel away cans of Coke Zero time....

It tastes better in a bottle anyways.

Do you know if they still giving cans of soda especially Zero at bars with the package? 

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37 minutes ago, Jason12 said:

Do you know if they still giving cans of soda especially Zero at bars with the package? 

If they have it then you can get it.  They sometimes run out and you have to go bar hopping to find a bar that has it.  They usually will give you the can if you ask but usually they will open and pour it into a glass by default. 

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45 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said:

If they have it then you can get it.  They sometimes run out and you have to go bar hopping to find a bar that has it.  They usually will give you the can if you ask but usually they will open and pour it into a glass by default. 

Oasis in September they gave cans everywhere no soda gun and they just gave the can with a glass of ice was hoping for the same, it tastes much better from a can..

enjoy the rest of your cruise..😎

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3 minutes ago, Jason12 said:

Oasis in September they gave cans everywhere no soda gun and they just gave the can with a glass of ice was hoping for the same, it tastes much better from a can..

enjoy the rest of your cruise..😎

Yes, they usually don't carry Coke Zero on the guns so they have to do cans.  I agree the stuff in the Freestyle machines tastes different and cans are better than that.  But individual bottles are still supreme.  I have a whole Coke Zero preference hierarchy.  😂😂

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Just now, AshleyDillo said:

Yes, they usually don't carry Coke Zero on the guns so they have to do cans.  I agree the stuff in the Freestyle machines tastes different and cans are better than that.  But individual bottles are still supreme.  I have a whole Coke Zero preference hierarchy.  😂😂

I have to agree with your Coke Zero hierarchy - it's my soda of choice as well.