AshleyDillo Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 5 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said: How was the actual pizza? Better than Sorrento's??? It was about the same as Sorrentos. Nice to have a shake up in options but it was still meh. Ampurp85, OCSC Mike and CanHardlyWait 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Just now, AshleyDillo said: It was about the same as Sorrentos. Nice to have a shake up in options but it was still meh. That's a bummer. I almost booked it for freedom as a break up but not worth the price if the food is meh.....since I'm also not a beach person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Came up here to say I did it.. Sampled a couple of beverages.. Sunset Spritz Castaway Spritz View is fabulous though..too bad there's very little shade. Robert M, Ampurp85, Jax and 8 others 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Hideaway, FlowRider, Basketball Cactus527, MaryS, Ampurp85 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 More adventure stuff CruzOnBye, CanHardlyWait, Ampurp85 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neesa Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Random thoughts, questions... Anyone on this sailing also on the Inaugural Star of the Seas sailing? Will you still go? Ben and David did a video stating Royal capped this sailing and a few more moving forward at 80%. Can you honestly see yourself on this ship at 100% ? I am truly curious because while I love to sail, I'm confident this type of ship isn't for me. It's perplexing to me why Royal puts their suites and suites neighborhoods where they do. On the older classes they are under the pool deck, on this in the front. I'm finding I'm a fan of deck 17 Oasis class more now then ever. Sweety, WAAAYTOOO, SebagoSue and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 12 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: This picture is gorgeous - could be used in a promotional brochure! CruzOnBye, Ampurp85 and Cactus527 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Swim & Tonic Sweety, CanHardlyWait, Jax and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 2 minutes ago, Neesa said: Random thoughts, questions... Anyone on this sailing also on the Inaugural Star of the Seas sailing? Will you still go? Ben and David did a video stating Royal capped this sailing and a few more moving forward at 80%. Can you honestly see yourself on this ship at 100% ? I am truly curious because while I love to sail, I'm confident this type of ship isn't for me. It's perplexing to me why Royal puts their suites and suites neighborhoods where they do. On the older classes they are under the pool deck, on this in the front. I'm finding I'm a fan of deck 17 Oasis class more now then ever. We had Star inaugural booked. But we let it go for Celebrity Beyond. We are not one and done on Icon class though. My kids will like this ship. I already know it. I just don’t know how much I like it. 1 minute ago, jbrinkm said: This picture is gorgeous - could be used in a promotional brochure! Hubby Cactus527, Neesa and Jax 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 The Grove I love this area. The gold bars are pretty blinding here this week, but otherwise, there is no other suite sundeck that can compare to this. This is for sure one area that beats Oasis class, even Wonder. WAAAYTOOO, CruzOnBye, MaryS and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Cloud 17 Neesa, Jax, CanHardlyWait and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Coastal Kitchen & Suite Lounge Big thumbs down for this area for reasons already mentioned in this live blog. The stars here go to the crew. WAAAYTOOO, Neesa, MaryS and 7 others 7 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilley Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 2 hours ago, CanHardlyWait said: I booked for this May 4th on day one Oct 2022 and thank God! $1150 per person for interior GTY. I feel like we won the lottery compared to everyone else. No way I would pay $6k for a week. So glad I got caught up in the day one booking hype around here. I did same. Was able to get ocean view balcony for me and hubby for $1500pp which we booked October 2022 also. tingtang and CanHardlyWait 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 38 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said: View is fabulous though..too bad there's very little shade. Drinks look good but lack of shade is no bueno. WAAAYTOOO and Neesa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Aquadome area PPPJJ-GCVAB, jbrinkm, tingtang and 14 others 12 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 6 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Big thumbs down for this area for reasons already mentioned in this live blog. The stars here go to the crew. Looks like it's unnecessarily crowded with oversized chairs... not that I'll ever be there. This reminded me to ask... do you happen to know the names of the CK manager and/or supervisor? I get the positions mixed up but we got to know one very well on Wonder and he said he was opening Icon along with some of his staff. My eyes are too terrible to read name tags so I'll butcher the spelling but his name was Vinay and he was from India. I already know one of the SL concierges we had is onboard. Not important, just curious. Neesa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 3 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: Looks like it's unnecessarily crowded with oversized chairs... not that I'll ever be there. This reminded me to ask... do you happen to know the names of the CK manager and/or supervisor? I get the positions mixed up but we got to know one very well on Wonder and he said he was opening Icon along with some of his staff. My eyes are too terrible to read name tags so I'll butcher the spelling but his name was Vinay and he was from India. I already know one of the SL concierges we had is onboard. Not important, just curious. None of them are here. There are wait staff from Wonder here. Many of the crew we recognize from other CK in the fleet. Our waiter this week in CK, we have had him 3 other times on other sailings. But the manager is Margaret and I have never seen her before anywhere. OCSC Mike and Neesa 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 4 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: None of them are here. There are wait staff from Wonder here. Many of the crew we recognize from other CK in the fleet. Our waiter this week in CK, we have had him 3 other times on other sailings. But the manager is Margaret and I have never seen her before anywhere. Weird. Oh well, I gave it a shot, thanks. I won't ask you to track down a waiter named Jimmy but he was another member of that stellar crew. Jax and Lovetocruise2002 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus527 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 44 minutes ago, jbrinkm said: This picture is gorgeous - could be used in a promotional brochure! ...and then @Lovetocruise2002 said her hubby took it. I thought for sure it was a "Flowrider Widow's View" photo. asquared17, Lovetocruise2002 and jbrinkm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 I plan to live at the suite lounge and sun deck bars along with trellis bar…. If I can ditch my kids Lovetocruise2002 and OCSC Mike 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 @Lovetocruise2002 your skin looks amazing. The pictures are great. But that Aquadome looks small. Lovetocruise2002, Neesa and asquared17 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesszy94 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 From what I've read here and seen in videos, it seems Royal was being a bit too ambitious with the Icon class, I can see why a lot of people have mixed thoughts about her. Neesa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 It appears that there are exactly 4 actual chairs in the Aqua Theater ? ....and they appear to be in the splash zone ? Those benches look really uncomfortable. Neesa, Lovetocruise2002 and Ampurp85 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandstromCruise Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 16 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: It appears that there are exactly 4 actual chairs in the Aqua Theater ? ....and they appear to be in the splash zone ? Those benches look really uncomfortable. Yeah I like how in aqua theater they had a row of chairs in between each row of bleacher seating. While there are a few chairs spots, some up behind the bleachers it appears, to me it doesn't look like enough. And it also just seems like a lot less seating that the aqua theater. WAAAYTOOO and Neesa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 21 minutes ago, LandstromCruise said: Yeah I like how in aqua theater they had a row of chairs in between each row of bleacher seating. While there are a few chairs spots, some up behind the bleachers it appears, to me it doesn't look like enough. And it also just seems like a lot less seating that the aqua theater. All the seating behind the first row of benches (the only rows with.a back) isn't even part of the reserved seats. Those are free for anyone to grab without reservations. Everything else going on in the Aquadome is still open during the show. Hooked is located in there and they have placards on their tables indicating those tables are for the restaurant. Neesa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1guynz Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 4 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: And then to design a show that is dependent on not much motion? Makes no sense And I understand the pool is smaller too with less margin for error. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaxRebo Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 5 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: ....and what genius didn't realize that the front of the ship was going to have more motion than the rear ? It seems like a questionable modification, TBH. according to the "Making an Icon" videos it was the Chairmans idea/mandate to "build me this" SpeedNoodles and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesszy94 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Regardless, Icon looks ugly imo, like I get she's supposed to be the latest and greatest. But she actually doesn't look nice. I daresay even the Radiance class ships look prettier. Neesa, tingtang and DDaley 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesszy94 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 26 minutes ago, Jamesszy94 said: Regardless, Icon looks ugly imo, like I get she's supposed to be the latest and greatest. But she actually doesn't look nice. I daresay even the Radiance class ships look prettier. At least my personal opinion anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregD Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 53 minutes ago, Jamesszy94 said: Regardless, Icon looks ugly imo, like I get she's supposed to be the latest and greatest. But she actually doesn't look nice. I daresay even the Radiance class ships look prettier. I agree. Way back in this blog I mentioned that I will be calling her Popeye of the Seas. I think the aqua dome just looks ridiculous. asquared17, Neesa, Lovetocruise2002 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyfsu21 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Thanks for all the pics! We are booked on Icon for the next two Thanksgivings and two times in between (next one late March). My kids are going to really enjoy Icon and I hope the casino is primed up and ready for my arrival! Can’t wait PPPJJ-GCVAB, Lovetocruise2002 and Ampurp85 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 3 hours ago, Ampurp85 said: @Lovetocruise2002 your skin looks amazing. The pictures are great. But that Aquadome looks small. Thanks Eminence products. Amazing! I really want to know the capacity vs. Oasis class. 2 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: It appears that there are exactly 4 actual chairs in the Aqua Theater ? ....and they appear to be in the splash zone ? Those benches look really uncomfortable. There are 4 chairs on each side and some at the back. 1 hour ago, F1guynz said: And I understand the pool is smaller too with less margin for error. That is what they said last night . WAAAYTOOO and Neesa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Overlook WAAAYTOOO, mjb1127, Sweety and 11 others 11 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Party’s almost Over for the inaugural cruise. Thanks to our love bloggers taking time to post. You’re better people than me. Safe travels home to all. Maybe I’ll see some of you in August on her. Sweety, MaryS, Neesa and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Central Park Jax, Neesa, Skigoofy and 8 others 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandstromCruise Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Last night. Let's see how wild the mods get on the last evening! thanks for all the info everyone. Looks like you all had a pretty amazing time. Lovetocruise2002, Robert M and Neesa 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanHardlyWait Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 9 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Overlook Thank you for all the fabulous photos. Really has me so excited for my May 4th trip, that I just put deposit on next May. You take excellent photos. Ampurp85 and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 4 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: OK, now he's just showing off Lovetocruise2002 and Neesa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Ship model - Deck 14 aft Neesa, MaryS, CanHardlyWait and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 We will just photostop @SpeedNoodles in, I guess Neesa, SpeedNoodles, Jax and 13 others 5 5 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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