OCSC Mike Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 Wife loved her newest creation… TessFromFlorida, Lovetocruise2002, SweetPea and 7 others 3 1 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 3 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: Wife loved her newest creation Apparently so much she’s making another to take back to her lounger. Told you all I married a big kid. Sweety, Cactus527, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 4 others 1 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 What are those little white things ? Are they white chocolate chips ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 21 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: Wife loved her newest creation… I want one too! jbrinkm, OCSC Mike, Cactus527 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 12 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: What are those little white things ? Are they white chocolate chips ? Yes. She actually wanted to make a normal chipwich with vanilla ice cream & milk chocolate chips but they only had chocolate ice cream so she reversed it. BTW, I’ve seen complaints about WJ not having real scooped ice cream on some ships anymore but Wonder has had it everyday for lunch and dinner. PPPJJ-GCVAB, SweetPea, MaryS and 5 others 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 2 hours ago, OCSC Mike said: Told ya Kenny was a good guy. Hopefully you didn’t get reprimanded for being too loud on the bridge… which may or may not have happened to our group, lol. Hmm, is this why they stopped serving champagne on the bridge tour? (We had it in 2019 on Anthem, but not Oasis 2023) Neesa, Sweety, Cactus527 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 Just saw Vinay for like the 5th time in 6 days. ELF is the busiest I’ve seen so far (1:00 on a sea day so makes sense) but it’s still really not that bad. It’s pretty large & open on Wonder. Nice breeze up on deck 16 too. SweetPea, Neesa, Sweety and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetPea Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, LandstromCruise said: For those of us not on a cruise the week flying by is great news. Gets us that much closer to our next cruise IKR?! When I'm on my cruise, I feel like there is always someone wishing my week away while they are counting down for theirs! DDaley, FionaMG, Jax and 5 others 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruise Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 16 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: ELF is the busiest I’ve seen so far (1:00 on a sea day so makes sense) but it’s still really not that bad. It’s pretty large & open on Wonder. Nice breeze up on deck 16 too. I agree...the location works well with crowds. I also like how Wonder's ELF has dessert. The chocolate one is so decadent and yummy. I've only ever seen dessert there at Wonder and Symphony's version. i.e. not on Oasis, Navigator, Odyssey and I'm sure other ships I've been on have an ELF but don't remember offhand. Cactus527 and OCSC Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 5 minutes ago, WannaCruise said: I also like how Wonder's ELF has dessert. The chocolate one is so decadent and yummy. Now I’ll have to go back, lol. I kept meaning to try them & had the caramel flan but not the chocolate. I’ve been deprived. The only other ELF I’ve tried is on Allure and that’s not a real one; they just stuck the ELF food into Mini Bites or whatever that venue was so it’s not a great fit & has very long lines. Neesa, GatorCruiser, jbrinkm and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 After sunning and hanging on the suite sun deck and hot tub, We decided to hang with the poors in gen-pop and hit up the jammer for lunch. They had some Indian and Asian which was delish. Also @OCSC Mike I had some of the paella too. I guess I’m low maintenance cause I like the jammer as a general rule. I’ve never really been disappointed with the food. As had already been mentioned we are in the last lap of this amazing cruise. Royal really does a good job. I know I sound like a company shill, but we’ve never had even a mediocre cruise. Sweety, WAAAYTOOO, SweetPea and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 24 minutes ago, GatorCruiser said: They had some Indian and Asian which was delish Butter chicken? I only eat Indian on cruises so I’m no expert but that’s my fav. I had it the other night & some today with the paella. Probably shouldn’t have had 4 tacos after that, lol. 25 minutes ago, GatorCruiser said: we’ve never had even a mediocre cruise. That’s how we feel. Some are exceptional but all enjoyable. I have some bad food items of course, but there are 50 other things to move on to. I don’t like every show but that’s 45 mins of your day. Way too much good to outweigh the bad, IMO. Sweety, WAAAYTOOO, SweetPea and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 No such thing if you’re going home. MaryS, PPPJJ-GCVAB, Sweety and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Yessir @OCSC Mike there was butter chicken and some delish lentil dish. I’m still in a food coma from pounding all of it. Also they had that delicious picked something spread that’s spicy. You and I are just low maintenance when it comes to cruising. I like everything just about all the time. The crew really bust their tails for the pax and are always so friendly. I’m a Royal homer for sure. Cactus527, OCSC Mike, Sweety and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 Overrated lobster coming up in a bit. Not throwing shade, maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised. If not, no biggie. Wife’s favorite dessert on Allure in October was the molten chocolate cake so we’re looking forward to that. The chocolate hazelnut cake from Italian night was very good & pretty similar so I’m more optimistic about that. Nothing exciting planned for after dinner. We’ll take a few more professional pics & find something to do, something to eat, something to use vouchers on, etc. We have reservations for Effectors II but don’t think we’ll bother seeing it for a 2nd time. GatorCruiser, Jax, SweetPea and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 i agree, @GatorCruiser; the jammer is not as bad as its reputation sometimes implies. HOWEVER. when i see the insane lines snaking through the deck OR the deer in headlights + multiple near-collisions… i want to vehemently abort mission. Cactus527, Lovetocruise2002, Ampurp85 and 6 others 3 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Had a matt sighting. It was thrilling. I said a very, very brief hello and left. I’m sure he gets annoyed but he was gracious. I need to do a group cruise one day to chat more. Sweety, PPPJJ-GCVAB, Cactus527 and 4 others 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 MaryS, Sweety, Neesa and 5 others 5 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 The WJ food on Wonder was a bit better than on the other ships around the time I sailed. But I want to know more about the frosted cookie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Dinner was at Giovanni’s. Based on blog recs, I got the filet. This will be a controversial take but I didn’t like it. Even more controversial is this take … I liked the one at Hooked the best. Way better seasoning of any of the places onboard. Cactus527, Jax, Lovetocruise2002 and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 I believe it’s a full moon tonight. Zero chance we don’t have another triple alpha. Lovetocruise2002, Neesa, Jax and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, GatorCruiser said: Dinner was at Giovanni’s. Based Which pasta dish is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, Ampurp85 said: But I want to know more about the frosted cookie. The kids section had a pile of chocolate chip cookies covered in what looked like milk/dark chocolate & that one lonely white one. I flipped over all the upside-down cookies searching for more white ones, lol, no luck. Anyway, I liked it. But who knows if anyone will ever find one again? I popped back in during dinner hours & same deal, all chocolate, so I replenished my stash of ranger cookies & got some baklava from Mediterranean night for later. MaryS, Ampurp85, FionaMG and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 MDR Royal Night Vidalia onion tart - Presentation looked different than I’ve seen but it was pretty good. Lobster - It was fine but soooo small I have no idea who would pay $16.99 for another. I ate mine & my wife’s. Chocolate molten cake - just as good as Allure, my wife’s fav dessert by far & probably mine too. Very rich. Ampurp85, MaryS, Jax and 8 others 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 19 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: Which pasta dish is that? Carbonara OCSC Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 20 minutes ago, GatorCruiser said: Carbonara That’s been my Giovanni’s Table order forever… filet & carbonara. GatorCruiser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 Pre-breakfast of champions… or one pre-vintage at least… Lovetocruise2002, JohnK6404, Ampurp85 and 9 others 10 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 Waiting for wife to finish her last morning walk. Today will be a repeat of yesterday. Will have actual breakfast after she showers then camp out in our same corner of the pool deck as yesterday & leave for a couple trivias & food runs throughout the day. Going to see the adult comedy main theater show tonight since we enjoyed one of the comics & they usually change up their sets a bit. We did wind up seeing Effectors II for the 2nd time last night btw. For some reason I didn’t really like it this time. Costumes & special effects are still cool but it felt a lot slower this time until the end scene for whatever reason. Don’t mean to be negative, everyone should see it once, especially if they have kids. MaryS, Ampurp85, GatorCruiser and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 Small change of plans… apparently it’s going to be rainy today & my wife saw some lightning so we’ll camp out in the Solarium. Should be a bit cooler today at least. I’ll just need to take a more indoor route to ELF if it’s really raining later. MaryS, SweetPea, Neesa and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 Appreciating the enclosed Solarium today. It’s completely overcast with thunder rumbling, some lightning, & periods of rain. Ship isn’t rocking though & it’s nice & cool in here now so we’re content. Not sure what families with tiny humans will be doing if the main pool deck is out. Sweety, Jax, SweetPea and 7 others 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 Really storming now. I can’t even hear the music above the sound of the rain & thunder. Lots of lightning too. Don’t think I’ve actually sailed through a thunderstorm before. SweetPea, MaryS, WAAAYTOOO and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 Lost internet for a little while. Storm seems to be letting up but now the Solarium has become a mild flood zone, lol. Not sure where the water is coming from but there’s almost inch-deep water flowing in front of our loungers by the windows. Saw at least one flip flop float by. TessFromFlorida, SweetPea, PPPJJ-GCVAB and 11 others 8 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Views from our balcony Neesa, asquared17, Jax and 8 others 1 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geezer Of The Seas Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Aaarrrggg! May be a little nautical for ya' coming in matey! Gale warnings from West Palm Beach to the Straits. Small craft warnings from West Palm Beach northward. Peculiar weather last 2 days, especially South Florida and the Keys. Batten down the hatches...... MaryS, PPPJJ-GCVAB, SweetPea and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquared17 Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 wow!! how stable/calm is it feeling? hopefully not too bad; last full day aboard is always sad but to have bad weather and need to pack on top of that is Ampurp85, SweetPea and PPPJJ-GCVAB 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 That sucks about the weather. When it rains like that trivia, restaurants and the casino are usually packed. Neesa, SweetPea and Cactus527 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Surprisingly the seas are calm. The rain has stopped for now Neesa, Cactus527, Ampurp85 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Jalapeño marg from cantina Fresca. Cactus527, Ampurp85, asquared17 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 Internet hasn’t really been working for me since the weather cleared but otherwise all good now. We even won some movie trivia. Solarium is back to a bit warm but the flood has receded. Apparently suite guests like @GatorCruiser get better internet than the poors. I haven’t been able to post while he has. PPPJJ-GCVAB, Cactus527, Ampurp85 and 6 others 1 3 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 3 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: Apparently suite guests like @GatorCruiser get better internet than the poors. I haven’t been able to post while he has. , we’re given a special WiFi extender chip so it works everywhere on the ship better for us than the poors in gen pop. I kid. It’s been spotty as heck for me as well. Cactus527, SweetPea, MaryS and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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