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Was on the Adventure a few years ago. I quite enjoyed it and found it relaxing. Not as much to do as on the bigger ships, but more than enough. Having said that I have been on smaller Royal ships in the past, so it wasn't a shock going from the Oasis class

I am feeling the same way. I cant wait to get on this sailing. Not only for the group cruise, but to also celebrate my wedding anniversary. I am looking forward to sitting in central park at night, with a bottle of wine and listen to the guitar player. Until then, I will continue my countdown.. already pulled the suitcases from the garage to start making it feel closer.

89 days until this group cruise and I cannot help but stop thinking about it! I miss everyone from the last group cruise last week... Can October come already! I am ready to party!

Adventure was the first Royal ship I sailed on so I have a soft spot for her. While it doesn’t have as much as the Oasis/Icon class if you’ve sailed on a Freedom class vessel it’s very similar, albeit slightly shorter, ship. It does have the ice rink, flowrider, several speciality dining restaurants, promenade, adults solarium. For me it’s plenty to do with the option to relax too. It’s the perfect inbetween of the larger Oasis/Icon and smaller Vision/Radiance classes. If you like the Schooner Bar, make sure to get there early for trivia or music because it does fill up fast.

For you this is a con...For me a big pro.

I've sailed on Adventure twice this year with my most recent cruise 4/28 - 5/21. She's a nice ship with a great layout. Izumi is on the promenade though and doesn't have hibachi stations. I haven't been going to the hibachi anyway, so don't really miss it. I'd sail her again in a heartbeat!

I feel your pain, but unfortunately that is a result of ship construction. All that steel, and other structures absolutely kill WIFI signals. Having starlink won't fix that. Unless they spend gobs of money and time installing additional access points and other infrastructure there will be plenty of areas where the signal and experience will be inconsistent. Speeds though when you are in a good spot are definitely improved with starlink vs the older legacy equipment.

I love Adventure. She is one of my retirement cruise.

We were on Adventure last August and it was a very relaxing cruise. I would go on again in a heartbeat if the dates aligned. Tip: when you go to the windjammer, go all the way to the rear. there is massive seating there and that is where you will find the bar.

Serenade departed last night, passed her sea tests after replacing an engine turbine and is sailing at 23 knots this morning bound for Juneau. They have cancelled Tracy Arm and Sitka. No compensation has been announced.

It depends on what you want to see. We did North Star on embarkation day in Seattle and it was fabulous. We then did it at sea and paid for it, and for someone who lives on the Coast, just seeing water was just okay. Still worth the experience though! And yes, the view of the ship from above is pretty awesome especially when you get the 360 experience (paid).

I am not sure about the MDR sample menu, but I know for a fact that Coastal Kitchen sample menus in the app were often different from the actual menu that day. And FYI, we were looking for lamb too...ended up 2 out of 4 on the lamb because the CK menu on the App was inaccurate.

Right? Me too. So I simply flip that switch before the cruise and keep it going afterwards. Slowly working it in, and then weening it off. My body can't do cold turkey like it used too, both literally and figuratively.

So this is an interesting point...I know people who love that geographic area and want/have traveled to all. For my family and myself, we felt Aruba, Nassau, Jamaica were all-in-all very similar. Again, that is how we felt. We have done 3 cruises and visited those 3 places. Just felt they were variations on a theme, much like how people feel about Mexico and the Mexican Riviera.

That's impressive and takes way more effort than I put into it. You know what works and makes you enjoy the cruise and feel OK afterwards so that's great. I don't normally even eat breakfast at home (just coffee, healthy I know) but somehow I have no problem flipping the switch to having some pasties or a bagel in the early AM with my coffee before a more regular breakfast with my wife a little later.

We sailed second week of June. There was no Seafood Windjammer welcome feast. Very disappointed. I know people who sailed the same sailing on Symphony a week before us, happened to see them while they disembarked and we were waiting to embark. They said they had the Seafood offering at Windjammer on embarkation lunch. Now, I heard that the sailing before had the chilled lobster, crab claws, etc. in Solarium Bistro. I do not know for sure. All I know is we didn't have it.

Only Caribbean and Bahamas is significantly more variety available than going to the same 3-4 places on EVERY itinerary.

Pro eaters expand their stomachs with water intake and frozen grapes. An Asian Buffet with all of that sugar and sodium will probably not prep your stomach for Windjammer. At my age, and specific to me, it is all about preparing my entire self before the cruise. I need to lose at least 10 pounds knowing that I will gain 5 or more pounds. Also, I need to prep my daily routine. For example, I don't normally eat breakfast. So before a cruise, for about 2 weeks, I eat a light breakfast and walk a couple of blocks to simulate me having cruise ship breakfast and walking to Bingo on the other side of the ship. I do this for all 3 main meals, second breakfast, and second dinner. I also do this when I get home. Last year, I realized that simply losing weight was not doing anything for me because my belly looked the same regardless of the weight. Dad bod finally set in.

I get that. I do not disagree. I am asking this question because I just don't see more than a finite number of destinations regarding the Long Beach (LA) port. I'm not 100% certain, but Cape Canaveral in Florida seems like it inly offers Caribbean and Bahamas itineraries. Isn't that kind of like what's going on in LA? I just think that it is all relative. The number of destinations (ports) available to accommodate cruise ships, cruising demographics, economics. It seems to me that the Caribbean and the Bahamas are money makers. So it would make sense to me to have a large number of your Oasis and Icon class ships sailing out of Florida and Galveston. I'm glad to see 2 Quantum class ships here in SoCal. I think an Oasis class to do those 7+ night Mexican Riviera cruises would be nice, but for now, I think the options of ships and destinations out of LA are relatively solid.

We had a wonderful time on the oasis. The only big complaint I have is we are paying for the internet and I feel they need to add more bandwidth or something. I thought since they added Starlink it would work better. But quite a bit of the time it was unusable.

We have had the pleasure of sailing on Adventure four times over the years and have always enjoyed it. It might be an older ship but it's been well maintained and the crew has always been outstanding. Adventure kept us safe and handled the biggest seas we have ever experienced during our Oct 2019 13 Night Snowbird Migration Cruise from Quebec Canada...The waves were extremely large and the Captain even closed off all outside access for a period of time. Would love to and will hopefully sail her again!

We may be in the minority but we’re not THAT odd, lol. I do like getting off on CocoCay just for the food & a change of scenery for a 1/2 day but if we ever run into bad weather, I wouldn’t be devastated to stay onboard.

This is so true. You know I never shared on my blog last week, but this reminded me of a realization I came to last week while sailing Freedom. With Royal doing so many of these boring 3/4 night itineraries, it actually gives me a chance to do something I always said I wanted to do...which is to take cruises to nowhere. The last 3 sailings (Allure NYE, UT March 2025, and FR 2025) I never left the ship! To me, that is a cruise to nowhere, which I love!

Deep into page two & the tangents are flowing as usual. I encourage them, of course, and at least the specialty comments were actually cruise-related.

When I read this, the first thing that popped into my head was, "....so they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverleeeee. Hills, that is...".