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Today's MDR is another rare one in NCL's rotation system, and as a farewell dinner ... entrees were unusually bigger in portion or serving size. Niece's special order: chef's choice, freshly made 👍 For those embarking in a few hours and or sailing later this month, crew rotations are happening - you can easily spot them and tell, as they are masking up, until cleared by employees health or HR. You can sense & tell from their fresh burst of energy and enthusiasm, and their smiles.
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Sylvia, power of positive chi and thinking. Cruising, as part of our lives & passion, knows no boundaries and we just move to the next one, learning something new and meet, get to know new friends. In between, we will crack jokes and have fun on CC, go with the flow, keep those humors going and know when it is time to say, let it go ... let it go. @Fogfog Sharon probably feels the same way, and I too wished we had more time to mingle with other CC'ers onboard - more than a few cruisers benefited from the collective efforts to post & share, which started on the roll call. We got a few extra hours after we disembark to sightsee a bit before heading to the airport to catch our flight ... Station Zebra will have a flyertalk style report on flying Norse Atlantic as I think some are using them to get back to the U.S. later than us - it's a new routing on the Boeing Dreamliner B789, should be interesting as we will be in the bulkhead w extra legroom ... Wish we could do a B2B this time and find a routing to cross westbound. A land trip coming up next month and then we haul our bags up the gangway starting in September, plus that other one in October ... just going to keep details undercover for now. Wish everyone a happy, safe travel & great journey to the next destination. BTW, it is happy Mother's Day and I know mine is probably smiling from above. Just think, we all gain an extra hour of sleep tonight, or to party till sunrise & arrival - niece claimed she's not going to sleep 😁
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@ontheweb I refer to the tender dock in questioning whether Prima can use Deck 4 instead of Deck 6 for the much steeper gangway setup, not tendering ... yes, know about the lifeboats onboard aren't approved for tendering. It's in reply to dex's comment & how I watch many struggled with that steep incline, down & up - imagine your parents or grandparents with mobility or joints issues. The Prima ship model is on Deck 17 Fwd just before the GP and or OL, behind the elevators. Regards 😎
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Starbucks up the block, not our cup of tea ... after a tall cup of fruity bubble tea, we decided to call it & started to work out way back to the ship. Prima's gangway angle is rather steep ... there's supposed to be gangway on Deck 4, but not used once on this TA. Not, I say, not easy for seniors and anyone with access or mobility challenges to climb that 25+ degree ramp.
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It's 75 deg F today here and sunny, feels rather hot. French businesses open briefly in the mid to late morning, then close from 12 to 12:15 for 2 hour lunch, then reopen ... some restaurants only open for 2 to 3 hours in the early evening. Ditto for the shops, we basically looked around near Hotel De Ville & dropped plans to see the St. Joseph Church, worked our way to lunch. More scenic photos, stopped by a local pharmacy and yes, checked out shoes ... with 20% VAT - took a pass & moved on. @The P The 3 ladies did looked but no deal.