canderson

Horrible inventory management or did something else unusual happen?

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/icon-of-the-seas/site for starters.

Yes, but be prepared to up your kitchen game a few notches. While steps are clearly laid out, you may run into unfamiliar techniques unless you're a serious chef.

Must have been. Had it twice on our B2B and it was fantastic both times.

That's the one we received last November. Make sure the suitcase has a margin for a couple of extra pounds at airline check-in.

Just saw the slide/video presentation, and all i can say is GOOD GRIEF It's a floating amusement park.

Hmm.. don't remember prime rib or the Manhattan, either one, being first night MDR options on last cruises. Looks more like this at present for one upcoming soon. And the phyllo wrapped pulled lamb is amazing.

I'm still working on the exercise of downing the 15 Stella's. Are you sure you'd be able to do the math after that??? 🤪

Worst we've ever had it wasn't on a cruise ship - it was ca. 1982 on the ferry from New Bedford to Martha's Vineyard. Everyone was below decks and everything was seriously battened down. No bar service on this trip! There was a line outside the head, and not everybody waited. What a miserable trip!

Net: If, for a 2 day window for an antigen test, I test at 8pm Wednesday in Los Angeles for a cruise departing Barcelona on Saturday, my test will be accepted... because it's already Thursday in Barcelona. Believe this or not as you will. I'm done!

Try the same thing with a thick layer of pâté under the steak, topped with a good Bordelaise. First had it in Brussels.

Your test clearly shows that it was generated at 2:02pm CDT. That would be 8:02pm Western Europe Daylight Time, so in this case, it's the same day at the time you tested and in Western Europe. Because they didn't use GMT, someone at the docks would have to do a little mental math, but it really wouldn't matter. If you had taken that same test at 8:00pm CDT (2:00am in Western Europe), it would have counted for the NEXT day in Western Europe. Honestly, using GMT is a whole lot easier, since it doesn't even care about daylight time, which starts/ends on different dates in different parts of the world. Even those who should know better (the military) get screwed up when they don't all follow GMT (Zulu) time. Classic example, Bay of Pigs invasion: https://historycollection.com/little-mistakes-from-history-with-huge-consequences/3/#:~:text=Failure to Account for Time Zones Helped Turn,Cuban exiles readied themselves to overthrow Fidel Castro.

Specifically, when you will be boarding a cruise from Western Europe, they only care what time it is in Western Europe time (12:00am ~ 11:59pm) to establish the day of the week that you take the test, which is WHY, if you're somewhere else when taking the test, the test needs to have the time and time zone indicated on report! If I've got a 2 day antigen test window, and I'm in Los Angeles testing at 8pm on Wednesday for a Saturday sailing, my test NEEDS to show a date/time/zone stamp on it that shows that it was already THURSDAY in Barcelona, Rome, or wherever I'll be boarding when the test was taken.

Have too! The game was to see if you could make it back to your cabin without touching any walls on the way back from wherever you were. Not really possible, so the one with the least touches won. NCL 1986.

Might help if you included the color/scale factor chart that is, if I am using the same source, is just below the map. On mine, the deep orange represents about 35' waves.

Do they actually post that somewhere? My 1:2.3 is just based upon total bookings a 2 per and full crew. All Celebrity ships run a number close to that.

FWIW: As long as it's already Thursday in the departure city, they don't care where or precisely when you test for the Saturday departure. I could be testing at 8pm Wednesday in Los Angeles, or I could be testing at 4am Thursday (this would be at the same exact moment) in Barcelona and they don't care. So the test time zone or GMT and the time becomes a very relevant part of the test report for evening North American tests.

I believe Rich was talking about current protocols, not historical ones where testing was always required between each leg.

Would be interesting to corner the Staff Captain, who will know rather precisely, and ask the current number of staff+crew currently aboard. With a full 3260 double occupancy on Beyond, there should be about 1400 providing service (the 'typical' 1:2.3 ratio for these ships).

If you test late in the day in Colorado on Wednesday and WEDNESDAY'S date appears on your test (even though it is already Thursday in Europe, satisfying the 2 day requirement), you'd better hope there's a MDT zone shown on that report if you plan to embark on Saturday from a European port. Not sure how to be any clearer. What time it is here can decide what day it is there. Jim gets it. Maybe he can explain it better?

It matters a lot if the time zone isn't shown and the date puts the test a day ahead of allowed limit. Wednesday in the U.S. can be Thursday in Europe. So having a good date/time stamp that includes the time zone used CAN be important. Since the check-in folks probably have no clue of the difference between Mountain time and W.E. time (GMT), GMT is generally simpler.

There are some mini-tripods that are easily ported around providing you don't need height off the ground. Placing these little ones on other solid objects a bit higher up is an effective travel alternative.

Some outfits also date/time stamp the results in GMT which solves the problem if the folks at check-in can do the math.

$10 for a Blue Moon. You'll need to try the classic wines to see which ones appeal to you and which don't. Even among less expensive wines, there are always some pretty drinkable ones. ETA: Since you asked about Blue Moon ... If it's a Weissbier that gets your taste buds going, they also offer Franziskaner for $6. Might want to see what you think of that.

Validated? VALIDATED?!? Did they hire a new IT team? 😏