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Oh no, being advised not to eat or drink anything?? Can you at least bring water bottles & snacks from the ship?  8 hours with nothing is really a long time...I don't think my acid reflux would be very happy with that. 

4 minutes ago, BEAV said:

 

Is the 2014 photo of Millie or one of the 3 other M-clsss ships?

I'm assuming it's Millie, or why would the original poster use it?  It's a better question for them, though.   Paging @Arno.

8 hours ago, sippican said:

 

Yes, we can see that there is no awning now, but are wondering if there ever was one?

I see one in the photo from 2014.

Awww man, we were there LAST week!  Figures...LOL 

Okay, so we ended up doing the tour anyway, as my husband really wanted to do the herb garden.  It wasn't HORRIBLE...but was meh as expected.  There is a self-guided tour as you enter, but our tour guide did the tour instead of us reading the posters.  She gave us a lot more information than we could've ever received from the posters.  We did get three TINY tastes, and got shuffled into the gift shop and bar.  We each purchased an adult beverage and at $8 each was very reasonably priced.

Would I do it again?  Depends on what it's paired with.  Only if it's paired with another great activity.  Will not seek it out on it's own.

On 9/13/2018 at 12:30 PM, Arzeena said:

 

We are thinking to do that excursion as well. (Same cruise:D)

Are you joining us on this excursion Arzeena? 

I'll throw this out there...Anthem is scheduled to call on St. Martin on November 13, 2020.  So back to the Caribbean for the winter?

1 hour ago, geoff2802 said:

 

Thanks for sharing.  

If this comes to fruition, it is more likely that the current Brisbane port entries in the name of Voyager of the Seas are the placeholder for Quantum.  The entries are Dec 24, Jan 2, Jan 10 and Jan 20.  

If Quantum comes this far, I expect she'd also drop into Sydney for some cruises.  Royal holds some extra entries in the Sydney ports calendar that could be used for this purpose.  

 

Interesting...I had a waiter on Harmony tell me in September 2017 that Allure would be going to China.  He said he's been on every ship that has transitioned from the US to China since RCCL first started sending them there, and he would be joining Allure when she goes.  So if that FB post is true...that may make what this waiter told us be true as well...

here is the recipe from RCI's cookbook Carte du Jour

 

2 thin cucumber slices, skin on

1 oz lime juice

2 oz gin

1 oz simple syrup

 

Combine cucumber and lime juice in a mixing glass and muddle with a muddler until cucumber is broken into small pieces. Add gin and simple syrup and transfer to an ice filled cocktail shaker. Shake well then pour into a rock glass.

That's not the recipe for the 150 Central Park martini, sorry!

cucumber

basil

vodka

lemongrass syrup

sour

Here's a YouTube video by Halee - martini starts around 3:40.

Thank you. Hopefully it's on the R bar menu on the Grandeur.

Laurie

Unfortunately it's just in 150 Central Park. You can get similar martinis...but this exact one is supposedly only available at 150. Makes it more special. We make them at home all the time - they are so good!!

So nobody commented on Crown and Anchor’s Day 5 Recap video where me and Millie jumped on a seesaw in San Juan. You guys are slacking!

We're do buys watching your periscopes before they disappear! We're waiting to watch those videos until you're done. :D

Totally fan boying for Billy Pando right now!

 

This picture is worth seeing again Bob, sorry.

Love Billy! You are just about in my spot at the Adventure piano.

Michael Bolton opened with a Disney song. OMG. LOL

Thanks in advance for another great live review! Looking forward to cruising with you on the SBGC. I got four months to learn to wobble...

@KathLuvsLimoncello (or @KathLuvsGH) aka Kathy. :D

We are thinking to do that excursion as well. (Same cruise:D)

Yay!

So the Blue Experience was doing construction yesterday.

The tasting room/bar is open at 10 am everyday (you can buy the liquor there too).

They would not reveal a completion date, other than to say soon, for the experience part.

I'll update when I can get more info.

 

 

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You are the best - thanks for keeping me (and everyone else) updated!

Went to Punda today, The Blue Experience was closed.

Will check again soon.

 

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Thank you so much!!

There is now a "storefront " so to speak called The Blue Experience in Punda which is still in the process of being fully completed.

It's ran by Senior & Company who runs/owns the distillery/liquor factory.

 

Cross the Queen Emma floating bridge, immediately walk to the left. It's in the pink building.

 

When it is fully completed, it will be interactive experience. You can purchase the liquor there too while enjoying the view of the Handelskade.

 

 

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Any idea of when their expected completion date will be? We're going early November and currently have a ship excursion that includes a stop at the distillery. There are a couple other stops on the tour which we are looking forward to, but if we can skip the distillery maybe we can think about a different tour that still has the other parts.

Thanks for your review! We're actually doing a ship excursion there in November. There will also be no ships in port that day, so I'm even more excited about the excursion. We had thought about going on our own, but it's our first time to Antigua and we usually err on the side of caution on first visits until we get comfortable with the area. Next time, we'll feel safe going on our own. I don't see too much info on Ffryes, so reading your review was great!

At the last sale I got Surf & Stream for $11.99 per day for my 12 night repo on Serenade. Haven't seen it that cheap in a long time!

On Harmony last September I spoke with one of the cast members about the spinning guy - she said that he does a meditation type of thing when he spins. It's really cool how he does it. He's tried to teach others but it takes years of practice to get into the trance.

We did the Race in Cozumel on a Carnival ship a few years ago and it was so much fun!! Definitely worth it. We were a family of 4 so we were our own team. We were back in Coz last September on a RCCL ship and happened to come across the restaurant where they ended the Race. We had so much fun cheering the teams on as they finished, we so wanted to do it again.

We were in a JS on 9 in May and had all new furnishings.

This review was certainly outstanding.

 

I'm not as gifted as Lovetocruise2002 for scoping etc. but I'm willing to try. We will be on Preziosa, YC, from 25 August to 1st September. We will be happy to sniff around the ship to get information you may be interested in.

I'd love to watch your scopes! Lovetocruise2002 & I belong to the same periscoper group. We're not allowed to promote other groups here, but she mentions the group often on her scopes. If you let the admin of the group know you're scoping, she will add you to the list and others will be able to find you easily. Using the same hashtag she used will help us find you to, if you don't put your name on the list of August scopers.

I'm guessing Lovetocruise is enroute to the airport. There are tons of loungers at the One Pool. Absolutely no reason to have a "guaranteed seat"! There are towels, towels, and more towels, plus two in your stateroom. No need to check out or in. The pool attendants will put towels down on the padded loungers once you have chosen where you want to be. There was no need for "chair hogs" and I didn't notice any on my cruise. Everyone was very civilized. :D

Thank you! I continued on with one of her tour scopes and the amount of loungers question was pretty much answered. I've found if I don't ask a question when I think of it, I will forget! But I guess that leads to asking questions that were already answered. LOL

Good to know about the towels - that always irks me, to have to pay attention to my towels and the returning of them - especially by my kids. I've been cruising for 26 years, and remember the times when you didn't have to check them in and out, and prefer the old way in this situation.