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Thx! It was a great trip & that is such a nice compliment..thank you!

Enjoy! One of the couples we met stayed on for this week too, we were a bit jealous, lol. The staff was always lovely to us!

I’m sure someone else will be able to help you, but I have only been on Millie..sorry!

Those sound like some great ports! Hope you love Millie! I didn’t feel like the shows were as good as Norwegian, but I’d take a smaller ship with mediocre singers over big with better entertainers any day of the week. And they weren’t terrible, it just seemed like the 3 or 4 theater shows were basically all very similar revues. Could we get something besides a medley of popular songs? One the plus side, the aerialists were beautiful to watch, the comedian was decent, and the live music at the pool and around the ship was good. The movies on the top deck were fun & there was trivia and games. We didn’t join in on a lot..tended to be in port or at the pool, but we were happy with that. As a pale person I loved the solarium pool! I’m sure you will find plenty (or nothing if you wish) to do. Happy travels!

Wow! Have a fantastic time!

Thank you! Japan would be such a cool cruise. 😍 Enjoy your cruise!

It’s a good question! I may have to try the S class to compare too. 😬 Ultimately tho, I think the crew & ports matter more to me anyway. Enjoy your trip!🐬🐢🐚🌅

Thx! It is a beautiful ship..if feels very “classic” ship. Hope you enjoyed the Pacific Northwest, I grew up north of Seattle. Planning a combo cruise to Alaska/family visit soon.❤️

Thx & glad you enjoyed! There is definitely a lot you can do besides beaches in the Caribbean. You can actually hike on water island too, although it is small, just google water island hike. The hardest part for me is the sun & heat but I dealt..take lots of water & a big hat & go deep into the rainforest. I’ve been working a lot the last couple of years and am not as fit as I’d like, but turning that around before February. Can’t wait to hike in the Azores, it’s been a bucket list item! My boyfriend & his sons are planning on hiking Scotland next summer too. Norway & Alaska cruise/hikes are on that bucket list too.🙂

Interesting! Would not be my choice to move a patient or be the patient but clearly it works.

Ahh..enjoy! And glad it was helpful. Love these islands!

Oh, I do not know what night it was..but we watched a movie on the rooftop terrace one night instead of going to a musical revue. Its a good option if you’re over the shows. It’s very nice it a warm, windy, dark way on a night at sea. Was a bit scary getting up the steps in heels in the dark on a rocking boat but it was cool once you got up there. Cute movie too..Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. During the day in the sun I’d actually die from heat stroke up there tho, so night was good.

Thx! It was a great trip! Loved the location of fortaleza suites but I probably would only stay there again if we had a suite. The bathroom was just too small in our room and had no storage space at all. Casablanca & the Convent both looked super cool and hopefully had bigger bathrooms. Happy planning!

Please enjoy your trip & then come back and tell me your favorite. I’d love to know!

Sadly, we now had to head ~600 miles north to PR. For any medical peeps out there..I did learn how they medivac patients at sailaway. I work at a hospital that is the regional burn center, and the helicopters land at our helipad, so I guess I thought that would be the same. Going up to the helipad I was trying to figure out how they manage to land & get a stretcher up there. They don’t..they put the patient in a basket from the area below the helipad while it hovers over and then lift them up from that level. Personally, I don’t want to ever do that as the nurse or patient, so I was very careful on the stairs after that. I hope I don’t sound too naive about how they evacuate patients, but I thought it was interesting. Time to get dressed up for dinner after our beach day in Barbados. I know..I can’t pose for a pic without looking awkward, oh well. 🤷🏻‍♀️ The beef Wellington and lobster tail were both excellent, as well as the baked Alaska. Not my fav dessert, but it feels like a ode to cruising in the past that is sweetly nostalgic. Have to give all kinds of praise to our servers Rhys & Tiyiso..they were both professional & personable. I don’t think they made a single mistake. We had prepaid tips, but ended up leaving extra for them & our room steward. Aside from wanting to recognize their service it also felt like the right thing to do to help them when the ship is half full. I think we went to the late night comedy show this night, not sure..it may have been the prior night. They moved it to the sky lounge so we would have heard it in our room anyway, so why not go lol. Funny, but same issue of kind of failing to connect to the audience. He seemed frustrated, but I can only imagine how hard stand up is. Kinda felt sorry for him. We slept late on our sea day, went to the captains talk, had lunch in the dining room (seems wrong to say this, but best mozzarella sticks ever!), and spent the afternoon at the pool. Saw dolphins for a few minutes while chilling on our balcony too! Had dinner in the dining room with our new friends from Kentucky & Toronto. Had not been looking for friends but it was so nice to learn about them, they were very interesting people, and see what they had done each day. It’s good to be open to chatting with your neighbors even if you have a table for 2. It was a wonderful trip & we were sad to leave Saturday morning. I do hate the ridiculous chairs by the window, lol..but they were an exception in a beautiful ship. Would love to go on celebrity again! I sincerely appreciate all the ideas I found on here and it helped to have trip reviews to read til it was our turn, so I hope this (novice) review can provide one or both for others. We are off to the Azores for a hot springs/hiking trip in February if anyone has any suggestions for there. I don’t believe there is an “Azores critic” sadly enough. Happy travels!