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I was on both ships last year. The 5 day cruise on Enchantment is OK but I probably wouldn't want a longer cruise on her.
There seemed to be a lot of activities on Enchantment and the entertainment was better than I expected for a small ship. It seemed they took all the favorite activities from the larger ships and rearranged it into a 5 day schedule.
The worst thing on Enchantment was a cloth shower curtain and the shower barrier on the floor is only about 2 inches high. I was usually mopping up the entire bathroom after a shower.
Enjoy your Enchantment cruise!
Patti
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I did an excursion through Royal Caribbean after my Allure cruise in October 2018. Our luggage was put onto a truck and we collected it after lunch. It then went with us on our bus to the airport. We were then dropped at the American Airlines terminal at Fort Lauderdale around 2 p.m.
Allure came into Fort Lauderdale, then I toured Miami and was brought back to the Fort Lauderdale airport. There was some confusion before the excursion as there didn't seem to be many instructions. The men were handing out luggage tags but not really saying anything. I almost ended up with Miami tags when I needed Fort Lauderdale tags.
I'm glad I did the excursion. Just ask a lot of questions as we weren't given much guidance. Someone from Royal lead us off the ship and then "disappeared". We also had people who didn't hear the guide's instruction on how to get connected to the audio in the bus. After our first stop, those people realized they had missed an hour of the guide's talk.
Enjoy your excursion!
Patti
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On 11/11/2019 at 9:35 PM, DELTABLUE said:
LIBERTY: Brian Leavitt returns October 13 #1365 Please confirm Brian is aboard.
Brian was onboard Liberty for the November 10th sailing. Really enjoyed him!
Patti
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Reynaldo from Brazil was on Liberty last week. I really liked him. He said he had been with Royal Caribbean for 7 years.
Patti
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2 hours ago, JupiterTwo said:
For some reason unknown to me, that review has been pulled from CC, so I never got to see how the rest of his family's cruise went.
I was wondering what happened as I looked for that review again. I believe the painting problem happened 2 or 3 times and they eventually moved. I've read his reviews before as he is one of our local media guys. That cruise seemed to have had multiple problems. I was on Enchantment in August and things were "OK".
Hopefully Enchantment will get the attention she needs soon!
Patti
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I was on Enchantment in August and my cabin steward said she would go to drydock in October 2020 which aligns with the information from ATC cruiser.
Patti
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I normally eat turkey bacon. On Allure, it looked limp and barely cooked. On another cruise line, the turkey bacon was brick hard. Somewhere in the middle would be nice!
Patti
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I just took some small Gatorades with me for the excursions knowing how hot it would be. It's easy in a rolling carry-on and then I come back with lighter luggage.
Enjoy your cruise!
Patti
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I just got off Enchantment on Labor Day and we weren't aware of any problems. Sounds like it may be something that has happened pretty recently.
Hope the problem is fixed soon and she's sailing safely!
Patti
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I just got off Enchantment yesterday. We had times we were going 20 and 22 knots. All day on Sunday, the boat was rocking. The starboard side of deck 5 was closed to the outside staring maybe mid-afternoon. I'm not sure if we got the beginning of Tropical Storm Fernand or what. It did rain in the afternoon.
Patti
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2 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:
I worked for a company 25 years that owned the building that I worked in ,a 20 story building. We only occupied 3 floors. Every year I was designated to go to every floor and sing Christmas Carols as well as Christmas songs that I wrote.I did that for 10 years. We had on premise Christmas parties each of the 25 years that I worked there in addition to having Christmas parties in restaurants. Employees were encouraged not only to exchange cards but to exchange gifts as well.
How nice that you were allowed and encouraged to celebrate Christmas!
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23 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:
From 1967 to 2002 I kept every bit of vacation souveniers.I had 4 crates.Then I got rid of everything. I wish I saved some.
What I do have ,not cruise or vacation related is the Christmas lists from work where the names ,addresses and phone numbers of all employees were given out so that people could mail Christmas cards.I have those going back nearly 50 years.
Today there would be privacy and safety issues giving out personal information of employees. And Christmas cards are almost a thing of the past. Kind of sad! I can remember my mother writing out the list and cards and it was fun getting the cards in the mail. Times do change!
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I label any e-mails pertaining to the cruise by the cruise date. Before the cruise, I will print out any that I'd like a hard copy of for the trip.
I do keep a journal of each trip. It includes a bit of pre-trip information and then I journal daily during the trip.
After a cruise, all the paperwork gets somewhat organized and put into a gallon sized zip lock bag. I started using zip lock bags for filing years ago during a move. I continue to do it as small things don't get lost and I can easily see what's in the bag.
I tend to keep my vacation stuff forever. It's part of the memories! Then I have it for referral or just reminiscing.
Patti
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I went with Michelle of Island Wings. We landed on a lake in Misty Fjords and "happened" to see a bear. I'm don't know how often they see a bear in this setting.
Also, everyone has to climb 3 or 4 steps into the plane. It's pretty much like climbing up a ladder with narrow slats. This would be another consideration. The plane itself is pretty cozy and requires some stooping over to get to your assigned seat.
You may want to call the companies before deciding.
Enjoy Alaska!
Patti
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@cynt - Moral of the story - - - Just listen to Cynt!!!
Hi Lady, Our old roll call has had a bit of activity lately. Hope you and your hubby are doing well and sailing soon!
Patti
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On 7/4/2019 at 3:22 PM, Jimnbigd said:
Hi Jim,
I met you and your wife years ago on a cruise out of Galveston. I went to Covenant for years.
I saw the thread you started earlier today. There was an active thread yesterday but folks got so nasty that I guess the moderators shut it down.
Really a tragic situation!
Patti
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I ate at the Alaskan Crepe Escape in Juneau two summers ago and thought it was the best meal of my vacation. The Capital City Crepe was large and quite tasty. It's close to the library parking garage and has outdoor seating. Here's the website - https://alaskancrepeescape.com/
Enjoy!
Patti
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I took a stapler with me. It's only about 2-3 inches long. Borrowing a stapler from the front desk of a hotel is also an option.
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You can also remove the "showerhead" and use it as a wand which makes it much easier. (Hope that makes sense!)
Patti
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At The Container Store, I found this for a travel purse -
I like that you can upzip the bottom of the outside pocket and slip it over your luggage handle.
For a day bag, I found a bag similar to this -
It's very lightweight and could easily hold my camera, water, jacket, etc.
Enjoy Alaska!
Patti
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I bought the Canon PowerShot SX720 HS for Alaska and have enjoyed it. It's easy to carry and has a nice amount of zoom. Best Buy has it now for about $300.00
Enjoy Alaska!
Patti
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1 hour ago, SRF said:
Nope, the link is dead.
Been dead since the major website upgrade last spring.
A while back, I added the sign-up page link to my signature since I had trouble finding it and it makes it easier for other folks on the roll call. Last October our Allure cruise got caught in the Cruise Critic website downtime thus no one got invitations. We knew the M&M time & place from the most recent cruises and I actually saw the listing in the Cruise Compass about midnight on Sunday. We had 178 signed up for our M&M but probably had about 25 due to Cruise Critic being down and lack of communication.
It's easy to sign up from the link. You'll receive a confirmation when signing up and once again when the group reaches 25 people and the "party" is officially registered.
It really takes everyone participating to make the Meet & Mingle an enjoyable and worthwhile event. The Royal Caribbean staff takes the lead but it's more fun with lots of folks contributing.
Patti
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Back on Allure in October, the Top Tier event was scheduled 30 minutes after the Meet and Mingle so it felt really rushed to attend both. Maybe scheduling the two events 45 minutes or 1 hour apart would be better.
Thanks for listening and enjoy Cruise Critic!
Patti
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On one of my cruises, the AM split us into teams of about 6 people and supplied the bingo cards/papers so we could play People Bingo. I believe his name was Cuddy. It was a good way to actually "mix and mingle".
Name tags and any type of ice breaker are beneficial.
Thanks for listening to the input!
Patti
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Problem With Cruise Critic Website
in Royal Caribbean International
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For several days, I could go to the screen showing all the boards but couldn't get into any of them. It looked like 2 pages on top of one another. Yesterday, it was back to "normal".
It would be nice to get some notice or see an explanation if the site is not going to work correctly or is in the middle of maintenance or an upgrade.
Patti