sandebeach

I agree with you.

Yes, I agree, MSC Yacht Club has a similar feel to NCL Haven.

We have only stayed once in NCL Haven on the Escape, that was pre-Covid. We still talk about how much we enjoyed the lounge and restaurant. If you have stayed in a suite on Wonder, the Suite Neighborhood on Wonder has a similar feel and layout to the Haven.

On Liberty last week and yes, you can charge on the slot machine to your room and play.

We just got off and in a taxi heading home. We docked at Terminal 19 instead of 18.

Some passengers were talking and said something similar this morning. I guess I was wrong with my timing, it was after 4 not 2-3 AM. Such a tragedy.

Currently on Liberty, heading back from Puerto Plata. Woke up last night between 2-3 and thought I heard an “Alpha, Alpha, Alpha”. Learned this morning that it was an “Oscar, Oscar, Oscar”. Other passengers said that the lifeboats had been out around the ship all morning. Later the Captain announced that the Coast Guard was taking over the search. At noon the Captain announced that we would be making up time and will probably only be an hour and a half late getting back to Ft. Lauderdale, we should be docking around 7:30 AM. My thoughts go out to all affected by this sad situation.

We did a Transpacific in Fall 2022 on Quantum and did not need this or any other immunizations.

Was Icon’s gangway still open, and they were denied boarding, or had the ship already left?

We are booked for Labadee on a short 4-day Independence sailing in July. Maybe the situation will improve by then. Since it is our only port, will be interesting to see what we get if we have to switch. I actually do not mind Nassau.

Last August we went on Adventure to Tortola, St. Croix and CocoCay. We had previously been to Virgin Baths on a NCL cruise, so this time we did a land and sea excursion of Tortola through Royal.

I am also heading east but on Anthem. That is a great price for that cruise.

That is great, Grand Cayman is such a beautiful island.

I am looking forward to going to the upcoming Beach Club in Nassa, and now this one in Cozumel. I am also looking forward to seeing Carnival's Celebration Key in Freeport.

I bought it two years ago for my then-3-year-old granddaughter. It was fine, nothing scratchy. She still occasionally plays with the stuffed octopus, but has outgrown the blanket.

We did a back-to-back last year in Rome (Citivecchia). It was great! We were on Odyssey and went to the Sports Complex. The staff looked at our passports and gave us new cards and said OK, you are all done. I was so shocked, I am so use to US B2Bs where you have to get off the ship and clear Customs.

Not at all!

Safe travels home! We left the ship around 7:45 and took an Uber home to Ft. Lauderdale. Now started unpacking, and then repacking, for an April Fools Day cruise.

I have been to Grand Turk on a Carnival cruise pre-Covid and it was a relaxing day for us. The beach is right at the pier, in front of the ship. The port area has some shopping and an interesting small display about the U.S. Space program (a space shuttle once landed in the water there). We went to Margaritaville for lunch, I don’t know if that is still open.

It was so neat to be sitting in front of the Pub, reading your live review, and look up and see you and your lovely wife. You have a wonderful writing style, have enjoyed reading your live reviews for many years. Hope you have a great Sea day today!

Talking to some other passengers on the ship, and they are saying that they think Royal made a good decision for everyone’s safety. We will enjoy our Sea day.

Nice! The water in Grand Turk is so pretty. We get another Sea Day, and that is okay with me.

Captain just announced on Oasis that Labadee is cancelled fleet-wide

There is seating at the Hooked bar on Icon, but the tables are more comfortable. If you don’t like seafood, you could perhaps order surf and turf and he can eat the lobster while you have the filet. We thought it was delicious!

At Cheers With an Officer Lunch, one of the officers told us that Rover has permission to go ashore at Miami and also CocoCay. He said Rover loves running up and down the beach at CocoCay!