sergeant655

The quest.

people devide in to teams 

cruise director asks for a item  or asks for and 1st team that has it and shows it gets a point and then repeats in  rounds 

most points wins

On 5/18/2022 at 12:28 PM, LeeW said:

But what happens if you are getting on in Vancouver and staying on the ship in Seward for the trip back?  Will we need to update for the return trip or is this just one trip?

I Just got off Radiance today and did Vancouver Seward and back to Vancouver for arrivecan I use the day I boarded radiance as date of embarkation and disembarkation day As my date of arrival. They did not check for proof of our arrivecan At check-in Vancouver and wellness check in Seward or upon arrival in Vancouver.   For port of entry be sure to use Vancouver cruise ship operations. The Internet on board would be dreadfully slow In three days leading up to the return leg starting so I did arrive can This Way to avoid Internet issues

Radiance will not allow b2b passengers in the same cabin back in to cabin until 1:30. However several passengers were ignoring them and went back anyways . In Seward They have you do your wellness check in the theater where the b2 b passengers meet as there’s no cbp inspection  and have the safety video on a continuous loop and then marks everyone down as completing the safety breifing . 

The Casino is only closed on day 4 as Radiance visits 2 ports in one day. Even the bar in the Casino will be closed. 

On Radiance at the moment and having a hard time with the voom . As the ship goes north. It seems to slow down.  This is with surf and stream.  It tends to work better in port

Radiance does not have any more blocks so are waiting on their new shipment aswell they used their last few on the first sailing back. A bit of advice. Hand the form to the LA and not guest services.  Chances are that guest services will forget to hand the form to the LA . The supplier was having issues due to covid was the issue that they are telling people

It will count when you see the count down on the safety page I watched it before I left home and then stopped at the muster station upon boarding.  When the The safety briefing window is over the captain will make a final safety announcement and sound the 7 short 1 long signal so people can hear what it sounds like. Some ships have pa tone only  and  vision voyager and freedom classes have bells and Sounders aswell

I like to stay on and enjoy the ship when people are off.  If they have a crew drill in which lifeboats air lowered I like to watch them from deck 12 .  I might get off at lunch if there is a bit of ships but definitely will if there is a senor frogs or Margaritaville by the dock or if it’s a tender port i’ll get off just to ride a tenders kind of like a lifeboat excursion as sometimes the ships tenders are used 

Currently on Radiance on her first cruise in 770 days and Ken Jones is the Cruise Director 

LA County public health has put the mask mandate back in for transportation hubs so masks will be needed in San Pedro

With the new way of doing the muster drill. On your state room TV or the Royal app . Do they still sound the emergency signal ship wide like they used to do at the beginning of the old style muster drill . I’m on a cruise on Radiance next week and have sensitive hearing so would like to know if it is used still and how long before departure they will set it off If they still sound it

Not sure if they’re still doing it but when I was on the explorer in 2017 for the ice show. they Will assign specific day and time for  the Ice show.  How they did it was in the cruise compass they would have specific muster stations assigned to a show. They still had a standby line In the event you’re not able to make it on the day assigned to your muster station . With the Covid protocols they may has switched to a first come first serve reservation system And schedule more opportunities to see the show . The ice show on explorer of the seas Was very good quality

The cups are coded to expire on a specific day .  On explorer they had to replace everyone’s cups twice on a 24 day Sydney to Seattle cruise as they expired after 2 weeks .  I also took a b2b on Freedom where the cup was coded for 2 weeks even though it was only supposed to be good for one week. and did work on the second cruise. The machine will tell you what day it expires when you use the machine 

Bars will be open although some Will open later on in the day. For mariner generally the bar in the Windjammer and the pub on the promenade are likely to be open in Port . The only place I know of that has restrictions and bars opening is Canada which only allows one bar per deck to open well in port

I do not see them getting rid of Radiance class.  Do that and they have lost half of their Alaska deployment as 2 Radiance class ships sail from Vancouver. They are also a favorite class for many. 

I was in Martinique in November on a cruise.  We had a note emailed to us before the cruise stating that a passport was required to go ashore.  When we got there. There was no Passport check when disembarking or reboarding. Alway good to have a passport if you are not sure if a port requires it

Canada announced yesterday a extension of the cruise ship ban to Halloween. Essentially cancelling the rest of the Alaska season for 2020 for all lines 

Unless Royal decides not to bring quantum of the Seas to Alaska in 2021 we will see Quantum of the Seas in Vancouver as the September 27 sailing from Seattle will end in Vancouver.  The Norwegian Bliss also has to go under at low tide and still looks like it barely clears the bridge.

I can see older ships getting the hand washing stations installed like newer ships.  The crew will serve the food so they would need to find a way to keep queues to a minimum the island setup  they have would help .  Coke freestyle machines would be eliminated or moved to a crew manned drink station and a new glass would be provided each time..  condiments would be those single serve packets.  ( relish needs 2 or 3 packs to get enough). The frozen dessert on the pool deck may move in to

the windjammer dessert station or a food venue on the pool deck if the ship has one. which would possibly mean you could get it at dinner

I am booked for Alaska at the end of August.  BC provincial health officier has stated travel may not be able to resume for 12 to 18 months. That is inline with the vaccine. So Alaska cruises may not happen this year.  Might not happen next year ether as 18 months puts us in to 2022

The reduced Capacity means who is currently booked will still go on the cruise.  Not sure though when the CDC will allow ships to sail from or to us ports

If we wait for a vaccine that could come in 18 months and for everyone to get it some of the cruise lines may not be around or have less ships as they are losing money as the ships are now just doing loops in the ocean.  With no income coming in.  they could get non us cruises going if ports have reopened to soften the financial blow but the virus would have to stop spreading for it to happen 

Likely the Carnival Spirit could be used as it will go out of service till Canada reopens to Cruises in July

The problem is if Canada closes ports then cruises out of Seattle would be affected as well as the Jones act requires a stop outside the states.  Seattle based stops typically stops in Victoria so a closure would affect it aswell Canada wants to delay that start of the season 

This one seems to survive in heat as Singapore has cases and it is always above 28 Celsius there