Stickman81

 

Sometimes the pictures don't show up so I will try again here...

 

Thank you.

Saturday evening dinner -

 

We ate in "Silk" for dinner.

I don't know if it was the time or location or what, but it was more crowed for dinner this evening than it was on Friday evening.

 

Again, we had great service.

 

Unfortunately, the missus and I did not care of the lobster. Perhaps it was the fish sauce. When the staff found out we did not care for it, she seemed really personally concerned and offered to get us a replacement of something else. She was very kind and professional about the situation and was more than willing to rush us something else to eat to the table. We declined as we knew dessert was ahead.

 

For an appetizer, I had Shrimp Shumai. Other than it tasting a bit fishy (perhaps squid in this version?) I thought it was pretty good. I have never had this and what a great time to try something new. We get similar at home but not with shrimp or fish.

 

Other appetizers around the table included Caesar salads and Clam Chowder soup. I did hear that the Clam Chowder soup was not that great and actually, that Red Lobster's Clam Chowder soup was better.

 

Again, I believe the menu items for this itinerary were special.

 

Shrimp Shamui -

 

Lobster -

 

Desserts -

 

The Molten Chocolate Lava Cake -

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes the pictures don't show up so I will try again here...

Deck 5, starboard side, looking up...

 

Sometimes the picture does not show up so, I hope it works here...

Great pics of the suites Stickman, thank you! I did not get to see these on my Q cabin crawl so really appreciate these :)

Tura Lura, I assume Stickman doesn't have pics of the studio interior (SI) cabins... they're rare to find. I have them here:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=44986790&highlight=cabin#post44986790

Those are great pictures and information!

Thanks for the addition!

May just be me but I can see all pics up until the one at 8:31 pm titled Deck 5... They are now posting as a grey circle not a pic. Not sure if you started doing it differently?

I saw the same thing.

I do not believe I did anything differently.

I went to a different page and back again, and the pictures were there.

:confused:

Looking forward to your review. What was your cabin number?

I think it may be more pictures than review... :eek:

We were in 12700.

I will post some closing thoughts / review perhaps tomorrow.

Thanks,

Jim

Sunday Morning, 11-8-15.

Back in port -

Another shot of the ship before we are off to the airport.

Leaving the big city and, an awesome time behind...

Saturday evening dinner -

We ate in "Silk" for dinner.

I don't know if it was the time or location or what, but it was more crowed for dinner this evening than it was on Friday evening.

Again, we had great service.

Unfortunately, the missus and I did not care of the lobster. Perhaps it was the fish sauce. When the staff found out we did not care for it, she seemed really personally concerned and offered to get us a replacement of something else. She was very kind and professional about the situation and was more than willing to rush us something else to eat to the table. We declined as we knew dessert was ahead.

For an appetizer, I had Shrimp Shumai. Other than it tasting a bit fishy (perhaps squid in this version?) I thought it was pretty good. I have never had this and what a great time to try something new. We get similar at home but not with shrimp or fish.

Other appetizers around the table included Caesar salads and Clam Chowder soup. I did hear that the Clam Chowder soup was not that great and actually, that Red Lobster's Clam Chowder soup was better.

Again, I believe the menu items for this itinerary were special.

Shrimp Shamui -

Lobster -

Desserts -

The Molten Chocolate Lava Cake -

Deck 5, starboard side, looking up...

Virtual Balcony.

Interior Stateroom with Virtual Balcony -

The Virtual part is pretty cool.

Plays a little trick on you so you don't feel like you're completely inside.

I believe they use a live feed from a camera that is on "your side" of the ship, to show whatever balcony dwellers might see.

Ocean View Stateroom -

Spa Junior Suite with Balcony, part 2 -

Spa Junior Suite with Balcony -

In my experience on many others shis and cruises, XBox games and that sort of thing do not ever have a fee

Thank you - I was not certain.

Super Studio Ocean View with Balcony.

Pretty cool room.

This particular room, because of it's location on the ship, had a big balcony.

wondering if you had a chance to see an inside studio? Any pic? Thanks!

Got some more pictures to post up.

I saw a couple of inside cabins and, a Studio with balcony.

I will post up as soon as I can. :)

Owner's Loft Suite -

More Royal Loft Suite -

Royal Loft Suite -

Some room tour photos -

Grand Suite with Balcony.

Breakfast on Saturday morning was in "American Icon". I thought the service was fast and the food was very good.

Apparently, I am creating my own tradition and, succumb to Eggs Benedict for breakfast.

Do the video games or Xbox cost money?

On this itinerary they did not.

However I would imagine that they would normally have a fee of some-sort.

More pictures from around the ship -

Deck 14, just forward of the Skybar is this indoor pool. I believe the roof retracts...

Deck 14, forward area is the Solarium.

There are more pools and hot tubs there plus the "Devinly Decadance" restaurant and, the "Sunshine" bar. It is a really neat area to hang out in.

The Seaplex is a really cool area to go to. The main court serves as base for several different events.

We missed the time-frame for bumper cars. They do roller skating and other sports using the same area. On the second level they have ping pong, Foosball and, a special area just for X-box games.

There is a "Hot Dog Stand" in the aft port corner.

They also have a video game area with one game that appeared to be a simulator type flying game. The machine was down and being worked on when we were there.