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Random pics from around the ship, so that the review isn’t all about the drinks. 😂 Wandered this morning and found Guy’s Burgers, I’m kinda thinking that may be lunch. Deck 16 aft, by Big Chicken, has a nice pool area. May check that out again later, if I decide to give up my prime Serenity real estate. Lido pool area was pretty empty as we walked thru. Crazy to see it that way! Im currently gazing up at Loft 19, excited for when I can try it out on Celebration in a few months!

Haha I am sooooo glad I remembered them! Bought a whole new bottle to bring, and last night even DH asked for a few. 😂

This looks like a perfect spot to spend my day!

Welcome to Roatan! When I booked this cruise I chose this port to be an extra “sea day” for us to enjoy a partially empty ship. So no fun port adventures today, sorry! We woke up at 9 and puttered around the cabin until 10, when hunger set in. Down to Java Blue on deck 6 for an iced caramel latte, which was awesome, then up to deck 16 aft to check out the Big Chicken’s biscuit. I am not impressed, Bojangles has a better chicken biscuit. Sorry Shaq. The sauce was good, and chicken good, but the biscuit itself was pitiful…not flakey. Oh well, I ain’t gonna starve!

Haha we haven’t been to any ports until today. They swapped out itinerary up last minute (same ports, different order). We are staying onboard today, but will be getting off tomorrow and Thursday. Soooo…the first day I was not pleased, waits were long and it was crowded. Then it began to get better, I think people had to find “their” spot. Now we can pretty much walk up to Alchemy and get a seat unless it’s right before dinner. I need to get back down there!

Just shut down Alchemy. Whoo hoo! I can’t believe I’m still up this late. 😂

Yeah, it just was not what I remember their caprese being. Oh well, better luck next time I hope! It has been so fun giving them creative freedom, and I think both Jakub and Zoltan appreciate it.

After dinner we walked to Grand Central for KFire’s Guess that Groove at 8:30. We got front row seats, heck yeah! We hung there for Deal or No Deal as well, then headed back to Alchemy to see what Zoltan and Jakub could whip up for us. I gave Jakub creative freedom, first requesting something cucumber-y, to which he made me a drink with a PICKLE in it. Where the heck did he have a pickle hidden behind that bar?? It worked tho, it was different, but GOOD! Then I told him I just wanted dessert in a glass, it would be my last drink, and he made me this amazing concoction with cinnamon crème, chocolate, and other ingredients. It was PERFECT!

Much to my dismay, Zoltan swapped ends of the bar with another Alchemist, Jakub, about 545. What?! How can you abandon me Zoltan??? Fine, fine, I’ll give Jakub a try. I asked him for a “sexy water” to help me rehydrate, along with a drink that was not too sweet, and refreshing. He asked me a few questions to see what I liked, then said he had an idea. Whatever he came up with (it’s blue) was good! As we were drinking, the string players were playing a deck below us, and wow…they are great! They went from playing Despacito to All of Me to Stairway to Heaven and more. They’re amazing! At 6:21 we decided we needed food to soak up some alcohol, and we decided that Italian was calling our names. I checked us in on the Hub app, it said a 20-30 minute wait. That was wayyyyy better then Chibang, which was a 50-70 minute wait! At 7:10 we got the notice our table was ready, so we climbed up the 1 floor to Cucina. Saung was our server, and she was really sweet! I couldn’t decide between the caprese, which is my old favorite, or arancini for my starter, so I got both. The caprese disappointed me, it was not as delicious as I remember, but the arancini was great! I’m so glad I got it! For my main I got my old favorite, the chicken parm, with a side of spinach. That spinach y’all…just bring me a big old bowl of that and call me Popeye! It was garlicky and freaking amazing. The chicken parm was ok, not great….I remember it being thinner, and more tender, this one was thicker and a bit tough. I didn’t go hungry tho. I only managed to eat half of it! Now for the funny part. I ordered the tirimusu (however you spell it) for dessert. It came out and I went to dig in…but it was frozen! What. The. Heck. I took my spoon to it and was stabbing it like a mad woman, trying to break it apart, as DH stared at me in horror. Then he busted out laughing and I paused, spoon mid-air. What are you laughing at, turdhole? Think this is funny? Then I saw out of the corner of my eye a bar server staring at me and trying not to laugh. Oh crap! Luckily the server didn’t call security on the madwoman brutally stabbing her innocent dessert. He took my spoon and tested the dessert himself, then shook his head and took it to somebody wearing a top hat and asked if it was suppose to be that way. They whisked it away and he told me a new one was on the way, and when it came out, it was nice and soft. Yay!!

We headed to Alchemy at about 4:45 to hang out with Zoltan. He made me another creamy coconut martini (these things are ADDICTING!) and then threw a twist my way…why not add chocolate to it? Uh, yes please!! After that one I asked him to make me something coffee flavored, and he delivered. 😋

Had a late lunch (3:30) from the Piazza Panini. It was a crazy long line (16 people ahead of us) and took about 20 minutes to get thru. The line was still building as we sat down with our sandwiches too. 😳 I have to say, I was disappointed in my choices. I couldn’t decide between the Caprese, my usual go to, or the Sicilia, so I decided to get both a nibble a bit of each. The Sicilia had good flavor, but was soggy. The Caprese was just bland all together. I think I miss the regular deli on other CCL ships. We headed to Pig & Anchor for a few drinks and check out the Backyard Bash. The Smokey watermelon Margarita was different, in a good way! I also decided to try one of Carnival’s hard seltzers, and Danggit, now I’m going to be spoiled…I really liked the berry hibiscus!!

We have been out & about this morning doing different things. First off, after brunch we went to The Wave morning show in the Mardi Gras theater hosted by KFire and a member of her fun squad. Immediately after that was the Mardi Gras king & queen auditions, which was entertaining to watch. We came back to the room for some balcony time after that. One thing I forgot to mention that was new to me was that our room steward ONLY offers morning service. He works from 8 am to 2 pm each day he said, so no option at all of evening service. That’s usually my preference as I like to sleep in on vacation. He said just to make sure we put the Snoozin sign out each night and then take it off when we leave for breakfast, which isn’t a huge deal but I almost forgot last night to put it out. Oh well. He’s a great steward, our room is tidy and he’s leaving me my towel animals to collect for the week 🙂

Oh I loooooove Mocha Chocolate Getaways! That was one of my first drinks ever on a CCL ship. 😋

Finally got DH up and we went to SeaDay Brunch again, after getting our magical life-giving juice. I opted for an iced moccachino this morning, it was delicious but went down too easily! For breakfast I got the eggs Benedict, no ham or salmon, and a side of pork sausage. The eggs Benedict was delicious, gosh I wish I could make that back home…the hollandaise (however you spell that) sauce always messes me up. The sausage tho…yuck. Is that really pork sausage???

Oh my gosh I’ve been indulging more as well. I’m glad I packed a thing of Tums!

I hadn’t noticed it at all, I will try and keep an ear out to see if I notice it now.

View from 14502 tonight

Ok so…tonight’s events… M Theory in the Mardi Gras Theater didn’t keep our attention. Left after 5 minutes. Went to the Fortune Teller Bar where I’m shameless to say I maxed out on Cheers! 😳 The Bohemian Treat is very, very good, and Vera and Aylin are very, very good bartenders! The private event we were given a card to attend is a speakeasy in the Liquid Lounge (right above FT Bar), it has jazz music, drink specials, and im not sure what else…at 10:50 I said “take me drunk, I’m home.” I don’t know what we did to get an invite, a bartender from FT who we had yesterday and today gave us the invite,

Fortune Teller drinks will be the death of my Cheers package tonight! We came here at 8:11 and made friends with a bartender who gave us a card for a “private event” tonight…oh crud. I can hardly walk to the event! I’m too toasted! Anyway, drink review: Abracadabra: good, but not my favorite New Moon: strong, but good! My new favorite from the menu! lime in the coconut: good, but the new moon easily trumps it

Ok…im 12 drinks in on my drink package now, excuse my typos! I’m not driving the ship tho, so it’s ok! dinner tonight was at Rudi’s Seagrille, after our preparty at Alchemy. They gave me a “free” bottle of Merlot y’all! This is in ADDITION to my Cheers package! Needless to say…it was consumed by the end of dinner. For starters, I had the scallops (freaking delicious!) and DH had calamari (tender). I did the seafood bisque (ok, not great) then the crabcake (realllllly goooood!) and some kinda side (yuk) for my main, the the chocolate cake (moist and delicious but suuuuper Rich!) for dessert. oh yeah…by da way, I was obsessed with the cute plates at Rudi’s, so there are pics of those. 😂

Uh oh…better choose my next 4 wisely!!!

Sea Day #1 consisted of a lot of nothing and drinking. 😂 I sat on the balcony until 1245 reading, then headed up to Serenity. I stopped by Time Fries on my way, they had chili cheesesteak fries! Heck yeah! I got some and paraded up to Serenity and nabbed a lounger. There were TONS available, most in the sun. I ordered a Skinny Fizz, then got in line at Fresh Creations to get some veggies to go with it. I love the salad bar addition! They had nearly anything you could want in a salad available. I went back to the cabin around 2 when it started to rain to check on DH, he was doing schoolwork but was needing brain food so we headed to Lido to find him some grub. He wanted Shaq’s, and I decided to try the Shaq Attack sammich, minus cheese. It was AWESOME. We spent the afternoon after that at Alchemy with Zoltan, who is a freaking awesome mixologist! He made me a Deal Closer (just as awesome as I remember it being), The Remedy (yum), The Pain Relief (holy moly it was strong) and a Cucumber Sunrise (so light, crisp and refreshing!). To close out my time there he made a creamy coconut martini, and oh my gosh y’all…that’s my new go-to drink onboard! It was PHENOMENAL! Now to try and get ready for dinner at Rudi’s. It’s elegant night…can I apply makeup drunk? Let’s give it a whirl!

Here ya go! I’ll try and leave some fun onboard for you 🙂

After 30 total minutes our table was ready. Service was quick for sea day brunch, DH go chicken Caesar salad, I got the Voyager burger (it was delicious!) and we both got the Birthday Bellini, which was ok. DH didn’t like his and had me drink it, so I guess I get 16 drinks today…score! 🤪 We wandered up to Serenity to check it out, and that will be my hangout I think! I got a Skinny Fizz while up there, it’s perfect. We came back to the room for DH to do schoolwork and I will enjoy the balcony for a bit, but then we will head back to Serenity later.

Got my go-go juice, an iced latte. Mmmmm! The barista isn’t very friendly, but I’m thinking she’s just suuuuper busy. i checked in for sea day brunch at 8:40, it said under 10 minute wait. It’s 9:01 now, still waiting. Hmmm, me thinks their timing is off. Waiting at Fortune Teller Bar now.