Sinppu Posted September 21, 2013 Author #101 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Sinny......aren't y'all on the Dec. 7th Independence sailing? We are' date=' too!!!! Hope to see you there! Are you on the Dec. 1st sailing as well?[/size'] Oh Jane, we can't make it. My situation at work changed drastically last week and now it seems we can't cruise until next spring :(:(:( Bummed, but nothing we can do about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
read52 Posted September 21, 2013 #102 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Thanks for all the pictures. We took this cruise in June with our friends from high school. He was retiring from teaching. We were lucky to get a balcony because a few days before sailing RCCL upgraded us. We have pictures of the seals right below us in the Tracey Arm Fjord. It was warm to whole trip. We are from Maryland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinppu Posted September 21, 2013 Author #103 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Thanks for all the pictures. We took this cruise in June with our friends from high school. He was retiring from teaching. We were lucky to get a balcony because a few days before sailing RCCL upgraded us. We have pictures of the seals right below us in the Tracey Arm Fjord. It was warm to whole trip. We are from Maryland. Lucky you, WOW! Both on the upgrade and the seal part :) Thanks for reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiecookie Posted September 21, 2013 #104 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Love your pictures an review. Of to the TA today to get a price for this cruise, hoping to add a Rockies tour on the end fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thetrail Posted September 21, 2013 #105 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Rhapsody has many commemorative plaques right around the corner of the Guest Services on deck 5. The Dining Package was sold also on board. Here you can see the R Bar. Our cabins were on deck 4 and very close by, so we came here quite often. We always got excellent service and gave some extra tips to the bartenders here as they remembered our favourite drinks by Day 3. Due to the stress of the day, we were all pretty beat early. We went for a quick dinner in the Windjammer and hit the sack right after sunset. Thanks everyone for reading. I will be back tomorrow for fun to come! Hello! Love your reviews along with your wit and charm. Your group always brings a smile to my face and feel as if we know you just through your great reports and photos. We sail four times a year so if we ever see you guys on a ship we will be delighted to say hi and offer your crew a cocktail!...K.O.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildweston Posted September 21, 2013 #106 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Thanks for your fantastic review. It looks like they have taken the staircases out of the centrum and also changed the beautiful curtain they had in the show room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxs mom Posted September 21, 2013 #107 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Oh Jane, we can't make it. My situation at work changed drastically last week and now it seems we can't cruise until next spring :(:(:( Bummed, but nothing we can do about it. Oh no!! Sorry to hear that. Well.....Spring will be here before you know it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJTexas Posted September 21, 2013 #108 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Loved this Sinny! Thanks for posting! Can't wait to go again next year!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maritar Posted September 21, 2013 #109 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Sinny - Another wonderful review and great pictures from you! :) Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Bimmer09 Posted September 21, 2013 #110 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Sinny-I am enjoying your review immensely! Great photos and it looks like you travel with a fun group. Alaska is my favorite cruise destination so far-twice in the last two years, both with Princess. Your photos have reminded me that I need to go again... Great review which moves along nicely...a "page-turner". Lots of good humor. Thanks! Norris in Chicago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetpeaOne Posted September 21, 2013 #111 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Awesome review. Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinppu Posted September 21, 2013 Author #112 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Love your pictures an review. Of to the TA today to get a price for this cruise, hoping to add a Rockies tour on the end fingers crossed. I hope you have as much fun as we did. It was an awesome cruise. Thanks for reading. Hello! Love your reviews along with your wit and charm. Your group always brings a smile to my face and feel as if we know you just through your great reports and photos. We sail four times a year so if we ever see you guys on a ship we will be delighted to say hi and offer your crew a cocktail!...K.O.:) Ha! Did everyone see that? Everyone?? I've been offered a drink. That's like getting paid to write a report, right? Can I now call myself a professional writer? :D:p Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinppu Posted September 21, 2013 Author #113 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Thanks for your fantastic review. It looks like they have taken the staircases out of the centrum and also changed the beautiful curtain they had in the show room. Loved this Sinny! Thanks for posting! Can't wait to go again next year!! Thank you so much to you both. More to come. Soonish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinppu Posted September 21, 2013 Author #114 Share Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) Sinny-I am enjoying your review immensely! Great photos and it looks like you travel with a fun group. Alaska is my favorite cruise destination so far-twice in the last two years, both with Princess. Your photos have reminded me that I need to go again... Great review which moves along nicely...a "page-turner". Lots of good humor. Thanks! Norris in Chicago Hey Norris. Chicago is a great city. Glad you like the review :) Awesome review. Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing. You are welcome. I'm very sharey. Sharedy. Or is it shareful? Edited September 21, 2013 by Sinppu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctimmom Posted September 21, 2013 #115 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I'm absolutely loving your trip report... looks like you all had an amazing time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesstral Posted September 21, 2013 #116 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Wow, it's amazing the difference a few months make. I've been to the Tracy Arm Fjord twice now, both in May and the glacier looks so different! May 2012: May 2013: (there was so much ice in the water that was as close as we could make it and other ships actually had to cancel the day before). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinppu Posted September 21, 2013 Author #117 Share Posted September 21, 2013 So back to the track everyone! Sorry about the delay. Where were we? Ahhhh yes. Food porn. Creamed Wild Mushroom. Mine and Thommo's. Not particularly tasty, but went down anyway. Classic Caesar Salad. Lowry's and Ann's choice. The portion is small but they both said it tasted good. Roasted Peach soup. Anouk liked this one, but then she liked all the fruity appetizers. Today was lobster night. Ohhh yes. The girls went for the seafood but the boys both stuck to the sliders. The lobster was excellent and we all got a second tail (without asking!) so we were SO stuffed after dinner we had a hard time deciding what to have for dessert. I went for the Ivory Chocolate Mousse. It was only coffee for Anouk and one scoop of ice cream for everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinppu Posted September 21, 2013 Author #118 Share Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) This evening the boys did a great job. It was supposed to be the parade tonight but just as we saw the waiters starting to gather around the stairs there was an "Alfa, alfa, alfa, Edelweiss deck 4" announcement. We then saw the maitre'd talk to the waiters and they quietly returned to work. We were of course curious and Alejandro explained that Alfa is a medical emergency. We all felt a bit subdued, so our wonderful MDR team did their best to raise our spirits. And this trick with the wine bottle, two toothpicks and a fork managed to make us all happy again. It was really cool. Yes, it's the chef again. He greeted us every night. It was a beautiful sunset tonight. We went to see the CD Graham Seymour's Late Night Comedy today. We thought he was absolutely hilarious but as stated previously, some people found him insulting and rude. He was both. Yeah, our sense of humour is mean. And a word of warning!! If you take wine glasses to the theatre, make sure they fit into the glass holders. I lost a good bit of red wine when I put down my glass and the rim was too wide for the bottom. No harm done. I licked it from the carpet. ;) Day 6 is another sea day with plenty to do on the CruiseCompass. Ann and Anouk managed to book themselves Salon Combos, one at 8.30am, the other at 10am. They book up really fast as the girls called in as soon as we saw the offer and they only had two time slots left :rolleyes: Edited September 21, 2013 by Sinppu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinppu Posted September 21, 2013 Author #119 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I'm absolutely loving your trip report... looks like you all had an amazing time! We did! That was the best part. It was the first time we all traveled together and we had only one little 2-minute argument in Vancouver (well, Anouk and Lowry did). It was wonderful. The cruise, not the argument. Wow, it's amazing the difference a few months make. I've been to the Tracy Arm Fjord twice now, both in May and the glacier looks so different! May 2012: May 2013: (there was so much ice in the water that was as close as we could make it and other ships actually had to cancel the day before). Wow. I'm glad we decided on a later cruise instead of an early one. Thanks for reading and the pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinppu Posted September 21, 2013 Author #120 Share Posted September 21, 2013 We anticipated a slow day today but ended up doing a lot! Ann returned a book she had borrowed the first day but never opened. We watched the towel folding demonstration. We signed up all our 3 first-timers to C&A (wohooooo....mission accomplished. Now Royal, where's my commission??) We watched the second Aerial performance and the Flash Mob right after it. We rode all the elevators looking for the weekday signs -no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinppu Posted September 21, 2013 Author #121 Share Posted September 21, 2013 We pre-bought...I mean, everyone else pre-bought their bingo cards and then we had lunch in the uncrowded Park Café. We had a pre-bingo drink. I introduced the girls to my favourite, Key Lime Pie Martini. They first just wanted to try my drink. And that's how they ended up on the dark side. Then it was bingo time with Lucky Lee... "Really, some people do take this whole bingo thing too far. I mean just look at those two in front of us... those two who look like Lowr....oh no. Oh no." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted September 21, 2013 #122 Share Posted September 21, 2013 ...We signed up all our 3 first-timers to C&A (wohooooo....mission accomplished. Now Royal, where's my commission??)... Don't tell me you missed the fantastic $25 bring-a-friend OBC!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinppu Posted September 21, 2013 Author #123 Share Posted September 21, 2013 After bingo they had the 60 seconds or Less Game Show and we stayed on to watch. It's fun for the whole family and the tasks are surprising. Relaxing. We went to dinner straight from the theatre. We hadn't booked anything tonight and when we came to the door, we were asked to wait a few minutes so that they could clear a table for us. We saw free tables and wondered about it, but again the staff showed their worth: they wanted us to have Bras and Alejandro. Awwwwwwwwww. And next up....the infamous....food porn! A green salad for Anouk and Ann, who had also developed a love for the Roast Beef sandwiches and now wished for something lighter. Oh shoot. This is the Creamed Wild Mushroom which I already thought I posted... I knew that. Just testing how well you readers know your dishes and your menus. Rib-Eye. Boys had it but didn't become fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinppu Posted September 21, 2013 Author #124 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Don't tell me you missed the fantastic $25 bring-a-friend OBC!;) We didn't :) There's some nice OBC waiting for us :D We'll splurge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma24boys Posted September 21, 2013 #125 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Your review has made me even more excited about our Rhapsody cruise June, 2014! Thanks for posting!!! Awesome pics...:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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