Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[bobmacliberty]

18 hours ago, CruiszBug said:

Test?? Can anyone see me?

 

18 hours ago, CruiszBug said:

Test #2... Can anyone see my photo?? @Ozark_Kid @dani negreanu @Sea Dog

 

16 hours ago, CruiszBug said:

April 13-29, 2024: HAWAII DO-OVER!

Made it to the airport by 5:15 AM! Brittany (Phoebe’s nurse) was waiting for us! 😀

 

Thank you, Tom for being our UBER driver! 

Checked 8 bags @registration. TSA CARES agent escorted us through security. Gate tagged/checked wheelchair and medical dolly with 8 additional carry-ons… Made our 6:30 AM flight on Southwest to Las Vegas via Nashville. Let the trip begin! (Wish us Luck!)

 

 

 

15 hours ago, CruiszBug said:

DAY 1: Travel from Florida to Vegas via Nashville

Like Peter Pan’s shadow we land at BNA!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great day for flying! Desert and mountain views are stunning from the plane.

 

1 hour ago, CruiszBug said:

Yes, I did a more complicated upload and others reported seeing it... but my final attempt was done directly from my phone where the photos are stored, so you should see those? (Hopefully)

 

I couldn't see the pictures in the first two of your posts above (test 1 and 2) but the next 2 worked great.  Looks like you have it figured out! 👍

[Ourusualbeach]

32 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

 

What's that hanging in the closet 🤔 Is that what people used to call dress shirts? 

😆

 

Your room looks great.   Have a great time!

 

You got that right.  I brought a mix of clothes, I know what the dress code says but we will se how people actually dress on board.

[Luckynana]

4 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

Didn’t even think about it. Probably should have. 

Safe travels home today, Greg.  So glad your 5 day get-together was a wonderful success!!

[Luckynana]

1 hour ago, cruisingpeople said:

@Luckynana Happy Birthday to your daughters.

 

Thank you so much!🥰

[Luckynana]

 

You are in my thoughts on this Holocaust  Remembrance Day, @dani negreanu,Dani and your family,  @BonTexasNY, Bonnie, Jack, and family, and @lenquixote66, Lenny, Toby, and family.🙏🌹

[Arzeena]

18 minutes ago, Luckynana said:

 

You are in my thoughts on this Holocaust  Remembrance Day, @dani negreanu,Dani and your family,  @BonTexasNY, Bonnie, Jack, and family, and @lenquixote66, Lenny, Toby, and family.🙏🌹

Plus 1 🥰

[Keksie]

At Nassau today. 5 ships were here.  MSC Seahorse, Carnival Mardi Gras, Carnival Elation and one other ship.  We went to Atlantis and had a great time.  I would go back for a land trip.  

 

[Ourusualbeach]

OMG!!!!

 

 

It will be very hard going back to Royal.  More details later.

[h20skibum]

3 hours ago, Luckynana said:

Thank you, Mark!🥰 

 With so much going on for you, I do hope it has been all good!😉

Some good, and some not so good.

 

Good, as far as the latest scans for our daughter last week.

 

Not so good, in that our friend, Greg, passed away unexpectedly from complications due to a cardiac event.  He was a musician, and played with several bands in his career.  Very talented on keyboard, brass and vocals.  Susan and I helped out with the funeral dinner.

 

His funeral was unlike any I had ever been to.  Many of his band members came and played some of his favorites as a tribute.  At the end of the service, a video appeared on the screens of Greg playing and singing  an arrangement that was perfect for the end.  There wasn’t a dry eye in the place, and I guess he got to play at his own funeral.

 

RIP Greg.  You will be missed.

 

 

[Ocean Boy]

18 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

OMG!!!!

 

 

It will be very hard going back to Royal.  More details later.

Hmm, I'm not sure if that is good or bad news.

[Ocean Boy]

39 minutes ago, Keksie said:

At Nassau today. 5 ships were here.  MSC Seahorse, Carnival Mardi Gras, Carnival Elation and one other ship.  We went to Atlantis and had a great time.  I would go back for a land trip.  

 

How did you like the renovated port area? I seem to be in the minority in that I really like Nassau.

[Ocean Boy]

6 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Some good, and some not so good.

 

Good, as far as the latest scans for our daughter last week.

 

Not so good, in that our friend, Greg, passed away unexpectedly from complications due to a cardiac event.  He was a musician, and played with several bands in his career.  Very talented on keyboard, brass and vocals.  Susan and I helped out with the funeral dinner.

 

His funeral was unlike any I had ever been to.  Many of his band members came and played some of his favorites as a tribute.  At the end of the service, a video appeared on the screens of Greg playing and singing  an arrangement that was perfect for the end.  There wasn’t a dry eye in the place, and I guess he got to play at his own funeral.

 

RIP Greg.  You will be missed.

 

 

Glad to hear the news about your daughter.

[Sea Dog]

10 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Some good, and some not so good.

 

Good, as far as the latest scans for our daughter last week.

 

Not so good, in that our friend, Greg, passed away unexpectedly from complications due to a cardiac event.  He was a musician, and played with several bands in his career.  Very talented on keyboard, brass and vocals.  Susan and I helped out with the funeral dinner.

 

His funeral was unlike any I had ever been to.  Many of his band members came and played some of his favorites as a tribute.  At the end of the service, a video appeared on the screens of Greg playing and singing  an arrangement that was perfect for the end.  There wasn’t a dry eye in the place, and I guess he got to play at his own funeral.

 

RIP Greg.  You will be missed.

 

 

So sorry for your loss. Sounds like a wonderful celebration of life.

[Keksie]

5 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

How did you like the renovated port area? I seem to be in the minority in that I really like Nassau.

I really like it too.  The port area was clean and hassle free.  Didn't go out of the area except to go to Atlantis. Atlantis was a lot of fun and I would go back.

[Keksie]

Nassau's port area didn't seem crowded even with 5 ships

[Arzeena]

26 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Some good, and some not so good.

 

Good, as far as the latest scans for our daughter last week.

 

Not so good, in that our friend, Greg, passed away unexpectedly from complications due to a cardiac event.  He was a musician, and played with several bands in his career.  Very talented on keyboard, brass and vocals.  Susan and I helped out with the funeral dinner.

 

His funeral was unlike any I had ever been to.  Many of his band members came and played some of his favorites as a tribute.  At the end of the service, a video appeared on the screens of Greg playing and singing  an arrangement that was perfect for the end.  There wasn’t a dry eye in the place, and I guess he got to play at his own funeral.

 

RIP Greg.  You will be missed.

 

 

I a sorry for the loss of your friend.

Glad that all is good news with daughter.

[George C]

23 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Hmm, I'm not sure if that is good or bad news.

I am taking a break fro. Royal next couple or more of my cruises will be celebrity suites or MSc yacht club but definitely interested in ‘ourusualbeach’ new line .

[Keksie]

[dani negreanu]

28 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Glad to hear the news about your daughter.

 

+ 1 👍 👍 🙏 🙏

 

24 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

So sorry for your loss. Sounds like a wonderful celebration of life.

 

+1 😢   Mark & Susan  @h20skibum

[bobmacliberty]

3 minutes ago, George C said:

I am taking a break fro. Royal next couple or more of my cruises will be celebrity suites or MSc yacht club but definitely interested in ‘ourusualbeach’ new line .

 

Same with us.  We have a family cruise coming up on Wonder but then probably Oceania next for us to try out the "best food at sea".  We'll stay with Royal for multigenerational cruising but want to try other lines as just a couple.  Very interested in what Ken thinks (post cruise).

[FromSea2ShiningSea]

I am back on CC!  Let’s continue and finish my Japan journey.  We have pre-cruise tours set up for the next 4 days before we embark Millennium.

 

Day 11- 4/5/2024 Tokyo City Tour- This will be our meeting spot for all pre-cruise tours, at the center lounge of the Hyatt Regency Tokyo where we meet our tour guides.

 

Today’s itinerary- Nezu Shrine, Azalea Festival - “The Nezu Shrine (1705) is one of the oldest and most beautiful Shinto shrines in Tokyo.  Every year, from around April 2 until the beginning of May, the shrine holds Tsutsuji Matsuri (Azalea Festival)”

 

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately, the azaleas are late blooming this year just as cherry blossoms are blooming late because of weather that’s been unusually cold.

 

 

Tokyo National Museum (1872)- “is the oldest and largest of Japan’s top-level national museums.  The Museum features the largest and best collections of art and archeological artifacts of Japan.”

 

We are having a whale of a day

 

Rikugien (1702), “the ‘Six-Poem-Garden”, is considered Tokyo’s most beautiful landscaped garden.  The garden reflects 88 scenes from Classical Japanese and Chinese literature.”

 

 

The view from the Fukiage Chaya( Traditional Tea House)

 

We get to try the Matcha Tea with a little snack

 

Back in town, lots of admirers of the beautiful trees at a shrine in the middle of the city.

 

 

 

 

[George C]

5 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

Same with us.  We have a family cruise coming up on Wonder but then probably Oceania next for us to try out the "best food at sea".  We'll stay with Royal for multigenerational cruising but want to try other lines as just a couple.  Very interested in what Ken thinks (post cruise).

Oceania sounds good , but I believe there ships are fairly small wouldn’t want to cruise to Bermuda in a smaller ship . I agree want to hear from Ken . 

[DaniDanielle]

2 hours ago, Arzeena said:

Plus 1 🥰

Plus 2

[DaniDanielle]

35 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

+ 1 👍 👍 🙏 🙏

 

 

+1 😢   Mark & Susan  @h20skibum

+2

[ReneeFLL]

10 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Here is our cabin for the week.  Stateroom 8083 which is one of a few that can have 2 twin beds as opposed to one king (they don't separate like Royal's so you avoid that hump in the middle.  Pretty nice location, nice and close to the aft elevators.

 

https://explorajourneys.com/ca/en/ships/deckplans

 

 

 

 

Ours suite is the entry level stateroom

 

https://explorajourneys.com/ca/en/suites/Ocean-Suites/ocean-terrace-suite

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very nice room.