kearney Posted July 7, 2021 #176 Share Posted July 7, 2021 On 7/5/2021 at 10:56 AM, bobmacliberty said: Anything tastes good with enough butter and garlic! Like oysters and cocktail sauce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kearney Posted July 7, 2021 #177 Share Posted July 7, 2021 12 hours ago, dswallow said: No comparison with Giovanni's. Olive Garden is good. 🙂 ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxNerd Posted July 7, 2021 Author #178 Share Posted July 7, 2021 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxNerd Posted July 7, 2021 Author #179 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Cool Art, Hot Ice was a great show. High energy and its amazing what they can do on such a small rink. Exciting Change to the show seating!!! You no longer have to sit in groups of 2. Every other row remains blocked off but you can sit with your entire party and they just leave 2 seats empty between groups. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted July 7, 2021 #180 Share Posted July 7, 2021 There's our Jordon, her UT channel is so great! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1packerfan Posted July 7, 2021 #181 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Is great news that you can sit together with your entire group. We will have 4 of us in August but one typically does not go to all the shows so it will be nice that the other 3 of us can sit together and 1 person does not have to sit alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxNerd Posted July 8, 2021 Author #182 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Lazy sea day so not a whole lot to report. We had breakfast in the windjammer, went to morning trivia and “before they were famous” trivia. Didn’t do too bad at morning trivia but bombed the famous people trivia 🤣. I went looking to see if one of the ship posters @viewsandqueues hid was still hidden but no luck, I will be ordering one when we get home. We hung out and lazed around with the boys on the balcony talking about where we would like to go next, had lunch at the promenade cafe and then went on a bar crawl with a group from Facebook. Played, and tied for 1st in Myths and Legends trivia. We would have won had my oldest been with us, he loves mythology but they were in the room working in their summer reading assignments. This evening was our second formal night, so for this cruise it was night 3 & 5 that were formal night. After dinner the boys went to Adventure Ocean and hubby and I went to see Billy Prudhome, who we think we saw on a carnival sailing (maybe in 2018?). Still a hub show. After comedy juggling we went to Friendly Feud. I think if you host the game you should have at least watched the game show. It started off very rough but got better as the night went on, sort of. They kept telling the teams they need to be more specific, I’m not sure how you get more specific than potato chips when talking about foods you eat with a burger. The answer they were looking for was Tater tots 🤦♀️. Tonight the boat is rocking. We all took an extra dose of sea sickness meds. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxNerd Posted July 8, 2021 Author #183 Share Posted July 8, 2021 I forgot to add our major event for the day was the going home antigen test. They told us to expect results in about 24 hours because it would take a while to process all 1200 of them. 3.5 hours after we tested we got results emailed to us. We are all negative and haven’t heard of anyone testing positive. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxNerd Posted July 8, 2021 Author #184 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Good Morning from Cozumel, Mexico! I enjoyed a little breakfast on the balcony while we pulled into port and it looks like a beautiful start to another great day. we are not getting off the ship today. We had originally only planned to get off the ship long enough to do a little shopping in port and pick up some vanilla. Unfortunately we can’t do that since we have the boys with us and none of the excursions were anything we wanted to do for the cost. Cozumel is an hour behind ship time, how many pier runners will there be today? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare exm Posted July 8, 2021 #185 Share Posted July 8, 2021 7 hours ago, WxNerd said: Good Morning from Cozumel, Mexico! I enjoyed a little breakfast on the balcony while we pulled into port and it looks like a beautiful start to another great day. we are not getting off the ship today. We had originally only planned to get off the ship long enough to do a little shopping in port and pick up some vanilla. Unfortunately we can’t do that since we have the boys with us and none of the excursions were anything we wanted to do for the cost. Cozumel is an hour behind ship time, how many pier runners will there be today? I was just wondering this. So Royal doesn't let you do excursions on your own on the Adventure if you're traveling with unvaxed kids? I'll be at the Adventure, and I feel that offered excursions are mweh. I was hoping to wander around, but I guess that's a no-no with kids? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimA75 Posted July 8, 2021 #186 Share Posted July 8, 2021 7 hours ago, WxNerd said: we are not getting off the ship today. We had originally only planned to get off the ship long enough to do a little shopping in port and pick up some vanilla. Unfortunately we can’t do that since we have the boys with us and none of the excursions were anything we wanted to do for the cost. Are you required to book through Royal at every port? We will have our kids with us in December and I was hoping that some ports may allow us to book our own excursions, outside of Royal. I know things can change between now and then, but I'd rather book now if we have to use ship excursions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauraoel Posted July 8, 2021 #187 Share Posted July 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, KimA75 said: Are you required to book through Royal at every port? We will have our kids with us in December and I was hoping that some ports may allow us to book our own excursions, outside of Royal. I know things can change between now and then, but I'd rather book now if we have to use ship excursions. You could always book now and then cancel if the rules change in your advantage.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxNerd Posted July 8, 2021 Author #188 Share Posted July 8, 2021 13 minutes ago, KimA75 said: Are you required to book through Royal at every port? We will have our kids with us in December and I was hoping that some ports may allow us to book our own excursions, outside of Royal. I know things can change between now and then, but I'd rather book now if we have to use ship excursions. Yes. It’s on a cruise by cruise basis. We were told the Thursday before we boarded that we would have to book through Royal for any shore excursions other than getting off at Coco Cay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare exm Posted July 8, 2021 #189 Share Posted July 8, 2021 8 minutes ago, WxNerd said: Yes. It’s on a cruise by cruise basis. We were told the Thursday before we boarded that we would have to book through Royal for any shore excursions other than getting off at Coco Cay. Thanks. And if that's the case, why do they have such a limited (crappy) selection? Ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxNerd Posted July 8, 2021 Author #190 Share Posted July 8, 2021 1 hour ago, exm said: I was just wondering this. So Royal doesn't let you do excursions on your own on the Adventure if you're traveling with unvaxed kids? I'll be at the Adventure, and I feel that offered excursions are mweh. I was hoping to wander around, but I guess that's a no-no with kids? Correct. Even if my husband or I were to stay on the ship with the kids the other adult would not be allowed to get off the ship. I really wanted to go get some vanilla but I guess I will have to fly down to Mexico to get some (perk of working for an airline). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gam888 Posted July 8, 2021 #191 Share Posted July 8, 2021 17 hours ago, WxNerd said: Lazy sea day so not a whole lot to report. We had breakfast in the windjammer, went to morning trivia and “before they were famous” trivia. Didn’t do too bad at morning trivia but bombed the famous people trivia 🤣. I went looking to see if one of the ship posters @viewsandqueues hid was still hidden but no luck, I will be ordering one when we get home. We hung out and lazed around with the boys on the balcony talking about where we would like to go next, had lunch at the promenade cafe and then went on a bar crawl with a group from Facebook. Played, and tied for 1st in Myths and Legends trivia. We would have won had my oldest been with us, he loves mythology but they were in the room working in their summer reading assignments. Hello VexNerd, Really enjoy reading your posts. I would like to ask you if you have a chance to visit some of the lounges on the ship. I am most interested in the Imperial Lounge, The Bolero Lounge and The Blue Moon Lounge. We like the opportunity to do some dancing whenever we are on a cruise. I just wonder with the social distancing rule, is there still some venues for dancing offered on the ship? I have seen some pictures of these lounges, with spot lights on the floor as designated "dance bubbles" for people who would like to dance and still maintain social distancing. Can you share your experience if you have seen some of the live bands or DJ on the ship. Are there still some venues open for dancing? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckynana Posted July 8, 2021 #192 Share Posted July 8, 2021 On 7/7/2021 at 4:00 AM, sgmn said: My husband favorite starter, on one cruise our waiter brought it every day even when he didn't order it. I love bread dipped in the garlicky butter but not so keen on the snails My favorite starter also. I order it every evening. Yummy!!😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poocher Posted July 8, 2021 #193 Share Posted July 8, 2021 1 hour ago, gam888 said: Hello VexNerd, Really enjoy reading your posts. I would like to ask you if you have a chance to visit some of the lounges on the ship. I am most interested in the Imperial Lounge, The Bolero Lounge and The Blue Moon Lounge. We like the opportunity to do some dancing whenever we are on a cruise. I just wonder with the social distancing rule, is there still some venues for dancing offered on the ship? I have seen some pictures of these lounges, with spot lights on the floor as designated "dance bubbles" for people who would like to dance and still maintain social distancing. Can you share your experience if you have seen some of the live bands or DJ on the ship. Are there still some venues open for dancing? Thank you. Can I come with you??? I used to love to dance. Sadly my husband of 40 years never did. I think I may have forgotten how ☹️☹️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxNerd Posted July 8, 2021 Author #194 Share Posted July 8, 2021 2 hours ago, gam888 said: Hello VexNerd, Really enjoy reading your posts. I would like to ask you if you have a chance to visit some of the lounges on the ship. I am most interested in the Imperial Lounge, The Bolero Lounge and The Blue Moon Lounge. We like the opportunity to do some dancing whenever we are on a cruise. I just wonder with the social distancing rule, is there still some venues for dancing offered on the ship? I have seen some pictures of these lounges, with spot lights on the floor as designated "dance bubbles" for people who would like to dance and still maintain social distancing. Can you share your experience if you have seen some of the live bands or DJ on the ship. Are there still some venues open for dancing? Thank you. I did see people dancing at Boleros on 2 different occasions. I haven’t seen dancing anywhere else but that is not usually an activity we go looking for. If I happen to find out anything else, I will share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monn_a Posted July 8, 2021 #195 Share Posted July 8, 2021 On 7/6/2021 at 5:07 PM, BecciBoo said: Same here, definitely not like the old and wonderful Portofino's which we used to love. Portofino's was way better than both Jamie's and Giovannis. I think Jamie's disappointed me more than Giovanni's though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gam888 Posted July 8, 2021 #196 Share Posted July 8, 2021 39 minutes ago, WxNerd said: I did see people dancing at Boleros on 2 different occasions. I haven’t seen dancing anywhere else but that is not usually an activity we go looking for. If I happen to find out anything else, I will share. Thanks WxNerd, Will be keeping my eye on your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trippintex Posted July 9, 2021 #197 Share Posted July 9, 2021 was wondering if you have seen any door decoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxNerd Posted July 9, 2021 Author #198 Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 hour ago, trippintex said: was wondering if you have seen any door decoration These are all in our hall. Second from the bottom os ours. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Wilson Posted July 9, 2021 #199 Share Posted July 9, 2021 5 hours ago, gam888 said: Hello VexNerd, Can you share your experience if you have seen some of the live bands or DJ on the ship. Vex, great thread you have going, thanks for your sharing. A couple of February’s ago DW and I were on an 11 night cruise with the live band you have on board, called....Switched On Band..... They were a tremendous hit on that trip, LOTS of dancing every session, and the passion in the singers voice was chilling. Now the ship also had at least double the people you presently have on board. Are they having the same impact with the smaller crowd of your cruise? I imagine it is much more difficult with a more scarce crowd. Eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orkaren1 Posted July 9, 2021 #200 Share Posted July 9, 2021 6 hours ago, WxNerd said: Correct. Even if my husband or I were to stay on the ship with the kids the other adult would not be allowed to get off the ship. I really wanted to go get some vanilla but I guess I will have to fly down to Mexico to get some (perk of working for an airline). Join the vanilla bean co-op facebook group and make your own vanilla. Cheaper and much better quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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