This Ain't Homer's Odyssey - A Live B2B2B on Odyssey of the Seas (8/22/2021-9/11/2021)

[JessyCruises]

7 minutes ago, ilovetotravel1977 said:

Ummm, that is a very wide stripper pole! lol  

That is what I told Paul when he referred to it as a stripper pole.  I do not think anyone could look sexy on that thing... 🤣

[ilovetotravel1977]

1 minute ago, JessyCruises said:

That is what I told Paul when he referred to it as a stripper pole.  I do not think anyone could look sexy on that thing... 🤣

Heck, I'd likely break my neck on a regular stripper pole LOL Definitely nothing sexy about any of that!

[CanuckCruizer]

1 minute ago, JessyCruises said:

Yes we had the full Wifi plan last week and worked most days.  This week we are just working a few days and using our 4 free wifi days so it will be spaced out a little more 🙂  I am hoping to get a chance to load some stuff I have missed once I am done work for the day.

Hey - you are on holiday!  Just was a wee bit concerned that something happened to you - not to worry.

 

Cheers,

Canuck

[JessyCruises]

1 minute ago, CanuckCruizer said:

Hey - you are on holiday!  Just was a wee bit concerned that something happened to you - not to worry.

 

Cheers,

Canuck

Nope, I am right as rain.  I have not even had a hangover (YET) 🙂

 

[barbeyg]

Question on the wifi and working remotely, if you don't mind.  🙂  How was your access working remotely?  Was it a good signal or was it difficult to work with?  Was the speed sufficient, or was it lacking?  Thanks.  👍

[colesc15]

@JessyCruisescan you confirm if the food at giovanni's wine bar is included with the unlimited dining package? It looks a la carte so hard to say if the food would be included. 

[JessyCruises]

4 hours ago, barbeyg said:

Question on the wifi and working remotely, if you don't mind.  🙂  How was your access working remotely?  Was it a good signal or was it difficult to work with?  Was the speed sufficient, or was it lacking?  Thanks.  👍

I find for me surf is usually sufficient as I do not do much video or phone calls.  It allows  me to connect to my VPN without issues and I can access all of my work programs without noticeable lag.  Paul does a lot of video and phone calls and he definitely needs surf and stream.  He said there have been a few times where he has had a bit of lag but normally is is fine.  I had our weekly call with my team last week (audio over Teams) and none of them could tell the difference between the call and what I normally sound like.

Edited September 1, 2021 by JessyCruises

[JessyCruises]

2 hours ago, colesc15 said:

@JessyCruisescan you confirm if the food at giovanni's wine bar is included with the unlimited dining package? It looks a la carte so hard to say if the food would be included. 

It is not included - I specifically asked that question last week.

[barbeyg]

Thanks, @JessyCruises. I really appreciate the info. 🙂

[JessyCruises]

These are the MDR menus from the 6 night sailing starting 8/22 and the food pics I remembered to grab.  It is harder to get photos without the physical menus so I definitely recommend downloading the App and looking at them there.  

 

Edited September 1, 2021 by JessyCruises

[JessyCruises]

I have been ordering escargot on RCL ships since Oasis in November 2014 - when did they start serving it with a special fork? I don’t remember ever seeing this before…

Edited September 1, 2021 by JessyCruises

[CruzinSouth2]

10 hours ago, JessyCruises said:

Yup.  I have heard a few different numbers ranging from 480-550.  Crazy!!

Wow!  We are all packed and ready to board on Sunday!  Hope they are still keeping low numbers next week!  We’re actually thinking of booking the cruise the following week!  

[JessyCruises]

We are on the Ultimate Dining Package for this second cruise and so far have eaten speciality for all lunch and dinners.  As mentioned earlier, we are lunch at Giovannis on boarding day and we ordered too much food so we thought we would stay “light” and do Izumi for dinner.  Portions everywhere on this ship are crazy 😂😂

 

The ultimate dining package gets you $35pp at Izumi which just so happens to be the Pric Fixed Menu pricing.  This gets you the following PER PERSON:

-miso soup

-one appetizer

-two large plates

-dessert 

Or we could have ordered A La Carte

 

There is no way we could have done 4 large plates - we could not eat it all as it was!!

 

Paul opted for the Firecracker Shrimp Spring Rolls and said they were amazing!

 

I got the miso which I failed to grav a photo of and the veg fried rice.  Both delicious!!

 

I got the snow crab California roll.  Just okay but good for a wimp like me 🙂

paul got the chefs assorted sashimi and said it was amazing

 

but the big winner was the baked snow crab and salmon - delicious!!

 

No dessert for us - too full!!!

[JessyCruises]

So apparently I can work all day and have no issues with the wifi, but God forbid I try to post some photos.  I have no idea what those videos were supposed to be but I cannot delete them…

[ReneeFLL]

On 8/29/2021 at 1:48 PM, Scottee25 said:

@JessyCruisesSorry if you already answered this and I just didn't see it, but are they allowing you off the ship at port without having to use the cruiseline's excursions? I'll be on Odyssey next April on a Trans Atlantic and trying to get an idea of whether we can do the ports on our own or will have to use Royal's excursions if we want to get off the ship.

So many things can change in 6 - 7 months. 
 

Edited September 1, 2021 by ReneeFLL

[Scottee25]

On 8/31/2021 at 10:05 AM, crewsweeper said:

Scottee25....by April 2022 rules will be different.  We're getting off as you're getting on.  We have the last Odyssey cruise out of FLL. 4-16 to 4-23

 

Yep, totally understand. I guess I should have clarified in my original post that I was simply curious how they were handling allowing people to get off the ship currently. Hopefully by the time we both sail things will be better across the board.

[marchand28]

I’m enjoying this so much and can’t thank you enough for all the info. September 25 can’t get here soon enough. DH wanted me ask if the Giovanni’s menu was just for lunch? We have the UDP and he’s looking forward to the meatball. 

[relaxatsea]

If you get a chance, could you please see if the outside smoking area on Deck 5, aft is starboard or port. On other Quantum class ships, it is starboard, but I just saw a YouTube video indicating it was port on Odyssey.  We have booked a balcony cabin on Deck 6, port, and will try to change it if we are over the smoking section.  Thanks so much in advance.

 

 

 

[1978bucketlist]

Did you get a $10 surcharge for Izumi’s?

[JessyCruises]

38 minutes ago, 1978bucketlist said:

Did you get a $10 surcharge for Izumi’s?

There is no surcharge for Izumis which is the sushi restaurant.  On this ship the hibatchi is its own restaurant called Teppanyaki.  There is a $10 surcharge there for dinner but we went for lunch yesterday and were not charged

[JessyCruises]

On night one of the 8 night cruise, Paul got the munchies and we decided to head to Playmakers for snack.  Once again our eyes were bigger than our stomachs.

 

 Paul ordered  24 chicken wings 12 BBQ and 12 mild

 

and I wanted to stay light so I ordered

some jalapeño poppers for us to share  (did not get a pic) and what I thought would be a few onion rings.  I may have underestimated the onion ring situation. Check out the corona bottle for perspective….

 

It was all very good!!

 

Edited September 2, 2021 by JessyCruises

[ilovetotravel1977]

OMG...a stripper pole of onion rings! lol   

[JessyCruises]

We did Playmakers on day 2 for lunch and both had the chicken sandwich.  Very good!!!

 

We went to Wonderland for dinner night 2.   We had never been before.  I am kind of a picky eater but was able to find some things I liked.  The experience was great but not sure I would visit again unless I was travelling with others that is wanted to.

 

Smoke Ring Cocktail

 

White Rabbit-Rita

 

wonton soup

Reconstructed Caprese

Mad Hatters Potted Shrimp

The birds Nest

Liquid lobster

 

The Rib “I” Luscious Short Rib

 

The World

[JessyCruises]

3 hours ago, relaxatsea said:

If you get a chance, could you please see if the outside smoking area on Deck 5, aft is starboard or port. On other Quantum class ships, it is starboard, but I just saw a YouTube video indicating it was port on Odyssey.  We have booked a balcony cabin on Deck 6, port, and will try to change it if we are over the smoking section.  Thanks so much in advance.

 

 

 

I just checked and it is definitely port side

[relaxatsea]

5 minutes ago, JessyCruises said:

I just checked and it is definitely port side

Thank you so much!  Is it all of port side or only in the aft section?   Sorry, I should have included that with my first question.  Our portside cabin is right above the Bionic Bar, midships.