Anthem of the Seas LIVE 1/9

[PiperHolliday]

1 hour ago, LATTELOVE said:

Thank you for all your posting, really enjoying it.  Is Lawrence a taxi guy or for excursions??

 

Yeah, he gets rave reviews! 

[Coralc]

27 minutes ago, LATTELOVE said:

Thank you for all your posting, really enjoying it.  Is Lawrence a taxi guy or for excursions??

Excursions. 

[PiperHolliday]

Tonight, we ate at Jamie's Italian. There was hardly anybody there. The service was great! I really liked our server. We will be back at least once during this cruise. 

 

"Creamy" Burrata. It was the least creamy burrata I've ever had. It's a very poor representation.

 

Crispy Squid. Deep fried and salty, which I love. But it was not as tender as it should have been (slightly overdone). 

 

Black Truffle Arancini. Far from an authentic arancini, but it's hard to not love cheesy rice. The flavor was great. 

 

Our Famous Meat Plank. 

 

Creamy Penne Carbonara. We all liked this. 

 

Eggplant Parmigiana. 

 

Lamb Chops Scottadito. This was really good. 

 

Arugula and Parmesan Salad. 

 

"Crispy" Polenta Chips. I love polenta. I did not like this at all. It was not crispy. It was chewy and tasted almost as if it was stale. Definitely the least appetizing polenta I've ever had. 

 

Jamie's Caesar Salad. This was very tasty but the chicken was dry because it was a bit overdone (seeing a trend here with meats?). 

 

Amalfi Lemon Meringue Cheesecake and a shot of limoncello. This was fantastic and I definitely recommend it. The two pair perfectly together and it brought up great memories of our wedding in Positano. 

 

[EllieinNJ]

Went to see High Voltage last night.  Definitely not a AC/DC cover band.  Not when you cover Frank Sinatra's My Way.

[reallyitsmema]

Wow, Jamie's food has changed a lot!  They changed the eggplant parm again.  It used to be thick, panko crusted, fried eggplant that was delicious.  It then went to over roasted, chewy circles.  How was the roasted, half eggplant?  The "famous" plant has changed a lot too.  Used to have lots of olives, more meats and cheese, a weird carrot salad, hummus and breadsticks on the side.  Never seen garlic bread or bruschetta on it.  That cheesecake never disappoints though!

[toad455]

Eating at Jaime's tonight. Had their eggplant previously but it looks much different. Hoping for a good meal.

 

FYI, on another note, bumper cars ended up as reservations today only due to a line forming around 10:30am. On Tuesday, there was never a line and I got on 6 times.

 

[DaniDanielle]

Are you guys overnighting in St. Martin?

[Biker19]

2 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

Are you guys overnighting in St. Martin?

See post #127:

 

[DaniDanielle]

Thanks

[toad455]

Just now, DaniDanielle said:

Are you guys overnighting in St. Martin?

 

Not an overnight, but they've extended our time and we will be there until 10pm now.

[Arzeena]

11 hours ago, PiperHolliday said:

Tonight, we ate at Jamie's Italian. There was hardly anybody there. The service was great! I really liked our server.

 

Was it Fouad or Hormuz? We had those two in November and they were beyond AMAZING.

[PiperHolliday]

1 minute ago, Arzeena said:

Was it Fouad or Hormuz? We had those two in November and they were beyond AMAZING.

 

I think it was Hormuz! 

[PiperHolliday]

Cruise Compass Day 4

 

[Merion_Mom]

20 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

The library/ computer room is still in same location.   2 or 3 computers and a printer are there.  No books in library, bare shelves.  

 

Odd.  There used to be five.  

[ticketsunlimited]

1 hour ago, EllieinNJ said:

Went to see High Voltage last night.  Definitely not a AC/DC cover band.  Not when you cover Frank Sinatra's My Way.

That's hilarious.  Did you think they were going to break into dirty deeds done dirt cheap halfway through?

Would you consider seeing this version of High Voltage again?  the Music hall bands are usually spectacular.

I can tell you that the AC/DC cover band High Voltage is excellent and would be perfect for this setting.

[Arzeena]

18 minutes ago, PiperHolliday said:

 

I think it was Hormuz! 

He is absolutely great! We love him. He showed us pictures of his little daughter Jessica.🥰

[maggieq]

12 hours ago, PiperHolliday said:

Tonight, we ate at Jamie's Italian. There was hardly anybody there. The service was great! I really liked our server. We will be back at least once during this cruise. 

 

"Creamy" Burrata. It was the least creamy burrata I've ever had. It's a very poor representation.

 

Crispy Squid. Deep fried and salty, which I love. But it was not as tender as it should have been (slightly overdone). 

 

Black Truffle Arancini. Far from an authentic arancini, but it's hard to not love cheesy rice. The flavor was great. 

 

Our Famous Meat Plank. 

 

Creamy Penne Carbonara. We all liked this. 

 

Eggplant Parmigiana. 

 

Lamb Chops Scottadito. This was really good. 

 

Arugula and Parmesan Salad. 

 

"Crispy" Polenta Chips. I love polenta. I did not like this at all. It was not crispy. It was chewy and tasted almost as if it was stale. Definitely the least appetizing polenta I've ever had. 

 

Jamie's Caesar Salad. This was very tasty but the chicken was dry because it was a bit overdone (seeing a trend here with meats?). 

 

Amalfi Lemon Meringue Cheesecake and a shot of limoncello. This was fantastic and I definitely recommend it. The two pair perfectly together and it brought up great memories of our wedding in Positano. 

 

We haven’t had much luck at Jamie’s.  We prefer Giovanni’s any day.  

[PiperHolliday]

1 hour ago, reallyitsmema said:

Wow, Jamie's food has changed a lot!  They changed the eggplant parm again.  It used to be thick, panko crusted, fried eggplant that was delicious.  It then went to over roasted, chewy circles.  How was the roasted, half eggplant?  The "famous" plant has changed a lot too.  Used to have lots of olives, more meats and cheese, a weird carrot salad, hummus and breadsticks on the side.  Never seen garlic bread or bruschetta on it.  That cheesecake never disappoints though!

 

Our friend said it was good but he was expecting the old style. So he traded it for the chicken. 

[Tatka]

Interesting. During 12/31 - 1/9 there were books in library. Maybe they removed it to avoid more shareable infections?

[Another_Critic]

4 minutes ago, Tatka said:

Interesting. During 12/31 - 1/9 there were books in library. Maybe they removed it to avoid more shareable infections?

I didn't look on 12/31 cruise, but on the 12/5 cruise there were books in the library but no computers.

[Tatka]

6 minutes ago, Another_Critic said:

I didn't look on 12/31 cruise, but on the 12/5 cruise there were books in the library but no computers.

 

We saw computers too, but did not count. I think there was 3 or 4. We do not need them, so it was not important.

[Another_Critic]

3 minutes ago, Tatka said:

 

We saw computers too, but did not count. I think there was 3 or 4. We do not need them, so it was not important.

This was empty when I looked on the 12/5 cruise.

 

[Biker19]

1 hour ago, Merion_Mom said:

 

Odd.  There used to be five.  

As the pic above shows, I think the norm was four - that's the number of network drops I saw. On the 12/12 sailing, they removed the fourth one (the one left of the printer) and moved the printer to the empty space to the right of the right most workstation.

 

Biker, who confirmed that the hardwired network drops in the library won't provide a connection to a personal device while working 5 days there.

[Another_Critic]

2 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Biker, who confirmed that the hardwired network drops in the library won't provide a connection to a personal device while working 5 days there.

So post whoring is considered work?  😜

[Biker19]

1 minute ago, Another_Critic said:

So post whoring is considered work?  😜

It was difficult to keep the post whoring in check while doing real work.

 

Biker, who plans to cut back on "work days" on the next cruise.