Live Cruising Review Edge 4/3/2022 - 4/10/2022. Plenty of pictures!

[BennyBrun]

Day 6 Cyprus MDR Lobster Night!

[perfect match]

2 hours ago, BennyBrun said:

It’s my best pal Zoltar!!!  Hello Zoltar!  Please take good care of him… I will see him in two weeks!  Have a great cruise and enjoy yourself!

Refresh my memory please, Benny. I know you’ve mentioned it before, but you have so many cruises booked that I can’t keep track. What ship are you going to be on in two weeks? Thanks.

[SNJCruisers]

6 hours ago, BennyBrun said:

Day 6 Cyprus MDR Lobster Night!

Just a snack....4 appetizers, 4 lobster tails, only 2 desserts and is that sea bass?   Benny from Eden and Raw on Five earlier this week is laughing at you.  You'll have to redeem yourself tonight at Fine Cut. 😉

[mac_tlc]

7 hours ago, BennyBrun said:

Day 7 The Knights … Loved this production … must see!  I know Royal started this labeling thing about signature entertainer… this should definitely be a signature headliner !

We felt the same way last week ! Glad you enjoyed it. I almost went back for t second show too.

[BennyBrun]

6 hours ago, perfect match said:

Refresh my memory please, Benny. I know you’ve mentioned it before, but you have so many cruises booked that I can’t keep track. What ship are you going to be on in two weeks? Thanks.

Hahahaha… If all goes well I will be boarding Oasis of the Seas out of NJ 5/1 followed by Adventure of the Seas out of NJ 5/12.  Not quite a back to back because there will be a 4 day break in between.

[BennyBrun]

1 hour ago, SNJCruisers said:

Just a snack....4 appetizers, 4 lobster tails, only 2 desserts and is that sea bass?   Benny from Eden and Raw on Five earlier this week is laughing at you.  You'll have to redeem yourself tonight at Fine Cut. 😉

Hahahaha… the Sea Bass at Cyprus is Specialty restaurants good!  Best service and best food by far!  I am going to try but it’s buffet extravaganza today at Oceanview 😮 

[BennyBrun]

1 hour ago, mac_tlc said:

We felt the same way last week ! Glad you enjoyed it. I almost went back for t second show too.

If it wasn’t for that darn lobster 🦞 tail dinner I would have gone back.  By the time I got out it was time for silent disco!

[BennyBrun]

Day 6 Silent Disco

 

Lewis the cruise director is absolutely amazing!  The entertainment onboard the Edge is spectacular!  I have never been to a silent disco that’s hosted like this.  He turned it into a competition with APEX and did a live video with the other cruise director.  So much fun!

[paddy1112]

What is the point of a silent disco?

[kwokpot]

9 minutes ago, BennyBrun said:

Day 6 Silent Disco

 

Lewis the cruise director is absolutely amazing!  The entertainment onboard the Edge is spectacular!  I have never been to a silent disco that’s hosted like this.  He turned it into a competition with APEX and did a live video with the other cruise director.  So much fun!

Wow,looks like pre-pandemic crowds. That's great. The drawback of reduced occupancy on cruises since the restart is the lack of energy during nightclub events. You need a certain amount of people to generate the energy for a successful nightclub experience.

[kwokpot]

1 minute ago, paddy1112 said:

What is the point of a silent disco?

A shared dancing and music experience.

[joand452]

20 hours ago, 3ITTravelers said:

Thank you so much for sharing your vacation with us!  I really appreciate all the info on St. Maarten. My family & I will be there for a cruise stop in June for the first time. We’ve missed it twice - once due to Irma and once due to Covid. I’m trying to figure out something to do, and the excursions we would want are full through the ship (we’ll be on Mariner of the Seas). Did Presidential Tours do a good job?

We used Bernard's Tours, booked as part of our roll call group.  I did a brief search and came up with this:  Bernard's Tours: Tours and Tickets - Tripadvisor

[BennyBrun]

28 minutes ago, paddy1112 said:

What is the point of a silent disco?

You can listen to your own music and dance to your own tunes with other dancers but still preserve “quiet” for other cruisers at Grand Plaza.  It’s quite fun to watch people and also participate!

[BennyBrun]

31 minutes ago, kwokpot said:

Wow,looks like pre-pandemic crowds. That's great. The drawback of reduced occupancy on cruises since the restart is the lack of energy during nightclub events. You need a certain amount of people to generate the energy for a successful nightclub experience.

On the APEX there were still lacking participants which is why we won 😆 

[BennyBrun]

Day 7 Sea Day

 

Tuscan Elite Breakfast 

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Day 7 

 

Oceanview Extravaganza 

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Day 7 Oceanview 

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Day 7 Oceanview 

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Day 7 Oceanview 

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Day 7 Sea Day

 

The Covid count after random testing of 424 crew… 18 positive cases isolating and 5 guests all in good health and looked after by the medical team per the captain!

[Imoutahere]

Benny, thanks for all the photos. We are on the same cruise but our experience has not been a duplicate of yours. We ate in a different MDR each night with anytime dining. Went to different excursions in the ports on of call. No FOMO here, as we got to see through your eyes too. Thanks for sharing your vacation.

[BennyBrun]

1 hour ago, Imoutahere said:

Benny, thanks for all the photos. We are on the same cruise but our experience has not been a duplicate of yours. We ate in a different MDR each night with anytime dining. Went to different excursions in the ports on of call. No FOMO here, as we got to see through your eyes too. Thanks for sharing your vacation.

I hope you had a great cruise!

[BennyBrun]

Day 7 

 

So I had a good idea… instead of a snack at Oceanview I went to Cyprus for a snack today… much better experience and better snack!

 

The hot cheese is not to be missed!

[CruiseDoc79]

On 4/8/2022 at 10:47 AM, BennyBrun said:

Day 6 

 

So far I enjoy the Edge, it’s a beautiful ship and the crew interaction has been great.  Although I have to say it is very compartmentalized.  You don’t get that relationship you get at M / S class ships.   It’s a different experience and I feel like they are moving more towards Royal Caribbean with the E class ships and Royals newest Oasis Class is moving towards the E Class ship on Celebrity.  Not sure that’s a good thing but when you are under one umbrella things are bound to merge a bit and I not a fan of this movement.  The ship is phenomenal and the entertainment has been amazing (Oasis class variety and quality) the crew are cordial and pleasant but not like on the M / S class ships where they always want to do more for you without asking and that personal touch.

We had a similar feeling on Edge. Loved the ship and had a great time, but something felt missing with crew interactions somehow.  It was difficult to pin down but we have had better experiences with crew on other Celebrity ships, including Apex.