Live from Indy with UDP - 6/17/22 - 6/20/22 🍔🍺

[John&LaLa]

2 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

Exactly how I feel but I'm 26 days out from a B2B on Indy. Also still waiting on official GTY assignments and RoyalUp bids for both halves... and of course the covid test.

 

I need more live reports to help fill the time! What ship you going on, Molly?

 

Mike, meet Ellen.

 

Molly was her dog

[John&LaLa]

1 minute ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

Thanks for bringing us!

 

Greatly appreciate the specific info I may have asked for along the way btw. I've been on Oasis-class for so long, I felt like I had forgotten what Freedom class was like.

 

Same here, but Voyager ships are similar

[OCSC Mike]

Just now, John&LaLa said:

 

Mike, meet Ellen.

 

Molly was her dog

 

D'oh! That's what I get for trying to jump in and hang with the big time posters.

 

Hi Ellen. My bad. 🙈

[John&LaLa]

Just now, OCSC Mike said:

 

D'oh! That's what I get for trying to jump in and hang with the big time posters.

 

Hi Ellen. My bad. 🙈

 

We all learn. It's a process😉

 

How about some dinner pics

[OCSC Mike]

Just now, John&LaLa said:

Same here, but Voyager ships are similar

 

Yep, used to know Voyager class well, then sailed on Freedom once when she was in PC. It was pretty much Oasis class ever since.

[molly361]

13 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

Exactly how I feel but I'm 26 days out from a B2B on Indy. Also still waiting on official GTY assignments and RoyalUp bids for both halves... and of course the covid test.

 

I need more live reports to help fill the time! What ship you going on, Molly?

Mariner 

Edited June 19, 2022 by molly361

[OCSC Mike]

2 minutes ago, molly361 said:

Mariner 

 

Hope the remaining time passes quickly with no hiccups!

 

Anecdote no one will care about coming...

 

Fond memories of going on Mariner for my 5th anniversary in 2007. There was a random song that they played so often in so many venues it got stuck in our heads. It happened to be called "Love Today" and has been wife's ringtone for me for to this day.

 

 

[John&LaLa]

Carbonara 

 

Perfectly poached egg for a gastronomical explosion 

 

Osobuco

 

It just fell apart with a fork. So tender, great sauce, al dente veggies, and a sublime polenta

 

The aftermath. Need to save room for dessert

 

Tiramisu and coffee. Perfect combination.

 

And what ties it together?

 

A digestive of course😁

Limoncello to be specific🍋

Saluti 🇮🇹

 

Seriously, the best meal of the trip 😋 

 

Edited June 19, 2022 by John&LaLa

[John&LaLa]

6 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

Hope the remaining time passes quickly with no hiccups!

 

Anecdote no one will care about coming...

 

Fond memories of going on Mariner for my 5th anniversary in 2007. There was a random song that they played so often in so many venues it got stuck in our heads. It happened to be called "Love Today" and has been wife's ringtone for me for to this day.

 

 

 

Remember it well. Always played in the theater. 2008 for us. Right before she left

https://youtu.be/AWiccrTB4LM

 

[John&LaLa]

BTW, Limoncello came from Plaza Bar. Need to stop by and see whay brand

[Ocean Boy]

15 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Carbonara 

 

Perfectly poached egg for a gastronomical explosion 

 

Osobuco

 

It just fell apart with a fork. So tender, great sauce, al dente veggies, and a sublime polenta

 

The aftermath. Need to save room for dessert

 

Tiramisu and coffee. Perfect combination.

 

And what ties it together?

 

A digestive of course😁

Limoncello to be specific🍋

Saluti 🇮🇹

 

Seriously, the best meal of the trip 😋 

 

Salute!

[OCSC Mike]

12 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Remember it well. Always played in the theater. 2008 for us. Right before she left

https://youtu.be/AWiccrTB4LM

 

Holy crap. I guess, they never stopped playing it. Can't believe that was such a clear memory to you.

 

My wife actually bought the album when we got home.

[FromSea2ShiningSea]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

In Giovanni's 

Carbonara

Osobubuco

Bread with olive oil, balsamic, and Parmigiano 

Did I choose wisely?

 

I was going to say...Indeed, you chose wisely!...Except for the bread.

[OCSC Mike]

16 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Seriously, the best meal of the trip 😋

 

There had to be a reason a cheapskate like me who is perfectly content in the WJ pays for it. Happy to hear it was so good!

[John&LaLa]

18 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

Holy crap. I guess, they never stopped playing it. Can't believe that was such a clear memory to you.

 

My wife actually bought the album when we got home.

 

iTunes 😉

[FromSea2ShiningSea]

30 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

Fond memories of going on Mariner for my 5th anniversary in 2007. There was a random song that they played so often in so many venues it got stuck in our heads. It happened to be called "Love Today" and has been wife's ringtone for me for to this day.

 

 

 

22 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Remember it well. Always played in the theater. 2008 for us. Right before she left

https://youtu.be/AWiccrTB4LM

 

Lol.  Thanks for the memories of this song.  We had it on our ship (I don't remember which ship) mainly in the theater every night.  It was a fun, catchy tune with a good beat.  I'd started singing along.  It would be stuck in my head.  I searched and found the song on Google.  Have had it on my phone for years.  Was very careful not to delete it.  Lol.  And ever since then, every time when I'm in the theater on a ship, I would wonder if they'd play that song.

[John&LaLa]

17 minutes ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

I was going to say...Indeed, you chose wisely!...Except for the bread.

 

Usually do butter, but when in Rome 😉

[la_croisiere_s'amuse]

35 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Carbonara 

 

Perfectly poached egg for a gastronomical explosion 

Ossobuco

It just fell apart with a fork. So tender, great sauce, al dente veggies, and a sublime polenta

 

The aftermath. Need to save room for dessert

 

Tiramisu and coffee. Perfect combination.

And what ties it together?

A digestive of course😁

Limoncello to be specific🍋

Saluti 🇮🇹

 

 

Seriously, the best meal of the trip 😋 

 

Sembra buonissimo tutto quanto! Full disclosure, I still can't wrap my head around what we call carbonara ... but that's a "me" issue. 😁 Glad you enjoyed!!

[John&LaLa]

19 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

There had to be a reason a cheapskate like me who is perfectly content in the WJ pays for it. Happy to hear it was so good!

 

Get this, tonight was Italian in the Jammer 🤣

 

Make your own pasta 

 

Pre made faforites as well

Chicken Parm

Spaghetti Bolognese

Eggplant Parm

Even Tiramisu 

 

Plaza Limoncello 

Need to find it back home

[John&LaLa]

Obligatory boarding photo

[John&LaLa]

Pretty quiet in VCL

 

Lovely night, guess I missed sunset

 

Balcony view

 

Current location

Just south of Freeport 

Edited June 20, 2022 by John&LaLa

[John&LaLa]

Forgot to add that my server was Iuliana from Romania, and Giovanni's mgr was Marco.

 

Yep, he's Italian😁

 

And my preliminary folio only shows the one tip at Fish & Ships. 👍

 

Todays supplemental tips haven't posted yet. Final bill should be about $40

Edited June 20, 2022 by John&LaLa

[la_croisiere_s'amuse]

3 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Forgot to add that my server was Iuliana from Romania, and Giovanni's mgr was Marco.

 

Yep, he's Italian😁

I wonder what he thinks about serving carbonara without incorporating the egg ...  😂

[OCSC Mike]

1. Not sure if everyone remembering it makes that song less or more special to me now, lol.

 

2. I actually knew it was Italian night in WJ. We booked Giovanni’s for night 3 even though it will likely be Italian night, which my picky wife would obviously enjoy. Cook to order pasta is one of her go-to’s. It was either that night or the 1st night of the 2nd half of the B2B & that Monday night in Giovanni’s wasn’t accepting reservations, period. I even called to ask if it was a glitch or if some giant party bought out the whole restaurant or something. Seemed very odd but was told it’s just full.

 

Anyway, from your limited WJ pics, looks like we’ll be fine on those other nights, so glad you posted them.

[John&LaLa]

1 minute ago, la_croisiere_s'amuse said:

I wonder what he thinks about serving carbonara without incorporating the egg ...  😂

 

I like breaking it on top

 

First time I had it was on Princess in the 90's

 

Head Waiter prepared it tableside

Had peas in it