Rare trbarton Posted November 5, 2022 #76 Share Posted November 5, 2022 On 11/2/2022 at 8:32 AM, HBCcruiser said: Well, I debated doing this LIVE thread for several reasons but thought that there might be some people out there who are considering booking the Sky Suite or who may want to know more about the experience. Also, I have heard that the Wi-Fi (or total lack thereof) is a total NIGHTMARE on this ship. How can that be? It is a new ship!! In this day and age having decent the Wi-Fi should be a given IMO. Where is Musk when you need him? I guess we shall see how it goes. I invite other passengers on this cruise to chime in along the way. The more the merrier I always say! I am starting this thread a bit early so you can ask me any questions up front. That way, I can try to answer them before the Wi-Fi goes bye-bye. We shall see how it goes. If you do not hear from me for a day or so once I board you know why. Itinerary Cruise 1 (Sky Suite): Nov. 5 – Board in LA (cell service but sometimes does not work well in LA port) Nov. 6 – Sea Day (probably no internet) Nov. 7 – Cabo (cell service) Nov. 8 – Cabo (cell service) Nov. 9 – Sea Day (no internet expected) Nov. 10 – Back in LA – Cruise #2 – No Sky Suite Nov. 11 – San Diego (cell service) Nov. 12 – Sea Day – (probably no internet) Nov. 13 – Ensenada – (cell service) Nov. 14 – Back to LA and work reality This cruise will be a B2B starting with a 5-day Cabo overnight in the Sky Suite with my DH and BIL, followed by me sailing solo for the first time (yikes!) in what started as a mini suite but due to a recent upgrade bid is now an S4 for a 4-day Comedy-themed California Coastal cruise. The first cruise was booked using FCCs from multiple COVID cancellations. My DH and I are limited to how many vacation days we get, and at the time we needed to use up our COVID FCCs by December 2022. This cruise plus an upcoming December ’22 CB Panama Canal cruise will use up all our FCCs. When I booked this cruise the price for the Sky Suite was not bad – especially compared to what NCL Haven Suites and Royal Caribbean Star Class suites sell for. The second leg was booked using my teacher discount. My awesome TA was able to combine some additional discounts making this cruise impossible to pass up. I booked a midship mini suite with the discount and did not have to pay the single supplement fee. Nice. With Veteran’s Day falling during this cruise, I did not have to use another vacation day. Two months before the cruise I decided to try out the new upgrade system and put lowish bids on a few categories of suites. Three weeks prior to the cruise I received the “Sorry, you did not win...” emails for all but one bid. Thirty minutes later I received the “Yay…” email for the S4. Super fun! DH and I love Cabo and have traveled there both by cruise ship and by air many times. My BIL has never been, so we plan on showing him some of our favorite haunts and doing one private excursion with him – a sunset sail where we will hopefully see some whales. I was just off the Discovery & the internet was terrible. I would give it a big F so don’t be surprised. Tom😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbypiggy Posted November 5, 2022 #77 Share Posted November 5, 2022 I am on Discovery now. We forwarded 1 hour at 2 a.m. of Nov.2. We are to backward 1 hour at 2 a.m. (Nov. 5). Estimated time of arrival in L.A. is 6:15 a.m. tomorrow (Nov. 5). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sailing12Away Posted November 5, 2022 #78 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Enjoy the trip, looking forward to living vicariously through you and @CptBoatface the week after when his trip sails. Our first West coast trip is coming up in February with @oteixeira so I'm looking for hints/tips for the must see/do things on that side of the ocean. Today we're headed to a cask beer festival, so will definitely put a few back in our beloved 🐀's honor. It's just not the same with him gone 😞 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HBCcruiser Posted November 5, 2022 Author #79 Share Posted November 5, 2022 29 minutes ago, Sailing12Away said: It's just not the same with him gone I agree. I just read through our Live review when we sailed together on AOS. His posts were cracking me up! 😂 We had a fun time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HBCcruiser Posted November 5, 2022 Author #80 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Time to cruise! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare azbirdmom Posted November 5, 2022 #81 Share Posted November 5, 2022 12 hours ago, omynameistaken said: You will probably be given a choice of days and a time. They offered us sun-wed 5:00 or 7:45. We chose the 8th at 5pm Interesting that they are doing two of these each night but I guess that will increase revenue when they start charging for it. Our's was at 7:30 a week ago Friday and it lasted 2 hours. Interested in hearing what others think about it but I am glad they are giving several CC'ers the opportunity to experience it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HBCcruiser Posted November 5, 2022 Author #82 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Headed to the port! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsSoCalCruiser Posted November 5, 2022 #83 Share Posted November 5, 2022 21 minutes ago, HBCcruiser said: Headed to the port! I am looking forward to following along. Safe travels and enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsSoCalCruiser Posted November 5, 2022 #84 Share Posted November 5, 2022 On 11/2/2022 at 4:08 PM, cr8tiv1 said: How can the internet/wifi be so bad on the same itinerary but a different ship? Shouldn't the Discovery have a better/improved system than the "oldER" Grand Princess? I guess I am just happy to have better internet/wifi than what I get at home (think DSL/step above dial up). Princess needs to get their act together if they want to attract the younger crowd who relies on high. speed internet for remote work or other social media. I was on a Royal Caribbean SoCal cruise in both August and September. The Internet was extremely slow and the TVs never worked. This was a ship wide problem. Customer service told me that it was due to the new 5G towers interfering. I wondered if they were telling me the truth but I think they were now that people are complaining on other ships. I was on the inaugural and the second sailing of the Discovery Princess and never had a problem with the Internet. So something has definitely changed. Are the televisions working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonlady6390 Posted November 5, 2022 #85 Share Posted November 5, 2022 As I'm reading these posts it's hard to believe a week ago today I got off the discovery and on my way to lax. I was on for the love boat theme cruise with the cast of the series. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HBCcruiser Posted November 5, 2022 Author #86 Share Posted November 5, 2022 We met Vanessa and got escorted onboard. What a sweet lady! We have been drinking bubbles and enjoying this amazing suite! Wow! 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HBCcruiser Posted November 5, 2022 Author #87 Share Posted November 5, 2022 At GS bar. Time to drink!! Smells Sky; 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HBCcruiser Posted November 5, 2022 Author #88 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Barbados swizzler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HBCcruiser Posted November 5, 2022 Author #89 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Need Food! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cr8tiv1 Posted November 5, 2022 #90 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Beautiful first photos. I am going to enjoy cruising along. Wish I were there. Heck...wish I was IN YOUR Sky Suite! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HBCcruiser Posted November 5, 2022 Author #91 Share Posted November 5, 2022 21 minutes ago, cr8tiv1 said: Beautiful first photos. I am going to enjoy cruising along. Wish I were there. Heck...wish I was IN YOUR Sky Suite! It would be fun! Next Time😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HBCcruiser Posted November 5, 2022 Author #92 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Great lunch!! pasta was 10 out of 10 forks! Silverado in the House!!! 😍 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbar Posted November 5, 2022 #93 Share Posted November 5, 2022 That boarding was probably the most pleasant compared to the last 3 times I've left from San Pedro. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HBCcruiser Posted November 5, 2022 Author #94 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Hitting the bars before sail away 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted November 5, 2022 #95 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Were you in the Club Class dining room for lunch - hence the CC on the napkins? We're new to the Royal Class ship so I hope to learn more about suite perks as our upcoming sailing is in a Penthouse on the Enchanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare azbirdmom Posted November 5, 2022 #96 Share Posted November 5, 2022 52 minutes ago, shirazcruiser said: Were you in the Club Class dining room for lunch - hence the CC on the napkins? We're new to the Royal Class ship so I hope to learn more about suite perks as our upcoming sailing is in a Penthouse on the Enchanted. CC = Club Class which is where you'll be able to dine evenings (and lunch on sea days). You can also have breakfast there but Sabatini's is a little quieter and reserved exclusively for suite guests with mimosas and specialty coffees included during the suite breakfasts. They have a slightly different menu but they can make anything within reason for breakfast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare azbirdmom Posted November 5, 2022 #97 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Bon voyage! Enjoy the beautiful Discovery Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted November 5, 2022 #98 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Just now, azbirdmom said: CC = Club Class which is where you'll be able to dine evenings (and lunch on sea days). Thanks for responding...Love Suite breakfast in Sabatinis. We only sail in suites, but haven't sailed on the Royal Class ships and we're sailing 21 days on our upcoming Enchanted sailing. I was hoping to learn some new hints on the R Class before sailing. It seems the Concierge Lounge is similar to the Celebrity Retreat and RCCL Suite Lounge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted November 5, 2022 #99 Share Posted November 5, 2022 1 hour ago, shirazcruiser said: Were you in the Club Class dining room for lunch - hence the CC on the napkins? We're new to the Royal Class ship so I hope to learn more about suite perks as our upcoming sailing is in a Penthouse on the Enchanted. All ships have CC dining for full suites and club class mini suites not just Royal class ships 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted November 5, 2022 #100 Share Posted November 5, 2022 2 hours ago, HBCcruiser said: Great lunch!! pasta was 10 out of 10 forks! Silverado in the House!!! 😍 This embarkation lunch menu had not changed in years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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