Sky princess Thanksgiving 2022; as live as it can be.

[KarmaCruisers]

Just got to our stateroom (11:30am); unfortunately this damn red eye from SFO got her at 8am; and they wouldn’t let us in the door until 10am!

we just finished watching the safety video and we’re heading down to muster station to “check in”.

here’s a list of the buffet specialities per night.

 

[Mittens101]

2 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Just got to our stateroom (11:30am); unfortunately this damn red eye from SFO got her at 8am; and they wouldn’t let us in the door until 10am!

we just finished watching the safety video and we’re heading down to muster station to “check in”.

here’s a list of the buffet specialities per night.

 

Enjoy we just departed from her his am

[voljeep]

Is that new - or have I just never have seen that buffet special menu?

[Mittens101]

7 minutes ago, Mittens101 said:

Enjoy we just departed from her his am

We didn’t get one on ours and we just got off

[CruzinNoony]

KarmaCruisers, I would love to see the officers that are on the Sky.  If you have a chance, could you please take a picture of the poster in the atrium by the elevator.  Thank you!!!

[KarmaCruisers]

4 hours ago, Mittens101 said:

Enjoy we just departed from her his am

lol if you took a large bus to leave; we watched you depart…we sat at those damn benches by the buses from 8:30 until 10!

[KarmaCruisers]

4 hours ago, voljeep said:

Is that new - or have I just never have seen that buffet special menu?

So it’s a new piece of paper..usually they have them on the Patter; but it’s a very tiny little blurb.

[KarmaCruisers]

2 hours ago, CruzinNoony said:

KarmaCruisers, I would love to see the officers that are on the Sky.  If you have a chance, could you please take a picture of the poster in the atrium by the elevator.  Thank you!!!

Will do.

[KarmaCruisers]

So, last we left you, we were out of our mind tired; having been up all night on a red-eye flight (left SFO at 11:30pm). We passed out and just woke up…only because the captain came over the in-room speaker and said due to traffic and 7 ships in port today, our sail-away is pushed back an hour. (I think originally was 4pm)

Our suitcase was outside our door; so i grabbed that.

Our Cabin stewardess is Daisy and she seems nice.

We’re in a BB-Balcony on Baja deck (haha all the B’s)

The wifi started out ok before we passed out, at ~2Mbps…however when I just looked it was more like 128Kbps 😞

need to get up and around and get some food as our “dinner”’each night is set for 7:30pm, except for one night we have a comped crown grille for 8:30pm (all we could get)

If I didn’t mention it before; cruising on Thanksgiving is a tradition for wife and I; going back to 2019; just us two in our party.

Won’t bore everyone with regular pictures of the ship (as you can find those anywhere); only cool things that happen

[avonlady6390]

I'm thinking the new buffet menu for the week might be to entice more people to go there instead of the mdr.  I was on the discovery last month full capacity and dining times in the dining room was about 2 hours so I'm thinking they may be short servers and that would help relieve that.  Also if you did not reserve dining reservations in the app ahead of time it will be hard to get reservations on board.  

[KarmaCruisers]

Ate at Alfredo’s to start 

Hawaiian pizza and minestrone for Kris

Alfredo’s salad and agnolotti for me

[Buckeye10640]

6 hours ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Just got to our stateroom (11:30am); unfortunately this damn red eye from SFO got her at 8am; and they wouldn’t let us in the door until 10am!

we just finished watching the safety video and we’re heading down to muster station to “check in”.

here’s a list of the buffet specialities per night.

 

I like that they are providing this. I have been on 3 different ships this year and have never seen it. Perhaps it is new? 

[Mittens101]

3 hours ago, KarmaCruisers said:

lol if you took a large bus to leave; we watched you depart…we sat at those damn benches by the buses from 8:30 until 10!

Nope was in a shuttle around 9am but waved as we went by lol please post food photos I love food porn😜

[Mittens101]

1 hour ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Ate at Alfredo’s to start 

Hawaiian pizza and minestrone for Kris

Alfredo’s salad and agnolotti for me

Me salivating 

[Peira]

Lucky you! We got off last Saturday. You have the absolute best Cruise Director we have ever come across, Matt Something-or-other. Matt, besides being a hoot, is incredibly friendly and his "Wake Show" is a must watch.

We were so impressed with him that we'd book a cruise simply because he's the CD.

[VibeGuy]

I have to admit, I’m inordinately impressed with the buffet feature sheet - I don’t make a habit of stalking the buffet, and it’s not always in the patter dining times section, but I really enjoy some of the feature stations and themes. 

[KarmaCruisers]

So..we missed MDR at 7:30..because we weren’t all THAT hungry yet..and because of casino, lol. I was absolutely killing it while my wife was getting killed just as bad. Started with $300 freeplay and cashed out $1000; while wife had the same freeplay but rebought for $300 in slots and $1000 on HeadsUp Hold Em, with nothing to show for it.

We just got to buffet for ramen 

[KarmaCruisers]

Well; here we are 3 hours later..penniless..but I put on a solid 6000 points onto my slot card. I lost my $1000 back; and Kris lost $300 more and called it quits (she lost the $300 QUICK after ramen; my $1000 lasted me until just now)

now back in the cabin..we’re ordering the best part of princess..free 24/7 room service (with actual food!)

ordered:

Cesar’s salad

PBJ

Grilled chicken tacos 

Chips & Guac

Egg McMuffin

Two sodas (which oddly show up as costing money; but maybe it just doesn’t link to the plus package smoothly

willl post pics when it gets here

 

Caution going forward..we’re gamblers so there will be copious gambling details and hopefully a few jackpot pictures (I seen four hit just tonight; and it’s only the damn first night!)

[KarmaCruisers]

Here’s the food

lol the tacos were gone immediately as was the McMuffin 

[KarmaCruisers]

Forgot to post this; but we actually took picture of first night dinner menu in the MDR.

[Coral]

16 hours ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Just got to our stateroom (11:30am); unfortunately this damn red eye from SFO got her at 8am; and they wouldn’t let us in the door until 10am!

we just finished watching the safety video and we’re heading down to muster station to “check in”.

here’s a list of the buffet specialities per night.

 

We didi not get this on the Emerald and it was not in the patter to my knowledge.

[phabric]

Following along

[c-boy]

[KarmaCruisers]

Haha after the late night room service we went comatose from 2:30am until 1:30pm hahaha 

got cleaned up and went down to Alfredo’s (only thing open)..WRONG! Full Up and line at least 40 deep.

So we’re up here at Salty Dog Grille grabbing something; it’s damn humid outside!

also the internet is utter garbage, at year 2000 ISDN speeds.

[KarmaCruisers]

Picture from our balcony