LIVE Norwaylady sails on Edge World Cruise from Rome to Singapore 30.10 to 25.11.23 , 26.night

[chemmo]

Thank you for your review so far!

 

Please try to get a picture of ‘Mr’ face when he enters your next room!

 

 

[Norwaylady]

12 minutes ago, chemmo said:

Thank you for your review so far!

 

Please try to get a picture of ‘Mr’ face when he enters your next room!

 

 

You should seen his face last time on Edge🤣🤣🤣

 

When we did Edge in 2019 I had booked b2b (this lady is not flying halfway around the world to sail 7-days on a cruise after a long 🥶 winter… it’s just to short) 

Mr didn’t know we where doing b2b. 
He tough we had a cruise and a week in Miami area. 
 

I booked Edge the second it was open for booking, so I just booked online what I could get b2b during the Easter and for once, I didn’t look 👀 on the price🫣💸it was way over my price point.🐣. But we wanted to try the new ship, since it was completely different from S/M-class. 
So that’s why we ended up in a porthole balcony…. It’s was possible to stay in the same location for both sailings. 
 

On this sailing we lost our luggage on the way… we had a short connection in Vienna and the bags didn’t make it to MIA😵‍💫

So we had to do a detour to Dolphin Mall on the way to our hotel before our cruise the next day🤪🤪🤪

The ship did an excellent job to get our bags to the ship at first port of call. 
(only hilarious thing was that Mr had to go to customs together by the port agent to pick up the bags and they did a visual inspection of them… so he needed to lift up all my underwear, everything😂😂) 

 

I allied by our stateroom attendant, so the letter of b2b meeting was delivered straight to me and I asked him to please put a set of usual tags and departure letter on the bed. 
 

Mr had no clue….

The evening before departure, Mr was a bit stressed…. Seriously 😐 are you not going to pack the suitcases??? 
We need to prepare them….

 

That look on his face when I said we are staying for another week 🙂🥹🤣🤣🤣 it was just 🤣🤣🤣

I gave him the envelope of transit cards and said don’t worry! We have plenty of time to pack😂😂😂

 

So a very happy camper was leaving for dinner and a show that evening🥰 

 

 

[Norwaylady]

 

2 happy campers on Edge 15. April 2019 Key West. Crossing fingers for luggage arrival during our first port of call😇 (the bags arrived 15.minutes before departure of the ship😅) 

 

Wearing our new outfit from the super quick shopping stop before boarding day😂😂

[vickykay]

Alexandra, so very much agree with you regarding the infinite balconies.  We were on a Caribbean cruise shortly after cruising opened up after Covid ( 600 passengers, 800 crew, no crowds in the Oceanview cafe!) on the Apex.  We also thought great “balcony” for the Baltics, Iceland, etc. but really missed a real balcony in the Caribbean. Also agree it’s you about the bathroom locks.  Have traveled often to Europe and have always loved the European locks with the red and green.  Can’t wait to hear about your husband’s reaction to the retreat.  Enjoy the rest of your journey.

[KKB]

5 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

 

So I will stick to my porthole veranda or sunset verandas✔️ (you know el cheapo me will not book suites unless we get a great deal😜😅🤓) 

I will seriously consider booking a window stateroom on Edge class in the front instead of an infinity veranda. (We did see one on a stateroom tour we had during our first Edge cruise, great window) 

 

I am the 3rd class of IV opinions: ambivalent. But we are pretty much that way about balconies in general!

 

IF you do book OV on Edge class--there are THREE different types of windows depending on the category. Smaller window (larger than porthole), Medium window & then the top category is basically an IV that doesn't open--the extra space for chairs & floor to ceiling windows.

It appears we won our upgrade from INT to OV on Beyond next month...will be curious which one we get!

 

Very much enjoying your TR...We had seriously looked at this B2B2B2B. 

Various circumstances said not this year...living vicariously thru u! 

Edited November 6, 2023 by KKB

[Norwaylady]

We went for Barbie🩷

I sent Mr off to Rooftop Garden to get us a good seat. Cleaver choice of me🤩

Before we moved to movie viewing, the walked around giving out raspberry sorbet 🍧 (I have seen them daily walking ice cream;) 

 

The garden was packed and people where  laying on the floor on towels and seated on the loose chairs belong to the restaurant. 

 

Before Barbie it was Pool deck entertainment, Tug of War. 

Crew representing their department/team…

 

 

 

 

Let’s just say you know who onboard that do lots of heavy lifting😂😂😂

 

After Barbie we wanted a little snack, I was to hungry to go all the way until dinner… (since we hadn’t had lunch) 

 

We took some pizza on the terrace. 

As we sat outside, we suddenly had at least 15 dolphins straight out from us. Really happy for seeing them jumping around🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬

 

After the snack stop we headed downstairs. 

Today’s canapés: 

[KKB]

1 minute ago, Norwaylady said:

We went for Barbie🩷

I sent Mr off to Rooftop Garden to get us a good seat. Cleaver choice of me🤩

Before we moved to movie viewing, the walked around giving out raspberry sorbet 🍧 (I have seen them daily walking ice cream;) 

 

The garden was packed and people where  laying on the floor on towels and seated on the loose chairs belong to the restaurant. 

 

Before Barbie it was Pool deck entertainment, Tug of War. 

Crew representing their department/team…

 

 

 

 

OOOOH--I HOPE Barbie is showing on the Beyond next month.

Our sons & daughter all very much enjoyed it & felt we will too.

Your thoughts?

[Norwaylady]

15 minutes ago, KKB said:

OOOOH--I HOPE Barbie is showing on the Beyond next month.

Our sons & daughter all very much enjoyed it & felt we will too.

Your thoughts?

It’s a fun movie🤣🤣🤣

Really enjoyed it! 
Mr & a lot of other men was laughing loud during the movie😂😂😂

🩷 Go Barbie🩷

[Norwaylady]

Tonight’s show is illusionist/magic/comedy Vinny Grosso. 

 

Shoe emergency 👡👡👡🚨 😅😱😵‍💫🚨 Guiseppe!!! This is made in Italy 🇮🇹🤌🏻

 

I was walking in the staircase from deck 12 to 11 and what happened🙈🙈🙈

Mamma Mia😩 

Captain Matt, you need to speed up! 

We need to go shopping in Dubai😩🤩💸👠

 

So Mr continued onward downstairs and I went upstairs to get another pair of shoes…

The black ones🩷

 

We started our evening in Al Bacio. 

Charlie was playing in Grand Foyer😊 He is really talented and gets the mood up a notch or two🥰

Around 20.minutes before the show, we moved to the theatre. 

 

The show was magic comedy🤣🤩

Mr Grosso did a great job. Hands up 🙌🏻 for he’s “volunteering” guests on stage. They had to “work” for their evening😝

 

 

[JDPCruisers]

On 11/1/2023 at 4:37 PM, hcat said:

what you have seems  very ideal..

 

mine are from.  Amazon..they are soft inserts and are supposed to let one hear conversation but block out loud sound..I am very sound sensitive..hoping this helps!

 

food looks and sounds very good!

Mind sharing what brand as I'm in the market for noise cancelling/lessening ear plugs.

[Cap_D]

4 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

Before we moved to movie viewing, the walked around giving out raspberry sorbet 🍧 (I have seen them daily walking ice cream;) 

Small things like this make for a fun vacation experience.  And, considering the movie was Barbie and the sorbet is kind of pinkish, I'm inclined to give Celebrity credit for giving that some thought.  Great to hear.   

[upwarduk]

13 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

Just don’t tell Mr that we move into The retreat on next part of our journey🤫 he still doesn’t know. He thinks we just move to another location in an infinity veranda as planned from the beginning🤫

So, don’t the Retreat have Infinite verandah’s?

[Wookie01]

45 minutes ago, upwarduk said:

So, don’t the Retreat have Infinite verandah’s?

Nope, suites have traditional verandahs 🙂

[Norwaylady]

Tonight’s dinner was in Tuscan. 

We where seated and served by table: 

 

The menu tonight is rather limited for those wanting fish or don’t fancy pork… This is partially the same for yesterdays menu. 

 

it’s very boring and limited. So 2 weak dinner sets after each other…. 

Hopefully the new sets will be better😇 

 

We hade the best neighbours on the table next to us😂😂😂😂 Mr & Mrs Bucket…. Or as Hyacinth would say: Bouquet! 

Mr & I almost said it synchronised after we where seated😂😂

“Mr Richard “ was on the phone clicking the entire dinner, saying 3 words during the entire time…. And Hyacinth was sitting there just clicking, shooting in some questions. 

 

Back to dinner service🤓

Mr wanted Caesar salad, shrimp soup and the duo pork. 

 

I went for arugula salad and shrimp soup. 

 

Salad was good and arrived quickly on the table. 

 

 

Our soup was delayed. A supervisor came by and said they needed to make a new batch… it will arrive… 

What supervisor didn’t understand/get was that I had soup as main course and Mr as a starter….

 

2.minutes later, the soup arrived. 

 

After eating the soup, Mr had his main course. 

 

Mr said the main course of pork duo was good. It was juicy and tasty. 

 

For dessert, we had some ice cream. 

We ordered coffee, Mr had a cappuccino and I had a espresso macchiato (you know that petite cup…😝) 

 

Mr’s cappuccino was perfect! Really perfect, fluffy foam and soft. Really good. 

But mine was not an espresso macchiato in any ways….

🇮🇹 Guiseppe🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻 You need to do a show, how to make Italian coffee☕️ 

 

After dinner we ended the evening🥱😴

[Norwaylady]

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[DaKahuna]

Cannot wait to hear your and Mr.'s review of the food in Luminae.  The only Edge class sailing we have done was on Edge in February 2020 and we liked Luminae but were disappointed that we could not order from the MDR menu's as well.  The nights the menu was not to our liking we made reservations at a Speciality restaurant. One night we could not get a reservation so ended up having dinner in on of the MDR's, I believe it was Tuscan but was good, not as good as what we have in Luminae but good none the less. 

 

[Norwaylady]

So, I was awake around 07.00. 

I started the day by the newspaper on the bed. 

Around 08.00 I went up to go for a walk.

Then Mr jumped out of bed🤗 HELLO 👋🏻 are you up??? 🤭

 

Well, now you just have to wait, I will go for a walk. You can walk together by me or relax in bed…..

Mr choose bed🤭😅

 

So I went out and did my walking tour. It was not a full speed walk. My leg and back only allowed 75% of speed. So not complaining🙃 I can at least go for a full walk session😇

 

So today was breakfast outside on the OceanView terrace. (My own fault… had I known he was early up, I had walked earlier🤪) 

Mr had his usual omelette, herring and bread….

 

Today it’s lots of options of entertainment, events on. 

Something tells me it will be a packed theatre 15.00 for Captain Matt & CD Giuseppe😁

 

I did some work things before I headed up for the sun deck. Mr ran off before me. 

I was up around 11.30 and plenty of seating available around the ship. 

 

Now it’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy the day🥰😎⚓️

[Lena11033]

For your back, do you do any stretches or yoga? I have issues with my sciatic nerve and they help a lot

[hcat]

14 hours ago, JDPCruisers said:

Mind sharing what brand as I'm in the market for noise cancelling/lessening ear plugs.

"loop"  just google..amazon has many choices

[Norwaylady]

34 minutes ago, Lena11033 said:

For your back, do you do any stretches or yoga? I have issues with my sciatic nerve and they help a lot

Yes👍🏻 

I normally do stretching yoga and stretching out after my therapy pool sessions… I go 3x every week to the hot water pool for training 🏋️‍♀️ 

Its a very good way for me to keep my joints and back happy during the winter 🥶 

and when it’s on 🔥🔥🔥 I call my Physiotherapist for help. He has a full education as a physiotherapist and acupuncture education. So we have some tricks to calm it down🤓 

 

[Norwaylady]

15 hours ago, JDPCruisers said:

Mind sharing what brand as I'm in the market for noise cancelling/lessening ear plugs.

ACS Custom

 

https://www.acscustom.com/uk/

 

I order them home in Norway and they have partners to do the in-ear replica. Since they are fitted for your 👂🏻. 
You can decide colour, clear, in-ear sound, industrial use etc. 

[Lena11033]

2 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

Yes👍🏻 

I normally do stretching yoga and stretching out after my therapy pool sessions… I go 3x every week to the hot water pool for training 🏋️‍♀️ 

Its a very good way for me to keep my joints and back happy during the winter 🥶 

and when it’s on 🔥🔥🔥 I call my Physiotherapist for help. He has a full education as a physiotherapist and acupuncture education. So we have some tricks to calm it down🤓 

 

 

Good - my back has not been good this year I think a lot is to do with working from home and back to back meetings. I've had to start splitting up my day to walk and stretch. As you said winter is worse, although my winter is nothing like yours ❄️

We had snow once last winter, Christmas eve and then it melted 2 days later (no shovelling). But I do try and focus more in the winter on stretching my hips and lower back 

[hcat]

sometimes sturdy walking shoes can help..and the stretches are best!  

 

How are those new shoes doing..were they repaired?

Edited November 7, 2023 by hcat

[Norwaylady]

1 hour ago, hcat said:

sometimes sturdy walking shoes can help..and the stretches are best!  

 

How are those new shoes doing..were they repaired?

I’m very strict on shoes. 
My feet and back are Yes/No quickly🙃

And they have a excellent taste of 💸💸💸💸 brands😅😂 

 

My Italian shoes have past away to next life🪦 Super glue would not saved them🙈

I have had them for awhile…

The timing was just not great😵‍💫

[Norwaylady]

We had a relaxing time outside… 

Sunny and a little wind. So perfect for us😎

We had to attend CD Giuseppe & Captain Matt😄 

We went downstairs around 14.30 (last time it was packed) Picked up some coffee and some coconut macaroons. 

Today’s selection in Al Bacio

 

What I dislike heavy is the freezing 🥶 cold AC they use😵‍💫🥶🥶🥶 (It’s OceanView and the theatre specifically that are 🧊 🧊) 

Last show by Guiseppe & Captain Matt I looked like a ribbed chicken 🐓 

This time I had my wool socks and woollen poncho on🐑🐑🐑🥰 (you know what socks….❤️💚 ) 

 

The show did not disappoint😂😂😂

CD Guiseppe & Captain Matt are perfect for this format. 

Dom was time manager and “helper”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A really fun event and both Guiseppe and Captain Matt is “bjudar på” 😂😅🥳🤩🥰

They had a test… of specialty dinners…. Let’s just say Guiseppe had a blast to his tastebuds😋😝

The show was finished 15.55. 

 

Today’s canapés had arrived when we returned to our stateroom: