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

[Norwaylady]

So my day started 05.30 Italian 🕰️ time…

But the ship wanted us to go to Greek time during the night🤪🫡 according to the newspaper….

Really don’t get why? But captains order! Ai, Ai, Captain⚓️

So that meant +1h forward 06.30. 

My app didn’t show Greek time. (I did update but still Italy time) 

 

I read the newspaper online to wake up and decided to go for a walk outside on deck. Since Mr was all dead😴😴😴

 

So a hour of power walk was a great start! 

I meet several guests asking me, what time is it? Is it Greek or Italy time? 

Everyone had not received new time in app and on tv🙄 

 

I can report that the trees and flowers in the rooftop garden is real and all good🌳🌴🌱🌵🪴 Very happy for them🍁🍁🍁

 

On my way down I picked up some coffee in Al Bacio OceanView and went to wake up Mr and raise the blind…..

My was still sleeping 💤 (here is where the touch panel by the bathroom door comes in handy😁) 

Just push the button for morning and it’s a Rise & Shine to you🤩 

Good Morning Mr, this is your wake up call! 
 

 

After waiting for Mr and getting ready for breakfast we ended up in OceanView (YES, you know my hate object nr 1😵‍💫) 

Mr wanted to go there… what not to sacrifice for your loved one❤️

 

We meet housekeeping on our way, I asked what time are we on? 

He said it was an error in the newspaper yesterday. We are using Italy 🇮🇹 time today🤣🤣🤣

 

After arrival in a full OceanView they announced on the PA system: the time is Italy time 09.30😅🕰️

(Something tells me they had received lots of calls🤣🤣🤣) 

 

Mr was a happy camper, Omelett made to order, toasted bread, herring and oj🥰

I went for yoghurt and fruits. 

 

Today’s plan is Taormina. We have booked the shuttle/ tour Taormina on your own via X. 

We have visited before🥰 So no big plans, only having a good time🤩

[vickykay]

So very much enjoying your review.  We were supposed to spend five days in Rome last fall between cruises ( have been there once before) but husband needed back surgery and had to cancel 😢 so really loved and appreciated all your amazing photos! Can’t wait for the rest of your review.

Enjoy!

[upwarduk]

2 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

time? 

Everyone had not received new time in app and on tv

The telephone in your room will have the correct time.✅

We recently had to put our clocks forward for just one day on our Canaries/ Portugal/ Spanish cruise.
Vigo, Spain is 1 hour ahead of Portugal, which is the same as UK.

We were told the night before by Captain George that we didn’t have to do it if we didn’t want to, as the time would go back by 1 hour the following night, but it was just easier to be on Ship’s time, especially as we were leaving the port at 4PM.

Edited October 31, 2023 by upwarduk

[countess5]

18 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

As we opened our seapass cards, I asap discovered that I’m not registered as a captain’s club member😳

Mr had Elite and everything in order….

This may have been said before, you will need to go the Captains Club on your next leg to get new cards with your Elite Plus status. We had a change from Elite to Elite Plus during our winter cruising last year and the system is not updated to reflect your points by the next cruise. We were told it takes up to 2 weeks. I know they can look up your points on line ( showing points prior to the cruise you just completed),  however I took a screen shot of our points from the website and then went to Captains Club where they added the past cruise points and produced new cards for us. 

 

Cruise is going well so far, thanks again for sharing making me get excited for our winter cruising! 

 

Cheers! 

[Norwaylady]

1 hour ago, upwarduk said:

The telephone in your room will have the correct time.✅

We recently had to put our clocks forward for just one day on our Canaries/ Portugal/ Spanish cruise.
Vigo, Spain is 1 hour ahead of Portugal, which is the same as UK.

We were told the night before by Captain George that we didn’t have to do it if we didn’t want to, as the time would go back by 1 hour the following night, but it was just easier to be on Ship’s time, especially as we were leaving the port at 4PM.

Unfortunately our phone do not have a panel…. So no time🤣🤣 

 

But they “up speed” the time change by an error. So for Greece, it’s definitely a time change😉
So we follow Italy/European time✔️

[jelayne]

10 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

Are you on through Sydney? 

No getting off in Singapore.

[Norwaylady]

48 minutes ago, countess5 said:

This may have been said before, you will need to go the Captains Club on your next leg to get new cards with your Elite Plus status. We had a change from Elite to Elite Plus during our winter cruising last year and the system is not updated to reflect your points by the next cruise. We were told it takes up to 2 weeks. I know they can look up your points on line ( showing points prior to the cruise you just completed),  however I took a screen shot of our points from the website and then went to Captains Club where they added the past cruise points and produced new cards for us. 

 

Cruise is going well so far, thanks again for sharing making me get excited for our winter cruising! 

 

Cheers! 

😁 as of now we are all good! 
 

That’s why I had prepared a letter to Captain’s Club. So he/she is aware and can help us out to get it updated before the auto system deliver the points in 2 weeks time😉

Since we boarded this sailing at 741 and we will officially be on next level from Dubai. 
 

It’s not the underground of the world if it’s not fixed…. We get more laundry😂😂

 

 

[Norwaylady]

Our time before our tour was uneventful…

We went upstairs to the pool area. It was almost nobody there at 10.30….

 

So we took 2 loungers by the pool😎 we wanted to have a little sun and some downtime for reading before we are leaving for our tour. Nice to just lay down and just relax a bit🥰

 

I walked over to the spa, wanted to book a pedicure for tomorrow. 

Appointment is ✔️

 

Our tour has meeting time 14.45 in the theatre. 

 

At 13.00 we decided to go to lunch. 

We went to Eden. Mr wanted to eat there at the outdoor terrace. 

Both had the mushroom soup. I had tuna pita and Mr had a meat sandwich. 

All tasted excellent and nobody was hungry before departure for our tour….

(Bad timing, needed to charge both phones😂 so now food pictures😂) 

 

We are ready for our tour😎

 

Mr is having some entertainment while waiting for our tour🪝they are loading. 

 

[DaKahuna]

11 minutes ago, Norwaylady said:

Unfortunately our phone do not have a panel…. So no time🤣🤣 

 

But they “up speed” the time change by an error. So for Greece, it’s definitely a time change😉
So we follow Italy/European time✔️

 

I always look on the TV if I have a question on ship's time.  

 

[Norwaylady]

6 minutes ago, DaKahuna said:

 

I always look on the TV if I have a question on ship's time.  

 

I, know👍🏻 if in doubt, I always have a look there. 
 

I checked the tv and it was still showing Italy 🇮🇹 time… 

So I was 🤔 something is not completely correct😜

 

and a lot of people were 🤔🤔🤔

since this was in the cruise compass yesterday…

They posted it on wrong day😝

It’s a first for this error onboard for us😆

 

[DaKahuna]

38 minutes ago, Norwaylady said:

I, know👍🏻 if in doubt, I always have a look there. 
 

I checked the tv and it was still showing Italy 🇮🇹 time… 

So I was 🤔 something is not completely correct😜

 

and a lot of people were 🤔🤔🤔

since this was in the cruise compass yesterday…

 

They posted it on wrong day😝

It’s a first for this error onboard for us😆

 

 

 We had that happen to us before.  Fortunately, we ran into our Butler the night before who told us of the error so we did not wake up to the wrong time.  

 

[Jim_Iain]

2 hours ago, jelayne said:

No getting off in Singapore.

Darn.... I now remember you telling me that.   Hope you are enjoying the cruise.   Has anything changed on the interior -   e.g. new carpets and soft goods?

[upwarduk]

2 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

Unfortunately our phone do not have a panel…. So no time🤣🤣 

Oh sorry, there is on the Solstice class ships.
Obviously the more modern ships are not so modern.

[Norwaylady]

1 hour ago, Jim_Iain said:

Darn.... I now remember you telling me that.   Hope you are enjoying the cruise.   Has anything changed on the interior -   e.g. new carpets and soft goods?

 There are some carpets that are changed. They are now fluffy and loose “hair”. The carpet on deck 4 is like a cat in shredding season😂😂🐈🐈🐈

The other carpets in public has definitely been thru a deep clean. The colour is clear/strong and they are all soft to walk on😉

[theopup]

3 minutes ago, Norwaylady said:

The carpet on deck 4 is like a cat in shredding season😂😂🐈🐈🐈

Lol😂

[Travelexpert35]

I’m really enjoying your posts. Loved Taormina as it was lovely there just to walk around. Was wondering how you like your Infinite Verandah? Would love to get your thoughts on it.

[Norwaylady]

So our tour had meeting time 14.45 in the theatre. It’s 6 busses for Taormina by your self. 

We were on bus nr 4.

 

We were able to walk off the ship around 15.05. 

The traffic was bad already from the port. 

So we didn’t arrive Taormina until 16.35 parking area. 

So that means nobody would be able to visit the park or amfi theatre😔

I’m very sorry for all those people who never visited before❤️

We stayed 3-nights her and know what to see and do. 

Our return time from parking lot was 19.10. 
I really recommend doing a full island tour. It’s so easy to fill 14 days😅 

The pottery is amazing, I love them😍 (you see them in White 🪷 Lotus) 

So much to see… so little time😝

 

We had no big plans, go for a walk and Mr wanted a local 🍺 beer. 

We took the shopping streets, passing “White 🪷 Lotus” 4 season hotel and went by some of the churches ⛪️ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off course we had a Sicilian cannoli😋

 

 

After our little walking, it was time for 🍻 from Sicilia and a limoncello spritz🍹 

 

 

 

Then it was time to hit the bus for transport back to the ship⚓️

We are now waiting for the last guest to arrive….

[mauimary]

Beautiful photos.  So fun to just walk around.  Love all your photos of the church interiors.  

[Jim_Iain]

10 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

On my way down I picked up some coffee in Al Bacio OceanView and went to wake up Mr and raise the blind…..

 

Now is time to have fun.   From your App you can raise the blinds while you are enjoying your Coffee at Al Bacio.    If that doesn't work turn on the lights and turn down the AC

[Jim_Iain]

2 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

 There are some carpets that are changed. They are now fluffy and loose “hair”. The carpet on deck 4 is like a cat in shredding season😂😂🐈🐈🐈

The other carpets in public has definitely been thru a deep clean. The colour is clear/strong and they are all soft to walk on😉

Thanks.... My excitement is growing daily.    

 

Hope you find the Canal interesting.     To be honest after hours of desert going by I lost interest.   I was expecting it to be as interesting as the Panama Canal -  but with no locks and Jungle it was just HO Hum...

[Miloomar]

Has the captain addressed the fact that Yemen has declared they are joining in the current conflict? The ship will sail very close to the Yemen as it leaves the Red Sea since the furthest they can physically be is about 5miles at the opening to the Gulf of Aden

[Lastdance]

1 hour ago, Miloomar said:

Has the captain addressed the fact that Yemen has declared they are joining in the current conflict? The ship will sail very close to the Yemen as it leaves the Red Sea since the furthest they can physically be is about 5miles at the opening to the Gulf of Aden

I was also wondering about that too...hopefully, Edge will just cruise through without notice!

[Norwaylady]

So, last guest arrived on time…

But the guide on bus 6 called our guide… they where missing people🙄

 

We returned to the port 20.15. 

They did check seapass card and foto id at the entrance of the port. 

Then it was a long line for security onboard on deck 2…..

So no quick directions for dinner😅

 

And as the “villain” I am…. My purse was taken aside after scanning🫠 

I had to empty everything out downstairs: 

 

This was what my purse contained🫡

 

I made a reservation for cosmopolitan restaurant when we arrived at the ship for 21.15. (You need ship WiFi to be able to book dinner reservations) 

We ran upstairs to do a “Clark Kent” before dinner. 

We had changed, showered and was ready to go downstairs for dinner at 20.55. 

 

They where expecting us when we walked up to say hello 👋🏻 

We received a lovely table by the window. 

Assistant waiter arrived asap, lay down the napkins, delivered menus and took preference of water. 

Off to a very good start👍🏻

 

 

Sommelier arrived quick and was very welcoming and on the ball for wishes. I had my glass of white and Mr had red🍷 

 

Main waiter arrived, told us that tonight they had Butter Chicken available also. It was not on the menu. 

 

Mr went for the Yellow corn soup, chop chop salad and cod. 

I ordered salmon gravlax and cod.

 

The cod was perfect! Flaked as It should and combined by the sauce and quinoa it was balanced in taste. It was definitely 10/10🥳

 

The Gravelax was really a walk of shame…. A prime example of how not to do it😬 The fish was so salty, it was a salmon herring🤣🤣🤣 Where is the dill???

NOT a gravelax. 

(This is something we eat regularly in Scandinavia…. So I almost feel offended of this one😝🫣🫥🫠) 

I had the same on Voyager of the seas on a Baltic cruise in May 2022. Then it was perfect! It was a real gravelax homemade. 

So step up the game on this one Chefs🥸

 

The soup and salad was good according to Mr. 

 

Today’s dessert: 

 

We went both for the 🥕 carrot cake😋

 

It was really good, tasty and moist🥰

 

After dinner I was ready for bedtime 🥱 

Mr was keen on an after dinner drink. So he went to the Martini bar and I went upstairs to bed😴😴😴😴

[Norwaylady]

CruiseCompass November 1. 

 

Time change +1h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Norwaylady]

7 hours ago, Miloomar said:

Has the captain addressed the fact that Yemen has declared they are joining in the current conflict? The ship will sail very close to the Yemen as it leaves the Red Sea since the furthest they can physically be is about 5miles at the opening to the Gulf of Aden

They have not said anything in public. 
And I think they will not. 
 

We are safe in their decision⚓️❤️

When we did one of our Arabia cruise earlier, they rerouted our itinerary a few days before departure due to the stress level in the area. So they pay attention. 

So we are not worried or concerned in any way! 
its “always” some sort of arguing going on in this region.😔😔😔

We sleep at night and are confident that this goes fine.