Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #326 Share Posted December 20, 2023 1 hour ago, harryfat1 said: We are on the port side of the Odyssey. Was hoping to see the ship approach the port from our side of the ship or else I have to drag my lazy buns to the top deck on the starboard side to take pictures of the mooring line for the club. We are on the port side also, but I also go to the top deck for pictures. All I saw was a sunrise from our balcony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another_Critic Posted December 20, 2023 #327 Share Posted December 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said: Why to they call a venue located on deck 4 The Attic?🤔 It's where people on deck 3 (or below) store their junk. 🙃 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #328 Share Posted December 20, 2023 I think it was a good decision to come to Cabana beach, instead of Mambo Beach. We walked over to Mambo, which is beside cabana beach, and it was insanely packed. Mambo was where the ship excursion went. Better service and fewer people here. Ready to meet our taxi back. Will have to wait to see if my snorkeling photos turned out. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted December 20, 2023 #329 Share Posted December 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Arzeena said: Did you say something to it or ask it a question?🤣🤣 Not understanding the meaning of this post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan83 Posted December 20, 2023 #330 Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) Playa PortoMari today. We met one other family from the Symphony. The rest are locals and tourists from the Netherlands. We did one guided dive with the local dive shop. Kids took a private snorkel tour while we dove. Then I went back for a second tank. About to head back to the ship, local traffic is a mess and I don’t feel like chancing it today. Edited December 20, 2023 by Dan83 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzeena Posted December 20, 2023 #331 Share Posted December 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Jimbo said: Not understanding the meaning of this post? Joking, just like you do on other threads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzeena Posted December 20, 2023 #332 Share Posted December 20, 2023 48 minutes ago, Dan83 said: Playa PortoMari today. We met one other family from the Symphony. The rest are locals and tourists from the Netherlands. We did one guided dive with the local dive shop. Kids took a private snorkel tour while we dove. Then I went back for a second tank. About to head back to the ship, local traffic is a mess and I don’t feel like chancing it today. Great choice! One of the best beaches I have ever been to! Just the ride is a bit long and expensive. Worth it. Did you share a cab or take a private one outside the fort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan83 Posted December 20, 2023 #333 Share Posted December 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Arzeena said: Great choice! One of the best beaches I have ever been to! Just the ride is a bit long and expensive. Worth it. Did you share a cab or take a private one outside the fort? This was our ride for today. 83% less cool than yesterday’s ride. I was planning to explore more of the island today but we went straight to PortoMari and just stayed all day. Pickup and dropoff couldn’t have been easier. Local traffic was a bit messy though. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan83 Posted December 20, 2023 #334 Share Posted December 20, 2023 We pulled right up to the ship to return our rental car. Highly recommend smart wheels car rental for Curaçao. We did have some trouble on the way back and pushed it a little closer than I would have liked to. We boarded with 8 minutes left before all aboard 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#55worktoplay Posted December 21, 2023 #335 Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Dan83 said: We pulled right up to the ship to return our rental car. Highly recommend smart wheels car rental for Curaçao. We did have some trouble on the way back and pushed it a little closer than I would have liked to. We boarded with 8 minutes left before all aboard Almost those people 😀 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckynana Posted December 21, 2023 #336 Share Posted December 21, 2023 22 hours ago, h20skibum said: Decided to walk to Eagle Beach for the afternoon. We found a nice little beach bar along the way for some food and drink. I can confirm that the beach bar loaded rum was very good We had a flatbread veggie pizza And the views were nice. I must say that I was surprised to see Daryl follow you and Susan to the beach today!🤔 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LATTELOVE Posted December 21, 2023 #337 Share Posted December 21, 2023 On 12/19/2023 at 7:18 PM, h20skibum said: And here are a few things that were in our cabin that may be of interest Very happy to see the luggage service. Royal finally caught up with Disney. We used this service at Disney a few years back. Very convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted December 21, 2023 #338 Share Posted December 21, 2023 43 minutes ago, LATTELOVE said: Very happy to see the luggage service. Royal finally caught up with Disney. We used this service at Disney a few years back. Very convenient. The luggage service is not new to RCI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted December 21, 2023 #339 Share Posted December 21, 2023 7 hours ago, Jimbo said: It's sad the Natural Bridge in Aruba is no longer there. It was still there when we were last in Aruba. It collapsed On September 2nd 2005. Nice picture of you and your Son. Yes, it's a shame the bridge is gone. It was wiped out a couple of months before our first visit to Aruba in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 21, 2023 Author #340 Share Posted December 21, 2023 A couple of photos from snorkeling today. Not the clearest water or most colorful fish, but ok for where we were. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 21, 2023 Author #341 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Tonight was the first night where we didn’t really see anything we liked on the menu. It was Mexican night. We ordered the chops filet Started with the poblano pepper soup and finished with the apple cobbler 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 21, 2023 Author #342 Share Posted December 21, 2023 We went to Private Stock Headliner Showtime in the theatre. They were a good band, but way, way too loud. We were all the way in the back of the balcony, and I was still getting noise level notifications. When it hit 101 db, we were already on our way out the door. A lot of others left too, and I think it was because of the noise level. Don’t know why Royal doesn’t keep the volume levels lower. Maybe they have stock in hearing aid companies. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 21, 2023 Author #343 Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Luckynana said: I must say that I was surprised to see Daryl follow you and Susan to the beach today!🤔 My son said this today. I told him it was probably no more questions than this guy got, checking into the hotel with his blowup. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another_Critic Posted December 21, 2023 #344 Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 hour ago, h20skibum said: Don’t know why Royal doesn’t keep the volume levels lower. Maybe they have stock in hearing aid companies. I've often thought that. 🙄 I have severe to profound hearing loss. I've been in some of the lounges, turned off my hearing aids, and the music was still too loud at times. ☹️ 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted December 21, 2023 #345 Share Posted December 21, 2023 5 hours ago, h20skibum said: Tonight was the first night where we didn’t really see anything we liked on the menu. It was Mexican night. We ordered the chops filet Started with the poblano pepper soup and finished with the apple cobbler Haven't encountered the Mexican menu yet but it looks awful to me. We're doing Hooked that night instead. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted December 21, 2023 #346 Share Posted December 21, 2023 5 hours ago, h20skibum said: We went to Private Stock Headliner Showtime in the theatre. They were a good band, but way, way too loud. We were all the way in the back of the balcony, and I was still getting noise level notifications. When it hit 101 db, we were already on our way out the door. A lot of others left too, and I think it was because of the noise level. Don’t know why Royal doesn’t keep the volume levels lower. Maybe they have stock in hearing aid companies. I've noticed this too on all of our post-restart cruises. I mentioned it on the surveys afterwards (not that it would do much good). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 21, 2023 Author #347 Share Posted December 21, 2023 5 hours ago, Another_Critic said: I've often thought that. 🙄 I have severe to profound hearing loss. I've been in some of the lounges, turned off my hearing aids, and the music was still too loud at times. ☹️ Same here. 1 hour ago, FionaMG said: I've noticed this too on all of our post-restart cruises. I mentioned it on the surveys afterwards (not that it would do much good). I have said the same on the post restart cruises. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 21, 2023 Author #348 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Day 6 cruise compass cruisecompassDay6.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 21, 2023 Author #349 Share Posted December 21, 2023 I know it is early to think about departure, but I filled out our departure information and requested the latest time of 9-9:30. So what do they give us? The earliest. Probably because we are doing self assist. I think since they said we can depart “whenever you are ready”, we will be close to last off. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 21, 2023 Author #350 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Before we went to the beach in Curaçao, we had walked around town. A few pictures. Lots of Decorations I always like the colorful buildings The Love Hearts display More decorations across the bridge Walked down to the Curacao sign And the Dushi sign Found this colorful building and our ship An elevated view as we crossed the bridge on the way to the beach 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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