Utopia 8/26 & 8/30 - Not live, but will post when I can!

[nelblu]

2 hours ago, colesc15 said:

Had a quick dinner at the windjammer. Nothing special but did the job. 

 

Stopped at giovanni's after to try and make our dining reservations for the next sailing since we have the dining package and he said we can, but with the new system, they may or may not wipe the reservations when the new sailing starts. I'm assuming it's related to the rollout of the availability to book dinners with the package online, or the guy just not wanting to do thr reservations, who knows. 

 

I said we'd come back on day 1 to make all the reservations I guess. 

 On embarkation the WJ had a seafood station to die for.  Lots of half split lobsters, clams, shrimps & mussels. 
Same in the Solarium Bistro. 
The half lobster was bigger than the ones at lobster night. 
 

Had both on the 3 & 4 days sail. 

 

 

 

[colesc15]

The band in Mason jar is great. Lots of great drinks too. Now waiting on Aqua 80s too. I'm super excited for it

[colesc15]

[colesc15]

Hopefully the captain knows we still have Coco cay after a sea day tomorrow as he clearly missed the turn 😂

[colesc15]

Aqua 80s too still doesn't top aqua 80s but still very good 

[colesc15]

Decades street party. I love that royal is finally doing a few new things 

[colesc15]

Also crazy how active and invoked the CD Ricky Matthews is compared to all other cds with royal.  He's been at every sail away and street party 

[colesc15]

2:20am.. I guess it's time for bed. Had some decent luck in the casino after the red party. Up I think about $500 for the trip and earned enough points for Odyssey or symphony over the superbowl. Not sure which I'll pick. 

 

Good night all. 

[colesc15]

Can only use your drink package one at a time and I wanted 2 going to the pool.. Package for one, diamond drink for the other since they don't matter or get used with the drink package. 

[bajathree]

15 hours ago, nelblu said:

I’m on Utopia this sail and the previous 3 nights and the casino is the most crowded that I’ve seen in all of my sailings. 
Wall to wall gamblers and I’m sure the Royal is making a pretty profit even with the comped cruises. 
Ps. Casino is as cold as an ice box. 
 

 

Was on the second 3 night revenue sailing and experienced the same....actually placed a post how the casino on Utopia has a crowding issue. It was annoyingly packed the entire 3 night sailing I was on....didn't matter if it was dinner time or 1 am....packed. People were reserving machines an hour prior to casino opening and would sit on them for hours and hours. Also IMO they had the worst selection of slots I have seen also. The popular slots they had very few of and you couldn't get near them. They are filling Utopia on tons of Royal casino comps as well as now Hard Rock casino comps.

[nelblu]

Saw the production show last night and it’s highly entertaining.  It   ‘s about an hour with Lots of dancing and singing  

Towards the end the holographic scenes of a human was absolutely fantastic and almost seemed real in the interaction with the dancer.   Also, tiny lightshow over the audience. 
 

Very few empty seats for the performance. 

[nelblu]

Just floating in the blue seas.  Hardly any movement   
Floating Casino anyone.🤣

[OCSC Mike]

19 hours ago, colesc15 said:

Had a quick dinner at the windjammer.

 

Were there cook to order stations? Like pasta or wok?

[colesc15]

1 hour ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

Were there cook to order stations? Like pasta or wok?

It appeared there was a pasta cook to order. I'll report back tonight what I find! 

[colesc15]

Another fun day in the solarium with new friends. The pool temp was perfect. Grabbed a few things from the food truck on the way back to the room to tide me over until dinner. I love the little raspberry cheesecake chimis. 

[nelblu]

2 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

Were there cook to order stations? Like pasta or wok?

For lunch they were prepared. 
Was dying for a burger and did not ask if they would prepare on demand. 
 

One interesting aspect was a chocolate fountain that people were getting fruits and marshmallows dipping. Very popular with passengers. 
 

I personally had 2 scoops of ice cream and had nice ladle of chocolate which when it touched the ice cream froze and created a hard top. 
 

It brought back the days of Quantum and Anthem sails.

[OCSC Mike]

13 minutes ago, nelblu said:

For lunch they were prepared. 
Was dying for a burger and did not ask if they would prepare on demand. 

That’s not what I meant. I was referring to the cook-to-order pasta/wok stations that are set up that way in advance.

 

15 minutes ago, nelblu said:

One interesting aspect was a chocolate fountain that people were getting fruits and marshmallows dipping. Very popular with passengers.

Wonder had the same thing in June/July.

[colesc15]

One thing I've always gotten a kick out of is the artwork above the urinals in each men's bathrooms. Symphony still has the best and over the top, but glad to see it carried out still on Utopia. 

[OCSC Mike]

14 minutes ago, colesc15 said:

artwork above the urinals

Some from Wonder…

 

[colesc15]

Didn't see a made to order pasta at windjammer. Just a normal pasta station but no one manning it. 

[nelblu]

2 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

That’s not what I meant. I was referring to the cook-to-order pasta/wok stations that are set up that way in advance.

 

Wonder had the same thing in June/July.

No, as mentioned, for lunch the Wok and the pasta station had pre-prepared meals and no ability to on request order. 
 

Unlike the Anthem which had both. 

[colesc15]

Lasted all of 2 minutes at the tribute band show. I loved the tribute band in music hall on icon. On utopia, it was a u2 tribute band, and it was held in the theater for whatever dumb reason. 

[sandym718]

5 hours ago, nelblu said:

For lunch they were prepared. 
Was dying for a burger and did not ask if they would prepare on demand. 
 

One interesting aspect was a chocolate fountain that people were getting fruits and marshmallows dipping. Very popular with passengers. 
 

I personally had 2 scoops of ice cream and had nice ladle of chocolate which when it touched the ice cream froze and created a hard top. 
 

It brought back the days of Quantum and Anthem sails.

Was the chocolate fountain at lunch or just dinner? 

[colesc15]

Almost 2 am. Time for sleep. Coco cay in the morning! 

[colesc15]

Good morning from a hot perfect day at Coco cay. In Port with Adventure today so not too crowded.