Sailing on Liberty to Nova Scotia and the New England States 09/26/24--- sail along with me

[rrraydon]

My other coffee stop on Liberty of the Seas is to the Crown Lounge on deck 14, formally known as the Diamond Lounge. I love the coffee machine in the Crown Lounge. You can make a regular coffee, a latte or even a macchiato on that machine!

One thing about the Crown Lounge on Liberty of the Seas is that it also has an outdoor space attached. You can make your coffees, grab a snack from the various breakfast items they set out and take them out to the outside deck area and have a seat watching the ocean waves while sipping on your coffee!

Edited Wednesday at 04:42 AM by rrraydon

[Another_Critic]

1 hour ago, rrraydon said:

Also, I do not know how this My Time Dining thing works as I've never run in to this problem before. Can you just show up at 6:30p and stand in line?

 

Yes, there is a No Reservations line for My Time Dining.  You can try showing up earlier, as they might have an empty table available from main seating.

 

Another option is to go to the dining room when you board, and see if they have space available in main seating.

[rrraydon]

30 minutes ago, Another_Critic said:

 

Yes, there is a No Reservations line for My Time Dining.  You can try showing up earlier, as they might have an empty table available from main seating.

 

Another option is to go to the dining room when you board, and see if they have space available in main seating.

Deb and I were talking about doing just that, heading to the MDR when we board and seeing if we can get early seating. 🤞 

 

If that doesn’t work out, we’ll just go stand in line. 😔 

[Sunshine3601]

7 hours ago, rrraydon said:

Newbie mistake. 

 

I always book early seating on my cruises. I am not an eat dinner at 8 o'clock kinda girl.

I just noticed the casino rep booked me for My Time Dining. I'm like, are you kidding me right now?

I go on the app and My Time Seating is from 6:30p to 8:30p..bummer. I figure I'll just suck it up and pick the 6:30p time. Nope, they're all taken. The only slots left are after 8p. That's not gonna work for me. Also, I do not know how this My Time Dining thing works as I've never run in to this problem before. Can you just show up at 6:30p and stand in line?

When you board go to the MDR and ask to be switched to early traditional dining.   Hopefully they can accommodate your request😊

 

Edited

I see now that is your plan.  Hope it works

Edited Wednesday at 10:51 AM by Sunshine3601

[boontj2003]

Cheers to this 4th street BB girl! Some of the best memories!

 

I’m also doing a casino comp cruise but leaving out of Boston. Can you share your plans for the NE trip? We have Peggys cove and Bay of Fundy down. Are you doing anything interesting?

[rrraydon]

11 minutes ago, boontj2003 said:

Cheers to this 4th street BB girl! Some of the best memories!

 

I’m also doing a casino comp cruise but leaving out of Boston. Can you share your plans for the NE trip? We have Peggys cove and Bay of Fundy down. Are you doing anything interesting?

Hey there!

We plan to walk around each port on our own and sight see a bit, maybe stop in a museum or two, possibly do a bit of shopping.

In Boston, we may take an evening boat ride out for a cruise to sail around the harbor at sunset.

 

So, no...nothing very interesting at this point. 🤣

 

What ship are you sailing on?

Edited Wednesday at 12:35 PM by rrraydon

[boontj2003]

We are on the Jewel out of Boston. Wished we had the comped cruise out of Jersey. Boston hotels are ridiculous!!!! We leave Sunday! Hope we see some leaves!

[ecslady]

17 hours ago, rrraydon said:

Yes, we're sailing together on that one. I'm looking forward to that cruise, I've not sailed on Symphony yet. I've sailed on Oasis quite a few times. In fact, my daughter and I sail on Oasis in November. I'm curious how the two compare.

 

I remember you mentioning you were on a sailing this month, right?  How was it?

 

17 hours ago, Another_Critic said:

 

I sailed on Oasis in May (MIA to BCN TA) and Symphony earlier this month.  IMO, there's not much difference, although I do like the stateroom layout better on Symphony (similar to Anthem).

 

I have to agree.  Not much difference between Oasis and Symphony.  But the stateroom layout /furniture is better on the Symphony, as it is similar to Anthem.  I do like the the Aqua show better on Oasis though.

[Tatka]

3 hours ago, boontj2003 said:

Cheers to this 4th street BB girl! Some of the best memories!

 

I’m also doing a casino comp cruise but leaving out of Boston. Can you share your plans for the NE trip? We have Peggys cove and Bay of Fundy down. Are you doing anything interesting?

 

If  you have warm day in Portland and do not have plans try Mail boat minicruise. It is fun https://www.cascobaylines.com/maine-boat-tours/specialty-cruises/mailboat/  In my topic about similar cruise I filmed it

[rrraydon]

6 hours ago, boontj2003 said:

We are on the Jewel out of Boston. Wished we had the comped cruise out of Jersey. Boston hotels are ridiculous!!!! We leave Sunday! Hope we see some leaves!

Safe travels, weather is not looking good!

[rrraydon]

6 hours ago, ecslady said:

 

 

I have to agree.  Not much difference between Oasis and Symphony.  But the stateroom layout /furniture is better on the Symphony, as it is similar to Anthem.  I do like the the Aqua show better on Oasis though.

The aqua shows are fantastic, one of the good things about the Oasis class ships!

I always book deck 8 ocean balcony. I like to roam Central Park.

[rrraydon]

3 hours ago, Tatka said:

 

If  you have warm day in Portland and do not have plans try Mail boat minicruise. It is fun https://www.cascobaylines.com/maine-boat-tours/specialty-cruises/mailboat/  In my topic about similar cruise I filmed it

I like this idea. I see they have a run at noon, that'd be a perfect time for us. We leave at 5:30pm. Thanks, we may check this out.

[rrraydon]

The forecast for sail away day in Bayonne, New Jersey looks to stop raining after 12pm…which is good, because I plan to do some time in the pool tomorrow! 😁 

Edited Wednesday at 07:45 PM by rrraydon

[rrraydon]

Looking through my bottles of wine 🍷 and I’m down to one of these 3. Which do you think?

Edited Wednesday at 07:49 PM by rrraydon

[rrraydon]

Friday’s weather for Boston is not looking too bad…

[rrraydon]

And a nice day for Saturday in Portland…

[Another_Critic]

46 minutes ago, rrraydon said:

The aqua shows are fantastic, one of the good things about the Oasis class ships!

I always book deck 8 ocean balcony. I like to roam Central Park.

I booked the furthest aft deck 8 boardwalk balcony on Allure.  Can roam Central Park and see the Aqua Theater.

 

Edited Wednesday at 08:15 PM by Another_Critic

[rrraydon]

12 minutes ago, Another_Critic said:

I booked the furthest aft deck 8 boardwalk balcony on Allure.  Can roam Central Park and see the Aqua Theater.

 

I always forget about that one. In fact, I remember last time I was on Oasis I told myself I was going to book a boardwalk balcony just for the experience, even if I couldn't get that last balcony...and I forgot to do that for these 2 bookings I have.

 

You know what that means, right??? I'm gonna have to book another cruise! 😂

Edited Wednesday at 08:27 PM by rrraydon

[rrraydon]

Well folks, I'm finally all packed and ready to go!

 

Very excited for sail away finally going to be here tomorrow. As I mentioned, I'm meeting Deb and Jeff for breakfast at the dinner tomorrow morning at 6:30a. Deb and I plan to be on the road by 7:30a. We should arrive by 11am.

 

Once onboard, we will first hit the muster station and get checked off. Then head to the bar and get our first drink of the day which we'll take with us to the MDR to try to get our dining time changed to first seating. Then we'll head back to a bar and grab another drink for on our way to Chops to make dining arrangements for dinner tomorrow evening using my BOGO D+ benefit (I almost said and to get my free bottle of wine, but that's on Carnival next month, when you book the steakhouse the first night you get a free bottle of cheap wine... I'm all about cheap wine!!). After which, we'll finally make it to the Windjammer buffet for some food.

I figure by the time we finish up eating at the WJ it will be well after the lunch hour so this one night (hopefully) we'll have a late dinner at the steakhouse. 

 

I ordered delivery for dinner tonight from the Italian restaurant down the street (their chicken parm is delicious!). I opened a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon to have with it (ignore that half the bottle is gone, is it my fault they took they so long?) So, I'm thinking I'll take the Merlot with me for the cruise. 

 

Did I tell you how excited I am that tomorrow is finally sail away?????? 🤩

 

 

 

Edited Thursday at 12:26 AM by rrraydon

[rrraydon]

Good morning! We’ve made it to breakfast, a half hour behind schedule as the diner didn’t open until 7a.. here’s Deb and Jeff. 

Edited Thursday at 11:40 AM by rrraydon

[rrraydon]

Deb is driving now, we switched at the last rest stop…30 more min and we’re there!!

[rrraydon]

Some of our fellow cruisers from Florida are having problems getting to the port since Tampa closed their airport yesterday. They were supposed to fly out yesterday 😢. 
 

Someone posted this morning Air2Sea is going to fly them to Sydney on Monday. They’re gonna miss so much, I feel bad for them!

[rrraydon]

Cheers from Boleros on deck 4!! We arrived at noon. There was a bit of a delay boarding. We arrived at noon. We were at our muster by 1. It was on the outside deck as we were walking off the gangway…woohoo, quick and easy. Michael’s restaurant was to our left as we walked onboard, another win for us!! They were happy to change us to early seating, no problem. Booked Chops steakhouse BOGO D+ special there too for 7:30pm. Another win! Walked around the corner and bar stools open at Bolreos, another win!!! 😁 

[Merion_Mom]

19 minutes ago, rrraydon said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think that you've already had too much to drink! 🤣🤣🤣

[rrraydon]

26 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said:

 

I think that you've already had too much to drink! 🤣🤣🤣

I know right!?! I was like why is that one upside down????🙃 😂