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New class being possibly revealed “very soon”
F27TW replied to TheBucketLister's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Very cool to see! She was a beautiful ship .. and i remember the food was just incredible. CostaRiviera was my very first cruise .. and the ship that god me hooked! -
New class being possibly revealed “very soon”
F27TW replied to TheBucketLister's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Ok, the long-used "raked bow" is what I was referring to. See how pretty? As opposed to the second 2 ... just hideous. -
New class being possibly revealed “very soon”
F27TW replied to TheBucketLister's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Wouldn't it be nice if, for this next class, the rumors of smaller were actually true? And that they would go back to taking more of a dignified approach ? Like .. no roller coasters or waterslides hanging off the sides? And no giant cartoon characters and balls and shapes and bumper cars and ropes courses all over the upper decks? No gimmicky silliness like observation capsules that rise to the heavens. Just more aesthetically pleasing .. and maybe even (gasp!) more 'traditional/classic' cruise ship looking design .. unlike the shapes of the behemoths that have been coming out with all the cruise lines this past few years? Maybe back to a more traditional bow design again, as opposed to that ugly Icon-style/Celebrity Edge/Norwegian Prima barge-like bow. (Yes, I know, i know .. more efficient, but still .. ugly). And a smaller more manageable size .. and not as heavily family oriented as these last classes have been? Just wishful thinking on my part, but i'm hoping for a little of this! -
Except that they didn't know where those people were or when they might be back. - if at all. If they did wait one hour .. or 2 or 3 ... and then left, people would still be criticizing them for not waiting longer. NCL and the captain did nothing wrong here. NCL is telling it like it is in their own comments .. they were on a private excursion and got back to the tendering location over an hour past cut off time. Go off on your own .. then you assume all responsibility for getting yourself back on time. If not, oh well.
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Morning coffee options on mariner.....
F27TW replied to AandBmom's topic in Royal Caribbean International
We like to have room service coffee delivered to our cabin pre-breakfast. We were on Mariner last April and was surprised that the free coffee was pretty good (on prior trips, the free coffee was either bad or really bad!). I like the little pastry plate and the fresh fruit plate that you can order alone with the coffee. Always came right on time each AM. Coffee in the promenade cafe is really good as well.. -
I don't think it's about ridiculing at all, really .. its all just part of the fun. What i've seen is people up on deck whooping and cheering them on as they run toward the gangway and then the claps, etc. when they make it on. I only ever saw someone denied once .. and it was more because he was wasted drunk and combative and was screaming and throwing his fists at the ship gangway/security staff in Cozumel last April. . People did cheer when they yanked up the gangway and left him behind .. being carted off by the Mexican police .. which he deserved.
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..Hoping not to drown or be eaten by a shark or run over by rescue boats in the dark or washed up onto the jagged rocks by the waves. (I'm just sayin... )
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.. and once you've found your way in the darkness up to the door, you have to climb out and across the hull and scale down the bottom of the hull on a rope and into the frigid oil slicked water (Costa Concordia).
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And the ship is lying on its side. 😳
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A worse nightmare is the ship sinking. At night.
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Royal Caribbean Announces New Beach Club in Cozumel
F27TW replied to Cruising89143's topic in Royal Caribbean International
We went to Playa Mia and it was kind of a pit (dirty, crap food, even crappier weak drinks, REAL crowded) ... so I'd be interested in this -
How bad is Cococay with 11000 people?
F27TW replied to Neosophy's topic in Royal Caribbean International
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Allure OTS compared to Mariner OTS
F27TW replied to jobinseattle's topic in Royal Caribbean International
I was on Mariner last April and loved it. I like the mid-size ships best (the Voyager and Freedom class). The bigger crazy amusement parks at sea with 6000+ pax have no appeal to me. Mariner was just the right size.