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Random thoughts: The art is lovely. MDR design is great. There are smaller levels within each floor. So everyone has a good view of the windows.

We had Rinto as a server for MDR breakfast. So good! Mentioned him in the app. The Mushroom Benedict had salty spinach. Reminded me of canned spinach. Passionfruit yogurt was good but mango? fruit is what stood out. Passionfruit was just a smidge. Did a mile on the promenade. No cushions on the steamer chairs today. Must be due to wind Flowers are showing up

Yes. (I think I have non refundable OBC. May make a difference )

Thanks. No hands on with the florist, just three demos. He did say that he taught a hands on class during the World Cruise.

Day 3 We haven’t set the clocks ahead yet

Some pics from yesterday Dressy Night we got a towel animal.

@Mtn2Sea They told me something similar today. The front desk rep even said that the computer wouldn’t let him do it until I had a balance. He also said this was a recent change.

I’m on a Zuiderdam right now for a TA. I’ve seen 7 kids so far. The Rolling Stone lounge band is incredible. Haven’t done Billboard much yet but it was packed when we passed by tonight. There was just one piano player, not two.

I attended the flower arranging demo and learned a lot. The florist explained that there are not a lot of arrangements out yet as he just started working on them, but that they would be showing up all over. He said pre-pandemic there would be around 800 arrangements now there are around 300. I was a little late to the meet and greet but was glad to meet up with some that we had made plans with. Thanks to Jodi for organizing it. In the afternoon they added more loungers to the lido pool area. I made sure to thank them in the Let Us Know part of the app. Sorry I forgot to get menu photos. It was a dressy night. We had a shrimp cocktail with some melon in it. 👍 Hubby raved about the tenderloin and shrimp. It was very tender and the best he’s ever had. I loved the oxtail pasta. So tender and tasty (no bones). The pasta almost seemed like homemade. Crème Brûlée ok. Daniel said the Zuiderdam Singers and Dancers stayed on board from the World Cruise. They leave after this sailing. They had learned 18 shows for the WC and were performing their favorites on this one. They were very talented singer and dancers. Tonight was Sock Hop. It’s nice to have a live band backing them. We caught two songs of the Rolling Stone Lounge band. They were absolutely incredible!! Can’t wait to see more of them. They’ve only been together for around 3 weeks. Random thoughts: Interior temperatures have been not too hot or cold! I’ve seen at least 7 children and a smattering of 20somethings. I found out you can’t add gift card money to your shipboard account until you actually have a balance. Right now we have a negative balance due to OBC. It’s super nice being able to get in a hotub when you want. I’m so used to hot tub hogs who spend the whole day in the hot tub drinking.

I realized tonight as he was talking that I saw him interviewed on someone’s YouTube channel once.

The weather has been great. It’s 75 degrees. There are a few people in both pools. I will try it soon. I think it’s odd that there are so few lounge chairs by the main pool. Just one row. The rest is tables and chairs. Lots of tables. Other enclosed lido pool areas I’ve been to have comfy chairs and loungers along the windows. Dive-In fries were very good 👍. The burger was moist but lacked flavor. I will try a hot dog next time.

Look where we are and I just saw two butterflies.

Captain Friso is a good communicator. I like that. The cruise director is Daniel. The walking culture is amazing! We just did a lap. Love the promenade deck and chairs.

Day 2: We slept well. Breakfast in MDR. Had the congee. I was excited to try this as I had it in the lido on RC once and really liked it. This version is a one and done for me. I’ll move on to try the Indian breakfast another day. Just a very slight sway to the ship. We hope to get some bigger swells at some point. This is weird. The app just told me we had an 8:00 am reservation for breakfast today. It’s 9:00 and we ate at 7:30. 🤪 It also appears that we can make MDR reservations but we have fixed dining

Notice the difference between the app info and the paper guide in the room.