schmoopie17

And this thread won't be over until it's over.

We did this exact tour with them 18 months ago. The tour was great, but our driver was pretty grumpy. You would have loved him 😁.

We were on the Escape for a TA and there were extended periods of rocking and rolling...even when the waves and weather weren't bad. With the Pearl being a smaller ship than the Escape, it may be more vulnerable to being tossed about like a cork in the Atlantic. Any issues? (I know weather can impact these things and YMMV, but just curious, since we booked the Pearl for a TA next April.)

Is that the Ed Sullivan Theater in the background? (There I go, showing my age again). On a somewhat related note, nice to see CC celebrities such as Sugar Magnolia, @YVRteacherand her famous Dad (in her Alaska thread) coming out from behind the screen to let us put faces with names. Very nice faces, indeed.

Welcome to Amsterdarn. (My mom taught me not to swear).

Happy B-Day. Let's hope that, in honor of the occasion, Dad didn't decide to wear his birthday suit (again)...😛

Just off the Jade March 13. No reservations for shows. Getting there 15 minutes ahead of time will see more than half the seats open for most theater shows.

We were on the Escape for a TA in November, 2022. We will be back on her this September, for an itinerary very similar to yours. Will be following along with your trip report. O'Sheahan's for breakfast is pretty much our go-to. Never a line, service is quick. I usually get the French Toast (which is strange because it always has like just one or two raisins in it...and being a raisin hater, that's fine with me. Don't end up with a pile of nasty raisins on my plate.) Mrs.Schmoopie always gets some egg dish (I also hate eggs, so I can't tell you exactly what she gets). Give O'Sheahan's a try...you'll probably like it. If not, you didn't hear it from me.

How was your experience at the airport in Rome? We have a tight turnaround time from ship disembark to flight and hoping it won't be a fiasco.

This is shocking! "Rock, Paper, Scissors" usually doesn't result in violence.

Wait a minute... Was this because you're the only one in your stateroom...or is this some new NCL way to piss all of their upper tier people off and to save on Tide? Everything I have read up until now said that if both guests in a stateroom were Platinum or above, each person gets one bag. Our next cruise will be our first as Platinum and are taking carry-ons, which means less clothes and more laundry bags to be filled.

So nice to see a picture of your dad and to be able to put a face to a name. Well, I guess "Dad" is a name. How about one of the two of you together?

Submarines are reportedly headed to Iceland to peruse the specimens in the phallic museum. Gives new meaning to the term up periscope.

Wait...this is actually a thing? (Pun slightly intended). I would think having this museum in Iceland would result in a significant amount of shrinkage.

We were on the Jade (Pearl's sister ship) for 14 days two months ago. Pretty much everything was great to outstanding. We liked it so much, we booked the Pearl for a 14 day TA next September. If the Pearl is anything like the Jade (and it should be), it should be a great trip.