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Last night's Tamarind dinner. Starters from Nami Sushi, miso soup, sushi platter and soft shell crab. Mains lamb chops and Szechuan shrimp. All yummy. Restaurant very full even at 5:30.

Today's Daily Activities.

Following. This itinerary is the same we will be doing in 2025 as a leg of our 70 day get away from Michigan winter break.

We are too deck 4.

A few photos of departure from Fort Lauderdale yesterday.

Last night's Valentine's Day dinner in the Pinnacle Grill. We brought a wine from home, sadly it was corked, still drinkable as long as we didn't sniff, I can smell cork taint but I can't really taste it. We didn't linger as there was a 5 Star and up Mariner reception at 6:45 at the Lido pool.

Photos from this morning. Eurodam webcam photo thanks to @rafinmd.

Today's Daily Activities. In Nassau this morning departing for Jamaica at 2 pm.

Thanks for the daily reports. Penicillin used to be a special cocktail on HA but no more since they no longer stock Laphroaig Scotch. Thanks for the beautiful pictures of Lisbon. @JazzyVthank you for the cares and celebrations reports. Prayers for everyone needing them and the people of Ukraine. A cool morning in Nassau. Last time I was here was 31 years ago for my 40th birthday celebration on some Norwegian ship. I still wear my watch that I bought to celebrate that milestone. We may take the ferry to Paradise Island and we definitely need hairspray. Have a wonderful day! Nancy

Good morning from Nassau. Thanks for the webcam photo Roy. I was out there until minutes before the shot.

Bon voyage @MISTER 67! 🍾🛳️

Yes very disappointed by that change. Two travel alert ports in a row on this itinerary.

@jlawrence01 we are doing this in lieu of renting in Florida. It would be the same if we were in a rental but we would be shopping, cooking and cleaning up after ourselves. Onboard if we found a dinner menu we didn't want we would make a reservation for Nami Sushi. We are not show people. We enjoy our balcony and reading. Wind has put a damper on balcony time. I am 5 star so 50% off wine package and specialty dining and complimentary laundry. This would not have been our first choice but it was the easiest way to get away from Michigan winter. Next year is 70 days on the Konigsdam back to back to Hawaii and South Pacific. I would prefer an 80 day RT Fort Lauderdale or San Diego but it isn't available this year or next. I would sail another line to bring me home to US to avoid a long haul flight.

Lido lunch today and a jackpot I hit on the firecracker slot machine last night on the minimum bet of .88. Ahead for the cruise by a bit.

Resolution of my Tamarind issue. Obviously the complaints or positive comments sent through Navigator go to many departments. My Neptune concierge mentioned it and said Rodan from Tamarind was working onshore at HMC but I should hear from him soon. Then when we showed up for dinner in the MDR head Maitre d Hanse came over and apologized for sub par service in Tamarind. Once we were seated for dinner Rodan from Tamarind came to our table and apologized for poor service, we could not pull anything out of him about how one night could be so horrible. He offered our tomorrow's dinner to be complimentary. I said it was a Mariner dinner and was already so how about a bottle of wine which he agreed with. We asked the Sommelier Rodel to pick us a good one.

@ski wwapologies CC acting up and I couldn't clear my editor. Last night's MDR dinner. Jerk spring roll, tuna and salmon poke, barbecue beef brisket, cat fish and sugar free mousse. All very tasty.

Here is the Eurodam coming in Port Everglades this morning thanks to @ski ww. Our original itinerary was going to Key West. That port got cancelled and Bahamas added where we stop tomorrow, HMC will be our final stop.

Good afternoon and thanks for the daily reports. Happy Valentine's Day. We are dining in the PG tonight and John was going to use some of his OBC for caviar. I didn't want to have the same mistake as last year so I checked out origin of the ship's caviar. It is RUSS again. I told the PG host that it was unsatisfactory due to being Russian. He said no Siberian, I guess most people don't know Siberia is Russia. No caviar tonight. We heard from a lot of people about our flop of a dinner in Tamarind. First Hanse, MDR manager apologized when we sat down for our MDR dinner, then another manager from MDR mentioned it. Finally Rodan manager of Tamarind came to our table and apologized and offered us a complimentary dinner tomorrow which I replied it was already complimentary so how about a bottle of wine which he agreed to. Our Neptune Lounge concierge CJ also mentioned it. Over 500 passengers went through the in transit process today so it took an extra half hour. @JazzyVthanks for the cares and celebrations report. Prayers for everyone needing them and the people of Ukraine. Last night I won $1100 on a slot machine so I am ahead for the cruise by a decent margin. Have a lovely day! Nancy NL flowers and a lot of cargo to be loaded.

Thanks for the webcam photo. We are onboard for another ten days. Our itinerary has changed. Nassau first stop and HMC is our last, sad change after Key West was cancelled for us.

Good morning from Port Everglades. It is turnaround day for us, our last sadly. Ten more days to go. I will share the Tamarind follow up after we get back on board later today.

@Real NHDOC I asked for it and they obliged but just said I would be charged the sushi price. No problem it is impossible to get them in the Midwest.

Good morning from Port Everglades. Turnaround day today. Our last in transit for this trip. 57 degrees. Hopefully no wind.

@Quartzsite Cruiser I feel for you not being able to use your balcony, we are in the Caribbean and have only been able to use our wrap around in port. Today at HMC I could only use one side for two hours. Just curious, we booked 7190 aft for Hawaii in 2025, are you up that high?

@JazzyV we had our galentine day one year when I lived in NC. All us single ladies went to Mama Dip's in Chapel Hill. It was a small soul food place and not a hot spot for Valentine's Day. I still remember her stewed tomatoes. I wonder if her cookbook survived my lifetime move to Michigan and I am too far away to check.