TeamTrom Wifey

I'm curious about the elevators that you described, the forward elevators. You indicated that you pressed a button in the elevator to indicate Deck 10. :confused:

 

Unless they've taken their new elevator call system out, the forward elevators on Vista use call-pads in the elevator lobbies where you press the deck you want to go to, and the system assigns you an elevator car -- each doorway has a letter, so you might hear, say, "Car V" -- and sends it to you. There were no accessible floor buttons in the elevator cars.

 

It was that way in mid-October, so I'm wondering if they're still using that system.

The new system was nifty, but it took some getting used to.

These were just regular evelators. Just a button you press to call the elevator, get in and select the floor. I was wondering, because I had heard about the "express" elevators but never saw them.

I'm sorry that our opinions are similar...

 

On to a different topic, we will be going on symphony just before you for a European sailing. I imagine based on your previous cruises, and my previous sailing on Oasis, that we will have a different opinion of that ship!!! 😀

Yeees! I'm so excited to be back on Oasis class, and this time on a BRAND NEW ship (Oasis was a few years old by the time we sailed with her). Only disappointed that they don't have Giovanni's on Harmony. That was our best restaurant experience ever. Though I'm actually wondering how much we'll experience the ship with so many long port days at amazing locations!... but I guess there are worse problems to have

Hi there! TeamTrom Wifey here :)

I did find myself comparing this ship to Oasis-- a lot. Maybe an unfair expectation. Oasis had those huge, fantastic, open areas to walk through mid ship that connect the front from the back, both the promenade and Central Park, it was always very easy to find what we were looking for with those clearly distinguished "neighborhoods" that also had such great atmosphere and so much to look at.

There were times on Vista where we'd go down to the right floor, see nothing but stairs, elevators and walls and were like "Uh, so where do we go now? It says ____ is on this floor" then we'd have to peak down a corridor to see if that actually leads somewhere to find our way.

And those elevators... dude, I'm sorry but that was not just normal elevator slowness. This one isn't us comparing to Oasis, this was comparing to every elevator I've ever stepped in ever. Let me try to illustrate the issue here

*Gets on elevator at floor 2* We press deck 10 (where nearly all the food is)

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*Elevator stops at floor 3* No one is there. *doors close*

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*elevator stops at floor 4* No on is there. Doors close

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*Elevator stops floor 5* No one is there. Doors close

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*Elevator stops at floor 6* *No one is there* Doors close

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*Elevator stops at floor 7* No on is there.

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Arrives at deck ten (it didn't usually stop on decks 8 and 9 for whatever reason)

I'm telling you this was 75% of the time on those elevators (our rooms were at the front of the ship, so those were the elevators we used 90% of the time. Using that back elevators made very little sense). Sometimes there were more people, and those stops at least made some sense. But WAY too often there was no one there. It was honestly MADDENING.

We started our adventure by doing the zip lines, we figured it was best to do that first and get wet later hoping the sun would come out. You get all equipped with your zip lining gear. It is pretty lightweight so we had no troubles walking around the park in it. We took the elevator to the top level where you get to see the layout of the park and see the Quick Drop which is basically a bungee jump through the center of the structure all the way to the bottom.

 

 

 

I would have loved to do this but apparently this cost extra. We did not run across any other activities that were extra but it was disappointing that this was. Here is a little bit of a look of the Zip Coaster, some of the Lazy River and some of where you end one of the Zip Lines.

 

 

In case you couldn't see the "landing pad" for the zip line here is a better look

 

 

Yes that is a water landing zone. Little did we know that we will be getting drenched at the end of the zip line course lol oh well it was starting to get hot anyways!!!

Here's a better shot of the landing zone because a picture can't quite do it justice!

:mad:

i'll add from a female perspective, i have used a spreadsheet for many years. But mine is just listing the ports and times, special activities onboard, but mainly the clothes to be worn each day :rolleyes:

😂 !!

What an awesome upgrade!! And please let Wifey know, I'm with her. The spreadsheet might be just a "little" much. Great read so far.

Mostly, it just makes it really easy to make fun of him.:p

It's okay, he does the same thing for madden. The kid likes excell....

Lol!!! I have a color coded spreadsheet too!! [emoji23]

 

My color coded schedule is just one tab in my cruise spreadsheet. I have a tabs for things to do, buy, pack, still left to pay for, etc. I love my spreadsheet.

 

 

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haha Hubby, you're being out type-A'd. (he has lists for this stuff typed and printed out but it's not color-coded or connected to his scheduled)