GimmeOcean

On 9/17/2024 at 3:49 PM, mahdnc said:

I still haven't received the email invitation yet.

I just now got it.

1 hour ago, Iamcruzin said:

That's good to know. Thank you. I would be more interested in the beach area anyway. I hang around the community pool at home. Does this beach area have a swim up bar? They had one at Labadee the last time we were there with Royal Caribbean.

I believe there are 2 swim up bars, one in the main Oasis Lagoon pool and one in the Hideaway Beach area pool (Hideaway Beach is an extra cost adults only area). South Beach area is supposed to have a floating bar but I haven’t been to that  side of the island.

1 hour ago, Iamcruzin said:

I don't think an amusement park island has an appeal for Celebrity cruisers. I opted to go to Bimini over Coco Cay. However I would have probably been better off gong to Coco Cay since we have the drink package. I was just afraid that one of those 7000 passenger Royal Caribbean ships would be in port as well. At least I know Bimini will only have one ship.

I was just at CocoCay last week on Reflection (with Symphony OTS as the other ship). The Hideaway Beach area was perfect with no amusement park feel to it. Adults only, and didn’t feel overly crowded at all. A bit of a party vibe in the pool bar area w/ the DJ, but not as much on the beach. YMMV.

20 hours ago, PKCruiser66 said:

Nothing posted in 18 days.. All y'all must be dying wondering when the next PUP opportunity is..... I won't start any rumors but..... ok my magic 8 ball broke so I have no idea.... 

I get all excited when I see a notification that there are new posts in this thread, thinking there may be some new PUP activity, and it's just this....  😢 

j/k

On 6/30/2024 at 10:33 AM, nearlytheir said:

It is not just the TA that has been called - our cruise from Southampton to Barcelona on 13th May has also been cancelled, along with the 21st May sailing.  

So does this mean the drydock is being extended? Hopefully that means some additional updates.

1 hour ago, mjldvlks said:

Well, it’s not supposed to be in Europe in April 2025.  It is scheduled to sail from NOLA over the winter. It has to cross at some point if it’s going to sail from Southampton to Boston on August. 

Brilliance is now sailing 14 nights Miami to Barcelona on April 7th 2025.

My 3 points were there this morning when I checked.

On 6/18/2024 at 11:33 AM, WrittenOnYourHeart said:

I was told they'll show by July 15.

Same.

It would be so helpful if they would just send an email confirmation after you complete the activity.

Still nothing for me, again. Guess I’ll need to contact them tomorrow. I do have a screenshot of the completion screen this time, but it sure is annoying having to do this constantly (three of the last four times…). At least they’ve been reasonable about giving the points eventually.

Nothing yet… 

On 6/10/2024 at 9:46 PM, poncho1973 said:

One morning in the Windjammer, the Washy-Washy person stopped a lady from walking around the sinks and said "washy washy" which was met with this fine piece of human trash telling our dear crew member to "STFU and wash this" while licking the palms of her hands.

Ick!

The Dukes Live were on the Odyssey TA. I thought they were pretty good, no complaints. They do play a lot of rock.

2 minutes ago, niksmom630 said:

 

 

Mendenhall glacier by helicopter & dog sledding is an amazing excursion. Though maybe not if you don’t like heights.

2 minutes ago, Essiesmom said:

In the email it’s the last word in the second paragraph before the video

The video in the email can be seen here:

https://em.realtime.email/service/clip.m3u8?kind=video&ID=1269732685&type=1&videoemail_id=1512365046&esp_uid=630510893

3 hours ago, niksmom630 said:

Well I found a thread on this same issue on the photography boards…

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2976820-problem-inserting-photos-directly-from-iphone-onto-my-posts-on-the-cruise-critic-boards/

 

If anyone knows of of a fix for this, please share! 
 

CC boards don't play well with iPhone HEIF (HDR) photos. You need to do the following:

When choosing a photo to upload, tap "Options" in the lower left:

On the options page, make sure "Most Compatible" is checked.

1 minute ago, keeponcruising said:

Anyone get their power up points for watching the Galapagos video?  I didn't get mine yet.

They won't come before June 15th since the points were earned in May.

1 hour ago, VictorWI said:

 

I'd need an elevator to get to the top of that! 😆

I was there in December and there were no lines at all for the slides - downside was I had to hoof it all the way up without a rest. Still, that's a fun slide! 

42 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said:

Paperwork. Like they don’t come here twice a week. 

Not with a couple hundred sick passengers.

2 hours ago, Southern Dan said:

I'd probably be annoyed on a winter cruise out of NYC with the lack of an indoor pool and it would be nice to have the aft outdoor dining area of Windjammer in the Mediterranean but Playmakers/ELF/Lime & Coconut will make up for it for me on the Odyssey. 

But there is still a nice (indoor) panoramic aft view from the Windjammer, and it tends to not be very crowded back there. Great for port sailaways.

2 minutes ago, RobInMN said:

Technically, Ovation is a Quantum Class with Odyssey being a Quantum-Ultra Class. 

So step-sisters? Cousins? 

 

I've never been on any other Quantum/Ultra other than Odyssey, so other than things mentioned, I'm not sure what the big deal was that made them give Spectrum and Odyssey a slightly different class designation. According to Wikipedia, Odyssey has the smallest gross tonnage of the 5.

Marketing...

You'll love Odyssey. Playmakers especially is a great addition.

24 minutes ago, MamaFej said:

Yikes! I forgot to do that this time. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Watch it again! Or just start it and leave it running in the background... 

The Galapagos Islands are a definite bucket list item. And the "glamping" thing looks fun.

On 5/12/2024 at 3:14 PM, ashlynn1021 said:

 

(Our Chef, Kevin)

 

We had Kevin as our Teppanyaki chef for our 2nd visit to that restaurant on the TA. He was great! 

Back home last night after spending a few days in Rome followed by a few in Barcelona. Loved Rome for the history, but the constant pushy money grubbing from cab drivers, waiters, street vendors got old. Cab drivers in particular were just looking for any opportunity to scam. One waiter practically demanding a tip. What a turnoff.
 

We stayed at the Albergo del Senato hotel right next to the Pantheon, it was nice enough (though very noisy from street crowds) but next time I would choose some place more convenient to the metro and busses, and not have to rely on taxi$ so much to get around.

Barcelona wasn’t nearly as bad in this respect.

As for the cruise itself, we enjoyed it very much. Odyssey is a great ship to cross the ocean on. We are definitely planning more TAs and other repositioning cruises for the future.

4 hours ago, LooneyCruzer said:

2 different sunset views last night

 

So sad I missed that dramatic sunset last night.