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Which JS in Q class is the one with sounds of running water?  I did a RU bid and if we are lucky enough for it to be accepted would like to avoid that room if possible.  This is my husbands 50th birthday cruise and the change in room would be a surprise  and I would like it to be a good one if possible.  

As is our custom, we walked down and sat in the front row to give energy back to the performers who work so hard to entertain us by clapping and cheering to thank them for their work. Cruise ship entertainers have a hard life, singing and dancing and playing for a challenging audience: people who fall asleep, walk out in the middle of shows, have been over-served, etc. We sat next to a lovely father and daughter, Steve and Megan, who introduced themselves and started chatting away. We would encounter them in the front row on other occasions in the course of the cruise.

 

Beautiful curtain in the theatre

 

The show was fine, cruise director Keith, activities manager Dre from Jamaica, a 9-piece orchestra that was kicking! and a comedian and musical satirist, Dennis Blair, who was pretty darn funny. We enjoyed the show, applauded and cheered as appropriate, and left right at 8:30 to head for dinner.

 

We had to try every ladies room between the theatre and the dining room before we found one without a line, and the pace both exiting the theatre, heading up to four to cross over to the aft of the ship to the dining room, was glacial at best.

 

Random beautiful decor... in one of the public restrooms!

 

We made our way to our table (since when aren't we seated by a host??) and found a lovely couple, Peter and Barbara, waiting for us. They turned out to be HIGHLY traveled people, and regaled us with stories of cruises all around the world: Alaska, Panama Canal, Europe, Baltics, Transpacific, wow!!! We shared shore excursion stories, talked about different cruise lines, told them about our running,* and generally had a terrific meal.

 

*(As those of you who have read previous threads of mine, I completed my first full marathon last November in Philadelphia… Tom, Ariel and MerionMom were all there to cheer me on, along with Ariel’s brother Jason. Also running that day were Tom’s mother and sister, who completed their first half-marathon. Ariel, Jason and I have been running together since January of 2011, when we completed a Disney 5K, and we were hooked. We all ran the Cherry Tree race in Washington DC the weekend after this cruise – Tom, his mother and sister ran the 10-miler, while Ariel, Jason and I ran the 5K. That was a great trip, too… although it did contribute to the delay in preparing this trip report.)

 

Peter and Barbara (photo taken on our last night onboard)

 

Oh yeah, and the food wasn't bad either! MOJO was the first-night menu. I had the thai coconut seafood soup, which was delicious with a nice little spicy kick, plus the eggplant and artichoke tart (didn't eat the crust, but it had a delicious port wine reduction couli). Dinner was the prime rib (excellent) with gravy, baked potato w/sour cream. Also shared the cod and celeriac mash with Tom (this is the only night the Cod is offered as the “anyday” fish, every other day it will be salmon… which was on the main menu tonight).

 

Dessert was the low-fat mango pudding (now with pieces of real mango!) plus I shared the blueberry-peach crumble with Ariel. Okay, I ate that by myself. Coffee with cream (plus my sugarfree salted caramel syrup that I brought on board!) Kumar and Juan were our servers. Plus I had a pumpkin seed roll and a savory bite, and asked for a cheeseplate for the next night. They brought two tonight at the end of the meal, and I put them together and brought them to the room for a midnight snack.

 

I forgot to take pictures of dinner, but here's dessert: Mango pudding

 

Blueberry-peach crumble (with melted vanilla ice cream on top... that's why I had to eat the whole thing, since DD is lactose-sensitive) (yeah, sure that's why I had to eat the whole thing)

 

Everyday BBB - Banana Bailey's (Creme) Brulee

Love Peter and Babara. Wonderful couple.

I am personally very pleased with the vouchers and hope they are available on our next sailing. I like the cl but have only attended the diamond event once on my last 2 cruises. We travel with friends mostly who are not yet diamond or diamond plus. Being able to have our drinks with them is much better for us.

Yes. I have seen them use cloud 9 and last December they used the 19th hole.

They are offered and I think the fee is $12.00. Although on my recent trip you were able to use the bikes on your own with no cost just bring your own iPod.

Hello,

 

We love the Explorer and have sailed her a few times always in a D1 but this time we are in an aft JS......how noisy is cabin 1694? Noise from Windjammer......tables and chairs moving?

 

Any help is apreciated. TIA.

Dh and I just stayed in this room in December. It was noisy at odd hours and also during dining hours. We were surprised as we have stayed in 1388 and had no noise. Apon closer inspection there is a small area in the Windjammer tat is not carpeted. That is right above the room, that was where the chair scrapping noises came from. I'm a light sleeper so it did bother me quite a bit. But on a brighter note the room is very nice and the balcony was perfect. We are staying in 1394 this December so I plan on bringing earplugs. The small price to pay for a js on the aft.

My vote is for Allen Brooks. He made me laugh so hard for the entire 12 days on Explorer last December.

My DH and I stayed in 6388 on Explorer this past December. No you can not look straight down into the water and there is a grey area in front of the balc but the balc is still twice as large as an regular cabin and the sunsets were amazing. I'm sure there are better afts out there but we were extremly happy with our aft and are now full aft lovers. The pros outweigh the cons. We have another aft booked for this Nov in an aft on deck eight (but no corner they were all sold out)