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I thought that might be the case. When I get back to the room tonight I will see if I can download the document and post it as example. It was a 14-page document with much of the additional papers they use to supply in the room each night. This one had the show schedule I posted earlier as well as bio’s for the headliners.

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Lunch today was in Izumi. It did not disappoint. Chicken kara agi miso soup Snow crab California roll Izumi Ryu Futomaki roll Baked Snow Crab and Dynamite roll The futomaki was unlike any futomaki I have ever had. I am not a fan of cream cheese in my sushi rolls and did not pick up on the fact that this had cream cheese in it before I ordered it.

This is the cup being used on Quantum of the Seas.

No, Coastal Kitchen is for Suite Guest and Pinnacles only. We sail in grand suites on Oasis and Quantum class ships because of CK. I prefer the Oasis class as the Suite Lounge share the space with CK and the wine with lunch and dinner is free, unlike the Quantum class ships where the two venues are separate. We appear to be in a minority as we prefer CK over the Speciality Restaurants. I am not saying that the speciality restaurants are not good it is more that we prefer our meals simple and enjoy the taste of food versus it being covered with fancy sauces. As has been said here and in numerous other post, food is very subjective and everyone has their own personal preferences, likes, and dislikes.

Today was the first day we did not receive a paper copy of the Cruise Planner. Instead we received a QR code to scan. scanning the QR code gave us this link. https://minio.rccl.com/compass/cruisecompass.pdf (I hope the link works for you. )

Canuck, Great news for you, I spoke with Romana and she will be onboard until November.

We walked through the Solarium Bistro after breakfast this morning and there is a self serve coffee and drink station to the left of the buffet line.

Here are the hours of operation for the Solarium Bistro. I will see if there is self service coffee but since it is a buffet style venue similar to the Windjammer I suspect there is.

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We had breakfast via room service last Saturday on Quantum and it was a single charge for room service, but we did not have to pay as it’s included for suite guest.

Good evening from the Schooner Bar. After a leisurely nap this afternoon we had a pre-dinner drink in the Suite Lounge before going to Coastal Kitchen for dinner. If you were following last week you may recall I had a delicious filet for dinner. This week I decided to go with the Branzino. Most of the diners we saw were ordering the filet and no one looked disappointed. I want to go on record as saying the Branzino was absolutely delightful. My wife asked for some coleslaw and had the fish as well. I went with the caesar’s salad. For desert we swapped last week order. She had the apple pie ala mode and I had the hazelnut cake. Food porn follows:

Thank you. We are looking forward to it.

Not a lot in the way of new food porn today. Lunch was good with the serano ham wrapped dates, my wife had the grilled chicken sandwich, and I had the hamburger from the kids menu. Desert was the Coconut layer cake for her and key lime pie for me. Needless to say, everything was delicious,

The consecutive cruiser process today was a total mess. There was a family of four that did not show up until 0945. The information in the letter for consecutive cruisers said to meet at 0900. Once everyone was checked and issued our new seapass cards, we were able to proceed into the terminal where there was ‘separate area’ set aside for consecutive cruisers. Unfortunately it was not completely cut off and newly arriving passengers kept trying to come into the area as the staff was insufficient to ensure this did not happen. At 1020 we found out, by asking a crewmember, what the delay was and were informed that there were still 15 passengers who had not departed the ship. All passengers were cleared to depart around 0900 so not sure why these folks were still onboard. At 1040 we were allowed to return to the ship. The terminal was packed with guest waiting to board by then and a few folks tried to join the queue with the consecutive cruisers but the staff in the boarding area were doing their best to prevent this. Apparently there were some issues loading the manifest as ours, and others, who showed up at our muster station had to be manually checked in as scanning our seapass cards nor our paper copies of our boarding would scan. We encountered the same issue with the shipboard WiFi. Consecutive cruises have to create a new account but the accounts information had not been uploaded so we were unable to use our old accounts, not could we create new accounts. The nice lady at the Voom desk on deck 4 said to wait and try again after lunch. (Update - WiFi access now working) Speaking of lunch, we’re headed to CK at noon to start this weeks cruise off with a nice meal. Food porn to follow later.

We have only seen our room steward, Derri. He’s been wonderful and we have not wanted for anything. That said, I have not really paid attention to whether or not he has anyone helping him. I have seen someone different working the rooms forward of ours but do not know if that is a second person or the steward for that area. I believe Romana will be continuing but will ask her this evening.

That the time of our reservation as well. I think you will enjoy it. Was informed by Romana that there are fewer suit guest this cruise than the last cruise so do not expect Coastal Kitchen to be very crowded. we are currently sitting in Boleros waiting to get our new keys and do the consecutive cruise process.

After dinner we went to the 8 pm performance of Sonic Odessy. This was their first post COVID-19 performance. We both really enjoyed the show. IMG_7222.MOV

Dinner tonight in Coastal Kitchen was one of best this cruise. Fennel Soup Caesar Salad Shrimp Cocktail Sesame-Crusted Tuna - delicious. Managed to talk my wife into giving me a bite - loved it. Braised Lamb Shank - absolutely fork tender, delicious. Will definitely have again next week. Matcha cake Chocolate Ice Cream Food porn:

Today we had lunch at Izumi. I liked the food and am looking forward to eating there again next week. Tofu-ginger salad Wakami salad Chef’s sushi selection Spicy Crispy Shrimp Roll Spicy Crispy Tuna Roll Mochi Ice Cream (gree tea, chocolate, and mango)

We ate off the glass coffee table in our suite. It was not a problem as it is about knee high when seated on the sofa. It’s not as comfortable as a normal table but it works. Given the time of year and the weather, we have not made a lot of use of our balcony and thus the lack of a large table on the balcony has not been an issue.

We decided to ‘sleep in’ this morning and had breakfast in the room. Food was delivered as requested and was hot. I actually liked it and am already thinking about doing it at least once next cruise. There are some little things that you do not think about that you do not get when you do room service. For example my wife likes ketchup with her eggs but there was no option for requesting ketchup on the form. Other than things like that, it is a viable way to get breakfast and it was a nice change of pace.

Yes, when we were contacted by our Suite Concierge pre-cruise we requested dinner at 6:30 pm each night in CK. We have asked for the same time for next week as well. I am not sure who the Maitre’d for CK is. All our interactions have been with Maragrette the Ass’t. She is a wonderful lady and has taken great care of us. I am not sure about the menu for the 10-day sailing you are on. I am only seeing what is available for our bookings on the app. As i said above we had a reservation for 6:30 pm each night. You are seated as you arrive in CK. Due to the larger number if diners than normal last night, our usual table had already been taken so we were seated at another table of our choosing. It was not a big deal to us. Our usual waiter did manage to stop by and say hello.

Yes, my wife and I have done this several times. Just present the seapass card you want to use to the server.

Since next week is pretty much the same menu, events, and ports of call - except Skagway instead of Sitka, I am hoping not to repeat myself too much. However if there is any questions you have that I can answer, please do not hesitate to ask. I also know that there will be other CC participants who are on next weeks cruise and welcome any comments or information they may wish to share as well.