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It was dinner on the first night. Apparently, its ok on the FIRST AND LAST night. Although, we saw people wearing shorts and flip flops and they were NOT turned away.

Its electric. I bought it on Temu. I paid about 12 bucks. I waited until it dropped in price, they are now ranging from 25-35. I know people knock Temu, but I've only had good luck. I do NOT HAVE THE APP. I only order from their website.

FYI. The Bolognese that was served in the MDR was a combination of beef and veal. My wife would have ordered that if veal wasn't an ingredient.

Wrapping up. Service was amazing. There was one time at the pool that we waited about 45 min for our beverages. The last morning, I asked for a poached egg WHITE as I can't eat runny yolks. That was super confusing for the crew member taking orders. She said no, then said she'd ask the chef. The chef ended up making it for me. Food quality was better than I expected. The chicken I had on the first night was not dry, other chicken dishes were super dry. My wife said the flank steak was probably the best steak she's had on a ship. I heard a lot of complaints regarding the shore excursions. We didn't book any as they didn't appeal to us. I think Celebrity should have provided a shuttle into Mazatlán. Our room was bigger than expected and our room attendant was good. See on in February for our Great Barrier Reef cruise on Edge.

Ok. You do you. We don't drink. With that being said, they gave us $300 towards a drink package. But we can use it for other things.

The cabin looked fine for 4 days. We booked a sea terrace.

We booked a 4 night on Valient lady for September. We booked because of the food.

Dinner last night. My chicken was dry. Julie had the fried pork chop. It was a special. Swung by the OV to get a pic of cheeses. There was much more variety at lunch. We skipped dessert.

Lobster last night. There are 2 on my plate. I asked for the berries.

Ok. Not the best quality. Compte, blue, goat, bri and some American cheese.

We went to lunch at 12:30 in OV. It took at least 10 min of walking around the find a seat. It seemed like everyone is having lunch at the same time. So crowded. They were serving a lot of French Cheese, Sadly, the only cracker they have is a saltine. Shameful. I did bring some crackers from home. I made myself a cheese plate to have in the afternoon. This is the FIRST time that goat cheese has shown up in OV. Will post pics later.

We have our own car. We drove to the port and parked a Doubletree.( park and stay package). Our next Live will be from Sydney, Edge Feb 2024.

Thanks. We're off the ship at 8:30 and we have Global Entry so maybe we can get off in a short time and have breakfast there.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but did OV used to serve cottage cheese at breakfast? If so, its no longer.

Thank you. Maybe you can talk Iian into Galapagos for 2025. We booked for October.

Hi. Yes, we're on the way back to LA and the waters are a bit choppy, but nothing too bad. We're both wearing the seasickness patch behind the ear. Its 70F, and windy. I don't think we'll be able to lay out at the pool today.

omg, yes. I wondered what they did to that sauce. Its so thin now.

MDR for dinner tonight. It was Lobster night. It was supposed to have been served with rice pilaf. the rice was NOT rice pilaf. Julie gave me her lobster tail too and ordered the flank steak. She said it was the best steak she's had on board. There was also a Beef wellington special and a Duck A'larange special. They were not listed on the menu. Pics will be added later. I had creme brulee' and I asked for some berries on top. They gave me a few strawberries. I guess those are "special" since I haven't seen any berries anywhere else.

That is what my mom served every Thanksgiving. LOL. I'm sure back in the day, it wasn't made with high fructose corn syrup.

@Jim_Iainhere’s the thing cranberries are naturally high in pectin. They puréed the crap out of it. I never even saw a many cranberries.

I haven’t noticed any changes yet. Tonight is lobster night.

sand Bar. It’s about a 30 min walk from ship or a 6 dollar Uber. It’s on medrano beach. I booked online, paid in US money.

There haven't been any specials.

Btw, we booked a Galapagos trip for Oct 2025 on Flora. I had some weird dreams last night, involving money and Julie getting a part time job. I can't believe we're going to spend that much $$$ on a cruise.

After we came back from PV, we hung out in the cabin. We did go to the sky lounge to play trivia, but we were an hour late. I was looking at the time on my laptop, which did not switch to 1hr ahead. We're leaving PV and we have to switch the clock back an hour. My stomach is upset so I'm skipping dinner.