Musings on Mariner - A slow boat from China

Nice. I will be in 9264 in July. Thanks for posting the pics.

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Forgot to share that we both got the Casino VIP sticker for this leg

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Never got a drink in the DL on Harmony. Only used the Suite Lounge.

 

I believe, John had mentioned that Serenade had a tip jar/glass in the CL. Was just wondering about Mariner.

 

 

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I'm done for the night. Casino bartender had me drinking Jaeger and Cranberry tonight.

Should be some pics of our GS and tales of pirate drill tomorrow.

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I'm done for the night. Casino bartender had me drinking Jaeger and Cranberry tonight.

 

Should be some pics of our GS and tales of pirate drill tomorrow.

 

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Good night John.

Ahhh...pirate drill....Arrrrgghhh me mateys!! :cool:

Forgot to share that we both got the Casino VIP sticker for this leg

 

 

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Nice. Your having a better time getting that sticker than we are. Lol.

Laura must be charming them.

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Anybody ready for 6 sea days?

 

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I had to read this twice, then go to the map.

I didn’t realize it was that far to go around the Arabian Peninsula. Over 2,400 nautical miles. By comparison Miami to Aruba is about 1,400.

Hope they restocked the bacon . . .

Nice. Your having a better time getting that sticker than we are. Lol.

 

Laura must be charming them.

 

 

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Nice. Your having a better time getting that sticker than we are. Lol.

 

Laura must be charming them.

 

 

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Couldn't charm our way out of muster, though. And this pic was taken prior to the turn off your devices announcement. [emoji6]

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^ nice to have muster station in the MDR.

^ nice to have muster station in the MDR.

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On an interesting side note, looking ahead to the gulf of Aden, many of ships currently going through the area have their destinations listed as ARMED GUARDS ON BOARD when viewed on Marinetraffic.com

Great theatre with the Pirate Drill today, now I feel so much safer.

New pirate letter

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New pirate letter

 

 

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Yikes...balcony light is one thing...but how can the bridge tell if your curtain is closed? Well maybe if bright lights on inside of the cabin showing out I guess, but don't think I would want to be the fish in a bowl on that one. :eek:

I feel badly for people with inside and ocean view cabins. I would hate not being able to get outside at night. I also think it would be really cool to be out on deck with all the lights out... just like visiting the helipad at night. I guess the bright side is you got bacon back.

Used to get that on Freedom. Even went in a damp swimsuit a few times. [emoji33]

 

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She is quite charming.

 

Couldn't charm our way out of muster, though. And this pic was taken prior to the turn off your devices announcement. [emoji6]

 

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A few grumpy looking people there.

The muster was out on the deck on Freedom in June.

 

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However, Freedom does have some muster stations that are located in the MDR even though the majority of them are outside on deck 4.

However, Freedom does have some muster stations that are located in the MDR even though the majority of them are outside on deck 4.

We had GS on Freedom and Muster was inside.

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On an interesting side note, looking ahead to the gulf of Aden, many of ships currently going through the area have their destinations listed as ARMED GUARDS ON BOARD when viewed on Marinetraffic.com

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On an interesting side note, looking ahead to the gulf of Aden, many of ships currently going through the area have their destinations listed as ARMED GUARDS ON BOARD when viewed on Marinetraffic.com

What website shows this?

See above.

Greetings from the Arabian Sea. Not quite to the Gulf of Aden, just off the coast of Yemen. My Google Maps app seems to be working again. Last night we were back in Singapore. [emoji848]

Anyway, let's discuss our turnaround in Dubai and our new Suite.

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Turnaround in Dubai was quite different than what I'm used to back in the states. Partially because of the overnight while still on leg 1, having to change cabins, and no US customs.

We had to pick up our passports on the morning before we arrived in Dubai. Our time was between 7:00 and 7:30. Took all of 5 minutes. Passports sorted by deck. Laura stayed in the cabin and all I had to do was show her seapass.

We arrived in Dubai right on time. As I said earlier, we crashed the polo party before heading out on our Dune Safari. As we headed out into the Dubai terminal, we handed our passports over to the Dubai authorities, who hopefully have them back to the ship. I believe we get them back again prior to our stop in Isreal.

The next morning we checked in for leg 2. This was done in MDR deck 4 and maybe took 5 minutes. They had the local gate agents handling all this. Easiest B2B ever. No zero count, no waiting to get off, no waiting to get on.

Time to change cabins. [emoji33]

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Forgot to give props to the Guest Services team for making all these stops and transfers run so smoothly.

OK, let's change cabins.

I believe there were 1,600 B2B passengers from leg 1. 400 of them, like us, had to change cabins. Our cabin steward had 8 folks moving. Because of this, the usu as l process of packing the drawers/shelves, but not the closet, was not going to work. Pack Everything. I'm sure there were exceptions.

We had spoke with the previous occupants of our new cabin the day before and knew they were leaving early, so we went upstairs to drop the Crown Jewels in the safe. And the safe won't work. [emoji35]

So Ray called his supervisor and told us to come back in 30 minutes. FWIW, he almost had our cabin ready by 8am.

Speaking of safes, our JS safe was almost twice as big as the one in GS.

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To be continued