My Adventure of the Seas T/A reveiw with pics from April 15, 2012

[Buffettphan1]

And a few more of ST Martin.....

 

 

 

 

Next will be more of the Ship while on the six sea days. Later today......:D

[Buffettphan1]

The sea days seemed to fly by and although i did write down each day on paper i think i will approach it a little differantly than i planned so as to not bore everyone to tears. I guess i will just post pictures of the ship with some discription of what your looking at. It seems to be a good time frame to put them into a review where there are no islands to chat about. No particular order to them, just some interesting, at least i hope they will be interesting pictures of the ship. The one thing i can say up front about the ship is that it seemed to be more impressive every corner i went around.

 

San Tropex deck where they had the movie under the stars each night and just some nice private sun areas.

 

 

Bow Rider!

 

 

Johnny Rockets, Great shakes and burgers with a very loud welcoming committee when you walk in!

 

 

More coming!!

[Buffettphan1]

I found the sea days to fly by. We origanaly thought they would drag and be painful, but it was just tje opposit. We layied out on the pool deck on days when it was hot and sunny and found plenty to do when it was not. We enjoyed the MDR for our lunches and had the oppurtunity to meet some very interesting people. Hopefully the said the same about us. LOL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cabin 9270 up next!

[Buffettphan1]

We were able to upgrade from our original balcony cabin to the JS for this cruise i feel it was well worth the extra money. We are not lite travelers yet so having the extra room was nice. The bathroom was nice having the tub and the closet was great with all the room and extra storage. I really like the overall room inside the cabin itself. It felt more like a hotel room than a cruise ship cabin. Loved having the couch and two chairs although the chairs became catch alls for clothes and such, we did use the couch ofton.

I think one of the best features of the balcony cabins, is of course the balcony itself. We spent many hours there just watching the ocean pass by. While we were at sea, it felt more like we were sitting at the beach looking out over the vastness of the ocean. It was hard to believe that at one point there was more than 17,500 feet of water beneath us.

The only draw back or complaint that i have with RC's balconies is the size of the table. On ours we had two chairs and a lounger and some extra square footage. I could have done with the lounger and taken a bigger table. Forgive me if i have already said this. We loved eating on the balcony and found it tough with such little table space. But we made do.

We aptly named our cabin "The 9270 Balcony Bar" due to the fact that we spent so much time there enjoying our favorite libations!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Worn out mailman]

Hi. I'm enjoying your review. I was on Adventure in '05 on my very first cruise. I'm looking forward to our cruise on her in 2013.

 

Is it true what you said, that they have a movie screen outdoors? I didn't know they had this on Adventure. Next thing you know, they'll open up a Chops. :)

[BettyPC]

Great review! Love the pictures! Food porn?

 

Thanks agan for doing this!

[Buffettphan1]

Hi. I'm enjoying your review. I was on Adventure in '05 on my very first cruise. I'm looking forward to our cruise on her in 2013.

 

Is it true what you said, that they have a movie screen outdoors? I didn't know they had this on Adventure. Next thing you know, they'll open up a Chops. :)

You will have a great time on the AOS. The movie under the stars is not a screen but the white wall of that deck. Im sure it is a mechanical rooms of some kind. We never got to see it but i think it was pretty popular.:cool:

 

 

Great review! Love the pictures! Food porn?

Glad you like the pictures. Im not much for food pictures but there are a few coming up from Spain. The food was good, i thiought:)

 

Thanks agan for doing this!

[Buffettphan1]

This salad bar in the MDR for lunch was the best i have ever seen. You just told them what you wanted, knida like SubWay, and they made it right there. YUM YUM!!!

 

We all know this guy!!! But here he is wearing a Make A Wish Foundation tee shirt that most everyone signed. It was later sold to a guy on the ship.

 

One of my favorite veiws!!

 

Can you beleive this is a mens room???

 

 

So here is the kids area, no adults were allowed, so we were told, and it is inforced. No problem for me, my kids didnot come. My problem was when we went to the late night comedy show, for adults only, there were kids there, several. The CD made it clear that it was a adults only show, gave them many chances to go somewhere else, even the comedian said the same thing. Parents did nothing. I love kids, have three of them, but sometimes it is not right to make everything a family event. Kinda bummed me out..

[Buffettphan1]

I took the opportunity to take the All access tour of the ship. I have to say, if you have the time, spend the money, $150.00 and take the tour. It was fantastic. Some parts were slow but for the most part it was great. The bridge, engine control room and the waste management system were very impressive. Not to mention the gallery and laundry.

Here are a few pictures.

 

Back stage of the Lyric was pretty interesting. Seeing the "PIT" was impressive.

 

The bridge was the best part. i could have stayied there all day.

 

Looking Aft from the bridge

 

Looking straight down at the water from the bridge

 

 

[dwdwnurse]

Enjoying your review so much! We sailed on the AOS in March and the pictures make me smile :)

 

We can't wait to sail on her again - a great ship with a great crew!!!

 

Thanks for sharing!

[Buffettphan1]

The security was pretty tight on the bridge and they were always close by. My only issue was with the other tour takers. They seemed more interested in stumping the crew they what the crew/officers acually did. Blah Blah Blah is all i heard from most of them.

I was very impressed with the tour and how clean everything was. The bridge was spotless!!!

 

 

Laundry, if you could'nt tell!

 

 

Mini Zambonie at the Studio B ice rink

 

[Buffettphan1]

I found the Waste Management to be very interesting, just hold your nose!!!

 

 

The engine controll room. Another good take. This tub holds almost 950,000gallons of fuel!!!!!!

 

Meat prep area, They had a vegi prep area too. All done before it went to the galley

 

 

The Gallery and Ex Chef. Don't forget the APRONS!!!!! GAG

[Buffettphan1]

The kitchen was a very busy place!!

 

Extremely clean!!!!!

The guy on the right was our waiter DJ. Nice guy from India.

 

My TV screen with our location. Very cool.

 

The watchful eye of the Captain. Not sure of his name, never could understand him. He was very entertaining when speaking to the passengers.

 

Yours truely and my bride taking it all in.

 

More to come starting across the pond tomorrow. Need sleep!!!!

[ElizabethA]

Thanks for the review so far, We are on the TA in November 2012, so I am reading with interest. Great to see the pictures

[kimberley]

Stunning review well done;)

[Efty]

Hi Buffettphan1,

 

so we were neighbours on this cruise. Our cabin was 9262. We really enjoyed the cruise an all the nice people on bord.

Now we're back to reality and to work.

 

The pictures of the all access tour are very interesting, thanks a lot.

[ksmdcruisin]

Really enjoying your review so far! Looks like you both had an anniversary you won´t ever forget!

[LEtue]

Thanks so much for your great review! We were on the Caribbean Princess 4/15 sailing and had a great time. However, since Princess isn't sailing from San Juan in 2013 we booked the Adventure and can't wait!!! :D

[ST-UK]

Fantastic review, We are heading out later this month and are staying in 9280. Great to see an actual pic of the room, and not the tiny one RCCL show..

[I Fly]

Continuing to enjoy your review. We're taking the Adventure's TA westbound in November. Your pictures and commentary and getting me more and more excited about our cruise.

 

Thanks again,

Steve

[lavalcruiser]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post your review :)

[kenevenpar]

Really enjoyed the shots of the behind the scene tour! Must haver been fascinating. How long was the tour?

[CaribbeanAmphibian]

Very cool review, I love the pictures of the inner workings of the cruise ship. You don't see very many reviews of trans-atlantic/pacific crossings so I love this one.

[Buffettphan1]

Hi Buffettphan1,

 

so we were neighbours on this cruise. Our cabin was 9262. We really enjoyed the cruise an all the nice people on bord.

Now we're back to reality and to work.

 

The pictures of the all access tour are very interesting, thanks a lot.

 

Was Nigel your room steward?

I loved being on deck 9. we are usually much lower on the ship. We had a great time and miss it already

[birdylady]

I took the opportunity to take the All access tour of the ship. I have to say, if you have the time, spend the money, $150.00 and take the tour. It was fantastic. Some parts were slow but for the most part it was great. The bridge, engine control room and the waste management system were very impressive. Not to mention the gallery and laundry.

Here are a few pictures.

Hubby took that tour also. he loved it. I was going to post pictures but he thought they were told they were not allowed to post any. Was he remembering incorrectly (as I didn't go, I just assumed was right)

 

Erika