Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[aussielozzie18]

@sgmn Welcome back Sue.  Lovely photos.

[dani negreanu]

55 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

Great photos Sue.

 

37 minutes ago, aussielozzie18 said:

@sgmn Welcome back Sue.  Lovely photos.

 

+ 3 👍 . Last minute bookings are sometimes the best 😁  

[h20skibum]

Good morning 

 

First sunrise of the cruise. 
 

 

Have a great day

[bobmacliberty]

6 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

@bobmacliberty thank you for your bird photos.  Intrigued by your shark tooth search.  Not heard of that before.  Did a Google search and read an interesting article about why there are so many shark teeth on the beach at Fort Clinch State Park. Interesting what you learn from what is posted here.

 

We have several friends who have hundreds of shark teeth, often kept in a glass bowl on a shelf.  They may walk on the beach and find 20 or more.  We've yet to find one.  You might have read that dredging of the channel between Amelia Island and Cumberland Island is one of the reasons that there are so many shark teeth at Fort Clinch.  They dredge because there is a US submarine base (Kings Bay) that is accessed through this channel.  If you're very lucky, you can see a sub moving through the channel.  It doesn't happen often and it's not public knowledge when it will happen, so it really is luck if you see one.  Rarer than sharks teeth.

[grapau27]

We have just got off a short cruise on Anthem where some of my food photos were taken in Chops grill.

We went on the North Star and the dodgems.

[Keksie]

18 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

We have just got off a short cruise on Anthem where some of my food photos were taken in Chops grill.

We went on the North Star and the dodgems.

That looks like a wonderful trip!

[CILCIANRQTS]

Remind me - what’s “lockdown”??
And what was the last post that actually addressed the thread topic??? 😎

[sgmn]

59 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

We have just got off a short cruise on Anthem where some of my food photos were taken in Chops grill.

We went on the North Star and the dodgems.

Hope you had fun Graham,  we were booked on Anthem in September but cancelled  😢 

Hope to sail her again before she disappears back to her other home for the Winter. 

It's so easy to sail from Southampton for us,  one hour drive to port, park right outside the ship. Porters collect bags from the boot of the car, wonderful, just wish there were more choices of destinations

[George C]

13 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

How is it? I saw it appear but don’t know much about it.

Only saw first episode and part of second but I liked it. We are supposed to hit 97 today which will break a record. Need to jump in the pool.

another tragic shooting this time in Buffalo, we will be Buffalo area in two weeks 

[dani negreanu]

9 minutes ago, George C said:

another tragic shooting this time in Buffalo

 

😢😢😢 😢😢😢 😢😢😢

[Sunshine3601]

4 hours ago, sgmn said:

Hello everyone,  we've been away on a cruise this last week with very limited Internet so I've missed out on what's been happening for the last 40 odd pages  I hope everyone is well.

 

Our cruise was on Silhouette Norwegian Fjords . A last minute booking and scared myself silly reading some of the horror stories on the Celebrity page,  but we figured that we can't go too wrong on a UK cruise, just for a week, no flying and driving to the port.

The cruise was pretty full and probably only 5% wore masks.  In fact we were told on entering the terminal at Southampton 'you don't need to wear your masks' !!  

It did feel a little different as we probably didn't mix as much as a pre covid cruise, but we did go to the shows but sat in a quite area in the upper floor of the theater. 

The ports were lovely,  though weather was cool.  We did lots of walking and really enjoyed the scenery. No masks necessary or requested in Norway in the shops or on the one tour bus we went on. 

All in all a lovely cruise, but I think I prefer Royal Caribbean.  Now to look forward to The Beyond next month 

 

Sail away in Southampton 

Appletini and bubbles in the Sky Lounge 

Sail into Bergan 

Climbed 420 steps to the top of a hill overlooking Alesund Harbour 

Some pics of Olden 

Stavanger port 

 

 

In our favourite bar enjoying a Cosmopolitan 

Beautiful photos.   Looks like you had a great time😍

[A&L_Ont]

4 hours ago, grapau27 said:

Great photos Sue.

 

+2

 

[A&L_Ont]

1 hour ago, CILCIANRQTS said:

Remind me - what’s “lockdown”??
And what was the last post that actually addressed the thread topic??? 😎

I just got out of my Covid quarantine, yesterday. My posts were from my routine day in lockdown. 

[Sunshine3601]

1 hour ago, grapau27 said:

We have just got off a short cruise on Anthem where some of my food photos were taken in Chops grill.

We went on the North Star and the dodgems.

I thought your earlier photo of dinner looked like Chops.    

Did you like their creamed spinach?   I'm not fond of their new recipe.    Happy to hear Pauline made it on North Star🤩

[h20skibum]

2 hours ago, grapau27 said:

We have just got off a short cruise on Anthem where some of my food photos were taken in Chops grill.

We went on the North Star and the dodgems.

Looks great.  We have that short one next year after the TA.

[h20skibum]

1 hour ago, dani negreanu said:

 

😢😢😢 😢😢😢 😢😢😢

My son lived on Orchard Park, just south of Buffalo, then in Williamsville, just north of there.  The shooting was about halfway between those two places.  

[Ocean Boy]

The fog bank enveloping the New England coast refuses to blow out. I think it is going to ruin tonight's lunar eclipse.😐

[Sea Dog]

6 hours ago, sgmn said:

 

In our favourite bar enjoying a Cosmopolitan 

 

Looks like you are having a grand time Sue. Cheers to you!

 

 

4 hours ago, h20skibum said:

Good morning 

 

First sunrise of the cruise. 
 

 

Have a great day

 

Looks like you will be having a beautiful day. Enjoy and have lots of fun.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

I just got out of my Covid quarantine, yesterday. My posts were from my routine day in lockdown. 

 

I'm glad you are out and feeling good.

 

 

[h20skibum]

7 hours ago, sgmn said:

 

 

In our favourite bar enjoying a Cosmopolitan 

Sue, your husband could be a twin of a gentleman who use to work for me.  

They say we all have doppelgängers somewhere. 

 

[lenquixote66]

14 hours ago, DaniDanielle said:

We are in Atlantic City, foggy and rain here too.  Won a little so in bed now!

The last time we were in AC was in Feb.2006.

[lenquixote66]

10 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Sue, your husband could be a twin of a gentleman who use to work for me.  

They say we all have doppelgängers somewhere. 

 

I have been told that I look like a twin of Eric Clapton in our younger days.

[Arzeena]

15 hours ago, Jimbo said:

Neat !! When we lived in NJ, Marlton, NJ is only about 5 miles from our house.

I have lived in that area before moving 50 mts north.

[DaniDanielle]

The sun came out for most of our ride home.  Of course, the closer we got to Staten Island the cloudier it became🤪At least we had a good trip and some good drinks in the Lounge.  Some people we haven’t seen in over two years came into the Lounge also so it was a nice reunion.

[grapau27]

3 hours ago, sgmn said:

Hope you had fun Graham,  we were booked on Anthem in September but cancelled  😢 

Hope to sail her again before she disappears back to her other home for the Winter. 

It's so easy to sail from Southampton for us,  one hour drive to port, park right outside the ship. Porters collect bags from the boot of the car, wonderful, just wish there were more choices of destinations

310 miles 5 and a half hours drive for me.

We had 2 nights pre cruise in Southampton.

We are going back on Anthem later this year.

I hope you had a nice cruise on Celebrity Silhouette.

 

Edited May 15, 2022 by grapau27

[Arzeena]

7 hours ago, sgmn said:

Love that picture!

Glad you enjoyed your cruise. We were on the Sillhouette's last cruise before the TA. I was following Jim and Iain's cruise adventures.