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

[ollienbertsmum]

6 hours ago, Jimbo said:

1st cruise ends on June 11th. 2nd cruise  starts  on June 13th Gives us a day and half to explore Barcelona before our next cruise starts. Found a lower priced flight from Amsterdam I think we could make.......leaves at 1:15pm  $104  We only need the one way, 2nd cruise ends in Rome.

 

Amsterdam to Barcelona is a DIRECT FLIGHT

 

1:15pm - 3:35pm

Amsterdam (AMS) - Barcelona (BCN)

2h 20m (Nonstop)

Vueling Airlines

$104$104

Just a sample of flights and prices from Rotterdam below

 

• • 7:05am - 2:05pm

    Rotterdam (RTM) - Barcelona (BCN)

    7h 0m (2 stops)

    1h 5m in London (LCY) • 1h 40m in Zürich (ZRH)

    

    Multiple airlines • British Airways 4450 operated by BA Cityflyer, Swiss International Air Lines 451 operated by Helvetic Airways

    $1,625$1,625

    One way per traveler

     

    Select and show fare information for multipleAirlines flight, departing at 7:05am from Rotterdam, arriving at 2:05pm in Barcelona, Priced at $1,625 One way per traveler. 7 hours 0 minutes total travel time, Two stops, Layover for 1 hour 5 minutes in London • Layover for 1 hour 40 minutes in Zürich.

    Carry-on included

  • Multiple Airlines flight departing at 3:15pm from $1,625

    3:15pm - 10:55pm

    Rotterdam (RTM) - Barcelona (BCN)

    7h 40m (2 stops)

    2h 30m in London (LCY) • 1h in Zürich (ZRH)

    

    Multiple airlines • British Airways 4456 operated by BA Cityflyer, Swiss International Air Lines 465 operated by Helvetic Airways

    $1,625$1,625

    One way per traveler

     

    Select and show fare information for multipleAirlines flight, departing at 3:15pm from Rotterdam, arriving at 10:55pm in Barcelona, Priced at $1,625 One way per traveler. 7 hours 40 minutes total travel time, Two stops, Layover for 2 hours 30 minutes in London • Layover for 1 hour 0 minutes in Zürich.

    Carry-on included

  • Multiple Airlines flight departing at 1:50pm from $1,625

    1:50pm - 10:55pm

    Rotterdam (RTM) - Barcelona (BCN)

    9h 5m (2 stops)

    3h 55m in London (LCY) • 1h in Zürich (ZRH)

    

    Multiple airlines • British Airways 4454 operated by BA Cityflyer, Swiss International Air Lines 465 operated by Helvetic Airways

    $1,625$1,625

    One way per traveler

     

    Select and show fare information for multipleAirlines flight, departing at 1:50pm from Rotterdam, arriving at 10:55pm in Barcelona, Priced at $1,625 One way per traveler. 9 hours 5 minutes total travel time, Two stops, Layover for 3 hours 55 minutes in London • Layover for 1 hour 0 minutes in Zürich.

    Carry-on included

  • Multiple Airlines flight departing at 7:05am from $1,625

    7:05am - 7:15pm

    Rotterdam (RTM) - Barcelona (BCN)

    12h 10m (2 stops)

    2h 25m in London (LCY) • 5h 30m in Zürich (ZRH)

    

    Multiple airlines • British Airways 4450 operated by BA Cityflyer

    2 left at

    2 left at this price

    $1,625$1,625

    One way per traveler

     

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First Cruise

 

 

• • Day 1: Amsterdam - Netherlands
  • Thu May 30 2024 | Depart 04:00 PM
• • Day 2: At Sea
  • Fri May 31 2024 |
• • Day 3: Geiranger - Norway
  • Sat Jun 01 2024 | 10:00 AM To 07:00 PM
• • Day 4: At Sea
  • Sun Jun 02 2024 |
• • Day 5: Tromso - Norway
  • Mon Jun 03 2024 | 10:00 AM To 07:00 PM
• • Day 6: Honningsvag - Norway
  • Tue Jun 04 2024 | 07:00 AM To 05:00 PM
• • Day 7: At Sea
  • Wed Jun 05 2024 |
• • Day 8: Alesund - Norway
  • Thu Jun 06 2024 | 11:00 AM To 06:00 PM
• • Day 9: Flam - Norway
  • Fri Jun 07 2024 | 08:00 AM To 06:00 PM
• • Day 10: Stavanger - Norway
  • Sat Jun 08 2024 | 08:00 AM To 07:00 PM
• • Day 11: Kristiansand - Norway
  • Sun Jun 09 2024 | 07:00 AM To 06:00 PM
• • Day 12: At Sea
  • Mon Jun 10 2024 |
• • Day 13: Amsterdam - Netherlands
  • Tue Jun 11 2024 | Arrive 06:00 A
• 2nd Cruise:

• • Day 1: Barcelona - Spain
  • Thu Jun 13 2024 | Depart 05:00 PM
• • Day 2: At Sea
  • Fri Jun 14 2024 |
• • Day 3: Provence(Marseille) - France
  • Sat Jun 15 2024 | 07:00 AM To 06:00 PM
• • Day 4: Nice (Villefranche) - France
  • Sun Jun 16 2024 | 08:00 AM To 07:00 PM
• • Day 5: Santa Margherita - Italy
  • Mon Jun 17 2024 | 08:00 AM To 06:00 PM
• • Day 6: Florence/Pisa(Livorno) - Italy
  • Tue Jun 18 2024 | Arrive 07:00 AM
• • Day 7: Florence/Pisa(Livorno) - Italy
  • Wed Jun 19 2024 | Depart 06:00 PM
• • Day 8: At Sea
  • Thu Jun 20 2024 |
• • Day 9: Naples - Italy
  • Fri Jun 21 2024 | 07:00 AM To 06:00 PM
• • Day 10: Rome (Civitavecchia) - Italy
  • Sat Jun 22 2024 | Arrive 06:00 AM

That is a great trip.  

[Luckynana]

51 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

Happy birthday to your sister and your Naples friend on Monday Maryann.

Thank you, Graham!

[Luckynana]

@akcruz   Happy Birthday wishes for your daughter, April!!

[aussielozzie18]

5 hours ago, DaniDanielle said:

We wish you the happiest of birthdays Lenny🎂What a milestone especially with all you have been through🥰

@lenquixote66 + 1

Happy 80th Lenny.  Enjoy your special celebration. Lovely that so many friends & family will be there for you to celebrate.

[grapau27]

@akcruz.

Happy birthday to your daughter April.

 

[A&L_Ont]

5 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

@akcruz.

Happy birthday to your daughter April.

 

From Lisa and I too. 

[akcruz]

39 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

I hope your Daughter has an Awesome Birthday weekend.    Please send her my Birthday wishes to enjoy to the fullest🍸🎂💐

 

14 minutes ago, Luckynana said:

@akcruz   Happy Birthday wishes for your daughter, April!!

 

5 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

@akcruz.

Happy birthday to your daughter April.

 

 

Thank you all.  Get to see her, her husband, his birthday is the following week, and my grandkids next week, they are coming to spend some time at the beach.  Hoping it isn't too hot.

[aussielozzie18]

Good morning.  Last night we were in the city to see a play based on a classic Australian book.  

 

Today, it will be sunny but tomorrow will be a day of rain.  Might go to the movies - we are currently spoilt for choice - Barbie, Oppenheimer, Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones.

 

My daughter and her friends all went and saw Barbie last night.  Special pink sessions have been selling out here.

 

My friend’s son and his friend group are 4 boys and one girl so they are seeing the double bill of Oppenheimer and Barbie.

 

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

[Jimbo]

53 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

If you can manage it, fly business class in a KLM plane rather than a Delta plane and get one of their Delft Blue Houses.  They are small replicas of real Dutch buildings and they're filled with Dutch gin.  I've got house number 87 (Het Peperhuis in Enkhiuzen) and house 72 (Singel 87 in Amsterdam).  Frequent KLM flyers collect them and many have all 103 houses...some even 2 or more of each house.  I would have loved to fly KLM more often but I usually ended up on Delta.  I think KLM has better service than Delta.

It's only a 2  1/2 hour direct flight.............Economy is $186 and Business is $1031....way to much for Business Class on such a short flight.

 

How many bags can you bring and what is the cost of bags on KLM ?

[Momof3gurlz]

1 hour ago, HBE4 said:

 

 

After reading Bimmer09 Celebrity cruise Trip Report with a pre- & post-cruse stay in Amsterdam,  that's disappointing. But I do get it, seems like the city is a victim of it's own success.  No time line is given.

 

And on a related note, thank you @singinalot for directing us to Bimmer09 reviews. My first time reading one of his reports & I was hooked instantly. I kinda want to do the exact trip he took.

 

And  @singinalotI think it's already been decided but please do a trip report for your upcoming trip. It can be Live, Semi-Live or after-the-fact, do it however is best for you but just do it! 🙂

 

Love his trip reports. 

[Ocean Boy]

5 hours ago, MJSailors said:

@Sea Dog..”amazing coroners Sinatra,

Martin, Davis and Darin…”

I think you meant crooners ?

Autocorrect can be surprising!

Agree that Tony Bennett was one of the great ones!

He was a native of Queens,NY too!

MJ🙋🏻‍♀️

 

@Sea Dog

Sometimes I correct autocorrect and it will change it back again to what it wants. It ls like it thinks it knows better than I as to what I want to say.

[Ocean Boy]

This evening, 7:30, on the beach. Just a beautiful evening. The weekend is here. Life is good. Tomorrow the sand will be hard to find under all the blankets and umbrellas.

 

 

 

[DaniDanielle]

1 hour ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Wow - Monday is a special day for many people.    Happy Everything to Everyone😃

+1

[broadwaybaby123]

Well, considering I just booked my Liberty cruise, pretty good!

[h20skibum]

Had a little cleanup to do this morning, after last night’s storm. 

 

This afternoon, I met my daughter for a little outing.  She was watching their friend’s kids today, and I think she wanted another adult to help out. The kids grandfather had a ruptured aneurysm last year that resulted in an amputated leg, and he has had some setbacks, so their parents were taking care of things for him today. 

 

Daughter and I kept her two, their friends two, and my CA grandson busy.  Someone mentioned herding cats, and that describes keeping track of five kids. 
 

 

Sometimes you have to just toss the boys in a spider net. 
 

 

The kids all had fun panning for gems. 
 

 

My granddaughter geared up to do the obstacle course and zip line. 
 

 

She was disappointed she had to do the smaller one. It will be two more years before she is old enough to do the bigger one. 
 

 

Popcorn, smoothies and a movie tonight. 

 

 

[Sea Dog]

New additions to the tiki patio.

 

 

 

 

[TravelGirlinDallas]

Andrew tried the escargot tonight and liked it! He ate them all. 

 

New normal? The entire hallway was like this.

 

Paradise Beach was packed today. When it started raining, the staff made everyone leave the beach and go under the roof where the bar  is. The rain really cooled things down, though, which I appreciated.

[Luckynana]

22 minutes ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

Andrew tried the escargot tonight and liked it! He ate them all. 

 

 

Good for Andrew!  Nothing like lots of butter and garlic!  I love escargot.  He is such a cutie!!!!

[Sea Dog]

31 minutes ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

Andrew tried the escargot tonight and liked it! He ate them all. 

 

New normal? The entire hallway was like this.

 

Paradise Beach was packed today. When it started raining, the staff made everyone leave the beach and go under the roof where the bar  is. The rain really cooled things down, though, which I appreciated.

I love the look on his face it’s like, “ I’m not sure about this.” Glad he liked it . One of my favorite dishes plus you can dip your bread in the garlic butter sauce. Yummmmm!

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

Andrew tried the escargot tonight and liked it! He ate them all. 

 

New normal? The entire hallway was like this.

 

Paradise Beach was packed today. When it started raining, the staff made everyone leave the beach and go under the roof where the bar  is. The rain really cooled things down, though, which I appreciated.

I think the stuff in the passageways will be the new normal because of once a day cabin service. People don't want the stuff hanging around in the cabin.

[George C]

57 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

I love the look on his face it’s like, “ I’m not sure about this.” Glad he liked it . One of my favorite dishes plus you can dip your bread in the garlic butter sauce. Yummmmm!

I like the garlic butter more than the escarole, but it’s one of my wife’s favorite dishes. I remember my dad talking me to a French restaurant in Manhattan when I was in my teens and trying that , they served them in the shell and it was delicious. 

[TravelGirlinDallas]

22 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I think the stuff in the passageways will be the new normal because of once a day cabin service. People don't want the stuff hanging around in the cabin.

Yes, exactly my point. I do miss that 2nd service for multiple reasons.

[BonTexasNY]

5 hours ago, Luckynana said:

@akcruz   Happy Birthday wishes for your daughter, April!!

April, from me too!!

[Husky1987]

Family reunion (wife’s fam) weekend in Lincoln City, OR.  Pains me to say, but the Oregon coast is so much better than the Washington coast.  Staying at a campground a couple minute walk away from the family AirBnB.  35ish people (wife is one of seven kids).  Just finished peeling, dicing, baking potatoes for tomorrow morning’s corned beef hash.

One highlight in the midst of family fun…finding a bourbon in an Oregon liquor store that is rarely on the shelves in Washington.  Any more screaming kids and I may have to crack this tonight 🤣🤣

 

 

 

 

 

[BonTexasNY]

1 hour ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

Yes, exactly my point. I do miss that 2nd service for multiple reasons.

 Do you get a choice of either AM or PM service?

 

Very unpleasant seeing all of those dirty dishes lining the hallways. 😒

 

I'm enjoying your pictures. What a handsome young man Andrew is becoming!  Not that he wasn't a cute kid before. 😃