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

[Ocean Boy]

30 minutes ago, ReneeFLL said:

I told Mike we need to go out and buy the ingredients. Coming soon, at least within a week whenever I get to Toal Wine. 😁  I’m going to ask if they can make me one on the Odyssey in 3 weeks.

Wow, I didn't realize that you had an Odyssey cruise coming up. Enjoy!

[TravelGirlinDallas]

3 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Have you walked on the glass in the Space Needle in Seattle? 

Yes! Andrew was fascinated with it. We must have spent an hour there while he experienced it, and he didn’t want to leave when in was time to move on. We’ve also done the CN Tower in Toronto and the Columbia Icefield Skywalk near Jasper, AB.

 

[mo&fran]

57 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

It's weird.  Although I have a fear of heights, I've gone skydiving twice and didn't experience that fear at all, even when leaving the plane.  I think we were so high up (about 13,000 feet) and the ground so far away, that my perspective was thrown off.  Mike probably just has full faith in his plane.

But sometimes the engineer helps. I have a certain fear of heights.  My first solo cross country flight, from PBI to Key West, here I am over a mile above the ground, in basically a little over 2000 lbs of aluminum , with a little 140 HP engine keeping me up. The confidence comes from some aeronautical engineering courses,  understanding exactly why this whole process actually works.

Don't think I ever thought about it again. 

Edited November 6, 2023 by mo&fran

[jagsfan]

15 hours ago, taznremmy said:

Sailing out of San Francisco was not as pretty as a few weeks ago.  Not only fog, but it started raining…. hard. I’ve never seen Deck 15 clear so fast. 😹

But you’re on a cruise…any day on a cruise ship is a good day!

[jagsfan]

14 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Good morning.  It’s a beautiful day on the Sapphire Coast of NSW.  Today, we did a guided bushwalk.  8 of us from Sydney and 1 young crew member.  
 

We were walking single file through the bush, myself second from the end and the crew member at the rear.  We suddenly stopped.  A Kangaroo and her Joey were in the bush ahead.  The crew member whispered to me “this is my first time seeing a kangaroo” 

 

I said, go up to the front.  Big smile from all of us as he quietly moved up to join our guide at the front to have a closer look.  Joey then decided that mum’s pouch was safest place to be but couldn’t work out how to get in…

 

 

Tonnes of kangaroo poo everywhere.  Asked our guide how many kangaroos are in this location.  A mob of approx 100.  
 

 

He said when taking another group of cruisers on the walk, he was disappointed for them that he didn’t see any where we had but when they reached the rocky beach above, there were 40 on the beach.

 

Morning tea break.  Put on by our guide and his partner.  A young couple who have been running the company for four years through Covid lockdowns & bushfires.

 

Lots of whales putting on a show today as we walked to the lookouts.  No photos of the whales but the views were lovely.

 

 

Monitor Lizard next to the trail

 

Accidentally took a photo of my shadow.  Need to lay off the desserts…

Back to the ship for a late lunch on the balcony.  This cruise life is hard to take especially on beautiful days like these.

I love looking at your photos!

I hope your cruise was spectacular all the way through!

Edited November 6, 2023 by jagsfan

[Jimbo]

4 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Have you walked on the glass in the Space Needle in Seattle? 

 

Hard to realize how high it is from the above pic.  Here is one looking up at it.

In Seattle have you been to the Columbia Center? It's about 300 ft higher then the Space Needle. It's the tallest Building in Seattle.

 

https://skyviewobservatory.com/

 

 

https://skyviewobservatory.com/experiences/

 

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Sky View Observatory at Columbia Center in downtown Seattle is the ideal first stop on your visit to the Emerald City. Here you can map out your entire Pacific Northwest experience: riding the Great Wheel, shopping in Pike Place Market, hiking the Cascades, ferrying to Bainbridge Island, cruising Elliott Bay and exploring the San Juan Islands.

Sky View Observatory is located on the 73rd floor of Columbia Center. At 902 feet it offers the tallest public viewing area in the Pacific Northwest. The 360 degree panoramic view includes Mt. Rainier, Bellevue, the Cascade Mountains, Mt. Baker, Elliott Bay, the Olympic Mountains, the Space Needle and the city of Seattle.

Developed by Martin Selig, the 76-story, 1.5 million square foot Columbia Center was completed in 1985. Clad in smoked tempered glass and Carnelian granite, the structure boasts 8,800 windows, 2,100 hydronic heat pumps, 48 elevators, and 6 escalators. The many technical innovations required for such a large scale project, such as viscoelastic dampers and triangle shaped bracing, enable Columbia Center to withstand earthquakes and hurricane force winds, making it one of the strongest and safest buildings in the Pacific Northwest.

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[jagsfan]

3 hours ago, mo&fran said:

Just got back from my GI Dr, the feeding tube that I had for my cancer treatment is now gone.  3 weeks of cruise food, particularly my favorite while cruising, is breakfast, served in Chops, which is a Pinnacle benefit, no food from the tube.

Bless you! I hope each meal you eat is 

Even better than the previous one!

Lots of “When Harry Met Sally “ moments!

 

[aussielozzie18]

Good morning.  Sail into Sydney Harbour this morning. 

 

 

 

Been a lovely short cruise.  Heading back to work now. Melbourne Cup today - the horse race that stops the nation- or so they say.  We have our annual Ladies Luncheon on 🏇🏆
 

[Ozark_Kid]

14 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

In Seattle have you been to the Columbia Center? It's about 300 ft higher then the Space Needle. It's the tallest Building in Seattle.

 

https://skyviewobservatory.com/

 

 

https://skyviewobservatory.com/experiences/

 

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Sky View Observatory at Columbia Center in downtown Seattle is the ideal first stop on your visit to the Emerald City. Here you can map out your entire Pacific Northwest experience: riding the Great Wheel, shopping in Pike Place Market, hiking the Cascades, ferrying to Bainbridge Island, cruising Elliott Bay and exploring the San Juan Islands.

Sky View Observatory is located on the 73rd floor of Columbia Center. At 902 feet it offers the tallest public viewing area in the Pacific Northwest. The 360 degree panoramic view includes Mt. Rainier, Bellevue, the Cascade Mountains, Mt. Baker, Elliott Bay, the Olympic Mountains, the Space Needle and the city of Seattle.

Developed by Martin Selig, the 76-story, 1.5 million square foot Columbia Center was completed in 1985. Clad in smoked tempered glass and Carnelian granite, the structure boasts 8,800 windows, 2,100 hydronic heat pumps, 48 elevators, and 6 escalators. The many technical innovations required for such a large scale project, such as viscoelastic dampers and triangle shaped bracing, enable Columbia Center to withstand earthquakes and hurricane force winds, making it one of the strongest and safest buildings in the Pacific Northwest.

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I don't even remember hearing about it.  We had a lot of places suggested but we missed this place.  There is a lot of cool places to visit in Seattle.   I think my favorite was the glass museum. 

Sleepless in Seattle popped up on the TV earlier today and was showing the restaurant we ate at the Market Place.

[h20skibum]

Now this really makes me feel old.  I just got this email notice today, that this was the date of my grandfather’s birthday.

 

 

He was born 138 years ago.   I remember, when I was a teenager, I recorded him reciting some poems he had written.   I recorded it on a reel to reel tape deck.   At some point, I transferred it to a cassette.  Now I just realized I should probably transfer it to digital format while I still have a working cassette deck.

[Luckynana]

Wow!  How special that you recorded your Grandfather years ago, Mark!  How fortunate that you have this wonderful audio memory!  @h20skibum

[bobmacliberty]

2 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Good morning.  Sail into Sydney Harbour this morning. 

 

 

 

Been a lovely short cruise.  Heading back to work now. Melbourne Cup today - the horse race that stops the nation- or so they say.  We have our annual Ladies Luncheon on 🏇🏆
 

 

Spectacular!

[Jimbo]

2 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

I don't even remember hearing about it.  We had a lot of places suggested but we missed this place.  There is a lot of cool places to visit in Seattle.   I think my favorite was the glass museum. 

Sleepless in Seattle popped up on the TV earlier today and was showing the restaurant we ate at the Market Place.

We did a private tour when we were in Seattle  and our tour guide suggested the Columbia  Center because it's higher with better views and ALOT less crowded then the space needle where we would waste to much time trying to get into.

Columbia  Center we walked  right in and took the elevator right up to the top floor....only like 15 people up there.

 

I have a picture some where of looking down into both the baseball and football stadiums with the space needle down below behind the stadiums...

I'll see if I can find it.

[Husky1987]

20 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

We did a private tour when we were in Seattle  and our tour guide suggested the Columbia  Center because it's higher with better views and ALOT less crowded then the space needle where we would waste to much time trying to get into.

Columbia  Center we walked  right in and took the elevator right up to the top floor....only like 15 people up there.

 

I have a picture some where of looking down into both the baseball and football stadiums with the space needle down below behind the stadiums...

I'll see if I can find it.

Fun Seattle fact....it's well known that the women's bathroom on the 76th floor has the best views of any bathroom in the entire city.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3gH6j39a5Y

[Jimbo]

Here a few pictures:

 

Amazing flowers you can buy at Pike Place Market

 

 

Up on the 76th floor in the Columbia Building, see all the people lol

 

There is our ship(Infinity) and to the right you can see the Space Needle

 

2 stadiums

 

 

 

 

Zoomed in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ocean Boy]

3 hours ago, h20skibum said:

Now this really makes me feel old.  I just got this email notice today, that this was the date of my grandfather’s birthday.

 

 

He was born 138 years ago.   I remember, when I was a teenager, I recorded him reciting some poems he had written.   I recorded it on a reel to reel tape deck.   At some point, I transferred it to a cassette.  Now I just realized I should probably transfer it to digital format while I still have a working cassette deck.

I also have my grandparents on real to real tape but the tape recorder no longer works. I don't know if I'll hear them again.

[Luckynana]

1 hour ago, Husky1987 said:

Fun Seattle fact....it's well known that the women's bathroom on the 76th floor has the best views of any bathroom in the entire city.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3gH6j39a5Y

Very cool!!

[Luckynana]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

I also have my grandparents on real to real tape but the tape recorder no longer works. I don't know if I'll hear them again.

I bet there's some place can can put it on a dvd or something for you🤔

[Ocean Boy]

Is anyone else having trouble bringing up "content I posted in"? I get a message that something went wrong. This has been going on since a CC update earlier today.

[George C]

I taped my grandmother singing in Italian in mid 60’s she was born in Sicily in 1870 and passed in Brooklyn in 1966, have no idea where tape is. 

[akcruz]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

Is anyone else having trouble bringing up "content I posted in"? I get a message that something went wrong. This has been going on since a CC update earlier today.

 

Yes, can't get to anything but the main forums. 

[Ocean Boy]

Just now, akcruz said:

 

Yes, can't get to anything but the main forums. 

I emailed Laura. She said they are aware of, and working on, the issues.

[cruiselvr04]

22 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Just on a short 3 night cruise to Eden.  Left Sydney on Saturday afternoon back to Sydney and work tomorrow morning -  straight from the ship.

 

Sorry I know this is a RCL group but the exchange rate is awful atm so Australian cruises that are  in AUD are my cruises of choice.   On board Majestic Princess.

 

 

 

 

Love all your pics.  We will be in Sydney in less than 90 days now.  It’s coming so fast.  I still have about 10 ports of call or days in Sydney to plan, trying to knock them out so I can then relax and enjoy the holidays.  We can not wait to see Kangaroos and Koalas!  
 

As a side note, Royal isn’t offering excursions in some ports of call or they are way over priced. I find the zero excursions strange. It’s mostly that way in Australia, not New Zealand. So about 1/3 will be Royal excursions, a few private when I could find them and the rest on our own.  Hopefully all my planning works.  It’s been a bit frustrating as a planner and our roll call is not active.

[grapau27]

9 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

I also have my grandparents on real to real tape but the tape recorder no longer works. I don't know if I'll hear them again.

I have a video player that can play DVDs and video tapes plus it can transfer video to DVD or DVD to video.

I also use it to transfer onto DVD video what we have recorded on our camcorder of family,cruises etc.

[grapau27]

6 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

I emailed Laura. She said they are aware of, and working on, the issues.

Not experienced any problems this morning on cc in the UK.