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

[Keksie]

13 minutes ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

+1 😎 

+2

[Coralc]

2 hours ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

Unfortunately I think it will be very difficult to find a pet insurance policy that will cover pre-x and even more difficult to find at a decent rate.  

We've never had it, because we seem to end up with older, adopted animals, of uncertain age with pre-existing conditions. I think if we ever have a kitten, we will look into it further. 

[lenquixote66]

U-Conn Men’s Basketball is the best team since UCLA in 1964-65 in my opinion.Danny Hurley is a great Coach.

 

 

[Ozark_Kid]

7 hours ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

Day 9- 4/3- Today we leave Kyoto to travel 526 km (320 miles) by train to Kyonon for a one night stay in a beach resort with DH’s brother, who happens to be in Japan this week with his family.

 

 

 

 

An open air Onsen- a hot spring - with a view of the beach 

Day 10- 4/4- Weather clears up nicely today.  We check out of this hotel and leave for Tokyo.

 

 

We arrive in Tokyo!

 

 

Sushi for dinner 

 

We have a 7:20pm time reservation to go up to the Shibuya Sky.  This is the famous Shibuya crossing view from the 11th floor.

 

 

Now we go up to the rooftop.  A laser light beam up to the sky.

 

Views from the rooftop 

 

All of your Japan photos would make a great photo book.  Maybe think about it.  Great memories!

[aussielozzie18]

A beautiful sunny Sunday in Sydney. End of daylight savings. Max was very confused when he got an early morning walk from me (usually I do the after dinner walks).  He kept looking back at our house wondering where DH was…..

 

Once DH was up we headed to Palm Beach (Pittwater side).

 

DH decided to walk up to the Barrenjoey Lighthouse via the steps for the first time  (he timed himself - 6 mins).  I took our usual path up.

 

Views on the way up - Pittwater one side and Palm Beach on the other.

 

We are coming back to do a guided tour of the Barrenjoey  Lighthouse at the top of the headland next Sunday.

 

DH joined me on the way back down.  Said the steps would be too slippery on the descent.  Nice views on the return.

 

 

Had a nice coffee and casual lunch.  Obligatory (from me) lorikeet photo.

 

Walked back to the beach past “Summer Bay” (from Australian soap tv series - Home & Away - very popular with the Brits)

 

 

I think this is the chip stealing culprit mentioned above…

 

Beach closed but beautiful relaxing on the sand in the sun

[aussielozzie18]

Late afternoon stroll & chat with girlfriend in the Visitors Centre in the National Park.

 

 

 

[aussielozzie18]

Meanwhile, BIL was down near Canberra visiting one of the National Parks there, this weekend.

 

 

 

 

[FromSea2ShiningSea]

11 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

@FromSea2ShiningSea Just wow.  Not sure which I love more - your resort apartment the onsen or the food!  Loveky to catch with family.  How long did that train ride take?

It took about 5 hours with bullet train and local trains.  Google map was very helpful.  

Also, I have to take back what I said about DH planning and organizing everything with the trip.  Somethings were spur of the moment such as the visit to the NAKED Suraka Festival where we found out about it from the Tourist Information office.

[bobmacliberty]

5 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Views on the way up - Pittwater one side and Palm Beach on the other.

 

 

As always, spectacular photos.  This one reminds me of St. Croix. Atlantic Ocean on one side and Caribbean Sea on the other.

 

[Ocean Boy]

30 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

As always, spectacular photos.  This one reminds me of St. Croix. Atlantic Ocean on one side and Caribbean Sea on the other.

 

I was going to say that about St. Kitts. It has a similar outcrop of land with the Caribbean on one side and the Atlantic on the other.

[Arzeena]

15 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I was going to say that about St. Kitts. It has a similar outcrop of land with the Caribbean on one side and the Atlantic on the other.

Just my thoughts!

[Jimbo]

1 hour ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

It took about 5 hours with bullet train and local trains.  Google map was very helpful.  

Also, I have to take back what I said about DH planning and organizing everything with the trip.  Somethings were spur of the moment such as the visit to the NAKED Suraka Festival where we found out about it from the Tourist Information office.

Looks like you caught just before the Festival ended.

https://event.naked.works/nijojo/spring/

 

April 7th, last day!

 

[grapau27]

Good afternoon.

I hope everyone is safe and well.

We have just got home after 10 nights away including

7 nights cruise on P&O Iona.

We visited

Hamburg Germany.

Rotterdam Holland 2 days.

Zeebrugge Belgium

We had 2 sea days.

I pre-booked online our 7 nights speciality dining.

I will post photos separately.

Graham.

[grapau27]

We had a lovely Port side aft balcony.

On Sunday at sea we went to the wonderful Easter Sunday church service on board.

It was pouring down with rain in Hamburg so we relaxed on board.

In Rotterdam we got a water taxi to the Centrum and walked to the centre where we saw the famous cube houses.

[grapau27]

On Friday we got the ship shuttle from Zeebrugge to the beach resort Blankenburg where we bought quite a bit of Belgian chocolate.

[grapau27]

I pre-booked online all of our 7 nights in Speciality restaurants.

 

 

 

Edited April 7 by grapau27

[Sea Dog]

Graham says hello to everyone from Adventure. Looks like he is having a blast. He wanted me to relay the current stats

 

ADVENTURE 4/6
Pinnacle 53
Diamond plus 199
Diamond 229
Emerald 115
Platinum 195
Gold 903
1st timers 2194 (57%)
Total Loyalty Members 1694(43%)
Total passengers 3888
Capacity 3807
Sailing at 102% Capacity
Kids 752 (Way too many) as school is in session 😳

[bobmacliberty]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

I was going to say that about St. Kitts. It has a similar outcrop of land with the Caribbean on one side and the Atlantic on the other.

 

Oops.  You're correct.  That is supposed to say St. Kitts.  I've never even been to St. Croix. 🤣

[dani negreanu]

52 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

In Rotterdam we got a water taxi to the Centrum and walked to the centre where we saw the famous cube houses.

 

 

Beautiful itinerary, Graham  @grapau27, including the famous Belgian chocolates.

 

Did you pay to visit the interior of one of those cube houses?

 

 

1 minute ago, bobmacliberty said:

You're correct.  That is supposed to say St. Kitts.  I've never even been to St. Croix. 

 

St. Kitts it is 😉. We also have never been to St. Croix.

 

 

[grapau27]

3 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

Beautiful itinerary, Graham  @grapau27, including the famous Belgian chocolates.

 

Did you pay to visit the interior of one of those cube houses?

 

 

 

St. Kitts it is 😉. We also have never been to St. Croix.

 

 

Thank you Dani.

The weather was not good and my hip and knee arthritis was a little painful so we just took photos from the outside.

I watched a film on the ships TV showing inside the cube houses and they are unique.

 

[Ocean Boy]

15 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

Oops.  You're correct.  That is supposed to say St. Kitts.  I've never even been to St. Croix. 🤣

Well, I thought it looked familiar!

[Arzeena]

30 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Graham says hello to everyone from Adventure. Looks like he is having a blast. He wanted me to relay the current stats

 

ADVENTURE 4/6
Pinnacle 53
Diamond plus 199
Diamond 229
Emerald 115
Platinum 195
Gold 903
1st timers 2194 (57%)
Total Loyalty Members 1694(43%)
Total passengers 3888
Capacity 3807
Sailing at 102% Capacity
Kids 752 (Way too many) as school is in session 😳

Hello back Graham! Enjoy your cruise!

[sgmn]

14 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

I do not think there will be a season 2.

I presume its based on the book and film The Talented Mr Ripley?   Apparently the author wrote a few books with Ripley as the main character so you never know

[sgmn]

1 hour ago, grapau27 said:

I pre-booked online all of our 7 nights in Speciality restaurants.

 

 

 

Food photos look fab as always Graham.  I've been spending a bit of time over at the P@O CC pages as it's at the back of my mind to give them a go as they're year round from UK.  The prices seem comparable to RC but on board charges for drinks and extras seem more reasonable. 

Which is your favourite ship?

[sgmn]

47 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Graham says hello to everyone 

Kids 752 (Way too many) as school is in session 😳

Hello Graham 👋 

752 children does seem a lot for the size of ship , especially if it's not the hols in the States.

Over here it's still Easter holidays this week and next so maybe it's all the Brits gone over