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

[Luckynana]

1 hour ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

 

Oliver is enjoying the outdoors today.  It finally stopped storming here so we can spend some time outside.  He’s got a case of pneumonia we are fighting along with degenerative myelopathy and laryngeal paralysis.   He will be 13 in September.  

 

What a beautiful picture.  Oliver looks so Regal in a beautiful backyard setting.

[Arzeena]

2 minutes ago, Luckynana said:

 

Thanks Jen!  You beat me to it!  A big thanks to you and Graham for introducing me to the Snowflake martini!  So good!!!

You two .....if I have a ❄️ Martini, I will be acting like a ❄️ . My most risqué drink will be double shot cappucino 🤣

[reallyitsmema]

Tonight’s dinner on Liberty was great, though it didn’t start well. We called the number of the head waiter that we were told to call when we were leaving cabin. The number was for Chops!  He had written down the wrong number!  We decided to just continue down to dining room. A maitre’d saw us and motioned for us to follow him, he had been looking for us. He took us to the table we had last night and there were water glasses already full on it. The head water said he did that to hold the table so that once they started bringing people in from the line, this will be our table as long as the people assigned to it don’t decide to show up. We can deal with it, we just won’t come until 5:30 when they open tables to the 200+ who were overbooked. We now have the correct number to call and a great waitstaff, if we continue to get that table. 
 

Unfortunately, we got a notice canceling the Americas Cup excursion due to “operational reasons”. We haven’t decided what we are doing yet but will likely head to Maho Beach since my DH likes to see the planes. 

[Ocean Boy]

30 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

 We haven’t decided what we are doing yet but will likely head to Maho Beach since my DH likes to see the planes. 

I love it at Maho. My brother and I had the experience of being blasted by a 747 spooling up its engines for take off. I'll never forget it!

[A&L_Ont]

We had a bit of Mother’s Day drama here that has slowly percolated since Friday morning. We found this cat sleeping in Lucy’s chair Friday morning. Lucy was away on patrol until Saturday afternoon so no issues, right away.

 

We didn’t feed the newbie and there was water to drink in the puddles. 
 

 

 

We didn’t know how they’d do with each other, but we saw this late morning today. 
 

 

The black cat was loud with meows when Lucy was further away but got quiet when she got closer. We had what we call a Mexican Stand-off most of the day. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

At one point I even had peeping eyes looking in. 

 

[Ourusualbeach]

It's been a couple days since my last post but unfortunately we are now flying home so I have a bit of time to continue.

 

Friday was San Francisco.  9am to 11pm.  That is one thing Explora tries to do...longer port stops.

 

I woke up early to catch our arrival into San Francisco but unfortunately the fog did not co operate.  Beautiful views later though.

 

 

We had Go Cars booked for the day and a behind the scenes tour of Alcatraz in the evening so it was a very long day.

 

 

While the Go Cars were fun and a great way to see the city we ran into issues with the GPS not working do at one point waited around for a repair truck to come out, they got it going and then 5 minutes later it was out again.  We were navigating with Google maps and the paper map they gave us.  In the end they did offer us a 100% refund 

 

We turned our car in and walked to the terminal for the short boat ride to Alcatraz.

 

 

Only a couple of pictures but the behind the scenes tour was interesting and definitely worth doing.

 

 

Rule number 5.  May need to post this in my son's room since he just moved back home.

 

 

Tired from a long day we headed back to the ship at 8:30.  The Emporium Marketplace was open until 9.  I will refrain from referring to it as the buffet since there are not many buffets on ships where you walk in at 8:30 at night and have a plate of crab claws followed by fresh cooked shrimp and lobster.  There were veggies, potatoes and other assorted dishes but I passed on all of those extras, I figure I can get those on my next venture into the WJ.

 

[A&L_Ont]

Thanks to community group phone chats we discover that Princess was visiting us from a farm a mile away. She’s a year old female who took a road trip from neighbours to the east. 
 

They came and picked her up, and Lucy was happy to see her go. Better yet, they also left us some maple syrup from our trees that we let them tap. A win-win for Lucy and us. 
 

[Ourusualbeach]

Our initial plan when we knew we were returning late was going to be room service which is available 24 hours and no charge.

 

 

 

 

Notice the filet on the menu.  There is also a separate breakfast menu that is left on your bed every evening.

[Ourusualbeach]

We discovered the complimentary self serve laundromat on the last day.  There are two on board.  Deck 9 and 10. Would have been great for drying the bathing suits.

 

 

We slso did some shopping yhe last day.  We had $200 euros of obc.  Everything on board is in euros.  I let Sarah spend most of it in tje spa buying a bunch of things that I have no idea what they do but it made her happy.  There was $24 left and this was $36 so in the end my on board bill was $12.

 

[reallyitsmema]

We now have a medical emergency on board and they are looking for O negative blood from a male.  Asking for anyone with their donation card to go to medical. My DH donates but we never thought to bring his card. He isn’t a match but will add it to our packing list for future cruises. 

[Ocean Boy]

14 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

We now have a medical emergency on board and they are looking for O negative blood from a male.  Asking for anyone with their donation card to go to medical. My DH donates but we never thought to bring his card. He isn’t a match but will add it to our packing list for future cruises. 

Why does it have to be a male?

[patattack]

2 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Why does it have to be a male?

I wondered that as well.  

 

Pat

[reallyitsmema]

1 minute ago, Ocean Boy said:

Why does it have to be a male?

I was hoping you could tell me why!  They came over the PA and asked for male volunteers. Never heard that before. 

[#55worktoplay]

12 hours ago, reallyitsmema said:

We usually do CK and specialty too but no CK on Liberty. We aren’t fans of Giovanni’s either, we prefer Jamie’s. We have avoided MDR in the past but since we are nine nights, there are additional menus we haven’t seen before. We will give it one last shot tonight and then we’ll do Chops and WJ. 
 

We are also looking into Celebrity to mix it up a bit. 
 

I personally prefer the windjammer. The selection is good and I don’t need to sit still for up to 2 hours. 

[#55worktoplay]

22 hours ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

I’m feeling the same here and i’m having no luck so far.  

I’m kind of bummed because I’m sure I am far enough North and also far out from the light pollution to have enjoyed them but I didn’t know to look for them!  We are in the middle of renovations and I have not read or seen any news in the last few days. I remember the first time I saw them it was so fascinating but that was the one and only time I have seen them around here. 

[Sea Dog]

1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

We had a bit of Mother’s Day drama here that has slowly percolated since Friday morning. We found this cat sleeping in Lucy’s chair Friday morning. Lucy was away on patrol until Saturday afternoon so no issues, right away.

 

We didn’t feed the newbie and there was water to drink in the puddles. 
 

 

 

We didn’t know how they’d do with each other, but we saw this late morning today. 
 

 

The black cat was loud with meows when Lucy was further away but got quiet when she got closer. We had what we call a Mexican Stand-off most of the day. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

At one point I even had peeping eyes looking in. 

 

Glad it all got resolved. I think Lucy would rather be the queen of her domain and have to share it with another cat.

[voyager70]

1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

Thanks to community group phone chats we discover that Princess was visiting us from a farm a mile away. She’s a year old female who took a road trip from neighbours to the east. 
 

They came and picked her up, and Lucy was happy to see her go. Better yet, they also left us some maple syrup from our trees that we let them tap. A win-win for Lucy and us. 
 

So happy it all worked out well but I was kind of hoping Lucy would end up with a new brother or sister to hang out with 😁

[Ourusualbeach]

Internet went out on the plane.  Getting close to Detroit.

 

Anyway, here is yhe complimentary wine list.  There is a very extensive list that can be purchased by the bottle from $20 to $4000 

 

 

 

[HBE4]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

I love it at Maho. My brother and I had the experience of being blasted by a 747 spooling up its engines for take off. I'll never forget it!

 

I did that once, getting blasted by a 747 KLM getting ready for take-off. I saw one or two people get knocked down, a few hats and bags being blown in to the sea. 

 

Glad I did it, not sure I'd do it again.

[Luckynana]

48 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

We now have a medical emergency on board and they are looking for O negative blood from a male.  Asking for anyone with their donation card to go to medical. My DH donates but we never thought to bring his card. He isn’t a match but will add it to our packing list for future cruises. 

 

Oh no!  I wonder why it has to be from a male?  I am O negative;  I would've never had thought to have my donation card with me

33 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Why does it have to be a male?

 

I'm wondering also🤔  Universal is universal, as far as I'm concerned...

[Luckynana]

 

Well, I just stepped out into the backyard looking up at the sky for any sign of the beautiful lights;  no such luck.  We still have lots of cloud cover.  Apparently the weather people were wrong about the sky being clear around here tonight.  Ah, well.  At least I had a lovely Mother's Day!😉

[reallyitsmema]

3 minutes ago, Luckynana said:

 

Oh no!  I wonder why it has to be from a male?  I am O negative;  I would've never had thought to have my donation card with me

 

I'm wondering also🤔  Universal is universal, as far as I'm concerned...

Not sure why gender specific. The rollcall says they have a donor. One person who tried was told they weren’t needed at this time. Dr google showed a study saying male donations have less risk of mortality. Not sure, hope person got what they needed. No further announcements. Since we didn’t get to Bermuda, we are due in St Marteen at 7am instead of noon. Our course hasn’t changed at all according to the position map on the tv. 

[Ourusualbeach]

Some pictures of the Emporium Marketplace.  Even here ygey have subdivided the searing into may different areas to it does not feel as busy. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The tables are always set with napkins, cutlery, salt and pepper grinders and water glasses.  Have a seat and a host will be by in minutes to take your drink order and it's there waiting by the time you get back with your food. 

[George C]

Just watched one of the most bizarre, interesting movies, I have ever seen “Poor Things” Emma Stone won the academy award earlier this year for it , very adult with nudity, extremely hard to describe, it is currently on Hulu . 

[Keksie]

1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

We had a bit of Mother’s Day drama here that has slowly percolated since Friday morning. We found this cat sleeping in Lucy’s chair Friday morning. Lucy was away on patrol until Saturday afternoon so no issues, right away.

 

We didn’t feed the newbie and there was water to drink in the puddles. 
 

 

 

We didn’t know how they’d do with each other, but we saw this late morning today. 
 

 

The black cat was loud with meows when Lucy was further away but got quiet when she got closer. We had what we call a Mexican Stand-off most of the day. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

At one point I even had peeping eyes looking in. 

 

What is the name of your new cat?  Lol