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

[Sunshine3601]

Not much in enterntainment that interest us tonight so we went to casino around 10 pm.   Another good night.  I turned $60 into $753.   I am ahead somewhere around $1000 so far.   Eric is not speaking about his #s so he must be behind.  Plenty of time to catch up.

[ReneeFLL]

12 hours ago, jmh2006 said:

So today is the big day!  Leaving tonight for a 12night trip to France and Spain.  Not a cruise but a land trip with SIL and BIL.  Staying in Paris 2 nights, then outside of Narbonne, France with a final 4 nights in Barcelona.  Packed carry-on only and very proud of myself, as this is not an easy task for me 😆.  Thank goodness we leave tonight instead of last night.  We had crazy storms roll through Michigan with over 200k customers in the Detroit area without power.  Ours never went out but we have a whole house generator so no worry for us.  Anyway, I will try and stay as caught up as one possibly can!

Have a great trip.

 

4 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

No, I was hired to take care of the cast and crew.

Good grief! I can’t even read. 😆 I read “hired to be A physician” and not “hired to be THE physician”. I guess with all the talk of people being extras, or knowing someone that has a friend of a friend of a friend that was hired to be an extra😁, I was reading that you were hired to PLAY a physician. Sorry about that. I was thinking maybe while you were in college or something. 
 

4 hours ago, Luckynana said:

  Ryan spent 2 nights in the Pediatric ICU.  His blood sugar count was extremely high, but by the 3rd day they were able to release him after getting his numbers down, after meetings with the Endocrinologist, and after Ryan and my daughter could show them that they could handle doing the finger pricks and the insulin shots.  This sure is a life-changing experience.  Lots of phone calls and doctor visits.

Thank you for asking, Dani.  Right now it's pretty stressful, and will be...until it's not.  Thank you again.🥰

Glad to hear Ryan is at home and learning what needs to be done. 

 

2 hours ago, Gardener5b said:

Coming out of lurking mode temporarily to give a brief review of our recent cruise on Adventure.   We were on the 9 day sailing departing 8/18.  Ports of call were Bermuda, San Juan, St. Martin and Labadee.   Overall, it was a great cruise.   We won a reasonably priced Royal Up bid from Jr. Suite to Owners Suite.  The suite lounge concierge was amazing.  She held a sail away party from San Juan on the helipad.   We loved the extra space in the OS.

 

We had late seating; the wait staff was just overwhelmed.   Our assistant waiter was responsible for at least 2 waiters stations.  The staff was working so hard, but it was complicated by people coming in at least 45 minutes after service started.   They also had to deal with people from MyTime dining coming up to empty tables up to an hour after service started.  I felt so bad for them trying to keep up.

 

Food in the dining room was good.  Windjammer was a mixed bag, but perhaps just not to my personal taste.  A shortage of waiters to clear tables here was also evident.   In both venues, the baked rolls/breads were absolutely addictive.

 

Bar service was quite good; we didn't experience any shortages of preferred wines or bourbons.

 

Ports of call were good, although due to the itinerary, times in ports were quite short.  We did shore excursions in Bermuda and SanJuan.  We stayed on board in St Martin; it was quite rainy there.

 

The ship was in great shape.  Lots of maintenance being done--all of the railings on deck 12 and 10 were being re-varnished.  

 

And finally, since everyone is posting cute pet photos, here is our recent addition (we do basset hound rescue; she was a foster that we adopted last year.).  We also have a camera shy senior golden that was also a rescue.

 

Glad you came out of lurking mode and had a good cruise. I definitely agree there is a crew shortage. Cute pups.

[ReneeFLL]

2 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

Anyone watching BD DU?

Will probably watch tomorrow or the next day.

 

2 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

They are both potential firings.

Ryan gets away with as little as he can do and I hope,he goes.

 

31 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Oh no my eyes are closed in that picture and in middle of smile.   Oh my😌  Lol!!

Your eyes are open in the top ones and in the bottom few you’re just dreaming of your next cocktail. 🍹

[Coralc]

Day 3 doing clean out at our other house in the mountains, and we spent the afternoon with Roto-Rooter All 3 toilets were overflowing, and water was coming up in a shower drain. I do have to commend them for their services! I started calling plumbers at 2 o'clock, unsuccessfully. And Roto-Rooter was able to come at 3PM and was able to complete a main drain cleanout by 5. And the hauling guy is supposed to be here tomorrow at 9 AM. We are exhausted, and this is only the first load, but last for this trip. 

 

Congratulations on the new kitten Sue. Lizzie is really cute! Kittens are equally fun and annoying. 😊

[Coralc]

47 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Oh no my eyes are closed in that picture and in middle of smile.   Oh my😌  Lol!!

You look fine and are both very attractive and look like you are having a wonderful time!

Edited August 31, 2022 by Coralc

[ReneeFLL]

Mike left over 3 hours ago and I got a text about 30 minutes ago. Incoming flight had a bird strike. Only injury was the bird, but I guess there’s problem with the plane also. At first he thought they were going to be able to leave, but now he’s on his way home. This will probably mess things up for later in the week. Will have to find out what kind of damage there was. He just said there was a lot of blood. Poor bird. 😢
 

Edited August 31, 2022 by ReneeFLL

[NHProud]

6 hours ago, Lionesss said:

I think I’m going to like it here. 
as I snuggle for some hooman petting   
 

 

She’s very lucky to have been rescued by you. 

[Ozark_Kid]

1 hour ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Not much in enterntainment that interest us tonight so we went to casino around 10 pm.   Another good night.  I turned $60 into $753.   I am ahead somewhere around $1000 so far.   Eric is not speaking about his #s so he must be behind.  Plenty of time to catch up.

Wow, good job.  I never know which slot machine to play.  If there is a particular type that you have good luck with, post a pick and I will see if I can find the same type on Allure!

Edited August 31, 2022 by Ozark_Kid

[Ozark_Kid]

We finally got checked in for our October cruise but it was the most difficult check in.   Sharon started on her iPhone at 11:01 pm.  It let her sign in but when she tried to get all 5 of us in it kicked her out 3 times.  Then it started locking up.  Then we tried just us.  No luck.  Then we switched to my iPad and put just us in and everything started working.   Luckily all 5 of us are linked because when we got the next two in it showed that the whole party had the same assigned check-in time! BTW, we got 10:30 to 11:00.

[Bailey & Sophie]

13 hours ago, Jimbo said:

Lunch today...Tomatoes & Orange Cheese on bread in the Toaster Oven..

Seasoned Pepper and Garlic Salt if you want the bottom of the great more toasted,don't use the tinfoil.

400 degrees,cooks fast keep an eye on it. Take out when cheese starts to brown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh that looks good. I love sandwiches.

One of my summer favs is tomatoes & cukes on toast, slathered with mayo.

 

[Ocean Boy]

6 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

Mike left over 3 hours ago and I got a text about 30 minutes ago. Incoming flight had a bird strike. Only injury was the bird, but I guess there’s problem with the plane also. At first he thought they were going to be able to leave, but now he’s on his way home. This will probably mess things up for later in the week. Will have to find out what kind of damage there was. He just said there was a lot of blood. Poor bird. 😢
 

Where did the bird hit?  What is going on with the plane? You should know you have my attention now. I want details!☺️

[DaniDanielle]

Sorry I posted so many pictures, I didn’t know how to remove them🥴

charlie is much improved, so hoping he stays better.

[DaniDanielle]

Hoping Ryan is feeling better🙏

[Sunshine3601]

7 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

Mike left over 3 hours ago and I got a text about 30 minutes ago. Incoming flight had a bird strike. Only injury was the bird, but I guess there’s problem with the plane also. At first he thought they were going to be able to leave, but now he’s on his way home. This will probably mess things up for later in the week. Will have to find out what kind of damage there was. He just said there was a lot of blood. Poor bird. 😢
 

Good thing it was just the bird.   I guess that happens more than us passengers know about.

[dani negreanu]

9 hours ago, StanleyandGus said:

Thor would like to play!

 

Thor is a very handsome guy 😘

 

7 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

Mike left over 3 hours ago and I got a text about 30 minutes ago. Incoming flight had a bird strike. Only injury was the bird, but I guess there’s problem with the plane also. 

 

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

Where did the bird hit?  What is going on with the plane? You should know you have my attention now. I want details!☺️

 

Until Renee will reply, here's the "result" of a close encounter between a bird and my son's (FA) plane...

 

The plane was damaged (it seems that the radar is there), and the crew "gained" an unexpected night in Paris...

 

[Sunshine3601]

20 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

Sorry I posted so many pictures, I didn’t know how to remove them🥴

charlie is much improved, so hoping he stays better.

Excellent.   Hopefully a quiet relaxing spot with feet on sand and in water will make him even better today.🥰

[Sunshine3601]

6 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Wow, good job.  I never know which slot machine to play.  If there is a particular type that you have good luck with, post a pick and I will see if I can find the same type on Allure!

I will take a pic for you.   These machines in exact same location on Allure in 2020 were very good to us then too!

[Sunshine3601]

Sorry no sunrise photos this morning.  I slept in till 6:58.

[grapau27]

12 hours ago, DaniDanielle said:

The big reveal!9

Nice to see you both.

 

 

[grapau27]

12 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

This makes me happy! I love putting a face to a name.  You both look great.  
Marietta I hope Charlie feels better soon!

+1.

[Ocean Boy]

55 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Sorry no sunrise photos this morning.  I slept in till 6:58.

Just sleeping away the best part of the day.....☺️

[Sea Dog]

8 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

He just said there was a lot of blood. Poor bird. 😢

That would scare the crap out of me but I'm not a pilot. It's like driving along and seeing something come straight at you and hits the windshield. Probably in his case because they are going so fast no time to react.

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, dani negreanu said:

 

 

Until Renee will reply, here's the "result" of a close encounter between a bird and my son's (FA) plane...

 

The plane was damaged (it seems that the radar is there), and the crew "gained" an unexpected night in Paris...

 

Kind of like deer that think they can make it across a highway when a car is barreling down at 70mph toward them. Bird should not fly into the path of a B787 moving at 250kts. 

 

Deer, and birds, have something to learn about playing Monopoly.

[Sunshine3601]

7 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Wow, good job.  I never know which slot machine to play.  If there is a particular type that you have good luck with, post a pick and I will see if I can find the same type on Allure!

Here you are.  I have to cut thru casino to get to DL for my coffees.    They are to the right of the bar, when facing the bar.  Sorry I have trouble putting a space between photos from my phone.    I was playing the blue one.

Edited August 31, 2022 by Sunshine3601

[Sea Dog]

7 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

We finally got checked in for our October cruise but it was the most difficult check in.   Sharon started on her iPhone at 11:01 pm.  It let her sign in but when she tried to get all 5 of us in it kicked her out 3 times.  Then it started locking up.  Then we tried just us.  No luck.  Then we switched to my iPad and put just us in and everything started working.   Luckily all 5 of us are linked because when we got the next two in it showed that the whole party had the same assigned check-in time! BTW, we got 10:30 to 11:00.

 

I'll stay up to 12:01 tonight to check in for our Liberty/Galveston sailing. Last time for our Symphony I used a combination of the app on my phone and my computer. Picked the time on the phone but when it asked to upload passport info and vaccine cards I had all that info on my computer so I just jumped over to that. I'm hoping everything goes smoothly tonight. I'm not looking forward to try and stay awake tonight.

 

1 hour ago, DaniDanielle said:

Sorry I posted so many pictures, I didn’t know how to remove them🥴

charlie is much improved, so hoping he stays better.

 

Great news about Charlie.

 

 

Charlie says hello to Charlie!