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

[Arzeena]

3 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

We are back from our Indy cruise with the two grandsons.  I have to say it was an excellent cruise although verrry different than the relaxing ones we’re used to.  It was go, go, go with them and these three nights coming up at the Polynesian are well deserved by us!  
We had a car service (GearFusion) pick us up at the port this morning.  The driver made two drop stops, one at Coronado Springs Resort to drop the boys with their Mom, then on to Polynesian to drop us off.  If anyone wants info on this car service, just ask, I highly recommend them. 
As I said in an earlier post Indy was great.  A couple of sourpuss pool bartenders and our room steward was just ok.  But so many friendly, smiling faces among the crew.  Food in both the MDR and Windjammer was very, very good.  We also had a fantastic waiter, the same one all three nights, who just doted on the boys.  
They loved CocoCay, the ice show, unlimited snacks at Cafe Promenade, Sorrento’s and Fish & Ships.  Splashaway Bay was a big hit but their favorite was unlimited rides on the Flowrider.  
I’ll also say Nassau has come quite a way since our last visit.  We just walked Bay Street, then over to the area with the new Margaritaville and we used the beach in front of the resort for a quick swim for the two boys.  
We had two side by side balcony cabins on deck 8. Not connecting but we opened the divider between the two and could easily go back & forth. Andrew & I shared one cabin with Will & Andy in the other. I was quite fanatical about not letting them stay in the balcony without one of us there too. They’re 12 & 10 and good kids, but….boys will be boys.  A few pictures below. 
Time for some R & R, before the rest of the family arrives and we move over to OKW. 
 

Love the pictures! You all look great The boys look thoroughly enjoyed and vacationed.We are doing the 4 night in September.Same ports.

[Etta1213]

8 hours ago, grapau27 said:

York is a lovely city Sue.

The Shambles a medieval street in the centre of York is lovely and fairly close to the lovely minster.

Wow!

[Ocean Boy]

8 hours ago, grapau27 said:

York is a lovely city Sue.

The Shambles a medieval street in the centre of York is lovely and fairly close to the lovely minster.

I read York as New York and I was trying to figure out how I missed this after all these years.😊

[akcruz]

4 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

 

 

All great pictures but love this one.  Enjoy your quiet days.

[lenquixote66]

2 hours ago, BonTexasNY said:

Renee, wishing you, Mike, Helen and Marty smooth sails and a delightful cruise.

Happy Birthday to your granddaughter.  Ouch on the broken wrist. I hope she heals fast.

Thanks,Bonnie

 

[lenquixote66]

1 hour ago, grapau27 said:

Happy 15th birthday to your dear youngest granddaughter Lenny.

Thank you so very much,Graham

[helen haywood]

@dani negreanu  Luckily the cat and your grandsons speak a universal language!

[bobmacliberty]

10 hours ago, grapau27 said:

York is a lovely city Sue.

The Shambles a medieval street in the centre of York is lovely and fairly close to the lovely minster.

 

The York Minster is a great place to visit.  If you're able to handle a lot of stairs, I recommend going up to the roof.  There's also a fantastic set of roman ruins under the Minster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jimbo]

Izumi.............What's the difference for the Lunch Menu to the Dinner Menu..............The Price is the same for each per person. Am I wrong to think the portions will be the same no matter when we go?

 

Is the Menu the same across the fleet? We will be on Jewel if it matters?

 

Anyone have pictures of their favorite selections there?

Edited August 14, 2023 by Jimbo

[maggieq]

4 hours ago, singinalot said:

we’re backkkkkk! Trip blog has begun:

 

👏 🙌 🎉 @singinalot you know we are all super excited to read.  Thanks for posting.   And I always ask,,,,,,next trip? 😊 

[jagsfan]

49 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

The York Minster is a great place to visit.  If you're able to handle a lot of stairs, I recommend going up to the roof.  There's also a fantastic set of roman ruins under the Minster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What fantastic architecture! That ceiling is beautiful. I always wanted to get to York. 

[jagsfan]

5 hours ago, dani negreanu said:

 

@Sea Dog, Greg, I think you might refer to the Amsterdam Hermitage. I completely forgot that they've opened a "satellite" one in Amsterdam. We were very lucky to spend 2 full days in the one in St. Petersburg, and I'm now looking forward to visiting when we'll be in Amsterdam next month.

 

https://hermitage.nl/en/

 

 

 

I guess we're so used to the Israeli "standard"... guest toilet at the entrance, master bedroom with en-suite and another bathroom for the kids...Being a very hot country, some people even shower twice a day.

 

Here's the long distance we'll have to travel from the guest room to the toilet on DS2's ground floor. It's a very looong rectangular house.

 

 

The street ... DIL and GS1 on their way to the nearby supermarket, no car for the moment.

 

 

The neighbor's cat came to visit. Elderly nice couple, do not speak a word in English....

 

 

Keeping in shape...

 

 

A wonderful experience they’ll never forget. 

[FromSea2ShiningSea]

Sunrise this morning.  This is where we will walk to from our hotel to the cruise terminal on Wednesday 8/16.

 

 

We had tickets to The Van Gogh Museum.  The museum contains the largest collection of Van Gogh’s paintings and drawings in the world.  We spent about 4 1/2 hours here.  I really wanted to see The Starry Night painting but I found out that it is in the Museum of Fine Arts in New York City.  

 

 

 

These are just a few of Van Gogh’s paintings in the last weeks of his life.  He was painting one painting a day.  He died July 29, 1890.

 

 

 

After The Van Gogh Museum, we moseyed on over to The Rijksmuseum.  

 

The Library- “The Rijksmuseum’s art-history library is the largest of its kind in the Netherlands.  Completed in 1881, the library has largely retained its original form and ornamentation”.

 

My phone’s battery 🪫 died after the library photo so I could not take any more pictures.  Glad I got the library though.

 

I was so tired.  Merv was started to really bother me so we just blitzed it and went through the galleries real fast.  Didn’t stop to read anything.

 

I forgot these guys yesterday.  They didn’t want to get left out.  So here they are.  More duckies.

[Sunshine3601]

10 hours ago, Jimbo said:

Tomatoes pickings today was quite plentiful. 

Here is an Hibiscus tree that we bought this year.

Last picture is another(bush like) Hibiscus we bought 2 years ago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very Nice.    Green thumb Jimbo😃

[Sunshine3601]

8 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

Today is the birthday of my younger granddaughter.She is 15.

We are not celebrating today because yesterday afternoon she was playing Tennis,fell and broke a wrist.

She is wearing a cast.

Her parents are taking my older granddaughter back to college tomorrow and the birthday girl and the family dog will be staying in my house till Sunday.My wife and I will find a way to celebrate with our granddaughter .

Happy Birthday to your Granddaughter 💐🎂

Sorry to hear about her broken wrist.   Enjoy the week with her and the dog at the house😍

[Sunshine3601]

5 hours ago, derorim said:

 

This lovely picture needs to be framed!

+1 @Momof3gurlz  definitely needs to be framed!   

[Luckynana]

8 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

Today is the birthday of my younger granddaughter.She is 15.

We are not celebrating today because yesterday afternoon she was playing Tennis,fell and broke a wrist.

She is wearing a cast.

Her parents are taking my older granddaughter back to college tomorrow and the birthday girl and the family dog will be staying in my house till Sunday.My wife and I will find a way to celebrate with our granddaughter .

Happy Birthday wishes to your granddaughter, Lenny.  I'm sorry to hear that she broke a wrist while playing Tennis.  I do hope she's not hurting too badly.

Wow..your oldest granddaughter is heading back to College already?  Our grandson heads back on the 20th, one of our granddaughters will be heading to College as an incoming Freshman on the 24th, and our other granddaughter will be heading to College as an incoming Freshman on September 1st.

[Luckynana]

8 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

Did it come with directions??

 

7 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

We are back from our Indy cruise with the two grandsons.  I have to say it was an excellent cruise although verrry different than the relaxing ones we’re used to.  It was go, go, go with them and these three nights coming up at the Polynesian are well deserved by us!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a great and memorable experience for both the boys, as well as for you and Andy.  Great pictures, two of the best are of Andy on the balcony with one of the boys, and, winner, winner, chicken dinner, is this last one of you and the boys.  Did you get a frame for it yet??

Enjoy your alone time at the Polynesian with Andy, and have the best time with your daughters and grandchildren in the days following.  🥰

[DaniDanielle]

55 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Happy Birthday to your Granddaughter 💐🎂

Sorry to hear about her broken wrist.   Enjoy the week with her and the dog at the house😍

Happy birthday from here also.  Our granddaughter turns 15 on Friday.  Where does the time go?

[Luckynana]

@FromSea2ShiningSea  Sorry to hear that "Merve" began acting up again, Helen.  Hopefully with a good nights rest, you'll be back in good shape for the next days adventure.  Thank you for more of your beautiful pictures.  I saw many Van Gogh's pictures years ago in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.  Awesome!

[cruiselvr04]

1 hour ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

Sunrise this morning.  This is where we will walk to from our hotel to the cruise terminal on Wednesday 8/16.

 

 

We had tickets to The Van Gogh Museum.  The museum contains the largest collection of Van Gogh’s paintings and drawings in the world.  We spent about 4 1/2 hours here.  I really wanted to see The Starry Night painting but I found out that it is in the Museum of Fine Arts in New York City.  

 

 

 

These are just a few of Van Gogh’s paintings in the last weeks of his life.  He was painting one painting a day.  He died July 29, 1890.

 

 

 

After The Van Gogh Museum, we moseyed on over to The Rijksmuseum.  

 

The Library- “The Rijksmuseum’s art-history library is the largest of its kind in the Netherlands.  Completed in 1881, the library has largely retained its original form and ornamentation”.

 

My phone’s battery 🪫 died after the library photo so I could not take any more pictures.  Glad I got the library though.

 

I was so tired.  Merv was started to really bother me so we just blitzed it and went through the galleries real fast.  Didn’t stop to read anything.

 

I forgot these guys yesterday.  They didn’t want to get left out.  So here they are.  More duckies.

We went to the Rijksmusesum 4 years ago.  We spent an entire afternoon there and didn’t see it all.  I enjoyed some of the smaller rooms with collections as much as the famous paintings. 

[Sunshine3601]

2 hours ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

Sunrise this morning.  This is where we will walk to from our hotel to the cruise terminal on Wednesday 8/16.

 

 

We had tickets to The Van Gogh Museum.  The museum contains the largest collection of Van Gogh’s paintings and drawings in the world.  We spent about 4 1/2 hours here.  I really wanted to see The Starry Night painting but I found out that it is in the Museum of Fine Arts in New York City.  

 

 

 

These are just a few of Van Gogh’s paintings in the last weeks of his life.  He was painting one painting a day.  He died July 29, 1890.

 

 

 

After The Van Gogh Museum, we moseyed on over to The Rijksmuseum.  

 

The Library- “The Rijksmuseum’s art-history library is the largest of its kind in the Netherlands.  Completed in 1881, the library has largely retained its original form and ornamentation”.

 

My phone’s battery 🪫 died after the library photo so I could not take any more pictures.  Glad I got the library though.

 

I was so tired.  Merv was started to really bother me so we just blitzed it and went through the galleries real fast.  Didn’t stop to read anything.

 

I forgot these guys yesterday.  They didn’t want to get left out.  So here they are.  More duckies.

Gorgeous photos.  I hope "merve" feels better after a good nights sleep😃

[Sunshine3601]

7 hours ago, dani negreanu said:

 

@Sea Dog, Greg, I think you might refer to the Amsterdam Hermitage. I completely forgot that they've opened a "satellite" one in Amsterdam. We were very lucky to spend 2 full days in the one in St. Petersburg, and I'm now looking forward to visiting when we'll be in Amsterdam next month.

 

https://hermitage.nl/en/

 

 

 

I guess we're so used to the Israeli "standard"... guest toilet at the entrance, master bedroom with en-suite and another bathroom for the kids...Being a very hot country, some people even shower twice a day.

 

Here's the long distance we'll have to travel from the guest room to the toilet on DS2's ground floor. It's a very looong rectangular house.

 

 

The street ... DIL and GS1 on their way to the nearby supermarket, no car for the moment.

 

 

The neighbor's cat came to visit. Elderly nice couple, do not speak a word in English....

 

 

Time for everyone to get a bike.   Its always nice to see how bike friendly Amsterdam and other European cities are these days.

[mo&fran]

13 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Time for everyone to get a bike.   Its always nice to see how bike friendly Amsterdam and other European cities are these days.

I have only seen that in Brussels and Amsterdam,  Not been further North, Barcelona was all motor scooters.  

[Sunshine3601]

4 minutes ago, mo&fran said:

I have only seen that in Brussels and Amsterdam,  Not been further North, Barcelona was all motor scooters.  

Copenhagen is very bike friendly too