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[PatriciaF]

So far mixed reviews. Boarding quick and easy. Luggage at cabin before ship left port. Safe had issues, maintenance put in new batteries but real problem was the key paid only worked for a couple of numbers. 
 

The minus medallion net is unreliable. Waiters couldn’t access the system for bar orders in the buffet or Good Fellows bar. Most people were done eating by the time their drink orders showed up even something as simple as water and ice tea. 
 

Will post the abbreviated Patter when we are back in the cabin

 

[GonzoWCS]

Watching.  Have a great voyage as you work the bugs out.

 

Cheers

[PatriciaF]

Day 1 Patters below

[vjmatty]

Hmmm…. has Guess the Price and Win replaced trivia lol

[Cuedon]

Is Ian one of the cruise directors there right now? 

[MissP22]

What are the prizes for trivia?

[jwattle]

14 minutes ago, Cuedon said:

Is Ian one of the cruise directors there right now? 

There was an Ian on cruise staff on Majestic in March 🙂

[Cuedon]

1 minute ago, jwattle said:

There was an Ian on cruise staff on Majestic in March 🙂

Yeah... There was some rumor mill stuff involving him being transferred to the Island late March/early April. Wondering if there was any meat to it. 

[jwattle]

2 minutes ago, Cuedon said:

Yeah... There was some rumor mill stuff involving him being transferred to the Island late March/early April. Wondering if there was any meat to it. 

Be interested to know

[Buckeye10640]

4 hours ago, PatriciaF said:

So far mixed reviews. Boarding quick and easy. Luggage at cabin before ship left port. Safe had issues, maintenance put in new batteries but real problem was the key paid only worked for a couple of numbers. 
 

The minus medallion net is unreliable. Waiters couldn’t access the system for bar orders in the buffet or Good Fellows bar. Most people were done eating by the time their drink orders showed up even something as simple as water and ice tea. 
 

Will post the abbreviated Patter when we are back in the cabin

 

Medallion Net is not working already?? You have barely left Ft Lauderdale!

[reedprincess]

Has La Patisserie been replaced by Good Spirits?

Where can you get specialty coffees besides Buffet?

Rumor mill had an International Cafe being added by Casino - was it? (I'd be sincerely surprised if so, but a few adamant rumor mills)

 

Thanks, enjoy.

[reedprincess]

2 hours ago, Cuedon said:

Is Ian one of the cruise directors there right now? 

Ian Clark is on Island.

You can follow him on FB, IG, etc .

[mjceditor]

Olivia is the Cruise Director. 
1200 passengers is what I heard. 
Ship does not seem crowded at all. 

[Alaskanb]

Just following along. On the Island in late October. 

[Level six]

Have fun! 

[uspearls]

Thanks for doing this!  Long awaited trip on her coming up in July.

[MishelleMcc]

Bon Voyage!!!  🚢

[skid1127]

Day 2: At sea. 

So far I am very unimpressed. I'm already on my 3rd medallion, it doesnt recognize where i am. The app thinks im permanently in my stateroom and therefore cannot order cocktails for delivery anywhere else. There are no waiters walking around taking orders and each bar i have visited only has one bartender working. I ordered a baileys and coffee this morning and waited 50 minutes only for it to be cancelled. Dinner in the dining room took over 2 hours last night. Only one of the two pools is open and ZERO hot tubs are open. The ipad/app system is killing customer service, no one knows how to fix it.

[PatriciaF]

16 hours ago, reedprincess said:

Has La Patisserie been replaced by Good Spirits?

Where can you get specialty coffees besides Buffet?

Rumor mill had an International Cafe being added by Casino - was it? (I'd be sincerely surprised if so, but a few adamant rumor mills)

 

Thanks, enjoy.

I am correcting a previous answer.  La Patisserie is still on signage but has been replaced by Good Spirits.  Open at 6 for pastries and coffee but you may be better off going to the buffet for its coffee bar and pastry area.

[reedprincess]

5 minutes ago, PatriciaF said:

I am correcting a previous answer.  La Patisserie is still on signage but has been replaced by Good Spirits.  Open at 6 for pastries and coffee but you may be better off going to the buffet for its coffee bar and pastry area.

Thanks, I figured that for La Patisserie. 

Any update on whether the rumor was true - did they add an International Cafe? (Seriously doubting it, but have to ask)..

Thanks again.

[mjceditor]

Official passenger count 1164.

Full crew count on board 863.

No International Cafe. 
There is a Ian who is the Assistant Cruise Director. 

[skid1127]

26 minutes ago, PatriciaF said:

I am correcting a previous answer.  La Patisserie is still on signage but has been replaced by Good Spirits.  Open at 6 for pastries and coffee but you may be better off going to the buffet for its coffee bar and pastry area.

I also recommend the buffet for your pastry needs. The buffet pastries are larger in size, quantity, and selection. La Patisserie/Good Spirits has a 20+ minute wait due to only 1 bartender working at a time and they fulfill app requests before acknowledging walk-up customers. See attached photo for La Patisserie pastry options.

[reedprincess]

3 minutes ago, skid1127 said:

I also recommend the buffet for your pastry needs. The buffet pastries are larger in size, quantity, and selection. La Patisserie/Good Spirits has a 20+ minute wait due to only 1 bartender working at a time and they fulfill app requests before acknowledging walk-up customers. See attached photo for La Patisserie pastry options.

So absolutely no change there at all either. (That's how it was on prior sailings, BTW, before Good Spirits, etc)...

Thanks for the update..

[Astro Flyer]

28 minutes ago, reedprincess said:

Any update on whether the rumor was true - did they add an International Cafe? (Seriously doubting it, but have to ask)..

Thanks again.

If they added an IC it is not shown in their deck plans. We sailed Island’s sister ship Coral in 2013 & they had a very small IC.

 

 

[voljeep]

Is "On The Bayou" still a production show? ( even if not in the Universe lounge )