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[jgris90]

Do you know how many people are on board this week ?

[LHARTWICK]

6 hours ago, aubreyc1988 said:

One thing I don't like is the staff members asking for room numbers for things instead of swiping for cards. Even at the beginning of the cruise I thought it was weird but I'm definitely peeved about it now 

Am I missing something?  This is crazy!  Could just charge stuff to someone else's cabin!!!😠

[Ship2Shore]

11 hours ago, aubreyc1988 said:

One thing I don't like is the staff members asking for room numbers for things instead of swiping for cards. Even at the beginning of the cruise I thought it was weird but I'm definitely peeved about it now 

 

last night in the casino, I was playing a slot machine and the man next to me was politely chatting. I'm too nice of a person so just be like "leave me alone" but I decided at this point to just go to bed. So I said "ok well I'm going to bed, have a good night"  and the guy said to me "you know, you shouldn't give our your room number to people. I overheard your room number and now I know what room you are in and I'm a nice guy but some guys aren't." 
 

idk this really spooked me, so I'm going to just walk around with a piece of paper with my room number on it to show staff members and basically run for the hills if I see this man again 

Don’t they just ask for the deck number? IIRC, only the last three numbers of your cabin are printed on your Seapass

 

[Illbcruzn4life]

On 10/3/2022 at 12:09 PM, aubreyc1988 said:

How fun! I do plan on going to the love and marriage show, I am sure I will see them there! 
 

I'll be posting more pictures of Labadee tonight whenever I am back on Voom, using my T-Mobile international data now so it's only like 2G speeds 

 

A little background on this trip...I booked this about 3 weeks ago, a casino comp and I got 150 obc so I couldn't pass it up. Sailing with my bestie since my husband has to work and I can work remotely.  I am in an ocean view on deck 3, won a min bid with Royal up(40pp) Didn't know if Id make it with Ian, but flights to Florida were fine from Dallas to Miami area. Lots of people had to cancel and the ship doesn't seem super full, but I don't know the exact number onboard. lots of people got their min bid upgrades accepted though. 
 

Just got out of the water at Columbus Cove at the floating bar, very nice. Going to chill here and then decide if I'm going back to the ship for lunch or not! 
 

just another day in paradise 😀

What is the speed of your voom?

[aubreyc1988]

9 hours ago, jgris90 said:

Do you know how many people are on board this week ?

I will ask tomorrow! 

[aubreyc1988]

6 hours ago, LHARTWICK said:

Am I missing something?  This is crazy!  Could just charge stuff to someone else's cabin!!!😠

I mean I assume that they glance at the photo attached to the account but idk for sure. At Johnny rockets they made me give my room number as well, wouldn't swipe my card 

[aubreyc1988]

1 hour ago, Ship2Shore said:

Don’t they just ask for the deck number? IIRC, only the last three numbers of your cabin are printed on your Seapass

 

Nope they ask for the whole thing 

 

idk how he "overheard" my room number but they have been asking for it a lot for different stuff. I will only write it down now, people are so disappointing 

[aubreyc1988]

Some photos of the day 

[aubreyc1988]

Some quick thoughts. 
 

ice show was great as always! So impressive what they do, with the ice in the condition it's in. This was the ice before the show 

 

comedians are really good this cruise! They are funny without bringing a ton of unnecessary politics/religion/etc into it, even in the late night, which I think makes it more enjoyable for everyone 

 

casino slots have been good to be, up around 600-700, will probably hit 1500 points but I'm already prime so I'm not chasing anything in particular. If I'm still up money at the end, I'll see about getting a chops steak at dinner one night and maybe play some poker.  The casino bar staff could be 100% friendlier. I won't name names, but one particular bartender is having an bad week I guess, I'm just floored at his behavior. I won't say anything because I wouldn't want to get him in trouble but don't expect a super friendly bartender experience at the casino bar. *sigh* I really miss NCL bartenders, they are the best

 

MDR service and food has been fantastic, buffet lackluster. We will be going to park cafe and solarium bistro sometime soon so can't comment on that yet 

 

 

 

 

[aubreyc1988]

1 hour ago, Illbcruzn4life said:

What is the speed of your voom?

[Ozark_Kid]

On 10/3/2022 at 1:12 PM, aubreyc1988 said:

internet guy onboard said allure will have starlink in 2 weeks

Wow, great news!  We board the 15th and I am considering a Live review.   That sure would be nice!

[Ozark_Kid]

Have you tried the Samba Grill?  I am wondering how long the meal takes so we can plan when we want to make reservations for it. Seems like it would take awhile. 

Have you ever tried Sabor Taqueria?  

[aubreyc1988]

5 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Have you tried the Samba Grill?  I am wondering how long the meal takes so we can plan when we want to make reservations for it. Seems like it would take awhile. 

Have you ever tried Sabor Taqueria?  

I have done sabor on Liberty a few weeks ago. I haven't done Samba, but I have down something similar on NCL. I had the meat sweats so bad afterward, definitely won't do a Brazilian steakhouse for a while but I'm sure it's worth a try. Sabor on Liberty was ok, nothing to write home about 

[clskinsfan]

7 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Wow, great news!  We board the 15th and I am considering a Live review.   That sure would be nice!

I hope you do a live review. We get on the 29th and would love to hear how the new internet is working. 

[Illbcruzn4life]

9 hours ago, aubreyc1988 said:

Ty. How do they get away with charginging $26.99 a day calling it surf and stream when you can barely surf.

[Biker19]

54 minutes ago, Illbcruzn4life said:

How do they get away with charging $26.99 a day calling it surf and stream when you can barely surf.

Because people buy it at that price?

[2Ccruisers]

2 hours ago, clskinsfan said:

I hope you do a live review. We get on the 29th and would love to hear how the new internet is working. 

I'll be boarding the 29th also! 👻 Looking forward to a Halloween cruise!

 

10 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Wow, great news!  We board the 15th and I am considering a Live review.   That sure would be nice!

I hope you do! It will help pass the time until it's our turn 😁

[aubreyc1988]

8 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Because people buy it at that price?

Captive audience for sure. My friend and I are splitting the price and I get 30% off being prime. 

[RJ257]

19 hours ago, aubreyc1988 said:

Some quick thoughts. 
 

ice show was great as always! So impressive what they do, with the ice in the condition it's in. This was the ice before the show 

 

comedians are really good this cruise! They are funny without bringing a ton of unnecessary politics/religion/etc into it, even in the late night, which I think makes it more enjoyable for everyone 

 

casino slots have been good to be, up around 600-700, will probably hit 1500 points but I'm already prime so I'm not chasing anything in particular. If I'm still up money at the end, I'll see about getting a chops steak at dinner one night and maybe play some poker.  The casino bar staff could be 100% friendlier. I won't name names, but one particular bartender is having an bad week I guess, I'm just floored at his behavior. I won't say anything because I wouldn't want to get him in trouble but don't expect a super friendly bartender experience at the casino bar. *sigh* I really miss NCL bartenders, they are the best

 

MDR service and food has been fantastic, buffet lackluster. We will be going to park cafe and solarium bistro sometime soon so can't comment on that yet 

 

 

 

 

Congrats on the slot winnings. You seem to be doing well. My last Allure trip a slot near the craps table was very generous to me. Got me a balcony room next month on an 8 day Harmony. Same itinerary as you guys.

[Illbcruzn4life]

10 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Because people buy it at that price?

I feel slighted that you didnt answer in the 3rd person.😛

[mpdog42]

Could you post some cruise Compasses? Thanks!!

[aubreyc1988]

Sorry for the late response. Voom surf and stream has been a joke. Going to guest services tomorrow to talk to them about it and I usually would never complain. Not sure if they will do anything since starlink is coming but it's robbery to charge someone 26 a day for these speed. Doesn't even work half the time 

 

We had a fab day in Aruba. We did the Red Sail catamaran to the shipwreck and it was great. We then had some Dutch pancakes, lost a few dollars at the casino across the street, bought some crappy souvenirs, got back in the ship at 445

 

we didn't make it to our 515 dinner, but went to the windjammer at 630. I have been severely disappointed in the WJ. Terrible selection, very small buffet. I think the one on the Liberty was bigger and at the time I thought that one was small! We will def make our dinner time tomorrow. I mean, I don't wanna complain tooooo much as my clothes are fitting MUCH tighter but Royal has the up the game with their food. NCL is Michelin star quality compared to what I've had onboard Royal lately. It's not a deal breaker for me when cruising but it might be for some   

I was going to go to the aqua show again but it was cancelled. Stormy now outside.

 

I won at least 300 in the casino tonight so I beelined out of there...very Smokey but the casino bartenders were in a good mood today and one of them even smiled at me, I was shooketh 😂

 

Hopefully these photos upload correctly 

 

the picture of me with the staff member is also named Aubrey! He heard my name being called for my morning coffee order and came over to say hello! We both were named after the song called "Aubrey" by Bread. 

 

 

 

 

[aubreyc1988]

2 hours ago, mpdog42 said:

Could you post some cruise Compasses? Thanks!!

Idk how to do that since they are all on the app and not on paper 😞 

[jean87510]

Great pictures!  We are on the October 23 sailing.  Happy about starlink and seeing a Truly can 😃

[mpdog42]

6 hours ago, aubreyc1988 said:

Idk how to do that since they are all on the app and not on paper 😞 

Ok Thanks...I guess there not doing paper copys anymore!..Do you recommend the UDP for the Allure?

Thanks