LIVE 47 Days 3 Ships Caribbean Escape January 30th - March 20th!

[countess5]

For those that like the glass blowing! 
 

 

I would like it to be the Lawn Grill. 🤔

 

who doesn’t like the site of the tail! 
 

 

Cheers! 

[countess5]

That time of day with a peanut butter cookie! 
 

 

Cheers! 

[countess5]

5:00 PM at Sunset Bar! 
 

 

Happy Friday Night!

 

Cheers! 

[countess5]

I believe the Beyond is on her way to arrive on Sunday! 👏👏👏👏

 

 

Cheers! 

[countess5]

A way to end our second leg. Equinox was great. On to Beyond!

 

 

Cheers! 

[Ken the cruiser]

Mind if I join along? We just got off a B3B, which included 11 days on the NCL Dawn and 4 days at Disney World followed by 4 days on the Disney Wish loaded with kids! We need a Celebrity “fix” before we head out on a B3B in mid April on the Eclipse from Sydney to Vancouver! 😁

[countess5]

16 hours ago, Ken the cruiser said:

Mind if I join along? We just got off a B3B, which included 11 days on the NCL Dawn and 4 days at Disney World followed by 4 days on the Disney Wish loaded with kids! We need a Celebrity “fix” before we head out on a B3B in mid April on the Eclipse from Sydney to Vancouver! 😁

Please do join in! I have followed you many times. The kids thing, don’t think we could do that. 
 

Cheers! 

[Reel Love]

On 2/13/2023 at 3:36 PM, countess5 said:

He is at the Sunset Bar all day. Just let him know Kevin and Barbie sent you. 🍸

 

Cheers! 

Oh nuts....we sail Equinox June 10 so will miss him. 

Terrific review!  Thank you so much for taking the time to share  😊

[Ken the cruiser]

26 minutes ago, countess5 said:

Please do join in! I have followed you many times. The kids thing, don’t think we could do that. 
 

Cheers! 

Thanks! It was fun though. Just way too many kids for us. But then that's Disney. If you're interested to see what their new ship is like, I did a Live From thread over on the Disney forum.

[countess5]

Good afternoon

We made it to the Marriott! Off the ship at 9:30 and arrived to the hotel at 10:30. Great news was that our room was ready! DW packed my backpack with suits and flip flops but was able to check in. The cab line was long today! 
 

 

This morning I watched the suitcase dance. It is so well organized how they get all this luggage where it needs to go and get ready for the new people boarding. 🤔

 

Allow me to summarize the last 19 days.

 

The Ship

As shared that the girl needs a new dress but I will say that the staff keeping her glowing do an outstanding job. It’s sprayed, wiped, buffed, swept, vacuumed, and any other cleaning term you can think of.  The furniture is tired and the old world look needs an update. With all that said it’s still a very nice shop. We have sailed her 3 separate times and she looks good each time. 
 

Staff

i can’t say enough about the staff. Officers were front and center. They defiantly lead by example. You didn’t walk by anyone staff member that didn’t acknowledge you. Service at the bars and specialty restaurants outstanding, with a bit of an issue with Murano. They were good but just rushed you and I know you’ll hate this but didn’t deliver the experience., 

We said bye to Ivas last night. What a lady. Long conversation about Hondurans and her country. Her brother was killed at 21 over a cell phone. 🥲 Her husband works in the MDR and they are doing some great planning for the future. 

 

Sad goodbyes to the Sunset Bar team. I shared Ernesto but here is DWI! 
 

 

By the way we had a Captain change the second cruise and nothing changed! All good.

 

Entertainment

All was enjoyable and well done. I think the big hit was the Irish Tenors. We didn’t see any production shows, oh wait Barbie went to one “Broadway” while I went to the slot pull. She said it was well done and the kids had good voices my only observation of the ship entertainment was some of the timing. Last year we enjoyed sitting in the afternoon at Sunset Bar listening to solo acts. These two cruises the solo act didn’t come on, if it came on, until 5 PM. People are moving inside and ready for dinner and the night. There was a lot of afternoon entertainment in the Ensemble Lounge, it’s dark and inside. 😫

 

The Food

As you know all we do is specialty venues. My first comment is i would have liked to have the Lawn Grill, an additional venue. La Petit Chef should be held maybe 4 nights and open up the restaurant to want Qsine use to be. La Petit is a nice event but every night! I’ve never seen it sold out and we have attended on 4 separate occasions. 

Casino

Well on the first leg she and I didn’t get along. She treated me like a bad date, but we warmed up on the second leg! 🤪

All the team was great and made the craps table very enjoyable! 
 

Ok, time for a Marriott Cheeseburger! 
 

More to come! 
 

Cheers! 

 

 

[countess5]

21 minutes ago, Reel Love said:

Oh nuts....we sail Equinox June 10 so will miss him. 

Terrific review!  Thank you so much for taking the time to share  😊

He didn’t say the start or end so maybe. 🤞

 

Cheers! 

[Jim_Iain]

On 2/15/2023 at 11:07 AM, countess5 said:

Lemon Tart and Expresso time. Jim if you are following along this one’s for you, not my favorite topping! 

 

Cheers! 

 

Of course I'm following.  LOL.   

 

They immediately caught my eye even before I saw your call out.    Started salivating immediately.    I'm trying to loose 5 pounds before our next cruise so I can put it back on in April.

 

 

[MACruisers]

Great review so far, I’ve enjoyed following along.  Thank you.  Very interested in the Beyond leg as we will be going for our B2B on your second leg. This will help get me through the week.  

[Redking]

23 hours ago, countess5 said:

For those that like the glass blowing! 
 

 

I would like it to be the Lawn Grill. 🤔

 

who doesn’t like the site of the tail! 
 

 

Cheers! 

Yep, Lawn Grill!

[countess5]

4 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

 

Of course I'm following.  LOL.   

 

They immediately caught my eye even before I saw your call out.    Started salivating immediately.    I'm trying to loose 5 pounds before our next cruise so I can put it back on in April.

 

 

😂😂, you’ll get there!

 

Cheers! 

[countess5]

1 hour ago, Redking said:

Yep, Lawn Grill!

At least we will have it on Reflection! 
 

Cheers! 

[countess5]

4 hours ago, MACruisers said:

Great review so far, I’ve enjoyed following along.  Thank you.  Very interested in the Beyond leg as we will be going for our B2B on your second leg. This will help get me through the week.  

I’ll do my best, look forward to you joining us. 
 

Cheers! 

[countess5]

Well there she goes! Was going to go out to the beach and watch the ships sail out but the winds are crazy today. 
Sat at the pool today and got blown away! Headed to the room at 3 PM to watch golf. 
watched them sail out on the web cam. 😂

 

 

to continue my thoughts…..

Security.

I have to and want to give a shout out and thank you to security! They always welcome you back onboard and tell you to have a great day when you leave. Then they deal with us tourist that don’t put the right things through X-ray, leave phones in our pockets, ask us to remove our hats and many other issues they address with a smile. 

Sky Lounge

We found on our second leg, what a great place to have a drink before dinner or during sail away. For us the Martini bar is getting a bit over done. Don’t get me eating it is still a fun place but exploring other options. Not sure who picks the piped in music for the bar but they need to know the audience. 
Also, we found playing cards there was nice, while people read, looked out the windows, or even a couple this past week practiced their dance steps. 
of course the trivia crowd eventually shows up! 😂

 

Until Boarding Beyond Tomorrow….

 

Cheers! 

[countess5]

One more thing! 😂

 

internet

Starlink was on board. I have premium Wi-Fi. 
It worked very well when you were outside the cabin. I had no issues posting or accessing anything I wanted. 
Where the issue came in was in the cabin. I would have liked to have coffee in the morning in the cabin and catch up on my thread but it was slow and nonexistent. 😡

This was outside our cabin, but with the cabin door closed it was like being in a safe. No modems or whatever you need ( remember not a tech guy) in the room like on the Edge class.

 

Will be interested to see how Beyond Wi-Fi is.

 

Ok, really

 

Cheers!  

[Ken the cruiser]

7 minutes ago, countess5 said:

One more thing! 😂

 

internet

Starlink was on board. I have premium Wi-Fi. 
It worked very well when you were outside the cabin. I had no issues posting or accessing anything I wanted. 
Where the issue came in was in the cabin. I would have liked to have coffee in the morning in the cabin and catch up on my thread but it was slow and nonexistent. 😡

This was outside our cabin, but with the cabin door closed it was like being in a safe. No modems or whatever you need ( remember not a tech guy) in the room like on the Edge class.

 

Will be interested to see how Beyond Wi-Fi is.

 

Ok, really

 

Cheers!  

That’s not good as we’ll be in an AQ cabin on the Eclipse. But at least we’ve already upgraded to the Premium internet package, like you, to get the increased speed. Here’s an Ookla speed test link I always use on my iPad when on a cruise to give me some feel for the upload and download speeds relative to where I’m at on the ship.
 

https://www.speedtest.net/

 

Unfortunately, if you run it on a iPhone, you’ll only get the download speed. But still, it helps me identify where the better reception might be in the cabin or, if necessary, around the ship.
 

For example, I usually like to post to my Live From thread while out on the balcony watching for wildlife! 😁 I’ve only had issues so far on the Edge when our SS balcony door was completely closed to keep the AC running in the cabin for the DW. However, no issues when I was on the Apex in a sunset veranda with the balcony door closed. 

 

It will be interesting to hear what you experience will be on the Beyond.

 

[Missusdubbya]

Thanks so much for your review, looking forward to the next cruise 😁

[CruiserRob]

1 hour ago, Ken the cruiser said:

That’s not good as we’ll be in an AQ cabin on the Eclipse. But at least we’ve already upgraded to the Premium internet package, like you, to get the increased speed. Here’s an Ookla speed test link I always use on my iPad when on a cruise to give me some feel for the upload and download speeds relative to where I’m at on the ship.
 

https://www.speedtest.net/

 

Unfortunately, if you run it on a iPhone, you’ll only get the download speed. But still, it helps me identify where the better reception might be in the cabin or, if necessary, around the ship.
 

For example, I usually like to post to my Live From thread while out on the balcony watching for wildlife! 😁 I’ve only had issues so far on the Edge when our SS balcony door was completely closed to keep the AC running in the cabin for the DW. However, no issues when I was on the Apex in a sunset veranda with the balcony door closed. 

 

It will be interesting to hear what you experience will be on the Beyond.

 

Ken if you run the Ookla speed test app it gives up and download speeds on iPhone.

 

Robert

[Ken the cruiser]

41 minutes ago, CruiserRob said:

Ken if you run the Ookla speed test app it gives up and download speeds on iPhone.

 

Robert

Thanks! I didn’t know there was an app. I guess there is an app for everything. 😂

[mac_tlc]

14 hours ago, countess5 said:

Will be interested to see how Beyond Wi-Fi is.

 

 

13 hours ago, Ken the cruiser said:

 

 

It will be interesting to hear what you experience will be on the Beyond.

 

Here are some random Speed tests from the Beyond a couple weeks ago:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 19, 2023 by mac_tlc

[Ken the cruiser]

1 hour ago, mac_tlc said:

Here are some random Speed tests from the Beyond a couple weeks ago:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can live with those speeds! 😂 Were you using the Basic or Premium internet package?

 

Edited February 19, 2023 by Ken the cruiser