Rogueperson's **LIVE** Jewel of the Seas 9/14/2023 - 9/28/2023.

[death_star]

36 minutes ago, jeanneful said:

That is some setup 

it doesn’t look like a coffee press 

what is it?

It's an Aeropress.

[Another_Critic]

What time is sail away today?  I’ll wave to you from Liberty as you pass.  😀

[Rogueperson]

1 hour ago, Another_Critic said:

What time is sail away today?  I’ll wave to you from Liberty as you pass.  😀

We leave at 5:30.

[Rogueperson]

So today, we decided to visit the Intrepid.  I personally think the Yorktown in Charleston, SC is better, but its still an amazing place.

 

 

 

 

 

Its the Enterprise!!!  I actually saw this when it was in DC.  Also, when flying out for our honeymoon, she was at Dulles when we flew out in preparation to fly here i think.

 

 

 

Also here is the Growler

 

 

I think they said its the only nuclear missile sub open to the public.

 

 

 

 

Its tight in here.

[OnTheJourney]

6 minutes ago, Rogueperson said:

ts the Enterprise!!!  

Never visited this Air, Sea, and Space museum....looks interesting.

Edited September 15, 2023 by OnTheJourney

[FionaMG]

I loved visiting Intrepid when we were in NY before our Anthem cruise back in April. It was one of my favourite things that we did there.

[little britain]

And today we walked 21,000 steps… up to 72nd, across Central Park, down to 42nd and Grand Central and back across Times Square! 

 

Edited September 15, 2023 by little britain

[Rogueperson]

 

Lunch today

 

 

Menu

 

 

 

 

Calamari

 

 

Duke of Lux Burger

 

 

Afterwards.  We found this coffee shop and got coffee and an Arepa.

 

 

 

 

 

[NewYawkYankees]

Definitely too late now, but San Gennaro's Feast down in Little Italy started yesterday and runs through Sunday.  It's a great time with great food!  

[Rogueperson]

20 minutes ago, NewYawkYankees said:

Definitely too late now, but San Gennaro's Feast down in Little Italy started yesterday and runs through Sunday.  It's a great time with great food!  

Had i known about it before i bought tickets for Intrepid, it would have been a contender.

[little britain]

10pm

Heading back because of medical emergency 

[ReneeFLL]

On 9/14/2023 at 3:22 PM, little britain said:

We stayed at the Wyndham TRYP and had a superb tapas dinner in Ferry Street, which is only 10 mins walk away. 
Mompou restaurant- highly recommended!
 

 

 

WTH! They charge 4.94 for a transaction fee? What’s that for, someone ringing up the check? 🙄

[ecslady]

4 minutes ago, ReneeFLL said:

WTH! They charge 4.94 for a transaction fee? What’s that for, someone ringing up the check? 🙄

Transaction fee is for using a credit card. Some places pass that fee o. To the customer. Note on the check where it says cash price vs credit price. 

[ReneeFLL]

On 9/14/2023 at 7:43 PM, Rogueperson said:

This is new.

 

 

We were on the 2 cruises before you. We received that on the cruise right before yours, but not the first one. We were told because of the high number of D and up. The D lounge is very small and there was always a line for the coffee. We would get coffee and then go the the Vortex for the Pinnacles where it wasn’t as crowded.

[ReneeFLL]

3 hours ago, little britain said:

10pm

Heading back because of medical emergency 

Hope everything is ok.

 

2 hours ago, ecslady said:

Transaction fee is for using a credit card. Some places pass that fee o. To the customer. Note on the check where it says cash price vs credit price. 

Thanks, I missed that.

[little britain]

Person was winched off. The helicopter 🚁 flew around us a few times. Now we are back on course. 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Oh my.  Seems to be an all too common occurrence but hope for the best.  

[BND]

17 hours ago, OnTheJourney said:

Never visited this Air, Sea, and Space museum....looks interesting.

Until we moved 10 miles farther south, we lived 5 miles from this location (Udvar-Hazy) near Dulles Airport.  Just for an FYI, like all Smithsonian museums, admittance is free, but parking costs $15 per vehicle.  Besides the actual museum which is full of all kinds of airplanes including the Enola Gay, there is a mock up of the death star used in filming for Star Wars.  There is also a tower you can watch planes take off and land.   There are uniforms, weapons, planes, etc,  The original space shuttle that was there was moved several years back and replaced with the current one. I have pictures taken from my back yard of the original one leaving Dulles on the back of the 747. I can never remember which shuttle is where.  

Edited September 16, 2023 by BND

[OnTheJourney]

1 hour ago, little britain said:

Person was winched off. The helicopter 🚁 flew around us a few times. Now we are back on course. 

Oh my!  Been there and done that, not having to be winched off because of illness but due to intended evacuation of all the passengers. As it turned out, only 450 or so were evac'd by helicopter. Hope the person will be ok.

 

BTW...happened to notice your fall trips on the Jewel. Now that so many of these northern itineraries are going out of Boston or Quebec, doing B2B (so as to return to Cape Liberty) looks like a nice option, except that for me 3 weeks starts to get a bit too long. This (Greenland) cruise is already moved to roundtrip Boston for next year.

Edited September 16, 2023 by OnTheJourney

[DonnaMarieNJ]

Following ... i am on this cruise as well

[GimmeOcean]

50 minutes ago, BND said:

The original space shuttle that was there was moved several years back and replaced with the current one. I have pictures taken from my back yard of the original one leaving Dulles on the back of the 747. I can never remember which shuttle is where.  

Enterprise was at Udvar-Hazy and was replaced by the actually space-flown Discovery, which is when E was sent on to the Intrepid museum.

[BND]

1 hour ago, GimmeOcean said:

Enterprise was at Udvar-Hazy and was replaced by the actually space-flown Discovery, which is when E was sent on to the Intrepid museum.

I was heading out so didn't have time to google it this morning LOL.

[Rogueperson]

I meant to post this last night, but internet crapped out in my room.

 

Coming out of Manhattan is interesting.  

 

 

 

 

Last night, the headliner was

 

 

They were pretty impressive.

 

 

 

 

 

I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had not gone to see Cirque du Soleil last week for our anniversary.  So seeing this show was like…meh after that show still fresh in my head.

 

I finally made it to the MDR for dinner.

 

Menu

 

 

 

These are “bay scallop” not escargot.  They were ok, not the same even though its the same setup.

 

 

I thought this was Beef Carpaccio at first.  Its not.  Vitello Tonnato.

 

 

Beef Tenderloin

 

 

And “Pecan Pie”.  This wasn’t that good.

 

 

So the end of Day 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rogueperson]

Good Morning from

 

 

It appears we are still heading Southwest.  Its a little rocky, but nothing I haven’t experienced before.  However, these are out.

 

 

No real plans today.  Just chilling.

[Rogueperson]

12 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

We were on the 2 cruises before you. We received that on the cruise right before yours, but not the first one. We were told because of the high number of D and up. The D lounge is very small and there was always a line for the coffee. We would get coffee and then go the the Vortex for the Pinnacles where it wasn’t as crowded.

 

You’re right.  The free coffee is only good for Cappuccino, Latte or Americano