LIVE Norwaylady sails on Edge World Cruise from Rome to Singapore 30.10 to 25.11.23 , 26.night

[hcat]

1 hour ago, billc23 said:

Restaurants (high end steak places) do hold them at a few different temps and then sear to order so that the beef has a nice sear yet is perfectly cooked throughout. There is no need to rest the meat cooked this way so it serves a restaurant well.  There is no need to hold them on a cruise ship when making  the dish shown. 

I usually order Prime Rib at restaurants .. and Steak at Lawn Club Grill.  Not big on beef otherwise other than grilled.,  but interesting to know.

[BytownMatt]

2 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

People are so afraid of speaking to us🫣

I can attest that they are as friendly and personable as they appear in the photos - don't be afraid!

[catgirl411]

One of the things we loved about Luminae on Reflection was that most tables are for two. We got to meet a lot of our fellow diners over the 14 days just by having dinner time conversations. I imagine Luminae in the Edge is a lot bigger so it may not have that same somewhat intimate feeling.

[shipfriend_max]

14 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

The bar servers was stopping by now and then to check on if anyone wanted something and to collect used glasses. 

I assume to sell some of the common drinks and not serving popcorns or other snacks for free?

[Jim_Iain]

5 hours ago, catgirl411 said:

One of the things we loved about Luminae on Reflection was that most tables are for two. We got to meet a lot of our fellow diners over the 14 days just by having dinner time conversations. I imagine Luminae in the Edge is a lot bigger so it may not have that same somewhat intimate feeling.

 

I think you will find that even in the large dining rooms on E-Class  many tables are better spaced than MDR but close enough that conversation often pops up.   Often you also meet many in the Retreat Lounge and they stop by for a chat. 

[DaKahuna]

18 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

The captain’s club and concierge for us received a written letter Day 1. 
It said clearly that we are in a concierge cabin the first part and on next we are SS and booking number for the next part. 
 

i don’t know what TAD is short for😝😂🫣 we have never tried a suite on X😅😂😂😂🙈 

 

Fingers crossed for a great experience💙

 

Sorry TAD == Turn Around Day in this instance. 
 

Captains Club host and the Concierge class concierge are different from the Retreat Concierge.  I was hoping they would let you joint the B2B Retreat guest who generally gather separately and are first to reboard. 
 

[Norwaylady]

We went to captain’s club senior officers party🥂

Captain Matt was presenting the officers, drinks, canapés and music was flowing🎶🥂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Barricade Boys had a mini show. 

 

All in all, all by the book💙🎶🥂👍🏻

 

Tonight’s show is production show. 

Colours of life

 

The show was great! 

Dancers, singers and acrobatic delivered💙

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the show we dropped into Live at the club. 

CD Guiseppe has Salvatore Hazard and Jessica Jane in the hot spot😂😂

Great fun and they are really “offering” the guest entertainers😂😂😂

 

We had dinner in Tuscan. 

Service by: 

 

Today’s menu: 

 

 

Mr had: bacalao crochets, Caesar salad and herb roasted chicken 

 

 

 

Mr said all food tasted good. The chicken was juicy and tender. 

 

I had the eggplant bruschetta, roasted pumpkin salad and shrimp soup as main. 

The bruschetta was not bad, and eggplant is good. But this was definitely not the best. Texture and flavour was just like Norwegian «Makrell i Tomat». I eat this a lot on dry breads for lunch. 

So personally they would be better to make them “classic” by tomato and garlic. 

 

 

Our main waiter had “left the building” 😅😂🫣

It started good, everything was fine. 

We got the first course, bacalao and bruschetta. 

It was good, we are eating and Mr finishing his plate before me. Almost before he was able to lay down the cutlery 🍴 the plate are picked up and his salad arrived in the same move.

I was 😯 what did happen? 

We are eating the same number of plates? 

Mr looked 🫣 (he knows what I feel about this type of practice… my mother in-law literally takes plates, drink glasses out of your hands when she’s done eating, she’s in a hurry to all meals)

 

After awhile, my plate is picked up and I got my salad.

When our plates of salad are picked up, I have the correct cutlery 🍴 on my side. 

I have used my 2 sets of fork and knife. And the soup spoon is left. 

Mr need a new set of cutlery and has a unused spoon…

 

Our waiter picks up on auto my spoon and lays out a new set of knife and 🍴 fork. And then he rushes off before I can say cake🫡 

The assistant waiter is the one delivering the main course. 

He says: do you need an extra plate? Since you are also having chicken? 

No thank you, I just need a spoon 🥄 your friend took it off the table and gave me knife and fork for my soup….🤪

 

Dessert menu: 

 

We had one of each of the signature desserts. 

 

The napoleon style cake was extremely heavy. Mr had a bit and said this is a full dinner😅

 

The Fondant was good. It was not to sweet. 

 

After dinner it was bedtime 🥱 

[Norwaylady]

Cruise Compass Day 12 Oman

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Norwaylady]

Transit Pass Dubai 

 

We had one on our bed when we returned home for Mr😂😂😂

Mr said instant: you need to go home😅 the ship doesn’t like you😂😂

 

 

No B2B letters included. 

 

It’s 2,5 possibly reasons for this…

 

1. The mail ✉️ service has misplaced a envelope or it’s missing from the printer department 

 

1. Mihail hotel director is walking on thin ice again…. Last time we were b2b onboard by Mr Mihail, eclipse Alaska+Hawaii he was giving out b2b envelopes on the meeting. I attended for us and he only gave me 1 envelope… He was told cabin number, but he thought I was travelling by the persons sitting on my table during the meeting…. So I had to request the second envelope after the main meeting was finished, since I checked the inside😂😂 Mr Mihail did not see that coming😂😂 The face when I requested the second envelope was a a bit 😅 even the hotel director lost that poker table😂😂😂

 

1. Someone on the ship is following along… and know they can’t deliver paperwork containing Retreat logos yet. 

 

We will see if transit card or something is showing up for me…

Otherwise I will ask for it later😌

[FeebeeH]

2 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

We went to captain’s club senior officers party🥂

Captain Matt was presenting the officers, drinks, canapés and music was flowing🎶🥂

 

 

My husband loves Mr Norway's choice of shirt - he was envious.

[Norwaylady]

1 minute ago, FeebeeH said:

My husband loves Mr Norway's choice of shirt - he was envious.

it’s one of his favourites😍 It’s the Eden shirt🤩 He can fit as a decoration there😂

Eton makes shirts in different styles and this is absolutely a winner for Mr

[Norwaylady]

Well, today we docked in Muscat, Oman. (Yes, you are reading correct!) 

It was nice to wake up to the port of Muscat. 

 

 

Our plans for today was to go ashore and just go for a walk. 

Since it’s Friday things are closed after 11.30 and grand Mosque is closed for visitors. 

 

We have visited Muscat and Oman before. 

We have visited the Nizwa fortress on one occasion. 

 

We had a look on the tours offered by the ship. The big problem for all of them is travel time. You need to spend 2h each way in a bus. (We learned this on the Nizwa fortress tour😂) So that is minimum 4h in pure travel time….

Mr said NO! 

 

So then it was a walk in Muscat✔️

We started our day by breakfast in OV around 09.00 it was quiet and not many people around. 

 

Mr had his usual omelette and herring. 

Today they had made cinnamon buns. 

They looked good and smelled good…. So we had to test them😋 

 

The cinnamon buns did taste very good. They had same texture and taste as mine😌 Mr was very happy, and repeated that the bakery/bread has tasted excellent, really good for a ship. That’s a very good compliment🙌🏻💙

 

After breakfast it was time to leave the ship. 

We went downstairs to the gangway and straight onboard the shuttle to the city centre. 

 

We had around 1,5h in the Souq before they closed for Friday service. 

We walked around to have a look. (No big shopping plans) Carpets, clothes, jewellery and Parfum. 

 

 

 

 

 

When the Souq started to close down, we decided to walk out and continue further inland. We took a grand walking route in the residential area, down to the fortress and continued onward in direction old Muscat. 

About halfway to Old Muscat Mr complaint… Ugg it’s hot🫣So we turned around and walked in direction of the Souq. 

 

 

We went over to the fish market. They were packing down for the day. 

 

After touring back to the pick up point for the shuttle, Mr declared that he was done for the day outside. 10.000steps was enough for him😝 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(according to Mr the Movember is growing slowly… can’t agree on that… it’s day 10 and it’s starting to be very visible🫣) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We returned to the ship around 14.00

Then it was Al Bacio time…

 

Ice tea & iced americano. 

[upwarduk]

6 minutes ago, Norwaylady said:

Mr declared that he was done for the day outside. 10.000steps was enough for him

I used to love the sun, but recently I have found heat difficult to cope with.

After our Mediterranean cruise in August 2022, I said never again.

However, our Canaries cruise in October 2023 seemed just as hot.🥵 

[Norwaylady]

1 hour ago, upwarduk said:

I used to love the sun, but recently I have found heat difficult to cope with.

After our Mediterranean cruise in August 2022, I said never again.

However, our Canaries cruise in October 2023 seemed just as hot.🥵 

It’s very different how good you manage heat….💙 

Mr is a cold person💙 
He is not to well when it’s hot… 

I on the other hand is extremely happy for warmer weather and don’t care. 
 

So we are completely opposite when it comes to temperature💙😎❤️

So I have to adjust when he finds it to hot. 

[Norwaylady]

After rehydrating in Al Bacio Mr & discovered that maybe we need something to eat? 

 

We went to our stateroom, today’s canapés: 

 

Mr declared: Do they have no imagination? 🤣🤣🤣 

 

We decided that a slice of pizza and some fresh scones for dessert was a better option😁

And then we could bring a 🥂 to our window (it is what it is….) 

 

Cheers to a great day in Muscat! 

[chemmo]

So pleased you enjoyed your day in Muscat. We did a similar walk to you when there. As you say 4+ hours in a coach doesn’t appeal. On our visit there were several ‘adventure’ tours in off road vehicles needing you to declare no bad back, hips, shoulders, knees etc. At our age we knew the tours were not for us!

 

Continuing to enjoy your daily missives!

 

 

[JDPCruisers]

20 hours ago, catgirl411 said:

One of the things we loved about Luminae on Reflection was that most tables are for two. We got to meet a lot of our fellow diners over the 14 days just by having dinner time conversations. I imagine Luminae in the Edge is a lot bigger so it may not have that same somewhat intimate feeling.

Was on Edge in April and you can still have a table-to-table conversation in Luminae if you wish, we didn't find it to be a problem.

[maggie.1008]

I wonder if Captain Matt will be on the Edge this summer in Alaska? Not sure who the other Captain is on the Edge. 

[BytownMatt]

4 minutes ago, maggie.1008 said:

I wonder if Captain Matt will be on the Edge this summer in Alaska? Not sure who the other Captain is on the Edge. 

He said yesterday at one of the Q&A sessions that he starts his three month break at the end of January...so he may be back for the first part of the summer.

[Jim_Iain]

11 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

 

We will see if transit card or something is showing up for me…

Otherwise I will ask for it later😌

 

Instead of standing on line often you can call Guest Relations and let them know you didn't receive you Transit Pass or ask you Stateroom attendant.   Both can take care of it for you.

 

The good news on the next segment you will have the Retreat Concierges handle most anything you will need.

[Norwaylady]

After our afternoon snack it was time to change into evening attire. 

We decided to head down to Eden. 

Lots of people. 

 

They had the string duo as live music from 18.00. 

Good mood and great crew💙

 

Tonight’s show is Jessica Jane & Vinny Grosso. 

 

 

 

Show was good. They are very talented. Nothing to say about that🙌🏻

It was just on the edge of a bit boring for me…. A little to much “transport” pieces in the show. 

 

After the show we went to the Club. 

Dominic was doing the YES/NO show again. 

It started a bit slow tonight but it ended on a hige note😆

 

Dinner was in Cyprus. 

We had a nice window table. 

Service by: 

 

Today’s menu and they offered a Chicken Tikka Marsala as chefs extra. 

 

 

I had schrimp cocktail and tikka Marsala 

 

 

Tonight’s menu has no simple green salad. (And the Waldorf salad is good, but it’s a full dinner) So Mr asked for a plain green salad and the Tikka Marsala. 

He’s requested was delivered🐇

 

The food tasted good and service was good. 

 

Dessert for today: 

 

We had ice cream, sorbet and regular chocolate+vanilla. 

 

 

After dinner, it was time for bed….

[Norwaylady]

Cruise Compass Day 13- a single sea day! 

We need to collect passports:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[theopup]

15 hours ago, FeebeeH said:

My husband loves Mr Norway's choice of shirt - he was envious.

That is a great shirt 

[DaKahuna]

7 hours ago, Norwaylady said:

 

Dessert for today: 

We had ice cream, sorbet and regular chocolate+vanilla. 

 

 

 I prefer gelato to ice cream and when in the Retreat frequently just order gelato for my desert. 

 

[Norwaylady]

So a single sea day! 

 

I was awake 06.00 but wasn’t really ready to jump out of bed… so I managed to sleep a little longer. (My strict voice said GO back to SLEEP) 

I woke up closer to 8, better😌

 

Then it was time to go for my walk. It was not very crowded upstairs and perfect temperature and wind for my power walk😎

 

After walking it was time to wake up Mr. 

He was starting to wake up when I arrived🙂

Breakfast was on the late side in OceanView. The crowd was walking out when we walked in😊

 

Mr has his usual omelette and had my regular things. 

 

lots of 🐬🐬🐬🐬 playing in the water around us. 
This is the sailing where they have danced every day several times. 

 

When we return from breakfast, the passports were ready for pickup. 

It was now line, so we collected them on the way to the stateroom. 

 

I prepped Mr for an outdoor visit (sunscreen) and sent him off to pool deck. 

 

I went to get something in the store onboard (Mr emptied my cream from Lancôme last night) and to get hold of our concierge to get me a transit pass and the b2b letter….

She printed it and the b2b letter. 

 

As I finished my tour’d Fix the Memorial Day service was finished. People were steaming out of the theatre. And Al Bacio was packed and lined up😅

Bad timing for my coffee🤪 (I didn’t have coffee by my breakfast) But the line moved fast and the crew had prepared for this “attack” of people. 

 

Unfortunately Al Bacio was not finished flipping from breakfast pastries to afternoon service. 

So the cake station was empty. The new tower of cakes had just arrived but it wasn’t lifted inside and prepared ready. 

Some people was loudly complaining and shouting why is there no cakes? 

I think in situations like this, don’t be that shoutout angry person….🫣

Yes, bad timing…. But it will be ready in 10-15.mins. 

And it’s impossible to lift all those cakes and pastries in the box when you have 4 baristas standing making coffee for a long line of people…(that will end in a cake collision 💥) 

Just my thoughts on this type of complaint🤗🤭

GO Al Bacio Crew💙🙌🏻

 

After a Clarke Kent it was time for some ☀️ outside. 

It’s poolside volleyball today. Guest vs Guests and later today Guest vs Officers.