Visions of Sugarplums - Live from Vision of Seas 12/22/23 to 12/30/23

[Rubyfisch]

I woke around 5 am with the ship rocking and rolling. I did fall back to sleep, but there is still quite a bit of movement - which is to be expected on the Atlantic.

[Rubyfisch]

Currentish position:

 

[Rubyfisch]

Windjammer was busy but not insane when I got here around 8:00 am.

 

Carbs from around the world:

 

[Rubyfisch]

No evidence of chair hogs....

 

[Rubyfisch]

I took a 45 minute walk and then did aqua aerobics. Aqua aerobics is no joke ....

[lovelife]

Thanks for the live.  I'll be on in February - deck SEVEN 🤞.

[Rubyfisch]

I met up with some folks to play board games, and then went to Windjammer for lunch:

 

[Rubyfisch]

The Ben & Jerry's has been replaced with the Royal Caribbean branded ice cream. It was Ben and Jerry's when we boarded, but sometimes yesterday evening it swapped. It seems to be the similarly priced but honest looks better than the sad ice cream they used to have:

 

 

[Rubyfisch]

Starlink is still working it's magic:

 

[Rubyfisch]

I went up to Windjammer to get a cup of tea, and saw they had crepes (one of my favorites):

 

[BND]

2 hours ago, Rubyfisch said:

I went up to Windjammer to get a cup of tea, and saw they had crepes (one of my favorites):

 

Love the crepes.

[meadowlander]

5 hours ago, Rubyfisch said:

The Ben & Jerry's has been replaced with the Royal Caribbean branded ice cream. It was Ben and Jerry's when we boarded, but sometimes yesterday evening it swapped. It seems to be the similarly priced but honest looks better than the sad ice cream they used to have:

 

 

Debarked Vision 2 weeks ago. Paid $3.80 for 2 scoops of Ben & Jerry's. I like the new RC flavors compared to previous flavors. 

[zaylyn2590]

Omg that person is overboard! When they did the oscar oscar over the loudspeaker, i was like is that code for a person being overboard and turns out, it is. Hope they find whoever it is 

[Rubyfisch]

There was an Oscar Oscar Oscar code just after 7:00 pm. The visceral feeling of the ship abruptly changing directions and slowing down was a lot.

 

Around 7:45 pm, the captain announced there was a situation and he would update us later.

 

My thoughts are with those directly involved.

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Oh my, Been in onboard for one of those situations and can still remember that feeling.  Hope for the best outcome.

[wolfcathorse]

who is the captain for your sailing. I want to make sure my Current Captains thread is up to date

[Rubyfisch]

Around 8:30, the captain said there would be no further updates about the situation, to respect the privacy of those involved. Our speed picked up from about 3.1 knots to 7.5 knots, but we seems to still be doing a figure eights:

 

 

 

 

 

[Rubyfisch]

2 hours ago, wolfcathorse said:

who is the captain for your sailing. I want to make sure my Current Captains thread is up to date

What's the easiest way to find that out?

[Coralc]

4 hours ago, Rubyfisch said:

There was an Oscar Oscar Oscar code just after 7:00 pm. The visceral feeling of the ship abruptly changing directions and slowing down was a lot.

 

Around 7:45 pm, the captain announced there was a situation and he would update us later.

 

My thoughts are with those directly involved.

That's too bad. Always a very sad thing. Thanks for letting us know. 

[Biker19]

6 hours ago, Rubyfisch said:

What's the easiest way to find that out?

There might be a print out of the officers by Guest Services.

[Rubyfisch]

Merry Christmas Eve.

 

Current view:

 

 

Current position - by my rough estimate, assuming this map is correct, we are not getting Port Canaveral by 10 am. We're still over 100 nm away, and traveling about 21 knots. There have been no announcements. To be clear, I completely understand both whatever efforts were taken and that they haven't yet done any overhead announcements so we could sleep.

 

[fla33023]

7 minutes ago, Rubyfisch said:

Merry Christmas Eve.

 

Current view:

 

 

Current position - by my rough estimate, assuming this map is correct, we are not getting Port Canaveral by 10 am. We're still over 100 nm away, and traveling about 21 knots. There have been no announcements. To be clear, I completely understand both whatever efforts were taken and that they haven't yet done any overhead announcements so we could sleep.

 

I'll take that view! Should be a nice, comfortable day in the Orlando-area. Sorry for what that family is going thru. And I hope everyone else has a wonderful day on or off ship! Merry Christmas Eve!

[Rubyfisch]

The captain just made an announcement. The ship participated in the search and rescue operations for approximately six hours until they were called off by the US Coast Guard, who is continuing the search via aircraft.

 

Our current estimated arrival time into Port Canaveral is now 3:00 pm.

[breezy_carol]

Sorry about the downer start to your sailing.

I am on the January 6 sailing so following along.

 

On 12/22/2023 at 4:32 PM, Rubyfisch said:

Sail away party - aka other people dancing and me arhythmically flailing ...

This made me laugh.   I think I will enjoy your take on the cruise.

 

On 12/23/2023 at 8:20 AM, Rubyfisch said:

Carbs from around the world:

LOL.

[wolfcathorse]

14 hours ago, Rubyfisch said:

What's the easiest way to find that out?

if Guest Services isn't busy you can ask them. If you have Crown Lounge or Suite Lounge access the concierge can tell you. Or you can ask someone on the Activities staff. Sometimes the bar staff or cabin attendants know, most time they do not.