Ukigirl

Go Lions, it’s about time (says this long suffering, die hard Lions fan)

Loved following your adventures as a first time solo cruiser. My first solo was last year and being a true introvert, what helped me was joining the slot pull. I met some awesome people and ended up having dinner with a few of them twice. I loved Vintages in the evening, since it was quiet there most nights, I spent time talking to the bartenders (not sure if your ship had Vintages). Loved Central Park but agree with you, formal nights were lonely and I also missed my husband but still had a great time! Great review!

Yes I somewhat enjoyed my week on Icon last month, the butler service was lacking since I specifically asked for my cappuccino to be served at a temperature of 204C, NOT 199 degrees. My Pomeranian, Mr. Reginald Churchill III was not groomed to his liking and for some reason, the little bell I used to summon my butler disappeared on day 6. Mr. Bailey will be hearing from my lawyer.

I did call and they would have let us do it but we aren’t soda drinkers, I did pack water bottles and Crystal Light packets. I also just remembered that we brought two bottles of wine on board, I love having a glass on the balcony before dinner.

We more than got our $$ worth over the years, I’ve probably tried every frozen cocktail possible, I like icy cold beer by the pool so once it got warm I’d just order another, 2-3 glasses of wine with dinner and then after dinner drinks. No wonder we slept in, we don’t miss it.

Yes we used vouchers for some great lattes!

Been cruising with Royal for 20 years and always with the drink package, we enjoy trying new cocktails and hey, if I didn’t care for it I’d wait and order something else. Well, last year the husband went in for his physical and discovered he had elevated liver enzymes so he quit drinking alcohol. He’s a healthy guy who works out, eats kind of sort of healthy, not overweight but this scared him so when it came time for our cruise last May, we decided to skip the package altogether. Inwardly I was disappointed (our secret), but I wanted to support him and help him regain his health. Interesting thing is he’s not really a drinker, just a beer or two on weekends, his body just absorbs too much iron. We are diamond so I knew I’d be able to have 4 drinks per day and thought if I wanted more I’d pay for them. Much to my surprise, most days I didn’t even have 4 and I felt great. We were up early every day, my energy level was so much higher and I didn’t miss my fruity, sugary cocktails by the pool, mostly had a glass or two of wine with dinner. Money saved was definitely a plus too. Goodbye drink package, don’t take this personally but I’m just not into you anymore.

Safe travels home Andrew and Lisa! Wondering if you have been affected by the wildfires, we are across the pond from you (just outside of Detroit) and we’ve had quite a bit of air quality alert days. Looking forward to your final thoughts.

Happy to be joining the party, and Happy Anniversary to both of you! Question about this cruise, since most people are doing 3 or 4 days, are you finding that it’s more of a young, party party party type cruise? We’ve never done one shorter than six days but I’m kind of liking a 7 day back to back one.

Main difference is Cafe Promenade doesn’t have the ambiance and fancy seating but good selections.

Delta

Happy ending, I explained to a rep and she said that never should have happened and took us to front of line. I’m glad because the baggage check in at that point was extremely long.

I agree! We stood in line to check our bags and she said we were too early! Needless to say, I’m pissed right now because the line is twice as long 😡

It’s Sunday 8:15 am, here we are sitting at Fort Lauderdale airport waiting for 11:15 flight. They won’t even let us check our luggage until 10:00, so yes plenty of time!