The sea calls my name

thank you for the kind words we have enjoyed bringing this to everyone, it’s been a blast for all of us. Unfortunately one cannot film or take pics in casino. However if you have been watching i interviewed Chris Wong last night and he is the asst casino manager and stated it is the largest casino in the fleet. And i can say the bar is awesome as it is large and friendly. again Thank You And by the way this is cruisinghawg using DW account LOL

Great Pictures

yes it certainly seems wider and the pizza is not bad or pretty good depends on how one puts it

No none of the drink packages apply

oh and @cruisinghawg is using DW handle for now.

i have to convert to mp4 and that takes about 3 minutes for a 1 minute video. Then download takes about 3 minutes so 6 to 7 minutes total.

yes i now have converted from nov to mp4 so everyone can view

I am curious, is anyone else having trouble with the RCCL App regarding doing your health status questions. I am within the 24 hour window and it says" an email will be sent to you at 12 noon." Well that's fiction.

Ken after a couple of days now for to get an overview, where would you recommend I go during the day that is climate controlled, comfortable seating and has views of the ocean? Des and I love to play cards but neither of us want to be in the sun. Thanks for any suggestions.

If you can find out whether or not our cabins will be ready when we board on the 27th that would be great. If there are not, I may change some of my placement of articles around so I don't have so much to carry on board and around the ship. Looking very forward to meeting you finally.

That is really interesting as it isn't listed on the app or Cruise Planner. Maybe it is sold out and that is why. I hope that is the case.

I don't believe that Icon has Chefs Table. It has Celebration Table and Empire Club.

You might could also do short contracts with cruise lines as the ship doctor. I know years ago we visited with the "ships Dr." He was an ER Dr. on the west coast and was doing a 2 week contract.. Had his family on board with him. Not sure if the lines still do that but a thought.

I nursed for 44 years and went from sunup to moon-up everyday, It did take me a while learn to relax and to settle into retirement but I can truthfully say it is the best job I have ever had and I truly loved every nursing job I ever had. Doing volunteer work for an indigent clinic our church supports will help. Hope to start that this spring.

I am going to be making a direct line to the WJ when we board in hopes of mounds of fresh seafood. Would be wonderful to have a seafood feast included in the cruise price.

Well a trade you a chocolate bar for a bottle of wine trick should work.🤣.

Saw that same one, that make no sense to me. Us women have hair dryers, straight irons, curling irons etc that aren't USB charged items. Oh well I did see a 220v so Converter it is.

What is the policy on buying and bringing wine onto the ship at your ports of call? Is it a " one bottle per person per every 7 nights" type policy" Wine and chocolate are my two vices. Those pictures made me excited for my 1/27 Inaugural Icon Cruise, I hope the wine and chocolate are both flowing.

Already packed my sound machine.🤣. Ken, if time permits during your 3 day, I am interested i how many US110 outlets there are on the vanity. From the few videos I have seen of the standard OV Balcony cabin, it looked like only one. They certainly have all the USB ports you can use, but It appears I may need to bring my currency converter and adaptor for all my non-USB electricity needs. Thanks.

Yes I have seen the negative comments and have made the decision that I will be positive and not bring any of my doubtful thoughts up until perhaps I get home. I do not want to come off as a RC shill but will positive through out. I have a few more tricks up my sleeve on videos. I am about to see if my wife's computer will download, take my computer to our computer guy here in town or just buy a new camera. I also thought about just posting pics and leave the video to others. I believe you said earlier you will post yours when you get back home. I will post Sat morning thus my practice with the Icon photos. I am posting from my wife's computer thus her handle.

Make the Casino non-smoking so that adjacent areas can be used by those of us who are hihgly allergic to cigarette smoke.

Sorry that y'all are getting now what we got this past weekend here in Florida. Hoping no serious damage to anything.

This is interesting. When we were in Cartagena, Columbia in Oct on ROS, we tried to buy coffee with a credit card, but couldn't because we didn't have our passports on us. To use a CC you had to have. That might prove interesting in the next 268 days.

My husband and I did the April TA this year on her. We are both Senior citizens loving retirement and loved sailing on her. I love the Solariums on RCCL ships and especially this one since it is climate controlled which is great for a TA. We also had plenty to do or nothing to do if that was our choice for the day. There were not many children because of the time of year and the length of the cruise. The ones that were on were never in venues that we used. .

Ditto, I hope that in the next couple of years that bucket list will be checked off. Sue, I so look forward to your picture's and comments. Safe travels and have a wonderful cruise.