little britain

We saw One Sky tonight. 
Not as good as the previous show they did. A bit “worthy” about the planet, random songs ( some I’ve never heard before), disjointed with inspirational quotes on the screen. Some Ariel artists too.  I liked the plane! 

@laurieal thanks for cat location !!

Yes, that was me when all the “gentlemen” kept pushing in front of you getting into the lift 🛗!!! Angry face 😠 

Off to find my twin! 

The WiFi on this cruise has been excellent the whole way. Not one drop out, and switching between devices has been seamless. 
 

@Rogueperson we were docked by 6:30a. Beat ya! 
 

@laurieal we missed that cat graffiti. Will have to look for it when I’m back next year. From the angle I’m guessing it’s on the front where the road kinks out? 

We went to 150CP last night. Very disappointing. The maitre d’ was also setting up tables, they seemed very short staffed and unorganised. He gave a party of 3 a large table that would seat 6, and he gave our party of 4 a very small table that they couldn’t even fit the two plates of bread onto it! 
Service was slow. They seem to have run out of vegetables - the lamb Wellington came with … absolutely nothing! Not even a smear of something across the plate. 🍽️. Just half a Wellington.  We had to pour our own wines. 
Not impressed.
Our meal at Giovannis on the other hand was superb 

4 hours ago, Sinbad 2 said:

A little bizarre in light of the Red Sea situation but yesterday we received an email from RCI informing of a port change and that because of a potential immigrant delays in Mumbai we would now miss Muscat. My one and only explanation which seems unlikely or very risky if the do it is sail the Anthem empty from Southampton to Dubai. Wish they’d let us know, alternative cruises are increasing in price

You need a new travel agent!!  The Anthem cruises were cancelled on 16th April! Southampton - Rome - Dubai legs 

Do not tip more than 10% 

You have to ask for the bill. It is not bought to your table before you have finished eating. 
The currency is € euro 💶.
Be prepared to pay for public bathrooms. 

Strange: I have no option to add set sail pass to the wallet? I usually do! Looking at set sail in the app. 
iphone 14

I know Cats gets a bad press. 
Well, it was standing room only. 
And we saw less than 5 people leave. 
They got a standing ovation.

It’s one of the best shows I’ve seen on a RCI ship ( that’s fighting talk) 

Medivac in Horta 

3 hours ago, IsanTom said:

There are 300 Pinnacles, 350 Diamond Plus, and 350 Diamond on board. Around 1000 total with

very few children, maybe 100. The first day was chaotic, but everything has settled down and the

ship doesn't feel crowded.

You are way off with the loyalty numbers!!  There are also 300 children on board 

27 minutes ago, wolfcathorse said:

Was Capt Ante Cavala the captain?

Oh yes 😍

On 4/20/2024 at 8:31 AM, IsanTom said:

I don't think there will be allot of children. See you on board tomorrow!

300 children fyi ! 

6 hours ago, IsanTom said:

I don't think there will be allot of children. See you on board tomorrow!

There are 280 Pinnacles. I’m betting on a higher number of kids than that! 
See you at the meetup on Wednesday! 

1 hour ago, c-leg5 said:

Not good practice on a regular basis to book flights or legs you will knowingly not take, especially with one airline.

 

Be mindful of the consequences and as with anything be comfortable with the risks. 
 

 

Never said anything about going it regularly… it’s just one way around the ridiculous one way flight fare. I have never gone this but if there isn’t a low cost carrier like Norse operating next April when I need to come over for my TA then I may 🤷‍♀️

19 hours ago, Tina99 said:

I booked an OVB GTY for Navigator only a couple weeks ago for the 5/6 sailing.  I saw a CC thread about a week ago about the bar code trick and cabin assignment using Apple Wallet.  I tried it and it worked!  Great tip. 

How can you see the set sail pass until you do checkin at 30 days out?? 
 

doh. My bad you mean May 6th and I saw it as 5th June! 

@firefly333 Finnair code shares with British Airways. They will be better than most airlines. 
 

One ways are always expensive. Buy a return and don’t use the 2nd leg

The show girls one - excellent. Live Love Legs 

Meanwhile we drove to Canaveral and saw a rocket 🚀 launch!!! Wow.

Some more satellites 🛰️ to make our WiFi 🛜 speed across the Atlantic faster!!!

then we had dinner and ended at Señor Frogs . After which things get hazy..

the white dot is the rocket on her way. 

@Capt_BJ thank you so much! We parked on Playalinda and she took off on schedule. Incredible! 
 

I have only received notification about the Sou Rom leg not the Rom DXB leg??

13 hours ago, Cienfuegos said:

"middle of the night" launches usually draw smaller crowds than 7 pm - 10 pm launches in my experience.

 

Spaceflightnow has a good launch calendar.  But, launches do get scrubbed or pushed to the back end of the launch window regularly

There is a 4 hour window on that site… does that window ever narrow closer to the date (📅) or do we just wait for 4 hrs??  Thanks 

@Capt_BJ many thanks.

do you mean the Freddie Patrick ramp or that little jetty off the beach on the right where it sticks out?

do lots of people go down to watch or do they now happen so often with SpaceX no one bothers?

Both launches are scheduled for 5-6p

We will be staying on International Drive but DH is desperate to see a rocket launch. Elon is sending up a few more satellites 🛰️ hopefully in the days we are there… so we will be driving over to see it. Where is the best place to head for to get a great view ? 
thanks 🙏 

7 hours ago, DennysDad said:

I never log out of app, so don't have that problem.

It now logs you out of the app automatically. Even if you tick the box “stay signed in” 

His FB says he has finished his contract in early April and he is having time off due to personal reasons with his elderly mother back in England.