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Here she is about 11 am?  I was told she was allowed to come in for fuel then back out.  I was scheduled to be on it today - flying home tomorrow.  San Juan is a ghost town and we were told non-essential business were closing at midnight.  I tried to order a hamburger at lunch and told they were frozen and they weren’t defrosting anything else.

The morning of our second sea day was pretty uneventful.  Mom went to some shopping talk and checked out the shops.  I went and grabbed breakfast, played trivia - poorly, grabbed lunch then went to the beyond the podium talk on rock and roll.  I think had the ship tour - note - you need closed toe shoes / pants (which I had) if you plan on doing the tour.

First stop was the Galley

Here is I-95 it the main corridor

next stop was the engine room - we did have to go through a security check 

12 hours ago, hcat said:

Great photos

Hope you are feeling better from your fall..how did food get near the hot tub?

 

Sounds like you are having a wonderful time!

There wasn’t food - my dripping on the deck and a wet foot was it - I stepped and down I went.  Another guy fell shortly after me in the same spot.  In the solarium they put down mats by the hot tub exit.  

In doing better - knee pain is more or less gone today and hip is a lot better - thank you for asking.

We finished up our night with dinner in the Main Dining room - no food pics but I did get the menu.  We were at a table for 8 since it was just open seating due to no leaving port until 11 pm.

We got done another 9 so missed the 8:30 show - went up to Pub trivia and Karaoke started at 10 and decided to stay for that vs the the 10:30 show.  Vince was a rockstar - he even had a kazoos for the musical breaks and closed out with the activities staff.  I always thought I was a relatively smart person with a good knowledge of useless info - I have since learned I am awful at Celebrity Trivia.

After that headed back to world class for a night cap!  I love this bar!

We walked over to the next church - it was closed so here is an exterior shot.

Next we headed over to the university to see the city’s old exterior walls.

We were amused by the pay toilets - there were different Euro amounts listed - but neither of us speak German to figure it out.

There had been a few afternoon showers - but it was starting to look really ugly so we headed to the tram to get back to the train station.

It poured the whole way back and we got drenched getting to the ship - they did have towels when we got in.

Here is Warnemünde during a break during one of the storms.

We enjoyed our day wondering out the the two towns.  Next time I am in Germany I will try and make it to Berlin.

We walked to the nearest tram station and took it back to Neuer Markt then walked to another church that was listed on our tourist map.

It was a scenic walk with cobblestone streets.  It’s a very quaint town.

here is the church’s exterior and what appears to be the renovated half and the un-renovated half.  There appears to be quite a bit of work going on in the church.

Lunch - I was reading the port posts on cruise critic and Simone recommended this restaurant to someone else and though - what the heck - let’s go here. 

The waitress did hook us up with an English menu after we struggled to order beer - but we got it done! 

I ordered a breaded pork chop with a mushroom gravy and cheese then potatoes.  Mom ordered a pasta dish.  It was all really good and a ton of food - I couldn’t finish. 

We then walked over to look at the water before continuing our tour 

We got off the tram at Neuer Markt and walked around a bit.  There was a big plaza with tents set up with vendors.

We went in and and saw St Mary’s Church.

We then walked up Kröpeliner - which is a pedestrian street with shops along it.

Next up was lunch - here is the exterior of the restaurant.

First up was roaming around Warnemünde - it’s a pretty easy walk into town - I picked up a map for both towns with landmarks just past the train station that I used quite a bit.

First we walked out to the green lighthouse

Then we walked around the beach area - it was a pretty nice beach 

Then we walked around town a bit before heading to Rostock.  There were shops and restaurants along the street - it appears to be a beach resort area.

Next up - Rostock - For 6 euro you can get an all day train / bus / tram pass for the area.  I also paid $10 to activate my Verizon travel pass so I could use google / maps to get around.  It took about 20 minutes on the train then we transferred to a tram to get to city center.  Total trip with transfers from when we arrived at the train station to city center was about 40 minutes.

Day -#3 - Warnemünde Germany

I debated about what to do for this port - I am a history nerd and knew I would want a couple days in Berlin - not hours.  The cost of the Berlin excursion via the ship were also pretty pricey and a long ways from port.  In the end - I decided to explore Warnemünde and Rocstock. For anyone else who has done Berlin or other excursion - please post all about them!  

Here was sailing in...

Building a cruise ship 

View from the ship

17 hours ago, megfla said:

I like their menu also...do they have heaters up there is it is cool?

It was nice when we’re up there so they didn’t have them on  - I did see some on the ceiling.

Oops - forgot the pizza picture!  No Chicago style but still good.

The show was Vox Fortura - they were fantastic!

It was silent disco night and it looked to get a good crowd but this girl doesn’t dance and I closed my night out at world class bar.

Dinner we headed to the lawn club. 

Murano is my favorite - but lawn club feels the most like home.  I own these place mats (or something extremely similar) and the Libby mason jars with handles.

Here is the menu:

We did the BBQ chicken pizza and salad bar.

steak with vegetable kabob and Mac and cheese.  I was happy with my food.

Desert I got the blueberry cobbler (was a bit bland) and mom got the carrot cake - she liked it.

Overall we enjoyed lawn club and debated going back.

Back to sea day #1 or Day 2.

we got up and walked for about 40 minutes on the track - it was a beautiful morning.

grabbed breakfast at the buffet - I haven’t taken any buffet pics - it’s a standard celebrity breakfast buffet.

headed to the cruise critic meet and great - there was a big crown and Frank said it was the most active one he has ever seen.  I will say this cruise does have an older demographic but so far a very active group - all the activities I have attended and seen seem to have more people then my prior Caribbean cruise.

I know I went to the Faberge talk - it was Boring and I took a nap.  The speaker even commented on the people dozing off.  He has no visual aids and keep repeating himself.

Next stop was the hot tub!  I took a spill getting out - my wet food hit the pool deck and down I went.  The waiter was there (I was getting out to grab my sea pass card) and almost immediately two more people who made sure I was fine and wanted to get a medic.  I did bruise a hip and slightly twist a knee - but survived and was able to bounce back.  About 20 minutes later another guy got out - also in his 30s and he fell down too (it made me feel a bit better).  So folks - be careful!!!  They need to put something down by the steps - it’s ridiculously slippery with wet feet coming off those steps.

Grab lunch at Mast Grill then showered then headed to the afternoon beyond the podium (I missed the morning one).  He talked about ports - honestly it was boring and got another nap.

Here are a few Amsterdam facts - I do want to know - what happens to all the lost bikes???

I dod grab a drink at the Martini bar before heading to dinner!

Here is Day 4 - today - our 2nd sea day.

Here are the Dailies for Day 3 - where we were in port in Germany.

So the app is being temperamental on the ships WiFi but so it looks like I will be using the actual website to post.

As I catch up - I will start with the dailies

Here are the dailies and onboard booking offers that we got for Day 2.

6 hours ago, Lisamarie18 said:

Hi @clj7181, cheers to your cruise, looking forward to your posts!  Quick question, I just purchased a dining package - where do you go to make the dining reservations when you board the ship?  Did you have any difficulties getting the times that you wanted?

 

 Thanks so much and have a wonderful cruise! 

On both this and my prior cruise I had no issues - but I am for 6 pm or so.  My options were either 6/6:30 or 8 pm.  I only have one for 8 pm.

For our entrees I went with the lobster and mom went with the veal - both were fantastic!

desert I was the soufflé and mom was the chocolate dessert (can’t remember the name - oops).  Both were again fantastic.  Murano is a favorite of ours - if your going to do 1 specialty this is my pick.

We ended the night with the comedian - he was average at best.  Got a drink before the show from world class bar and now doing these posts sitting in cellar masters listening to the music drinking some wine!  (We got go best - so premium drink package!)

Until tomorrow my cruise critic friends!

Next stop - Murano.  I booked this month ago before I realized how long it would take to get to open water and the locks.  Words of wisdom - 8 PM reservation or do Tuscan Grill - oops.  

I did sneak out to use the bathroom so I could see the lock real quick - I didn’t have my phone but it was cool to see how close the walls were to the ship and I did see the pilot leaving us and the beach and some of the wind turbines.  If you looked out in a distance you could see a ton of them in the ocean.

Murano - we were able to skip the cheese plate and get two starter each.   We both got the lobster bisque and then mom got the tomatoes/mozzarella dish and I got a pear dish.  I loved the bisque - but a pass on my 2nd starter.  My mom loved both of hers.

We had our Muster in Murano - that my friends is pointless - most the room couldn’t see the life jacket demo or the video.  I almost want to re-watch the video - she’s chasing a guy on the ship - yet battling a girl on the speedboat - I couldn’t tell what happened to the guy she was originally chasing.

We then headed up to watch sail-away - here are a few images.

The app is being temperamental - so trying to post via the website on safari on my phone - wish me luck 🤣

Rooms were ready at 1 PM about on the dot.  We went to our room and were pleasantly surprised to find our luggage - score!

we then headed to the buffet to grab a light lunch. Then back to the room to unpack.

Here is today’s daily and the crew on board:

On 8/23/2019 at 10:20 PM, Luvcrusn said:

If you get a chance, I've got a quick question. DH and I will be sailing on Reflection in the next few months and have an excessive amount of OBC as well as all 4 perks. We decided to upgrade our digital camera and purchase a new one on board. If you have a spare moment on board and could post what's available and the prices I'd appreciate it. If not, no worries. Have a wonderful time.

Here is what I found - they had a limited selection - 

Sx70 - $549

Sx740 - $399

Go pro 7 hero black - $399

Logistics to the port - we summoned our Uber at about 10:40 once back to the hotel and we had grabbed our bags - took about 10 minutes for him to get there - I did request a van since we have lots of crap...I mean really great stuff. He was nice and efficient and we got to the port at 11:01 am. It was 14.84 Euro which is cheaper then the 20 euro it took for a taxi to get from central station to the hotel Friday.

We walked our bags into the bag drop line inside and headed upstairs to check-in and got in line at 11:09 and were done at 11:34. We boarded the ship about 11:45 - we did stop pre-boarding and purchase the 4 meal dining package - online they only offered the 1st night as an option and I had already booked Murano for night 1 at 30% off. We are doing Murano again, Quisne, Tuscan Grill and the Lawn Club.

I took this pic at 11:51 enroute to book my dining at Murano.

12:08 PM and we have our 1st drinks!

Let the fun begin!!!

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This morning we got up and went for a walk

1st official time I saw the reflection in port!


We were walking a long and saw these geese cruising in then suddenly stop - this lady opens her window and feeds them each morning. Kind of a cool moment.


Our mission was the windmill - the lighting wasn’t great - once back in port we will walk back down here in the evening when it is better lit.


We have walked this route several times - this morning we got delayed by the draw bridges.



We got back to the room at about 10:30ish.


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