Beachlover1989

If we’re not in a suite, our go to lunch on embarkation day is Sushi on 5-yum!

We want to take a Fjord cruise soon so I’m excited to follow along! Some great information already! Hope your weather continues to be beautiful!

Yay! So excited to follow your adventure with the Queen! I’ve been on two cruises with my dear mom and I will never forget them!

Thank you so much for this entertaining and informative review! I think you’re my favorite reviewer now! When do we have the pleasure of your next LIVE review??!

Again - stunning photos!

Pictures are great!  I'm just a little freaked out by the spiders 😐

Are those Nazca Boobies in post #26?

5 minutes ago, surfnsun said:

Here ya go.  It's a small desk fan.  I've found a bad a*s you know what blow dryer that I also bring dries clothes, spot drying anyway.  The fan helps with circulation, especially when getting ready.

Thank you!!

22 minutes ago, surfnsun said:

Holy Cow!  Take me north quick!  I have a personal heater that just does not quit!  Here are some must bring items for our cruising.  First and foremost, a bad a*s mama jama coochie goochie, small but powerful fan and a bad a*s (fill in the blanks)..

 

 

Did you get this on Amazon? Do you happen to have the link?  We're going on Xpedition in September and our son (just got back) said a small fan was fantastic to dry clothes and have air movement in the room.

What wonderful customer service to rescue your camera from the plane and get it back to you so soon!!!

Loving your trip report!

19 minutes ago, pete_coach said:

We booked the Eclipse (primarily for itinerary). We have been on Solstice twice, Reflection once and Equinox as well.

Have been reading the reviews of Eclipse and they are quite varied from 2 stars to 4 stars. I know not everyone leaves a comment and many are reviewing just to complain.

Are the reviews based on service? Food or the ship in general?

Service, on all cruise lines is not the same as before. Sign of the times unfortunately.

Food, well, that is the most debated (and heated sometimes LOL) topic on these forums on all lines. No shopping, no cooking, no cleaning up is all fine for me 🙂

So, that leaves the ship itself. Is it old? Rusty? Dirty? Falling apart? Furniture bad?

Is the ship still nice?

 

 

When is your cruise on Eclipse?

We're very excited to follow along.  Japan is on our list of places we want to travel to soon, so we look forward to seeing your experiences.

We’ve had several tours with airport drop off. They range from fantastic with quick turnaround through the airport in Miami, to a horrible experience in Buenos Aires. The tour was fine, but all the tour buses (which seemed like half the ship) arrived at the airport at the same time. The LONG line for check in snaked through the airport with many arguments about whether you were in the right line or not. And staff were telling different things to different people, causing even more stress and distress!

1 hour ago, DaKahuna said:

 

Even with the mules, I am surprised there are not more instances of ships brushing against the sides. 

 

 

We did the full transit on Infinity in 2018 and they referred to as the “Panama Canal Kiss”. 

2 hours ago, Kteacher said:

One of the very few low points was the World Wine Tour which was like speed dating with wine. Looking forward to the next five days onboard.

We’ve done the World Wine Tour before and I was very disappointed too. There were four stations with a wine steward at each who was in charge of describing five different wines to however many people were standing there at the time. A huge hassle, lots of work just to find out anything, and none of the wine was really good. IMHO they use this activity to get rid of wine that isn’t selling. 

Wonderful pictures!! Thank you for bringing us along on your LIVE report!

9 hours ago, PinkSandGirl said:

Everything we had was good except I had the ***** Burger, no bacon, and the taste was good but the texture freaked me out. It was the grind. I ate half.

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Oh my gosh! This was me on Silhouette at Lawn Club Grill! I had a burger, but the texture was so odd that I kind of freaked out! And I don’t normally have a problem with food texture! I can’t believe you were able to eat half of it!

So excited to follow along! Silhouette is our favorite ship and I would love to do a transatlantic one day! Although I think I would prefer to sail West and gain hours as the cruise progresses. Sea days are heavenly and it's great that the ports are spread out! 🚢🍾

Oh I’m so excited to follow your full transit! I loved your Galapagos Live and got such great information for our upcoming Galapagos cruise in September!

We did this cruise in 2018 and it is still one of my favorites!!  In fact, I would love to go again!!

Have a wonderful trip David and Marcia!

S-Class World Class Bar:  El Don Julio!!  The best!!

I am really enjoying your review! Keep up the good work!

I’ve really enjoyed your quick snippets so far. Thank you for taking the time!

Thank you so much for your wonderful LIVE. Safe travels to Utah and then home! Congratulations on the new grand baby - we are expecting our first grandchild in July! 💙💙💙

On 3/3/2024 at 11:57 PM, sandiego1 said:

We hired a driver and guide for 2 days in Quito and were fine walking around with them. We went to several tourist sites in Quito including El Mitdad del Mindo and Intinam Museum, plus the Mindo Cloud Forest and several sites near there.
 

 

How did you go about hiring a driver and guide?  Do you have contact information? We're looking for a guide who's willing to just play it be ear with us and see what we want and for how long.

Well today was when we were supposed to arrive in Sydney 😞. I’m very anxious to follow along on the cruise and see what we had to miss. We hope you and Iain have a fabulous cruise! 🚢