Jim_Iain

I'm very impressed with Solstice and the Crew. Food is surpassing Summit and we thought that was the best food we had ever had on Celebrity.

Feel free to post. I'm sure others would enjoy seeing them. I've been checking via app every night to see what's for dinner. Have ordered a couple items off of it.

Sorry to hear and hope you are recovering quickly. When we caught it we tested positive for 11 days. We have mostly been wearing masks.

We did see about a dozen sea lions and one of the biggest Yachts I've ever seen.

We of course are much further south than you but sunset is at 5:35 PM and sunrise is 6:47 Am We did watch the sun set over the Pacific about 1/2 way point and it was totally black with a beautiful almost full moon by the time we got back. Some of the car's lights weren't working, luckily ours was - I just had to figure out how to turn them on. Cactus Tours is the operator and it is about 1 hour drive from the ship so was close to 7:30PM before we got back to the ship.

So far shows have been a 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM You can also check the app closer to sailing and they will be listed on the Daily Planner

Joan, What fun> We have never dined in our room for Dinner.

I was indeed wrong. Old age -- what can I say. LOL. Yesterday was hopping with Princess and Holland America in port. Today we only have Disney with us. The port was hopping when we Tendered in.

I haven't seen one yet. Was it on Port or Starboard? Exception when we came down with Covid and couldn't get food until 11:00. Was memorable but in a negative way.

My understanding is their contracts were extended and extended and they finally go to go home.

Sometimes each casino person will tell you a different story. The first time I ever did it the attendant helped show me how to tap and go to banker. I asked for $300 and he said you know you have to play it on this machine only. Of course that wasn't the case and I cashed out and tried a different machine. From what I can see is they just don't have the technology to monitor your coupons when you cycle them among different machines.

I've found a hard limit of $300 at a time withdrawl. We had a huge $5,000 to pull off once due to the Price Guarantee during covid post after final payment.

Glaswegian and Ayrshire are similar but all so different. Iain can pretty much tell which city or region a Scott is from ... Kinda like us recognizing a New York, Philly, Texan or Deep South... Or the Canadian Ahhhhh.. and Aboot

I asked Mar this morning and she said she hadn't looked yet but would. Stay tuned. I did a cabin count a couple weeks ago and was lighter than the current cruise. Mar just joined the ship on Saturday and had a crash course. She will be on her own next week as on the Non-Revolutionzed Michael's they only have one host. A Customer Service Manager had to also jump in unexpectedly when Penelope had to leave due to family issues. I'm guessing 52-55% capacity.

Love it. Iain's Aunt had a very strong Ayrshire and when I first met her 34 years ago would usually just smile at her because I couldn't understand a thing she said. Iain moved to America when about 21 and didn't want to be identified as a Scott and tried very hard to drop his accent. Most people would never know he was Scottish unless they hear him talking to his Sister. When someone doesn't believe he is a Scott I ask him to give them a bit of Robert Burns - which he had to memorize at school.

On our way off ship for tour yesterday the gave us a free tour down I95 on way to tender to avoid crowd.

Coming into port felt like Hong Kong 3 ships in port yesterday.

Another perfect day in paradise.

We were the same. We had been disappointed in Tuscan but went on Silhouette and they had really upped their game. We went more than once. Saying that - to me Murano is unbeatable and never been disappointed but on longer multi segment cruises their menu is rather limited.

LOL... I do the same.

You do hear it but become accustomed to it pretty quickly. I'm glad we are on deck 11 next cruise. It reminds me of or place in SF on a Cable Car Line. They are good about not doing it before around 8:00 or after 8 at night.

They do work. I really can't say how they work but they use noise masking technology as oppose to noise cancelling. I use a sound that is more like a meditation tone and really makes me sleep even if no noise. Many of us that have a spouse that Breaths Heavy or Snores find them a solution. I often use a silicon ear plug in one ear (the one down to pillow) and the Sleep bud in the other, but if the snoring get's lound -- both are popped. in

No worries - Nothing is off topic on my Live Posts as I also go way off topics at times. Tipping is a personal choice. I take into consideration that tipping is already based on 18%. We always tip extra for good service. If someone just does their job we do not feed compelled to tip extra. An example of going beyond is Singh in Retreat lounge. First night he didn't have my Fre non-alcaholic wine but went out and found a bottle. After the first night when he would hear us chatting with Mar he would Prepare Iain's Grey Goose and Tonic and my UN-Wine and have it sitting at the table for us. We always tip at the end of the cruise and write a personal note on a Thank You card. As a general rule all tips in Luminae, Blu and MDR are pooled as well as bars. I have been told by a HR manager that if you leave additional tips by placing a person's name on the Additional Tip form it goes to the individual. She was the one who applied it to their payroll check. I trust what she told me and have been personally thanked by the crew member.

I'm running behind after having our first Port of Call yesterday. We arrived at 2:00 and tenders were running a bit slow. we left the ship around 2:45 on our Tour - 4x4 Rugged Off road Adventure. We didn't get back to the ship until 7:30 PM

Lots of dolphins escorting us into port