Sea Dog

Some Final Thoughts. Adventure of the Seas: Adventure is in great shape. Sure its interior is a bit dated. Yes there are some cosmetic rust spots but I love this ship. Like I said at the top of the review, Adventure has special memories for me as our first Royal Caribbean ship. It definitely will not be our last. Internet: I was pleasantly surprised for the most part. Starlink makes a big difference. I would love to see repeaters in every room to help the signal. Most of you read my speed tests from the balcony to opening the cabin door. It was great just being off the library as the signal strength was good there. MDR: Much discussion was had over the disaster that is My Time Dining. It’s no longer my “My Time” it’s “Royal’s My Time.” Here is what I think they should do. For MTD, don’t have one level for My Time have MTD on all 3 levels. One area for ones who want reservations another for not. Then have on each level areas for traditional early and traditional late. That way no one dining room is overwhelmed. I watched several times between each sitting everyone get up and leave and the staff has to scramble to get the room turned over. You could also adjust let’s say if more people want early dining than late. By being flexible on all 3 dining levels it gives you more options. Just my two cents. As far as the new menus I am not a fan. Specialty Restaurants: Every Specialty Restaurant we ate was very good. No bad meals. Highlights were Giovanni’s with their great food, and wonderful staff and Chops which always makes a good steak. They need some new sides however. Izumi for lunch was awesome with the Sake and Sushi pairing. Even CocoCay’s Beach Club with their restaurant was incredible. If you want surf and turf, come here. With a marinated flame grilled filet which they can’t do on the ship the Veach club could arguably have the best steak. Combine that with a Caribbean lobster and extras if you want it is my kind of place. Bars: I love the Schooner Bar but as the week went on it was getting increasingly crowded. I do really like the cocktails on their new menus. Sorry Joe @cruisingpeople I wasn’t all that impressed with Yulia the bartender in the Schooner Bar. No personality and she looked like she tired and bored . I had to wait a lot to get her attention even with sea pass card and dollar bills in hand. Maybe she thought you were cute. Me not so much. Favorite cocktails were the Toasted Marshmallow Old Fashioned at Schooner and the Caipirinha in Boleros. Jennifer’s husband Dave turned me on to Bacardi 8 year and Diet Coke. Guest Services: Guest Services. Great resolutions . We had an unknown $20 charge as a tip in the Beach Club but we paid the tip in cash. The guest service person took the charge right off with no questions asked. I’m sure I will think of something else. Stay tuned.

Let’s make it happen. I loved our little group. Safe travels wished for you and Andy. I loved being with you and sharing in some incredible memories. I love you guys and can’t till we cruise again together.

Yes please enjoy yourself. I don’t regret doing a live review but it is a lot of work. Thanks to everyone for being so positive and supportive it really kept me going. Thanks Bonnie. I’m hopeful that my second go around will be better than my first.

Thanks Dave! You doing a review?? I hope 43 days go by real fast. Have a great cruise.

Next Friday. So I have until then to have the feeling of bone. After that it will be all metal. Let the pain and fun begin.

The Key Farewell Breakfast. One of things I like about The Key is their fairwell breakfast. They have some better menu choices than the average MDR menu including Steak and Eggs with a Filet and a Crab Benedict. We arrived at 8am and will have a leisurely breakfast before departing. Got have my last chocolate donut Crab Benedict which was very good. and French Toast Jennifer and Dave were there too having a good breakfast. We said our goodbyes until we meet again. I can’t tell you how much I love them. I did not document departure with photos since I need to concentrate. Departure was fast and we did not even look for the Key departure point. They just said deck 4 midship which was where we were at. No huge lines, easy peasy. I snagged a very friendly female porter who took us straight to a Chevy Escapade Taxi. Our Taxi driver from Haiti was very friendly also. Must be a set amount as it was $40. No meter was running. Final thoughts once we are in the air.

Yes I didn’t take a picture of those tags staring at me on the bed. Thanks for following along. Stay tuned for the next couple of days for more material.

Thank you Francis. Great meeting you and you have a great week next week. Hope to see you again.

6 AM IMG_3621.mov Adventure slips into her mooring slot. So graceful and slow. It amazes me how easy they park her. Supply trucks already lined up. We will be getting off. New passengers get on. The cycle continues.

Wr booked it when the price was $177.00 per person. That’s the most we have ever paid for the beach club on several visits there. As others pointed out the meal is included.

The Last Supper: Alway depressing know this is your last supper before disembarking. Good news we will have a last breakfast with The Key. Which we will leisurely eat at 8:15am but tonight it was our second visit to Giovanni’s. I tried to go light as I was still stuffed from lunch and experiencing stomach issues that started two weeks pre cruise, calmed down during but reared its ugly head today. Beef Carpaccio was very nice. Go the Filet but decided to have the sauce on the side. It was a good choice as I could taste both ways with the steak. Cooked a perfect medium rare. I can’t believe I’ve never tried Gnocchi before. The gang was raving about it on our visit on night 3 so I decided to try it. Wow this was so good. Kind of like cheese tortellini but it is a potato dumpling. I will order this again. Of course I had to go back to the chocolate hazelnut cake. This dessert is so good. Back to the stateroom with cocktails in hand to do the dreaded packing. And then the hallway of shame Linda grabbed some beers as that was all my stomach could handle. Then sitting out on the balcony on a moonlit night. I got out of my depression and back into my happy state. Tomorrow travel day, some final thoughts and observations. Still keep following as I have some cool videos to share with you all. Cheers!

I wish I was doing a part of it. We may consider it in the future. It will be interesting to see how it goes.

Food was fantastic. We lucked out on the weather. A little windy on the beach but the beach club was nice and clam as it has a lot of trees around it. Wish you were here with us. Moat of it is sand but there are some paved areas. There are trans that take people around the island too.

Revenge of the Lobsters. So after getting my teeny, weeny lobster tail last night in the MDR I was looking forward to lunch at the beach club with the gang and getting a lobster at CocoCay Beach Club. We end up having a guest with us. We got the usual appetizers then came the surf and turf. The steak and lobster were excellent. Then came a great surprise. More lobsters. One plate of two. Then came another. Everyone was happy. I ended up with three. Each one had twice the amount of meat as the one in the MDR. I was happy as a clam…oh I mean lobster. Finish off with a delicious chocolate brownie and I full and satisfied. Perfect lunch for a perfect day.

Totally agree. Glad I got the cheese tortellini along with the lobster just wished they could have served at the same time.

CocoCay Beach Club for lunch with the gang.

We really noticed a change in that all the food is smaller portions. Linda’s NY Strip Steak was barely 1/2 inch, pathetic. My chocolate donut at breakfast was even smaller and same with the hash browns.

We were told a second tail would cost us $16.99.

A Perfect Day

My View! Pose compliments of @Ocean Boy This does not suck! First up Kraken Colada with Kraken floater. Mai Tai Perfect Day at Cococay.

No not bad at all. Just right. Hey that’s me!!

Happy Birthday Graham! Wishing you all the best.

Yes they do require you finish one before starting the other. I would have liked to have both served at the same . What’s the difference? You are still going to eat both of them. Are they betting you might change your mind after the first entree?

Thanks Ken will do. If you see it go down before me please let me know.

In honor of Trainman Ive enjoyed reading the thread lately about Trainman the beloved Cruise Critic member who did some amazing reviews. He was known for his Trainman Breakfast Sandwich. So I decided to try it. I couldn’t remember if it was a bagel or English muffin. I got the bagel but now I think it was an English muffin . Either way I made it with cream cheese, jelly and sausage links. You know what? It’s actually pretty good. A little labor intensive to make but I enjoyed it . I didn’t eat all of it as I ordered a back up. The Omelette. Thanks Trainman. Your spirit lives on.