Engineroom Snipe

Booked a guaranteed interior on Oasis in June for Sept 11 cruise. Informed of muster station with barcode 45 day previous to embarkation. Read barcode and room 11549 appeared. Bid on Royal Up for multiple rooms at lowest rates (no expectation of acceptance because the ship had high occupancy rate). Traveled in room 11549, forward interior 179 sq ft room. We loved it. Very quiet and secluded. Little movement. I would roll the dice again.

I can easily imagine why a warm Solarium seat would be coveted on a Cold Weather Cruise 🥶 (Is there an outlet where I can plug in my electric blanky? 😁). In that case, can my wife remind me why I went to a cold weather cruise to begin with? 😪😲.

Reset. This is a rough ride for the past three years. You are welcome to express your opinion. Just be ready for everyone else to express theirs 😁. As I said, maybe need to buckle the seat-belt a bit tighter 🙃🙂 as we go through the roller coaster of life. Regards.

This is an ongoing issue on cruise ships. Please just take an deep breath and not take it personally. Yes, I know that is a hard request. As someone who has witnessed this behavior, it is another simmering problem of society. Treat others as you would like yourself treated. If you are using and enjoying the chair, fantastic! Should one save a chair for the possibility of usage? It is your vacation, it is everyone's vacation, we are sharing the ship together for a wonderful experience and memory. Times are stressful in this world. We go on vacation to relieve that stress. The appearance of a vacate chair for more than one hour just seems difficult. I love to swim. I have been in the water for more than 48 hours compliments of the military. I can tell people who swim, visit their chair within the thirty minute period and swim again. That is great! Enjoy! When I see a chair not used for over three hours, it tends to violate the treat others as you would want to be treated mentality. No judgement, just an observation and my personal opinion. Good cruising to you. I have met so many great people on ships. You are probably one of them. Maybe just contemplate how people who do not use chairs for over sixty minutes affect a fully booked cruise. Regards, Engine Room Snipe.

Oh the inhumanity of it all, not the corn hole boards!!! 😟

I have been to Nassau twice this year onboard the Anthem in April and Oasis this month. We also went in March 2019 as the last cruise on the water before the Pandemic shut-down. Do you have an idea of what you would like to do such as shopping, eating, drinking, beach, historical, etc? After two visits, we only spent about three hours off of the ship going to a local clothing shop we like for family gifts (good quality t-shirts and beach clothing) and a local craft brewing company which is a bit pricey for most people unless they are into craft beers. If you are into craft beers, it is actually quite reasonable compared to the states.

I just booked a three person room for two people recently.

I used "silt" as a noun which describes sand or sediment in water. In this case, goldminers used to shovel silt into a sieve or type mesh to allow water to wash away the sediment and if lucky, get a few gold nuggets from their efforts. I did get a laugh though that someone could read it as something else. 🤣😁 You might have read it the way my mind thought of it.

Then the hydraulic fluid leak makes perfect sense because the fluid would have damaged the filtration system. They had to fix the leak, clean the entire pool, and replace the filter elements. Thank you for the follow up. I enjoy reading your posts.

Your last paragraph is true of almost any blog or discussion in life. I have to weigh all of the perspectives and try and filter the golden nuggets from the silt. It takes effort but the results can be golden 😉.

Onboard the Oasis on September 11, last week, I went to Next Cruise in the late afternoon on the day of embarkation while my wife was recharging her batteries (napping in the Solarium in a perfect place that was not affected by the mist and rain). All three representatives were available. I had unlimited time to ask questions, verify information, and book my next cruise. The representative REALLY knew her stuff. Thanks to reading hundreds of threads on this site, I had a list of questions to confirm my expectations without any gray areas. Thank all of you for posting on Cruise Critic. I feel confident that there will be no surprises or misunderstandings.

I was onboard this cruise and I noticed that engineering employees were wheeling around filtration pebbles and other items on Deck 5 aft near the Aqua Door Crew entrance (back of ship, near observation chairs). We walked between 8am and 10am everyday. I believe we were in Nassau when I saw them. I had owned and maintained many salt water aquariums and these items would be used for a sand gravel bacterial filtration system. Your water clarity statement would lead me to believe the explanation is correct.

I would not be surprised if they treated their engines as a co-generation plant with any excess exhaust heat and engine manifold heat being used to preheat water almost to the point of steam. The energy going to the laundry would have been wasted up the stack or exchanged to the sea anyway.

Sorry, I was not aware you had a previous explanation. My post would be redundant after a US Navy Captain explained everything to you. My rating in the Navy was much lower than a full bird Captain. I was trying to reassure any future cruisers of that ship who might be worried the ship would be unsafe. I do not feel that RCL would ever intentionally send a ship to sea with significant safety problems or risks.

On board a Navy vessel, there will be fire damage control based on four categories: Alpha, something that leaves ash like wood and paper, Bravo, liquid fuel like aviation or diesel, Charlie, a fire whose ignition and continuing combustion depends upon an electrical source, or Delta, a chemical or molecular material that after getting hot enough starts to use itself as a source of fuel and oxygen. In this case for example, an exterior light fixture gets too much salt water condensation, it might short out the base when the salt water starts conducting the electricity instead of the bulb. The surrounding plastic materials might overheat and start burning as they melt. The first thing in damage control is to disconnect the electrical power source. Until this is done, The fire will keep reigniting itself despite copious amounts of water or extinguishing agents. On an exterior fixture on the weather decks, the fastest way to fight it is to disconnect the power and use a saltwater low velocity fog nozzle. They would not have to worry about water damage to the rest of the ship since it will just drain off into the ocean. Should be no danger once extinguished. After action remedial inspections should include fixture, cables, raceways, and surrounding cables up to and including the disconnecting protective device (circuit breaker or fuse). Not hard to do for a trained crew. Should be nothing to worry about in this case. If the current gets too high, the fuse or breaker should react and do an automatic disconnect. The wires are rated for the disconnect so any damage in this case should be limited to the fixture and immediate area wiring.

My wife and I were on the Anthem for an 8 day at the end of April and they were allowing self serve. I did notice that they had many premade items such as smoked salmon on a half-bagel with trimmings. They also had the option to allow people to self serve the same individual pieces.

There are many threads created about one month ago which went into great detail about all the changes to Safe Sail requirements. The following frequently asked question confirms your answer in the first paragraph. This is on RCL's current website. I know things can change but for now, you said it in a nutshell. You cannot board an RC ship today with Bermuda on its itinerary without the cruise travel authorization. Are there any additional requirements to cruise to Bermuda? | Royal Caribbean Cruises The Bermuda government official cruise visitor authorization: Make reservations | Bookings powered by resQwest.com (www.gov.bm) My wife and I are planning an RC Cruise to Bermuda next year and I check them weekly for changes.

Boarding at Bayonne on September 11 on the Oasis. My wife and I were able to put our phones in a personal item bag through security and not need them until after getting onboard. My wife and I had already entered all passport, covid attestations, pictures, etc needed for pre-check online. we only needed our printed setsail passes during the whole process of boarding. Of course we had all of these items with us but did not need to take them out of our carry-ons. We were waived through one checkpoint ahead of many people who were trying to bring up their setsail passes on their phones. This was more noticeable when there was a group of people (family).

I finished a cruise on Sunday also on the Oasis of the Seas. I did not notice people skipping the dispenser and wash station around me but the welcome staff at the entrance seemed to be more focused on counting heads than ensuring hand washing. I saw about 20% wearing mask on-board the ship but they were mostly older cruisers from multiple countries outside the US (I made this assumption when they did not speak English as a primary language). I observed very little social distancing. I did not see or hear much coughing or sneezing, even on the last day of the cruise.

Very interesting observation. Assume everyone washes their hands before entering the Windjammer. The tongs should not be contaminated. Now, I use the uncontaminated tongs to grab a hamburger to put on a roll which I used tongs. Still good good to go. I then use my hands to eat the hamburger. My hands should be clean but now I go back for more food and use the tongs. Did I lick my fingers after eating the last of the burger? Unfortunately, these very actions occur at any buffet in America such as Golden Corral but they do not request or observe you washing your hands. This also occurs at most wedding events, birthdays, and anniversaries unless you are served sit down plates. In this scenario, you are subject to the good sanitation practices of your servers. Did they wash their hands thoroughly before serving you? Sanitation is at the mercy of the weakest link of storage, preparation, cooking, and serving of the dish. I have been very lucky to not have been the recipient of any type of food problem on board ships. Everyone has to weigh their comfort level when you have very close contact with a large amount of people in a very confined space.