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2 hours ago, runner15km said:

Looks pretty barren from the recent pics, lets hope they add some local fauna to the island.   I'll take some pics in in 9 days. 

Not quite what they show in the brochures or videos.  🙂

Gordon

Thanks for all your hard work, Donna. You deserve to relax and take it easy.

Thank you Joe for taking over this task.

Gordon

If you select wine in the dining room, exactly what do you get?

Glass of wine once

Glass of wine each evening

Bottle of wine

If glass, does each guest receive one

If bottle, do you have to pay corkage fee if you don't drink it all in one evening

Asking for my wife. I don't drink alcoholic beverages.

We currently have selected cheese plate.

Worthwhile selecting towel?

On consecutive cruises, do we get gifts for each segment?

Thank you.

Gordon

Did anyone see the stowaway piano player? I did not.

The link in the previous post did not work on my iPhone, but it worked fine on my desktop.

Gordon

This link is for a video of a ride down the Untimate Abyss.

http://www.westgp.us/trips/HarmonyOfTheSeas2016/videos/UltimateAbyss.mp4

The first half of the video is just getting situated on the mat and getting started on the slide.

Gordon

They said the 3 Oasis Class ships represented 3 Billon dollars. Almost as much as the DGG-1000 Zumwalt that was nearby.

Harmony track November 4-5.

What do you do with a drunken sailor,

What do you do with a drunken sailor,

What do you do with a drunken sailor,

Early in the morning?

For those who want to see the Cruise Compass, I have scanned the schedule pages and uploaded them to http://www.westgp.us/trips/HarmonyOfTheSeas2016/CruiseCompass.html

Each Cruise Compass was 6 pages. The First 4 pages were general information and ads for spa, shops, etc. The last 2 pages were on a separate sheet and had the schedule for the day. I scanned the schedule pages and put them on my web site. Click on the thumbnail image to get a full size image of the page. I will get to the other pages after I upload photos.

Both Global Entry and Mobile Passport used the same line. Collect your luggage and get in the line. When you reach the point where they split you into US and non-US, there is a third line for Mobile Passport and Global Entry. When we got to the front, if we had finished the Mobile Passport (put in profile, but did not enter the trip) we would have gone straight through. With Global Entry, we still had to see an agent, but they put us at the front of the line.

Mobile Passport was a little faster, but Global Entry was still way better than standing in that long line.

Mobile Passport is free. Global Entry is $100 for 5 years and includes TSA Pre-Check.

Gordon

Noticed another Harmony difference tonight while waiting for pictures. Oasis and Allure have fountain jets below Rising Tide bar. Harmony has drain(s), but no water jets.

Party crasher?

Watching for sunrise this morning.

How is the ventilation system in the casino. When we were on Allure, the non smoking side of the casino was actually pretty smoke free.

 

 

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Ventilation is very bad. Not just in the casino, but smoke odor extends out of the casino to the elevator lobby and even into the entry area of the dining room. Fortunately not as far as the dining room itself.

They need some of those smoke extractors for the casino and run them constantly.

Can you tell me more about what you ate at Wonderland? If anyone else has eaten there would appreciate your comments as well.

 

 

 

Not adventurous when it comes to food, but if there is beef/chicken/fish I would like to try it as the restaurant seems so pretty and like such a neat concept...just don't want to spend a lot of money and leave hungry. Thanks!

I am not adventurous either. Actually very picky would be a good description. My backup plan was to go to Windjammer if I couldn't find something. Just tried a bite of most. But the beef and stone potatoes was enough for me. Cancelled Windjammer backup plan.

I did enjoy the experience, but the food was not for me.

Do order "The World" dessert.

We are lowly Diamonds and enjoyed a wonderful dinner there the other night. No restrictions on this sailing.

I hit send too quickly. I tried to clarify in the immediately following post.

Here is my understanding:

Oasis - Solarium Bistro is for suite and Pinnacle only according to RCL website.

Allure - No Solarium Bistro. It is Brazilian Steakhouse. A for fee specialty restaurant.

Harmony - Solarium Bistro is a complementary restaurant, but reservations are required. No loyalty level restrictions.

Exactly what I thought!

 

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Captain will control the ship with an app on his iPad. Just kidding. I hope.

RCL says our arrival time is 5:00 am on Saturday November 5. Port Everglades says we are to be at the sea. buoy at 3:00 am.

USDA has to inspect Central Park and crew has to clear immigration.

According to RCL web site, Solarium Bistro dinner is for Pinnacle and Suite only now.

In Oasis that is. Allure has Brazilian Steakhouse.

Complimentary on Harmony, not on Oasis.

According to RCL web site, Solarium Bistro dinner is for Pinnacle and Suite only now.

Harmony differences from Oasis and Allure:

No stadium seating by pools.

No bridge over Royal Promenade.

No sheer curtains in cabins, just the blackout curtains.

Solarium Bistro is complementary for dinner. Also complementary for breakfast and lunch, but same on Oasis and Allure.

Gordon

Not just for decoration. The 6 pillars in Central Park are smoke extractors. In the event of smoke in Royal Promenade they will use fans to pull out the smoke.

Gordon

That picture is looking at the Starboard (right) side wing. The Glass Floor (King of The World View) is on the Port (left) wing.

No, photo is upside down. Sorry.

Stand on your head or turn your device upside down for proper view. :-)

Gordon

Frozen yogurt machines. Deck 15. Both port and starboard. Just aft of doors from elevator lobby.

Hope this is right side up.

Gordon

Oops. Double picture sorry. Also upside down. Hard to tell with those small thumbnails.