Rogueperson

YMMV, but I found the coffee credit counts towards customization like extra shots of espresso!!!

Seriously funny interaction at the Galley. For my Royal fans who have not been on here, the Galley is essentially the Windjammer. Except that you can order from your seat and they bring it to you. I ordered the Thai Ramen and an al pastor taco. He tells me the taco place doesn’t open until noon. I say ok, don’t worry about it. Noon passes and i lift the flag up to order the tacos. He walks by and goes “tacos?”. 😂

Dinner took longer than expected. Mostly because we kept talking to our neighboring table. When we got out, we easily missed the show so we ended up at the Karaoke with the Happenings Cast. Happenings is pretty much the collective cruise director staff as they don’t have 1 specific cruise director. I left and went the Heartbeat party. Volume matters. Its MUCH louder in the Manor than Royal. But i think sound quality is just as important. This is inside the club. Nonetheless, the energy level is unheard of on other cruises. I was telling a friend that I missed this. I haven’t felt like this is many many years. This is my crowd. This is my music scene. Its got just the right amount of density.

Good Morning from Virgin wants me off the ship 🤪 Its a glitch considering we’re over 1000 miles from Bermuda and still got two more sea days before our first stop i think. We lost an hour again. Its gonna hurt when i get it back. Still got 3 more to go. Last night’s dinner was Extra Virgin. I think this maybe my favorite but i still have Gumbae to try. Menu Shark Coochy Board. Its everything from the Affettati Misto selection. Chicken Liver Mousse. Totally decadent. Love this. Crispy Artichoke. Love this too. It took a little to figure out how to eat it. I had Beef Carpaccio too but missed the photo somehow. I’ll get it again, but surprisingly, I liked Royal’s Carpaccio better, especially the one in Chops. But its still good. Gnocchi. Texture is wrong. Too mushy but tasted good. New York Strip. This was also very tasty. Dessert Menu Tiramisu. Not on the menu. Amazing Chestnut Castagnaccio. This was the only ok thing.

Dobby Gandalf and Punk Bozzie

This was my Taco. Taco Chewbacca was his name. Apparently all my pets have middle names too. He tolerated me at best. He came over when I married my wife and he lived 9 years with us before he passed in 2021. For him, Covid was a gift because someone was with him constantly for the last 9 months of his life.

Yes and No. We did request it but they won’t do it if that little ledge next to the bed is occupied as they don’t want to move your stuff. Also, on their ipad, there’s a video on how to do it on your own. It apparently is pretty easy. The ipad has a specific option to request it as well as a guide on how to do it yourself. When i requested it to be made back to the bed, our room steward was knocking on the door like a minute later.

Oooh. Night configuration. Day configuration

My wife is finding Virgin to be FAR superior in giving her options. There’s been a couple of slips, but for example, there is gluten free pizza here that in her opinion is indistinguishable from a normal crust. Add to the fact that the pizza on here just blew away everyone. I mean, this pizza rivals pizza you get on land restaurants. The low points really is they keep overcooking the fish and my wife also does not eat red meat. A friend of mine just asked me a couple minutes ago “do you miss escargot” which i’m crazy about on Royal. Answer. Nope. I got so many other available options, I really don’t. Thats saying a lot!

Can I tag @LauraS about my live thread?

Hmm, for some reason, my post of a couple days ago asking if you stopped in Bermuda for some reason as we pulled away didn’t post. 🙁 I finally caught up on your thread as I’m busy with mine and saw why. So how are you handling the extended sea days? I’m feeling like a pig and its catching up to me. It’s like perpetual food coma… I think you’re over the horizon somewhere as i’m pretty sure you’re north of us. One little thing about Virgin I don’t like. There’s no info like on your ship. You have a map that shows where you are, I gotta rely on Google Maps to find me. And what’s worse! NO WEATHER REPORT or sunrise/sunset info. I gotta come on your thread and pull that info from your cruise compass!!! 🤬

Today’s Glance.

Oh, forgot to add in the Razzle Dazzle post. There’s a bar in the back people can go to.

Brunch was hard as I had Reservations at Razzle Dazzle at 11am after dropping asleep at almost 5am because of the movie. I didn’t get a picture of the restaurant last time. Brunch Menu Apple Cruffin The neighboring table got the watermelon & sesame cream. Its huge!! Mushroom tartare. It was ok. Sunny side scramble. This was decent. Razzle Dazzle cake. This was yummy but I was really really full at this point. And i also got the rainbow churros because i’m a pig. I may have gotten too much food. As I was still groggy, I returned to the Grounds club. The espresso martini had a cold brew in its ingredients but when I asked for it, they didn’t have it. Its not on the menu, but wasn’t it on the menu before? I thought i saw it online somewhere.

I will definitely check it out. I missed the club night on Tuesday as I checked out early. It looked generic but i wanted to see how a generic club looked like. Do all the club nights have themes?

I had a late night last night. After the concert, I went back to the room. The in-room movies are cool. There are a handful of movies on my watchlist that are here but I am currently unable to stream. I may have mentioned I saw Ferrari. Last night, it was the new Hunger Games movie, Ballad of songbirds and Snake. Did not realize it was a long 2 hour 37 minute movie. So i ended up going to sleep after 4am. Fortunately, we did not lose an hour this night.

Good morning from. We are about 540 miles from Bermuda now. Last night we saw Nadeen, a stage hypnotist. My wife was on of the ones on stage. I got video 🤫. we saw a band in the Manor called Dustin and the Hustle One thing I notice now in Virgin is that they don’t have a dance club venue every night like other cruises I’ve been on. I have mix feelings because on the one hand, it keeps it fresh and energetic and less wasted space. On the other hand, if you wanna go party the night away, you may not have a venue. Or was it held elsewhere besides the Manor because I was at the Manor until 1:30am with this band.

Dinner was at the Wake. My wife is not impressed but thats because her allergies prevent her from enjoying much of the menu. We’ve been here for brunch earlier and now dinner. Due to the lack of choice for her, we won’t be coming back to this one. Menu Bread Garlic butter We got a 1/2 dozen oysters Hamachi Crudo. This was good. Bone Marrow. Delicious. Filet. Perfectly cooked and delicious. Wife got the Salmon. She was not impressed. It was overcooked. side of twice baked potato and asparagus Dessert menu Lemon Cheesecake. This was wonderful. Apple Tatin This was ok.

Day 4 was a pretty sedate day for me. As i said, getting drunk and sleeping way early threw me off. I actually went back to bed at 9:00 and slept for a couple more hours before getting Poke. I also ended yo trying the Pizza. Menu. This is pretty fly for a white pie with truffle oil added to it. Yeah, I took a bite. Remember about my cruise superlatives? Best Cruise Pizza hands down. No contenders come close. This is a REALLY good pizza. I ended up hitting food coma and hanging in my room. Watched the Movie Ferrari that was on my list. My wife texted me from the Divia Cabaret. It was fun. Drag Queens are fun.

Deck 16. This morning, I was wandering all over the Galley going “where is the Poke, I KNOW I saw it on boarding day and now I can’t find it.”. I had to do a google search to realize its at the Sun Cafe and only opened 12:00-5:00. Also they have this spicy caramel popcorn thats amazing.

There is another plus in Virgin. There is not all the sales pitches from staff standing around. Even the schedule is straight and to the point without advertisements and such. Its quite refreshing.

Oh, I neglected to post the Glances here. Monday Tuesday And Today’s

I’m in food coma now…

No if. This is the general food quality on Virgin. Also, you’re going to hate this. I only paid 1850 for this trip for 2 for an interior. It included gratuities plus i got a total of 800 bar tab plus another 50 Sailer loot from my TA. If you book far enough in advanced, you might get a good deal. They also gave you a 10% discount if you paid 180 days before sailing. I didn’t get a chance to take that offer because 6 months was me just coming back from Greenland last year and had a bill for that month.

You can ask. I know for a fact that my next Test Kitchen has a different menu. They say they change it up every 3 days. I am fairly positive you can walk up and depending on how busy, you’d have to wait. However, I made reservations when they popped 60 days ago. I think some are more popular than others.