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On formal nights the men wore shirts and ties and the women wore dresses. Most people that I saw dressed up for the formal nights. The rest of the nights most women had on dresses and the men wore pants with a button up or polo. I will tell you they DID NOT allow people into the MDR on formal nights wearing shorts because I had 2 people in my group not allowed to come in.

We prefer not to get really dressed up on formal and semi-formal. My husband will wear khaki slacks and very nice golf shirt and a I'll wear a nice top and black slacks. Will we be very out of place? Really don't want to pack suit for air travel. When we drive to a port we bring much more. Thanks.

We just returned from our Southern Caribbean cruise on Adventure of the Seas and I wanted to post links to a complete set of Cruise Compass for May 30 to June 06, 2015.

 

Boarding Edition - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8fwz08iIfuga2JoRFkzdjJrUDg/view?usp=sharing

Day 1 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8fwz08iIfugZXlFYkRoZzVlczQ/view?usp=sharing

Day 2 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8fwz08iIfugZnNRVnl5clRUcE0/view?usp=sharing

Day 3 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8fwz08iIfugcElvNFZmSERuWm8/view?usp=sharing

Day 4 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8fwz08iIfugSkVra014bWhqRGc/view?usp=sharing

Day 5 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8fwz08iIfugLTB5RDdRa3FTRUE/view?usp=sharing

Day 6 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8fwz08iIfugXzQ3dGcyUDFoUW8/view?usp=sharing

Day 7 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8fwz08iIfugUkdrNzF3LU83Q1E/view?usp=sharing

 

Enjoy!

Thank you! Very exciting.

We are hoping someone posts the AOS Southern that includes St. Thomas, Aruba & St. Kitts.

What did you think of the train ride in St. Kitts? I think it's the best way to see St. Kitts I've done it twice now.

Oh great, we want to do the train ride. Glad you liked it. We're not beach people and we love trains, so we thought this would be best.

We had a dispenser of combo shampoo/conditioner in our shower.

Can you also comment if the shower had a dispenser of shower gel, or just the small bar of soap?

Thank you.

The only limit they have is one drink at a time.

Thanks all for your replies. Very helpful.

When you have a drink package, is there a limit on how many per hour? For instance do I have to wait for another hour to pass before I may have another drink? Just wondering if I'm hanging out at the pool for a few hours and I want two drinks? Thanks.

We are sailing on the Adventure in a few days and was wondering if the Cruise line has Shampoo and conditioner in the room.

Can you also tell me if liquid shower soap is used? Just wondering if I have to bring my own. I don't like using bar soap. Thanks.

Our table for two was granted with no problem on the Fantasy. They explained that they don't have smaller tables than 4, they just set it daily for us for 2 and not 4 place settings. It was wonderful.

Crazy work week so I ajust getting to getting a review posted for our week on the Adventure of the Seas during the 2/20 sailing.

 

2/19/11 - Left Minneapolis on a direct flight to San Juan PR. Of course the night before was mayhem that included my wife waking me up at 2AM to let me know she couldn't find her drivers liscense. We had her passport so I told her to go to bed. I got up at 4AM to get the car packed and literally found it sitting in her purse in plain sight, gotta love her! Uneventuful flight to SJU. Got our bags and found a porter who for a $5 tip took our bags and got us a cab in under 5 minutes, it was about a 20 minute wait for a cab if you did not use a porter, useful tip! Took cab to the Hilton Caribe ($22) and went to our room to unwind for a while. Got dressed and went to Old San Juan for sites and shopping. Met some friends who were coming off the Serenade of the Seas at Barrachina for dinner, awesome meal and great drinks! Went to bed ready for embarkation day.

 

2/20/11 - Woke up early like a little kid on Xmas day. Wife sound asleep. Walked the grounds at the Caribe, took pictures. Finally got the wife up and we went to breakfast. After breakfast we walked the grounds together and chilled out at the beach in a hammock. Went over to a liquor/convinience store and bought my wife a 6 pack of MT Dew (addict!) for the ship and then went back to the room, packed up and went down for a cab. Cab ride from the Caribe took 10 minutes ($19). Got in line to drop off luggage. Took about 25 minutes. After dropping off luggage we went to our assigned queue and were checked in under 10 minutes. We were on board by 12:30. Our published boarding time was 2:30. Went to the Windjammer, ate, then went to our cabin and got our suits on and went to Deck 12 to chill on some chairs. Muster was at 6PM, no big deal. We were on My Time Dining, and at dinner by 645PM. I will never do MTD again. I just did not like having a new wait team each night, and honestly after day two, we stopped going to the MDR, we went to the Windjammer where the wait staff and head waiter took awesome care of us. After dinner, did some exploring and were in bed by midnight.

 

2/21/11 - Day at sea. Got up, walked on Deck 12 for an hour and then went to breakfast. 11AM we had the official CC Meet and Mingle, was great to meet Dee and others from our thread in the M&M section. Explored the ship some more, relaxed on Deck 12, ate lunch at Johnny Rockets. Decent lunch, great burger. This was formal night so we went to the MDR for the last time, our wait staff that night sucked and we concluded we made a mistake with MTD. Being spoiled by Disney the past two years didn't help, dinner was an event for us on DCL and it just didn't feel the same on RCCL. Went to see some music and hit the casino at night.

 

2/22/11 - Barbados. Got off the ship as soon as we could and found a cab driver who took us on a great island wide tour including over to Bathsheba on the Atlantic coast for $70 USD total. Wewere gone about 3 hours. Awesome tour, great driver named Hendy (Henderson). He took us to the Hilton Hotel complex at the end of the tour as I had a dive scheduled with Barbados Blue at 12:30. Dive was great, visibility was down a bit but we dove in Carlisle Bay at 3 ship wrecks. Lots of fish, octopuss, etc. Wife spent the afternoon on the beach. She was wrecked afterwards, too much sun and she crashed when we got back to the ship, I was solo for dinner that night and that is when I started going to the WJ for dinner. The head waiter or manager was a guy named Dharmesh, he was great and the waiter who took care of us the rest of the trip was named Jose Colaco. Both should be commended and I wish the buffet staff would get some recognition. They greeted us each night and even during breakfast and lunch called us by name and brought sodas over without us asking (had the prepaid soda package).

 

2/23/11 - St. Lucia. Booked Spencer Ambrose Jalousie Beach Break. Got off the ship and met Spencer and Clint at the predetermined spot. He took us to his speed boat with about 12 other people. Clint and Capt Kirk took us to all the sites promised on his website including a 30 minute stop at Anse Chasenet. From there more sites along the coast over to Jalousie. Great beach, we sat over on the "rustic" side but were told we could go anywhere. The chairs on the rustic side were reserved for Spencer's tours and a few other tour groups but you could rent from the resort as well. Great snorkeling and soft white sand. The lunch that Spencer provided was great, local island fare. All the beer and rum punch I could handle. After the tour we shopped at the pier and my wife bought a Parazul handbag. Kevin the Port and Shopping guide on the boat was very convincing and nailed the best shops to go to for shopping. Dinner at the WJ, some music and casino and to bed.

 

2/24/11 - Antigua. We booked the Canopy tour for this port. Nice little drive over with commentary from the tour cab. Brief orientation and suit up and we were off. What an awesome way to see the rain forest. Some short zips, some long, with the longest being 328 feet long at a height of 300 feet above the floor. Loved it. Got back to town and went to the Big Banana for pizza, another recommendation from Kevin (Port Guide), very good pizza! Wife went to have he hair braided/wrapped. Back on board, off to the WJ for dinner, bingo, music, bed.

 

2/25/11 - St. Maarten. Booked the Tiki Hut Snorkel tour. Boat ride acorss the harbor was great, got to see some of the big yachts including Stephen Spielberg who has been on St. Maarten since Xmas. Snorkeled for about an hour. Lots of cool fish, urchins, sunken itms like a submarine, cannon, etc. Great little excursion that you can spend as little or as much time on. Boat took us to town or back to the ship. We opted for town. Went to Diamonds International and finally caved in. I bought a Phillip Stein watch and I bought my wife a blue diamond ring for her 40th B-Day. She deserves it for all my time away from home and extra work she does for me to have the career I do. Off to lunch at the Blue Bitch Bar (yes its called that) and then more shopping. Back to the ship, dinner at the WJ, bingo, music (The Scintas were great), bed.

 

2/26/11 - St. Croix. Slept in as we did not have an excursion planned. Hired a cab to take us to Cruzan Rum, did the tour, bought some rum and then hired another cab over to Christiansted. Spent a little time at the Hotel on the Cay which was overpacked with people, no chairs to be had so we called it a day and got back on the ship and spent the day at the pool. Dinner at the WJ, packed up, called it a night.

 

2/27/11 Disembakation. Unventful day, smooth disembark.

 

Overall, I liked my first trip on RCCL. I came into with too many preconceptions of my time on Disney. they are two different ships. Service was very good on RCCL but we did have some slips that required us to work for a fix, which never happened on DCL. Cruise director Anthony was funny and very personable, as were his Assistant CDs. Shows were okay, the Scintas was the best show of the week, combination of comedy and music. The deck band One Love was awesome, those guys deserve some big kudos. Dinner at the WJ was a nice break from the MDR. Our room attendant, Marlee, was excellent and took care of all of our requests, ice 2x day, extension cord for my CPAP, etc.

 

I would do RCCL again with adults, but until my kids get older will reserve future cruises with them for DCL. Once they hit teenage years we will switch over.

 

I have pictures attached in the link below, it links to Facebook but should work for people with no account or not on my friends list.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=105725&id=1512785919&l=351bfad62d

Thanks for this.

I'm specifically concerned about outlet for CPAP next to the bed. Is there only one outlook at the desk? We're in Junior Suite on Adventure of the Seas and I'm trying to get info.

Thank you.

We're seniors and going on our 3rd DCL. First Magic, then Fantasy, and going back on Fantasy in September. Fantasy never seemed crowded, and we hardly ever interacted with any kids unless we wanted to. Adult areas are great. Lots to do.

It varies how many folks decorate their cabins, but it is not uncommon on Disney. We always decorate our door (and no kids!), although I prefer to make my own magnets rather than shell out money for them. I use Avery magnet paper and, depending on size, can get several magnets on one sheet. All you need is a few good blank templates and something as simple as Microsoft Office (although a lot of people prefer Photoshop or the like) and you are good to go!

I don't like to put the magnet paper through my printer. Did that for my first cruise. This last time I simply printed on photo paper and used self stick magnet dots that you can buy in Michael's. Not one fell off and it was so easy. You can even just use the magnet dots on any of your own pictures. The more personal you can make it the better. We are seniors and we had 8 cabins and we all decorated. Will do the same in 2014.