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Me three! and on Jewel too but in San Juan.

All ships I have been on have had regular and sugar free red bull at minimum. Readily available at most bars.

Yeah I know, right! I keep my comments to myself - self preservation. 😂 To each his/her own. She used to drink regular/black like myself. Jitters and headaches resulted from drinking it all day and was just easier for her to get off the caff. Hope you have an enjoyable coffee experience onboard!

LOL 😂 Please post pics either way DW asked for decaf in MDR breakfast on Liberty last week. You would have thought the waiter was asked to give up his first born child by the look on his face!

Sounds like a master plan! I too am a big coffee drinker but I haven’t gone to the extent to travel with my own supplies yet.

Following along. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you all on this cruise. @Rogueperson Are you still traveling with your own coffee/aero press etc? I apologize in advance if I am mixing you up with someone else. Thought I remembered that from a prior LIVE report.

Those dropped passes were hard to watch but not as hard as that entire Steeler game. Yikes that was ugly. 😔

what was all aboard supposed to be? It was 2:30 normally for our sailing on 9/2.

Yes, The cashier desk has little cards with instructions they hand out but basically you put your card in the machine, select “account” on the screen. The first time you will need to set your PIN. It will first ask for your password which is you month and day of birthday (MM/DD). After you enter that you can set your PIN. Once PIN is set you go back to account and select transfer. This will charge whatever amount you choose to the room. You can immediately cash out and take the slip to the cashier’s desk. $500 is the limit This is how it was on Liberty last week.

Sounds like the high school I graduated from. 😉

Yes it’s similar to Explorer but with a few more bells & whistles. Layout/Navigating around will feel familiar. It was for us. Hope you have a great cruise! Cheers 🍻

Very possible, I noticed that as well.

Good Luck & Have Fun !!

Explorer was still using the old style. We just got our block not too long ago from that milestone. I totally forgot about it on the ship & had to call C&A afterwards.

You would think so but not my experience. I just got off Liberty that was supposed to go to Bermuda. Because of Idalia we were changed to NE/CA itinerary. I actually got my royal up unsuccessful email 24 hrs BEFORE boarding. Normally I get the email notice the evening after on boarding day.

Went with a nice Double IPA for the game tonight.

Yeah That’ll do it. We will get along well on Bella 2. lol

WiFi: Last but not least - the WiFi was amazing the whole trip. I had perfect speeds on the balcony. That NEVER happens. I uploaded videos here, one of which was over a minute and a half long that only took a minute or so to upload. I can’t explain what was different in this ship but it was flat out great the whole time. I never got randomly disconnected from the wi fi for no reason either. A+ in this area.

Haha I understand! Pour a heavy handed old forrester. You’ll be OK 👌🏻

Thanks - Good luck to your Chiefs tonight! KC guy if I remember right?

Thx! I only had 5 nights & I wish our journey was longer. I kept her in good condition & got the bartenders nice & warmed up for you. Really wish I was on the B2B!

And last but not least … Next up: January 2024 Southern Caribbean Jewel of the Seas San Juan, Barbados, Trinidad, Tobago, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, San Juan

Ports/Itinerary: As you know, this was booked as a Bermuda cruise but because of the hurricane it was diverted to a NE/CA cruise. For us, we have been wanting to book a NE/CA itinerary anyway so this change was welcomed. Kinda of made it more exciting as a last minute surprise. Portland, ME: What’s not to like? Lots of breweries, lobster rolls & seafood, beautiful scenery. Weather was awesome. Highlight was the lobster roll - still thinking about how good that was! Downside was that we only had until 2:30 here. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Loved the waterfront boardwalk & Peggy’s Cove. I mentioned during the review how horrible the bus ride portion of the tour was but Peggy’s Cove itself was a standout. ext time I would like to see Titanic artifacts at the Maritime Museum. Soo many bar/restaurant options here that are all waterfront. We would love to come back to both of these ports.

Casino: It took all the money. Extremely smokey to the point it limited my casino time significantly. I mainly would have played video blackjack/poker machines but there were none of those in the non smoking section. We saw a woman win over $15,000 on a slot machine. Just wished it was me since it was the machine next to the one I randomly chose to play earlier that day. 😞

Bar Service: Antonio in the Viking Crown was a standout. Others worth noting: Shine in the Pub and Kristine & Rex in schooner. Stocking was an issue at times, in particular, Buffalo Trace and Tito’s was out in certain bars. San Pelligrino was the same way. Usually there was a different bar that had what I was looking for though. Entertainment: Typically we are not people that attend any shows & we stepped out of our comfort zone on this cruise by going to the comedy headliner ( Scott Wyler), the juggler/comedian show and the production show - In the air. We liked them all but the Juggler (Adam Kario) was the standout for me and most entertaining. Timmy Peet - guitarist/singer in the Pub & Son Del Rio in Boleros were the 2 best music options. I was not a fan of the piano player in Schooner.