How'sBartCruisin'?

It's generic but that's okay I guess.  No harm no foul.

Will we still get to watch the "Wash Your Hands" video???  Please say yes...please say yes!!!😁

50 minutes ago, WeMissSeaView said:

Picture of both ships together at the end.

I never sailed on either ship, but what a sad sight to see.  Thank you for your service, Monarch and Sovereign!!!

Absolutely!!!  I love to cruise and I love Royal Caribbean.

Suit and tie every time!!!  I might be a casual dude, but I do enjoy the idea of a few formal nights a cruise.  I do the same thing on the first day of school....SUIT UP!!!

St. Thomas and St. Maarten

We booked April 16-23 2022 on Rhapsody out of Tampa to Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Belize and Honduras.   Already booked San Gervaiso Mayan Ruins tour and waiting for our friends to book to look at more excursions. We have been waiting to take this cruise for a few years and are VERY excited!!!

July 2011 Honeymoon to Bermuda, St. Maarten, St. Thomas and San Juan- shipwreck snorkeling in Bermuda, rhino riding to Orient Beach in St. Maarten and ATVing in the El Yunque Rainforest in San Juan..

August 2012 to Bermuda-Touring the caves

July 2016 to Bermuda- taking our 2 year old for a swim in Horseshoe Bay...taking a little time from the fun swimming to train for a triathlon as well

April 2018 to Port Canaveral, Nassau and Coco Cay- watched a SpaceX launch from balcony, dolphin encounter in Nassau and swimming with sting rays in Coco Cay....also, just lazily following a fish for 10 to 15 minutes as I snorkeled there.

And of course all of the fun time with family and friends aboard the ship eating, playing games and going to shows!!! 

After reading these stories, I am certainly NOT going to brag about playing basketball and ping pong with my brother in law on the  sports deck of Explorer on our 2012 cruise coming home in what is now plainly mild weather conditions. I mean, the ship closed the outside walkway on Deck 4 and the barf bags came out, but dang ya'll.  You've been through some heck!!!

Cruise Review Video on our honeymoon and first cruise in 2011...stock footage of any old 9 night Bermuda and Eastern Caribbean Cruise with a few show clips sprinkled in.  Not worth the money and can't find the dvd all these years later.  

We just booked April 16-23 2022 on Rhapsody of the Seas, our 5th Royal Caribbean.  We are taking the San Gervaiso Mayan Ruins/Chocolate Tour through Royal and will be back by 3:00, leaving us until about 6:00 to tour/do something else before the ship leaves at 7:00.  Outside of shopping and eating are there any other quick trips in and around the cruise pier?  We will have a 7 year old in tow, but she is pretty adventurous so we are open to anything.  Thank you for your help.

Bart

Great! All that potty training for my pet cricket for nothing. Just wasted!

In all seriousness, good news.

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A fun ship and amazing destination!!! Enjoy. Ask questions if you’d like and I cannot wait for your review!!!

The soups, desserts involving chocolate but really anything I’ve ordered, I’ve enjoyed.

Simple solutions to that parent:

1) Research your cruise.

2) Remember it is your job to parent your child.

On our Honeymoon Cruise (Mariner) I fell asleep by the pool and forgot to put on sunscreen.

Didn't hit me right away, so I thought I would partake in the Belly Flop Competition (to, you know, add insult to injury!).

 

At any rate, that night was a formal night, and I'm in agony putting my suit on in the room. DW is changing out cold towels I have laid across my chest to cool me down. I suck it up, and we sit down to dinner and our table mates know something is wrong, so I told them I burned myself up. One couple at our table were seasoned cruisers from Cali, and brought a bunch of Aloe gel and cream in case of sun burn, so after dinner, they get me a tube.

 

I slide off into one of the bathrooms just off the MDR, lock the door of the handicap stall so I have room to coat my chest and shoulders and start applying.

About 3 minutes go by, and theres a *knock knock* on the stall door followed by a "what are you doing in there?" Being in a great deal of discomfort, and a bit overheated from the sun, I reply "whatcha think I'm doing?? Give me a minute".

 

60 more seconds, and I exit the stall - shirt unbuttoned, pants unbuttoned ready to head the sink to wash up and just as I walk out, the stall knocker was still waiting. He looks at me, looks at the tube in my hands, the clear aloe all over my hands, then my unzipped pants, and back up to my face. He appears a bit uncomfortable.

First words out of my mouth? "uhhh... this isn't what it looks like".

 

 

He shrugs, turns around and walks out the door.

 

I find DW and tell her the whole story and she can't catch her breath fast enough from laughing, then points out from everyone seeing the belly flop contest that I'll probably be known as "that perv from Chicago" for the rest of the trip.

 

We still laugh about it.

Great story!!!

Recognizing that says a lot.

We still joke about it and I tell the story to my students. They get a kick out of it too.

Honeymoon cruise 2011: Power Snorkel with sea turtles and stingrays in St. Thomas...I was unable to properly operate the power snorkel propeller and my goggles kept fogging up so I threw a tantrum, whined at my wife who was having a great time and made better by my tantrum, swam back to the boat and sulked.

Not my proudest moment.

Ditto to what nightworker said. Easy and not all that expensive.

I LOVE them!!!

Jimmy Rhodes...How You Cruisin’???

It’s decent: Mama Celeste is my closest comparison. I love to have it as a quick lunch or before/after dinner snack. No complaints here.

Thanks. What time do they usually start? I want to make dinner reservations, and want to be done in time.

Headliners work two shows around dinner seatings. Love and Marriage could be afternoon or night. Name that Tune was 10:30pm.

Thanks Bart. Any idea on what time these will be?

You’re welcome!!! Headliners could be night 3 and 7.Name that Tune was night 2 and Love and Marriage could be one of the last two nights.

Have fun!!! If I can think of anything else, I’ll post it.

Probably two comedians, two or three audience participation game shows (name that tune, love and marriage etc.)