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3 hours ago, kpauley said:

@umaine89did you hear how many passengere were onboard? I asked 3 different people and was told around 900. Our waitress said it was upper 800's.  We were the only two people she had at the 5:30 seating.  She was supposed to have two other tables but they canceled the cruise just before sailing. Talk about personal service. 

I heard 900. Nice personal service!  Our waiter had about 5 tables. 

6 hours ago, dswallow said:

 

When I finally left my cabin on Adventure on July 3rd there was a crew member in the elevator lobby -- working both elevator sections (on my deck -- 😎 who did actually ask to see the number on a luggage tag to make sure I was in a group that had been called.

Numbers may sometimes not matter too much with regard to getting off the ship, they do when it comes to luggage being available as the luggage does get sorted by tag number when collected the night before and they will move that luggage to the pickup point in tag number order. If someone had a significantly higher number and tried to leave the ship at the beginning of the process, at least pre-COVID it was likely your luggage wasn't there in the pickup area yet. Of course, if you were bringing bringing all your luggage with you, it really doesn't matter what your number is. And odds are even if they do try to enforce a certain pacing of departures by tag number, you could still talk your way through it.

 

 

To run the bluff correctly, you can’t have a luggage tag with you. It is the helpful to be wheeling all of your luggage with you. 
 

If you leave your luggage out overnight, I agree that if you are NOT at a port like San Juan or Nassau where all the luggage is laid out in one place, then leaving early may not gain you anything except waiting in a different spot. 

25 minutes ago, natefish95 said:

What was your debarkation process like? After my cruise I have a flight at noon and I'm a bit nervous, but will just plan on being one of the first people off to hopefully beat the rush. Did you do a Royal transfer or taxi? 

I have learned over the years that the departure numbers are suggestions.  My daughter didn’t want to leave our cabin  even 10 minutes before our “time” (820a). We walked out and told her she’d better come or she was getting left behind. No one asked us our departure number and we took the elevator down and got right off. No line no wait. 
 

We bought the transfer, so we walked off the boat and there was a guy holding a sign. From the same company that bussed us from Hilton to Pier. They had the buses closer to the ship than where we were dropped off to get on last week. So quick walk to bus. It’s a short bus so it fills quickly and quick ride to airport. 
 
Luggage was under tent in short term parking and cross a street and you’re in the terminal. Easy process and no cabbie hassle. We had come in two days early so only needed ride to airport. $20/pp. 

Through VeriFLY check in, security and US customs. 810a left cabin. 10a at gate. 

That’s the end. We are at the airport. We had a great cruise for our fourth time on Adventure. Clearly this was the best one of the four. I think wearing masks will be disappointing going forward, but I’d do it again, even with the mask rules as they exist starting today. 
 

At the airport, VeriFLY line had two people ahead of us. The regular check in line had at 30 people in it. If you fly American, do VeriFLY and you’ll save yourself a bunch of time.  You do have to figure out where the VeriFLY line is. We asked an American rep and she put us in the right spot. 

Thanks to @HBCcruiser and @MorganClark for the inspiration of their July 17th live report. 
Thanks to all who read and participated and hopefully I’ve passed it on and inspired others. 

14 hours ago, MorganClark said:

 

 

Pachyderm.

14 hours ago, HBCcruiser said:

Some on our thread said ant eater but I say Elephant!

We all said elephant aka pachyderm also. 

Final guess the animal. We are unanimous on our guesses. 
 

11 hours ago, MorganClark said:

 

Coiled up snake.

Everyone (except for you) said bunny. But it’s art and I’m not saying you’re wrong. I’m just sayin’

Last day. It must be Friday. 

We have a Water Park cabana reserved. 


 

Henry gave us great service in the cabana. Checking if we needed drinks, brought us funnel cake and fruit that we didn’t ask for but was perfect. That’s called anticipating the customers’ needs. 

There’s two slide towers.
The small tower  has three slides.
One slide you ride a mat.

One slide has single or two-person tubes. 
The last slides has a tube that takes up to 4 people. 

The tall tower has 6 slides of varying thrill levels that you ride one at a time without a tube or mat. Surprisingly, although it is a incredibly long climb to the top of the tower, that is not the scariest ride. If you are not a thrill ride enthusiast, the two shortest slides really aren’t bad. 
 

There is also a pool where you can get a workout. Holding onto a rope and climbing across Lilly pads. Or climb a rock wall in the water. 
 

The wave pool was a lot of fun. 
 

If you’re not a water slide person, really no need to go in Water Park. The cabana had great service but really we didn’t need it with the island so empty. We got it on a deal that wasn’t that much more then the Water Park entrance fees for 3 people. 
 

We never waited in line. Everything we did today was waiting for us once we climbed the stairs. It was truly a Perfect Day in Coco Cay. 

Animal guessing time. We have a unanimous guess in the cabin. 
 

1 hour ago, eswort said:

Just saw adventure is on its way to port Everglades for a medical emergency 

The captain made an announcement that the person was stable but going to drop them off for medical treatment. He said we may arrive an hour late in Coco Cay, if so, we will stay an extra hour. 

2 hours ago, kearney said:

The only reason we decided to take two flights on AA to sail out of Nassau was the prospect of no masking..otherwise...why risk getting Covid on a flight..when you can drive to Florida.... we are getting a refund... 

I am on Adventure right now, 7/31 sailing. I agree with this. With the mask mandate, I wouldn’t have made the trip to Nassau. This was an expensive flight. No advantage to going out of Nassau and cheaper to go out of Florida.

Today is Thursday. I don’t want to dwell on the negatives but tomorrow is the last day before they throw us off the boat. 

We are in port at Freeport. Freeport is an industrial port that is not scenic. 

I have been here before and didn’t leave anything behind that I want to retrieve, so we are staying on board today. 

The crew ran a life boat drill this morning that passengers didn’t have to participate in. They did blow the alarm horn (7 short and 1 long) multiple times and that thing is loud. They even launched a couple life boats for practice. 

Staying on board means late lunch at Johnny Rockets (please note finally some food porn below). Good news, they still dance and the drink package gets you free milkshakes. We also learned you can go and pay no cover charge and get a milkshake to go. All of you future cruisers, take note. 

In my walking today, I found on deck 13 forward where they have stashed all the missing deck chairs. 
 

The other reason for not getting off is that the ship leaves at 3:30p. Tough to get value out of a day pass at a resort. Goodbye Freeport, I hardly knew ya. 

52 minutes ago, kpauley said:

I'll ask our waitress tonight if she knows of any cases. She seems to know what's going on. Our testing was yesterday and results were available quickly. I've been onboard all day and captain has not made an announcement either way. 

 

Anyways, its been a great cruise.  Thankful to be on. 

I haven’t heard anything about cases this week either. Please let us know if you learn anything. 

39 minutes ago, BecciBoo said:

Apparently I am not intelligent enough to figure out that VeriFly app, when I go to add the trip it does not have my airline on the list to choose from, can't see how to get it on there.  I need Delta...not on the list.

I don’t think it’s an intelligence test. I think only American, Alaskan and maybe another one or two use VeriFLY. 

3 hours ago, MorganClark said:

 

Corona bat monkey.

LOL. This is my favorite answer and I owe you a free drink package drink!  Our guesses were elephant and dog. I see 4 legs and don”t see a trunk. That being said, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and you see what you see in art. It’s personal or something. What do I know I’m an engineer. 🤷‍♂️

10 hours ago, HBCcruiser said:

Did you go to the dance club on 14? The silent disco is fun!

We haven’t made it to the Blue Moon. We spend time in the casino, mostly losing money at 3 Card Poker. 

And of course the daily Guess the Animal. My daughter and I disagree but because beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there are no wrong answers. 

Today must be Wednesday

Sea day #2. So more empty chairs available in the sun and shade. I could comment that it’s almost annoying how attentive the staff is. Key word in that sentence is “almost”. Anywhere you want or need staff, they are there and happy to help. 

I was in a chair and looked up and the windows to the Blue Moon nightclub. 

Hey that’s me. 

At the pool I had more frozen drinks. Sometimes they wander around with a bunch premade. I’m not sure what it was, but I poured it into my coke cup to keep it cold. 

Of course if you drink it fast enough, you don’t need an insulated cup. 

Sea day #2 means formal night #2 and lobsters! Unfortunately I have no food porn. I dug into the lobsters (yes I had 3) too quickly. But I did get a shot of the carcasses. 

Robert hooked us again in the Champagne bar. He made a Hugo and expresso martini. 
 

And @MorganClarkis right. This guy is good. I think his only night off is Sunday night. 

@HBCcruiser

 I think you did VeriFLY. How did you get printed results of your COVID test on the boat?

We all passed today. Yeah!!  Appointment at 830a, tested at 833a, results email by 855a.  Super fast turn around. I talked to the nurse that swabbed me. Flew into Nassau and has contract on Adventure for 4 weeks. Gets to enjoy the cruise when she’s not working. Nice gig. 

3 hours ago, HBCcruiser said:

The Champagne bar was our go to bar before dinner. Robert is the best!

I told him people two cruises ago said that he’d treat us well and I needed to treat him well. He asked the name and I knew @HBCcruiserwasn’t going to work. So I showed him the picture you posted. He said “There is a Internet forum talking about cruises?”  “Yes cruise critic”. I told him he was internet famous. LOL. 
 

I wouldn’t have gone if not for @HBCcruiser   Thank you for the perfect recommendation!  10 out of 10 drink glasses. 

3 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

Try the espresso martini next

Yup. Robert recommended that tomorrow he’d make an espresso martini and a Hugo for us. 

3 hours ago, sunshinetricia said:

 

That chocolate martini might just be the thing I am looking forward to most next week!!! I've been watching all of the live reviews waiting to see someone post one!!

Robert in the Champagne bar is your guy. 

57 minutes ago, MorganClark said:

 

Turkey.

That’s our guess. 

Robert at the Champagne Bar  asked us what we like and made two new (to us) drinks

Nonfrozen strawberry daiquiri 

Chocolate martini

Both were excellent.