gidewey52

Room number . . . Medallions are worthless.

Jerry

On 4/12/2022 at 8:08 PM, Colorado Coasty said:

Just off Emerald two weeks ago, can anyone tell me if there was a CD, and if so, who was it? Most invisible CD ever.

 Me too (on the Emerald) . . . his first name, if I am recalling correctly, was Fernando, but I never got his last name. Can anybody help?

Agree with you - not visible at all except the shows.

Jerry

3 hours ago, binro01 said:

Give Royal a call, maybe they can get the luggage tags rebuilt for you? Perhaps? We don't want this luggage tag situation drive you to jump off the pier.

Thanks Binro . . . Called RCCL and they said they would issue new docs for me with updated luggage tags. 24-48 hours! We’ll see! Not on suicide watch yet. 😎. 
 

Jerry

Just received a Royal Up to a Junior Suite on Symphony for Saturday (Oct 30). Instructions say to reprint Set Sail and luggage tags. Set Sail has been updated but luggage tags have not. Is this something that updates overnight?

I know I can just get the correct room on tags at luggage drop-off on Saturday, but I have a (severe) psychological condition which mandates that everything be as perfect as possible for my cruise book that I assemble afterwards!😜

Thanks -

Jerry

From Princess Patters on our March 27, 2010 Crown Princess cruise (if you are interested) . . .

Happy cruising -

Jerry

Waverly Hall GA

Did a quick Bahama cruise in October on Majesty of the Seas out of Port Canaveral. Did a half-day birding tour at Nassau with Carolyn Wardle (Google her). She's a Brit who has been on the island for 50 years.

We drove around in neighborhoods, a wildlife reserve, seashore, and even sat outdoors in a person's back yard (Carolyn pretty much knows everybody on the island, it appears).

Lifers:

Smooth-Billed Ani

Red-Legged Thrush

Cuban Grassquit

Ovenbird

Cape May Warbler

La Sagra's Flycatcher

Least Grebe

White-Cheeked Pintail

Other good ones I already had:

White-Crowned Pigeon

Bahama Woodstar

Various Plovers, Gulls, etc.

Overall a very good day, highly recommended.

Jerry

Manassas VA USA

I know they check mainly for warrants. I don't know if they pick and choose or what their protocol is.

I do know that many have been known to leave the ship in handcuffs. :D

Checks are for national security, public safety, warrants, visas (non US cruisers) and some other smaller categories.

JD

Returned from our RCCL cruise on Enchantment of the Seas. Went to Cococay (RCI's private Island) and to Blue Lagoon Island on our stop at Nassau.

Cococay

I took a two-hour walk on the Nature Trail. Weather was great - sunny and not too hot. I have pictures of everything except the Bananaquit, Hummingbird and Mockingbird. There were also a couple of other species that flew by and hid in the bushes. Too fast to get an ID.

Indian Peafowl

Prairie Warbler

Laughing Gull

Blackfaced Grassquit

Palm Warbler

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Bananaquit

Great Egret

Green Heron

Northern Harrier

UNK Hummingbird (flew by me pretty fast)

UNK Mockingbird (heard but couldn't locate in tree)

Blue Lagoon Island

I just wandered around for about an hour. They have a boardwalk that wraps around the lagoon/beach and goes to an un-improved part of the island (woods), but they had it closed off. I spoke with a worker and he said that they closed it off because of possible liability issues. It is a bit remote and they were afraid that someone could get hurt and nobody would know. Oh well. He said that they have counted 13 or 18 (can't remember exactly what he said) species on the island - some woodpeckers, hummingbirds, etc., that would be found in the wooded area that was closed off.

Ruddy Turnstone (all over the place - fun to watch)

Common Ground Dove

Laughing Gull

Ring-Billed Gull

Had a good time - the Indian Peafowl, and Ruddy Turnstone are lifers for me.

On to Labadee, Falmouth and Georgetown in October!

Jerry

Manassas VA

When I locked in my Oct 2015 Freedom cruise, I was able to cash out for $1250 toward the BOGOHO price. If I wanted to use the "free cruise for two" it would be against the "regular" price (which was maybe about $1600 per person for an OV) and I would have ended up with a worse deal.

Overall I didn't make out too bad . . . about $500 out of pocket for a balcony.

Jerry

Manassas VA

"If every section is complete, it's probably a website glitch."

On Royal Caribbean???? Unheard of!!!

My Boss once posted a picture of the "Most Interesting Man in the World" on my office door with the caption: "I don't always test my (software development) code, but when I do, I do it in production." I am of the belief that RCL really doesn't test their code.

Cheers,

Jerry

Manassas VA

Depends how many person, Blue Van might be cheaper.

Agree. This summer we took The Blue Van. Painless.

Jerry

Manassas VA

Rob:

Thanks . . . That would be about six lifers for me! Looking forward to October - my first time there.

Jerry

Manassas VA

PABirder:

Looks like I need to get back to St. John! Good finds . . .

I'll let you know what I see on Cococay and Blue Lagoon Island (Nassau) in April.

Jerry

Manassas VA

Let's try to keep this thread alive . . . it's a real good resource for specific islands.

I just kind of walk around on the private and other islands while The Bride gets a lounger in the shade with a Corona and a book!

So far have been to the following with some of the highlights:

Princess Cay - Black-Faced Grassquit (M), Bahama Woodstar, Comomn-Ground Dove

Cococay - Bananaquit, Black-Faced Grassquit (F), Common-Ground Dove, hundreds of Laughing Gulls

Maya Cay (excursion from Roatan) - White-Crowned Pigeon

St. John's (excursion from St. Thomas USVI) - Zenadia Dove, Pearly-Eyed Thrasher

I am cruising to Cococay again in March 2015, Labadee in October 2015, and Hawaii in April 2016.

Thanks -

Jerry

Manassas VA

I have never been on a tender with a bathroom (Cococay, Belize, Grand Cayman and maybe a couple of other places).

Jerry

Manassas VA

(Sunny but freezing!)

Sweet!

Jerry

Manassas VA

43 days until Enchantment

238 days until Freedom

Jerry

Manassas VA