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The ice on the ship melts too fast.

Our butler fills my ice cube tray and brings it back in the morning. She told me no at first.

Good Morning. We dock in Livorno at 9:30am. We have a private excursion with members of the roll call. We're stopping in Pisa for about 20 min and then we're going to Florence. We're on our own in Florence. Not sure what we're going to do. Its a colder and rainy day so far. We brought rain poncho's with us, however, we didn't bring a sweatshirt or warmer jacket.

I hope its mild for you. Fingers crossed we get home and we're spared. I'm hoping the 5th booster shot we got on Sept 8th will have kicked in.

We're currently in a Suite on Reflection. We've been able to order anything from the Luminae, Blu or MDR menu while we're in Luminae. We also order room service desserts from any of those restaurants too. If you're in a suite, I know you're allowed to dine in Blu if there is room. AQ guests can't dine in a Luminae, unless your in an AQ suite

2 men swam. They wore suits under their clothes. They dried off as best as they could and then put clothing back on. We just walked around naples for a few hours. We were going to go to capri, but j wasn't up for the boat ride. They would not let us come back on our own from Capri,they said we had to be there for 8 hours. this was the Capri on your own excursion through the ship.

The boat went into the grotto and then came right out. He then took us to a different place to swim. The water was crystal clear beautiful but a little too cold someone

We ordered from main dining menu for dinner. They forgot to include the stuffing on both our plates. I also ask for the spatzell from the Luminae menu.

I've noticed some recycling of ingredients on the buffet. Breakfast sausage cut up in a bowl with tomatoes. It is now tomato sausage salad. It didn't look appealing. The fried rice today at lunch, was dry. It looked like the same rice from last night.

We're in 1669 on Reflection. Its a Sky Suite. I posted full pics of the cabin and the balcony in the blog I'm keeping. I do hear some noise from whatever restaurant is above us. I hear mostly dishes and glasses clanging about. Only when on the balcony and its not that bad.

Currently on Reflection in a Sky suite. We have been given bottles of Bulgari shampoo/conditioner and body lotions. There is some bar soap too.

Wow, Plantation, I have great memories growing up there. I went to S. Plantation High, class of 1984. Every sunday morning, we'd get bagels from Marion's Bagel host( across the street from the Broward Mall". I wanted to move back there, but then Julie saw Naples/Marco and her mind was made up. Have a great cruise. I love this location of a cabin. I do hear a bit of noise from the restaurant above us, but its not that bad. I only hear it if I'm on the balcony. n

1/2 Benny. No asparagus, no potato, no mushroom. Grits. J had oatmeal.

I believe you. He has a very good server, however, didn't believe him.

Good morning Naples.

Her parents moved to waukesha, so when we would come to visit, we stayed in waukesha. All her siblings still live in the area. Brookfield and waukesha. Her aunt is in Pewaukee.

I didn't ask. Seriously, I have a bit more tact than that.

Why would you assume I asked? We were talking about what our server did during the pandemic. He brought this up to ME out of the blue.

So, what did you do?

@Jim_Iain I wish I was just a little bit shorter. Julie is 5 inches taller than me.

We ate in OV for dinner. The menu in Luminae did NOT appeal to either of us. Quite frankly, neither did OV, but we WE WERE planning on going to the Silent Disco for Suite guests so we wanted a quick dinner. We began talking with a couple sitting next to us. They both just got out of quarantine. They were on the PREVIOUS cruise and tested positive a day before debarkation. Italy would not let them off the ship, so they were forced to continue their quarantine on another cruise. The man told me that when the medical staff came around to test him, he glanced down on their paperwork and saw at least 20 names and there were at least 20 tests on their tray. I'm pretty sure the suite next to ours is in Quarantine. They have been taking ALL OF their meals as room service and tonight, their trash was bagged up sitting outside their room. There are quite a few cabins on this floor that are taking all meals with room service, AKA they've been in deep sleep almost the entire cruise. With all that being said, we decided to skip the disco. We were required to wear an N95 on the bus ride today. Very few folks are wearing them onboard and the elevators are always packed.

Yes, I'm the femme : )

Currently on Reflection. Our server in Luminae told us that they only get paid in gratuities( not anything additional). That seems very strange.

Currently in a Sky Suite on Reflection. Our butler is stocking our fridge daily. In the morning, she brings me my special metal ice cube tray that I brought from home. She also brings my cream for my coffee. At night, she brings hot water so I can make my aeropress( I drink iced coffee). She brings us fruit and cheese plates for afternoon snack. The retreat host made us an alternate excursion reservation. He also had the spa call us for an appointment. We're sharing transportation to the airport with another couple who are not in a suite. He told me to ask the butler for luggage tags to give them so all our luggage will be together.

It was gorgeous. We had 2 hours to walk around.