BoopTennis Posted December 31, 2015 Author #76 Share Posted December 31, 2015 so so sad to see the cruise end, it went by so fast, i wish we could have stayed on! 1st groups were called at 7 am. We had a 9:20 time. Windjammer was open for breakfast until 9 or 9:30. We grabbed breakfast then finished getting out of our rooms, then we went to hang out in one of the lounges that had coloring book pages and crayons for kids. Played some cards and walked around a bit one last time. Got off the ship, customs line was pretty long took about 40 minutes. Lots of taxis waiting and maybe just a 5-10 minute wait to load up. Taxi to airport was 15 minutes or less and cost $25 plus tip which included $1 per bag fee. Not sure if I mentioned it but Kids Club was great, 9 yr old enjoyed it a lot, ate dinner one night with them. Met friends that he hung with at the pool also. I will try to get the rest of the compasses posted soon. LOVED the cruise!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searoses Posted December 31, 2015 #77 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Thank you for your review....love all the pics....boarding her 2/6 with extended family and looking forward to it now that the northeast has snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted December 31, 2015 #78 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Good review! Brought back good memories. We sailed on the Adventure of the Seas out of Southampton UK to Iceland and Norway back in mid 2014. What I am curious to know is whether the food in WJ is the same or different when the ship sails out of Europe versus out of USA. This is a video I made of the WJ dinner. Perhaps you can let me know any differences to the food on your recent cruise. CHeers and have a blessed 2016. [YOUTUBE]n32QJIrVd08[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiFunCruiser Posted December 31, 2015 #79 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Great review, glad you all had a wonderful cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted December 31, 2015 Author #80 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) Good review! Brought back good memories. We sailed on the Adventure of the Seas out of Southampton UK to Iceland and Norway back in mid 2014. What I am curious to know is whether the food in WJ is the same or different when the ship sails out of Europe versus out of USA. This is a video I made of the WJ dinner. Perhaps you can let me know any differences to the food on your recent cruise. CHeers and have a blessed 2016. [YOUTUBE]n32QJIrVd08[/YOUTUBE] You did a very nice job with the video. I did not take photos in the WJ, i should have i guess. I will try to remember the differences, although i did not go through the entire buffet line much, i generally went and grabbed something quick and got in and out. ONe thing I forgot to mention (AND forgot to photo!) that your video reminded me of...when you first entered the WJ they had a huge display of a little village made out of Gingerbread Houses. It was up the whole week (we sailed on Christmas week). It was lovely, just for viewing not for eating. But that took up some room in the front as you went in As for food, we did NOT have sushi! And i had read before that AOS did, so my youngest son was disappointed. Looked like a good selection. I think you had more soup choices. Also more Asian food choices looked good. I didnt see a make your own pizza station, on ours, i would have like that, maybe one day they had it and i missed it. They had premade pizzas for pepperoni, cheese and one other. It was ok not great. We had hamburgers and hot dogs with buns, not sure if I saw that or not on your video We also had a taco bar with hard shell tortillas (not soft ones) and beef and various toppings. I cant comment on the exact other foods there, some might have been a little different I am not sure I also forgot to mention that on Christmas morning, as you got close to the WJ doors, they had a small station to hand out free egg nog (both alcohol and non alcohol). I took advantage of that at least twice :) Edited December 31, 2015 by BoopTennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTBCruiser Posted December 31, 2015 #81 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Good review! Brought back good memories. We sailed on the Adventure of the Seas out of Southampton UK to Iceland and Norway back in mid 2014. What I am curious to know is whether the food in WJ is the same or different when the ship sails out of Europe versus out of USA. This is a video I made of the WJ dinner. Perhaps you can let me know any differences to the food on your recent cruise. CHeers and have a blessed 2016. n32QJIrVd08 Thx for posting. I did not see this on my own search on youtube but this one made me really hungry, the food looked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted December 31, 2015 #82 Share Posted December 31, 2015 You did a very nice job with the video. I did not take photos in the WJ, i should have i guess. I will try to remember the differences, although i did not go through the entire buffet line much, i generally went and grabbed something quick and got in and out. ONe thing I forgot to mention (AND forgot to photo!) that your video reminded me of...when you first entered the WJ they had a huge display of a little village made out of Gingerbread Houses. It was up the whole week (we sailed on Christmas week). It was lovely, just for viewing not for eating. But that took up some room in the front as you went in As for food, we did NOT have sushi! And i had read before that AOS did, so my youngest son was disappointed. Looked like a good selection. I think you had more soup choices. Also more Asian food choices looked good. I didnt see a make your own pizza station, on ours, i would have like that, maybe one day they had it and i missed it. They had premade pizzas for pepperoni, cheese and one other. It was ok not great. We had hamburgers and hot dogs with buns, not sure if I saw that or not on your video We also had a taco bar with hard shell tortillas (not soft ones) and beef and various toppings. I cant comment on the exact other foods there, some might have been a little different I am not sure I also forgot to mention that on Christmas morning, as you got close to the WJ doors, they had a small station to hand out free egg nog (both alcohol and non alcohol). I took advantage of that at least twice :) Thanks. Your post and description of the gingerbread houses reminded me of the huge blackforest cake that we had on the Adventure of the Seas. The cake just turned up one day, I think during lunch, and they stationed a staff there to help dish out cake. Passengers loved it! See the video. [YOUTUBE]R-Xhk7tSQnY[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising to paradise Posted December 31, 2015 #83 Share Posted December 31, 2015 That cake looks delicious. We will be on Adventure in 23 days. Time to start packing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBumb Posted December 31, 2015 #84 Share Posted December 31, 2015 great job I enjoyed this review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted December 31, 2015 Author #85 Share Posted December 31, 2015 omg i wish they had had that cake on our cruise! they absolutely did not I would have known LOL, i am a chocoholic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvfuninthesun Posted December 31, 2015 #86 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Thanks for the detailed review! Can't wait for "our turn" in April [emoji3] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmearly Posted December 31, 2015 #87 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Your detailed review has been great!! We are doing the same cruise on Jan 30th... If you have anymore cruise compasses that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 2, 2016 Author #88 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I will try to get the rest of the compasses posted this weekend. I have them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekmcsd Posted January 2, 2016 #89 Share Posted January 2, 2016 This was a great review to read. We will be on Adventure in March. We sailed her once before in 2010. I have read a lot of negative reviews recently. It's nice to hear an honest review by someone that can look past some of the little things. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bobmacliberty Posted January 2, 2016 #90 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Thanks for the great review! You've got me very excited for our Adventure cruise next June. Very nice looking family and you seem to enjoy the same things that we do on a cruise. We won't be stopping at St. Croix but I'm off to look for ATV tours at our ports! Balcony had one table and two chairs. I love balconies! This ship (and deck 8) has metal at the bottom of the balcony and then plexiglass so it’s not too bad. The only thing I don’t like about this ship’s balconies is that they do not open to the stateroom next to you. That is fun to do on other ships. Is that true between all balconies? Our Royal rep on the phone confirmed (twice) that the partitions open, although I'm not surprised that she might be wrong. From our earlier cruise on Explorer, I thought I remembered that partitions could be opened within a pair of cabins, but that there was a solid metal partition separating cabin pairs, i.e. every other partition could be opened (if that makes sense). Love this picture. Captures multi-generational cruising excitement nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 2, 2016 #91 Share Posted January 2, 2016 ... Is that true between all balconies? Our Royal rep on the phone confirmed (twice) that the partitions open, although I'm not surprised that she might be wrong. From our earlier cruise on Explorer, I thought I remembered that partitions could be opened within a pair of cabins, but that there was a solid metal partition separating cabin pairs, i.e. every other partition could be opened (if that makes sense).... Partitions cannot be opened between any balconies on Adventure and Explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cincicruisers Posted January 2, 2016 #92 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Thanks for taking the time to post your review. Sounds like you had a great vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajabirdy Posted January 3, 2016 #93 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Reading your review has brought back so many happy memories from the 28 days we have spent on Adventure and made me even more eager for next September to arrive when we'll board her again for two cruises back-to-back. Thank your for taking the time to write such a detailed review and to post so many photos. Best wishes to you and your family for many happy days cruising in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtopia Posted January 3, 2016 #94 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I was on the Adventure in September and loved it! I could never do Eastern or Western Caribbean again ... always Southern for me and preferably on the Adventure. Looking forward to doing it all again in about 13 months! Great pictures, I'm having flashbacks :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelsea57 Posted January 3, 2016 #95 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Thanks for such detailed review and photos. Really enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bobmacliberty Posted January 3, 2016 #96 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Partitions cannot be opened between any balconies on Adventure and Explorer. Thanks Bob (I think I've said that several times to you :)). Chalk up another episode of misinformation from a Royal rep. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 3, 2016 #97 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Thanks Bob (I think I've said that several times to you :)). Chalk up another episode of misinformation from a Royal rep. :rolleyes: I wish they would just say "I don't know" rather than saying things they are unsure of. I'm sure there are a good number of folks who know nothing about CC, get what they think is good info from a CSR, and are very disappointed when they get onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 3, 2016 Author #98 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Reading your review has brought back so many happy memories from the 28 days we have spent on Adventure and made me even more eager for next September to arrive when we'll board her again for two cruises back-to-back. Thank your for taking the time to write such a detailed review and to post so many photos. Best wishes to you and your family for many happy days cruising in the future. WOW! 28 days on one ship (i know across various cruises). and more to come. that is awesome, you must know the ship so well. I did a fair amount of exploring but am sure there were a lot of fun places I did not find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagzrpacked Posted January 3, 2016 #99 Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) We sailed out of San Juan in 2011 and the embarkation was so bad that the cruise line held a special discussion in one of the lounges to address the issues. We wondered if it was always like that or just a fluke. I'd like to sail out of there again. Thanks for the review! Edited January 3, 2016 by bagzrpacked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 3, 2016 Author #100 Share Posted January 3, 2016 embarkation for us out of San Juan was fine. I think we got there around noon or little after, did not take too long to get on board. There were lines but they moved pretty fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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