Rare BirdTravels Posted November 9, 2018 #1 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Join the Bird on the very first voyage of the new and beautiful Symphony of the Seas sailing out of her new home port of Miami. The Symphony maiden voyage was in April 2018 where she spent the summer season sailing the Mediterranean out of Barcelona. The Symphony has just completed her first 12-day transatlantic voyage from Barcelona, arriving in Miami. We embarked the Symphony using the brand new Crown of Miami Terminal A at the Port of Miami, purpose-built by Royal Caribbean to support Oasis class ships. Our 4-night holiday weekend voyage calling at Cozumel. Fri - Miami, Florida Sat - At Sea Sun - Cozumel, Mexico Mon - At Sea Tue - Miami, Florida 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropiclvrs Posted November 9, 2018 #2 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Have a wonderful cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNBR Posted November 9, 2018 #3 Share Posted November 9, 2018 It's PortMiami. Anyways, following. It's exciting having Symphony here and I have her booked for 2019, can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted November 9, 2018 #4 Share Posted November 9, 2018 1 hour ago, BirdTravels said: Join the Bird on the very first voyage of the new and beautiful Symphony of the Seas Are you planning updates during the week here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted November 9, 2018 Author #5 Share Posted November 9, 2018 The Crown of Miami awaits the arrival of the Symphony And the Symphony awaits our arrival 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted November 9, 2018 Author #6 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) The beautiful new Crown of Miami Terminal A WARNING WARNING WARNING The terminal construction is not complete. The roadways beyond Terminal B are a mess. At one point, it narrows to one lane, total. There is a flag man directing traffic, one direction at a time. 6000 passenger trying to get in/out of the terminal with only one lane. Once you get past the one lane, 4 lanes of inbound traffic (cars, ubers, taxis, trailers of provisions) narrow to 2 at the drop off curb (took us over 30 mins to get from entrance to Terminal A to the drop off curb at 10:00). Edited November 9, 2018 by BirdTravels 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted November 9, 2018 Author #7 Share Posted November 9, 2018 There is a separate security screening and check in for suites and another for Star class. We were in the suites check in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted November 9, 2018 Author #8 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) Junior Suite Edited November 9, 2018 by BirdTravels 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare BirdTravels Posted November 9, 2018 Author #10 Share Posted November 9, 2018 2 hours ago, BillOh said: Are you planning updates during the week here? I will be live posting. It’s a short cruise and there was just a wonderful live post from the transatlantic, so we’ll have some limited ship photos. I’ll answet questions and do some food pics along the way. Here’s a few examples of a few of my live posts this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jonj Posted November 9, 2018 #12 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Thanks for the review, will be following along. Are the bathroom soaps because of the suite or just for this ship. What type of suite are you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted November 9, 2018 #13 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Nice stateroom photos!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted November 9, 2018 #14 Share Posted November 9, 2018 8 minutes ago, jonj said: Thanks for the review, will be following along. Are the bathroom soaps because of the suite or just for this ship. What type of suite are you in? Post #8 - Junior Suite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ib_gman Posted November 9, 2018 #15 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Watching the port cam as we speak! Man I am jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_BJ Posted November 9, 2018 #16 Share Posted November 9, 2018 you DO know that the first US port call was yesterday in Canaveral ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules815 Posted November 9, 2018 #17 Share Posted November 9, 2018 What days will she be sailing from Miami (Saturday or Sunday?) We'll be sailing in January from Miami on a different line, but would love to see Symphony in port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted November 9, 2018 Author #18 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Fireworks and Fireboats. An all star send off for the Symphony on her maiden voyage from Miami 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFunInTheSun Posted November 9, 2018 #19 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Thanks for bringing us along. Can’t wait to board her in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted November 9, 2018 Author #20 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Capt_BJ said: you DO know that the first US port call was yesterday in Canaveral ....... Yes. And those onboard today are happy that the ship cleared customs yesterday. Edited November 9, 2018 by BirdTravels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo_Cruising Posted November 9, 2018 #21 Share Posted November 9, 2018 4 hours ago, BirdTravels said: 8 minutes ago, BirdTravels said: Yes. And those onboard today are happy that the ship cleared customs yesterday. Hi! Thank you for the pictures and the daily schedule. We will be on The Symphony of the Seas in January and your posts are the best ever, especially the photos and daily schedule. Keep it up! Looks like an amazing ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuCruise Posted November 9, 2018 #22 Share Posted November 9, 2018 So exciting she is here! Love how they had fireworks. Enjoy your cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixCruiser Posted November 10, 2018 #23 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Great pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishOn55 Posted November 10, 2018 #24 Share Posted November 10, 2018 BirdTravels, Thanks so much for taking time to post your live thread. I'll be sailing on the 2nd seven night sailing on Nov. 24th. Were you driving yourself to the Terminal A parking garage? We will be parking in the garage so I am confused where/when we will drop our luggage off with a porter. Do passengers arriving by taxi/uber, etc. (not parking) use the same drop-off area as those parking in the garage? In the past we have always dropped off luggage and then parked the car. Does it work that way at the new terminal as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted November 10, 2018 Author #25 Share Posted November 10, 2018 35 minutes ago, FishOn55 said: BirdTravels, Thanks so much for taking time to post your live thread. I'll be sailing on the 2nd seven night sailing on Nov. 24th. Were you driving yourself to the Terminal A parking garage? We will be parking in the garage so I am confused where/when we will drop our luggage off with a porter. Do passengers arriving by taxi/uber, etc. (not parking) use the same drop-off area as those parking in the garage? In the past we have always dropped off luggage and then parked the car. Does it work that way at the new terminal as well? Don’t know. We caught a taxi into the port. Looks like the parking entrance is before the traffic jam. The structure is attached to the terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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