3CatsInMA Posted March 5, 2020 #451 Share Posted March 5, 2020 What time is it for you now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted March 5, 2020 Author #452 Share Posted March 5, 2020 54 minutes ago, jagsfan said: Are you getting chocolates on your pillow? i ask because I don’t recall getting them my last few Royal cruises. Cleaning out a drawer, I ran across a Ziplock bag of a dozen little square chocolates wrapped in silver with the Royal Caribbean logo. Surprise! I guess I hid them from myself. Now I’m wondering how old they were. They went out in the garbage, but were probably fine to eat. No pillow chocolates, but I do have an awesome down pillow. Best beds we've had in forever 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFerrington Posted March 5, 2020 #453 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, John&LaLa said: Best beds we've had in forever Yes, the beds are awesome, aren’t they ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ukigirl Posted March 5, 2020 #454 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Looks like you’ve had good weather just by looking at the cruise compass, how is it now? Are people in the pool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffles2 Posted March 5, 2020 #455 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Not many in the pools even tho it is warmer than I was anticipating 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted March 5, 2020 #456 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Day 5 Update Our great weather continues. Temps still around 68° in sunny skies. New course. Staff Captain said they don't like some weather ahead of us so we are giving up on the great circle route and changing course. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pratique Posted March 5, 2020 #457 Share Posted March 5, 2020 22 minutes ago, twangster said: New course. Staff Captain said they don't like some weather ahead of us so we are giving up on the great circle route and changing course. Rhumb line. Point and shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted March 5, 2020 #458 Share Posted March 5, 2020 9 minutes ago, Pratique said: Rhumb line. Point and shoot. Rhumb line would have a bearing of 87°. We are running on a heading of 90° hugging the 34th parallel so I suspect they are going due East to stay under some weather that was projected to be in our path. At some point we'll need to turn more Northerly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueboys24 Posted March 5, 2020 #459 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Not sure if Im correct but i understand the ship is going into drydock when you get to europe. my question is if this is the case do you notice any difference in service or things available on board to be less or is there no difference. the reason im asking is im considering a transatlantic next year on harmony and she goes into drydock after she gets to europe next year. thanks in advance and loving your review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted March 5, 2020 #460 Share Posted March 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, blueboys24 said: Not sure if Im correct but i understand the ship is going into drydock when you get to europe. my question is if this is the case do you notice any difference in service or things available on board to be less or is there no difference. the reason im asking is im considering a transatlantic next year on harmony and she goes into drydock after she gets to europe next year. thanks in advance and loving your review. From my perspective the ship is 100%. Someone mentioned seeing contractors board in Florida but I haven't seen them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffles2 Posted March 5, 2020 #461 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, twangster said: Day 5 Update Our great weather continues. Temps still around 68° in sunny skies. New course. Staff Captain said they don't like some weather ahead of us so we are giving up on the great circle route and changing course. the zig zag in the course was when we slowed for them to work on the stacks....just curious as to why it showed up like that. Anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted March 5, 2020 #462 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 minute ago, truffles2 said: the zig zag in the course was when we slowed for them to work on the stacks....just curious as to why it showed up like that. Anyone know? I would guess so the crew working on the stacks has the least amount of wind working against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted March 5, 2020 #463 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, truffles2 said: the zig zag in the course was when we slowed for them to work on the stacks....just curious as to why it showed up like that. Anyone know? They slowed and changed course. This minimized any winds across the upper decks so workers could walk around near the stacks without having to deal with strong winds. Much like a helicopter evac they pick a speed and heading to create the desired effective wind across the deck. Edited March 5, 2020 by twangster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffles2 Posted March 5, 2020 #464 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) No, I mean why did it show on the course tracking as the zigzag i.e. I know why they slowed but don’t know why it caused the change in the graph Edited March 5, 2020 by truffles2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Teeara Posted March 5, 2020 #465 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, twangster said: Day 5 Update Our great weather continues. Temps still around 68° in sunny skies. New course. Staff Captain said they don't like some weather ahead of us so we are giving up on the great circle route and changing course. There is a coastal storm going up the eastern seaboard that is going to connect with a storm coming down from the Great Lakes off the coast of New England. We're expecting about an inch of snow in Boston from the storm, so I expect that is what you are trying to avoid. Pretty good size storm going up the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sea Dog Posted March 5, 2020 #466 Share Posted March 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, truffles2 said: just curious as to why it showed up like that. Anyone know? I figured the Captain was playing that drinking game with John. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pratique Posted March 5, 2020 #467 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) The zig zag is to prevent soot from falling into the pool when they blow out the stacks. It's based on wind direction at the time. (At least on the Symphony TA that was the given reason for the course deviation.) Edited March 5, 2020 by Pratique 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagsfan Posted March 5, 2020 #468 Share Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/3/2020 at 7:25 AM, A&L_Ont said: There’s a game that the “sensitive” should not play. Wish I was there last night. On 3/3/2020 at 2:01 AM, John&LaLa said: 2am, spent the evening drinking Tito's and playing Cards Against Humanity. Good times First time I ever heard of that game was as a question (answer)on Jeopardy. This is the second time. It sounds scary! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted March 5, 2020 #469 Share Posted March 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, truffles2 said: No, I mean why did it show on the course tracking as the zigzag i.e. I know why they slowed but don’t know why it caused the change in the graph They didn't just slow down. They slowed down plus they changed course. The ship turned to match the wind direction. It was nearly imperceptible. I didn't have sun on my balcony and then I did. Once they fixed the metal on the stack we turned back to pick up our original route. At that point I lost sun on my balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffles2 Posted March 5, 2020 #470 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Ah ha, I see now. Didn’t realize we had actually changed course. Thanks all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagsfan Posted March 5, 2020 #471 Share Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/3/2020 at 7:52 PM, John&LaLa said: Do they still make newspapers Hey, don’t you read Florida Today? It’s a pretty good newspaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snit13 Posted March 5, 2020 #472 Share Posted March 5, 2020 16 hours ago, Andy C said: Loving this review and all those cocktails! Brought a smile to my face. And a pain to your head !!!! All drinks looked awesome but my limit would be 1 a day. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagsfan Posted March 5, 2020 #473 Share Posted March 5, 2020 7 hours ago, John&LaLa said: No pillow chocolates, but I do have an awesome down pillow. Best beds we've had in forever On a long cruise, that’s worth paying for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted March 5, 2020 Author #474 Share Posted March 5, 2020 3 hours ago, blueboys24 said: Not sure if Im correct but i understand the ship is going into drydock when you get to europe. my question is if this is the case do you notice any difference in service or things available on board to be less or is there no difference. the reason im asking is im considering a transatlantic next year on harmony and she goes into drydock after she gets to europe next year. thanks in advance and loving your review. Allure drydock will be much more extensive than Harmony's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted March 5, 2020 Author #475 Share Posted March 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Snit13 said: And a pain to your head !!!! All drinks looked awesome but my limit would be 1 a day. I'm truly not cut out for this STAR life, especially 12 days 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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