Adventure of the Seas – The First Voyage

[BirdTravels]

6 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

Bird, thanks again for bringing us along.  What are your plans for today?  The weather seems comparable to yesterday or is that my interpretation of you photos from this morning. 

Plans are for a Perfect Day at CocoCay. It is sunny today with a stiff breeze making the beach lovely.
 

Yesterday, we were on Chill Beach (always wanna be near food and drink). We had two lighting storms where the lifeguards quickly got everyone out of the water, but we stayed on the beach under our umbrella. (Bad press to have passengers on your first cruise electrocuted by lighting).  And one big storm where they advised people to take shelter, else get drenched. Always good to have a big ship with weather radar to give you real-time weather updates. And each storm passed in 15 -30 minutes. 

[BirdTravels]

50 minutes ago, misguy said:

They have to leave Coco Cay to open the casino.

 

Nope. The casino is open all day. 

[BeachDiva101]

Have fun today Bird! 

[BirdTravels]

Welcome to CocoCay

 

And you know that every 25 yards, there is a Purell sanitizer station for you to washy washy at. 

Edited June 14, 2021 by BirdTravels

[EmmasNana]

What is the Artic Zone I see posted in the Dining area. It says on deck 11 but I don't see it on the deck plans. I don't recall it on any of the ships I have been on.

[Biker19]

54 minutes ago, poocher said:

Ok I won’t mention what the phrase “make water” meant to my grandmother  😳😳

Not sure if you think that has some other meaning but very likely the ship was literally making water; she needs to be on the way and traveling above 5 knots for the systems on board to make water. 

[retiredgram]

Thanks for taking us along on your adventure.  Although we will not be on a cruise until Nov., this has been very stimulating.  Brings back all the exciting memories of past cruises. 

 

Again, thank you for this informative live review.

[BirdTravels]

8 minutes ago, EmmasNana said:

What is the Artic Zone I see posted in the Dining area. It says on deck 11 but I don't see it on the deck plans. I don't recall it on any of the ships I have been on.

Soft serve ice cream. Can’t serve yourself, so the attendant will make a cone for you. No more foot tall ice cream cones. It is located just outside the aft elevator lobby. 

[poocher]

5 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Not sure if you think that has some other meaning but very likely the ship was literally making water; she needs to be on the way and traveling above 5 knots for the systems on board to make water. 

I get it.  I was making a joke about my grandmother referring to urinating as “making water”.  

[EmmasNana]

3 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:

Soft serve ice cream. Can’t serve yourself, so the attendant will make a cone for you. No more foot tall ice cream cones. It is located just outside the aft elevator lobby. 

Got it! Thanks.

[phdiva]

Thanks @BirdTravels for this amazing blog. Can you please tell me about the jogging track? How many laps per mile?

[bobmacliberty]

Just getting caught up.  Thanks for doing this!  Very enjoyable. 

[Sunshine3601]

7 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

I like to put ice cream in a cup and then add some Bailey's to it. Yum.

Or amaretto - Yum!

[HotRod3]

Earlier I saw a Bar Menu with a list of Beers.  I did notice that Michelob Ultra was not listed.  Is that just in that bar or is that ship wide?  

[wolfganghowell]

Bird, you are my hero.  This has been so amazing to see.  I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying!  😉 Even seeing a hallway was a beautiful sight.

[bmblob]

4 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

Nope. We left CocoCay at 5 pm and went out to sea. The Captain said it was to make water. She was only docked in Nassau for a day before our cruise, but I guess the 1000 of us are taking long showers. 
 

I think it is so the casino may be opened.  Thank you for posting this live view of your cruise.  It's a great way to get back to cruising mode.

[karena1]

On 6/12/2021 at 5:29 PM, BirdTravels said:

So you actually did get hard copies of the Cruise Planner?

 

[CallistaSkye]

2 minutes ago, bmblob said:

I think it is so the casino may be opened.  Thank you for posting this live view of your cruise.  It's a great way to get back to cruising mode.

It's not for the casino. Birdie already addressed that, she said it was open the whole time. 

[booplesnoople]

I'm late to the party, thank you SO much Bird for doing a sail along! We're booked on Mariner in October and seeing a sail along is giving me so much hope it'll all go according to plan.

[BirdTravels]

21 minutes ago, karena1 said:

So you actually did get hard copies of the Cruise Planner?

 

The cruise compas is not distributed (left in your stateroom). Royal wants you to use the app. They have had copy compasses at guest services for those who are technology challenged. 
 

Similar, restaurants and bars are using QR codes for menus. But have hardcopy if you left your ipad at home. 

[LorraineP]

7 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:

The cruise compas is not distributed (left in your stateroom). Royal wants you to use the app. They have had copy compasses at guest services for those who are technology challenged. 
 

Similar, restaurants and bars are using QR codes for menus. But have hardcopy if you left your ipad at home. 

With using the QR codes do you then have to be connected to the ships WiFi & pay for the internet service?

[LuCruise]

9 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:

The cruise compas is not distributed (left in your stateroom). Royal wants you to use the app. They have had copy compasses at guest services for those who are technology challenged. 
 

Similar, restaurants and bars are using QR codes for menus. But have hardcopy if you left your ipad at home. 

Guess it's a sign of the times.  I'm one who likes to board and the phone goes in the safe.  We don't get internet as we like to disconnect and I'm a fan of the paper compasses.  It's also fun receiving the compass each evening to see what's on tap for tomorrow.  But seems like going forward, will have to carry my phone...esp with covid for ordering, etc.

[erinsmom03]

9 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:

The cruise compas is not distributed (left in your stateroom). Royal wants you to use the app. They have had copy compasses at guest services for those who are technology challenged. 
 

Similar, restaurants and bars are using QR codes for menus. But have hardcopy if you left your ipad at home. 

 

We have found the same to be true for so many things at home these days. Restaurant menus, high school graduation programs, recital programs, band concert programs... those are just a few that come to mind from the last week or so. QR code for each of these. 

[jonbgd]

15 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

MDR Kids Menu

I can order a banana split for desert? did not know that

[karena1]

11 minutes ago, LorraineP said:

With using the QR codes do you then have to be connected to the ships WiFi & pay for the internet service?

I don't think so, correct me if I am wrong, but I think you can use the app without having WIFI