This Ain't Homer's Odyssey - A Live B2B2B on Odyssey of the Seas (8/22/2021-9/11/2021)

[JessyCruises]

Week 1 (8/22) - Day 6 MDR Menu

 

 

Roasted Beet and Orange Salad - delicious!!

 

Roasted Turkey - meh

 

Aged Prime Rib of Beef

[JessyCruises]

As a reminder, we had the Ultimate Dining Package for the 8 night 8/28 Cruise.

 

For night 3 we were back at Giovanni's for dinner this time.

 

I could honestly live off of appetizers.  We ordered: 

 

Antipasti platter

 

Stromboli

Paul had the Filet and was not that impressed.  He prefers Chops

 

I went for the Fettuccine Alfredo - to DIE for!!

 

 

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[JessyCruises]

Day 4 Lunch we were back at Playmakers. 

 

I ordered the Chicken fingers and asked for just a few onion rings (ie not the TOWER) but did not realize they chicken fingers came with fries.  I learned slowly how to order LOL

 

 

Paul ordered the Playmaker burger - that thing is freaking huge! (and very good!)

 

And of course he cannot stop himself from ordering wings...

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[JessyCruises]

For Night 4 Dinner we were back at Chops. 

 

I had the wedge salad for an appetizer.

Paul had the crab cake.

 

I WANTED the Roasted chicken but the waiter talked me out of it because it takes so long to cook and we would have been there forever.  Not sure if maybe on a "normal" cruise it would not take as long because they would have some cooked in advance?  I ended up going with the 6oz filet again.  It was good but I am not a big beef person so was looking forward to something different.

 

Paul had the larger filet.

Sides were mashed potatoes, asparagus, and mushrooms.

No dessert!

 

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[JessyCruises]

For night 5, we were back at Giovanni's. 

 

I asked for a SMALL plate of Antipasti.  This was really still too much but SOOO good.

 

Paul had the giant meatball again.

Paul got a pizza with 1/2 Giovanni's Pizza and 1/2 Meat Lover's.  He said he was glad he tried the Giovanni one but would not order it again.  He was not a fan of the cheese on it.  HE really enjoyed the Meatlovers and wished you could just order them a la carte.

 

I had the Fettuccine Alfredo again.  I am a sucker for Pasta...

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[JessyCruises]

For lunch on 9/3, we went to Playmakers again.  We really like the food here.

 

We got a Pulled pork nachos to start which was a mistake based on the food that was coming, but really good.

 

Paul got the burger again.

I got the chicken sandwich with a few onion rings and no fries.  I am learning!

 

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[JessyCruises]

I think I mentioned before that they were having a few mechanical problems.  I am not sure exactly what they were, but we had issues leaving port a few days.  As we were walking up the stairs to Playmakers in the Seaplex, we noticed there was splatterings of what I assume to be oil outside of the upstairs door on the deck, railings and on the side of the ship.  Hopefully the pics are clear enough to see.  That cannot be normal right?

 

 

 

On the way out from lunch, they were out there pressure washing the oil away...

 

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[Cruise Bug2]

On onboard now having a great time. Crew is awesome!

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[JessyCruises]

For dinner on 9/3, we were back at Chops.

 

Paul had the Shrimp Cocktail

And Lobster Bisque

 

I had the Pepper Bacon 

 

And Mushroom soup.

 

For entrees I had the salmon.  It was cooked perfectly for me, but very bland.

 

Paul had the filet again but I did not bother getting a photo.

 

 

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[JessyCruises]

For lunch on 9/4 we went to Chops.

 

I got a wedge salad again.  Paul got the shrimp again I think but I did not get a pic.

 

We both go the burger.  It was very good, but the patty is way to thick for my liking.

 

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[JessyCruises]

For our final night on the UDP, we went back to our favourite of this trip, Giovanni's!  We hit up some favourites and one new dish.

 

I once again asked for a small antipasti. Yummmmm

 

Paul went for the Stromboli

 

I tried the Linguini con le Vongole.  It was very good but I do love that Fettuccine...

 

And Paul went for the Meat Lovers Pizza again.

 

We had been told the Go Banana's dessert was great.  We decided to give it a shot and it was ok but I do not think I would order it again.

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[JessyCruises]

I think I might have missed a few meals in there somewhere but anything we ordered would have been the same as what we already had before.  I really enjoyed the dining package but as I said previously, it was too much for us for an 8 night for the restaurants onboard.  I will definitely be trying it again, but for shorter cruises on this class.

 

On our last night with the UPD, we went up to Playmakers because we did have to try the ice cream them have there.  It is several scoops of different flavours of Ben & Jerrys with sauces and is delicious.  It is served in a souvenir Helmut cup that you get to keep.

 

 

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[JessyCruises]

We met a fantastic pinnacle couple on day 1 of the 2nd cruise who became our friends and trivia buddies for the last 2 cruises.  We ended up winning the progressive trivia with them on the 8/28 sailing and got this cute backpack with some goodies inside (water bottle, hat, zipper pulls, pens, key chains, and these fantastic new carabiner key chains that I have never seen before this sailing!).

 

We gave away some of the prizes as we have already won several times through the weeks but kept the hat, bag and carabiners. I think we can hope with 6 of the carabiners.  They are likely going to end of as stocking stuffers for some folks come Xmas time 🙂

 

 

 

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[JessyCruises]

41 minutes ago, Cruise Bug2 said:

On onboard now having a great time. Crew is awesome!

I could not agree more!!  How many guests are onboard?

[Cruise Bug2]

7 hours ago, JessyCruises said:

I could not agree more!!  How many guests are onboard?

Last I heard it was 1,037.

[JessyCruises]

Here are photos from Cabin #3 - a forward Spacious Oceanview 10506 (4M).  Not as large as the last one (10510), but still larger than a normal ocean view and plenty of open space!

 

 

 

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[JessyCruises]

On our third week, (6 night cruise starting 9/5/21) we sort of steered clear of the main dining venues for the most part as I think we were still too full from the last 2 weeks.  🤣 

 

We were to the MDR on the first evening.  The menu was the same as night 1 from the first week.  

 

I had the salmon.

Paul had the fried chicken.

 

On one of the other evenings, we just grabbed some antipasti and pizza from Sorrentos, and two of the evenings we had an early dinner at 4:45 at Cafe Two70 and grabbed salads and sandwiches.  I did not grab pics of what we grabbed but did get photos of some of the sandwich options 🙂 

 

We did go to the Solarium Bistro one evening.  I have only been there for lunch before. I wish I had known how light the options were for dinner previously.  It was delicious!

 

There was a menu but everyone was self serve in little dishes buffet style.  

 

I opted for Tabbouleh, Hummus, Watermelon salas and the chicken.

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[JessyCruises]

Here are some random shots I took of the ship and Coco Cay.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kitty really wants the rest of that yarn...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am not sure why they make stuff life this with glass.  We saw several of the elevator buttons already broken

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[JessyCruises]

My new favourite drink - The Strawberry Blonde.  Delicious!!

 

 

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[JessyCruises]

More yummy drinks from the Sunshine Jar.  

 

Planter's Punch

 

And then hubby showed up with his order.  He ordered a Miami Vice and the bartender made too much so he got two!

 

Bottom's up!

 

 

Gentleman's Sidecar and Proscecco from Schooner

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[cruisetorelax44]

thank you!!

[Ginlyn]

@JessyCruises  - would you be ok with private emailing me at ginnyfoley@hotmail.com. - being a fellow Maritimer from PEI, I have some US travel questions. Thanks, Ginny

[JessyCruises]

3 hours ago, Ginlyn said:

@JessyCruises  - would you be ok with private emailing me at ginnyfoley@hotmail.com. - being a fellow Maritimer from PEI, I have some US travel questions. Thanks, Ginny

Will do!

[Sea Dog]

On 9/13/2021 at 10:45 PM, JessyCruises said:

Paul had the filet again but I did not bother getting a photo.

 

Whats your opinion on the filet? 

[Sea Dog]

@JessyCruisesThank you for your excellent review and your pictures are great. Thank you for giving us your impressions of Chops and Giovanni's.