Rare jam19872016 Posted September 20, 2021 Author #276 Share Posted September 20, 2021 The guys won again! Well I'm going to go ahead and call it. Its early but I have to will myself out of bed as early as possible so I can go into work tomorrow and pay for all this cruising I am doing. I'd also like to get up with enough time for a leisurely mdr breakfast. Goodnight everybody. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheSailsFL Posted September 20, 2021 #277 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Looks like you’re late arriving this morning. 🤔 Thanks again for taking us with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jam19872016 Posted September 20, 2021 Author #278 Share Posted September 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, SheSailsFL said: Looks like you’re late arriving this morning. 🤔 Thanks again for taking us with you! We had a medical situation. Don't know if it was the same but someone had a seizure in the casino Saturday night. The team transporting whoever had to be disembarked was late returning to the ship yesterday. I hope everyone is okay and I can certainly understand the situation is out of Royal's hands. I would have appreciated accurate information though so I could have made an informed decision as the captain said we would arrive on time still. Now I'm awake earlier than I need to be and looks like we are not here yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jam19872016 Posted September 20, 2021 Author #279 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Guess I have time for that leisurely breakfast 😋. We have slowed to .4 knots so we must be about here. This window keeps plaing tricks on me I want to go look out to see where we are but its just the Promenade out tnere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheSailsFL Posted September 20, 2021 #280 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Well that’s annoying. If they had told everyone, you could have slept in! The tracker sites are saying your ETA is 10AM so I knew something was going on. I couldn’t sleep so I watched the Disney dream come in and was expecting to see you not far behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheSailsFL Posted September 20, 2021 #281 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Maybe they’re waiting for an evac… you’re still pretty far south.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jam19872016 Posted September 20, 2021 Author #282 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Wow, there are people lined up to get off the ship already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheSailsFL Posted September 20, 2021 #283 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Ok this is weird. There is a ship there now. You must be there and the tracker stopped working. Very strange morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jam19872016 Posted September 20, 2021 Author #284 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Just now, SheSailsFL said: Ok this is weird. There is a ship there now. You must be there and the tracker stopped working. Very strange morning. Yea looks like we just docked, not as late as I thought. When I got up we were still traveling 4.0 knots when I'm used to already being docked. I've never been up early enough to be up before arrival so I don't know how long clearance takes but I thought a while. The line of people waiting to get off seem to think it will be any minute. Maybe I will just do Windjammer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jam19872016 Posted September 20, 2021 Author #285 Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) Stuck to my original plan and went to mdr. Stopped off at Starbucks. Glad I resisted the urge until now or I would be blowing all my money here. Yum. I live in the only town in America with no Starbucks. And they gave me a plastic straw!! Hallelujah. The crew still says 730 for disembarkation but I am skeptical. We will see. Edited September 20, 2021 by jam19872016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYMAN Posted September 20, 2021 #286 Share Posted September 20, 2021 10 hours ago, Fredric22 said: Hi! Can anyone who has recently been on Mariner tell me if there are any cigarette smell issues outside of the casino? I have a friend who wants to join us on our cruise but is highly sensitive to smoke. He won't be going into the casino but he is worried other areas nearby and on the royal promenade may still smell like smoke. Any current or recent reports would be much appreciated! Was on a little over two weeks ago. Only smelled smoke while in the casino. No issues in the Promenade etc, even near the stairs going down to the casino. But, since you're wearing a mask anytime you're wandering around, it wasn't an issue anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jam19872016 Posted September 20, 2021 Author #287 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Looks like they were right. Throwing my last items together and heading off the ship now. I'll have my final thoughts in a day or two once I get settled back into reality. Thanks for reading along. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dred pilot Roberts Posted September 20, 2021 #288 Share Posted September 20, 2021 @jam question for you. I have the UD package on my 3 night MOTS cruise next month and I have never had it before. It says the lunch is included on sea days but does that mean only sea days or if one of the restaurants happens to be open for lunch while in port like departure day is it useable? thanks. DPR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jam19872016 Posted September 20, 2021 Author #289 Share Posted September 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, Dred pilot Roberts said: @jam question for you. I have the UD package on my 3 night MOTS cruise next month and I have never had it before. It says the lunch is included on sea days but does that mean only sea days or if one of the restaurants happens to be open for lunch while in port like departure day is it useable? thanks. DPR Any time it is open. I ate lunch at specialty dining everyday 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jam19872016 Posted September 20, 2021 Author #290 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Sitting in the shuttle now. I realize i forgot breakfast photos I got the breakfast burrito and cheese grits. My decision to do udp was validated as the mdr was how I remembered it on Majesty - not good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jam19872016 Posted September 20, 2021 Author #291 Share Posted September 20, 2021 On 9/13/2021 at 1:19 PM, flamingos said: Are they at Terminal 1? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted September 20, 2021 #292 Share Posted September 20, 2021 14 hours ago, jam19872016 said: Occasionally it goes up over 2. I'm going to presume that is slow. Stream is capped at 4 Mbps so a bit below that, but not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SummerBeee Posted September 20, 2021 #293 Share Posted September 20, 2021 12 hours ago, Fredric22 said: Hi! Can anyone who has recently been on Mariner tell me if there are any cigarette smell issues outside of the casino? I have a friend who wants to join us on our cruise but is highly sensitive to smoke. He won't be going into the casino but he is worried other areas nearby and on the royal promenade may still smell like smoke. Any current or recent reports would be much appreciated! Was on Labor Day weekend and I’m sensitive to smoke smells. Only detected odor when casino was in operation, we used the outside deck to cut from front to back of ship. Traveling companion grew up in Vegas. When we would cut through empty casino she remarked that the smell reminded her of her childhood. Guess they all use a similar deodorizing scent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SummerBeee Posted September 20, 2021 #294 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Thanks Jam for an excellent review of restaurants on Mariner. I’ve got a b2b2b2b on her soon, 3 legs with a friend and one solo. I may just book a UDP for my solo leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFerrington Posted September 20, 2021 #295 Share Posted September 20, 2021 2 hours ago, jam19872016 said: Wow, there are people lined up to get off the ship already. This surprises me. I thought everyone was required to remain in their cabins until they were called to disembark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wave2me Posted September 20, 2021 #296 Share Posted September 20, 2021 They called b2bs at 8:30 am. Had to wait for one family to get off the ship. We are back in cabin by 10. 1,600 on next sailing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmklade Posted September 20, 2021 #297 Share Posted September 20, 2021 21 hours ago, jam19872016 said: Thank you for the kinds words!! Enjoy! I just scheduled my test for Wednesday so that they will let me back on Friday. 😃 Yes, thank you very much for the play by play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lazydayz Posted September 20, 2021 #298 Share Posted September 20, 2021 On 9/19/2021 at 1:00 PM, jam19872016 said: I am crazy. I finally caught the cruise next desk open and asked about the promotion u thought I heard about. It does not exist. Sometimes they run specials with a lower rate but not $200 OBC just for booking. The up to $600 is your usual $25-75 for most bookings. $600 is for a 10 day cruise in a grand suite. At that point $600 means nothing to me lol. No spa deals either. They said they were running a special on coco cay day and it would be listed in the planner but it is not listed so they must have met their quota. It is likely dependent on how booked the spa is on your sailing so just because there were no specials on my cruise, there might be when you sail. We got a great twilight spa special on Saturday (Nassau). A 50 minute massage, Swedish or deep tissue, for $99. I actually got a 60 minute deep tissue, thanks to Merilynn. Really enjoyed it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingos Posted September 21, 2021 #299 Share Posted September 21, 2021 11 hours ago, RFerrington said: This surprises me. I thought everyone was required to remain in their cabins until they were called to disembark. Nope - walkoffs were leaving the ship by 7:30. We were in our car in the parking garage at 7:59. Customs was ridiculously easy - they had two lines. One was for people who used birth certificates; the other for people with passports. As we stopped to pull out passports out of the bag, they told us to keep walking. The ask you to pull down your make, they take your photo, and that's it. No Customs declaration form, not stopping at the desk. You're done! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboardjunkie Posted September 21, 2021 #300 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Jam: It was great sharing this adventure with you both virtually and in person! Madeline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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