The ODYSSEY and the ECSTASY Live Oct 23-31

[h20skibum]

Internet has been really spotty this afternoon.  
 

For some reason, we have been loosing signal in our cabin, and even the app would not work without it. 
 

Speaking of the app, most bars and restaurants will point you to a QR code to see their menus.  If people do not have a smart phone, they will bring you a menu. 
 

Cruise critic continues to be a pain, such that I am now deleting all cookies before I open it each time.  

[BonTexasNY]

1 hour ago, island lady said:

Just paid off our end of January B2B on Odyssey.  

 

Feels like we are going now!  🤗

 

Keep up the great review my friend.  Looks like a lot of our Dani's thread friends are following along!  🙂 

>>>>>This one sure is.  😊

[Sea Dog]

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

Pusser's rum

I've never had Pusser's Rum even though I know a little bit about it. How would you compare it to other rums?

[mo&fran]

57 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

Internet has been really spotty this afternoon.  
 

For some reason, we have been loosing signal in our cabin, and even the app would not work without it. 
 

Speaking of the app, most bars and restaurants will point you to a QR code to see their menus.  If people do not have a smart phone, they will bring you a menu. 
 

Cruise critic continues to be a pain, such that I am now deleting all cookies before I open it each time.  

I had issues also.  The Iphone frequently dropped its free connection and I had to reaccess the intranet, and my laptop lost its internet  connection. Seems like the system is a work in progress. 

 Never had issues on any of the other O3B systems like this.

[Tree_skier]

Loving the review so far... We'll be doing this one in February except ours is supposed to do Grand Cayman instead of Coco Cay.  I'm hoping Grand Cayman is still closed to cruise ships by then.  I'd like an itinerary change to Cococay if possible. 🙂 

 

 

[bobmacliberty]

1 hour ago, Sea Dog said:

I've never had Pusser's Rum even though I know a little bit about it. How would you compare it to other rums?

 

It's a dark, demerara rum with a lot of flavor.  I use it because it's the original rum for a Painkiller.  Kinda like using Gossling's to make a Dark & Stormy.

[h20skibum]

Because it is here, we did some pre- dinner driving in the Sea Plex

 

 

[sdrocks]

5 hours ago, h20skibum said:

Congratulations on your 50th.  There is nothing better than celebrating on a cruise. 

I agree.  looking forward to it.

[jonj]

Will you be posting the activities schedule? Thank you for your live report. 

[h20skibum]

7 minutes ago, jonj said:

Will you be posting the activities schedule? Thank you for your live report. 

We only received day 3 and day 4, but I can post those when I get a chance. 

[Ocean Boy]

6 hours ago, h20skibum said:

 

Must be the Painkiller. 

 

This is what is in it

 

But is it good or not??🤔

[h20skibum]

11 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

But is it good or not??🤔

Oh, yes it is. 

[h20skibum]

Dinner was in the MDR, but we both did the upcharge for the Chops filets. 
 

 

I realized I haven’t had much about the shows.  I usually don’t do pictures there, but I took a couple

 

This was from the Broken Link game in Two70.  I had signed up to be a participant, but wasn’t chosen.  Too bad, I knew more of the trivia answers than these guys. 
 

 

Then Jennifer Singer’s show. 
 

 

I will have to give my take on some of the shows later in the week. 
 

We did have a bunny in the cabin. 
 

 

[h20skibum]

It must be Wednesday

 

 

And another beautiful sunrise

 

 

 

 

[h20skibum]

Just docked in Curaçao 

 

Pilot boat

 

 

It looks to be a nice day

 

 

I feel I could walk off my balcony to the dock

 

 

Got to go, but I will catch up later, especially about the horrible start to the day……

 

 

[jagsfan]

1 hour ago, h20skibum said:

Just docked in Curaçao 

 

Pilot boat

 

 

It looks to be a nice day

 

 

I feel I could walk off my balcony to the dock

 

 

Got to go, but I will catch up later, especially about the horrible start to the day……

 

 

Did you notice whether Curaçao offers a shuttle from ship to shore?

I don’t think I could walk half that distance!

[Biker19]

3 hours ago, h20skibum said:

Pilot boat

I never understood the need for one in Curacao - you are docking in the sea basically (like CocoCay), no port to enter.

[bobmacliberty]

9 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

I never understood the need for one in Curacao - you are docking in the sea basically (like CocoCay), no port to enter.

 

Maybe winds and currents require local knowledge?

[mo&fran]

5 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

I never understood the need for one in Curacao - you are docking in the sea basically (like CocoCay), no port to enter.

There is a channel there. Ever notice the bush growing out of the water.

[Luckynana]

Enjoy the day in Curacao.  I love it there!  It was way too hot the last time we were there...we should've planned for a beach day.😉

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, Biker19 said:

I never understood the need for one in Curacao - you are docking in the sea basically (like CocoCay), no port to enter.

Same thing at St. Kitts. It doesn't matter.

[mo&fran]

3 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

Same thing at St. Kitts. It doesn't matter.

Next time you are there and docked, look to the south. Tell me how a ship is going to get past the sand bar.

[h20skibum]

7 hours ago, jagsfan said:

Did you notice whether Curaçao offers a shuttle from ship to shore?

I don’t think I could walk half that distance!

Yes they do.  Just after I read this, I saw one coming down the pier. 
 

 

[h20skibum]

Before I get to the horrible start to the day, how about useful (or useless) thing #6

 

I mentioned earlier about loosing the ships WiFi, even for the app to work.  You would open the app, and this message would appear

 

 

Trying to connect from the app, and you would see this. 

 

 

The only way to get it to connect is to go into the phone settings and select WiFi, and connect manually. Even though I set it to auto join, it wasn’t. 

 

 

So the moral is, if you encounter this problem, give this a try. 

 

[h20skibum]

Now, to the horrible start to the day.  We always start out our day with a walk around the outdoor track, and today was no different. In case you want to know how long it is, this is their lap key. 

 

After doing several laps, Susan says “look at me!  I think they are painting, and there is paint all over my clothes!”

 

 I told her they wouldn’t be doing that while underway, and it was probably soot from the stacks. We both looked like speckled Easter eggs, and then we noticed the track, the loungers, and also other track users looked the same.  Yes, we looked much like this. 
 

She was especially upset about her new white shorts that looked like that post. 
 

I made a trip to Guest Services to report it so they could clean it up.  They did give us a laundry voucher, so it remains to be seen how good they clean them.