Not Homer’s Odyssey - semi live Odyssey of the Seas

[Tree_skier]

Greetings fellow warriors, Many years ago Homer captured the epic return of Odysseus to Ithaca following the conclusion of the Trojan war.  It is a brilliantly written poetic masterpiece that, if you are literary minded, will grip your soul.

 

This will not be Homer’s Odyssey.

 

This will mostly be a narrative about me excessively eating and drinking for 8 days. 🙂 

 

This is our third cruise since the restart. We loved each previous one irrespective of protocols.  We hope and expect this one will be the same. This is our first Quantum class ship so we’re especially excited about trying it out on a brand new version of it.

 

We’re not night owls anymore and won’t be partying until late in the night  so drinking begins early and ends early.  Any recommendations about drinks to experiment with is greatly appreciated.

 

We have the UDP on this one as well as the beverage package so most of dining will be in the specialty restaurants.

 

I’ll post lots of pics and comment a little.  Shows and activities spliced in between my eating and drinking will chronicled as best I can.

 

I’ll do my best to answer any questions aboard the ship.

 

The war has ended. (Covid is almost over)  It is time for everyone to go home (Normal life needs to return)

 

 

 

[Tree_skier]

We’re just packing up at the Hilton Garden Inn now. We’ll have a light breakfast and then Uber over to the port.  I’ll check back here in few hours and let you know how it all is going.

[Ourusualbeach]

9 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

This will mostly be a narrative about me excessively eating and drinking for 8 days. 🙂 

Enjoy!!

[inlinesick]

Enjoy! did you get the drinks package? If yes, can you tell me when onboard if the starbucks coffee are included?

 

[John&LaLa]

Nice title, I'm already hooked

[Ourusualbeach]

1 minute ago, inlinesick said:

Enjoy! did you get the drinks package? If yes, can you tell me when onboard if the starbucks coffee are included?

 

Not Dave but Starbucks is definitely not included

Edited February 12, 2022 by Ourusualbeach

[inlinesick]

2 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Not Dave but Starbucks is definitely not included

On out last cruise(before covid) it was included in the drink package!

[A&L_Ont]

Enjoy Dave. I’ll be following along and will post when needed. 

[John&LaLa]

Stop by Boleros and ask Ray for a Crescendo 

 

Tell him John sent you 

 

If you're bold, try a Caipiriha

 

Or maybe an espresso martini with Bailey's 

 

Stay up late at least once. Jagerbombs help

[John&LaLa]

2 minutes ago, inlinesick said:

On out last cruise(before covid) it was included in the drink package!

 

Only had Starbucks included when sailing STAR Class. 

[Ourusualbeach]

8 minutes ago, inlinesick said:

On out last cruise(before covid) it was included in the drink package!

What ship?  there is a difference between the licensed Starbucks locations on Oasis and Quantum class ships and the branded locations on other ship classes

[inlinesick]

Just now, Ourusualbeach said:

What ship?  there is a difference between the licensed Starbucks locations on Oasis and Quantum class ships and the branded locations on other ship classes

Quantum class, Anthem of the seas from NJ

[Ourusualbeach]

1 minute ago, inlinesick said:

Quantum class, Anthem of the seas from NJ

That's the first report of a non STAR class guest that I've ever read about having the drink package cover a licensed Starbucks location

[inlinesick]

1 minute ago, Ourusualbeach said:

That's the first report of a non STAR class guest that I've ever read about having the drink package cover a licensed Starbucks location

We've been on her 3 times, all of them starbucks coffe included! And we abused them in the morning, my wife love their Moka!!

[Biker19]

1 minute ago, inlinesick said:

We've been on her 3 times, all of them starbucks coffe included! And we abused them in the morning, my wife love their Moka!!

Unless I somehow missed it Anthem doesn't have an actual Starbucks, they just serve Starbucks coffee at places like LaPatisserie, Cafe270, etc.

[inlinesick]

1 minute ago, Biker19 said:

Unless I somehow missed it Anthem doesn't have an actual Starbucks, they just serve Starbucks coffee at places like LaPatisserie, Cafe270, etc.

Yes exactly! At cafe promenade!

[Ourusualbeach]

1 minute ago, Biker19 said:

Unless I somehow missed it Anthem doesn't have an actual Starbucks, they just serve Starbucks coffee at places like LaPatisserie, Cafe270, etc.

I was just coming to post this.  I made a mistake in my original post that said there was a dedicated Starbucks on Q class ships

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Enjoy & Thanks for doing a semi live!  Hope you love Odyssey/Quantum class.

I like to start with a Tito’s Mojito to get into the caribbean frame of mind.  Cheers!

[BSocial]

1 hour ago, Tree_skier said:

We’re just packing up at the Hilton Garden Inn now. We’ll have a light breakfast and then Uber over to the port.  I’ll check back here in few hours and let you know how it all is going.

Have fun!  Thanks for doing this!
 

[erinsmom03]

Have a great cruise!!!! Looking forward to the review!

[Ozark_Kid]

Thanks for deciding to do the review.  Looking forward to the pics.

Edited February 12, 2022 by Ozark_Kid

[helen haywood]

A bacchanalia of eating and drinking!!!  Count me in!!  Eagerly following! 

[sandebeach]

Enjoy your cruise! We got off around 8 this morning and it was less than 11 minutes to get our luggage, go through facial recognition and head to the taxi line. Port Everglades was very organized this morning. Hope you have an easy and organized boarding today. 

[Tree_skier]

 

So checkin is a gong show.  Extremely crowded. 
Lunch at Goovanni

 

 

 

 

The drinking has begun. My app is screwed up. Can’t book anything. 

[davekathy]

8 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

The drinking has begun. My app is screwed up. Can’t book anything. 

Is that because the app is screwed up? 😉 Bon Voyage. 🍻