Rare terrydtx Posted September 27, 2022 #251 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Loved your whole thread as it brought back the great memories of the same cruise we last month on the Reflection. Hope you both have a safe travel home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare chemmo Posted September 27, 2022 #252 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Thanks for the review, I have been following daily, you have brought me a daily dose of Mediterranean sunshine! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare asnaleah Posted September 27, 2022 #253 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Thanks for taking us along with you! Hope you get home in a timely fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbt518 Posted September 27, 2022 #254 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Fantastic review, thanks for taking the time to write it. I hope you made your connecting flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare calicakes Posted September 27, 2022 Author #255 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Thanks for following along. I'm sorry that you didn't hear about any entertainment or fancy alcoholic drinks. We wanted to stay away from large groups at the theater. With that being said, I felt both solo female singers were really great. We don't drink alcohol, so can't comment on that. We did have a number of zero proof drinks, all were great. We FINALLY made it home last night at midnight*PST). We were up since 5am Italy time, so we were up for over 24hrs. We missed our connection in NYC because of the late to leave flight from Rome. They moved us to a 6pm flight. We had to go through customs and then have our luggage reticketed from LAX. They wanted us to throw our luggage back on the rack WITHOUT reticketing it. Thankfully, I was paying attention. We then had to go through TSA precheck Again with our carry ons. They changed our seats and we were window/middle in Main Cabin Select( I paid for Premium economy so I'm not happy). Note to self: If I can only book business class for one direction, make it Business class when coming back from Europe. Both Julie and I felt the service was really great, except on the first sea day. The pool bartenders were SLAMMED. There were only 2 or 3 pool attendants. Our room attendant and butler were both amazing. Our room attendant Julieana( from Jamaica) was super cheerful at all times. Same for our Butler. Certain food items have declined in quality(ie: The tuna) . The melons were pretty decent on this cruise. The berries were very sour and not readily available. A lot of the food on the buffet was very bland. The majority of desserts in Luminae were great( and I'm a former pastry chef). I tried one dessert on the buffet and it was terrible. The pastries at breakfast were good, although a few times there were underproofed or underbaked( doughy areas inside). We rarely used Michael's club. When you're up in a room on the 11th floor(AFT), you( we) didn't feel like going back to Deck 5 for an afternoon snack. When we took our Feb cruise on Oceania, the special area for Suites was right down the hall from us. We met some super nice couples. Get involved in your roll calls. We shared transportation with the same couple from Rome to Port and from Port to Airport. We did a private excursion in Florence from the roll call. If I missed anything, please ask. We didn't book anything else. We have a July 2023 Baltic booked on Oceania. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare calicakes Posted September 27, 2022 Author #256 Share Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 10:03 AM, sdnich said: We are on the summit right now out to sea and I just ordered room service for lunch didn’t feel like going to the restaurant! hopefully people don’t think that we have Covid!! We never thought that in the first few days, only after about a week did we start to think that, and then seeing trash and linens in red bags sealed the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSW519 Posted September 28, 2022 #257 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I enjoyed reading your review - thank you for sharing your journey - pleased you made it home safely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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